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{{short description|Overview of the events of 1997 in music}}
''See also:''
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[[1996 in music]],
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[[1997|other events of 1997]],

[[1998 in music]], [[Timeline of trends in music (1990-present)|1990s in music]] and the [[list of 'years in music']]
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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1997.

==Specific locations==
*[[1997 in British music]]
*[[1997 in Norwegian music]]
*[[1997 in South Korean music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[#Classical music|1997 in classical music]]
*[[1997 in country music]]
*[[1997 in heavy metal music]]
*[[1997 in hip hop music]]
*[[1997 in Latin music]]
*[[1997 in jazz]]


==Events==
==Events==
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*[[January 9]] - [[David Bowie]] performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert (the day after his birthday) at Madison Square Garden, with guests [[Frank Black]], [[The Foo Fighters]], [[Sonic Youth]], [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] of [[The Cure]], [[Lou Reed]], and [[Billy Corgan]] of [[The Smashing Pumpkins]], with the opening act [[Placebo]]. Proceeds from the concert went to the Save The Children fund.

*[[January 10]] - [[James Brown (musician)|James Brown]] receives a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]
===January===
*[[January 19]] - [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] wins Best Actress In A Motion Picture, Musical Or Comedy in [[Evita]] at the 54th annual [[Golden Globe Awards]]. [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] later wins the [[American Moviegoer Award]] for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in [[Evita]].
*[[January 1]] – [[Townes Van Zandt]] dies of a cardiac arrythmia.
*[[January 20]] - [[Ben and Jerry's]] introduce "Phish food", a new flavor of ice cream named after the rock group [[Phish]]. The ingredients are chocolate ice cream, marshmallows, caramel and fish-shaped fudge
*[[January 6]] – Scottish band [[Texas (band)|Texas]] release first single, "[[Say What You Want]]" from their 6× Platinum album "[[White on Blonde]]"<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-12-28.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=19|date=28 December 1996|access-date=16 August 2021}}</ref>
*[[February 2]] - [[Rich Mullins]]' musical ''[[The Canticle of the Plains]]'' premieres in [[Wichita, Kansas]].
*[[January 7]] – The [[Spice Girls]] release their debut single, "[[Wannabe (song)|Wannabe]]" in the U.S. and premiere the music video eighteen days later.
*[[February 10]] - 52 year old [[Brian Connolly]] of [[Sweet (band)|Sweet]] dies of kidney failure in [[England]].
*[[January 9]] – [[David Bowie]] performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert (the day after his birthday) at [[Madison Square Garden]], New York City, USA with guests [[Frank Black]], [[The Foo Fighters]], [[Sonic Youth]], [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] of [[The Cure]], [[Lou Reed]], and [[Billy Corgan]] of [[The Smashing Pumpkins]], with the opening act [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]]. Proceeds from the concert went to the [[Save the Children]] fund.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D02E3D81738F932A25752C0A961958260|title=Once More the Outsider, David Bowie Turns 50|last=Pareles|first=John|date=January 11, 1997|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 18, 2008}}</ref>
*[[February 12]] - [[David Bowie]] receives a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]
*[[January 10]] – [[James Brown (musician)|James Brown]] receives a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in Hollywood, USA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/123006/spe_110576.shtml |title=The James Brown Review |last=unattributed |date=December 30, 2006 |work=The Augusta Chronicle |access-date=April 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229192041/http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/123006/spe_110576.shtml |archive-date=December 29, 2008 |url-status = live|df=mdy }}</ref>
*[[February 13]] - [[Michael Jackson]]'s first son is born.
*[[January 17]]–[[February 2]] – The [[Big Day Out]] festival takes place in [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]], headlined by [[Soundgarden]], [[The Offspring]] and [[The Prodigy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/every-big-day-out-line-up/11539046 |title=The definitive guide to every Big Day Out line-up ever |publisher=ABC |date=September 30, 2019 |access-date=August 31, 2020 |first=Dan |last=Condon}}</ref> [[Sepultura]] are originally named in the lineup, but cancel their performance after the departure of former frontman [[Max Cavalera]] in December 1996. They are later replaced by [[Fear Factory]].
*March - Pianist [[David Helfgott]] appears at the [[Boston Symphony Hall]] during his world tour. The ''[[Boston Globe]]'' describes his performance as "without phrasing, form, harmonic understanding, differentiation of style and often basic accuracy; worst of all, it was without emotional content."
*[[January 19]] – [[Madonna]] wins Best Actress In A Motion Picture, Musical Or Comedy, for her part in ''[[Evita (1996 film)|Evita]]'', at the 54th annual [[Golden Globe Awards]] in the USA.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/18/madonna.movies/?iref=mpstoryview|title=Hey Madonna, don't give up the day job!|last=Busari|first=Stephanie|date=March 24, 2008|publisher=Cable News Network|access-date=April 18, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080423050418/http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/18/madonna.movies/?iref=mpstoryview| archive-date=April 23, 2008<!--DASHBot-->|url-status = live}}</ref>
*[[January 20]] – [[Daft Punk]] releases their debut [[studio album]], [[Homework (Daft Punk album)|Homework.]]
*[[January 28]]
** The [[Virginia Senate]] votes to retire "[[Carry Me Back to Old Virginny]]" as the official state song, and begins looking for a replacement.
** [[Clive Davis]] gets a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].

===February===
*[[February 2]] – [[Rich Mullins]]' musical ''The Canticle of the Plains'' receives its première in [[Wichita, Kansas]].
*[[February 3]] – Scottish band [[Texas (band)|Texas]] release their fourth album "[[White on Blonde]]"<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1997/Music-Week-1997-02-01.pdf|title=New Releases: Albums|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=31|date=1 February 1997|access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref>
*[[February 12]] – [[David Bowie]] receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, USA.
*[[February 13]]
**[[Michael Jackson]]'s first son, Michael Joseph Jackson Jr., is born.
**The [[Spice Girls]] knock [[Toni Braxton]]'s "[[Unbreak My Heart]]" off the top spot in the US singles chart. They are the first female British group to have a US number one with their debut single.
*[[February 20]] – [[Ben and Jerry's]] introduce "Phish Food", a new flavor of ice cream named after the rock group [[Phish]]. The ingredients are chocolate ice cream, marshmallows, caramel and fish-shaped fudge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.benjerry.com/our_company/press_center/press/phish-pr.html|title=BEN & JERRY'S MASTERS MARSHMALLOW TO CREATE "PHISH FOOD TM"|last=Unattributed company press release|date=February 20, 1997|publisher=Ben & Jerry's|access-date=April 19, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226185026/http://www.benjerry.com/our_company/press_center/press/phish-pr.html|archive-date=February 26, 2008|url-status = dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[February 24]] – The [[Spice Girls]] win Best Video for "[[Say You'll Be There]]" and Best Single for "Wannabe" at the [[BRIT Awards]]. [[Geri Halliwell]]'s [[Union Jack dress]] from the girls' live performance hogs the headlines the next day.
*[[February 26]] – The [[39th Annual Grammy Awards]] are presented in [[New York City|New York]], hosted by [[Ellen DeGeneres]]. [[Babyface (musician)|Babyface]] wins the most awards with four, while [[Celine Dion]]'s ''[[Falling into You]]'' wins [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] and [[Eric Clapton]]'s "[[Change the World]]" wins both [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]. [[LeAnn Rimes]] wins [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]].
*[[February 28]] – [[Death Row Records]] co-founder [[Suge Knight]] is sentenced to nine years in prison for violating his probation. He would be released in August 2001.

===March===
*[[March 1]]
*[[March 1]]
**Pianist [[David Helfgott]] performs at the [[Boston Symphony Hall]], in Boston, USA, during his world tour. The [[Boston Globe]] describes his performance as "without phrasing, form, harmonic understanding, differentiation of style and often basic accuracy; worst of all, it was without emotional content".
** The rock band ''[[Phish]]'' records ''[[Slip Stitch and Pass]]'' live at [[Markthalle]], [[Hamburg]], [[Germany]].
**The jam band [[Phish]] records "[[Slip Stitch and Pass]]" live at Markthalle, [[Hamburg]], Germany.
** Northern Ireland band [[Ash (band)|Ash]] release the single ''[[Barbie (1997 single)|Barbie]].''
*[[March 9]]
*[[March 9]] - [[The Notorious B.I.G.]] is shot to death while sitting in the passenger seat of a car after a ''[[Soul Train Awards]]'' party
**[[The Notorious B.I.G.]] is shot dead while sitting in the passenger seat of a car after a post [[Soul Train Awards]] party in Los Angeles, CA.
*[[March 11]] - [[Paul McCartney]] is knighted by [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]].
**The [[Spice Girls]] become the first act in the history of the [[UK Top 40]] singles charts to have four consecutive number one hits with "[[Mama (Spice Girls song)|Mama"]]/[[Who Do You Think You Are (Spice Girls song)|"Who Do You Think You Are"]]. Profits from the single go to [[Comic Relief]] and provide the biggest individual contribution of 1997.
*[[March 17]] - [[Whirlwind Heat]] play their first show.
*[[March 10]] – A [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] concert in [[Columbia, South Carolina]] is canceled in response to pressure from religious and civic groups.
*[[April 2]] - [[Joni Mitchell]] is reunited with the daughter that she gave up for adoption 32 years ago, Kilauren Gibb.
*[[March 11]] – [[Paul McCartney]] is knighted by [[Elizabeth II]].
*[[25 April|25]]&ndash;[[27 April]] - The first [[Terrastock]] [[music festival|festival]] is held in [[Providence, Rhode Island]]
*[[March 17]] – [[Whirlwind Heat]] play their first show.
*May - [[5ive]]'s musical career begin after auditions are held in London with over 3,000 hopefuls showing up to audition.
*[[March 19]]–20 – The reunited [[Monkees]] perform two sold-out concerts at [[Wembley Arena]] in London, UK.
*[[June 16]] - [[Radiohead]]'s seminal album ''[[OK Computer]]'' is released in the United Kingdom.
*[[March 30]] – The [[Spice Girls]] launch Britain's new television channel, [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]].
*[[September 19]] - While on his way to a [[benefit concert]] in [[Kansas]], [[Rich Mullins]] loses control of his jeep, flipping the automobile and throwing both Mullins and passenger [[Mitch McVicker]] out onto the road. A tractor-trailer approaching the scene swerves to miss McVicker, striking and killing Mullins instantly. McVicker survives, but suffered major injuries.
*[[August 21]] ''Oasis''' eagerly awaited 3rd album, [[Be Here Now]], was released. It set a record as it became the fastest selling album of all time, moving 695,761 copies in the first week.
*[[August 3]] - [[The Black Crowes]] perform their last show with Johnny Colt and Marc Ford, ending what is considered their "classic" lineup.
*[[August 16-17]] - Phish perform two day music festival, The Great Went, in Limestone, Maine at Loring Air Force Base. 500 minutes of music, 6 sets, 2 encores. There was an estimated attendance that falls anywhere between 65,000-70,000 and was the top grossing concert of the summer by pulling in over $4,000,000.
*September - [[Elton John]] performs "Candle In The Wind" at the funeral of [[Diana, Princess of Wales]]; [[John Tavener]]'s ''Song for Athene'' is performed at the same ceremony.
*[[November 22]]- [[INXS]] lead singer [[Michael Hutchence]] is found dead in his hotel room in [[Sydney, Australia]]. He is a mere 39 years old.
*[[December 31]] - "The home of Country Music", the [[Opryland USA|Opryland USA theme park]], in [[Nashville, Tennessee]] closes and is subsequently demolished.
*After more than a year absence [[Garth Brooks]] returns to the top of the charts with his album "Sevens".
*[[Nigel Kennedy]] returns to performing in public after a 5-year absence resulting from neck surgery, now calling himself simply "Kennedy".
*The reunited [[Fleetwood Mac]] release [[The Dan]]ce and begin a highly successful concert tour in the United States.
*The reunited [[Monkees]] perform 2 sold out concerts at Wembley Arena in London.
*[[Orgy (band)|Orgy]]'s musical career begins
*[[Lostprophets]]' musical career begins


===April===
*[[Dinosaur Jr.]] disbanded
*[[April 2]] – [[Joni Mitchell]] is reunited with her daughter, Kilauren Gibb, whom she gave up for adoption 32 years earlier.
*[[Glue Gun (band)|Glue Gun]] disbanded
*[[April 7]] – [[Wynton Marsalis]] becomes the first jazz artist to win the [[Pulitzer Prize for Music]].
*[[Gin Blossoms]] disbanded
*[[April 10]] – [[Nigel Kennedy]], now calling himself simply ''Kennedy'', returns to the stage at the Royal Festival Hall after a five-year absence from the concert stage resulting from neck surgery.
*[[Soundgarden]] disbanded
*[[April 15]] – [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]] releases "[[MMMBop]]", one of the most successful debut singles of all time, reaching number one in 27 countries.
*[[Swans (band)|Swans]] disbanded
*[[April 25]]–27 – The first [[Terrastock]] [[music festival|festival]] is held in [[Providence, Rhode Island]], USA.
*The companies [[Memorex]], [[Maxell]], and [[TDK Corporation|TDK]] introduce [[Blank recordable CD]]s
*[[The Shins]] are formed.
*[[The White Stripes]] are formed.
*[[Coldplay]] are formed.
*[[Queens of the Stone Age]] are formed.
*[[Death Cab For Cutie]] are formed.


===May===
==Classical music==
*[[May 3]]
*[[Jacob Ter Veldhuis]] - ''Goldrush Concerto''
**[[5ive]]'s musical career begins after auditions are held in London, UK to find potential band members, with over 3,000 hopefuls showing up to audition.
*[[Paul McCartney]] - ''Standing Stone''
**The [[Spice Girls]] attend the [[Cannes Film Festival]] to announce their plans to hit the big screen with ''[[Spiceworld: The Movie]]''. A photo call on top of the Hotel Martinez entrance brings the area to a standstill.
**At the 42nd [[Eurovision Song Contest 1997|Eurovision Song Contest]], held in [[Dublin]]'s [[Point Theatre]], the [[United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest|UK]] win with "[[Love Shine a Light]]", sung by [[Katrina and the Waves]].
**[[The Notorious B.I.G.]]'s single "[[Hypnotize (The Notorious B.I.G. song)|Hypnotize]]" is #1 for three weeks.
*[[May 6]] – The [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] induction ceremony is held in Cleveland at the site of the hall itself for the first time. Prior to this year, the ceremony had only been held in New York City.
*[[May 11]] – The [[Spice Girls]] perform their first British live gig for the [[Prince's Trust]] 21st anniversary concert at the [[Manchester Opera House]]. They break royal protocol by kissing the Prince of Wales (now [[Charles III]]) on the cheeks and even pinching his bottom.
*[[May 15]] – The [[Spice Girls]]' album [[Spice (album)|''Spice'']] reaches number one on the US charts, making them the first British act to top the charts with a debut album.
*[[May 21]] – [[Radiohead]] releases ''[[OK Computer]]''.
*[[May 23]] – [[Brainiac (band)|Brainiac]] frontman Tim Taylor is killed in a car crash at age 29 driving to his Dayton, Ohio home. The band announces they will not continue.
*[[May 24]] – The first [[Ozzfest]] tour kicks off at the [[Nissan Pavilion]] in Washington, D.C, featuring [[Pantera]] and a reconstituted [[Black Sabbath]] with three of the four original members.
*[[May 27]] - [[Kirk Franklin]] releases his fourth album (first collaboration album with God’s Property) God’s Property from Kirk Franklin’s Nu Nation which spawned the crossover hit single “Stomp”
*[[May 28]] – Japanese pop singer and songwriter [[Miho Komatsu]] releases her first and debut song entitled ''[[Nazo (song)|Nazo]]''. It is used as an opening soundtrack in popular hit anime ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

===June===
*[[June 14]] – [[Puff Daddy and The Family]]'s "[[I'll Be Missing You]]" single is #1 on the Hot 100 charts for the next 11 weeks, only to be replaced by [[The Notorious B.I.G.]] posthumous single "[[Mo Money Mo Problems]]", also featuring Puff Daddy.
*[[June 24]] – [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]-owned [[Hollywood Records]] drops [[Insane Clown Posse]] from their roster and pulls the album ''[[The Great Milenko]]'' after only six hours of release, in an attempt to placate the [[Southern Baptist Convention|Southern Baptist Church]] who were threatening to boycott the company for straying from its family-friendly image. The controversy generates tremendous publicity for the band, who soon sign with [[Island Records]].<ref name="RS #767">{{cite magazine |last1=Boehlert |first1=Eric |date=August 21, 1997 |title=Culture Skirmishes |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |issue=767 |pages=29–32 }}</ref>
*[[June 29]] – [[Missy Elliott]] releases the single "[[The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)]]" from her debut album ''[[Supa Dupa Fly]]''.

===July–August===
*[[July 1]] – [[Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong]] to China: [[Tan Dun]]'s ''Symphony 1997: Heaven, Earth, Mankind'' for orchestra, biānzhōng bells, children's chorus and solo cello is premièred as part of the official ceremony.
*[[July 5]] – The first [[Lilith Fair]] tour kicks off at [[The Gorge Amphitheatre]] in [[George, Washington]]. [[Sarah McLachlan]], [[Tracy Chapman]] and [[Jewel (singer)|Jewel]] are among the performers.
*[[July 15]]–20 – The second [[Yoyo A Go Go]] punk and indie rock festival opens in [[Olympia, Washington]].
*[[August 3]] – [[The Black Crowes]] perform their last show with [[Johnny Colt]] and [[Marc Ford]].
*[[August 4]] – Nigerian [[afrobeat]] pioneer and dissident pop star [[Fela Kuti|Fela Anikulapo-Kuti]] dies in [[Lagos]], Nigeria, of HIV-related illness.
*[[August 7]] – [[Garth Brooks]] performs to an estimated 800,000 to one million people during a free concert given in [[Central Park]], New York City.
*[[August 11]] – The [[Backstreet Boys]] release their second international album, ''[[Backstreet's Back]]''.
*[[August 12]] – The [[Backstreet Boys]] release their U.S. debut album, [[Backstreet Boys (1997 album)|''Backstreet Boys'']].
*[[August 14]] – [[Godspeed You! Black Emperor]] releases debut album, [[F♯ A♯ ∞]]
*[[August 16]]–17 – [[Phish]] perform at the two-day music festival, [[The Great Went]], at [[Loring Air Force Base]] in [[Limestone, Maine]], US. They play 500 minutes of music, six sets and two encores. There is an estimated attendance of between 65,000 and 70,000, and it is the top-grossing concert of the season, making over $4,000,000 in box office receipts.
*[[August 19]] – The reunited [[Fleetwood Mac]] begin a concert tour in the United States.
*[[August 30]] – "[[Mo Money Mo Problems]]" reaches #1 on the Hot 100 singles chart, making [[Notorious B.I.G.]] the first artist to achieve two posthumous #1 singles.

===September–October===
*[[September 6]] – [[Elton John]] performs "[[Candle in the Wind]]" at the funeral of [[Diana, Princess of Wales]]; [[John Tavener]]'s "[[Song for Athene]]" is performed at the same ceremony, with soprano [[Lynne Dawson]] singing the solo part.
*[[September 16]]
**After a tumultuous divorce from her first husband, [[Mariah Carey]] releases the album [[Butterfly (Mariah Carey album)|''Butterfly'']], which moved her sound in a more hip-hop/R&B direction.
**[[Aaliyah]] releases the single "[[Hot Like Fire]]"/"[[The One I Gave My Heart To]]".
*[[September 17]] – [[The KLF]] return for [[23 (numerology)|23 minutes]] with their performance of "[[Fuck the Millennium]]".
*[[September 19]] – While on his way to a [[benefit concert]] in [[Kansas]], USA, [[Rich Mullins]] loses control of his [[Jeep]], flipping the automobile and throwing both Mullins and passenger [[Mitch McVicker]] out onto the road. A tractor-trailer approaching the scene swerves to miss McVicker, striking and killing Mullins instantly. McVicker survives, but suffers major injuries.
*[[September 20]] – U2 plays at [[Reggio Emilia]] during their [[PopMart Tour]] to over 150,000 people.
*[[September 22]] – [[Björk]] releases ''[[Homogenic]]'', moving towards a darker sound and away from her '[[pixie]]' image.<ref name="Homogenic" />
*[[September 23]] – [[U2]] perform a [[1997 U2 concert in Sarajevo|concert in Sarajevo]] during their [[PopMart Tour]].
*[[September 27]] – [[Bob Dylan]] performs for [[Pope John Paul II]] at a Catholic youth event in [[Bologna]], Italy.
*[[September 29]]
**[[The Rolling Stones]] release ''[[Bridges to Babylon]]''.
**[[The Verve]] release ''[[Urban Hymns]]''. In a controversial legal dispute, the majority of their royalties and songwriting credit for their single "[[Bitter Sweet Symphony]]" go to [[The Rolling Stones]].
*[[October 7]] – [[Everclear (band)|Everclear]] release their multi-platinum third album ''[[So Much for the Afterglow]]'', containing "[[Father of Mine]]" and "[[I Will Buy You a New Life]]".
*[[October 13]] – The "[[Prince Igor (single)|Prince Igor]]" single, jointly performed by The Rhapsody, [[Warren G]] and [[Sissel Kyrkjebø]] is released.
*[[October 15]] – [[Michael Jackson]] ends the [[HIStory World Tour]], which included an attendance record of 4,500,000 fans, in [[Durban]], [[South Africa]].
*[[October 22]] – [[Namie Amuro]] shocks her fans when she announces that she has recently married and is three months pregnant. She subsequently begins a one-year hiatus from the music industry.
*[[October 23]] – [[R.E.M.]] drummer [[Bill Berry]] announces his departure from the group.

===November–December===
*[[November 3]] – The [[Spice Girls]] release ''[[Spiceworld (album)|Spiceworld]]'', their second number one album, making the group the first British band since [[The Beatles]] to have two albums in the US chart at the same time. ''[[Spice (album)|Spice]]'' and ''[[Spiceworld (album)|Spiceworld]]'' have amassed enough sales for one out of every two people in Britain to own a [[Spice Girls]] album.
*[[November 4]] – [[Shania Twain]] releases her album ''[[Come On Over]]'' which goes on to sell over 40 million copies worldwide to date<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/05/1057179202436.html |location=Melbourne |work=The Age |title=Twain of thought |date=July 6, 2003 |access-date=25 September 2009 <!--DASHBot--> |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004174022/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/05/1057179202436.html |archive-date=October 4, 2009 |url-status = live|df=mdy }}</ref> and later became the biggest selling album in [[country music]] history and the biggest selling album by a female music artist.
*[[November 6]] – The [[Spice Girls]] make the decision to take over the running of the group and drop [[Simon Fuller]] as their manager.
*[[November 18]] – American [[indie rock]] band [[Modest Mouse]] release their second full-length album, ''[[The Lonesome Crowded West]]''.
*[[November 19]] – [[Gary Glitter]] is arrested after images of child pornography are found on a laptop computer that he had taken in for repairs.
*[[November 22]] – [[INXS]] lead singer [[Michael Hutchence]] is found dead in a [[Sydney]], Australia hotel room, aged 37.
*[[November 25]] – [[Will Smith]] releases his debut solo studio album ''[[Big Willie Style]]''.
*[[November 26]] – In a performance billed as the "highest" gig on Earth, [[Spiritualized]] play in the deck of the [[CN Tower]] in [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada for an audience of 150 people.
*[[November 27]] – [[Namie Amuro]] releases her ninth single under [[Avex Trax]], "[[Dreaming I Was Dreaming]]."
*[[December 1]] – [[Aaron Carter]] bursts onto the music scene at the age of 10 with the release of his debut album [[Aaron Carter (album)|''Aaron Carter'']], making him the youngest male artist in the world since [[Michael Jackson]] in 1969.
*[[December 4]]-5 – [[Black Sabbath]] perform a pair of reunion shows in their hometown of [[Birmingham]], England. They are the first full-length concerts by the original lineup of the band since 1978.
*[[December 26]] – The [[Spice Girls]] release their big screen debut ''[[Spiceworld: The Movie]]'', starring [[Richard E. Grant]], [[Roger Moore]], [[Elton John]] and [[Stephen Fry]]. The movie makes £6.8m in its first week of release.
*[[December 31]]
**The Home of Country Music, the [[Opryland USA|Opryland USA theme park]], in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], USA closes and is subsequently demolished.
**[[Namie Amuro]] performs on [[NHK]] [[Kōhaku Uta Gassen]] for the last time before beginning her maternal hiatus.

===Also in 1997===
*[[Mikael Åkerfeldt]] and [[Peter Lindgren (musician)|Peter Lindgren]] fire [[Johan De Farfalla]] from [[Opeth]]; then [[Anders Nordin]] quits the band. To replace the ex-members, Mike and Pete hire [[Martin Lopez]] and [[Martin Mendez]].
*The companies [[Memorex]], [[Maxell]], and [[TDK Corporation|TDK]] introduce [[CD-R|blank recordable CD]]s.
*The first John Lennon Songwriting Contest is held.
*[[Rob Gommerman]] leaves [[Finger Eleven]] due to extensive touring.
*[[Derrick Green]] replaces [[Max Cavalera]] in [[Sepultura]].
*[[Glenn Ljungström]] and [[Johan Larsson (musician)|Johan Larsson]] leave [[In Flames]].
*[[Big Audio Dynamite]]'s final album ''[[Entering a New Ride]]'', which features [[Ranking Roger]] from [[The Beat (British band)|The Beat]], gets rejected for release by their record label, so is released independently as one of the first ever well known musical downloads, for free on their website.

