This article summarizes the events related to rock music for the year of 2007.

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Notable events

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January

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February

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  • Fall Out Boy releases their third studio album, Infinity on High. It debut atop of the Billboard 200 chart, selling over 200,000 copies in its opening week. It stays in the top 10 for its second and third weeks, selling another 119,000 and 79,000 copies respectively.[8][9][10]
  • At the peak of their album's popularity, Fall Out Boy's single concurrently charts high, with "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" peaking at number 2 on the Billboard all-format Hot 100 song chart.[11]
  • Daughtry continues to have success on the charts as well, with the Daughtry album staying in the top 10, and eventually again topping, the Billboard 200 chart, while the single "It's Not Over" peaking at number 4 on the Hot 100 song chart.[12][13]

March

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April

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  • Hellyeah, a supergroup featuring members from Pantera, Mudvayne, and Nothingface, release their debut, self-titled album. It debuts at number 9 on the Billboard 200, selling 45,000 copies.[20]
  • Bright Eyes releases their eighth studio album, Cassadaga. It debuts at number 4 on the Billboard 200, the highest placement of their career to-date.[20]
  • Nine Inch Nails releases their fifth studio album, Year Zero. It debuts at number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 187,000 copies in its opening week. It holds on to the number 3 spot in its second week as well, selling another 58,000 copies.[21][22]
  • Linkin Park's "What I've Done", despite it being the first single to be a departure from the band's established nu metal sound, the alternative rock song ends up being the band's third highest-charting song of their career on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 7.[23]
  • Pop punk band Red Jumpsuit Apparatus has the highest-charting song of their career, with "Face Down" reaching 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It is their first of only two songs that ever chart there.[24]
  • Manic Street Preachers release their eighth studio album, Send Away the Tigers. It originally peaks at number 2 on the UK albums chart, while its 2017 reissue charted at number 21; it was certified gold.[25][26]
  • Linkin Park releases their third studio album, Minutes to Midnight. It debuts at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 623,000 copies in its opening week. This make it the best-selling debut of the year as of that point, and only one of only 6 albums in a 2 year period to debut with over 600,000 copies sold in its first week. The album holds on to the runner up spot in its second week, selling almost another 200,000 copies, but being bumped from the top spot by Maroon 5's It Won't Be Soon Before Long. It holds on to the third place spot in its third week, selling another 100,000 copies.[27][28][29]
  • The Used releases their third studio album, Lies for the Liars. It debuts at number 5 on the Billboard 200, selling 92,000 copies. To date, the album has the band's highest charting position on the chart, though their prior album, In Love and Death, sold slightly more with 93,000 copies in its opening week.[28]
  • Daughtry's self-titled continues to chart in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 album chart.[28][29]
  • Rush releases their eighteenth studio album, Snakes & Arrows. It debuts at number 3 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 93,000 copies. Only their 1993 album Counterparts debuted higher, at number 2.[30]
  • Papa Roach's single "Forever" peaks at number 55 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the second highest-charting song of their career to date.[31]
  • Green Day's cover of John Lennon's song "Working Class Hero" peaks at number 53 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[32]

June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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Year end

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Deaths

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Band breakups

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References

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  2. ^ "Daughtry Edges Out 'Dreamgirls' to Claim No. 1". Billboard.
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  4. ^ "Pretty Ricky, Shins Grab Top Album Chart Spots". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Klaxons / Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
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  9. ^ "Norah Rebounds to No. 1 in Post-Grammy Week". Billboard.
  10. ^ "Norah Stays Tight at No. 1 Amidst Slow Sales Week". Billboard.
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  12. ^ "Daughtry Flip-Flops with Jones, Reclaims No. 1". Billboard.
  13. ^ a b "Daughtry". Billboard.
  14. ^ "Modest Mouse Steers Its 'Ship' to No. 1 Debut". Billboard.
  15. ^ "Johnny Marr chooses "the greatest lyricist I've ever worked with" – and it's not Morrissey". 14 October 2021.
  16. ^ "McGraw Leads Seven Top 10 Debuts Onto Billboard 200". Billboard.
  17. ^ a b c "Notorious B.I.G. 'Great' Again on the Billboard 200". Billboard.
  18. ^ a b "Musiq, Lloyd Usher Six Big Debuts Onto Album Chart". Billboard.
  19. ^ a b "Nickelback". Billboard.
  20. ^ a b "'NOW' Remains No. 1 as Bright Eyes Debuts High". Billboard.
  21. ^ "Lavigne's New 'Thing' Debuts Atop Billboard 200". Billboard.
  22. ^ "Lavigne Remains No. 1 as Joe Debuts High". Billboard.
  23. ^ a b "Linkin Park". Billboard.
  24. ^ "Hot 100". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2018-05-16.
  25. ^ "Manic Street Preachers / Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  26. ^ "Manic Street Preachers Send Away The Tigers". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  27. ^ "Linkin Park Scores Year's Best Debut with 'Midnight'". Billboard.
  28. ^ a b c "Maroon 5 Nudges Linkin Park from Atop Billboard 200". Billboard.
  29. ^ a b "R. Kelly Flirts His Way to No. 1 Album Chart Debut". Billboard.
  30. ^ "Ne-Yo Scores Second No. 1 in Debut-Heavy Week". Billboard.
  31. ^ "Papa Roach". Billboard.
  32. ^ "Green Day". Billboard.
  33. ^ "Toby Keith's 'Big Dog' Heads Straight to No. 1". Billboard.
  34. ^ a b "Bon Jovi Scores First No. 1 Album Since 1988". Billboard.
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  36. ^ "The Smashing Pumpkins". Billboard.
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  39. ^ "Smashing Pumpkins to Release Pair of 'Epic' Albums in 2015". Billboard.
  40. ^ "KORN's 'Remember Who You Are' Enters BILLBOARD Chart at No. 2". 21 July 2010.
  41. ^ "T.I. Is Top Dog Again on the Billboard 200". Billboard.
  42. ^ Cohen, Jonathan (2007-07-19). "Plain White T's Finally Unseats Rihanna On Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  43. ^ "From Washington to Wembley: The story of Foo Fighters' Echoes,…". 24 September 2021.
  44. ^ "Opinion | A Big Box of Eagles". The New York Times. 11 November 2007.
  45. ^ "Matchbox Twenty". Billboard.
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  47. ^ "Coheed and Cambria". Billboard.
  48. ^ "Foo Fighters". Billboard.
  49. ^ "Filter Frontman Promises Band's Comeback LP Will Sound Like A 'Heavy U2 Record'". MTV. Archived from the original on February 17, 2015.
  50. ^ "Led Zeppelin Returns: Photos from the Reunion Show and More". Rolling Stone. 11 December 2007.
  51. ^ "Why the 2007 Reunion Was Led Zeppelin's Last Stand". 8 December 2017.
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  53. ^ "Daughtry, the Police Named Kings of the 2007 Billboard Charts". Rolling Stone. 14 December 2007.
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  55. ^ "Notable Deaths of 2007". The New York Times. 27 December 2007.
  56. ^ "Chris Cornell Talks Audioslave Split, Nixes Soundgarden Reunion". MTV. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015.
  57. ^ "Wes Borland to Play on New Filter Record??". 30 November 2007.
  58. ^ "30 Mighty Bands We've Lost This Millennium". NME. 28 January 2015.
  59. ^ "Break-ups: Matchbook Romance (1997-2007)". 12 March 2007.