2007 In British Music

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This is a summary of the year '''2007 in British music

Summary

January

2007 began with the introduction of new chart rules meaning that all songs legally downloaded over the internet can count towards chart positions, whether or not a "physical" version of a song is available to purchase.^[1] Although Leona Lewis stayed at number one in her first week, the change was felt further down the charts with songs such as "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley, "Maneater" by Nelly Furtado, "You Don't Know" by Eminem all returning to the charts on downloads alone. Also, as a result of downloads being eligible at any time, JoJo charted at number twenty-two with "Too Little Too Late", two weeks before physical release. Since then, various other songs have charted long before their CD release, including The Fray, whose "How to Save a Life" charted at number 29 on January 21, two months before the CD's release. As a result, the CD release date was brought forward by a month.

Mika topped the singles chart on January 21 to knock Leona Lewis off the top with the song "Grace Kelly" with sales around 30,000, to become only the second song (after Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy") to go to #1 exclusively via download sales. Just Jack climbed to number two with "Starz in Their Eyes" and The View at three with "Same Jeans". Chris Moyles, BBC Radio 1 Breakfast DJ, decided to test the new chart rules by selecting a random track for the public to download (legally) to see if it would chart. The track was "Honey To The Bee" by Billie and it reached number 17 on 21 January on downloads alone.

March

Kaiser Chiefs claimed their first #1 album with Yours Truly, Angry Mob, which stayed at the top for two weeks despite a challenge by Arcade Fire's second album Neon Bible. Take That claimed their 10th #1 single with "Shine", replaced two weeks later by Sugababes vs. Girls Aloud, who collaborated on the official Comic Relief single "Walk This Way". The single earned Sugababes their fifth #1 single, and Girls Aloud their third. Ray Quinn, who came second in the 2006 series of The X Factor, went to #1 in the album charts with his self-titled album of swing covers, Ray Quinn.

April

Scottish duo The Proclaimers managed to score three weeks at the top of the singles chart with the unofficial Comic Relief single, "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" with Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin, selling over 200,000 copies to date. American rock band Kings of Leon recorded their first #1 album in the UK with their third album, Because of the Times. American producer Timbaland went to #1 with "Give It to Me", which was also at the top at the same time in the States. "Give It to Me" was an all-star collaboration with both Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake. Another all-star collaboration replaced Timbaland at #1, with both Beyoncé and Shakira climbing to the top with "Beautiful Liar". Claiming both Beyoncé and Shakira their second UK #1 within a year and also Beyoncé her third #1 as a solo artist. The Arctic Monkeys' first single from their second album Favourite Worst Nightmare, "Brianstorm", only reached #2, behind Beyonce and Shakira's #1 hit.

Avril Lavigne charted with The Best Damn Thing giving her a third UK #1 album. It is only the second time that a female solo artist has ever scored three #1's in the UK with her first three albums, following Let Go (#1 in 2003) and Under My Skin (#1 in 2004). Norah Jones has also achieved this feat with her first three albums.

May

McFly gained their seventh #1 single with "Baby's Coming Back/Transylvania", but the song fell to #20 the following week, tying the record for the biggest fall from #1 with Elvis Presley. Rihanna went to #1 for the first time with "Umbrella" — a collaboration with Jay-Z — and would remain on top for the rest of the month. Linkin Park and Maroon 5 both got #1 albums in May, with Minutes to Midnight and It Won't Be Soon Before Long respectively.

June

The month of June began with Rihanna being at the #1 spot for both the singles and download chart. Her third album Good Girl Gone Bad also made it to the top in the albums chart. The White Stripes reached #2 with their single "Icky Thump". The 7" format of the single went on to become the UK's biggest selling 7" single in twenty years, which was partly due to a tie in with XL Records and NME (who had given away a free foldout 7" of new song "Rag and Bone", with space to include the "Icky Thump" 7"). The Traveling Wilburys went to #1 for the first time with The Traveling Wilburys Collection, followed by The White Stripes with their sixth album Icky Thump. Britain's most successful girl group the Spice Girls reformed and announced a farewell tour and a long overdue Greatest Hits.

