Best of 2007: Top 100 Customers' Favorites

Norah Jones remained an Amazon customer favorite in 2007, far and above any other artist with her release Not Too Late. And you couldn't get enough of the soulful bad girl, Amy Winehouse. She squeaked into the second spot with her release Back to Black, beehive and all. More favorites:

• Magic, Bruce Springsteen
• Call Me Irresponsible, Michael Bublé
• West, Lucinda Williams

›Top 100 customers' favorites of 2007

Best of 2007: Top 100 Editors' Picks

Amazon.com's music staff has counted the votes (1234) and made its selection of the very best CDs of 2007. At the top of our list is indie darling, and i-pod commerical princess, Feist, with The Reminder. Meanwhile, Sound of Silver, by electronic dance act LCD Sound System placed a respectable second. See more top picks, and let us know what your number one of the year is--leave a comment on our discussion board:

• Graduation, Kanye West
• In Rainbows, Radiohead
• Back to Black, Amy Winehouse

›Top 100 editors' picks of 2007

Latecomers and Honorable Mentions

There's a slew of albums that just missed the Top 100 list, or were released too late in the year to be considered. Here are just a few we think should be on your radar (in no particular order):

• As I Am, Alicia Keys
• Ask Forgiveness, Bonnie Prince Billy
• Sticking Fingers into Sockets, Los Campesinos
• Like, Love, Lust & the Open Halls of the Soul , Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter
• Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall, Rufus Wainwright

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Best International of 2007

Cosmopolitan polyglots, unite! Our globe-trotting list of the year's best international albums may dip liberally from Brazil, but it also makes stops in Belize (Watina), Senegal (Youssou N'Dour), France (Charlotte Gainsbourg), Portugal (Mariza), and Mali (Tiken Jah Fakoly). There might just be something for everybody. See our picks:

• Momento, Bebel Gilberto
• Supermoon, Zap Mama
• Samba Meu, Maria Rita

›The 10 best international CDs of 2007

Best Alternative of 2007

Panda Bear's Person Pitch courses multiple genres (rock, dance, psychedelia), weaving organic soundscapes that reference both Brian Wilson and electronica. Montreal's Stars scored high on our list and deep in our hearts with the dreamy yet dramatic indie-pop of their latest, In Our Bedroom After the War. See more of our alternative picks:

• Person Pitch, Panda Bear

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• In Our Bedroom After the War, Stars

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• Dropping the Writ, Cass McCombs

›The 10 best alternative CDs of 2007

Best Folk of 2007

As folk music continues its slow urbanization, those who return to the music's rural roots occasionally strike gold. Such is the case with this year's top folk record, Levon Helm's Dirt Farmer. Nevertheless, exciting relative newcomers like Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter carry the torch. See the rest of our picks:

• Between Daylight and Dark, Mary Gauthier
• The Calling, Mary Chapin Carpenter
• Civilians, Joe Henry

›The 10 best folk CDs of 2007

Best Jazz of 2007

Who better than that giantess of vocal jazz, Abbey Lincoln, to top our list of the year's best jazz albums? Hot on her heels, The Bad Plus follow, along with Terrence Blanchard's requiem for the survivors of Hurricane Katrina, two first-time issues from the annals of the Monterey Jazz Festival, and more. See our jazz picks:

• Sacred Ground, David Murray
• Floratone, Floratone
• Back East, Joshua Redman Trio

›The 10 best jazz CDs of 2007

Best Rap of 2007

From the return of Public Enemy to the emergence of indie-rap superstars like Grayskul, it's been a banner year for hip-hop. Common's new joint was anything but, and Jay-Z pulled out of his post-retirement rut. Take it from KRS-One and Marley Marl: Hip-Hop Lives. See the rest of our picks:

• None Shall Pass, Aesop Rock
• Eardrum, Talib Kweli
• Graduation, Kanye West

›The 10 best rap CDs of 2007

Best MP3s of 2007

From the wistful nostalgia of LCD Soundsystem's "All My Friends" to the bubbly pop-by-numbers of Feist's "1234," it's been a great year for the song. Browse, download, and debate our editors' and customers' top songs of 2007:

• "Bubbly," by Colbie Caillat
• "Stronger," by Kanye West
• "Smile," by Lily Allen

›See both top 100 lists