List of UK top-ten singles in 2007

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Leona Lewis had the biggest selling single of 2007 with "Bleeding Love", the first release since her X Factor victory apart from winners single "A Moment Like This". Both singles occupied the top spot in 2007.
Mika had four top 10 singles this year. His debut single "Grace Kelly" peaked at number-one in January.
Take That (group member Gary Barlow pictured) went to number-two with "Rule the World", a song featured in the film Stardust. They also had top 10 singles in 2007 with "Patience" and "Shine".
Matt Lucas (pictured in wheelchair in character as Andy Pipkin) and Peter Kay collaborated with The Proclaimers on the official Comic Relief single "(I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles", which spent three weeks at number-one.
Amy Winehouse covered The Zutons song "Valerie", providing the vocals for Mark Ronson's production and reaching number two in October.

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.

The 2006 Christmas number-one, "A Moment Like This" by 2006 X Factor winner Leona Lewis, remained at number-one for the first three weeks of 2007.[5] The first new number-one single of the year was "Grace Kelly" by Mika.[6] Overall, eighteen different singles peaked at number-one in 2007, with Leona Lewis[7][8]Sugababes[9][10] and Timbaland[11][12] (2) having the joint most singles hit that position.

  1. ^ "The Official UK Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2005). Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 14. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
  3. ^ "New singles formats to save the charts". BBC News. 16 October 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Radiohead CD tops UK album chart". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 6 January 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Leona celebrates New Year at top". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 31 December 2006. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Rising star Mika hits number one". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 21 January 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  7. ^ "Leona Lewis storms singles chart". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 28 October 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  8. ^ "X Factor's Leona has festive No 1". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 25 December 2006. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Leona helps smash download record". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 31 October 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  10. ^ "Ebony and Ivory voted worst duet". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 6 October 2007. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  11. ^ "Timbaland ends Rihanna chart lead". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 29 July 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  12. ^ "Timbaland takes number one spot". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 15 April 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2017.