July

Editors went to #1 for the first time with their second album An End Has a Start. They would be followed by #1 albums from The Chemical Brothers (We Are the Night), The Enemy (We'll Live and Die in these Towns) and Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts, whose album One Chance was the first since Maroon 5's It Won't Be Soon Before Long to spend more than one week at #1.

On July 22, Rihanna's "Umbrella" secured ten weeks at #1. In doing so, it overtook Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" as the longest runner at #1 in the 21st Century and became one of the most successful R&B/Hip-Hop singles of all time. The title also cursed the British summertime which was one of the wettest in living memory. However, her sales (354,431 copies sold) were still quite modest yet globally incredible.

After a massive ten weeks at #1, Rihanna was finally replaced by Timbaland's second #1 single of the year, "The Way I Are", featuring newcomers Keri Hilson and D.O.E., whilst Kate Nash stayed at #2 with her official debut single "Foundations".

August

The record for the shortest single to ever chart was broken, when Hans Zimmer's "Spider Pig", from soundtrack, entered the chart at #24. The running time for the song is a mere 1:04.

Swedish singer Robyn earns her first UK top 40 #1, with the song "With Every Heartbeat". In the same week, Kate Nash made it to #1 in the albums chart with her debut album, Made of Bricks. Hip-Hop Star Kanye West debuts at #3 in the singles chart with "Stronger" based on downloads alone, and then also in the same week being the #1 of the downloads chart. "Stronger" rose to #1 in the singles chart the following week and stayed there for 2 weeks currently.

17 year-old Sean Kingston arrives at #2 in the chart on downloads alone.

September

On 2 September, Sean Kingston moves one place up the chart from #2 and earns his first #1 with the single "Beautiful Girls", Sean believes that he was inspired by music from his hero Jay-Z.

Girls Aloud returned to the charts with "Sexy! No, No, No..." which made it to #5, but fell 2 places to #7 the week after. They entered into the Guinness Book Of World Records, for having the most consecutive Top 10 hits in the UK for an all-female group.

In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins re-entered the chart at #17 after many years, due to its use in the new UK Cadburys Dairy Milk advert.

On 30 September, Radio 1 held a special UK Singles Chart edition for 40 years of Radio 1. Bruno Brooks and Mark Goodier, past presenters of the UK Singles Chart, played the biggest singles ever in the singles chart and showed highest stats from artists including Britney Spears, Gnarls Barkley, Will Young, Hear'Say, Bryan Adams,Rihanna and Eminem.

On this same day, Sugababes earned their sixth number one single with first single from their fifth studio album, "About You Now". Also, the Sugababes were the second artist (after Timbaland) to have two singles at number one in the year of 2007.

At 36 seconds long, "The Ladies' Bras" by Jonny Trunk & Wisbey became the shortest ever single to enter the UK Singles Chart, charting at number 27 on 30 September.

October

On 06 October the Sugababes managed to hold on to the top spot with "About You Now". Jennifer Lopez and The Stereophonics both made returns to the chart at numbers 11 and 12 with the singles "Do It Well" and "It Means Nothing" respectively. Kate Nash's second single failed to match the success of her debut, as "Mouthwash" peaked at number 23 (just two places ahead of "Foundations" which is in its 15th chart week).

Bruce Springsteen hit number one for the seventh time on the UK album charts with new album "Magic.