==Bands formed==
* See [[:Category:Musical groups established in 1997]]

==Bands disbanded==
* See [[:Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1997]]

==Bands reformed==
{{Unreferenced section|date=December 2008}}

*[[As Friends Rust]] (reformed with a new line-up and in a new location after breaking up earlier that year)
*[[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] (reformed after broke up in 1982)
*[[Depeche Mode]] (reformed after being on hiatus since 1995)
*[[Echo & the Bunnymen]] (reformed after being on hiatus since 1992)
*[[Jane's Addiction]] (reformed after broke up in 1991)
*[[Sunny Day Real Estate]] (reformed after being on hiatus since 1995)


==Albums released==
==Albums released==
* See: [[:Category:1997 albums]]
*''[[Album of the Year (album)|Album of the Year]]'' - [[Faith No More]]
*''[[Butterfly]]'' - [[Mariah Carey]]
*''Transistor'' - [[311 (band)|311]]
*''Nine Lives'' - [[Aerosmith]]
*''So Long, So Wrong'' - [[Alison Krauss & Union Station]]
*''[[Come to Daddy]]'' - [[Aphex Twin]]
*''Imitação da Vida'' - [[Maria Bethânia]]
*''Sevens'' - [[Garth Brooks]]
*''[[Happy?]]'' - [[Jann Arden]]
*''Anywhere But Here'' - [[The Ataris]]
*''[[Tested]]'' - [[Bad Religion]]
*''[[Telegram (album)|Telegram]]'' - [[Björk]]
*''[[Homogenic]]'' - [[Björk]]
*''[[Dude Ranch]]'' - [[blink-182]]
*''[[Surf-N-Burn (album)|Surf-N-Burn]]'' - [[The Blue Stingrays]]
*''Straight on Till Morning'' - [[Blues Traveler]]
*''[[Blur (album)|Blur]]'' - [[Blur]]
*''Boston: Greatest Hits'' - [[Boston (band)|Boston]]
*''[[Earthling (album)|Earthling]]'' - [[David Bowie]]
*''Twenty-Eight Teeth'' - [[Buck-O-Nine]]
*''Medazzaland'' - [[Duran Duran]]
*''[[Body Language (1997 album)|Body Language]]'' - Jonathan Cain
*''[[The Virginian (album)|The Virginian]]'' - [[Neko Case]]
*''Coal Chamber'' - [[Coal Chamber]]
*''[[Dig Your Own Hole]]'' - [[Chemical Brothers]]
*''[[Something Wild]]'' - [[Children of Bodom]]
*''[[My Own Prison]]'' - [[Creed (band)|Creed]]
*''[[Galore]]'' - [[The Cure]]
*''Les Années Orlando (1970-1997)'' - [[Dalida]] (compilation)
*''Olympia 1959'' - Dalida (inédit)
*''L'An 2005'' - Dalida (remix album)
*''[[Around the Fur]]'' - [[Deftones]]
*''Serpents of the Light'' - [[Deicide]]
*''[[Ultra (album)|Ultra]]'' - [[Depeche Mode]]
*''[[Accident of Birth (album)|Accident of Birth]]'' - [[Bruce Dickinson]]
*''Titanic'' - [[Celine Dion|Céline Dion]] (soundtrack)
*''Enthrone Darkness Triumphant'' - [[Dimmu Borgir]]
*''Dr. Dre Presents...The Aftermath'' - [[Dr. Dre]]
*''Time Out Of Mind'' - [[Bob Dylan]]
*''Evergreen'' - [[Echo & The Bunnymen]]
*''[[Kingdom of Madness]]'' - [[Edguy]]
*''The Messenger'' - [[Kurt Elling]]
*''[[Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk]]'' - [[Emperor (band)|Emperor]]
*''Cowboy'' - [[Erasure]]
*''[[So Much for the Afterglow]]'' - [[Everclear (band)|Everclear]]
*''Album of the Year'' - [[Faith No More]]
*''[[Remanufacture - Cloning Technology|Remanufacture]]'' - [[Fear Factory]]
*''[[The Dance (album)|The Dance]]'' - [[Fleetwood Mac]]
*''[[The Colour And The Shape]]'' - [[Foo Fighters]]
*''Somewhere Out In Space'' - [[Gamma Ray (band)|Gamma Ray]]
*''Nighttime Birds'' - [[The Gathering]]
*''God Street Wine'' - God Street Wine
*''[[Behind The Eyes]]'' - [[Amy Grant]]
*''[[Takes A Little Time (maxi single)|Takes A Little Time]]'' - [[Amy Grant]]
*''[[Play (Great Big Sea Album)|Play]]'' - [[Great Big Sea]]
*''The Synthetic Form'' - [[Gridlock (band)|Gridlock]]
*''[[Mag Earwhig!]]'' - [[Guided by Voices]]
*''Glory to the Brave'' - [[Hammerfall]]
*''Middle of Nowhere'' - [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]]
*''Aftertaste'' - [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]]
*''The First Session'' - [[Hole (band)|Hole]]
*''[[Days of Purgatory]]'' - [[Iced Earth]]
*''[[Whoracle]]'' - [[In Flames]]
*''[[Elegantly Wasted]]'' - [[INXS]]
*''[[The Great Milenko]]'' - [[Insane Clown Posse]]
*''[[National Steel (album)|National Steel]]'' - [[Colin James]]
*''[[The Velvet Rope]]'' - [[Janet Jackson]]
*''[[In My Lifetime, Vol. 1]]'' - [[Jay-Z]]
*''[[Oxygene 7-13]]'' - [[Jean-Michel Jarre]]
*''[[Jerky Boys 4]]'' - [[Jerky Boys]]
*''Jugulator'' - [[Judas Priest]]
*''I Got Next'' - [[KRS One|KRS-One]]
*''Lie to Me'' - [[Jonny Lang]]
*''[[Euphoria (Leftover Salmon album)|Euphoria]]'' - [[Leftover Salmon]]
*''[[Three Dollar Bill Y'all]]'' - [[Limp Bizkit]]
*''[[Secret Samadhi]]'' - [[Live (band)|Live]]
*''[[Marcy Playground (Album)|Marcy Playground]]'' - [[Marcy Playground]]
*''[[This Strange Engine (album)|This Strange Engine]]'' - [[Marillion]]
*''Flaming Pie'' - [[Paul McCartney]]
*''[[Surfacing (album)|Surfacing]]'' - [[Sarah McLachlan]]
*''[[Cryptic Writings]]'' - [[Megadeth]]
*''Honky'' - [[Melvins]]
*''[[Reload (Metallica)|Reload]]'' - [[Metallica]]
*''[[Mogwai Young Team]]'' - [[Mogwai (band)|Mogwai]]
*''Formulas Fatal to the Flesh'' - [[Morbid Angel]]
*''[[Generation Swine]]'' - [[Mötley Crüe]]
*''[[Life In General]]'' - [[MxPx]]
*''[[Halim (album)|Halim]]'' - [[Natacha Atlas]]
*''[[Nerf Herder (album)|Nerf Herder]]'' - [[Nerf Herder]]
*''[[The Boatman's Call]]'' - [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]]
*''[[Angels Fall First]]'' - [[Nightwish]]
*''[[Be Here Now]]'' - [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]
*''Back From the Dead'' - [[Obituary]]
*''[[Ixnay On The Hombre]]'' - [[The Offspring]]
*''[[Full Circle (Pennywise album)|Full Circle]]'' - [[Pennywise]]
*''[[Billy Breathes]]'' - [[Phish]]
*''[[Slip Stitch and Pass]]'' - Phish
*''[[Portishead (album)|Portishead]]'' - [[Portishead]]
*''[[II (album)|II]]'' - [[The Presidents of the United States of America (band)|The Presidents of the United States of America]]
*''[[Brown Album]]'' - [[Primus (band)|Primus]]
*''[[The Fat of the Land|The Fat Of The Land]]'' - [[The Prodigy|Prodigy]]
*''[[Quad (music)|Quad]]'' (№ 1) - [[Quad (music)|Quad]] (a [[Gary Ramon]] solo project)
*''[[OK Computer]]'' - [[Radiohead]]
*''[[Sehnsucht (album)|Sehnsucht]]'' - [[Rammstein]]
*''[[Glow]]'' - [[Reef]]
*''[[Unit (album)|Unit]]'' - [[Regurgitator]]
*''Legendary Tales'' - [[Rhapsody]]
*''[[Double Live]]'' - [[Rheostatics]]
*''[[Retrospective I]]'' - [[Rush (band)|Rush]]
*''[[The Wake of Magellan]]'' - [[Savatage]]
*''Unleash the Beast'' - [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]]
*"The Fawn - The Sea and Cake
*''[[The Remixes (Shakira)|The Remixes]]'' - [[Shakira]]
*''[[Child: Music for the Christmas Season]]'' - [[Jane Siberry]]
*''Built To Last'' - [[Sick of it All]]
*''[[Film Noir (Carly Simon)|Film Noir]]'' - [[Carly Simon]]
*''Lake of Sorrow'' - [[The Sins of Thy Beloved]]
*''Somewhere More Familiar'' - [[Sister Hazel]]
*''Dig Me Out'' - [[Sleater-Kinney]]
*''[[Either/Or (album)|Either/Or]]'' - [[Elliott Smith]]
*''[[Big Willie Style]]'' - [[Will Smith]]
*''[[Becoming X]]'' - [[Sneaker Pimps]]
*''Men In Black'' - Soundtrack
*''The Lost Highway'' - Soundtrack
*''[[Spiceworld]]'' - The [[Spice Girls]]
*''[[Weights and Measures (album)|Weights and Measures]]'' - [[Spirit of the West]]
*''[[Dots and Loops]]'' - [[Stereolab]]
*''[[City (Strapping Young Lad album)|City]]'' - [[Strapping Young Lad]]
*''Visions'' - [[Stratovarius]]
*''[[In It for the Money]]'' - [[Supergrass]]
*''[[The Divine Wings of Tragedy]]'' - [[Symphony X]]
*''[[Ölürüm Sana]]'' - [[Tarkan]], Featuring His Hit ''[[Simarik]]'' (In English, ''Kiss, Kiss'')
*''It Doesn't Matter Anymore'' - [[The Supernaturals]]
*''[[Then: The Earlier Years]]'' - [[They Might Be Giants]]
*''[[Live Between Us]]'' - [[The Tragically Hip]]
*''[[Good Feeling]]'' - [[Travis (band)|Travis]]
*''[[Come on Over (1997 album)|Come on Over]]'' - [[Shania Twain]]
*''[[Songs of a Circling Spirit]]'' - [[Tom Cochrane]]
*''Amrep Christmas'' - [[Unsane]]
*''[[Never Mind the Opened Minds]]'' - [[US Bombs]]
*''[[War Birth]]'' - [[US Bombs]]
*''[[Pop (album)|Pop]]'' - [[U2]]
*''[[Fire Garden]]'' - [[Steve Vai]]
*''Eight Arms to Hold You'' - [[Veruca Salt (band)|Veruca Salt]]
*''[[Urban Hymns]]'' - [[The Verve]]
*''[[The Mollusk]]'' - [[Ween]]
*''Bombs & Butterflies'' - [[Widespread Panic]]
*''Enter'' - [[Within Temptation]]
*''WU Tang Forever'' - [[Wu Tang Clan]]
*''MTV Unplugged'' - [[Bryan Adams]]
*''[[Fantastic Plastic Machine (album)|The Fantastic Plastic Machine]]'' - [[Tomoyuki Tanaka (musician)|Fantastic Plastic Machine]]


==Top hits==
===January – March===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
* "[[Honey]]" - [[Mariah Carey]]
|-
*"Eye" - [[Smashing Pumpkins]]
! colspan="2"|Date
*"Everlong" - [[Foo Fighters]]
!Album
*"[[The Perfect Drug]]" - [[Nine Inch Nails]]
!Artist
*"Bittersweet Symphony" - [[The Verve]]
!Notes
*"The Difference" - [[The Wallflowers]]
|-
*"Forty Six & 2" - [[Tool (band)|Tool]]
| rowspan="20" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;"| '''J<br>A<br>N<br />U<br />A<br />R<br />Y'''
*"A Long December" - [[Counting Crows]]
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|7
*"Magdalene" - [[Lenny Kravitz]]
| ''[[Six of Hearts (EP)|Six of Hearts]]'' || [[Kenny G]] || EP
*"[[My Heart Will Go On]]" - [[Celine Dion|Céline Dion]]
|-
*"Don't Speak" - [[No Doubt]]
| ''[[Enjoy Incubus]]'' || [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]] || EP
*"Da Funk" - [[Daft Punk]]
|-
*"6 Underground" - [[Sneaker Pimps]]
| style="text-align:center;"|10
*"Lakini's Juice" - [[Live (band)|Live]]
| ''[[The Best and the Rest]]'' || [[Savatage]] || Compilation
*"La Tumba" - [[Dalida]] (Remix)
|-
*"Gigi In Paradisco" - [[Dalida]] (Remix)
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|14
*"Salma Ya Salama (Sueno Flamenco)" - [[Dalida]] (Remix)
| ''[[Justuss]]'' || [[Snow (musician)|Snow]] ||-
*"Silver Springs" - [[Fleetwood Mac]]
|-
*"[[Wannabe (song)|Wannabe]]" - [[Spice Girls]]
| ''[[Live Stages]]'' || [[Vertical Horizon]] || Live
*"Karma Police" - [[Radiohead]]
|-
*"Volcano" - [[The Presidents of the United States of America (band)|The Presidents of the United States of America]]
| ''[[Rhyme & Reason (soundtrack)|Rhyme & Reason]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
*"You Were Meant For Me" - [[Jewel (singer)|Jewel]]
|-
*"All By Myself" - [[Celine Dion|Céline Dion]]
| style="text-align:center;"|20
*"Longneck Bottle" - [[Garth Brooks]]
| ''[[Homework (Daft Punk album)|Homework]]'' || [[Daft Punk]] || UK
*"[[MMMBop (song)|MMMBop]]" - [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]]
|-
*"[[Say You'll Be There]]" - [[Spice Girls]]
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|21
*"All I Want" - [[The Offspring]]
| ''[[Dragon Attack: A Tribute to Queen]]'' || ''Various Artists'' || Tribute
*"Back to You" - [[Bryan Adams]]
|-
*"The Impression That I Get" - [[The Mighty Mighty Bosstones]]
| ''[[Vivir (album)|Vivir]]'' || [[Enrique Iglesias]] ||-
*"Tubthumping" - [[Chumbawumba]]
|-
*"Pink" - [[Aerosmith]]
| ''Slick Shoes EP'' || [[Slick Shoes]] || EP
''See also: [[Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1997]]''
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|23
| ''[[Clumsy (Our Lady Peace album)|Clumsy]]'' || [[Our Lady Peace]] || Canada
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|27
| ''[[Glow (Reef album)|Glow]]'' || [[Reef (band)|Reef]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|28
| ''[[11 Transistor]]'' || [[Lazlo Bane]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Full Sentence]]'' || [[Pigeonhed]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gridlock'd (soundtrack)|Gridlock'd]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy]]'' || [[Pat Boone]] || Covers CD
|-
| ''[[Lie to Me (album)|Lie to Me]]'' || [[Jonny Lang]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Perfect from Now On]]'' || [[Built to Spill]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Uptown Saturday Night (album)|Uptown Saturday Night]]'' || [[Camp Lo]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[Come My Fanatics...]]'' || [[Electric Wizard]] ||<ref name="ra-archive">{{cite web|url=http://www.riseaboverecords.com:80/electricwizard/fanatics.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010306174421/http://www.riseaboverecords.com/electricwizard/fanatics.html |title=Electric Wizard – "Come My Fanatics" |access-date=6 June 2017 |archive-date=March 6, 2001 |publisher=[[Rise Above Records]] |url-status = dead}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="50" style="text-align:center; background:thistle; textcolor:#000;"| '''F<br />E<br />B<br />R<br />U<br />A<br />R<br />Y'''
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|3
| ''[[C'est pour vivre (album)|C'est pour vivre]]'' || [[Celine Dion]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Earthling (album)|Earthling]]'' || [[David Bowie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sex Style]]'' || [[Kool Keith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[White on Blonde]]'' || [[Texas (band)|Texas]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|4
| ''[[Bombs & Butterflies]]'' || [[Widespread Panic]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Handsome (Handsome album)|Handsome]]'' || [[Handsome (band)|Handsome]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Ixnay on the Hombre]]'' || [[The Offspring]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Freak Show (album)|Freak Show]]'' || [[Silverchair]] || Sophomore
|-
| ''[[Love Travels]]'' || [[Kathy Mattea]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Old Friends from Young Years]]'' || [[Papa Roach]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Tony Bennett on Holiday]]'' || [[Tony Bennett]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|7
| ''[[SubUrbia (film)|SubUrbia]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[True Believer (Troy Cassar-Daley album)|True Believer]]'' || [[Troy Cassar-Daley]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''[[Blur (Blur album)|Blur]]'' || [[Blur (band)|Blur]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Short Album About Love]]'' || [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" style="text-align:center;"|11
| ''[[Baduizm]]'' || [[Erykah Badu]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Beautiful World (Big Head Todd album)|Beautiful World]]'' || [[Big Head Todd and the Monsters]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Brighten the Corners]]'' || [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Built to Last (Sick of It All album)|Built to Last]]'' || [[Sick of It All]] ||-
|-
| ''[[City (Strapping Young Lad album)|City]]'' || [[Strapping Young Lad]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Coal Chamber (album)|Coal Chamber]]'' || [[Coal Chamber]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Eight Arms to Hold You]]'' || [[Veruca Salt (band)|Veruca Salt]] ||-
|-
| ''I Like It When You Die'' || [[Anal Cunt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Show World]]'' || [[Redd Kross]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sweet Homewrecker]]'' || [[Thrush Hermit]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unchained Melody: The Early Years]]'' || [[LeAnn Rimes]] || Recorded 1994–96
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|17
| ''[[Oxygene 7-13]]'' || [[Jean Michel Jarre]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Attack of the Grey Lantern]]'' || [[Mansun]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Live at the Wireless (Ash album)|Live at the Wireless]]'' || [[Ash (band)|Ash]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|18
| ''[[Lost Highway (soundtrack)|Lost Highway]]'' || Various Artists ||-
|-
| ''[[Payable on Death Live]]'' || [[P.O.D.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Petra Praise 2: We Need Jesus]]'' || [[Petra (band)|Petra]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Secret Samadhi]]'' || [[Live (band)|Live]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Terra Incognita (Chris Whitley album)|Terra Incognita]]'' || [[Chris Whitley]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|24
| ''[[Women in Technology (album)|Women in Technology]]'' || [[White Town]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Orblivion]]'' || [[The Orb]] ||-
|-
| ''[['Til Death Do Us Unite]]'' || [[Sodom (band)|Sodom]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;"|25
| ''[[The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum]]'' || [[L7 (band)|L7]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Becoming X]]'' || [[Sneaker Pimps]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Booty Call (soundtrack)|Booty Call]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Either/Or (album)|Either/Or]]'' || [[Elliott Smith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Goodbye Ellston Avenue]]'' || [[Pinhead Gunpowder]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Marcy Playground (album)|Marcy Playground]]'' || [[Marcy Playground]] ||-
|-
| ''Maximum Abduction'' || [[Hypocrisy (band)|Hypocrisy]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Slush (album)|Slush]]'' || [[OP8]] ||-
|-
| ''[[...Somewhere More Familiar]]'' || [[Sister Hazel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Whiplash (album)|Whiplash]]'' || [[James (band)|James]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[All Wound Up... (album)|All Wound Up...]]'' || [[Godsmack]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Best of Gloria Estefan]]'' || [[Gloria Estefan]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Kingdom of Madness (Edguy album)|Kingdom of Madness]]'' || [[Edguy]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="73" style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98; textcolor:#000;"|'''M<br />A<br />R<br />C<br />H'''
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|3
| ''[[10 (Wet Wet Wet album)|10]]'' || [[Wet Wet Wet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Boatman's Call]]'' || [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Electro Glide in Blue]]'' || [[Apollo 440]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pop (U2 album)|Pop]]'' || [[U2]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|4
| ''[[Dan Bern (album)|Dan Bern]]'' || [[Dan Bern]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Darkside (Necrophobic album)|Darkside]]'' || [[Necrophobic]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Goldfly (album)|Goldfly]]'' || [[Guster]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Healing Game]]'' || [[Van Morrison]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Savage Garden (Savage Garden album)|Savage Garden]]'' || [[Savage Garden]] || Australia, Debut
|-
| ''[[Soul Assassins, Chapter 1]]'' || [[Soul Assassins]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|7
| ''[[From the Gecko]]'' || [[The Slip (band)|The Slip]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''[[Extinct Instinct]]'' || [[Threshold (band)|Threshold]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Still Waters (Bee Gees album)|Still Waters]]'' || [[Bee Gees]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="12" style="text-align:center;"|11
| ''[[Before You Were Punk]]'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World]]'' || [[Chet Atkins]] and [[Tommy Emmanuel]] || Collaboration between American guitarist Chet Atkins and Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel
|-
| ''[[Disciplined Breakdown]]'' || [[Collective Soul]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fake Can Be Just as Good]]'' || [[Blonde Redhead]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Let's Face It]]'' || [[The Mighty Mighty Bosstones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Like Swimming]]'' || [[Morphine (band)|Morphine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live at Hammersmith '79]]'' || [[Ted Nugent]] || Live 1979
|-
| ''[[Lula Divinia]]'' || [[Shiner (band)|Shiner]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Message for Albert]]'' || [[Five for Fighting]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rapture (Bradley Joseph album)|Rapture]]'' || [[Bradley Joseph]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Untouchable (Scarface album)|The Untouchable]]'' || [[Scarface (rapper)|Scarface]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Violent Demise: The Last Days]]'' || [[Body Count (band)|Body Count]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|17
| ''[[The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified]]'' || [[The Dismemberment Plan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Future of War]]'' || [[Atari Teenage Riot]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|18
| ''[[Aftertaste (album)|Aftertaste]]'' || [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Euphoria (Leftover Salmon album)|Euphoria]]'' || [[Leftover Salmon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Happy Town (album)|Happy Town]]'' || [[Jill Sobule]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Made in America (EP)|Made in America]]'' || [[Aerosmith]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Nine Lives (Aerosmith album)|Nine Lives]]'' || [[Aerosmith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Selena (soundtrack)|Selena]]'' || [[Selena]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Songs in the Key of Springfield]]'' || [[The Simpsons]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stealing Second]]'' || [[Chris Thile]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Whatever and Ever Amen]]'' || [[Ben Folds Five]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|20
| ''[[Blizzard Beasts]]'' || [[Immortal (band)|Immortal]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[In This Room]]'' || [[The Third and the Mortal|The 3rd and the Mortal]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|24
| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 36'' (UK series) || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Skyscraping]]'' || [[ABC (band)|ABC]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Solid (U.D.O. album)|Solid]]'' || [[U.D.O.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Some Things Never Change]]'' || [[Supertramp]] ||-
|-
| ''[[White Trash Hell]]'' || [[Everclear (band)|Everclear]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="22" style="text-align:center;"|25
| ''[[Blue Sky on Mars]]'' || [[Matthew Sweet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Buffalo Club (album)|The Buffalo Club]]'' || [[The Buffalo Club]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Carnival of Chaos]]'' || [[GWAR]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Chocolate Supa Highway]]'' || [[Michael Franti|Spearhead]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Come In and Burn]]'' || [[Rollins Band]] ||-
|-
| ''Dust Bunnies'' || [[Bettie Serveert]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Everything I Touch Runs Wild]]'' || [[Lori Carson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Everything You Want (Ray J album)|Everything You Want]]'' || [[Ray J]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Hand It Over]]'' || [[Dinosaur Jr.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hear in the Now Frontier]]'' || [[Queensrÿche]] ||-
|-
| ''Homework'' || Daft Punk || US
|-
| ''[[Life After Death]]'' || [[The Notorious B.I.G.]] || Sophomore
|-
| ''[[Livin' or Dyin']]'' || [[Jack Ingram]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mingus Plays Piano]]'' || [[Charles Mingus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The More Things Change...]]'' || [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]] || Sophomore
|-
| ''[[Must've Been High]]'' || [[The Supersuckers|Supersuckers]] ||-
|-
| ''Natty Dread'' || [[Charlie Hunter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[One More Time (Real McCoy album)|One More Time]]'' || [[Real McCoy (band)|Real McCoy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[R&B Transmogrification]]'' || [[Quasi (band)|Quasi]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[So Long So Wrong]]'' || [[Alison Krauss]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Take a Look Over Your Shoulder]]'' || [[Warren G]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Then: The Earlier Years]]'' || [[They Might Be Giants]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|26
| ''[[Aquarium (Aqua album)|Aquarium]]'' || [[Aqua (band)|Aqua]] ||Denmark
|-
| ''[[The Fawn (album)|The Fawn]]'' || [[The Sea and Cake]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Restless Heart (Whitesnake album)|Restless Heart]]'' || [[Whitesnake]] ||Japan
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|31
| ''[[Cowboy (album)|Cowboy]]'' || [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[Wild Orchid (album)|Wild Orchid]]'' || [[Wild Orchid (band)|Wild Orchid]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Space Avenue]]'' || [[Waltari]] || Finland
|-
| ''[[Blue Roses from the Moons]]'' || [[Nanci Griffith]] ||-
|-
|}

