The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical singles and digital downloads, with airplay figures excluded from the official chart.[2][3] This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 2007, as well as singles which peaked in 2006 and 2008 but were in the top 10 in 2007. The entry date is when the single appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
One-hundred and thirty-four singles were in the top ten in 2007. Seven singles from 2006 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year. "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" by Soulja Boy Tell'em was the only single from 2007 to reach its peak in 2008.[4] Twenty-eight artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2007. Calvin Harris, Mark Ronson, Mika, OneRepublic and Scouting for Girls were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 2007.
New rules were introduced this year to alter how single downloads are counted, with a physical copy no longer having to be currently available in the shops for a single to be eligible for the charts. Snow Patrol were the most high-profile act to benefit from the change, with their song "Chasing Cars" returning to the top 10, months after first release the previous year. "Baby's Coming Back"/"Transylvania" by McFly also became only the third single in chart history to fall straight from number-one out of the top ten the following week.
One-hundred and thirty-four singles charted in the top 10 in 2007, with one-hundred and twenty-five singles reaching their peak this year (including the re-entries "All I Want for Christmas is You" and "Fairytale of New York" which charted in previous years but reached peaks on their latest chart run).
Twenty-eight artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2007. American rapper Akon, fellow countryman producer Timbaland and Lebanon-born British singer Mika shared the position of most top 10 entries in 2007 with four each, although Akon's "Smack That" - a collaboration with Eminem - peaked in 2006.[13] Mika's debut number-one single "Grace Kelly" acted as a breakthrough for the singer,[14] who won the BBC's Sound of 2007 poll,[15] as he went on to record three further top 10 entries during the year ("Love Today", "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)" and "Happy Ending").[16]
Three British acts in the form of Girls Aloud, Mark Ronson and Take That all achieved three top 10 entries in 2007, along with German dance group Cascada and American singer Justin Timberlake. Take That, who only returned unexpectedly as a four-piece in late 2006 following a ten-year hiatus, had a very successful year, as "Shine" was a number-one single[22] and "Rule the World" reached number two behind Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love" in October 2007.[7] "Patience" had also reached number-one in 2006 and remained in the top 10 at the beginning of 2007.[23]
Dance group Cascada's total included "Truly Madly Deeply" from the end of 2006, when it had peaked at number four.[28] "Miracle" landed at number eight in March[22] and "What Hurts the Most" sneaked into the top 10 in the week before Christmas. Justin Timberlake had one more entry in addition to "Give It to Me" and "Ayo Technology". "What Goes Around.../...Comes Around" made it to number four in March.[19]
The new chart rules regarding downloads, introduced at the start of the year, enabled Scottish/Irish band Snow Patrol to re-enter the top 10 with "Chasing Cars, a song that originally charted in summer 2006, without a physical copy of the record being in the shops at that time.[30]
Forty-seven artists achieved their first top 10 single in 2007, either as a lead or featured artist. Of these, five went on to record another hit single that year: Calvin Harris, The Enemy, Groove Armada, Gym Class Heroes and The Hoosiers. Mark Ronson scored two more top 10 singles in 2007. Mika had three other entries in his breakthrough year.
The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo single.
Runrig and the Tartan Army, made up of Scotland football fans, recorded an unofficial Children in Need single for 2007, "Loch Lomond".[41] It reached number nine on 24 November 2007, two places higher than the official Children in Need single, "Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)" by Spice Girls, which missed the top 10.[42] Proceeds from the sales of "Any Dream Will Do" by Lee Mead also went towards Children in Need. The song peaked at number two on 30 June 2007.[43]
The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2007, including singles that reached their peak in 2006. The figures include both main artists and featured artists, while appearances on ensemble charity records are also counted for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2007 is also shown.
a "Crank That" reached its peak of number two on 12 January 2008 (week ending).
b "Chasing Cars" re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 13 January 2007 (week ending), under new chart rules where a single only needed to be available to download to be eligible for the chart.
g Released as an unofficial single for Children in Need. The song charted higher than one of the official Children in Need singles, "Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)" by Spice Girls, which peaked at number 11.
h "All I Want for Christmas" first charted at its original peak of number 2 for three weeks in 1994. It re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 15 December 2007 (week ending).
i "Fairytale of New York" first charted at its original peak of number 2 for two weeks in 1987. It re-entered the Top 10 on 22 December 2007 (week ending) at number 8.
j Figure includes appearance on Gwen Stefani's "The Sweet Escape".