Charts

Number-one singles

Issue date	Song title	Artist	Sales^[2]
7 January	"A Moment Like This"	Leona Lewis	29,000
14 January	"A Moment Like This"	Leona Lewis	23,500
21 January	"Grace Kelly"	Mika	30,500
28 January	"Grace Kelly"	Mika	38,500
4 February	"Grace Kelly"	Mika	77,500
11 February	"Grace Kelly"	Mika	55,000
18 February	"Grace Kelly"	Mika	43,000
25 February	"Ruby"	Kaiser Chiefs	38,000
4 March	"Shine"	Take That	41,000
11 March	"Shine"	Take That	27,000
18 March	"Walk This Way"	Sugababes vs. Girls Aloud	51,500
25 March	"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"	The Proclaimers featuring Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin	85,903
1 April	"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"	The Proclaimers featuring Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin	56,000
8 April	"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"	The Proclaimers featuring Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin	48,000
15 April	"Give It to Me"	Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake	29,760
22 April	"Beautiful Liar"	Beyoncé featuring Shakira	37,500
29 April	"Beautiful Liar"	Beyoncé featuring Shakira	35,000
6 May	"Beautiful Liar"	Beyoncé featuring Shakira	28,000
13 May	"Baby's Coming Back / Transylvania"	McFly	30,693
20 May	"Umbrella"	Rihanna featuring Jay-Z	34,164
27 May	"Umbrella"	Rihanna featuring Jay-Z	38,482
3 June	"Umbrella"	Rihanna featuring Jay-Z	60,650
10 June	"Umbrella"	Rihanna featuring Jay-Z	48,370
17 June	"Umbrella"	Rihanna featuring Jay-Z	39,038
24 June	"Umbrella"	Rihanna featuring Jay-Z	32,200
1 July	"Umbrella"	Rihanna featuring Jay-Z	29,504
8 July	"Umbrella"	Rihanna featuring Jay-Z	26,757
15 July	"Umbrella"	Rihanna featuring Jay-Z	23,092
22 July	"Umbrella"	Rihanna featuring Jay-Z	24,000
29 July	"The Way I Are"	Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson and D.O.E.	33,578
5 August	"The Way I Are"	Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson and D.O.E.	32,592
12 August	"With Every Heartbeat"	Robyn with Kleerup	34,842
19 August	"Stronger"	Kanye West	36,804
26 August	"Stronger"	Kanye West	32,915
2 September	"Beautiful Girls"	Sean Kingston	55,144
9 September	"Beautiful Girls"	Sean Kingston	41,787
16 September	"Beautiful Girls"	Sean Kingston	32,348
23 September	"Beautiful Girls"	Sean Kingston	26,248
30 September	"About You Now"	Sugababes	34,068
07 October	"About You Now"	Sugababes	54,788
14 October	"About You Now"	Sugababes	48,715

Number-one albums

Issue date	Album title	Artist	Sales^[2]
7 January	Beautiful World	Take That	29,638
14 January	Back to Black	Amy Winehouse	35,000
21 January	Back to Black	Amy Winehouse	48,000
28 January	Hats Off to the Buskers (new release)	The View	103,000
4 February	Not Too Late (new release)	Norah Jones	60,500
11 February	Life in Cartoon Motion (new release)	Mika	108,000
18 February	Life in Cartoon Motion	Mika	81,500
25 February	Back to Black	Amy Winehouse	47,000
4 March	Yours Truly, Angry Mob (new release)	Kaiser Chiefs	151,000
11 March	Yours Truly, Angry Mob	Kaiser Chiefs	66,225
18 March	Ray Quinn (new release)	Ray Quinn	127,000
25 March	Beautiful World	Take That	48,500
1 April	Beautiful World	Take That	32,102
8 April	Because of the Times (new release)	Kings of Leon	70,500
15 April	Because of the Times	Kings of Leon	29,000
22 April	The Best Damn Thing (new release)	Avril Lavigne	60,500
29 April	Favourite Worst Nightmare (new release)	Arctic Monkeys	227,922
6 May	Favourite Worst Nightmare	Arctic Monkeys	120,200
13 May	Favourite Worst Nightmare	Arctic Monkeys	39,488
20 May	Minutes to Midnight (new release)	Linkin Park	94,501
27 May	It Won't Be Soon Before Long (new release)	Maroon 5	73,517
3 June	It Won't Be Soon Before Long	Maroon 5	39,862
10 June	Good Girl Gone Bad (new release)	Rihanna	53,722
17 June	The Traveling Wilburys Collection (new release)	Traveling Wilburys	110,130
24 June	Icky Thump (new release)	The White Stripes	66,000
1 July	An End Has a Start (new release)	Editors	59,405
8 July	We Are the Night (new release)	The Chemical Brothers	36,392
15 July	We'll Live and Die in these Towns (new release)	The Enemy	39,191
22 July	One Chance (new release)	Paul Potts	128,315
29 July	One Chance	Paul Potts	75,494
5 August	One Chance	Paul Potts	45,868
12 August	Made of Bricks (new release)	Kate Nash	58,756
19 August	The King (new release)	Elvis Presley	45,034
26 August	Hand Built by Robots	Newton Faulkner	29,451
2 September	Hand Built by Robots	Newton Faulkner	37,128
9 September	Once Upon a Time in the West (new release)	Hard-Fi	54,169
16 September	Graduation (new release)	Kanye West	84,611
23 September	All The Lost Souls (new release)	James Blunt	117,966
30 September	Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (new release)	Foo Fighters	135,685
07 October	Magic (new release)	Bruce Springsteen	77,692
14 October	Change (new release)	Sugababes	53,540