===April – June===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="55" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;" | '''A<br/>P<br/>R<br/>I<br/>L'''
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|1
| ''[[The Dillinger Escape Plan (EP)|The Dillinger Escape Plan]]'' || [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]] || Debut
|-
| ''Midget Tossing'' || [[Yellowcard]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Sisters of Avalon]]'' || [[Cyndi Lauper]] || Worldwide; released in Japan in '96
|-
| ''[[The Splinter Shards the Birth of Separation]]'' || [[Zao (American band)|Zao]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tripping the Light Fantastic (album)|Tripping the Light Fantastic]]'' || [[Lit (band)|Lit]] || Debut
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| ''[[Clumsy (Our Lady Peace album)|Clumsy]]'' || [[Our Lady Peace]] || US
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|4
| ''[[A Triumph for Man]]'' || [[Mew (band)|Mew]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|7
| ''[[Barafundle]]'' || [[Gorky's Zygotic Mynci]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dig Your Own Hole]]'' || [[The Chemical Brothers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Eld (album)|Eld]]'' || [[Enslaved (band)|Enslaved]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" style="text-align:center;"|8
| ''[[Third Eye Blind (album)|Third Eye Blind]]'' || [[Third Eye Blind]] ||-
|-
| ''[[12 Picks]]'' || [[Ace Frehley]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Broadway & 52nd]]'' || [[Us3]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dig Me Out]]'' || [[Sleater-Kinney]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Retreat from the Sun]]'' || [[That Dog]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Flesh & Bone (Richard Marx album)|Flesh And Bone]]'' || [[Richard Marx]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Have I Offended Someone?]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Future Road]]'' || [[The Seekers]] || Australia. Their first studio album since 1968
|-
| ''[[The Messenger (Kurt Elling album)|The Messenger]]'' || [[Kurt Elling]] ||-
|-
| ''Rock Collection'' || [[Pond (American band)|Pond]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Whole (EP)|Whole]]'' || [[Pedro the Lion]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|14
| ''[[Mother Nature Calls]]'' || [[Cast (band)|Cast]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ultra (Depeche Mode album)|Ultra]]'' || [[Depeche Mode]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|15
| ''[[Elegantly Wasted]]'' || [[INXS]] || Final album with [[Michael Hutchence]] on lead vocals
|-
| ''[[Glee (Bran Van 3000 album)|Glee]]'' || [[Bran Van 3000]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[In the Mirror (album)|In the Mirror]]'' || [[Yanni]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Free Mars]]'' || [[Lusk (band)|Lusk]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Sevendust (album)|Sevendust]]'' || [[Sevendust]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Shadowlife]]'' || [[Dokken]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Twenty-Eight Teeth]]'' || [[Buck-O-Nine]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|17
| ''[[Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996–1997)]]'' || [[Mogwai]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |21
| ''[[In It for the Money]]'' || [[Supergrass]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Strange Engine]]'' || [[Marillion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ashtrayhead (album)|Ashtrayhead]]'' || Ashtrayhead ||-
|-
| ''[[Tellin' Stories]]'' || [[The Charlatans (English band)|The Charlatans]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;"|22
| ''[[Back from the Dead (Obituary album)|Back from the Dead]]'' || [[Obituary (band)|Obituary]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Carrying Your Love with Me]]'' || [[George Strait]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Full Circle (Pennywise album)|Full Circle]]'' || [[Pennywise (band)|Pennywise]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One]]'' || [[Yo La Tengo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Living in Clip]]'' || [[Ani DiFranco]] || Live
|-
| ''[[A Pleasant Shade of Gray]]'' || [[Fates Warning]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Share My World]]'' || [[Mary J. Blige]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Silencio=Muerte: Red Hot + Latin]]'' || Various Artists || [[Red Hot Organization|Red Hot Benefit]] series
|-
| ''[[Sound of Lies]]'' || [[Jayhawks (band)|Jayhawks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Waterbed Hev]]'' || [[Heavy D]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|28
| ''[[Visions (Stratovarius album)|Visions]]'' || [[Stratovarius]] ||-
|-
| ''It's Me God'' || [[Breach (band)|Breach]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|29
| ''[[Anywhere but Here (The Ataris album)|Anywhere But Here]]'' || [[The Ataris]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cheap Trick (1997 album)|Cheap Trick]]'' || [[Cheap Trick]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kill Fuck Die]]'' || [[W.A.S.P. (band)|W.A.S.P.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Picnic (album)|Picnic]]'' || [[Robert Earl Keen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Port of Mystery]]'' || [[Yanni]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Shaming of the Sun]]'' || [[Indigo Girls]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[For Monkeys]]'' || [[Millencolin]] || Sweden
|-
| ''[[One More Megabyte]]'' || [[The Toy Dolls]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="48" style="text-align:center; background:thistle; textcolor:#000;"| '''M<br />A<br />Y'''
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |5
| ''[[Baile de Los Locos]]'' || [[Voodoo Glow Skulls]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Flaming Pie]]'' || [[Paul McCartney]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Honky (album)|Honky]]'' || [[Melvins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sweet Potato Pie (album)|Sweet Potato Pie]]'' || [[Robert Cray]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|6
| ''[[Allure (album)|Allure]]'' || [[Allure (group)|Allure]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blurring the Edges]]'' || [[Meredith Brooks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Middle of Nowhere (Hanson album)|Middle of Nowhere]]'' || [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Retrospective I]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Return to Paradise (Styx album)|Return to Paradise]]'' || [[Styx (band)|Styx]] || Live
|-
| ''[[What My Heart Already Knows]]'' || [[Julian Austin (musician)|Julian Austin]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|12
| ''[[Halim (album)|Halim]]'' || [[Natacha Atlas]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|13
| ''[[American Psycho (album)|American Psycho]]'' || [[Misfits (band)|Misfits]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Butterfly Kisses (Shades of Grace)]]'' || [[Bob Carlisle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Fruit That Ate Itself]]'' || [[Modest Mouse]] || EP
|-
| ''[[I'm Bout It (soundtrack)|I'm Bout It]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Lee Ann Womack (album)|Lee Ann Womack]]'' || [[Lee Ann Womack]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Pure Chewing Satisfaction]]'' || [[Lard (band)|Lard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Quality Soft Core]]'' || [[Mad Caddies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Terror & Magnificence]]'' || [[Elvis Costello]] and [[John Harle]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|15
| ''Liquid White Light'' <ref name="AllMusic: Liquid White Light - Poi Dog Pondering">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/liquid-white-light-mw0000588276|work=[[AllMusic]]|title=Liquid White Light - Poi Dog Pondering}}</ref> || [[Poi Dog Pondering]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|19
| ''[[Polythene (album)|Polythene]]'' || [[Feeder (band)|Feeder]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dark Fields (album)|Dark Fields]]'' || [[Show of Hands]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="17" style="text-align:center;"|20
| ''[[Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix]]'' || [[Michael Jackson]] || Remix/New
|-
| ''[[The Colour and the Shape]]'' || [[Foo Fighters]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blue Moon Swamp]]'' || [[John Fogerty]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blues Brothers & Friends: Live from House of Blues]]'' || [[The Blues Brothers]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Coil (album)|Coil]]'' || [[Toad the Wet Sprocket]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Happy Birthday to Me (album)|Happy Birthday to Me]]'' || [[The Muffs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hourglass (James Taylor album)|Hourglass]]'' || [[James Taylor]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Got Next]]'' || [[KRS-One]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mag Earwhig!]]'' || [[Guided by Voices]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Marching to Mars]]'' || [[Sammy Hagar]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Play (Great Big Sea album)|Play]]'' || [[Great Big Sea]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Red Apple Falls]]'' || [[Bill Callahan (musician)|Smog]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Remanufacture – Cloning Technology]]'' || [[Fear Factory]] || Remix
|-
| ''[[Something to Remember Me By]]'' || [[Ben Lee]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Standing in My Shoes]]'' || [[Leo Kottke]] ||-
|-
| ''[[You're the Inspiration: A Collection]]'' || [[Peter Cetera]] || Compilation
|-
| ''Zuckerbaby'' || [[Zuckerbaby]] || Canada, Debut
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[OK Computer]]'' || [[Radiohead]] || Japan; UK release date 16 June
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|26
| ''[[Direction Reaction Creation]]'' || [[The Jam]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Tumuli Shroomaroom]]'' || [[Acrimony (band)|Acrimony]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|27
| ''[[Across America (album)|Across America]]'' || [[Art Garfunkel]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Get Some (album)|Get Some]]'' || [[Snot (band)|Snot]] || Debut
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|30
| ''[[Enthrone Darkness Triumphant]]'' || [[Dimmu Borgir]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |?
| ''[[Curious Corn]]'' || [[Ozric Tentacles]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Karma Cleansing]]'' || [[Harem Scarem]] ||-
|-
| ''The Stereo Bus'' || [[The Stereo Bus]] || New Zealand, Debut
|-
| rowspan="94" style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98; textcolor:#000;" |'''J<br />U<br />N<br />E'''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|2
| ''[[Dark Days in Paradise]]'' || [[Gary Moore]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Timeless (Sarah Brightman album)|Timeless]]'' || [[Sarah Brightman]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="21" style="text-align:center;"|3
| ''[[Accident of Birth (album)|Accident of Birth]]'' || [[Bruce Dickinson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Album of the Year (Faith No More album)|Album of the Year]]'' || [[Faith No More]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blood Rooted]]'' || [[Sepultura]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Creature (Moist album)|Creature]]'' || [[Moist (band)|Moist]] || Album
|-
| ''[[Days of the New (1997 album)|Days of the New]]'' || [[Days of the New]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[G3: Live in Concert]]'' || [[Joe Satriani]], [[Steve Vai]] and [[Eric Johnson (guitarist, born 1954)|Eric Johnson]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Gospel Oak (EP)|Gospel Oak]]'' || [[Sinéad O'Connor]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Boston album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Boston (band)|Boston]] || Compilation +3 new tracks
|-
| ''[[Innamorata (album)|Innamorata]]'' || [[Pat Benatar]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Inside the Torn Apart]]'' || [[Napalm Death]] ||-
|-
| ''Jet'' || [[Katell Keineg]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Junction Seven]]'' || [[Steve Winwood]] ||-
|-
| ''One for the Road'' || [[Kevin Fowler]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Prime Cuts (Suicidal Tendencies album)|Prime Cuts]]'' || [[Suicidal Tendencies]] || Compilation
|-
| ''Resigned'' || [[Michael Penn]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Retrospective II]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[RockCrown]]'' || [[Seven Mary Three]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Songs from a Parent to a Child]]'' || [[Art Garfunkel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Under These Rocks and Stones]]'' || [[Chantal Kreviazuk]] || US
|-
| ''Vibrolush'' || Vibrolush || Debut
|-
| ''[[Wu-Tang Forever]]'' || [[Wu-Tang Clan]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|4
| ''Clodhopper'' || [[Glueleg]] || Canada
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|6
| ''[[Days of Purgatory]]'' || [[Iced Earth]] || Remix
|-
| ''[[Nighttime Birds]]'' || [[The Gathering (band)|The Gathering]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Portable Model Of]]...'' || [[Joan of Arc (band)|Joan of Arc]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''[[Batman & Robin (soundtrack)|Batman & Robin]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Dream with the Fishes]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Drag (k.d. lang album)|Drag]]'' || [[k.d. lang]] || Covers album
|-
| ''[[Full Force Galesburg]]'' || [[The Mountain Goats]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pushing the Salmanilla Envelope]]'' || [[Jimmie's Chicken Shack]] ||-
|-
| ''[[SYR1: Anagrama]]'' || [[Sonic Youth]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|16
| ''[[Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space]]'' || [[Spiritualized]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Destination Anywhere]]'' || [[Jon Bon Jovi]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="26" style="text-align:center;" |17
| ''[[Live Trax (Megadeth EP)|Live Trax]]'' || [[Megadeth]] || EP
|-
| ''Body Language'' || [[Jonathan Cain]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Crazy Nights (Lonestar album)|Crazy Nights]]'' || [[Lonestar]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cryptic Writings]]'' || [[Megadeth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Declaration of Conformity]]'' || [[Wellwater Conspiracy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Devil You Know (Econoline Crush album)|The Devil You Know]]'' || [[Econoline Crush]] || Canada
|-
| ''[[Do It Yourself (The Seahorses album)|Do It Yourself]]'' || [[The Seahorses]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dude Ranch (album)|Dude Ranch]]'' || [[Blink-182]] ||-
|-
| ''[[EV3]]'' || [[En Vogue]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Feelings (David Byrne album)|Feelings]]'' || [[David Byrne]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ghostyhead]]'' || [[Rickie Lee Jones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Legend of Chin]]'' || [[Switchfoot]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love Always]]'' || [[K-Ci & JoJo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love Among the Ruins (album)|Love Among the Ruins]]'' || [[10,000 Maniacs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love, Peace & Nappiness]]'' || [[Lost Boyz]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Now (Paul Rodgers album)|Now]]'' || [[Paul Rodgers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Now Playing (Chopper One album)|Now Playing]]'' || [[Chopper One (band)|Chopper One]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Other Songs (album)|Other Songs]]'' || [[Ron Sexsmith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Psycho's Path]]'' || [[John Lydon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pure Juice]]'' || [[Summercamp]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Resolution (38 Special album)|Resolution]]'' || [[38 Special (band)|38 Special]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Too Far to Care]]'' || [[Old 97's]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Very Best of 10cc]]'' || [[10cc]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The War Report]]'' || [[Capone-N-Noreaga]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Will to Live]]'' || [[Ben Harper]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Year of the Horse]]'' || [[Neil Young]] & [[Crazy Horse (band)|Crazy Horse]] || Live
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[Happy End of the World]]'' || [[Pizzicato Five]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|23
| ''[[Heavy Soul (Paul Weller album)|Heavy Soul]]'' || [[Paul Weller (singer)|Paul Weller]] ||-
|-
| ''[[New Forms]]'' || [[Roni Size & Reprazent]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="22" style="text-align:center;" |24
| ''[[Demonic (album)|Demonic]]'' || [[Testament (band)|Testament]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Adrenaline Rush (album)|Adrenaline Rush]]'' || [[Twista]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Breed (Lauren Christy album)|Breed]]'' || [[Lauren Christy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Candy Toy Guns and Television]]'' || [[20 Dead Flower Children]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival|The Carnival]]'' || [[Wyclef Jean]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Curtains (Tindersticks album)|Curtains]]'' || [[Tindersticks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Floored]]'' || [[Sugar Ray]] ||-
|-
| ''Flying Away'' || [[Smoke City]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Generation Swine]]'' || [[Mötley Crüe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Glory to the Brave]]'' || [[HammerFall]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Great Milenko]]'' || [[Insane Clown Posse]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hipnosis (Shootyz Groove album)|Hipnosis]]'' || [[Shootyz Groove]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Interiors (Brad album)|Interiors]]'' || [[Brad (band)|Brad]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Misguided Roses]]'' || [[Edwin McCain]] ||-
|-
| ''[[My Own Prison]]'' || [[Creed (band)|Creed]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[The Mollusk]]'' || [[Ween]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Morningrise]]'' || [[Opeth]] || US
|-
| ''[[Operation: Get Down]]'' || [[Craig Mack]] || Sophomore
|-
| ''[[Pristine Smut]]'' || [[The Murmurs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rusty (Slick Shoes album)|Rusty]]'' || [[Slick Shoes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Some Other Sucker's Parade]]'' || [[Del Amitri]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stuff (Holly McNarland album)|Stuff]]'' || [[Holly McNarland]] || Canada, Debut
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|30
| ''[[The Fat of the Land]]'' || [[The Prodigy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Guns in the Ghetto]]'' || [[UB40]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Iron Savior (album)|Iron Savior]]'' || [[Iron Savior]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spiritech]]'' || [[Alchemist (band)|Alchemist]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[It's My Life – The Album]]'' || [[Sash!]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Two Feet Stand]]'' || [[Gardenian]] ||-
|-
|}

===July – September===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="62" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br>U<br>L<br />Y'''
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|1
| ''[[The A Files]]'' || [[Sham 69]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Keep Your Receipt]]'' || [[Reel Big Fish]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Men in Black: The Album]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Straight On till Morning (album)|Straight on Till Morning]]'' || [[Blues Traveler]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Three Dollar Bill, Yall]]'' || [[Limp Bizkit]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Zoot Suit Riot (album)|Zoot Suit Riot]]'' || [[Cherry Poppin' Daddies]] || Compilation
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|4
| ''[[The Collection 1982–1988]]'' || [[Celine Dion]] || EU Compilation
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|7
| ''[[Boys on the Docks]]'' || [[Dropkick Murphys]] || EP
|-
| ''[[The Drop (album)|The Drop]]'' || [[Brian Eno]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Vanishing Point (Primal Scream album)|Vanishing Point]]'' || [[Primal Scream]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Thylacine (album)|Thylacine]]'' || [[Monique Brumby]] || Australia, Debut
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|8
| ''[[Another Lesson in Violence]]'' || [[Exodus (band)|Exodus]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk]]'' || [[Emperor (band)|Emperor]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bound, Gagged and Blindfolded]]'' || [[Skinlab]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Brown Album]]'' || [[Primus (band)|Primus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fush Yu Mang]]'' || [[Smash Mouth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Uneventful Vacation]]'' || [[Commander Venus]]
|-
| ''Via Satellite'' || [[Super Deluxe (band)|Super Deluxe]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''Equalizeher'' || [[Baby Vox]] || South Korea, Debut
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|11
| ''Progressive Attack 6'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|14
| ''[[Drive (Bic Runga album)|Drive]]'' || [[Bic Runga]] || New Zealand
|-
| ''[[Evergreen (Echo & the Bunnymen album)|Evergreen]]'' || [[Echo & the Bunnymen]] ||-
|-
| ''Maid to Minx'' || [[Lung Leg]] || UK, Debut
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 37'' (UK series) || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[One Second (Paradise Lost album)|One Second]]'' || [[Paradise Lost (band)|Paradise Lost]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" style="text-align:center;"|15
| ''[[...The Dandy Warhols Come Down]]'' || [[The Dandy Warhols]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Deadly Sting|Deadly Sting: The Mercury Years]]'' || [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] || Compilation + 2 new tracks (US version)
|-
| ''[[End of the Summer]]'' || [[Dar Williams]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Home Grown (Blue Mountain album)|Home Grown]]'' || [[Blue Mountain (band)|Blue Mountain]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Will Stand]]'' || [[Kenny Chesney]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Metropolis (Sister Machine Gun album)|Metropolis]]'' || [[Sister Machine Gun]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Musical Monkey]]'' || [[Guttermouth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Supa Dupa Fly]]'' || [[Missy Elliott|Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Surfacing (album)|Surfacing]]'' || [[Sarah McLachlan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tremolo (album)|Tremolo]]'' || [[Blue Rodeo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Under the Covers (Dwight Yoakam album)|Under the Covers]]'' || [[Dwight Yoakam]] || Covers album
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[Ocean Machine: Biomech]]'' || [[Devin Townsend]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |22
| ''Elemental Soul'' || [[Marlena Shaw]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Way Out (Puff Daddy album)|No Way Out]]'' || [[Sean Combs|Puff Daddy and the Bad Boy Family]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Outcast (Kreator album)|Outcast]]'' || [[Kreator]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Funcrusher Plus]]'' || [[Company Flow]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|24
| ''[[Concentration 20]]'' || [[Namie Amuro]] ||Studio album
|-
| rowspan="19" style="text-align:center;"|29
| ''[[Adam and Eve (Catherine Wheel album)|Adam and Eve]]'' || [[Catherine Wheel (band)|Catherine Wheel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[All That I Am (Joe album)|All That I Am]]'' || [[Joe (singer)|Joe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Angry Fist]]'' || [[Hi-Standard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Art of War (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony album)|The Art of War]]'' || [[Bone Thugs-n-Harmony]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dispepsi]]'' || [[Negativland]] ||-
|-
| ''[[98 Degrees (album)|98 Degrees]]'' || [[98 Degrees]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[A Fistful of Alice]]'' || [[Alice Cooper]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Give 'Em the Boot (album)|Give 'Em the Boot]]'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Last Time I Committed Suicide]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Nothin' but the Taillights]]'' || [[Clint Black]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Official Live: 101 Proof]]'' || [[Pantera]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Pup Tent]]'' || [[Luna (1990s American band)|Luna]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shrinking the Blob]]'' || [[Oleander (band)|Oleander]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Size 14 (album)|Size 14]]'' || [[Size 14]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Songs from Northern Britain]]'' || [[Teenage Fanclub]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spawn: The Album]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Strangers Almanac]]'' || [[Whiskeytown]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Virginian (album)|The Virginian]]'' || [[Neko Case]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?]]'' || [[Harvey Danger]] ||-
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[Fabulosos Calavera]]'' || [[Los Fabulosos Cadillacs]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="54" style="text-align:center; background:thistle; textcolor:#000;"| '''A<br />U<br />G<br />U<br />S<br />T'''
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|5
| ''Chance and Circumstance'' || [[Neal Coty]] ||-
|-
| ''[[How to Be a Player (soundtrack)|How to be a Player]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Overcast! (album)|Overcast!]]'' || [[Atmosphere (music group)|Atmosphere]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars]]'' || [[Killarmy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Transistor (311 album)|Transistor]]'' || [[311 (band)|311]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|11
| ''[[Maladjusted]]'' || [[Morrissey]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Backstreet's Back]]'' || [[Backstreet Boys]] || Not released in US
|-
| rowspan="11" style="text-align:center;"|12
| ''[[Backstreet Boys (1997 album)|Backstreet Boys]]'' || [[Backstreet Boys]] || US only
|-
| ''[[A Deeper Kind of Slumber]]'' || [[Tiamat (band)|Tiamat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Double Plaidinum]]'' || [[Lagwagon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gun Shy, Trigger Happy]]'' || [[Jennifer Trynin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hed PE (album)|Hed PE]]'' || [[Hed PE]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[No Holds Barred (Biohazard album)|No Holds Barred]]'' || [[Biohazard (band)|Biohazard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Phobos (album)|Phobos]]'' || [[Voivod (band)|Voivod]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Release Some Tension]]'' || [[SWV]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Romances (Luis Miguel album)|Romances]]'' || [[Luis Miguel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shakin' Things Up]]'' || [[Lorrie Morgan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spoke (album)|Spoke]]'' || [[Calexico (band)|Calexico]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|14
| ''[[F♯ A♯ ∞|F♯A♯∞]]'' || [[Godspeed You Black Emperor!]] || Vinyl Edition
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|18
| ''[[In Deep (Tina Arena album)|In Deep]]'' || [[Tina Arena]] ||-
|-
| ''[[MiLight]]'' || [[DJ Krush]] ||International
|-
| ''[[Already (Jesus Jones album)|Already]]'' || [[Jesus Jones]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|19
| ''[[The Fourth World (album)|The Fourth World]]'' || Kara's Flowers ||-
|-
| ''[[The Dance (Fleetwood Mac album)|The Dance]]'' || [[Fleetwood Mac]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Daisy (Dog's Eye View album)|Daisy]]'' || [[Dog's Eye View]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Making Friends (album)|Making Friends]]'' || [[No Use for a Name]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Transmission (The Tea Party album)|Transmission]]'' || [[The Tea Party]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[Be Here Now (album)|Be Here Now]]'' || [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|25
| ''[[Age of Love (album)|Age of Love]]'' || [[Scooter (band)|Scooter]] || Germany
|-
| ''[[Word Gets Around]]'' || [[Stereophonics]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Somewhere Out in Space]]'' || [[Gamma Ray (band)|Gamma Ray]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bad Timing (album)|Bad Timing]]'' || [[Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ghosts (Wendy Matthews album)|Ghosts]]'' || [[Wendy Matthews]] || Australia
|-
| ''[[Latyrx (The Album)|Latyrx]]'' || [[Latyrx]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Radiator (album)|Radiator]]'' || [[Super Furry Animals]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sehnsucht (Rammstein album)|Sehnsucht]]'' || [[Rammstein]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="18" style="text-align:center;"|26
| ''[[Boom! Boom! Boom!]]'' || [[The Kelley Deal 6000]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Conspiracy No. 5]]'' || [[Third Day]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Devotion: The Best of Yanni]]'' || [[Yanni]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Evolution (Martina McBride album)|Evolution]]'' || [[Martina McBride]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The First Session]]'' || [[Hole (band)|Hole]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Fresh Meat (album)|Fresh Meat]]'' || [[Arkarna]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Likwidation]]'' || [[Tha Alkaholiks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Last of the Sharpshooters]]'' || [[Down by Law (band)|Down by Law]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love Scenes (Diana Krall album)|Love Scenes]]'' || [[Diana Krall]] ||-
|-
| ''[[My Soul (Coolio album)|My Soul]]'' || [[Coolio]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Saliva (album)|Saliva]]'' || [[Saliva (band)|Saliva]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Singles 1–12]]'' || [[Melvins]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[(Songbook) A Collection of Hits]]'' || [[Trisha Yearwood]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Sweet 75 (album)|Sweet 75]]'' || [[Sweet 75]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tip (album)|Tip]]'' || [[Finger Eleven]] || Canada
|-
| ''[[Trysome Eatone]]'' || [[Love Spit Love]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Welcome to the Freak Show]]'' || [[dc Talk]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Midnite Lover]]'' || [[Shaggy (musician)|Shaggy]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="92" style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98; textcolor:#000;" |'''S<br />E<br />P<br />T<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|1
| ''[[Calling All Stations]]'' || [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Way Out West (Way Out West album)|Way Out West]]'' || [[Way Out West (duo)|Way Out West]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tubthumper]]'' || [[Chumbawamba]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|2
| ''[[Ghetto D]]'' || [[Master P]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heaven and Hell (Joe Jackson album)|Heaven and Hell]]'' || [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Indoor Living]]'' || [[Superchunk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[SYR2: Slaapkamers met slagroom]]'' || [[Sonic Youth]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Talk Show (Talk Show album)|Talk Show]]'' || [[Talk Show (band)|Talk Show]] || [[Stone Temple Pilots]] side project
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|3
| ''Abrasive'' || [[Puddle of Mudd]] ||-
|-
| ''Clover'' || [[Shikao Suga]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fantasma (Cornelius album)|Fantasma]]''|| [[Cornelius (musician)|Cornelius]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|8
| ''[[Good Feeling (Travis album)|Good Feeling]]'' || [[Travis (band)|Travis]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Girl (Dannii Minogue album)|Girl]]'' || [[Dannii Minogue]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Let's Get Killed]]'' || [[David Holmes (musician)|David Holmes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Slightly Odway]]'' || [[Jebediah]] || Australia, Debut
|-
| ''[[Chrome Matrix]]'' || [[Superheist]] || Australia, EP
|-
| ''[[Vegas (The Crystal Method album)|Vegas]]'' || [[The Crystal Method]] ||-
|-
| ''[[When I Was Born for the 7th Time]]'' || [[Cornershop]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="16" style="text-align:center;"|9
| ''[[Behind the Eyes (Amy Grant album)|Behind the Eyes]]'' || [[Amy Grant]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Full Blown Possession]]'' || [[Grifters (band)|Grifters]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hang-Ups (album)|Hang-Ups]]'' || [[Goldfinger (band)|Goldfinger]] ||-
|-
| ''[[It Means Everything]]'' || [[Save Ferris]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Let Me In (Chely Wright album)|Let Me In]]'' || [[Chely Wright]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Magic City (Helium album)|The Magic City]]'' || [[Helium (band)|Helium]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Más (album)|Más]]'' || [[Alejandro Sanz]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Modus Operandi (Photek album)|Modus Operandi]]'' || [[Photek]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Moon Hut]]'' || [[Kim Fox (musician)|Kim Fox]] || Debut
|-
| ''Re-Animation Festival'' || [[Groovie Ghoulies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[S.C.I.E.N.C.E.]]'' || [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Such Blinding Stars for Starving Eyes]]'' || [[Cursive (band)|Cursive]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Total Madness – The Very Best of Madness]]'' || [[Madness (band)|Madness]] || US Compilation
|-
| ''[[Troublizing]]'' || [[Ric Ocasek]] ||-
|-
| ''[[You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs]]'' || [[LeAnn Rimes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lovesongs for Underdogs]]'' || [[Tanya Donnelly]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|11
| ''[[Butterfly (Mariah Carey album)|Butterfly]]'' || [[Mariah Carey]] ||UK
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|15
| ''[[Marchin' Already]]'' || [[Ocean Colour Scene]] ||-
|-
| ''[[We Have the Technology]]'' || [[Custard (band)|Custard]] || Australia
|-
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|16
| ''[[Based on a True Story (Mack 10 album)|Based on a True Story]]'' || [[Mack 10]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Buena Vista Social Club (album)|Buena Vista Social Club]]'' || [[Buena Vista Social Club]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Film Noir (album)|Film Noir]]'' || [[Carly Simon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Greatest Hits Collection (Brooks & Dunn album)|The Greatest Hits Collection]]'' || [[Brooks & Dunn]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Guide to Better Living]]'' || [[Grinspoon]] || Australia, Debut
|-
| ''[[Much Afraid]]'' || [[Jars of Clay]] ||-
|-
| ''[[My Way (Usher album)|My Way]]'' || [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]] ||-
|-
| ''[[When Disaster Strikes...]]'' || [[Busta Rhymes]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|17
| ''[[Marigold Sky]]'' || [[Hall & Oates]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|18
| ''[[El Gran Orgo]]'' || [[At the Drive-In]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|22
| ''[[Barely Legal (album)|Barely Legal]]'' || [[The Hives]] ||-
|-
| ''[[ESCM (album)|ESCM]]'' || [[BT (musician)|BT]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Homogenic]]'' || [[Björk]] ||<ref name="Homogenic">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/homogenic-mw0000026812|work=[[AllMusic]]|title=Homogenic|last=Phares|first=Heather|access-date=December 1, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Dots and Loops]]'' || [[Stereolab]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Static & Silence]]'' || [[The Sundays]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Big Picture (Elton John album)|The Big Picture]]'' || [[Elton John]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="16" |23
| ''[[Anytime (Brian McKnight album)|Anytime]]'' || [[Brian McKnight]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Back in Business (EPMD album)|Back in Business]]'' || [[EPMD]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Bouncing Souls (album)|The Bouncing Souls]]'' || [[The Bouncing Souls]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Evolution (Boyz II Men album)|Evolution]]'' || [[Boyz II Men]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Falling into Infinity]]'' || [[Dream Theater]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gone From Danger]]'' || [[Joan Baez]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Hangover (Gilby Clarke album)|The Hangover]]'' || [[Gilby Clarke]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Happy? (Jann Arden album)|Happy?]]'' || [[Jann Arden]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Man & His Music (Remixes from Around the World)]]'' || [[Boogie Down Productions]] || Remix
|-
| ''[[Me Estoy Enamorando (album)|Me Estoy Enamorando]]'' || [[Alejandro Fernández]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne]]'' || [[Jackson Browne]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Novelty Forever]]'' || [[Bracket (band)|Bracket]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sentimental Education (Free Kitten album)|Sentimental Education]]'' || [[Free Kitten]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sit Stand Kneel Prey]]'' || [[Whiplash (band)|Whiplash]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Songs of a Circling Spirit]]'' || [[Tom Cochrane]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[A Very Special Christmas 3]]'' || Various Artists || Christmas
|-
| rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;"|29
| ''[[Bridges to Babylon]]'' || [[The Rolling Stones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Portishead (album)|Portishead]]'' || [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Levitate (The Fall album)|Levitate]]'' || [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Life thru a Lens]]'' || [[Robbie Williams]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Meet the Family (album)|Meet the Family]]'' || [[Frenzal Rhomb]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Paul McCartney's Standing Stone]]'' || [[Paul McCartney]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Promised]]'' || [[Simple Minds]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Symbols (album)|Symbols]]'' || [[KMFDM]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Urban Hymns]]'' || [[The Verve]] ||-
|-
| ''[[With a Twist (Todd Rundgren album)|With a Twist]]'' || [[Todd Rundgren]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" style="text-align:center;"|30
| ''[[The Book of Secrets]]'' || [[Loreena McKennitt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[E-lux]]'' || [[Human Waste Project]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Four Minute Mile]]'' || [[The Get Up Kids]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hunger (Janis Ian album)|Hunger]]'' || [[Janis Ian]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I'm Your Man (Jason Sellers album)|I'm Your Man]]'' || [[Jason Sellers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lo Mejor de Mí]]'' || [[Cristian Castro]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Long Stretch of Lonesome]]'' || [[Patty Loveless]] ||-
|-
| ''[[One Day It'll All Make Sense]]'' || [[Common (rapper)|Common]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Peace and Noise]]'' || [[Patti Smith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Time Out of Mind (Bob Dylan album)|Time Out of Mind]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tone Soul Evolution]]'' || [[The Apples in Stereo]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[King Without a Clue]]'' || [[Mark Seymour]] || Australia, Debut
|-
|}

