Josh Groban's 'Noel' ended up selling 3,699,000 units last year, which earned him the top spot as the biggest selling album of 2007 in the USA, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Groban was also the biggest selling artist of 2007, with his total catalogue shifting 4,835,000 units.'Noel' was also the first seasonal album to top an end of year chart and the first seasonal album to sell more than 3 million copies.
The previous biggest selling Christmas album was Kenny G's 'Miracles: A Holiday Album' which sold 2,986,000 units back in 1994.
The US Top 10 Albums of 2007 were:
1 Noel / Josh Groban 3,699,000
2 Soundtrack / High School Musical 2 2,957,000
3 Long Road Out of Eden / Eagles 2,608,000
4 As I Am / Alicia Keys 2,543,000
5 Daughtry / Daughtry 2,497,000
6 Soundtrack/ Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley 2,489,000
7 Minutes To Midnight / Linkin Park 2,099,000
8 Dutchess / Fergie 2,064,000
9 Taylor Swift / Taylor Swift 1,951,000
10. Graduation / Kanye West 1,892,000
The top selling artists of 2007 were:
1 Josh Groban 4,835,000
2 Hannah Montana 3,854,000
3 Eagles 3,583,000
4 Carrie Underwood 3,231,000
5 Rascal Flatts 3,129,000
6 Alicia Keys 2,699,000
7 Linkin Park 2,624,000
8 Michael Buble 2,530,000
9 Daughtry 2,506,000
10. Tim McGraw 2,369,000
