This is a summary of the year 2007 in British music. It was the first year of digital downloads being fully integrated into the charts, leading to many songs not given physical releases to enter the chart on download sales alone. Leona Lewis had the most successful single of the year, with Bleeding Love, which achieved 787,652 sales. Her album, Spirit became the fastest-selling debut album in Britain of all time. Rihanna spent ten weeks at number 1 with the song Umbrella, the longest stay for any artist at number 1 for thirteen years and the 2nd best successful single of the year, and Amy Winehouse had the biggest selling album of the year with Back to Black.
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