===October – December===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="84" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;" | '''O<br>C<br>T<br/>O<br/>B<br/>E<br/>R'''
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|1
| ''Blutsabbath'' || [[Belphegor (band)|Belphegor]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Payin' the Dues]]'' || [[The Hellacopters]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shadows in the Banquet Hall]]'' || [[Carbon Leaf]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" |6
| ''[[Apartment Life]]'' || [[Ivy (band)|Ivy]] || -
|-
| ''[[Come to Daddy (EP)|Come to Daddy]]'' || [[Aphex Twin]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Death to the Pixies]]'' || [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Milk and Blood]]'' || [[Jim Martin (musician)|Jim Martin]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="14" style="text-align:center;"|7
| ''60 Cycle Hum'' || [[Pulley (band)|Pulley]] ||-
|-
| ''The Day the Sun Went Out'' || [[BoySetsFire|Boysetsfire]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Dead Poem]]'' || [[Rotting Christ]] ||-
|-
| ''[[El Corazón (Steve Earle album)|El Corazón]]'' || [[Steve Earle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Give It Back!]]'' || [[The Brian Jonestown Massacre]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In Loving Memory Of...]]'' || [[Big Wreck]] ||-
|-
| ''[[More Best of Leonard Cohen]]'' || [[Leonard Cohen]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[So Much for the Afterglow]]'' || [[Everclear (band)|Everclear]] ||-
|-
| ''[[South Saturn Delta]]'' || [[Jimi Hendrix]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Thicker than Water (album)|Thicker Than Water]]'' || [[H2O (American band)|H<sup>2</sup>O]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Trouble Is...]]'' || [[Kenny Wayne Shepherd]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Underdogs (album)|Underdogs]]'' || [[Matthew Good Band]] || Canada
|-
| ''[[The Velvet Rope]]'' || [[Janet Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Willis (album)|Willis]]'' || [[The Pietasters]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|8
| ''[[National Steel (album)|National Steel]]'' || [[Colin James]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''[[I Like to Score]]'' || [[Moby]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Blackmail (album)|blackmail]]'' || [[Blackmail (band)|blackmail]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Fantastic Plastic Machine (album)|The Fantastic Plastic Machine]]'' || [[Fantastic Plastic Machine (musician)|Fantastic Plastic Machine]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|13
| ''[[20,000 Watt R.S.L.]]'' || [[Midnight Oil]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Jurassic 5 (EP)|Jurassic 5]]'' || [[Jurassic 5]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Pleased to Meet You (Sleeper album)|Pleased to Meet You]]'' || [[Sleeper (band)|Sleeper]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Quarashi (album)|Quarashi]]'' || [[Quarashi]] || Iceland, Debut
|-
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|14
| ''[[Medazzaland]]'' || [[Duran Duran]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nimrod (album)|Nimrod]]'' || [[Green Day]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nothing Feels Good]]'' || [[The Promise Ring]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Phenomenon (LL Cool J album)|Phenomenon]]'' || [[LL Cool J]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel]]'' || [[Gravediggaz]] ||-
|-
| ''Soundbombing'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Unleash the Beast]]'' || [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Urban Rapsody]]'' || [[Rick James]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|20
| ''[[Coma Divine – Recorded Live in Rome]]'' || [[Porcupine Tree]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Exile (Gary Numan album)|Exile]]'' || [[Gary Numan]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="18" style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[A Jagged Era]]'' || [[Jagged Edge (American group)|Jagged Edge]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Album (The Firm album)|Nas, Foxy Brown, AZ, and Nature Present The Firm: The Album]]'' || [[The Firm (hip hop group)|The Firm]] ([[Nas]], [[Foxy Brown (rapper)|Foxy Brown]], [[AZ (rapper)|AZ]], and [[Nature (rapper)|Nature]]) ||-
|-
| ''[[Brand New (Salt-n-Pepa album)|Brand New]]'' || [[Salt-n-Pepa]] ||-
|-
| ''Cattlemen Don't'' || [[Triple Fast Action|Triplefastaction]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Extreme Honey]]'' || [[Elvis Costello]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Kashmir: Symphonic Led Zeppelin]]'' || [[Jaz Coleman]] and [[London Philharmonic Orchestra|The London Philharmonic Orchestra]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Get Crunk, Who U Wit: Da Album]]'' || [[Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Go! (Letters to Cleo album)|Go!]]'' || [[Letters to Cleo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Half Dead and Dynamite]]'' || [[Lifter Puller]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Under the Western Freeway]]'' || [[Grandaddy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Never Even Asked for Light]]'' || [[Lullaby for the Working Class]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Joya (album)|Joya]]'' || [[Will Oldham]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Other Side (Wynonna Judd album)|The Other Side]]'' || [[Wynonna Judd]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Phoenix Rising (Artension album)|Phoenix Rising]]'' || [[Artension]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Remixes (Shakira)|The Remixes]]'' || [[Shakira]] || Remix
|-
| ''[[Serpents of the Light]]'' || [[Deicide (band)|Deicide]] ||-
|-
| ''Transister'' || [[Transister]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Young Team]]'' || [[Mogwai]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|22
| ''[[Impossible Princess]]'' || [[Kylie Minogue]] ||Japan
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|24
| ''[[Talk on Corners]]'' || [[The Corrs]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|27
| ''[[Echo Dek]]'' || [[Primal Scream]] || Remix
|-
| ''[[Legendary Tales]]'' || [[Rhapsody of Fire|Rhapsody]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon]]'' || [[John Lennon]] || UK, Compilation
|-
| ''[[Endless Nameless (album)|Endless Nameless]]'' || [[The Wildhearts]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="21" style="text-align:center;"|28
| ''[[Around the Fur]]'' || [[Deftones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Baïda (album)|Baïda]]'' || [[Faudel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Be Good at It]]'' || [[Neal McCoy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Best (David Lee Roth album)|The Best]]'' || [[David Lee Roth]] || Compilation +1 new track
|-
| ''[[The Black Bossalini (a.k.a. Dr. Bomb from Da Bay)]]'' || [[Spice 1]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions]]'' || [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Chupacabra (album)|Chupacabra]]'' || [[Imani Coppola]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Eros (Eros Ramazzotti album)|Eros]]'' || [[Eros Ramazzotti]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Forever and Counting]]'' || [[Hot Water Music]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Fury of the Aquabats!]]'' || [[The Aquabats]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Galore (The Cure album)|Galore]]'' || [[The Cure]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Get It How U Live!]]'' || [[Hot Boys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Harlem World]]'' || [[Mase]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jugulator]]'' || [[Judas Priest]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Looking for Butter Boy]]'' || [[Archie Roach]] || Australia
|-
| ''[[My Body, the Hand Grenade]]'' || [[Hole (band)|Hole]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Nightbird (Yanni album)|Nightbird]]'' || [[Yanni]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Psycho Realm]]'' || [[Psycho Realm]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Slip Stitch and Pass]]'' || [[Phish]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Yeah, It's That Easy]]'' || [[G. Love & Special Sauce]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Zaireeka]]'' || [[The Flaming Lips]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="81" style="text-align:center; background:thistle; textcolor:#000;"| '''N<br />O<br />V<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|3
| ''[[Spiceworld (album)|Spiceworld]]'' || [[Spice Girls]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Paint the Sky with Stars]]'' || [[Enya]] || Compilation +2 new tracks
|-
| ''[[Queen Rocks]]'' || [[Queen (band)|Queen]] || Compilation +1 new track
|-
| ''[[Keys to Ascension 2]]'' || [[Yes (band)|Yes]] ||Live/Studio
|-
| ''[[Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666|Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666]]'' || [[HIM (Finnish band)|HIM]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Colours (Adam F album)|Colours]]'' || [[Adam F]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Distant Horizons]]'' || [[Hawkwind]] ||-
|-
| ''[[FLAvour of the Weak]]'' || [[Front Line Assembly]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="14" style="text-align:center;"|4
| ''[[All That Matters (Michael Bolton album)|All That Matters]]'' || [[Michael Bolton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Chapter 2: World Domination]]'' || [[Three 6 Mafia]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Come On Over]]'' || [[Shania Twain]] || Over 40 million copies sold worldwide
|-
| ''[[The 18th Letter]]'' || [[Rakim]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Richard Marx album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Richard Marx]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heavy Petting (album)|Heavy Petting]]'' || [[Bad Manners]] ||-
|-
| ''[[If I Don't Stay the Night]]'' || [[Mindy McCready]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In My Lifetime, Vol. 1]]'' || [[Jay-Z]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kettle Whistle]]'' || [[Jane's Addiction]] || Compilation of unreleased and live tracks
|-
| ''[[The Pet Sounds Sessions]]'' || [[The Beach Boys]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Signs of Chaos]]'' || [[Testament (band)|Testament]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tibetan Freedom Concert (album)|Tibetan Freedom Concert]]'' || Various Artists || Live
|-
| ''[[Tracks and Traces]]'' || [[Harmonia (band)|Harmonia '76]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tribute (Yanni album)|Tribute]]'' || [[Yanni]] || Live
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|5
| ''[[Don't Knock the Baldhead: Live]]'' || [[Bad Manners]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|7
| ''[[American Lesion]]'' || [[Greg Graffin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unit (album)|Unit]]'' || [[Regurgitator]] || Australia
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''[[Sampleslaya: Enter the Meatmarket]]'' || [[Armand Van Helden]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="16" style="text-align:center;"|11
| ''[[Best of King's X]]'' || [[King's X]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Deconstructed (Bush album)|Deconstructed]]'' || [[Bush (British band)|Bush]] || Remix
|-
| ''The Final Chapter'' || [[Hypocrisy (band)|Hypocrisy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Firecracker (Lisa Loeb album)|Firecracker]]'' || [[Lisa Loeb]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Higher Ground (Barbra Streisand album)|Higher Ground]]'' || [[Barbra Streisand]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Omega Sessions]]'' || [[Bad Brains]] || EP
|-
| ''[[The Ozzman Cometh]]'' || [[Ozzy Osbourne]] || Compilation +1 new track
|-
| ''[[Satisfaction is the Death of Desire]]'' || [[Hatebreed]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Second-hand Smoke]]'' || [[Sublime (band)|Sublime]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[See It Through My Eyes]]'' || [[Meredith Brooks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes]]'' || [[AFI (band)|AFI]] ||-
|-
| ''[[So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes]]'' || [[NOFX]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sympathique]]'' || [[Pink Martini]] ||-
|-
| ''[[To See You]]'' || [[Harry Connick Jr.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Welcome To Our World]]'' || [[Timbaland & Magoo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unpredictable (Mystikal album)|Unpredictable]]'' || [[Mystikal]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|16
| ''[[Something Wild (album)|Something Wild]]'' || [[Children of Bodom]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|17
| ''[[Let's Talk About Love]]'' || [[Celine Dion]] || 31 million copies sold
|-
| ''[[BBC Sessions (Led Zeppelin album)|BBC Sessions]]'' || [[Led Zeppelin]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Breed to Breathe]]'' || [[Napalm Death]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Caring and Killing]]'' || [[Converge (band)|Converge]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dionysos (album)|Dionysos]]'' || [[Lux Occulta]] ||-
|-
| ''Here Comes Da Hool'' || [[Da Hool]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 38'' (UK series) || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Scum (Anti-Nowhere League album)|Scum]]'' || [[Anti-Nowhere League]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="13" style="text-align:center;"|18
| ''[[Whoracle]]'' || [[In Flames]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Best That I Could Do 1978–1988]]'' || [[John Mellencamp]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Bonfire (album)|Bonfire]]'' || [[AC/DC]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Inna Heights]]'' || [[Buju Banton]] || LP
|-
| ''[[Kenny G – Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Kenny G]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Live (Erykah Badu album)|Live]]'' || [[Erykah Badu]] || Live
|-
| ''[[The Lonesome Crowded West]]'' || [[Modest Mouse]] ||-
|-
| ''Orama'' || [[On Thorns I Lay]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Reload (Metallica album)|ReLoad]]'' || [[Metallica]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Snowed In]]'' || [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Songs from The Capeman]]'' || [[Paul Simon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Titanic (soundtrack)|Titanic]]'' || [[James Horner]] || Soundtrack; 30 million copies sold
|-
| ''[[We're Outta Here!]]'' || [[Ramones]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|24
| ''[[All Saints (All Saints album)|All Saints]]'' || [[All Saints (group)|All Saints]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Left of the Middle]]'' || [[Natalie Imbruglia]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Open Your Eyes (Yes album)|Open Your Eyes]]'' || [[Yes (band)|Yes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stupid Stupid Stupid]]'' || [[Black Grape]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|25
| ''[[Big Willie Style]]'' || [[Will Smith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In tha Beginning...There Was Rap]]'' || Various Artists ||-
|-
| ''[[Mostasteless]]'' || [[Twiztid]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Physical Fatness]]'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[R U Still Down? (Remember Me)]]'' || [[Tupac Shakur|2Pac]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Remix & Repent]]'' || [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Sevens (album)|Sevens]]'' || [[Garth Brooks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Truly: The Love Songs]]'' || [[Lionel Richie]] || Compilation
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|30
| ''[[Somber Eyes to the Sky]]'' || [[Shadows Fall]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" |?
| ''[[Sixpence None the Richer (album)|Sixpence None the Richer]]'' || [[Sixpence None the Richer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The 1999 Party]]''|| [[Hawkwind]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Lustra (album)|Lustra]]'' || [[Echobelly]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Savoir aimer (album)|Savoir aimer]]'' || [[Florent Pagny]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="17" style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98; textcolor:#000;"|'''D<br />E<br />C<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|1
| ''[[23am]]'' || [[Robert Miles]] || Europe
|-
| ''[[Aaron Carter (album)|Aaron Carter]]'' || [[Aaron Carter]] || Europe
|-
| ''[[Diana, Princess of Wales: Tribute]]'' || Various Artists || 2-CD charity album
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|4
| ''[[Six (Loverboy album)|Six]]'' || [[Loverboy]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|8
| ''[[Sounds of Decay]]'' || [[Katatonia]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Could Be Heaven (album)|This Could Be Heaven]]'' || [[Pandora (singer)|Pandora]] || Swedes
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|9
| ''[[MTV Unplugged (Bryan Adams album)|MTV Unplugged]]'' || [[Bryan Adams]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Original USA Television Soundtrack]]'' || [[Ron Wasserman]] || American soundtrack for [[Dragon Ball Z (season 1)|season 1]] and [[Dragon Ball Z (season 2)|season 2]] of ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]''
|-
| ''[[Eye & I]]'' || [[Kardinal Offishall]] || Canada, Debut
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''[[Cloudy Cloud Calculator]]'' || [[Takako Minekawa]] || Japan
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|16
| ''[[Featuring...Ice Cube]]'' || [[Ice Cube]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Riverfenix (album)|Riverfenix]]'' || [[Riverfenix]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|23
| ''[[Blindside (album)|Blindside]]'' || [[Blindside (band)|Blindside]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|25
| ''[[Maximum II]]'' || [[MAX (band)|MAX]] || Japan
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[It's All About the Girls]]'' || [[New Found Glory|A New Found Glory]] || EP
|-
|}

===Release date unknown===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
*''Ampendectomy'' – [[Resurrection Band]]
*''[[Anyone Who Had a Heart (Joe Chindamo album)|Anyone Who Had a Heart: The Music of Burt Bacharach]]'' – [[Joe Chindamo]]
*''[[Alive Alive-O]]'' – [[The Dubliners]]
*''Anyway the Wind Blows: The Anthology'' – [[J.J. Cale]] (Compilation)
*''[[Back Once Again]]'' - [[Hilltop Hoods]]
*''[[Bagsy Me]]'' – [[The Wannadies]]
*''[[Ball of the Damned]]'' – [[Scanner (band)|Scanner]]
*''[[The Best of Wham!: If You Were There...]]'' – [[Wham!]]
*''Chloroform the One You Love'' – [[Flickerstick]]
*''[[Dark Dear Heart]]'' – [[Holly Cole]]
*''[[Drive (Bic Runga album)|Drive]]'' – [[Bic Runga]]
*''[[The Dillinger Escape Plan (EP)|The Dillinger Escape Plan]]'' – [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]]
*''[[The Divine Wings of Tragedy]]'' – [[Symphony X]]
*''[[The Donnas (album)|The Donnas]]'' – [[The Donnas]]
*''[[Egyptology (album)|Egyptology]]'' – [[World Party]]
*''[[English Boy Wonders]]'' – [[Big Big Train]]
*''[[Entering a New Ride]]'' – [[Big Audio Dynamite]]
*''[[Fallen Is Babylon]]'' – [[Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers]]
*''[[First Encounter Tour 1996]]'' – [[Cluster (band)|Cluster]]
*''Flash Bulb Emergency Overflow Cavalcade of Remixes'' – [[Pigeonhed]] – Remix
*''From the Vaults'' – [[Prism (band)|Prism]]
*''[[Go! (Fair Warning album)|Go!]]'' – [[Fair Warning (band)|Fair Warning]]
*''[[Greedy (album)|Greedy]]'' – [[Headless Chickens]]
*''Grounded'' – [[Papa Vegas]]
*''[[How Ace Are Buildings]]'' – [[A (band)|A]]
*''[[Low Estate]]'' – [[16 Horsepower]]
*''[[Mirador (Tarnation album)|Mirador]]'' – [[Tarnation (band)|Tarnation]]
*''[[Chunklet (magazine)|The Money Shot]]'' – Various Artists
*''[[Moonflower Plastic]]'' – [[Tobin Sprout]]
{{col-2}}
*''[[Muffins (album)|Muffins]]'' – [[Hoobastank]]
*''[[Wrong-Eyed Jesus (The Mysterious Tale of How I Shouted)|The Mysterious Tale of How I Shouted "Wrong-Eyed Jesus!"]]'' – [[Jim White (guitarist)|Jim White]]
*''Okenspay Ordway: Things I Forgot to Tell Mommy'' (spoken word album) – [[Bif Naked]]
*''OnlySee'' – [[Sia|Sia Furler]]
*''Overcast!'' ([[Overcast! EP|EP]] & [[Overcast!|full-length]]) – [[Atmosphere (music group)|Atmosphere]]
*''[[The Phantom Lodge]]'' – [[Diabolical Masquerade]]
*''Play the Music of Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber'' – [[Hank Marvin]] and [[The Shadows]]
* ''Progressive Attack 5'' – Various Artists
* ''Progressive Attack 6'' – Various Artists
* ''Progressive Attack 7'' – Various Artists
*''[[Pure (3 Colours Red album)|Pure]]'' – [[3 Colours Red]]
*''[[R.A.F.I. (album)|R.A.F.I]]'' (France only) – [[Asian Dub Foundation]]
*''[[Rain Without End]]'' – [[October Tide]]
*''[[Romanza]]'' – [[Andrea Bocelli]]
*''[[Shelter (Brand New Heavies album)|Shelter]]'' – [[Brand New Heavies]]
*''[[Silver Sun (Silver Sun album)|Silver Sun]]'' – [[Silver Sun]]
*''[[Smile and Wave]]'' – [[Headstones (band)|The Headstones]]
*''[[Soft Effects]]'' – [[Spoon (band)|Spoon]]
*''Sydney High'' – [[Citizen King]]
*''Tiger Walk'' – [[Robben Ford]]
*''[[The Truth (Prince song)|The Truth]]'' – [[Prince (artist)|Prince]]
*''Turn the Dark Off'' – [[Howie B]]
*''Un grito en el corazón'' – [[Lynda Thomas]]
*''The Union Underground'' – [[The Union Underground]]
*''[[Weights and Measures (Spirit of the West album)|Weights and Measures]]'' – [[Spirit of the West]]
*''[[When You Land Here, It's Time to Return]]'' – [[The Shins|Flake Music]]
*''Xero'' – [[Linkin Park]]
*''[[You Can Play These Songs with Chords]]'' – [[Death Cab for Cutie]]
{{col-end}}

==Biggest hit singles==
The following songs achieved the highest positions in the charts of 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tsort.info/music/yr1997.htm|title=Songs from the Year 1997|last=Hawtin|first=Steve|year=2007|publisher=Steve Hawtin/TsorT|access-date=April 12, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080420091825/http://tsort.info/music/yr1997.htm| archive-date=April 20, 2008<!--DASHBot-->|url-status = live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! #
! Artist
! Title
! Year
! Country
! Chart Entries
|-
| 1 || [[Elton John]] || [[Candle in the Wind 1997]] || 1997 ||{{flagicon|UK}} || UK 1 – Sep 1997, US BB 1 of 1997, Netherlands 1 – Sep 1997, Austria 1 – Oct 1997, Switzerland 1 – Sep 1997, Norway 1 – Jan 1997, Poland 1 – Sep 1997, Germany 1 – Jan 1998, Republic of Ireland 1 – Sep 1997, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks Oct 1997, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Dec 1997, Global 2 (35 M sold) – 1997, Australia 4 of 1997, Japan 11 of all time (international songs), Italy 12 of 1997, TOTP 33, Germany 37 of the 1990s, RYM 85 of 1997, OzNet 433
|-
| 2 || [[Sean Combs]] & [[Faith Evans]] and [[112 (band)|112]] || [[I'll Be Missing You]] || 1997 ||{{flagicon|US}} || UK 1 – Jun 1997, US BB 1 of 1997, Netherlands 1 – Jun 1997, Sweden 1 – Aug 1997, Austria 1 – Jul 1997, Switzerland 1 – Jul 1997, Norway 1 – Jul 1997, Italy 1 of 1997, Germany 1 – Jun 1997, Republic of Ireland 1 – Jul 1997, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks Jul 1997, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Oct 1997, Poland 5 – Jul 1997, Australia 5 of 1997, Germany 12 of the 1990s, POP 16 of 1997, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1997, Europe 50 of the 1990s, RYM 99 of 1997
|-
| 3 || [[Aqua (band)|Aqua]] || [[Barbie Girl]] || 1997 ||{{flagicon|Denmark}} || UK 1 – Oct 1997, US BB 1 of 1997, Netherlands 1 – Sep 1997, Sweden 1 – Sep 1997, Switzerland 1 – Oct 1997, Norway 1 – May 1997, Germany 1 – Jan 1998, Republic of Ireland 1 – Oct 1997, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Sep 1997, Australia 1 for 3 weeks Jan 1998, POP 1 of 1997, Italy 2 of 1997, Austria 3 – Oct 1997, France 6 – May 1997, US BB 7 of 1997, Australia 8 of 1997, Germany 36 of the 1990s, Scrobulate 53 of happy
|-
| 4 || [[No Doubt]] || [[Don't Speak]] || 1997 ||{{flagicon|US}} || UK 1 – Feb 1997, Netherlands 1 – Dec 1996, Sweden 1 – Nov 1996, Switzerland 1 – Jan 1997, Norway 1 – Dec 1996, Poland 1 – Jan 1997, Republic of Ireland 1 – Feb 1997, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Jan 1997, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Apr 1997, Austria 2 – Feb 1997, Germany 2 – Jan 1997, Australia 7 of 1997, France 10 – Feb 1997, RYM 10 of 1996, Europe 22 of the 1990s, POP 38 of 1996, Scrobulate 44 of rock, Italy 76 of 1997, Germany 77 of the 1990s, Acclaimed 1098
|-
| 5 || [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]] || [[MMMBop]] || 1997 ||{{flagicon|US}} || UK 1 – Jun 1997, US BB 1 of 1997, Sweden 1 – May 1997, Austria 1 – Jun 1997, Switzerland 1 – Jun 1997, Republic of Ireland 1 – Jun 1997, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Jun 1997, Australia 1 for 9 weeks Aug 1997, Netherlands 2 – May 1997, Norway 2 – Jun 1997, Australia 2 of 1997, Germany 2 – Jun 1997, Poland 9 – Jun 1997, US BB 17 of 1997, POP 18 of 1997, Scrobulate 69 of fun, RYM 81 of 1996, Germany 187 of the 1990s, Acclaimed 516
|}

