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As I Am
Alicia Keys
Label: MBK/J/RMG
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"I'm feeling really excited because I can't believe this music," Alicia Keys said of "As I Am" last fall in a Billboard cover story. "I'm excited for other people to be connected to it." People definitely connected. The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 as well as Top R&B;/Hip-Hop Albums. "As I Am" single "No One" earned her a No. 1 on the Hot 100 and "Like You'll Never See Me Again" rose to No. 1 on Hot R&B;/Hip-Hop Songs.
Noel
Josh Groban
Label: 143/Reprise/Warner Bros.
2

Josh Groban earned the second No. 1 album of his career on The Billboard 200 with his seasonal album "Noel." In the waning days of 2007, the album became the first Christmas album to top The Billboard 200 for five straight weeks.






Tha Carter III
Lil Wayne
Label: Cash Money/Universal Motown
3

Before "Tha Carter III" sold more than 1 million copies in one week, Lil Wayne was confident about how the album would be received. "It's one of those albums people are really waiting on, so I made it so that whatever is on it will stick with you forever," he told Billboard in a February cover story. "I think this album is going to be one of my best albums. I'm a true perfectionist. I got one of them Beyoncé albums -- everything's hot on there."




Long Road Out Of Eden
Eagles
Label: ERC
4

"Long Road out of Eden," the Eagles' first studio album since 1979, rocketed to No. 1 on the Billboard 200. ""We agonized for two or three years how we were going to make an album that was going to be modern and cool and cutting edge," Don Henley told Billboard. "And finally we said 'To hell with it, we are just going to be the Eagles.'"



Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
Label: Big Machine
5

"I was 16 years old and wrote all these songs about being in high school and sophomore relationships, not thinking that people would relate to it, [but] hoping they would," Taylor Swift told Billboard earlier this year. They did. Her self-titled debut sold over 3.6 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.






Rock N Roll Jesus
Kid Rock
Label: Top Dog/Atlantic/AG
6

"This time I thought that I could step up and maybe be a major player," Kid Rock told Billboard in 2007 just as he was finishing "Rock N Roll Jesus." "I tried to put myself on the level of all these people that I really look up to and love, like the Skynyrds and [Bob] Segers of the world and just really tried to write in that mode but still be me." The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and single "All Summer Long" charted on several Billboard tallies including a No. 2 peak on Adult Top 40 and No. 4 peaks on Hot Country Songs and Mainstream Top 40.



Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends
Coldplay
Label: Capitol
7

"We took a long time to recharge," Coldplay frontman Chris Martin said in May of the three-year gap in albums that preceded "Viva La Vida..." "I just felt, 'We have to get our own place, we have to call Brian Eno... We have to play in a little room, burn all our awards and reviews, not go to swanky dinners, erase all that.' " The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and has remained on the chart since for over 20 weeks.



NOW 26
Various Artists
Label: EMI/Sony BMG Strategic Marketing Group/Universal/Zomba
8

The mega-selling compilation series' 26th installment debuted with sales of 208,000 copies and spent 34 weeks and reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and went all the way to No. 1 on Top Compilation Albums.






Carnival Ride
Carrie Underwood
Label: 19/Arista/Arista Nashville/RMG/RMG/SBN
9

Carrie Underwood's "Carnival Ride," the No. 9 title of 2007 on the Top Country Albums recap, has proven its staying power, impressively coming it at No. 9 here on on the 2008 year-end Billboard 200 chart a year later. "The Oklahoman delivers in spades on her sophomore effort," the Billboard album review said. "If only every follow-up was this good."





The Ultimate Hits
Garth Brooks
Label: Pearl
10

Garth Brooks' collection, which the Billboard review called "a slice of honky-tonk heaven," featured 34 songs, including four new ones and bonus material. It has sold over 1.9 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan, reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and has spent over 55 weeks on the tally.






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