So did anyone have a more eventful pop year than Amy Winehouse?
7DAYS looks back at a few of the contenders
THIS year has seen the domination of the charts by record companies well and truly challenged by stars created on the internet and music made popular by the download market.
But if you're talking about the highs and lows of 2007, no other artist comes close to the 12-month tale of headline-grabbing pop star Amy Winehouse.
Her album, Back To Black, has remained in the charts all year and has approached the New Year still in the top ten, but in the last few days the troubled singer/songwriter has been arrested; questioned in connection with an investigation into perverting the course of justice and released on police bail.
The 24-year-old was not charged, but must return for another meeting with police in early March pending further inquiries.
Scotland Yard's involvement follows Winehouse's husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, being remanded in custody on charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice in relation to an assault case.
Winehouse cancelled her remaining UK tour dates following her husband's arrest after giving several shambolic performances.
Earlier this month the woman haunted by drink and drug allegations was nominated for six Grammy awards.
On New Year's Eve Mutya Buena releases the single B Boy Baby which features Ms Winehouse as yet another artist attempts to use the charismatic performer's reputation to boost a flagging career.
If you discount Britney Spears and Kylie Minogue as the other low and high of chart success, then who else can we talk about?
KLAXONS
Controversial as the decision may have been, there's no denying the Klaxons had a great year. The new rave' trio released their debut album Myths Of The Near Future in January and duly won the Mercury Music Prize six months later. Golden Skans is undoubtedly one of the year's best singles too, and thanks to constant touring all over the world, it looks like they'll be around for some time to come.
SPICE GIRLS
Yes, they reformed, sold loads of tickets to their shows and did a Tesco advert, but their comeback single Headlines was truly shocking. Not even the fact it was the official song of Children In Need could lift it higher than No 16 in the charts, making it the lowest-charting song the charity has ever been associated with. Their Greatest Hits also struggled to make much impact in 2007.
RADIOHEAD
The Oxford quintet had gone quiet since the 2003 George Bush-baiting Hail To The Thief. In October, with just a week's notice, they announced on their website that In Rainbows would be released the following week.
In an unprecedented move, fans were invited to pay what they wanted to download the album, plus a box set was also made. After all that, the album was their best since OK Computer.
ARCTIC MONKEYS
Their debut album was, until Leona Lewis arrived on the scene, the fastest-selling debut in UK chart history, so following it up was no small task for Arctic Monkeys. The Sheffield foursome delivered a more complete, sophisticated record in Favourite Worst Nightmare, winning another legion of fans and making a mockery of those who thought they were one-trick ponies. Their appearance at Glastonbury was one of the festival's highlights.
50 CENT
When 'Fiddy', as he hates being called, realised his album, Curtis, was going to be released on the same day as Kanye West's Graduation, he apparently quipped that if West sold more copies than he did, he'd quit music. Graduation sold almost a million copies during its first week on sale, while Curtis managed less than 700,000. So why hasn't he quit yet?
LEONA LEWIS
Since her landslide X Factor win this time last year, Leona has been quietly busy. She was whisked off to the US for intensive grooming rather than arrive under-prepared to cash-in on her fame. The tactic paid off - Bleeding Love was one of the biggestselling singles of the year and debut album, Spirit, sold 160,000 copies during its first week of release. To date, sales stand at around 1.1m copies in the UK alone.
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