==Top 40 Chart hit singles==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>Song title</big>
! <big>Artist(s)</big>
! <big>Release date(s)</big>
! <big>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</big>
! <big>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</big>
! <big>Highest chart position</big>
! <big>Other Chart Performance(s)</big>
|-
||"[[2 Become 1]]" || [[Spice Girls]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || 4 || 1 || 1 (Ireland, Israel, Scotland, Spain, United States) || [[2 Become 1#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[3 AM (Matchbox Twenty song)|3 AM]]" || [[Matchbox Twenty]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || n/a || 64 || 1 (Canada) || [[3AM (Matchbox Twenty song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[4 Seasons of Loneliness]]" || [[Boyz II Men]] || {{Date table sorting|091997}}|September 1997 || 1 || 10 || 1 (United States) || [[4 Seasons of Loneliness#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[5,6,7,8]]" || [[Steps (group)|Steps]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || n/a || 14 || 1 (Australia) || [[5,6,7,8#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[6 Underground (song)|6 Underground]]" || [[Sneaker Pimps]] || {{Date table sorting|051997}}|May 1997 || 45 || 9 || 9 (United Kingdom) || 7 (US Billboard Alternative Airplay) - 11 (Scotland) - 31 (US Billboard Adult Top 40) - 62 (Australia)
|-
||"[[Ain't Talkin' 'bout Dub]]" || [[Apollo 440]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || n/a || 7 || 1 (Romania) || [[Ain't Talkin' 'bout Dub#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Ain't That Just the Way]]" || [[Lutricia McNeal]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || 63 || 6 || 1 (Sweden) || [[Ain't That Just the Way#Charts 2|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Alane (song)|Alane]]" || [[Wes Madiko]] || {{Date table sorting|051997}}|May 1997 || n/a || 11 || 1 [[Alane (song)#Charts|(4 countries)]] || [[Alane (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[All I Want (The Offspring song)|All I Want]]" || [[The Offspring]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || n/a || 31 || 4 (Spain) || [[All I Want (The Offspring song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Alone (Bee Gees song)|Alone]]" || [[Bee Gees]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || 28 || 5 || 1 (Poland) || [[Alone (Bee Gees song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Alright (Jamiroquai song)|Alright]]" || [[Jamiroquai]] || {{Date table sorting|041997}}|April 1997 || 78 || 6 || 2 (Iceland) || [[Alright (Jamiroquai song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Angel of Mine]]" || [[Eternal (band)|Eternal]] || {{Date table sorting|091997}}|September 1997 || n/a || 4 || 3 (Norway) || [[Angel of Mine#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Another Suitcase in Another Hall]]" || [[Madonna]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || n/a || 7 || 6 (Belgium) || [[Another Suitcase in Another Hall#Charts 2|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Anywhere for You (Backstreet Boys song)|Anywhere for You]]" || [[Backstreet Boys]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || n/a || 4 || 1 (Lithuania) || [[Anywhere for You (Backstreet Boys song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Around the World (Daft Punk song)|Around the World]]" || [[Daft Punk]] || {{Date table sorting|041997}}|April 1997 || 61 || 5 || 1 (Iceland, Italy) || [[Around the World (Daft Punk song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[As Long as You Love Me (Backstreet Boys song)|As Long As You Love Me]]" || [[Backstreet Boys]] || {{Date table sorting|091997}}|September 1997 || n/a || 3 || 1 (Lithuania, New Zealand, Romania) || [[As Long as You Love Me (Backstreet Boys song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Electric Avenue (song)#Refugee Camp All-Stars version|Avenues]]" || [[Refugee Camp All-Stars]] & [[Pras]] & [[Ky-Mani Marley]] || 1997 || 35 || n/a || 2 (Norway) || [[Electric Avenue (song)#Refugee Camp All-Stars version|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Baby Can I Hold You]]" || [[Boyzone]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || n/a || 2 || 2 (Ireland, Scotland, United Kingdom) || [[Baby_Can_I_Hold_You#Credits_and_personnel|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Bailando (Paradisio song)|Bailando]]" || [[Paradisio]] || 1997 || n/a || n/a || 1 [[Bailando_(Paradisio_song)#Charts|(5 countries)]] ||
[[Bailando_(Paradisio_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Barbie Girl]]" || [[Aqua (band)|Aqua]] || {{Date table sorting|041997}}|April 1997 || 7 || 1 || 1 [[Barbie_Girl#Charts|(14 countries)]] || [[Barbie_Girl#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Barrel of a Gun (Depeche Mode song)|Barrel of a Gun]]" || [[Depeche Mode]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || 47 || 4 || 1 [[Barrel_of_a_Gun_(Depeche_Mode_song)#Charts|(6 countries)]] || [[Barrel_of_a_Gun_(Depeche_Mode_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Because It's Love]]" || [[The Kelly Family]] || 1997 || n/a || n/a || 2 (Austria, Switzerland) || 3 (Germany) - 6 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) - 11 (Belgium) - 13 (Netherlands [Single Top 100])
|-
||"[[Been Around the World]]" || [[Puff Daddy]] & [[The Notorious B.I.G.]] & [[Mase]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || 2 || 20 || 2 (United States) || [[Been_Around_the_World#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Beetlebum]]" || [[Blur (band)|Blur]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || n/a || 1 || 1 (Scotland, United Kingdom) || [[Beetlebum#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I Have a Dream/Bellissima|Bellissima]]" || [[DJ Quicksilver]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || n/a || n/a || 4 (Germany) ||
[[I_Have_a_Dream/Bellissima#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Bitch (Meredith Brooks song)|Bitch]]" || [[Meredith Brooks]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || 2 || 6 || 2 (Australia, Canada, United States) || [[Bitch_(Meredith_Brooks_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Bitter Sweet Symphony]]" || [[The Verve]] || {{Date table sorting|061997}}|June 1997 || 12 || 2 || 1 (Scotland) || [[Bitter_Sweet_Symphony#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Block Rockin' Beats]]" || [[The Chemical Brothers]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || n/a || 1 || 1 (United Kingdom) || [[Block_Rockin%27_Beats#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||*"[[Blood on the Dance Floor (song)|Blood on the Dance Floor]]" || [[Michael Jackson]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || 42 || 1 || 1 [[Blood_on_the_Dance_Floor_(song)#Charts_and_certifications|(4 countries)]] || [[Blood_on_the_Dance_Floor_(song)#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Brimful of Asha]]" || [[Cornershop (band)|Cornershop]] || {{Date table sorting|081997}}|August 1997 || n/a || 1 || 1 (Scotland, United Kingdom) || [[Brimful_of_Asha#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Burnin' (Cue song)|Burnin']]" || [[Cue (band)|Cue]] || 1997 || n/a || n/a || 1 (Sweden) || 4 (Norway) - 9 (Finland) - 19 (Finland)
|-
||"[[C U When U Get There]]" || [[Coolio]] || {{Date table sorting|061997}}|June 1997 || 12 || 3 || 2 (Norway, Sweden, Switzerland) || [[C_U_When_U_Get_There#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Call the Man]]" || [[Celine Dion]] || {{Date table sorting|061997}}|June 1997 || n/a || 11 || 5 (Netherlands) || [[Call_the_Man#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Candle in the Wind '97]]" || [[Elton John]] || {{Date table sorting|091997}}|September 1997 || 1 || 1 || 1 [[Candle_in_the_Wind_1997#Charts|(21 countries)]] || [[Candle_in_the_Wind_1997#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Can't Nobody Hold Me Down]]" || [[Puff Daddy]] & [[Mase]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || 1 || 19 || 1 (United States) || [[Can%27t_Nobody_Hold_Me_Down|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Casanova (LeVert song)|Casanova]]" || [[Ultimate Kaos]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || n/a || 24 || 2 (Netherlands) || [[Casanova_(LeVert_song)#Charts_2|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Cherish (Kool & the Gang song)|Cherish]]" || Pappa Bear & Van der Toorn || {{Date table sorting|101997}}|October 1997 || n/a || 47 || 1 (New Zealand) || [[Cherish_(Kool_%26_the_Gang_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Clementine (Mark Owen song)|Clementine]]" || [[Mark Owen]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || n/a || 3 || 2 (Japan, Spain) || [[Clementine_(Mark_Owen_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Come into My Life (Gala song)|Come into My Life]]" || [[Gala (singer)|Gala]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || n/a || 38 || 1 (Italy, Spain) || [[Come_into_My_Life_(Gala_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Con te partirò]] (Time to Say Goodbye)" || [[Andrea Bocelli]] & [[Sarah Brightman]] || 1997 || n/a || n/a || 1 (Belgium, France) || 10 (Europe) - 18 (Netherlands [Single Top 100]) - 20 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]
|-
||"[[Crush on You (The Jets song)|Crush on You]]" || [[Aaron Carter]] || {{Date table sorting|081997}}|August 1997 || n/a || 9 || 5 (Germany, Switzerland) || [[Crush_on_You_(The_Jets_song)#Weekly_charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Da Funk]]" || [[Daft Punk]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || n/a || 7 || 5 (Ireland, Scotland) || [[Da_Funk#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?]]" || [[N-Trance]] || {{Date table sorting|101997}}|October 1997 || n/a || 7 || 1 (Czech Republic, New Zealand) || [[Da_Ya_Think_I%27m_Sexy%3F#N-Trance_featuring_Rod_Stewart_version|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[D.I.S.C.O.]]" || [[N-Trance]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || n/a || 11 || 8 (Scotland) || [[D.I.S.C.O.#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Discothèque (song)|Discothèque]]" || [[U2]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || 10 || 1 || 1 [[Discothèque_(song)#Charts_and_certifications|(7 countries)]] || [[Discothèque_(song)#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Don't Cry for Me Argentina]]" || [[Madonna]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || 8 || 3 || 1 [[Don%27t_Cry_for_Me_Argentina#Charts_2|(6 countries)]] || [[Don%27t_Cry_for_Me_Argentina#Charts_2|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[The Drugs Don't Work]]" || [[The Verve]] || {{Date table sorting|091997}}|September 1997 || n/a || 1 || 1 (Scotland, United Kingdom) || [[The_Drugs_Don%27t_Work#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Du Hast]]" || [[Rammstein]] || {{Date table sorting|071997}}|July 1997 || n/a || 186 || 5 (Germany) || [[Du_hast#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Du liebst mich nicht]]" || [[Sabrina Setlur]] || 1997 || n/a || n/a || 1 (Germany) || 3 (Austria, Switzerland)
|-
||"[[D'You Know What I Mean?]]" || [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] || {{Date table sorting|071997}}|July 1997 || n/a || 1 || 1 [[D%27You_Know_What_I_Mean%3F#Charts_and_certifications|(5 countries)]] || [[D%27You_Know_What_I_Mean%3F#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Ecuador (song)|Ecuador]]" || [[Sash!]] || {{Date table sorting|041997}}|April 1997 || n/a || 2 || 1 [[Ecuador_(song)#Charts|(4 countries)]] || [[Ecuador_(song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Elegantly Wasted (song)|Elegantly Wasted]]" || [[INXS]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || n/a || 20 || 1 (Canada) || [[Elegantly_Wasted_(song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Encore Une Fois]]" || [[Sash!]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || n/a || 2 || 1 (Europe, Greece, Ireland) || [[Encore_une_fois#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[The End Is the Beginning Is the End]]" || [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || n/a || 10 || 3 (Iceland, Spain) || [[The_End_Is_the_Beginning_Is_the_End#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Everybody (Backstreet's Back)]]" || [[Backstreet Boys]] || {{Date table sorting|061997}}|June 1997 || 4 || 3 || 1 (Hungary, Romania, Spain) || [[Everybody_(Backstreet%27s_Back)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Sweetbox song)|Everything's Gonna Be Alright]]" || [[Sweetbox]] || {{Date table sorting|101997}}|October 1997 || 46 || 5 || 2 (Spain) || [[Everything%27s_Gonna_Be_Alright_(Sweetbox_song)#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)]]" || [[Aerosmith]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || 35 || 22 || 1 (Spain) || [[Falling_in_Love_(Is_Hard_on_the_Knees)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Feel So Good (song)|Feel So Good]]" || [[Mase]] || {{Date table sorting|101997}}|October 1997 || 5 || 10 || 5 (United States) || [[Feel_So_Good#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Fire (Scooter song)|Fire]]" || [[Scooter (band)|Scooter]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || n/a || 45 || 1 (Finland) || [[Fire_(Scooter_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Fire Water Burn]]" || [[Bloodhound Gang]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || n/a || n/a || 2 (Norway) || [[Fire_Water_Burn#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Fix (Blackstreet song)|Fix]]" || [[Blackstreet]] || {{Date table sorting|071997}}|July 1997 || 58 || 7 || 3 (Canada) || [[Fix_(Blackstreet_song)#Chart|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Flash (B.B.E. song)|Flash]]" || [[B.B.E.]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || n/a || 5 || 3 (Scotland) ||
[[Flash (B.B.E. song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Fly (Sugar Ray song)|Fly]]" || [[Sugar Ray]] || {{Date table sorting|051997}}|May 1997 || n/a || 58 || 1 (Canada) || [[Fly_(Sugar_Ray_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Fly Like an Eagle (song)|Fly Like an Eagle]]" || [[Seal (musician)|Seal]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || 10 || 13 || 2 (Canada) || [[Fly_Like_an_Eagle_(song)#Charts_2|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Foolish Games]]" || [[Jewel (singer)|Jewel]] || {{Date table sorting|071997}}|July 1997 || 2 || n/a || 2 (Canada, United States) || [[Foolish_Games#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[For You I Will (Monica song)|For You I Will]]" || [[Monica (entertainer)|Monica]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || 4 || 27 || 2 (New Zealand) || [[For_You_I_Will_(Monica_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"Formula" || DJ Visage || 1997 || n/a || n/a || 1 (Belgium) || 5 (Austria) - 6 (Netherlands) - 24 (France) - 34 (Australia)
|-
||"Free" || [[DJ Quicksilver]] || {{Date table sorting|061997}}|June 1997 || n/a || 7 || 3 (Ireland) || 4 (Spain, Germany) - 9 (Norway) - 11 (Switzerland) - 12 (Austria) - 13 (Sweden)
|-
||"[[Free (Ultra Naté song)|Free]]" || [[Ultra Naté]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || 75 || 4 || 1 (Italy) || [[Free_(Ultra_Naté_song)#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Freedom (Robert Miles song)|Freedom]]" || [[Robert Miles]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || n/a || 15 || 2 (Italy) || [[Freedom_(Robert_Miles_song)|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Gotham City (song)|Gotham City]]" || [[R. Kelly]] || {{Date table sorting|061997}}|June 1997 || 9 || 9 || 3 (Germany) || [[Gotham_City_(song)#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Got 'til It's Gone]]" || [[Janet Jackson]] & [[Q-Tip (rapper)|Q-Tip]] & [[Joni Mitchell]] || {{Date table sorting|091997}}|September 1997 || n/a || 6 || 3 (Hungary) || [[Got_%27til_It%27s_Gone#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||*"[[Guantanamera]]" || [[Wyclef Jean]] & [[Celia Cruz]] & [[Lauryn Hill]] & Jeni Fujita || {{Date table sorting|101997}}|October 1997 || n/a || 25 || 15 (New Zealand) || [[Guantanamera#Charts_3|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Hard to Say I'm Sorry]]" || [[Az Yet]] & [[Peter Cetera]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || 8 || 7 || 1 (New Zealand) || [[Hard_to_Say_I%27m_Sorry#Charts_2|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)]]" || [[Skunk Anansie]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || n/a || 13 || 1 (Iceland) || [[Hedonism_(Just_Because_You_Feel_Good)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"He's Comin'" || [[Nana (rapper)|Nana]] || {{Date table sorting|091997}}|September 1997 || n/a || n/a || 4 (Germany) || 11 (Switzerland) - 14 (Austria)
|-
||"[[Here We Go (NSYNC song)|Here We Go]]" || [[NSYNC]] || {{Date table sorting|051997}}|May 1997 || n/a || n/a || 5 (Switzerland) || 8 (Austria, Germany) - 10 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) - 66 (Netherlands [Single Top 100])
|-
||"[[Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix#Packaging, release and promotion|HIStory/Ghosts]]" || [[Michael Jackson]] || 1997 || n/a || 5 || 3 (Italy) || 4 (Spain) - 14 (Germany, Netherlands) - 16 (Switzerland) - 26 (France) - 29 (New Zealand)
|-
||"[[Hit 'Em High (The Monstars' Anthem)]]" || [[B-Real]]& [[Coolio]] & [[Method Man]]& [[LL Cool J]]& [[Busta Rhymes]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || n/a || 8 || 1 (Norway) || [[Hit_%27Em_High_(The_Monstars%27_Anthem)|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Home (Depeche Mode song)|Home]]" || [[Depeche Mode]] || {{Date table sorting|061997}}|June 1997 || 88 || 23 || 1 (Italy) || [[Home_(Depeche_Mode_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Honey (Mariah Carey song)|Honey]]" || [[Mariah Carey]] || {{Date table sorting|081997}}|August 1997 || 1 || 3 || 1 (Canada, United States) || [[Honey_(Mariah_Carey_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[How Come, How Long]]" || [[Babyface (musician)|Babyface]] & [[Stevie Wonder]] || {{Date table sorting|071997}}|July 1997 || n/a || 10 || 2 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]/[Single Top 100]) || [[How_Come,_How_Long#Chart|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[How Do I Live]]" || [[LeAnn Rimes]] || {{Date table sorting|051997}}|May 1997 || 2 || 7 || 2 (United States) || [[How_Do_I_Live#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Hypnotize (The Notorious B.I.G. song)|Hypnotize]]" || [[The Notorious B.I.G.]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || 1 || 10 || 1 (United States) || [[Hypnotize_(The_Notorious_B.I.G._song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I Do (Lisa Loeb song)|I Do]]" || [[Lisa Loeb]] || {{Date table sorting|101997}}|October 1997 || 17 || 83 || 1 (Canada) ||
[[I_Do_(Lisa_Loeb_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I Don't Want To]]" || [[Toni Braxton]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || 19 || 9 || 7 (Iceland) || [[I_Don%27t_Want_To#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I Finally Found Someone]]" || [[Bryan Adams]] & [[Barbra Streisand]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || 8 || 10 || 1 (Ireland) || [[I_Finally_Found_Someone#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I Know Where It's At]]" || [[All Saints (group)|All Saints]] || {{Date table sorting|081997}}|August 1997 || 36 || 4 || 2 (Canada) || [[I_Know_Where_It%27s_At#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I Never Loved You Anyway]]" || [[The Corrs]] || {{Date table sorting|121997}}|December 1997 || n/a || 43 || 31 (Australia) || 37 (Scotland) - 49 (Canada Adult Contemporary)
|-
||"[[I Shot the Sheriff (Warren G song)|I Shot the Sheriff]]" || [[Warren G]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || 20 || 2 || 1 (New Zealand) || [[I_Shot_the_Sheriff#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I Wanna Be the Only One]]" || [[Eternal (band)|Eternal]] & [[BeBe Winans]] || {{Date table sorting|051997}}|May 1997 || n/a || 1 || 1 (Scotland, United Kingdom) || [[I_Wanna_Be_the_Only_One#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I Want You (Savage Garden song)|I Want You]]" || [[Savage Garden]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || 4 || 11 || 1 (Canada) || [[I_Want_You_(Savage_Garden_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I Will Come to You]]" || [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || 9 || 5 || 1 (Sweden) || [[I_Will_Come_to_You#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[If God Will Send His Angels]]" || [[U2]] || {{Date table sorting|121997}}|December 1997 || n/a || 12 || 4 (Belgium, Iceland) || [[If_God_Will_Send_His_Angels#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I'll Be Missing You]]" || [[Puff Daddy and The Family]] || {{Date table sorting|051997}}|May 1997 || 1 || 1 || 1 [[I%27ll_Be_Missing_You#Charts|(19 countries)]] || [[I%27ll_Be_Missing_You#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[It's All About The Benjamins]] (Remix)" || [[Puff Daddy and The Family]] || {{Date table sorting|081997}}|August 1997 || 2 || 18 || 2 (United States) || 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Singles) - 2 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales)
|-
||"[[It's No Good]]" || [[Depeche Mode]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || 38 || 5 || 1 [[It%27s_No_Good#Charts|(4 countries)]] || [[It%27s_No_Good#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[James Bond Theme (Moby's Re-Version)]]" || [[Moby]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || n/a || 8 || 1 (Iceland) || [[James_Bond_Theme#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Johnny B (song)|Johnny B]]" || [[Down Low (rap group)|Down Low]] || 1997 || n/a || n/a || 4 (Germany) || 7 (Finland) - 8 (Switzerland)
|-
||"[[Jojo Action]]" || [[Mr. President (band)|Mr. President]] || {{Date table sorting|061997}}|June 1997 || n/a || 73 || 1 (Hungary) || [[Jojo_Action#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Just for You (M People song)|Just for You]]" || [[M People]] || {{Date table sorting|091997}}|September 1997 || n/a || 8 || 8 (Scotland, United Kingdom) || [[Just_for_You_(M_People_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Karma Police]]" || [[Radiohead]] || {{Date table sorting|081997}}|August 1997 || n/a || 8 || 1 (Iceland) || [[Karma_Police#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Kiss the Rain]]" || [[Billie Myers]] || {{Date table sorting|091997}}|September 1997 || 15 || 4 || 2 (Canada) || [[Kiss_the_Rain#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Laura non c'è]]" || [[Nek]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || n/a || 59 || 1 (Italy) || [[Laura_non_c%27è#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Let a Boy Cry]]" || [[Gala (singer)|Gala]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || n/a || 11 || 1 (Belgium, France, Italy, Spain) || [[Let_a_Boy_Cry#Charts_and_sales|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Lonely (Nana song)|Lonely]]" || [[Nana (rapper)|Nana]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || n/a || n/a || 1 (Germany, Romania, Switzerland) || [[Lonely_(Nana_song)#Charts_and_sales|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Look into My Eyes (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony song)|Look Into My Eyes]]" || [[Bone Thugs-N-Harmony]] || {{Date table sorting|061997}}|June 1997 || 4 || 16 || 3 (New Zealand) || 4 (US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) - 6 (UK Hip Hop/R&B charts) - 15 (US Billboard Rhythmic charts)
|-
||"[[Love Gets Me Every Time]]" || [[Shania Twain]] || {{Date table sorting|091997}}|September 1997 || 25 || n/a || 4 (Canada) || 1 (Canada country Tracks, US Billboard Hot Country Songs)
|-
||"[[Love Shine a Light]]" || [[Katrina and the Waves]] || {{Date table sorting|041997}}|April 1997 || n/a || 3 || 1 (Israel) || [[Love_Shine_a_Light#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Love Won't Wait]]" || [[Gary Barlow]] || {{Date table sorting|041997}}|April 1997 || n/a || 1 || 1 (Lithuania, Spain, United Kingdom) || [[Love_Won%27t_Wait#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Lovefool]]" || [[The Cardigans]] || {{Date table sorting|051997}}|May 1997 || n/a || 2 || 1 (Scotland, New Zealand) || [[Lovefool#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Mama (Spice Girls song)|Mama]]" || [[Spice Girls]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || n/a || 1 || 1 [[Mama_(Spice_Girls_song)#Charts|(4 countries)]] || [[Mama_(Spice_Girls_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[María (Ricky Martin song)|María]]" || [[Ricky Martin]] || 1997 || 88 || 6 || 1 [[María_(Ricky_Martin_song)#Charts|(18 countries)]] || [[María_(Ricky_Martin_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Meet Her at the Love Parade]]" || [[Da Hool]] || {{Date table sorting|081997}}|August 1997 || n/a || 15 || 1 (Iceland) || [[Meet_Her_at_the_Love_Parade#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[The Memory Remains]]" || [[Metallica]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || 28 || 13 || 1 (Finland, Iceland) || [[The_Memory_Remains#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Men in Black (song)|Men in Black]]" || [[Will Smith]] || {{Date table sorting|061997}}|June 1997 || n/a || 1 || 1 [[Men_in_Black_(song)#Charts|(11 countries)]] || [[Men_in_Black_(song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Midnight in Chelsea]]" || [[Jon Bon Jovi]] || {{Date table sorting|061997}}|June 1997 || n/a || 4 || 1 (Spain) || [[Midnight_in_Chelsea#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[MMMBop]]" || [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]] || {{Date table sorting|041997}}|April 1997 || 1 || 1 || 1 [[ MMMBop#Charts|(12 countries)]] || [[MMMBop#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Mo Money Mo Problems]]" || [[The Notorious B.I.G.]] || {{Date table sorting|071997}}|July 1997 || 1 || 6 || 1 (Netherlands, United States) || [[Mo_Money_Mo_Problems#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Mr. DJ (Dr. Alban song)|Mr. DJ]]" || [[Dr. Alban]] || 1997 || n/a || n/a || 3 (Spain) || 6 (Sweden) - 8 (Finland) - 21 (Austria) - 70 (Germany) - 79 (Europe)
|-
||"[[My Heart Will Go On]]" || [[Celine Dion]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || 1 || 1 || 1 [[#Top_40_Chart_hit_singles|(25 countries)]] || [[#Top_40_Chart_hit_singles|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[My Love Is the Shhh!]]" || [[Somethin' for the People]] || {{Date table sorting|081997}}|August 1997 || 4 || n/a || 2 (Germany) || [[My_Love_Is_the_Shhh!#Chart_positions|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[My Oh My (Aqua song)|My Oh My]]" || [[Aqua (band)|Aqua]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || n/a || 6 || 2 (Denmark, Scotland) || [[My_Oh_My_(Aqua_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Nancy Boy]]" || [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || n/a || 4 || 4 (United Kingdom) || 5 (Scotland) - 19 (Europe) - 19 (Iceland)
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||"[[No Tengo Dinero (Los Umbrellos song)|No Tengo Dinero]]" || [[Los Umbrellos]] || {{Date table sorting|051997}}|May 1997 || 42 || 33 || 1 (Austria) || [[No_Tengo_Dinero_(Los_Umbrellos_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Nobody's Wife (song)|Nobody's Wife]]" || [[Anouk (singer)|Anouk]] || 1997 || n/a || n/a || 1 (Iceland) || [[Nobody%27s_Wife_(song)#Weekly_charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Oh La La La (2 Eivissa song)|Oh La La La]]" || [[2 Eivissa]] || {{Date table sorting|061997}}|June 1997 || n/a || 13 || 1 (Spain) || [[Oh_La_La_La_(2_Eivissa_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Old Before I Die]]" || [[Robbie Williams]] || {{Date table sorting|041997}}|April 1997 || n/a || 2 || 1 (Scotland, Spain) || [[Old_Before_I_Die#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Older (George Michael song)|Older]]" || [[George Michael]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || n/a || 3 || 3 (Spain, United Kingdom) || [[Older_(George_Michael_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[On Your Own (Blur song)|On Your Own]]" || [[Blur (band)|Blur]] || {{Date table sorting|071997}}|July 1997 || n/a || 5 || 5 (Scotland, United Kingdom) || 20 (Iceland) - 27 (Ireland) - 33 (Europe) - 69 (Australia)
|-
||"[[One Headlight]]" || [[The Wallflowers]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || n/a || 54 || 1 (Canada) || [[One_Headlight#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[The One I Gave My Heart To]]" || [[Aaliyah]] || {{Date table sorting|081997}}|August 1997 || 9 || 30 || 9 (United States) || [[The_One_I_Gave_My_Heart_To#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Open Your Eyes (Guano Apes song)|Open Your Eyes]]" || [[Guano Apes]] || {{Date table sorting|081997}}|August 1997 || n/a || n/a || 5 (Germany) || 10 (Austria) - 11 (Switzerland) - 14 (Belgium) - 18 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) - 19 (Netherlands [Single Top 100]) - 24 (U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock - charted in 2000)
|-
||"[[Paranoid Android]]" || [[Radiohead]] || {{Date table sorting|051997}}|May 1997 || n/a || 3 || 2 (Scotland) || [[Paranoid_Android#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Perfect Day (Lou Reed song)|Perfect Day]]" || [[Lou Reed]] & [[Various Artists]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || n/a || 1 || 1 [[Perfect_Day_(Lou_Reed_song)#Charts|(4 countries)]] || [[Perfect_Day_(Lou_Reed_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Picture of You (Boyzone song)|Picture of You]]" || [[Boyzone]] || {{Date table sorting|071997}}|July 1997 || n/a || 2 || 1 (Scotland) || [[Picture_of_You_(Boyzone_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|}

