2007 in American music

The following is a list of events and releases that have happened in 2007 in music in the United States.

Notable events

January

• 23 – John Mellencamp released his first studio album in four years, Freedom's Road.
• The Shins released their first studio album in almost four years, Wincing the Night Away.

February

• 4 – Billy Joel performed the National Anthem and Prince performed the halftime show during Super Bowl XLI at Dolphins Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
• 11 – The 49th Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The Dixie Chicks won the most awards with five including Album of the Year for Taking the Long Way, and Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Not Ready to Make Nice". This comes four years after the backlash they faced after criticizing former President George W. Bush.
• 13 – Lucinda Williams released her first studio album in four years, West.
• 15 – Chris Cornell announces his departure from Audioslave, and states that the band has disbanded. The band briefly reunited in 2017, a few months before Cornell's death in May 2017.
• 26 – From First to Last frontman Sonny Moore left the band to begin his solo career as an EDM and electronic music DJ under the name Skrillex.

March

• 13 – Musiq Soulchild released his first studio album in almost four years, Luvanmusiq.

April

• 3 – Timbaland released his first solo studio album in nine years, Shock Value.
• 24 – The first Idol Gives Back charity special happens during the Top 6 week of the sixth season of American Idol. There were performances by Kelly Clarkson with Jeff Beck, Carrie Underwood, Celine Dion, Earth, Wind & Fire, Annie Lennox, Il Divo, Rascal Flatts, Fergie, Josh Groban, Green Day, Jack Black, and the Top 6 contestants. In total $76 million was raised.
• 26 – The Latin Billboard Music Awards took place at the BankUnited Center in Coral Gables, Florida.

May

• 12 – Maroon 5 breaks the record for a song's biggest jump to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Makes Me Wonder", which jumped from 64–1. They held the record until September 2008, when it was broken by T.I..
• 15 – The 42nd Academy of Country Music Awards took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Carrie Underwood won the most awards with three. Kenny Chesney was named Entertainer of the Year.
• Tank released his first studio album in almost five years, Sex, Love & Pain.
• 17 – Will Hunt and Troy McLawhorn, formerly of Dark New Day, join Evanescence as drummer and guitarist, replacing Rocky Gray and John LeCompt, respectively.
• 23 – Jordin Sparks won the sixth season of American Idol. Blake Lewis was named runner-up.

June

• 5 – Marilyn Manson released their first studio album in four years, Eat Me, Drink Me.
• 14 – Kelly Clarkson cancelled her tour due to low ticket sales. This comes on the heels of her public feud with the head of Sony BMG, Clive Davis who was dissatisfied with her third studio album My December. A smaller second incarnation of the tour began in September 2007.
• 15 – The White Stripes released their sixth and final studio album, Icky Thump.
• 24 – American rapper T.I is involved in a physical altercation with Chaka Zulu, the manager of Ludacris, at the Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood, California.

July

• 7 – Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey and the National Mall in Washington, D.C. were two of the many locations to host the Live Earth benefit concert. Some of the American artists who performed were; Garth Brooks, Metallica, Kelly Clarkson, John Legend, John Mayer, Melissa Ethridge, Fall Out Boy, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Alicia Keys, and others.
• 9 – Buffalo Tom released their first studio album in nine years, Three Easy Pieces.
• 10 – The Smashing Pumpkins released their first studio album in almost seven years, Zeitgeist.

August

• 7 – Buck-O-Nine released their first studio album in six years, Sustain.
• 14 – Blaqk Audio, the electronic side project of AFI members Davey Havok and Jade Puget, released their debut album, CexCells.
• 28 – Ledisi released her first studio album in five years, Lost & Found.

September

• 7 – The MTV Video Music Awards took place at The Palms in Paradise, Nevada. Justin Timberlake won the most awards with four. Rihanna and Jay-Z won Video of the Year for "Umbrella".
• 18 – Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder released his debut solo album, Into the Wild.
• Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth released his first solo album in twelve years, Trees Outside the Academy.
• 21 – Kanye West's third studio album Graduation set the record for the longest week of an album digitally downloaded with over 130,000 paid downloads registered.
• 25 – Bruce Springsteen released Magic, his first studio album with the E Street Band in five years.

October

• 22 – System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian released his debut solo album, Elect the Dead.
• 30 – The Backstreet Boys release Unbreakable, which is their first studio album without Kevin Richardson, who left the band in 2006. This is also their first album without the involvement of long time producer Max Martin.
• The Eagles released their first studio album in 28 years, Long Road Out of Eden.
• Tool and A Perfect Circle frontman Maynard James Keenan's side project, Puscifer, released its debut album, "V" Is for Vagina.
• Britney Spears released her first studio album in four years, Blackout. It was supposed to be released two weeks later on November 13, but its release was rushed after it was leaked online.

November

• 7 – The Country Music Association Awards took place at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
• 9 – Alicia Keys released her first studio album in four years, As I Am.
• 18 – American Music Awards took place at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. Both Daughtry and Carrie Underwood won the most awards with three each with Underwood winning Artist of the Year.
• 24 – Hawthorne Heights guitarist and unclean vocalist Casey Calvert was found dead on the band's tour bus in Washington, D.C. at the age of 26.
• 25 – Kevin DuBrow, lead singer of Quiet Riot, was found dead in his home in Las Vegas, his death having occurred six days earlier. He was 52.

