The most popular player in franchise history, " Gonzo " signed a one-year contract worth just under $ 7 million on December 7 to play for the rival Los Angeles Dodgers for the 2007 season.

With a $ 1. 92-billion-a-year tourism industry, Costa Rica stands as the most visited nation in the Central American region, with 1. 9 million foreign visitors in 2007, thus reaching a rate of foreign tourists per capita of 0. 46, one of the highest in the Caribbean Basin, and above other popular destinations such as Mexico ( 0. 21 ), Dominican Republic ( 0. 38 ), and Brazil ( 0. 03 ).

In late 2007, it was the most popular file sharing network on the Internet with an estimated market share of more than 40 %.

Debate on the possible installation of a constitutional monarchy in Georgia was revitalized following the 7 October 2007 sermon of Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II, the popular head of the Georgian Orthodox Church.

The military was used three times in 2006-2007 to suppress popular protest: in June 2006, resulting in 16 deaths, on 22 January 2007, when it fired on protesters at the 9 November Bridge in Conakry, killing over 100, and on 9 February 2007, when it killed several more protesters.

Among measures taken by Conte to try and shore up his support within the military after 2007 was the transfer of the ' popular Sékouba Konaté to Conakry to head the parachute Autonomous Battalion of Airborne Troops ( French acronym BATA ) in an attempt to calm the troops.

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 21. 4 % of the vote.

Xbox Live Arcade has included popular games from the genre, with Catan being released to strong sales on May 13, 2007, Carcassonne being released on June 27, 2007.

It is popular with travellers – from 2001 to 2005 and 2007 – 2008 Hong Kong International Airport has been voted the World's Best Airport in an annual survey of several million passengers worldwide by Skytrax.

In 2007, popular Welsh musicians the Manic Street Preachers wrote a song entitled " 1404 " based on Owain Glyndŵr.

In 2007, researchers Rita Monaldi and Francesco Sorti, drew popular attention to the claim, repeatedly made by historians over the centuries, that Innocent XI had secretly funded the resistance of the Protestant hero William of Orange to the French King, and even financed his overthrow of James II of England.

In 2007, Rome was the 11th-most-visited city in the world, 3rd most visited in the European Union, and the most popular tourist attraction in Italy.

In 2007, the popular Puerto Rican Reggaeton – rap band Calle 13 mentioned the Sandinista movement in their song " Llegale a mi guarida ".

MMORPGs, originating in the mid-to-late 1990s, become a popular PC trend and virtual online worlds become a reality as games such as RuneScape ( 2001 ), Final Fantasy XI ( 2002 ), Eve Online ( 2003 ), Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided ( 2003 ), World of Warcraft ( 2004 ), and Everquest II ( 2004 ), The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar ( 2007 ) and Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning ( 2008 ) are released.

Spaghetti straps were popular until about 2007.

Greyhound racing is a popular sport in Great Britain with attendances at around 3. 2 million at over 5, 750 meetings in 2007.

Redesigned for 2006 as a 2007 model, the economical diesel-powered Sprinters have become very popular for city usage among delivery companies like FedEx and UPS in recent years.

In a popular referendum in October 2007, the inhabitants of Cortina d ' Ampezzo overwhelmingly voted to leave Veneto and return to South Tyrol.

In the 2007 – 08 season, Fox became the most popular network in America in household ratings for the first time in its history, replacing CBS.

According to fashion writer Guy Trebay of The New York Times, in 2007, the " android " look is popular, a vacant stare and thin body serving, according to some fashion industry conventions, to set off the couture.

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 24. 09 % of the vote.

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SP which received 22. 11 % of the vote.

Galveston is a popular tourist destination which in 2007 brought $ 808 million to the local economy and attracted 5. 4 million visitors.

* ABC ( Jin album ), a 2007 album by Chinese-American rapper Jin.

In 2007 rapper, Jay-Z, released American Gangster, his first concept album, inspired by the movie of the same name.

* 2007 – Pimp C, American rapper ( b. 1973 )

Yogi B is now the most critically acclaimed Kollywood ( the Tamil Movie Industry ) rapper because of his work on the 2007 movie Pollathavan.

* October 31 – Natasja Saad, Afro Danish rapper & reggae singer ( d. 2007 )

In 2007, Del Naja and Davidge scored three soundtracks, In Prison My Whole Life ( which featured a track called " Calling Mumia " with vocals by American rapper Snoop Dogg ), Battle In Seattle and Trouble the Water.

Aboriginal boxing champion and former rugby league player Anthony Mundine identified US rapper Tupac Shakur as a personal inspiration, after Mundine's release of his 2007 single, Platinum Ryder.

In an August 2007 interview with XXL, rapper Q-Tip of the group A Tribe Called Quest stated that he and Common were forming a group called The Standard.

The 13th track on British rapper Dizzee Rascal's 2007 album, Maths + English, entitled ' Wanna Be ' references the Bugsy Malone track ' So You Wanna be a Boxer '.

The Sam Cooke song was sampled and thematically expanded by the rapper Hell Razah on the song " Chain Gang " appearing on his 2007 album Renaissance Child.

One other recent example can be found on rapper Lupe Fiasco's 2007 album, Lupe Fiasco's The Cool in a song titled " Streets On Fire ".

Also in 2007, crunk singer and rapper T-Pain popularised the use of autotune effect in crunk music, which became very popular in many styles of popular music since then.

Motivational speaker and unproclaimed " rapper ", Bomani Armah, parodied the rise of this trend with his 2007 song " Read A Book ".

A third single, " Together We Belong ", was released in March 2007 and a fourth single, " Baby Obey Me ", was released in Germany as a remix featuring German rapper Ill Inspecta.

John Bush of Allmusic called him " the best rapper / producer in hip-hop history ," while editors of About. com placed him on their list of the Top 50 Hip-Hop Producers, as well as placing him on their list of the Top 50 MCs of Our Time ( 1987 – 2007 ).

In 2007, TVT lost a $ 9 million lawsuit to Slip-N-Slide Records when a Florida judge ruled that Slip-N-Slide had legal rights to distribute an un-released album it owned by rapper Pitbull that he recorded for Slip-N-Slide in 2001.

In 2007, former Hot Boys member Lil Wayne was named president of Cash Money Records and CEO of Young Money Entertainment, giving the rapper full creative control over all releases under the two labels.

In 2007 rapper Snoop Dogg was to attend the MTV Australia Video Music Awards 2007 as a co-host on 29 April but a few days prior to the event it was announced that Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews would not grant him a Visa into the country because of past criminal convictions overseas.

" Linus and Lucy " is believed to be sampled in rapper Soulja Boy's 2007 hit single, " Soulja Girl ", featuring i15.

In 2007, it was changed again, with the current version having a rapper look with ruffled feathers and a baseball cap turned backwards.

Toshinobu Kubota and Kreva ( rapper ) | Kreva performing in 2007

In August 2007, he released a single called " Magic ", which featured rapper Kreva.

In December 2007, rapper TUA, formerly signed on Royal Bunker, joined Deluxe Records.