Number-one downloads

Issue date	Song Title	Artist
3 January	"A Moment like This"	Leona Lewis
10 January	"Patience"	Take That
17 January	"Grace Kelly"	Mika
24 January	"Grace Kelly"	Mika
31 January	"Grace Kelly"	Mika
7 February	"Grace Kelly"	Mika
14 February	"Grace Kelly"	Mika
21 February	"Grace Kelly"	Mika
28 February	"Ruby"	Kaiser Chiefs
7 March	"Ruby"	Kaiser Chiefs
14 March	"Ruby"	Kaiser Chiefs
21 March	"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"	The Proclaimers featuring Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin
28 March	"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"	The Proclaimers featuring Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin
4 April	"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"	The Proclaimers featuring Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin
11 April	"Girlfriend"	Avril Lavigne
18 April	"Stop Me"	Mark Ronson Featuring Daniel Merriweather
25 April	"Beautiful Liar"	Beyoncé featuring Shakira
2 May	"Beautiful Liar"	Beyoncé featuring Shakira
9 May	"Beautiful Liar"	Beyonce featuring Shakira
16 May	"Cupid's Chokehold"	Gym Class Heroes featuring Patrick Stump
23 May	"Umbrella"	Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
30 May	"Umbrella"	Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
6 June	"Umbrella"	Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
13 June	"Umbrella"	Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
20 June	"Umbrella"	Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
27 June	"Umbrella"	Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
4 July	"Umbrella"	Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
11 July	"Umbrella"	Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
18 July	"The Way I Are"	Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson and D.O.E.
25 July	"The Way I Are"	Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson and D.O.E.
1 August	"Foundations"	Kate Nash
8 August	"Foundations"	Kate Nash
15 August	"Stronger"	Kanye West
22 August	"Stronger"	Kanye West
29 August	"Beautiful Girls"	Sean Kingston
5 September	"Beautiful Girls"	Sean Kingston
12 September	"Hey There Delilah"	Plain White T's
19 September	"Hey There Delilah"	Plain White T's
26 September	"Hey There Delilah"	Plain White T's
3 October	"About You Now"	Sugababes
10 October	"About You Now"	Sugababes

Current Top 10 singles

As of October 14, 2007.

Current Position	Last Week	Artist	Title	Weeks On Chart	Peak
1	1	Sugababes	About You Now	4	1
2	2	Ida Corr VS Fedde Le Grande	Let Me Think About It	4	2
3	7	Mark Ronson Ft Amy Winehouse	Valerie	4	3
4	3	Shayne Ward	No U Hang Up/If That's OK with You	3	2
5	-	The Hoosiers	Goodbye Mr A	1	5
6	5	Plain White T's	Hey There Delilah	13	2
7	4	50 Cent Ft Justin Timberlake & Timbaland	Ayo Technology	9	2
8	6	Sean Kingston	Beautiful Girls	8	1
9	8	Feist	1234	5	8
10	9	Scouting For Girls	She’s So Lovely	7	7

Music awards

2007 BRIT Awards

The 2007 BRIT Awards were hosted by Russell Brand on February 14, 2007.

British male solo artist: James Morrison
British female solo artist: Amy Winehouse
British group: Arctic Monkeys
MasterCard British album: Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
British single: Take That - "Patience"
British breakthrough act: The Fratellis
British live act: Muse
International male solo artist: Justin Timberlake
International female solo artist: Nelly Furtado
International group: The Killers
International album: The Killers - Sam's Town
International breakthrough act: Orson
Outstanding Contribution to Music: Oasis

Mercury Music Prize

The 2007 Mercury Music Prize was awarded to Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future.

Popjustice £20 Music Prize

The 2007 Popjustice £20 Music Prize was awarded to Amy Winehouse for her song "Rehab" from the album Back to Black.

Record of the Year

The Record of the Year will be awarded in December 2007.

References

1. ^ "Chart rules are changing!" bbc.co.uk, accessed 2007-01-07
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