===Other Chart hit singles===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|

*"[[All Cried Out (Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam song)|All Cried Out]]" – [[Allure (group)|Allure]] & [[112 (band)|112]] (#4 US)
*"[[Ameno (song)|Ameno]]" - [[Era (musical project)|Era]] (#2 BE, #5 FR, SWE)
*"[[The Beautiful People (song)|The Beautiful People]]" - [[Marilyn Manson]]
*"[[Break Me Shake Me]]" - [[Savage Garden]]
*"[[Breathe (Midge Ure song)|Breathe]]" - [[Midge Ure]]
*"[[Breathe (The Prodigy song)|Breathe]]" – [[The Prodigy]] (#1 DEN, FIN, NOR, SP, SWE, UK)
*"[[Don't Let Go (Love)]]" – [[En Vogue]] (#1 DEN, NOR, #2 NLD, US)
*"[[Don't Speak]]" – [[No Doubt]] (#1 AUS, BE, CAN, DEN, IRL, NLD, NOR, SWE, SWI, UK)
*"Du fehlst mir" - [[Cappuccino]]
*"[[I Have a Dream/Bellissima]]" – [[DJ Quicksilver]] (#2 IRL, #3 SP, #4 GER, UK)
*"[[I'll Be There for You (Solid HarmoniE song)|I'll Be There for You]]" - [[Solid HarmoniE]]
*"{{interlanguage link|Je t'aime (Lara Fabian song)|lt=Je t'aime|fr|Je t'aime (chanson)}}" – [[Lara Fabian]]
*"[[Nothing Lasts Forever (Echo & the Bunnymen song)|Nothing Lasts Forever]]" – [[Echo & the Bunnymen]] (#8 UK)
*"[[Please (U2 song)|Please]]" – [[U2]] (#6 IRL, NLD, #7 FIN, IT, UK)
*"[[Please Don't Go (No Mercy song)|Please Don't Go]]" – [[No Mercy (pop band)|No Mercy]] (#4 UK, #5 AUT, #6 NLD)
*"[[Prince Igor (song)|Prince Igor]]" – [[Warren G]] (#1 NOR, #3 BE, SWE, #6 FR, NLD)
*"[[Push (Matchbox Twenty song)|Push]]" - [[Matchbox Twenty]]
*"[[Remember Me (Blue Boy song)|Remember Me]]" – [[Blue Boy (DJ)|Blue Boy]]
*"[[Rescue Me (Bell, Book & Candle song)|Rescue Me]]" - [[Bell, Book & Candle (band)|Bell, Book & Candle]]
*"[[Rumble in the Jungle (song)|Rumble in the Jungle]]" - [[The Fugees]]
*"[[Quanto amore sei]]" – [[Eros Ramazzotti]] (#3 SP, #7 FIN, #10 IT)
*"[[Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)]]" – [[Backstreet Boys]] (#1 AUT, GER, SWI, #2 UK, US)
*"[[The Rascal King (song)|The Rascal King]]" – [[Mighty Mighty Bosstones]] (#4 CAN)
*"[[The Real Thing (Lisa Stansfield song)|The Real Thing]]" – [[Lisa Stansfield]]
*"[[A Red Letter Day]]" - [[Pet Shop Boys]]
*"[[The Saint (Edwin Astley song)|The Saint]]" - [[Orbital (band)|Orbital]]
*"[[Samba de Janeiro]]" – [[Paffendorf|Bellini]] (#2 GER, SWI, #3 AUT, FR)
*"[[Saturday Night (Suede song)|Saturday Night]]" – [[Suede (band)|Suede]] (#4 DEN, #6 UK, #7 FIN)
*"[[Say What You Want]]" – [[Texas (band)|Texas]] (#3 UK)
*"[[Say You'll Be There]]" – [[Spice Girls]] (#1 UK, FIN, SCO, #3 US)
*"[[Secret Garden (Bruce Springsteen song)|Secret Garden]]" - [[Bruce Springsteen]]
*"[[Semi-Charmed Life]]" – [[Third Eye Blind]] (#2 CAN, #4 US)
*"[[Sex on the Beach (song)|Sex on the Beach]]" – [[T-Spoon]] (#2 UK, #3 IRL, NLD, #4 BE)
*"[[She's a Star]]" – [[James (band)|James]] (#9 UK)
*"[[Show Me Love (Robyn song)|Show Me Love]]" – [[Robyn]] (#2 CAN, #7 US, #8 UK)
*"[[Sick with Love]]" - [[Robyn Loau]] (# 21 AUS)
*"[[Smack My Bitch Up]]" – [[The Prodigy]] (#1 FIN, SP, #6 IRL)
*"[[Something About the Way You Look Tonight]]" – [[Elton John]] (#1 US)
*"[[Something Goin' On (In Your Soul)]]" - [[Todd Terry]] & [[Martha Wash]] & [[Jocelyn Brown]]
*"[[Song 2]]" – [[Blur (band)|Blur]] (#2 UK, #4 AUS, #8 BE)
*"[[A Song for Mama]]" – [[Boyz II Men]] (#7 US)
*"[[Spice Up Your Life]]" – [[Spice Girls]] (#1 UK, #2 BE, CAN, DEN, NLD, NZ, SP, SWE)
*"[[Stand by Me (Oasis song)|Stand by Me]]" – [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] (#2 UK)
*"[[Star People (song)|Star People '97]]" – [[George Michael]] (#1 DEN, #2 UK, #4 SP)
*"[[Staring at the Sun (U2 song)|Staring at the Sun]]" – [[U2]] (#2 CAN, #3 UK, #4 FIN, IRL, NZ)
*"[[Stay (Sash! song)|Stay]]" – [[Sash!]] (#2 IT, UK, #3 DEN, NOR)
*"[[Step by Step (Annie Lennox song)|Step by Step]]" – [[Whitney Houston]] (#2 SP, #6 AUT, #8 GER)
*"[[Sunchyme]]" – [[Dario G]] (#2 DEN, UK, SWI)
*"[[Sunny Came Home]]" – [[Shawn Colvin]] (#7 US)
*"[[Superhero (Daze song)|Superhero]]" - [[Daze (band)|Daze]]
*"[[Tearin' Up My Heart]]" – [['N Sync]] (#3 CAN, #4 AUT, GER)
*"[[Tic, Tic Tac]]" – Chilli & [[Carrapicho]] (#2 AUT, #4 NOR, #5 GER)
*"[[To the Moon and Back (Savage Garden song)|To the Moon and Back]]" – [[Savage Garden]] (#1 AUS, #3 UK, #4 NZ)
*"[[Together Again (Janet Jackson song)|Together Again]]" – [[Janet Jackson]] (#1 US, NLD)
*"[[Tomorrow Never Dies (song)|Tomorrow Never Dies]]" – [[Sheryl Crow]]
*"[[Tout]]" – [[Lara Fabian]]
*"[[Truly Madly Deeply (song)|Truly Madly Deeply]]" – [[Savage Garden]] (#1 AUS, CAN, US)
*"[[Tell Him (Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion song)|Tell Him]]" – [[Barbra Streisand]] & [[Celine Dion]] (#1 NLD, #2 IRL, #3 BE, UK)
*"Time Is Tickin' Away" – [[C-Block]] (#5 GER, #9 SWI)
*"[[Tubthumping]]" – [[Chumbawamba]] (#1 CAN, IRL, IT, NZ)
*"[[Uh La La La]]" – [[Alexia (Italian singer)|Alexia]] (#1 SP, #2 FIN, #5 IRL, IT)
*"[[Vamos a la Discoteca]]" – [[Paradisio]] (#3 FIN, SWE, #6 NOR)
*"[[Vivo per lei]]" – [[Andrea Bocelli]] & [[Giorgia Todrani]] (#1 BE, FR, SP, SWI)
*"[[Walk on By (Young Deenay and Sascha Schmitz song)|Walk on By]]" – [[Young Deenay]] & [[Sascha Schmitz]]
*"[[Walkin' on the Sun]]" – [[Smash Mouth]] (#3 CAN, IT, #5 SP)
*"[[Wannabe]]" – [[Spice Girls]] (#1 UK, US, AUS, BE, DEN, FIN, FR, GER, HK, IRL, ISR, NLD, NOR, NZ, SP, SWE, SWI)
*"[[Warum?]]" – [[Tic Tac Toe (band)|Tic Tac Toe]] (#1 AUT, GER, SWI)
*"[[We Trying to Stay Alive]]" - [[Wyclef Jean]] & [[John Forté]] & [[Pras]]
*"[[When I Die (No Mercy song)|When I Die]]" – [[No Mercy (pop band)|No Mercy]] (#1 AUT, NLD, #2 AUS)
*"[[When Susannah Cries]]" – [[Espen Lind]]
*"[[Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?]]" – [[Paula Cole]] (#8 US)
*"[[Where's the Love]]" – [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]] (#2 AUS, CAN, #4 UK)
*"[[Who Do You Think You Are (Spice Girls song)|Who Do You Think You Are]]" – [[Spice Girls]] (#1 UK, IRL, #2 NLD)
*"[[You Have Been Loved|You Have Been Loved/The Strangest Thing '97]]" – [[George Michael]] (#2 UK)
*"[[You Make Me Wanna...]]" – [[Usher (singer)|Usher]] (#1 UK, #2 US)
*"[[You Might Need Somebody]]" – [[Shola Ama]] (#4 UK, #8 NLD, NZ)
*"[[You Sexy Thing]]" – [[T-Shirt]]
*"[[You Were Meant for Me (Jewel song)|You Were Meant for Me]]" – [[Jewel (singer)|Jewel]] (#2 CAN, US, #3 AUS)
*"[[Your Woman]]" – [[White Town]] (#1 UK, SP, #3 IT)
*"[[You're Not Alone (Olive song)|You're Not Alone]]" – [[Olive (band)|Olive]] (#1 UK, #3 IRL, #4 DEN)
}}

==Notable singles==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>Song title</big>
! <big>Artist(s)</big>
! <big>Release date(s)</big>
! <big>Other Chart Performance(s)</big>
|-
|"Autumn Sweater" || [[Yo La Tengo]] || {{Date table sorting|041997}}|April 1997 || n/a
|-
|"[[Come to Daddy (song)|Come to Daddy]]" || [[Aphex Twin]] || {{Date table sorting|081997}}|August 1997 || 5 (UK Dance) - 9 (UK Indie Singles Chart) - 10 (Denmark) - 36 (United Kingdom)
|-
|"[[Karma Police]]" || [[Radiohead]] || {{Date table sorting|081997}}|August 1997 || [[Karma Police#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Miss Modular]]" || [[Stereolab]] || {{Date table sorting|091997}}|September 1997 || n/a
|-
|"[[My Own Summer (Shove It)]]" || [[Deftones]] || {{Date table sorting|121997}}|December 1997 || 29 (United Kingdom) - 33 (Scotland)
|-
|"[[Over (Portishead song)|Over]]" || [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || 25 (United Kingdom) - 159 (Australia)
|-
|"[[Song 2]]" || [[Blur (band)|Blur]] || {{Date table sorting|041997}}|April 1997 || [[Underwater_Love_(Smoke_City_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Underwater Love (Smoke City song)|Underwater Love]]" || [[Smoke City]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || [[Song_2#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"You Know My Steez" || [[Gang Starr]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || 5 (US Billboard Hot Rap Songs) - 32 (US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) - 76 (United States)
|}

===Other Notable singles===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*"Can't Get Free" - [[Cranes (band)|Cranes]]
*"Rock City" - [[The Avalanches]]
*"[[Sick with Love]]" - [[Robyn Loau]]
}}


==Classical music==
==Classical music==
===Premieres===
*[[Leonardo Balada]] - ''Concierto Magico'' for Guitar and Orchestra
{| class="wikitable sortable"
*[[Silvie Bodorova]] - ''Terezin Ghetto Requiem''
|+ Sortable table
|-
! Composer !! Composition !! Date !! Location !! Performers
|-
| [[Peter Maxwell Davies|Davies, Peter Maxwell]] || [[Piano Concerto (Davies)|Concerto for Piano and Orchestra]] || 1997-11-7 || {{flagicon|UK}} [[Nottingham Royal Concert Hall|Nottingham]] || [[Kathryn Stott|Stott]], [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]] – [[Peter Maxwell Davies|Davies]]<ref>{{cite web |author=David Nice |year=1997 |title=Peter Maxwell Davies: Piano Concerto |publisher=[[G. Schirmer Inc.]] |url=http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/work/8383 |access-date=March 5, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| [[George Enescu|Enescu, George]] || [[Symphony No. 4 (Enescu)|Symphony No. 4]] || 1997-10-2 || {{flagicon|ROM}} Bucharest || [[George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra]] – {{Interlanguage link|Cristian Mandeal|ro}}<ref>[[Pascal Bentoiu]], ''Masterworks of George Enescu: A Detailed Analysis'', translated by Lory Wallfisch (Lanham, MD; Plymouth, UK: Scarecrow Press, 2010): 524–25. {{ISBN|978-0-8108-7665-1}}.</ref>
|-
|}

===Compositions===
*[[Leonardo Balada]] – ''Concierto Magico'' for guitar and orchestra
*[[Silvie Bodorova]] – ''Terezin Ghetto Requiem''
*[[Peter Maxwell Davies]] – [[Piano Concerto (Davies)|Concerto for Piano and Orchestra]]
*[[Henri Dutilleux]]
**''The Shadows of Time'', for three children's voices and orchestra
**''Slava's Fanfare,'' for spatial ensemble
*[[Lorenzo Ferrero]]
** Capriccio for piano and string orchestra
** Concerto for violin, cello, piano and orchestra
**''Storie di neve'', music for the [[Sestriere]] [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1997|Alpine World Ski Championships]] opening ceremony of 1997
**''Championship Suite'', for large orchestra
**''Three Baroque Buildings''
*[[Andrew Glover (composer)|Andrew Glover]] – ''The Fickle Virgin of Seventeen Summers: A Quartet for Strings''
*[[Sofia Gubaidulina]] – ''[[The Canticle of the Sun (Gubaidulina)|The Canticle of the Sun]]''
*[[Jaakko Mäntyjärvi]] – ''[[Canticum Calamitatis Maritiamae]]''
*[[David Sawer]] – ''[[The Greatest Happiness Principle]]''
*[[Tan Dun]] – ''Symphony 1997: Heaven, Earth, Mankind''
*[[Takashi Yoshimatsu]]
**''Around the Round Ground'' for guitar and [[Bell (instrument)|bells]]
**Piano Concerto ''Memo Flora'' for piano and orchestra
**''And Birds Are Still...'' for string orchestra, Op. 72


==Opera==
==Opera==
*[[Robert Ashley]] - ''Balseros''
*[[Robert Ashley]] – ''Balseros''
*[[Antonio Braga]] – ''[[San Domenico di Guzman (oratorio)|San Domenico di Guzman]]'' (oratorio)
*[[Mark Blitzstein]] - ''Regina''
*[[Michael Daugherty]] - ''Jackie O''
*[[Michael Daugherty]] – ''[[Jackie O (opera)|Jackie O]]''
*[[Daron Hagen]] - ''Vera of Las Vegas''
*[[Peter Lieberson]] – ''Ashoka's Dream''
*[[Peter Lieberson]] - ''Ashoka's Dream''
*[[Einojuhani Rautavaara]] – ''Aleksis Kivi''


==Jazz==
==[[Musical theater]]==
{{Main|1997 in jazz}}
*''[[1776]]'', Broadway revival
*''[[Annie]]'', Broadway revival
*''[[Candide (musical)|Candide]]'' ([[Leonard Bernstein]]), Broadway revival
*''[[Life]]'', Broadway production
*''[[The Lion King]]'', Broadway production
*''[[Jekyll & Hyde]]'', Broadway production
*''[[Scarlet Pimpernel]]'', Broadway production
*''[[Titanic (Musical)|Titanic]]'', Broadway production


==[[Musical film]]s==
==Musical theater==
*''[[1776 (musical)|1776]]'' – Broadway revival
*''[[Anastasia (1997 movie)|Anastasia]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;animated feature
*''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]'' – Broadway revival
*''[[Hercules (1997 movie)|Hercules]]''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;animated feature
*''[[Candide (musical)|Candide]]'' ([[Leonard Bernstein]]) – Broadway revival
*''[[Dream (musical)|Dream]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Royale Theatre]] and ran for 109 performances
*''[[Forever Tango]]'' – Broadway production
*''[[Jekyll & Hyde (musical)|Jekyll & Hyde]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre|Plymouth Theatre]] and ran for 1543 performances
*''[[The Life (musical)|The Life]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]] and ran for 463 performances
*''[[The Lion King (musical)|The Lion King]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[New Amsterdam Theatre]] and is still running, with over 6700 performances to date, making it the third longest run in Broadway history.
*''[[Scarlet Pimpernel (musical)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Neil Simon Theatre]] and ran for 772 performances
*''[[Side Show (musical)|Side Show]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Richard Rodgers Theatre]] and ran for 91 performances
*''[[Snow.Wolf.Lake]]'' – Hong Kong's first modern musical opened at the [[Hong Kong Coliseum]] and ran for 42 performances
*''[[Steel Pier (musical)|Steel Pier]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Richard Rodgers Theatre]] and ran for 76 performances
*''[[Street Corner Symphony (musical)|Street Corner Symphony]]'' – Broadway production
*''[[Titanic (musical)|Titanic]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Lunt-Fontanne Theatre]] and ran for 804 performances
*''[[Triumph of Love (musical)|Triumph of Love]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Royale Theatre]] and ran for 85 performances

==Musical films==
*''[[Anastasia (1997 film)|Anastasia]]'' (animated feature)
*''[[Cats Don't Dance]]'' (animated feature)
*''[[Cinderella (1997 film)|Cinderella]]'' (telefilm)
*''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]'' (animated feature)
*''[[Rhyme & Reason (film)|Rhyme & Reason]]''
*''[[Selena (film)|Selena]]''
*''[[Spiceworld (film)|Spiceworld]]''
*''[[Year of the Horse]]''


==Births==
==Births==
*[[January 1]] – [[Noah Kahan]], American folk musician
*[[January 9]] – [[Daigo Nishihata]], Japanese singer ([[Naniwa Danshi]])
*[[January 11]] – [[Cody Simpson]], Australian surf pop singer-songwriter, musician and athlete
*[[January 14]] – [[Jaira Burns]], American singer-songwriter
*[[January 17]] – [[Jack Vidgen]], Australian singer, 2011 ''[[Australia's Got Talent]]'' winner, activist and television personality
*[[January 20]] – [[Blueface]], American rapper
*[[January 21]] – [[Edan Lui]], Hong Kong singer ([[Mirror (group)|MIRROR]])
*[[January 24]] – [[Strayz|CK Wong]], Hong Kong singer-songwriter ([[Strayz|STRAYZ]])
*[[January 28]] – [[Nutsa Buzaladze]], Georgian singer
*[[January 31]] – [[Cho Mi-yeon|Miyeon]], South Korean singer, ([[(G)I-dle]])
*[[February 1]] – [[Jihyo]], South Korean singer ([[TWICE]])
*[[February 8]]
**[[Bella Poarch]], Filipino American singer, songwriter, activist, veteran and internet star (Friend of [[Grimes]])
**[[Rude-α]], Japanese rapper
*[[February 10]] – [[Maan de Steenwinkel]], Dutch singer, actress
*[[February 11]]
** [[Nasty C]], South African rapper
** [[Rosé (singer)|Rosé]], Korean-New Zealand singer and dancer ([[Blackpink]])
*[[February 15]] – [[Mia Boyka]], Russian singer
*[[February 16]] – [[Ren Meguro]], Japanese singer ([[Snow Man]])
*[[February 23]] – [[Shiena Nishizawa]], Japanese singer
*[[March 2]] – [[Becky G]], Mexican-American singer-songwriter, actress
*[[March 3]] – [[Camila Cabello]], Cuban-American singer/songwriter, dancer and actress
*[[March 4]] – [[Daoko]], Japanese singer
*[[March 8]] – [[Jurina Matsui]] - Japanese idol, actress, talent, and model (former [[SKE48]])
*[[March 21]] – [[Martina Stoessel|Tini Stoessel]], Argentine actress, singer, songwriter, dancer and model.
*[[March 24]] – [[Mina (Japanese singer)|Mina]], Japanese singer and dancer ([[TWICE]])
*[[March 26]] – [[Glowie]], Icelandic singer
*[[March 27]] – [[Lisa (Thai singer)|Lisa]], Thai singer, dancer, rapper ([[Blackpink]])
*[[April 2]] – [[Peach PRC]], Australian pop singer, songwriter, activist, and internet personality
*[[April 3]] – [[Kiana Lede]], American singer-songwriter, actress, pianoist and actress
*[[April 8]] - [[Saygrace]], Australian singer-songwriter
*[[April 27]] – [[Sayuki Takagi]], Japanese singer
*[[May 6]] – [[Scene Queen]] - American [[Heavy metal music|metal]] musician
*[[May 7]]
**[[Irori Maeda]], Japanese singer
**[[Rico Nasty]], American rapper and [[trap metal]] artist
*[[May 11]]
** [[Lana Condor]], American actress and dancer
** [[Coi Leray]], American rapper, singer-songwriter and dancer
*[[May 20]] - [[Omar Apollo]]. American bilingual singer and songwriter
*[[May 26]] - [[Grace Carter (singer)|Grace Carter]], English singer-songwriter
*[[May 27]] – [[Soccer Mommy]], American singer-songwriter
*[[May 31]] – [[Cupcakke]], American rapper, LBTQ+ advocate
*[[June 11]]
**[[Kodak Black]], American rapper
**[[Jorja Smith]], British singer
*[[June 13]] – [[070 Shake]], American rapper
*[[June 14]] – [[Fujii Kaze]], Japanese singer
*[[June 15]] – [[Bali Baby]], American rapper
*[[June 17]] - [[070 Shake]], American rapper and singer
*[[June 21]] – [[Rebecca Black]], American singer-songwriter, YouTube artist
*[[June 22]] – [[Dinah Jane]], American singer and member of the girl group [[Fifth Harmony]]
*[[June 25]]
** [[Jacquie Lee]], American singer, and 2013 ''[[The Voice (American TV series)|The Voice]]'' contestant
** [[Faye Webster]]. American singer-songwriter
*[[June 26]]
**[[Abi (Hoffman)|Abi Ann]], American singer-songwriter
**[[Baek Ye-rin]], Korean singer-songwriter and former member of [[15&]]
*[[June 27]] – [[H.E.R.]], American singer-songwriter
*[[July 1]] – [[Indigo De Souza]], American singer
*[[July 7]] - [[James Marriott (musician)|James Marriott]], British YouTuber and musician
*[[July 5]] – [[Cloud Wan]], Hong Kong singer and actress
*[[July 30]] – [[Finneas O'Connell]], American singer-songwriter, actor, record producer and musician, brother of and collaborator with [[Billie Eilish]]
*[[July 5]] – [[Park Ji-min (singer, born 1997)|Park Ji-min]] South Korean singer-songwriter, television host and former member of [[15&]]
*[[July 10]] – [[Rena Katō]], Japanese singer
*[[July 28]] - [[Gabriette]], American model and musician
*[[August 5]]
**[[Olivia Holt]], American actress and singer
**[[KennyHoopla]], American singer
*[[August 7]]
** [[Yungblud]], English alternative rock musician, singer-songwriter
** [[Evaluna Montaner]], a Venezuelan actress, singer, music director, dancer, television presenter
**[[Strayz|Valentina Cho]], Hong Kong singer-songwriter ([[Strayz|STRAYZ]])
*[[August 9]] – [[Naniwa Danshi|Kazuya Ohashi]], Japanese singer ([[Naniwa Danshi]])
*[[August 10]] – [[Sara Takatsuki]], Japanese actress, model and singer
*[[August 11]] – [[Kanon Kimoto]], former Japanese idol and actress (former [[SKE48]])
*[[August 16]] – [[Greyson Chance]], American singer, songwriter, and pianist
*[[August 19]] – [[Baby Queen]], British singer-songwriter born in Durban South Africa
*[[August 24]] – [[Alan Walker (music producer)|Alan Walker]], English-Norwegian DJ and record producer
*[[August 25]] – [[Maty Noyes]], American singer ([[Kygo]])
*[[August 26]]
**[[Cordae]], American rapper, singer, and songwriter
**[[Mae Muller]] – British singer-songwriter who represented the United Kingdom at [[Eurovision Song Contest 2023]]
*[[August 28]] – [[Bazzi (singer)]], American singer-songwriter (Camilla Cabello)
*[[September 1]] – [[Jungkook]], South Korean singer-songwriter, record producer, and member of [[BTS]]
*[[September 2]] – [[Sanah (singer)|Sanah]], Polish singer, songwriter, violinist, and composer
*[[September 14]] – [[Benjamin Ingrosso]], Swedish singer-songwriter
*[[September 24]] – [[Malaya Watson]], American singer
*[[October 1]] – [[Sam Verlinden]], New Zealand singer and actor
*[[October 2]] - [[Rubi Rose]], American rapper, songwriter and model
*[[October 6]] – [[Michael J. Woodard]], American singer
*[[October 7]] – [[J. Rey Soul]], Filipino-American singer
*[[October 8]] – [[Bella Thorne]], American actress and singer
*[[October 10]] - [[DDG (rapper)|DDG]], American rapper, singer and YouTuber
*[[October 14]] – [[Miru Shiroma]], Japanese singer and model
*[[October 23]] – [[Minnie (singer)|Minnie]], Thai singer-songwriter, record producer, and member of [[(G)I-dle]]
*[[October 24]]
** [[Arthur Gunn]], American singer
** [[Raye (singer)|Raye]], British singer-songwriter and activist
*[[November 23]] – [[Akari Takeuchi]], Japanese singer
*[[November 24]] – [[Reiley (singer)|Reiley]], Faroese singer
*[[December 5]] – [[Maddie Poppe]], American singer-songwriter and multi instrumentalist (Winner of ''American Idol'' 16)
*[[December 16]]
**[[Snot (rapper)|Snot]], American rapper
**[[Zara Larsson]], Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, and activist
**Nat Ćmiel (born Natasha Yelin Chang), Singaporean songwriter and producer known for the musical project, [[Yeule]]
*[[December 20]] – [[Suzuka Nakamoto]], Japanese singer ([[Babymetal]])
*[[December 21]]
**[[Kida (singer)|Kida]], Kosovan singer
**[[Pedro Sampaio]], Brazilian singer and music producer
*[[December 29]] – [[Dylan Minnette]], American actor, musician and singer (Wallows)

