Billboard has released The Year In Charts 2007, looking at the “chart year,” which runs from December 2006 to November 2007. The fact that the majority of the albums on these charts were actually released in 2006—or eariler—doesn’t seem to bother anybody (except the nitpricks at Percolator).

Some interesting positions from the Year-end Albums – The Billboard 200 chart:

7 FUTURESEX/LOVESOUNDS Justin Timberlake

12 GRADUATION Kanye West

14 LOVE The Beatles

24 BACK TO BLACK Amy Winehouse

66 MY DECEMBER Kelly Clarkson

76 ICKY THUMP The White Stripes

90 MEMORY ALMOST FULL Paul McCartney

110 FINDING FOREVER Common

116 YEAR ZERO Nine Inch Nails

118 ALRIGHT, STILL… Lily Allen

122 WINCING THE NIGHT AWAY The Shins

126 WE WERE DEAD BEFORE THE SHIP EVEN SANK Modest Mouse

128 ROCK N ROLL JESUS Kid Rock

149 THE REMINDER Feist

154 BEGIN TO HOPE Regina Spektor

163 FACE THE PROMISE Bob Seger

165 ZEITGEIST The Smashing Pumpkins

180 STILL THE SAME… GREAT ROCK CLASSICS OF OUR TIME Rod Stewart

186 THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE SIXTIES Barry Manilow

190 NEON BIBLE Arcade Fire

198 SKY BLUE SKY Wilco

200 THE PICK OF DESTINY (SOUNDTRACK) Tenacious D

No surprise, I suppose, that most of the halfway-decent albums are in the bottom half of the chart… But congrats, anyway, to all who charted!

Lots more year-end charts.