This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2007.

Specific locations

Specific genres

Albums released

Events

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February

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October

November

December

Bands formed

Returning performers

Bands disbanded

Bands re-formed

Bands on hiatus

Albums released

Best-selling albums globally

The best-selling records in 2007 according to IFPI:

Best-selling albums in the US

Billboard's Top Sellers 2007.

Top Hits on record

Singles which have ranked within Top 25 within the Billboard Hot 100 Hits • "1973" – James Blunt • "4 in the Morning" – Gwen Stefani • "Apologize" – Timbaland featuring OneRepublic (#2) • "Ayo Technology" – 50 Cent featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland (#5) • "A Bay Bay" – Hurricane Chris (#7) • "Bartender" – T-Pain featuring Akon (#5) • "Beautiful Girls" – Sean Kingston (#1) • "Beautiful Liar" – Beyoncé and Shakira (#3) • "Because of You" – Ne-Yo (#2) • "Bed" – J. Holiday (#5) • "Beggin'" – Madcon (#79) • "Big Girls Don't Cry" – Fergie (#1) • "Big Things Poppin' (Do It)" – T.I. (#9) • "Break It Off" – Rihanna featuring Sean Paul (#9) • "Bubbly" – Colbie Caillat (#5) • "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" – T-Pain featuring Yung Joc (#1) • "Can't Help but Wait" – Trey Songz (#14) • "Clumsy" – Fergie featuring T-Pain (#5) • "Crank Dat (Soulja Boy)" – Soulja Boy Tell 'Em (#1) • "Cupid's Chokehold" – Gym Class Heroes featuring Patrick Stump (#4) • "Cyclone" – Baby Bash featuring T-Pain (#7) • "Dance Floor Anthem (I Don't Wanna Be in Love)" – Good Charlotte (#25) • "Destination Calabria" – Alex Gaudino and Crystal Waters (#8) • "Don't Matter" – Akon (#1) • "Don't Stop the Music" – Rihanna (#3) • "Duffle Bag Boy" – Playaz Circle featuring Lil Wayne (#15) • "Everything" – Michael Bublé • "Falling Down" – Duran Duran featuring Justin Timberlake (#25) • "Famous Last Words" – My Chemical Romance • "Get It Shawty" – Lloyd (#16) • "Gimme More" – Britney Spears (#3) • "Girlfriend" – Avril Lavigne (#1) • "Give It To Me" – Timbaland featuring Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado (#1) • "Glamorous" – Fergie featuring Ludacris (#1) • "Go Getta" – Young Jeezy featuring R. Kelly (#18) • "Good Life" – Kanye West featuring T-Pain (#7) • "Grace Kelly" – Mika • "Hate That I Love You" – Rihanna featuring Ne-Yo (#7) • "Here (In Your Arms)" – Hellogoodbye (#14) • "Home" – Daughtry (#5) • "How Far We've Come" – Matchbox Twenty (#11) • "How Long" – The Eagles • "Hypnotized" – Plies featuring Akon (#14) • "I Tried" – Bone Thugs-n-Harmony featuring Akon (#6) • "Ice Box" – Omarion (#12) • "If Everyone Cared" – Nickelback (#17) • "I'll Stand By You" – Carrie Underwood (#6) • "I'm a Flirt" – R. Kelly featuring T.I. and T-Pain (#12) • "I'm So Hood" – DJ Khaled featuring Trick Daddy, Rick Ross, Plies and T-Pain (#19) • "Irreplaceable" – Beyoncé (#1) • "It's Not Over" – Daughtry (#4) • "Keep Holding On" – Avril Lavigne (#17) • "Kiss Kiss" – Chris Brown feat. T-Pain (#1) • "Last Dollar (Fly Away)" – Tim McGraw (#13) • "Last Night" – Diddy featuring Keyshia Cole (#10) • "Let It Go" – Keyshia Cole featuring Missy Elliott and Lil' Kim (#7) • "Like a Boy" – Ciara (#19) • "Like You'll Never See Me Again" – Alicia Keys (#12) • "Lip Gloss" – Lil Mama (#10) • "Lost Without U" – Robin Thicke (#14) • "Love Like This" – Natasha Bedingfield featuring Sean Kingston (#11) • "Love Song" – Sara Bareilles (#4) • "LoveStoned/I Think She Knows" – Justin Timberlake (#17) • "Low" – Flo Rida ft. T-Pain • "Make Me Better" – Fabolous featuring Ne-Yo (#8) • "Makes Me Wonder" – Maroon 5 (#1) • "Map of the Problematique" – Muse (#9) • "Me Love" – Sean Kingston (#14) • "Never Again" – Kelly Clarkson (#8) • "No One" – Alicia Keys (#1) • "On the Hotline" – Pretty Ricky (#12) • "Our Song" – Taylor Swift (#16) • "Over You" – Daughtry (#18) • "Paralyzer" – Finger Eleven (#6) • "Party Like a Rockstar" – Shop Boyz (#2) • "Piece of Me" – Britney Spears (#18) • "Pop, Lock & Drop It" – Huey (#7) • "Potential Breakup Song" – Aly & AJ (#17) • "Push It to the Limit" – Corbin Bleu (#14) • "Rockstar" – Nickelback (#11) • "Same Girl" – R. Kelly and Usher (#20) • "Sensual Seduction" – Snoop Dogg (#7) • "Sexy Lady" – Yung Berg featuring Junior (#18) • "Shadow of the Day" – Linkin Park (#15) • "Shawty" – Plies featuring T-Pain (#9) • "Shawty Is a 10" – The-Dream featuring Fabolous (#17) • "Shut Up and Drive" – Rihanna (#15) • "Sorry, Blame It on Me" – Akon (#7) • "So Small" – Carrie Underwood (#17) • "Stronger" – Kanye West (#1) • "Summer Love" – Justin Timberlake (#6) • "The Sweet Escape" – Gwen Stefani featuring Akon (#2) • "Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)" – Wyclef Jean featuring Niia, Akon and Lil Wayne (#12) • "Take You There" – Sean Kingston (#7) • "Tattoo" – Jordin Sparks (#8) • "Teardrops on My Guitar" – Taylor Swift (#13) • "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" – Fall Out Boy (#2) • "This Is My Now" – Jordin Sparks (#15) • "This Is Why I'm Hot" – Mims (#1) • "Thnks fr th Mmrs" – Fall Out Boy (#11) • "Throw Some D's" – Rich Boy featuring Polow da Don (#6) • "Umbrella" – Rihanna feat. Jay-Z (#1) • "Until the End of Time" – Justin Timberlake and Beyoncé (#17) • "Wait For You" – Elliott Yamin (#13) • "Waiting on the World to Change" – John Mayer (#14) • "Wake Up Call" – Maroon 5 (#19) • "Walk Away (Remember Me)" – Paula DeAnda (#19) • "The Way I Are" – Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson and D.O.E. (#3) • "What Goes Around... Comes Around" –Justin Timberlake (#1) • "What I've Done" – Linkin Park (#7) • "What Time Is It?" – High School Musical cast (#6) • "When You're Gone" – Avril Lavigne (#24) • "Who Knew" – Pink (#9) • "With Every Heartbeat" – Robyn featuring Kleerup (#29) • "With Love" – Hilary Duff (#24) • "With You" – Chris Brown (#2) • "You" – Lloyd featuring Lil Wayne (#9) Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2007

Other international hits

Classical music

Instrumental works

Electronic music

Vocal music with electronic music

Instrumental music with electronic music

Opera

Ballet

Musical film

Musical theater

Musical television

Births

Deaths

January–February

March–April

May–June

July–August

September–October

November–December