Top-selling artists in the US in 2007: Josh Groban, Hannah Montana, Eagles
Fact recorded on: January 13, 2008. Categories: Music.
Josh Groban, Hannah Montana and Eagles were the-top selling artists in the US in 2007.
| Top-selling artists in 2007 | |
| Artist | Units |
| Josh Groban | 4,835,000 |
| Hannah Montana | 3,854,000 |
| Eagles | 3,583,000 |
| Carrie Underwood | 3,231,000 |
| Rascal Flatts | 3,129,000 |
| Alicia Keys | 2,699,000 |
| Linkin Park | 2,624,000 |
| Michael Buble | 2,530,000 |
| Daughtry | 2,506,000 |
| Tim McGraw | 2,369,000 |
| Source: Nielsen SoundScan | |
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