==Deaths==
==Deaths==
*[[January 5]] - [[Burton Lane]], composer and lyricist
*[[January 1]]
**[[Ivan Graziani]], Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist, 51
*[[January 21]] - [[Colonel Tom Parker]], [[Elvis Presley]]'s manager
**[[Townes Van Zandt]], country-folk musician, 52
*[[January 22]] - [[Richard Berry]], songwriter (''Louie, Louie'')
*[[February 10]] - [[Brian Connolly]], [[Sweet (band)|Sweet]], kidney failure
*[[January 2]] – [[Randy California]], rock guitarist, 45 (drowned)
*[[January 5]] – [[Burton Lane]], composer and lyricist, 84
*[[March 9]] - [[The Notorious B.I.G.]]
*[[January 10]] – [[Kenny Pickett (musician)|Kenny Pickett]], vocalist ([[The Creation (band)|The Creation]]), 54
*[[March 24]] - [[Kenny Moore]], Keyboardist for [[Tina Turner]], [[Aretha Franklin]], [[Billy Preston]] and others
*[[April 9]] - [[Laura Nyro]], songwriter, [[ovarian cancer]]
*[[January 18]] – [[Keith Diamond (songwriter)|Keith Diamond]], songwriter, 46
*[[May 29]] - [[Jeff Buckley]], accidental [[drowning]]
*[[January 21]] – [[Colonel Tom Parker]], manager of [[Elvis Presley]], 87
*[[January 22]]
*[[June 2]] - [[Doc Cheatham]], jazz trumpeter
**[[Richard Berry (musician)|Richard Berry]], songwriter (notably wrote "[[Louie Louie]]"), 61
*[[August 1]] - [[Sviatoslav Richter]], pianist
**[[Billy Mackenzie]], Scottish vocalist of [[The Associates (band)|The Associates]], 39 (suicide)
*[[August 2]] - [[Fela Kuti]], [[AIDS]]-related heart failure
*[[August 10]] - [[Conlon Nancarrow]], composer
*[[January 27]] – [[Gerald Marks]], American songwriter, 96
*[[February 10]] – [[Brian Connolly]], vocalist ([[The Sweet|Sweet]]), 51 (liver failure)
*September - [[Derek Taylor]], Press agent for [[The Beatles]]
*[[February 23]] – [[Tony Williams (drummer)|Tony Williams]], jazz drummer, 51
*[[September 19]] - [[Rich Mullins]], singer, car accident
*[[October 12]] - [[John Denver]]
*[[March 3]] – [[Finn Høffding]], Danish composer, 97
*[[November 22]] - [[Michael Hutchence]], singer ([[INXS]]), suicide
*[[March 9]] – [[The Notorious B.I.G.]], [[Rapping|rapper]], 24 (shot)
*[[March 10]] – [[LaVern Baker]], R & B singer, 67
*[[March 17]] – [[Jermaine Stewart]], vocalist, 39 (AIDS)
*[[March 24]] – [[Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes|Harold Melvin]], soul musician, 57
*[[April 8]] – [[Laura Nyro]], singer-songwriter, 49 (ovarian cancer)
*[[April 9]]
**[[Mae Boren Axton]], songwriter and music promoter, 82
**[[Yank Rachell]], blues guitarist, 87
*[[April 19]] – [[Eldon Hoke]], metal/punk singer and drummer, 39
*[[May 9]] – [[Willy Hess (composer)|Willy Hess]], Swiss musicologist and composer, 90
*[[May 11]] – [[Ernie Fields]], American trombonist, pianist and bandleader, 93
*[[May 29]] – [[Jeff Buckley]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist, 30 (drowned)
*[[June 2]] – [[Doc Cheatham]], jazz trumpeter, 91
*[[June 4]] – [[Ronnie Lane]], member of [[The Small Faces]], 51 (multiple sclerosis, pneumonia)
*[[June 7]] – [[Arthur Prysock]], jazz singer, 68
*[[June 16]] – [[John Wolters (musician)|John Wolters]] ([[Dr Hook]]), 52 (liver cancer)
*[[June 19]] – [[Bobby Helms]], country singer, 63
*[[June 20]] – [[Lawrence Payton]] ([[The Four Tops]]), 59
*[[June 23]] – [[Prince Nico Mbarga]], Nigerian [[highlife]] musician, 47
*[[June 26]] – [[Israel Kamakawiwoʻole]], Hawaiian musician, 38
*[[July 5]] – [[Mrs. Elva Miller]], American singer, 89
*[[August 1]] – [[Sviatoslav Richter]], pianist, 82
*[[August 2]] – [[Fela Kuti]], Nigerian musician and composer, 58 (Kaposi's sarcoma)
*[[August 5]] – [[Don Steele]], American disc jockey, 61
*[[August 10]] – [[Conlon Nancarrow]], composer, 84
*[[August 12]] – [[Luther Allison]], blues guitarist, 57
*[[August 16]] – Ustad [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]], [[qawwali]] singer and [[world music]] ambassador, 48
*[[September 5]] – Sir [[Georg Solti]], conductor, 84
*[[September 8]] – [[Derek Taylor]], press agent for [[The Beatles]], 65
*[[September 17]] – [[Anthony Franchini]], Italian American guitarist, 99
*[[September 18]] – [[Jimmy Witherspoon]], [[blues]] singer, 77
*[[September 19]] – [[Rich Mullins]], singer, 41
*[[September 28]] – [[Munir Bashir]], musician and [[oud]] player, 66–67
*[[October 5]] – [[Arthur Tracy]], singer, 98
*[[October 12]] – [[John Denver]], American folk singer-songwriter and [[folk rock]] musician, 53 (air crash)
*[[October 19]] – [[Glen Buxton]], guitarist for the original [[Alice Cooper (band)|Alice Cooper Band]], 49 (pneumonia)
*[[October 20]] – [[Henry Vestine]], guitarist ([[Canned Heat]]), 52
*[[November 3]] – [[Ronald Barnes (carillonist)|Ronald Barnes]], carillonist, 70
*[[November 6]] – [[Epic Soundtracks]], English singer-songwriter, drummer of [[Swell Maps]], [[Crime and the City Solution]] and [[These Immortal Souls]], 38
*[[November 12]] – [[Carlos Surinach]], Spanish-American composer and conductor, 82
*[[November 20]] – [[Robert Palmer (American writer)|Robert Palmer]], writer, musicologist, clarinetist and producer, 52
*[[November 22]] – [[Michael Hutchence]], singer of INXS, 37 (suicide by hanging)
*[[December 1]] – [[Stéphane Grappelli|Stephane Grappelli]], French violinist, 89
*[[December 2]] – [[Michael Hedges]], composer and guitarist, 43 (car accident)
*[[December 16]] – [[Nicolette Larson]], pop singer ("[[Lotta Love]]"), 45 (cerebral edema)
*[[December 19]] – [[Jimmy Rogers]], blues musician, 73
*[[December 21]] – [[Amie Comeaux]], American singer and actress, 21 (traffic accident)
*[[December 28]] – [[Henry Barraud (composer)|Henry Barraud]], French composer, 97
*[[December 31]] – [[Floyd Cramer]], pianist, 64


==Awards==
==Awards==
* [[1997 Country Music Association Awards]]
*The following artists are inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]: [[The (Young) Rascals]], [[The Bee Gees]], [[Buffalo Springfield]], [[Crosby, Stills and Nash]], [[The Jackson Five]], [[Joni Mitchell]] and [[Parliament-Funkadelic]]
* [[Eurovision Song Contest 1997]]: won by [[Katrina and the Waves]] (UK) with the song "[[Love Shine a Light]]".
*Inductees of the [[Gospel Music Association|GMA]] [[Gospel Music Hall of Fame]] include [[Gloria Gaither]], and [[Billy Ray Hearn]] (founder of [[Myrrh Records]])
*[[Gospel Music Association|Gospel Music Hall of Fame]]: Inductees include [[Gloria Gaither]], and [[Billy Ray Hearn]] (founder of [[Myrrh Records]]).

===[[Grammy]] Awards===
* [[Grammy Awards of 1997]]
* [[Mercury Music Prize]]: Awarded to [[Roni Size|Roni Size/Reprazent]] for the album ''[[New Forms]]''.
*[[Grammy Awards of 1997]]
* [[1997 MTV Video Music Awards]]

* [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]: The following artists are inducted: [[The (Young) Rascals]]; the [[Bee Gees]]; [[Buffalo Springfield]]; [[Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young|Crosby, Stills and Nash]]; [[The Jackson 5]]; [[Joni Mitchell]]; and [[Parliament-Funkadelic]].
===[[Country Music Association]] Awards===
===[[Eurovision Song Contest]]===
*[[Eurovision Song Contest 1997]]

===[[Mercury Music Prize]]===
*''[[New Forms]]'' - [[Roni Size|Roni Size/Reprazent]] wins.


==Charts==
==See also==
* [[1997 in British music|1997 in music (UK)]]
===[[KROQ]]===
*[[KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1997]]
* [[:Category:Record labels established in 1997]]
* [[Triple J Hottest 100, 1997]]


==References==
===[[Triple J Hottest 100]]===
{{Reflist}}
*[[Triple J Hottest 100, 1997]]


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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1997.

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January[edit]

February[edit]

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April[edit]

May[edit]

June[edit]

July–August[edit]

September–October[edit]

November–December[edit]

Also in 1997[edit]

Bands formed[edit]

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January – March[edit]

Date Album Artist Notes
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Y 		7 Six of Hearts Kenny G EP
Enjoy Incubus Incubus EP
10 The Best and the Rest Savatage Compilation
14 Justuss Snow -
Live Stages Vertical Horizon Live
Rhyme & Reason Various Artists Soundtrack
20 Homework Daft Punk UK
21 Dragon Attack: A Tribute to Queen Various Artists Tribute
Vivir Enrique Iglesias -
Slick Shoes EP Slick Shoes EP
23 Clumsy Our Lady Peace Canada
27 Glow Reef -
28 11 Transistor Lazlo Bane -
The Full Sentence Pigeonhed -
Gridlock'd Various Artists Soundtrack
In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy Pat Boone Covers CD
Lie to Me Jonny Lang -
Perfect from Now On Built to Spill -
Uptown Saturday Night Camp Lo -
? Come My Fanatics... Electric Wizard [11]
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Y 		3 C'est pour vivre Celine Dion Compilation
Earthling David Bowie -
Sex Style Kool Keith -
White on Blonde Texas -
4 Bombs & Butterflies Widespread Panic -
Handsome Handsome Debut
Ixnay on the Hombre The Offspring -
Freak Show Silverchair Sophomore
Love Travels Kathy Mattea -
Old Friends from Young Years Papa Roach Debut
Tony Bennett on Holiday Tony Bennett -
7 SubUrbia Various Artists Soundtrack
True Believer Troy Cassar-Daley -
10 Blur Blur -
A Short Album About Love The Divine Comedy -
11 Baduizm Erykah Badu Debut
Beautiful World Big Head Todd and the Monsters -
Brighten the Corners Pavement -
Built to Last Sick of It All -
City Strapping Young Lad -
Coal Chamber Coal Chamber Debut
Eight Arms to Hold You Veruca Salt -
I Like It When You Die Anal Cunt -
Show World Redd Kross -
Sweet Homewrecker Thrush Hermit -
Unchained Melody: The Early Years LeAnn Rimes Recorded 1994–96
17 Oxygene 7-13 Jean Michel Jarre -
Attack of the Grey Lantern Mansun Debut
Live at the Wireless Ash Live
18 Lost Highway Various Artists -
Payable on Death Live P.O.D. -
Petra Praise 2: We Need Jesus Petra -
Secret Samadhi Live -
Terra Incognita Chris Whitley -
24 Women in Technology White Town -
Orblivion The Orb -
'Til Death Do Us Unite Sodom -
25 The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum L7 -
Becoming X Sneaker Pimps -
Booty Call Various Artists Soundtrack
Either/Or Elliott Smith -
Goodbye Ellston Avenue Pinhead Gunpowder Debut
Marcy Playground Marcy Playground -
Maximum Abduction Hypocrisy EP
Slush OP8 -
...Somewhere More Familiar Sister Hazel -
Whiplash James -
? All Wound Up... Godsmack -
Best of Gloria Estefan Gloria Estefan Compilation
Kingdom of Madness Edguy -
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H 		3 10 Wet Wet Wet -
The Boatman's Call Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -
Electro Glide in Blue Apollo 440 -
Pop U2 -
4 Dan Bern Dan Bern Debut
Darkside Necrophobic -
Goldfly Guster -
The Healing Game Van Morrison -
Savage Garden Savage Garden Australia, Debut
Soul Assassins, Chapter 1 Soul Assassins -
7 From the Gecko The Slip -
10 Extinct Instinct Threshold -
Still Waters Bee Gees -
11 Before You Were Punk Various Artists Compilation
The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World Chet Atkins and Tommy Emmanuel Collaboration between American guitarist Chet Atkins and Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel
Disciplined Breakdown Collective Soul -
Fake Can Be Just as Good Blonde Redhead -
Let's Face It The Mighty Mighty Bosstones -
Like Swimming Morphine -
Live at Hammersmith '79 Ted Nugent Live 1979
Lula Divinia Shiner -
Message for Albert Five for Fighting -
Rapture Bradley Joseph -
The Untouchable Scarface -
Violent Demise: The Last Days Body Count -
17 The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified The Dismemberment Plan -
The Future of War Atari Teenage Riot -
18 Aftertaste Helmet -
Euphoria Leftover Salmon -
Happy Town Jill Sobule -
Made in America Aerosmith EP
Nine Lives Aerosmith -
Selena Selena Soundtrack
Songs in the Key of Springfield The Simpsons -
Stealing Second Chris Thile -
Whatever and Ever Amen Ben Folds Five -
20 Blizzard Beasts Immortal -
21 In This Room The 3rd and the Mortal -
24 Now That's What I Call Music! 36 (UK series) Various Artists Compilation
Skyscraping ABC -
Solid U.D.O. -
Some Things Never Change Supertramp -
White Trash Hell Everclear EP
25 Blue Sky on Mars Matthew Sweet -
The Buffalo Club The Buffalo Club -
Carnival of Chaos GWAR -
Chocolate Supa Highway Spearhead -
Come In and Burn Rollins Band -
Dust Bunnies Bettie Serveert -
Everything I Touch Runs Wild Lori Carson -
Everything You Want Ray J Debut
Hand It Over Dinosaur Jr. -
Hear in the Now Frontier Queensrÿche -
Homework Daft Punk US
Life After Death The Notorious B.I.G. Sophomore
Livin' or Dyin' Jack Ingram -
Mingus Plays Piano Charles Mingus -
The More Things Change... Machine Head Sophomore
Must've Been High Supersuckers -
Natty Dread Charlie Hunter -
One More Time Real McCoy -
R&B Transmogrification Quasi Debut
So Long So Wrong Alison Krauss -
Take a Look Over Your Shoulder Warren G -
Then: The Earlier Years They Might Be Giants Compilation
26 Aquarium Aqua Denmark
The Fawn The Sea and Cake -
Restless Heart Whitesnake Japan
31 Cowboy Erasure UK
? Wild Orchid Wild Orchid -
Space Avenue Waltari Finland
Blue Roses from the Moons Nanci Griffith -

April – June[edit]

Date Album Artist Notes
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L 		1 The Dillinger Escape Plan The Dillinger Escape Plan Debut
Midget Tossing Yellowcard Debut
Sisters of Avalon Cyndi Lauper Worldwide; released in Japan in '96
The Splinter Shards the Birth of Separation Zao -
Tripping the Light Fantastic Lit Debut
2 Clumsy Our Lady Peace US
4 A Triumph for Man Mew -
7 Barafundle Gorky's Zygotic Mynci -
Dig Your Own Hole The Chemical Brothers -
Eld Enslaved -
8 Third Eye Blind Third Eye Blind -
12 Picks Ace Frehley Compilation
Broadway & 52nd Us3 -
Dig Me Out Sleater-Kinney -
Retreat from the Sun That Dog -
Flesh And Bone Richard Marx -
Have I Offended Someone? Frank Zappa Compilation
Future Road The Seekers Australia. Their first studio album since 1968
The Messenger Kurt Elling -
Rock Collection Pond -
Whole Pedro the Lion EP
14 Mother Nature Calls Cast -
Ultra Depeche Mode -
15 Elegantly Wasted INXS Final album with Michael Hutchence on lead vocals
Glee Bran Van 3000 Debut
In the Mirror Yanni Compilation
Free Mars Lusk Debut
Sevendust Sevendust Debut
Shadowlife Dokken -
Twenty-Eight Teeth Buck-O-Nine -
17 Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996–1997) Mogwai Compilation
21 In It for the Money Supergrass -
This Strange Engine Marillion -
Ashtrayhead Ashtrayhead -
Tellin' Stories The Charlatans -
22 Back from the Dead Obituary -
Carrying Your Love with Me George Strait -
Full Circle Pennywise -
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One Yo La Tengo -
Living in Clip Ani DiFranco Live
A Pleasant Shade of Gray Fates Warning -
Share My World Mary J. Blige -
Silencio=Muerte: Red Hot + Latin Various Artists Red Hot Benefit series
Sound of Lies Jayhawks -
Waterbed Hev Heavy D -
28 Visions Stratovarius -
It's Me God Breach -
29 Anywhere But Here The Ataris -
Cheap Trick Cheap Trick -
Kill Fuck Die W.A.S.P. -
Picnic Robert Earl Keen -
Port of Mystery Yanni Compilation
Shaming of the Sun Indigo Girls -
? For Monkeys Millencolin Sweden
One More Megabyte The Toy Dolls -
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Y 		5 Baile de Los Locos Voodoo Glow Skulls -
Flaming Pie Paul McCartney -
Honky Melvins -
Sweet Potato Pie Robert Cray -
6 Allure Allure -
Blurring the Edges Meredith Brooks -
Middle of Nowhere Hanson -
Retrospective I Rush Compilation
Return to Paradise Styx Live
What My Heart Already Knows Julian Austin -
12 Halim Natacha Atlas -
13 American Psycho Misfits -
Butterfly Kisses (Shades of Grace) Bob Carlisle -
The Fruit That Ate Itself Modest Mouse EP
I'm Bout It Various Artists Soundtrack
Lee Ann Womack Lee Ann Womack Debut
Pure Chewing Satisfaction Lard -
Quality Soft Core Mad Caddies -
Terror & Magnificence Elvis Costello and John Harle -
15 Liquid White Light [12] Poi Dog Pondering Live
19 Polythene Feeder -
Dark Fields Show of Hands -
20 Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix Michael Jackson Remix/New
The Colour and the Shape Foo Fighters -
Blue Moon Swamp John Fogerty -
Blues Brothers & Friends: Live from House of Blues The Blues Brothers Live
Coil Toad the Wet Sprocket -
Happy Birthday to Me The Muffs -
Hourglass James Taylor -
I Got Next KRS-One -
Mag Earwhig! Guided by Voices -
Marching to Mars Sammy Hagar -
Play Great Big Sea -
Red Apple Falls Smog -
Remanufacture – Cloning Technology Fear Factory Remix
Something to Remember Me By Ben Lee -
Standing in My Shoes Leo Kottke -
You're the Inspiration: A Collection Peter Cetera Compilation
Zuckerbaby Zuckerbaby Canada, Debut
21 OK Computer Radiohead Japan; UK release date 16 June
26 Direction Reaction Creation The Jam Compilation
Tumuli Shroomaroom Acrimony -
27 Across America Art Garfunkel Live
Get Some Snot Debut
30 Enthrone Darkness Triumphant Dimmu Borgir -
? Curious Corn Ozric Tentacles UK
Karma Cleansing Harem Scarem -
The Stereo Bus The Stereo Bus New Zealand, Debut
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E 		2 Dark Days in Paradise Gary Moore -
Timeless Sarah Brightman -
3 Accident of Birth Bruce Dickinson -
Album of the Year Faith No More -
Blood Rooted Sepultura Compilation
Creature Moist Album
Days of the New Days of the New Debut
G3: Live in Concert Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson Live
Gospel Oak Sinéad O'Connor EP
Greatest Hits Boston Compilation +3 new tracks
Innamorata Pat Benatar -
Inside the Torn Apart Napalm Death -
Jet Katell Keineg -
Junction Seven Steve Winwood -
One for the Road Kevin Fowler -
Prime Cuts Suicidal Tendencies Compilation
Resigned Michael Penn -
Retrospective II Rush Compilation
RockCrown Seven Mary Three -
Songs from a Parent to a Child Art Garfunkel -
Under These Rocks and Stones Chantal Kreviazuk US
Vibrolush Vibrolush Debut
Wu-Tang Forever Wu-Tang Clan -
4 Clodhopper Glueleg Canada
6 Days of Purgatory Iced Earth Remix
Nighttime Birds The Gathering -
A Portable Model Of... Joan of Arc Debut
10 Batman & Robin Various Artists Soundtrack
Dream with the Fishes Various Artists Soundtrack
Drag k.d. lang Covers album
Full Force Galesburg The Mountain Goats -
Pushing the Salmanilla Envelope Jimmie's Chicken Shack -
SYR1: Anagrama Sonic Youth EP
16 Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space Spiritualized -
Destination Anywhere Jon Bon Jovi -
17 Live Trax Megadeth EP
Body Language Jonathan Cain -
Crazy Nights Lonestar -
Cryptic Writings Megadeth -
Declaration of Conformity Wellwater Conspiracy -
The Devil You Know Econoline Crush Canada
Do It Yourself The Seahorses -
Dude Ranch Blink-182 -
EV3 En Vogue -
Feelings David Byrne -
Ghostyhead Rickie Lee Jones -
The Legend of Chin Switchfoot -
Love Always K-Ci & JoJo -
Love Among the Ruins 10,000 Maniacs -
Love, Peace & Nappiness Lost Boyz -
Now Paul Rodgers -
Now Playing Chopper One Debut
Other Songs Ron Sexsmith -
Psycho's Path John Lydon -
Pure Juice Summercamp Debut
Resolution 38 Special -
Too Far to Care Old 97's -
The Very Best of 10cc 10cc Compilation
The War Report Capone-N-Noreaga -
The Will to Live Ben Harper -
Year of the Horse Neil Young & Crazy Horse Live
21 Happy End of the World Pizzicato Five -
23 Heavy Soul Paul Weller -
New Forms Roni Size & Reprazent -
24 Demonic Testament -
Adrenaline Rush Twista -
Breed Lauren Christy -
Candy Toy Guns and Television 20 Dead Flower Children -
The Carnival Wyclef Jean -
Curtains Tindersticks -
Floored Sugar Ray -
Flying Away Smoke City Debut
Generation Swine Mötley Crüe -
Glory to the Brave HammerFall -
The Great Milenko Insane Clown Posse -
Hipnosis Shootyz Groove -
Interiors Brad -
Misguided Roses Edwin McCain -
My Own Prison Creed Debut
The Mollusk Ween -
Morningrise Opeth US
Operation: Get Down Craig Mack Sophomore
Pristine Smut The Murmurs -
Rusty Slick Shoes -
Some Other Sucker's Parade Del Amitri -
Stuff Holly McNarland Canada, Debut
30 The Fat of the Land The Prodigy -
Guns in the Ghetto UB40 -
Iron Savior Iron Savior -
Spiritech Alchemist -
? It's My Life – The Album Sash! -
Two Feet Stand Gardenian -

July – September[edit]