December

• 11 – Wu-Tang Clan released their first studio album in six years, 8 Diagrams. This their first album with new member Cappadonna.
• 12 – Singer Ike Turner died at his home in San Marcos, California at the age of 76.

Bands formed

• 2AM Club
• 8 Legged Monster
• 1476
• Aaron & Amanda Crabb
• Above the Golden State
• The Abyss
• Acid Witch
• The Active Set
• After Hours
• Against All Will
• Alphabet Rockers
• AM Taxi
• American Babies
• Among the Thirsty
• Andy Frasco & The U.N.
• Angelical Tears
• Animals as Leaders
• Anthem Lights
• Apache Beat
• Arms Aloft
• Artist vs. Poet
• As Yet Unbroken
• Asia featuring John Payne
• The Atlas Moth
• Attack Attack!
• The Audibles
• Austins Bridge
• Balance and Composure
• Breathe Carolina
• Cimorelli
• Company of Thieves
• Dirty Little Rabbits
• Fit for a King
• Foxboro Hot Tubs
• Garfunkel and Oates
• Girls
• Go Radio
• Haim
• Holy Ghost!
• Hurray for the Riff Raff
• Krewella
• The Maine
• Monster in the Machine
• Myka Relocate
• The Narrative
• Never Shout Never
• Owl City
• The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
• Paper Tongues
• Passion Pit
• Phantogram
• Plushgun
• The Revivalists
• Saul
• School of Seven Bells
• The Soft Pack
• The Story So Far
• The Summer Set
• Touché Amoré
• We Are the In Crowd

Bands reformed

• Eve 6
• Simon & Garfunkel
• Sixpence None the Richer

Bands on hiatus

• Abigail Williams
• Burden Brothers
• Deadsy
• The Early November
• Quiet Riot

Bands disbanded

• 3LW
• The Actual
• Adair
• Adelphi
• Allister
• Army of Anyone
• Asesino
• Audio Adrenaline
• Audioslave
• Avenue D
• Bacilos
• The Blood Brothers
• Blood Circus
• Blue County
• Bluegrass Student Union
• Boys Choir of Harlem
• Burden Brothers
• Calico System
• Cornbugs
• Council of the Fallen
• The Crabb Family
• Cries Hannah
• Cycle Sluts from Hell
• Dead Poetic
• Deathray
• Dispatch
• The Divorce
• Dog Fashion Disco
• Dolour
• DramaGods

• Eighteen Visions
• Epoxies
• The Exit
• The Explosion
• Fabulous Disaster
• Funeral Diner
• Good Riddance
• Groovie Ghoulies
• The Heathens
• The Hidden Hand
• Hidden in Plain View
• Hot Cross
• Hot Rod Circuit
• I Would Set Myself on Fire for You
• Inked in Blood
• Jane
• Junior M.A.F.I.A.
• The Junior Varsity
• Jurassic 5
• Last Tuesday
• Latterman
• Le Tigre
• Lokomotiv
• Los Abandoned
• Matchbook Romance
• Much the Same
• N17
• The New Cars
• Nickel Creek
• Nodes of Ranvier

• Odd Project
• OutKast
• Park
• Pirates of the Mississippi
• Pretty Girls Make Graves
• Recon
• Scars of Tomorrow
• Sister Machine Gun
• Slim & the Supreme Angels
• Slingshot 57
• Slumber Party Girls
• Socialburn
• Some Girls
• Spitalfield
• The String Cheese Incident
• Sullivan
• Sultans
• Tait
• Time of Orchids
• Unpersons
• UGK
• U.S. Maple
• UTP
• Van Zant
• Vaux
• Victory at Sea
• Waking Ashland
• Wet Confetti
• With Passion
• The Wreckers

List of albums released

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Top Songs on Record

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Songs

• "Beautiful Girls" – Sean Kingston
• "Big Girls Don't Cry" – Fergie
• "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" – T-Pain feat. Yung Joc
• "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" – Soulja Boy Tell 'Em
• "Don't Matter" - Akon
• "Girlfriend" – Avril Lavigne
• "Give It to Me" – Timbaland feat. Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake
• "Glamorous" – Fergie ft. Ludacris
• "Hey There Delilah" – Plain White T's
• "Irreplaceable" – Beyoncé
• "Kiss Kiss" – Chris Brown ft. T-Pain
• "Makes Me Wonder" – Maroon 5
• "No One" – Alicia Keys
• "Say It Right" – Nelly Furtado
• "Stronger" – Kanye West
• "This Is Why I'm Hot" - Mims
• "Umbrella" – Rihanna ft. Jay-Z
• "What Goes Around... Comes Around" – Justin Timberlake

Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 Hits

All songs that reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the year, complete with peak chart placement.

Deaths

• January 1 – Julius Hegyi, 83, conductor and violinist
• Tad Jones, 54, jazz music historian
• Del Reeves, 74, country music singer
• January 6 – Sneaky Pete Kleinow, 72, country rock musician (The Flying Burrito Brothers)
• January 7 – Alice Coltrane, 69, jazz musician
• January 13 – Doyle Holly, 70, bass player and songwriter (The Buckaroos)
• November 19 – Kevin DuBrow, 52, heavy metal singer (Quiet Riot)
• November 24 – Casey Calvert, 26, alternative rock guitarist (Hawthorne Heights)
• December 12 – Ike Turner, 76, rock and roll & R&B singer, songwriter and bandleader

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