Date Album Artist Notes
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Y 		1 The A Files Sham 69 -
Keep Your Receipt Reel Big Fish EP
Men in Black: The Album Various Artists Soundtrack
Straight on Till Morning Blues Traveler -
Three Dollar Bill, Yall Limp Bizkit -
Zoot Suit Riot Cherry Poppin' Daddies Compilation
4 The Collection 1982–1988 Celine Dion EU Compilation
7 Boys on the Docks Dropkick Murphys EP
The Drop Brian Eno -
Vanishing Point Primal Scream -
Thylacine Monique Brumby Australia, Debut
8 Another Lesson in Violence Exodus Live
Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk Emperor -
Bound, Gagged and Blindfolded Skinlab -
Brown Album Primus -
Fush Yu Mang Smash Mouth -
The Uneventful Vacation Commander Venus
Via Satellite Super Deluxe -
10 Equalizeher Baby Vox South Korea, Debut
11 Progressive Attack 6 Various Artists Compilation
14 Drive Bic Runga New Zealand
Evergreen Echo & the Bunnymen -
Maid to Minx Lung Leg UK, Debut
Now That's What I Call Music! 37 (UK series) Various Artists Compilation
One Second Paradise Lost -
15 ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down The Dandy Warhols -
Deadly Sting: The Mercury Years Scorpions Compilation + 2 new tracks (US version)
End of the Summer Dar Williams -
Home Grown Blue Mountain -
I Will Stand Kenny Chesney -
Metropolis Sister Machine Gun -
Musical Monkey Guttermouth -
Supa Dupa Fly Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott -
Surfacing Sarah McLachlan -
Tremolo Blue Rodeo -
Under the Covers Dwight Yoakam Covers album
21 Ocean Machine: Biomech Devin Townsend -
22 Elemental Soul Marlena Shaw -
No Way Out Puff Daddy and the Bad Boy Family -
Outcast Kreator -
Funcrusher Plus Company Flow -
24 Concentration 20 Namie Amuro Studio album
29 Adam and Eve Catherine Wheel -
All That I Am Joe -
Angry Fist Hi-Standard -
The Art of War Bone Thugs-n-Harmony -
Dispepsi Negativland -
98 Degrees 98 Degrees Debut
A Fistful of Alice Alice Cooper Live
Give 'Em the Boot Various Artists Compilation
The Last Time I Committed Suicide Various Artists Soundtrack
Nothin' but the Taillights Clint Black -
Official Live: 101 Proof Pantera Live
Pup Tent Luna -
Shrinking the Blob Oleander -
Size 14 Size 14 Debut
Songs from Northern Britain Teenage Fanclub -
Spawn: The Album Various Artists Soundtrack
Strangers Almanac Whiskeytown -
The Virginian Neko Case -
Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone? Harvey Danger -
? Fabulosos Calavera Los Fabulosos Cadillacs -
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T 		5 Chance and Circumstance Neal Coty -
How to be a Player Various Artists Soundtrack
Overcast! Atmosphere Debut
Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars Killarmy -
Transistor 311 -
11 Maladjusted Morrissey -
Backstreet's Back Backstreet Boys Not released in US
12 Backstreet Boys Backstreet Boys US only
A Deeper Kind of Slumber Tiamat -
Double Plaidinum Lagwagon -
Gun Shy, Trigger Happy Jennifer Trynin -
Hed PE Hed PE Debut
No Holds Barred Biohazard -
Phobos Voivod -
Release Some Tension SWV -
Romances Luis Miguel -
Shakin' Things Up Lorrie Morgan -
Spoke Calexico -
14 F♯A♯∞ Godspeed You Black Emperor! Vinyl Edition
18 In Deep Tina Arena -
MiLight DJ Krush International
Already Jesus Jones -
19 The Fourth World Kara's Flowers -
The Dance Fleetwood Mac Live
Daisy Dog's Eye View -
Making Friends No Use for a Name -
Transmission The Tea Party -
21 Be Here Now Oasis -
25 Age of Love Scooter Germany
Word Gets Around Stereophonics -
Somewhere Out in Space Gamma Ray -
Bad Timing Jim O'Rourke -
Ghosts Wendy Matthews Australia
Latyrx Latyrx -
Radiator Super Furry Animals -
Sehnsucht Rammstein -
26 Boom! Boom! Boom! The Kelley Deal 6000 -
Conspiracy No. 5 Third Day -
Devotion: The Best of Yanni Yanni Compilation
Evolution Martina McBride -
The First Session Hole EP
Fresh Meat Arkarna -
Likwidation Tha Alkaholiks -
Last of the Sharpshooters Down by Law -
Love Scenes Diana Krall -
My Soul Coolio -
Saliva Saliva Debut
Singles 1–12 Melvins Compilation
(Songbook) A Collection of Hits Trisha Yearwood Compilation
Sweet 75 Sweet 75 -
Tip Finger Eleven Canada
Trysome Eatone Love Spit Love -
Welcome to the Freak Show dc Talk Live
Midnite Lover Shaggy -
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R 		1 Calling All Stations Genesis -
Way Out West Way Out West -
Tubthumper Chumbawamba -
2 Ghetto D Master P -
Heaven and Hell Joe Jackson -
Indoor Living Superchunk -
SYR2: Slaapkamers met slagroom Sonic Youth EP
Talk Show Talk Show Stone Temple Pilots side project
3 Abrasive Puddle of Mudd -
Clover Shikao Suga -
Fantasma Cornelius -
8 Good Feeling Travis UK
Girl Dannii Minogue -
Let's Get Killed David Holmes -
Slightly Odway Jebediah Australia, Debut
Chrome Matrix Superheist Australia, EP
Vegas The Crystal Method -
When I Was Born for the 7th Time Cornershop -
9 Behind the Eyes Amy Grant -
Full Blown Possession Grifters -
Hang-Ups Goldfinger -
It Means Everything Save Ferris -
Let Me In Chely Wright -
The Magic City Helium -
Más Alejandro Sanz -
Modus Operandi Photek -
Moon Hut Kim Fox Debut
Re-Animation Festival Groovie Ghoulies -
S.C.I.E.N.C.E. Incubus -
Such Blinding Stars for Starving Eyes Cursive -
Total Madness – The Very Best of Madness Madness US Compilation
Troublizing Ric Ocasek -
You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs LeAnn Rimes -
Lovesongs for Underdogs Tanya Donnelly Debut
11 Butterfly Mariah Carey UK
15 Marchin' Already Ocean Colour Scene -
We Have the Technology Custard Australia
16 Based on a True Story Mack 10 -
Buena Vista Social Club Buena Vista Social Club -
Film Noir Carly Simon -
The Greatest Hits Collection Brooks & Dunn Compilation
Guide to Better Living Grinspoon Australia, Debut
Much Afraid Jars of Clay -
My Way Usher -
When Disaster Strikes... Busta Rhymes -
17 Marigold Sky Hall & Oates -
18 El Gran Orgo At the Drive-In EP
22 Barely Legal The Hives -
ESCM BT -
Homogenic Björk [9]
Dots and Loops Stereolab -
Static & Silence The Sundays -
The Big Picture Elton John -
23 Anytime Brian McKnight -
Back in Business EPMD -
The Bouncing Souls The Bouncing Souls -
Evolution Boyz II Men -
Falling into Infinity Dream Theater -
Gone From Danger Joan Baez -
The Hangover Gilby Clarke -
Happy? Jann Arden -
Man & His Music (Remixes from Around the World) Boogie Down Productions Remix
Me Estoy Enamorando Alejandro Fernández -
The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne Jackson Browne Compilation
Novelty Forever Bracket -
Sentimental Education Free Kitten -
Sit Stand Kneel Prey Whiplash -
Songs of a Circling Spirit Tom Cochrane Compilation
A Very Special Christmas 3 Various Artists Christmas
29 Bridges to Babylon The Rolling Stones -
Portishead Portishead -
Levitate The Fall -
Life thru a Lens Robbie Williams -
Meet the Family Frenzal Rhomb -
Paul McCartney's Standing Stone Paul McCartney -
The Promised Simple Minds Compilation
Symbols KMFDM -
Urban Hymns The Verve -
With a Twist Todd Rundgren -
30 The Book of Secrets Loreena McKennitt -
E-lux Human Waste Project Debut
Four Minute Mile The Get Up Kids -
Hunger Janis Ian -
I'm Your Man Jason Sellers -
Lo Mejor de Mí Cristian Castro -
Long Stretch of Lonesome Patty Loveless -
One Day It'll All Make Sense Common -
Peace and Noise Patti Smith -
Time Out of Mind Bob Dylan -
Tone Soul Evolution The Apples in Stereo -
? King Without a Clue Mark Seymour Australia, Debut

October – December[edit]

Date Album Artist Notes
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R 		1 Blutsabbath Belphegor -
Payin' the Dues The Hellacopters -
Shadows in the Banquet Hall Carbon Leaf -
6 Apartment Life Ivy -
Come to Daddy Aphex Twin EP
Death to the Pixies Pixies Compilation
Milk and Blood Jim Martin -
7 60 Cycle Hum Pulley -
The Day the Sun Went Out Boysetsfire -
A Dead Poem Rotting Christ -
El Corazón Steve Earle -
Give It Back! The Brian Jonestown Massacre -
In Loving Memory Of... Big Wreck -
More Best of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen Compilation
So Much for the Afterglow Everclear -
South Saturn Delta Jimi Hendrix Compilation
Thicker Than Water H2O -
Trouble Is... Kenny Wayne Shepherd -
Underdogs Matthew Good Band Canada
The Velvet Rope Janet Jackson -
Willis The Pietasters -
8 National Steel Colin James -
10 I Like to Score Moby Compilation
blackmail blackmail -
The Fantastic Plastic Machine Fantastic Plastic Machine -
13 20,000 Watt R.S.L. Midnight Oil Compilation
Jurassic 5 Jurassic 5 EP
Pleased to Meet You Sleeper UK
Quarashi Quarashi Iceland, Debut
14 Medazzaland Duran Duran -
Nimrod Green Day -
Nothing Feels Good The Promise Ring -
Phenomenon LL Cool J -
The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel Gravediggaz -
Soundbombing Various Artists Compilation
Unleash the Beast Saxon -
Urban Rapsody Rick James -
20 Coma Divine – Recorded Live in Rome Porcupine Tree Live
Exile Gary Numan UK
21 A Jagged Era Jagged Edge -
Nas, Foxy Brown, AZ, and Nature Present The Firm: The Album The Firm (Nas, Foxy Brown, AZ, and Nature) -
Brand New Salt-n-Pepa -
Cattlemen Don't Triplefastaction -
Extreme Honey Elvis Costello Compilation
Kashmir: Symphonic Led Zeppelin Jaz Coleman and The London Philharmonic Orchestra -
Get Crunk, Who U Wit: Da Album Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz -
Go! Letters to Cleo -
Half Dead and Dynamite Lifter Puller -
Under the Western Freeway Grandaddy -
I Never Even Asked for Light Lullaby for the Working Class -
Joya Will Oldham -
The Other Side Wynonna Judd -
Phoenix Rising Artension -
The Remixes Shakira Remix
Serpents of the Light Deicide -
Transister Transister Debut
Young Team Mogwai -
22 Impossible Princess Kylie Minogue Japan
24 Talk on Corners The Corrs -
27 Echo Dek Primal Scream Remix
Legendary Tales Rhapsody Debut
Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon John Lennon UK, Compilation
Endless Nameless The Wildhearts -
28 Around the Fur Deftones -
Baïda Faudel -
Be Good at It Neal McCoy -
The Best David Lee Roth Compilation +1 new track
The Black Bossalini (a.k.a. Dr. Bomb from Da Bay) Spice 1 -
Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions Kiss -
Chupacabra Imani Coppola -
Eros Eros Ramazzotti Compilation
Forever and Counting Hot Water Music -
The Fury of the Aquabats! The Aquabats -
Galore The Cure Compilation
Get It How U Live! Hot Boys -
Harlem World Mase -
Jugulator Judas Priest -
Looking for Butter Boy Archie Roach Australia
My Body, the Hand Grenade Hole Compilation
Nightbird Yanni Compilation
The Psycho Realm Psycho Realm Debut
Slip Stitch and Pass Phish -
Yeah, It's That Easy G. Love & Special Sauce -
Zaireeka The Flaming Lips -
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R 		3 Spiceworld Spice Girls -
Paint the Sky with Stars Enya Compilation +2 new tracks
Queen Rocks Queen Compilation +1 new track
Keys to Ascension 2 Yes Live/Studio
Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666 HIM -
Colours Adam F -
Distant Horizons Hawkwind -
FLAvour of the Weak Front Line Assembly -
4 All That Matters Michael Bolton -
Chapter 2: World Domination Three 6 Mafia -
Come On Over Shania Twain Over 40 million copies sold worldwide
The 18th Letter Rakim -
Greatest Hits Richard Marx -
Heavy Petting Bad Manners -
If I Don't Stay the Night Mindy McCready -
In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 Jay-Z -
Kettle Whistle Jane's Addiction Compilation of unreleased and live tracks
The Pet Sounds Sessions The Beach Boys Box Set
Signs of Chaos Testament -
Tibetan Freedom Concert Various Artists Live
Tracks and Traces Harmonia '76 -
Tribute Yanni Live
5 Don't Knock the Baldhead: Live Bad Manners Live
7 American Lesion Greg Graffin -
Unit Regurgitator Australia
10 Sampleslaya: Enter the Meatmarket Armand Van Helden -
11 Best of King's X King's X Compilation
Deconstructed Bush Remix
The Final Chapter Hypocrisy -
Firecracker Lisa Loeb -
Higher Ground Barbra Streisand -
The Omega Sessions Bad Brains EP
The Ozzman Cometh Ozzy Osbourne Compilation +1 new track
Satisfaction is the Death of Desire Hatebreed -
Second-hand Smoke Sublime Compilation
See It Through My Eyes Meredith Brooks -
Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes AFI -
So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes NOFX -
Sympathique Pink Martini -
To See You Harry Connick Jr. -
Welcome To Our World Timbaland & Magoo -
Unpredictable Mystikal -
16 Something Wild Children of Bodom -
17 Let's Talk About Love Celine Dion 31 million copies sold
BBC Sessions Led Zeppelin Live
Breed to Breathe Napalm Death EP
Caring and Killing Converge -
Dionysos Lux Occulta -
Here Comes Da Hool Da Hool -
Now That's What I Call Music! 38 (UK series) Various Artists Compilation
Scum Anti-Nowhere League -
18 Whoracle In Flames -
The Best That I Could Do 1978–1988 John Mellencamp Compilation
Bonfire AC/DC Box Set
Inna Heights Buju Banton LP
Kenny G – Greatest Hits Kenny G Compilation
Live Erykah Badu Live
The Lonesome Crowded West Modest Mouse -
Orama On Thorns I Lay -
ReLoad Metallica -
Snowed In Hanson Christmas
Songs from The Capeman Paul Simon -
Titanic James Horner Soundtrack; 30 million copies sold
We're Outta Here! Ramones Live
24 All Saints All Saints Debut
Left of the Middle Natalie Imbruglia UK
Open Your Eyes Yes -
Stupid Stupid Stupid Black Grape -
25 Big Willie Style Will Smith -
In tha Beginning...There Was Rap Various Artists -
Mostasteless Twiztid Debut
Physical Fatness Various Artists Compilation
R U Still Down? (Remember Me) 2Pac -
Remix & Repent Marilyn Manson EP
Sevens Garth Brooks -
Truly: The Love Songs Lionel Richie Compilation
30 Somber Eyes to the Sky Shadows Fall -
? Sixpence None the Richer Sixpence None the Richer -
The 1999 Party Hawkwind Live
Lustra Echobelly -
Savoir aimer Florent Pagny -
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Aaron Carter Aaron Carter Europe
Diana, Princess of Wales: Tribute Various Artists 2-CD charity album
4 Six Loverboy -
8 Sounds of Decay Katatonia -
This Could Be Heaven Pandora Swedes
9 MTV Unplugged Bryan Adams Live
Dragon Ball Z: Original USA Television Soundtrack Ron Wasserman American soundtrack for season 1 and season 2 of Dragon Ball Z
Eye & I Kardinal Offishall Canada, Debut
10 Cloudy Cloud Calculator Takako Minekawa Japan
16 Featuring...Ice Cube Ice Cube Compilation
Riverfenix Riverfenix -
23 Blindside Blindside -
25 Maximum II MAX Japan
? It's All About the Girls A New Found Glory EP

Release date unknown[edit]

Biggest hit singles[edit]

The following songs achieved the highest positions in the charts of 1997.[13]

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries
1 Elton John Candle in the Wind 1997 1997 United Kingdom UK 1 – Sep 1997, US BB 1 of 1997, Netherlands 1 – Sep 1997, Austria 1 – Oct 1997, Switzerland 1 – Sep 1997, Norway 1 – Jan 1997, Poland 1 – Sep 1997, Germany 1 – Jan 1998, Republic of Ireland 1 – Sep 1997, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks Oct 1997, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Dec 1997, Global 2 (35 M sold) – 1997, Australia 4 of 1997, Japan 11 of all time (international songs), Italy 12 of 1997, TOTP 33, Germany 37 of the 1990s, RYM 85 of 1997, OzNet 433
2 Sean Combs & Faith Evans and 112 I'll Be Missing You 1997 United States UK 1 – Jun 1997, US BB 1 of 1997, Netherlands 1 – Jun 1997, Sweden 1 – Aug 1997, Austria 1 – Jul 1997, Switzerland 1 – Jul 1997, Norway 1 – Jul 1997, Italy 1 of 1997, Germany 1 – Jun 1997, Republic of Ireland 1 – Jul 1997, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks Jul 1997, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Oct 1997, Poland 5 – Jul 1997, Australia 5 of 1997, Germany 12 of the 1990s, POP 16 of 1997, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1997, Europe 50 of the 1990s, RYM 99 of 1997
3 Aqua Barbie Girl 1997 Denmark UK 1 – Oct 1997, US BB 1 of 1997, Netherlands 1 – Sep 1997, Sweden 1 – Sep 1997, Switzerland 1 – Oct 1997, Norway 1 – May 1997, Germany 1 – Jan 1998, Republic of Ireland 1 – Oct 1997, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Sep 1997, Australia 1 for 3 weeks Jan 1998, POP 1 of 1997, Italy 2 of 1997, Austria 3 – Oct 1997, France 6 – May 1997, US BB 7 of 1997, Australia 8 of 1997, Germany 36 of the 1990s, Scrobulate 53 of happy
4 No Doubt Don't Speak 1997 United States UK 1 – Feb 1997, Netherlands 1 – Dec 1996, Sweden 1 – Nov 1996, Switzerland 1 – Jan 1997, Norway 1 – Dec 1996, Poland 1 – Jan 1997, Republic of Ireland 1 – Feb 1997, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Jan 1997, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Apr 1997, Austria 2 – Feb 1997, Germany 2 – Jan 1997, Australia 7 of 1997, France 10 – Feb 1997, RYM 10 of 1996, Europe 22 of the 1990s, POP 38 of 1996, Scrobulate 44 of rock, Italy 76 of 1997, Germany 77 of the 1990s, Acclaimed 1098
5 Hanson MMMBop 1997 United States UK 1 – Jun 1997, US BB 1 of 1997, Sweden 1 – May 1997, Austria 1 – Jun 1997, Switzerland 1 – Jun 1997, Republic of Ireland 1 – Jun 1997, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Jun 1997, Australia 1 for 9 weeks Aug 1997, Netherlands 2 – May 1997, Norway 2 – Jun 1997, Australia 2 of 1997, Germany 2 – Jun 1997, Poland 9 – Jun 1997, US BB 17 of 1997, POP 18 of 1997, Scrobulate 69 of fun, RYM 81 of 1996, Germany 187 of the 1990s, Acclaimed 516

Top 40 Chart hit singles[edit]

Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) US UK Highest chart position Other Chart Performance(s)
"2 Become 1" Spice Girls January 1997 4 1 1 (Ireland, Israel, Scotland, Spain, United States) See chart performance entry
"3 AM" Matchbox Twenty November 1997 n/a 64 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry
"4 Seasons of Loneliness" Boyz II Men September 1997 1 10 1 (United States) See chart performance entry
"5,6,7,8" Steps November 1997 n/a 14 1 (Australia) See chart performance entry
"6 Underground" Sneaker Pimps May 1997 45 9 9 (United Kingdom) 7 (US Billboard Alternative Airplay) - 11 (Scotland) - 31 (US Billboard Adult Top 40) - 62 (Australia)
"Ain't Talkin' 'bout Dub" Apollo 440 February 1997 n/a 7 1 (Romania) See chart performance entry
"Ain't That Just the Way" Lutricia McNeal November 1997 63 6 1 (Sweden) See chart performance entry
"Alane" Wes Madiko May 1997 n/a 11 1 (4 countries) See chart performance entry
"All I Want" The Offspring January 1997 n/a 31 4 (Spain) See chart performance entry
"Alone" Bee Gees February 1997 28 5 1 (Poland) See chart performance entry
"Alright" Jamiroquai April 1997 78 6 2 (Iceland) See chart performance entry
"Angel of Mine" Eternal September 1997 n/a 4 3 (Norway) See chart performance entry
"Another Suitcase in Another Hall" Madonna March 1997 n/a 7 6 (Belgium) See chart performance entry
"Anywhere for You" Backstreet Boys February 1997 n/a 4 1 (Lithuania) See chart performance entry
"Around the World" Daft Punk April 1997 61 5 1 (Iceland, Italy) See chart performance entry
"As Long As You Love Me" Backstreet Boys September 1997 n/a 3 1 (Lithuania, New Zealand, Romania) See chart performance entry
"Avenues" Refugee Camp All-Stars & Pras & Ky-Mani Marley 1997 35 n/a 2 (Norway) See chart performance entry
"Baby Can I Hold You" Boyzone November 1997 n/a 2 2 (Ireland, Scotland, United Kingdom) See chart performance entry
"Bailando" Paradisio 1997 n/a n/a 1 (5 countries)

See chart performance entry

"Barbie Girl" Aqua April 1997 7 1 1 (14 countries) See chart performance entry
"Barrel of a Gun" Depeche Mode February 1997 47 4 1 (6 countries) See chart performance entry
"Because It's Love" The Kelly Family 1997 n/a n/a 2 (Austria, Switzerland) 3 (Germany) - 6 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) - 11 (Belgium) - 13 (Netherlands [Single Top 100])
"Been Around the World" Puff Daddy & The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase November 1997 2 20 2 (United States) See chart performance entry
"Beetlebum" Blur January 1997 n/a 1 1 (Scotland, United Kingdom) See chart performance entry
"Bellissima" DJ Quicksilver January 1997 n/a n/a 4 (Germany)

See chart performance entry

"Bitch" Meredith Brooks March 1997 2 6 2 (Australia, Canada, United States) See chart performance entry
"Bitter Sweet Symphony" The Verve June 1997 12 2 1 (Scotland) See chart performance entry
"Block Rockin' Beats" The Chemical Brothers March 1997 n/a 1 1 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry
*"Blood on the Dance Floor" Michael Jackson March 1997 42 1 1 (4 countries) See chart performance entry
"Brimful of Asha" Cornershop August 1997 n/a 1 1 (Scotland, United Kingdom) See chart performance entry
"Burnin'" Cue 1997 n/a n/a 1 (Sweden) 4 (Norway) - 9 (Finland) - 19 (Finland)
"C U When U Get There" Coolio June 1997 12 3 2 (Norway, Sweden, Switzerland) See chart performance entry
"Call the Man" Celine Dion June 1997 n/a 11 5 (Netherlands) See chart performance entry
"Candle in the Wind '97" Elton John September 1997 1 1 1 (21 countries) See chart performance entry
"Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" Puff Daddy & Mase January 1997 1 19 1 (United States) See chart performance entry
"Casanova" Ultimate Kaos February 1997 n/a 24 2 (Netherlands) See chart performance entry
"Cherish" Pappa Bear & Van der Toorn October 1997 n/a 47 1 (New Zealand) See chart performance entry
"Clementine" Mark Owen February 1997 n/a 3 2 (Japan, Spain) See chart performance entry
"Come into My Life" Gala November 1997 n/a 38 1 (Italy, Spain) See chart performance entry
"Con te partirò (Time to Say Goodbye)" Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman 1997 n/a n/a 1 (Belgium, France) 10 (Europe) - 18 (Netherlands [Single Top 100]) - 20 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]
"Crush on You" Aaron Carter August 1997 n/a 9 5 (Germany, Switzerland) See chart performance entry
"Da Funk" Daft Punk February 1997 n/a 7 5 (Ireland, Scotland) See chart performance entry
"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" N-Trance October 1997 n/a 7 1 (Czech Republic, New Zealand) See chart performance entry
"D.I.S.C.O." N-Trance March 1997 n/a 11 8 (Scotland) See chart performance entry
"Discothèque" U2 February 1997 10 1 1 (7 countries) See chart performance entry
"Don't Cry for Me Argentina" Madonna January 1997 8 3 1 (6 countries) See chart performance entry
"The Drugs Don't Work" The Verve September 1997 n/a 1 1 (Scotland, United Kingdom) See chart performance entry
"Du Hast" Rammstein July 1997 n/a 186 5 (Germany) See chart performance entry
"Du liebst mich nicht" Sabrina Setlur 1997 n/a n/a 1 (Germany) 3 (Austria, Switzerland)
"D'You Know What I Mean?" Oasis July 1997 n/a 1 1 (5 countries) See chart performance entry
"Ecuador" Sash! April 1997 n/a 2 1 (4 countries) See chart performance entry
"Elegantly Wasted" INXS March 1997 n/a 20 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry
"Encore Une Fois" Sash! January 1997 n/a 2 1 (Europe, Greece, Ireland) See chart performance entry
"The End Is the Beginning Is the End" The Smashing Pumpkins March 1997 n/a 10 3 (Iceland, Spain) See chart performance entry
"Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" Backstreet Boys June 1997 4 3 1 (Hungary, Romania, Spain) See chart performance entry
"Everything's Gonna Be Alright" Sweetbox October 1997 46 5 2 (Spain) See chart performance entry
"Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" Aerosmith February 1997 35 22 1 (Spain) See chart performance entry
"Feel So Good" Mase October 1997 5 10 5 (United States) See chart performance entry
"Fire" Scooter March 1997 n/a 45 1 (Finland) See chart performance entry
"Fire Water Burn" Bloodhound Gang February 1997 n/a n/a 2 (Norway) See chart performance entry
"Fix" Blackstreet July 1997 58 7 3 (Canada) See chart performance entry
"Flash" B.B.E. January 1997 n/a 5 3 (Scotland)

See chart performance entry

"Fly" Sugar Ray May 1997 n/a 58 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry
"Fly Like an Eagle" Seal January 1997 10 13 2 (Canada) See chart performance entry
"Foolish Games" Jewel July 1997 2 n/a 2 (Canada, United States) See chart performance entry
"For You I Will" Monica February 1997 4 27 2 (New Zealand) See chart performance entry
"Formula" DJ Visage 1997 n/a n/a 1 (Belgium) 5 (Austria) - 6 (Netherlands) - 24 (France) - 34 (Australia)
"Free" DJ Quicksilver June 1997 n/a 7 3 (Ireland) 4 (Spain, Germany) - 9 (Norway) - 11 (Switzerland) - 12 (Austria) - 13 (Sweden)
"Free" Ultra Naté March 1997 75 4 1 (Italy) See chart performance entry
"Freedom" Robert Miles November 1997 n/a 15 2 (Italy) See chart performance entry
"Gotham City" R. Kelly June 1997 9 9 3 (Germany) See chart performance entry
"Got 'til It's Gone" Janet Jackson & Q-Tip & Joni Mitchell September 1997 n/a 6 3 (Hungary) See chart performance entry
*"Guantanamera" Wyclef Jean & Celia Cruz & Lauryn Hill & Jeni Fujita October 1997 n/a 25 15 (New Zealand) See chart performance entry
"Hard to Say I'm Sorry" Az Yet & Peter Cetera February 1997 8 7 1 (New Zealand) See chart performance entry
"Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)" Skunk Anansie January 1997 n/a 13 1 (Iceland) See chart performance entry
"He's Comin'" Nana September 1997 n/a n/a 4 (Germany) 11 (Switzerland) - 14 (Austria)
"Here We Go" NSYNC May 1997 n/a n/a 5 (Switzerland) 8 (Austria, Germany) - 10 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) - 66 (Netherlands [Single Top 100])
"HIStory/Ghosts" Michael Jackson 1997 n/a 5 3 (Italy) 4 (Spain) - 14 (Germany, Netherlands) - 16 (Switzerland) - 26 (France) - 29 (New Zealand)
"Hit 'Em High (The Monstars' Anthem)" B-Real& Coolio & Method Man& LL Cool J& Busta Rhymes January 1997 n/a 8 1 (Norway) See chart performance entry
"Home" Depeche Mode June 1997 88 23 1 (Italy) See chart performance entry
"Honey" Mariah Carey August 1997 1 3 1 (Canada, United States) See chart performance entry
"How Come, How Long" Babyface & Stevie Wonder July 1997 n/a 10 2 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]/[Single Top 100]) See chart performance entry
"How Do I Live" LeAnn Rimes May 1997 2 7 2 (United States) See chart performance entry
"Hypnotize" The Notorious B.I.G. March 1997 1 10 1 (United States) See chart performance entry
"I Do" Lisa Loeb October 1997 17 83 1 (Canada)

See chart performance entry

"I Don't Want To" Toni Braxton March 1997 19 9 7 (Iceland) See chart performance entry
"I Finally Found Someone" Bryan Adams & Barbra Streisand January 1997 8 10 1 (Ireland) See chart performance entry
"I Know Where It's At" All Saints August 1997 36 4 2 (Canada) See chart performance entry
"I Never Loved You Anyway" The Corrs December 1997 n/a 43 31 (Australia) 37 (Scotland) - 49 (Canada Adult Contemporary)
"I Shot the Sheriff" Warren G February 1997 20 2 1 (New Zealand) See chart performance entry
"I Wanna Be the Only One" Eternal & BeBe Winans May 1997 n/a 1 1 (Scotland, United Kingdom) See chart performance entry
"I Want You" Savage Garden February 1997 4 11 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry
"I Will Come to You" Hanson November 1997 9 5 1 (Sweden) See chart performance entry
"If God Will Send His Angels" U2 December 1997 n/a 12 4 (Belgium, Iceland) See chart performance entry
"I'll Be Missing You" Puff Daddy and The Family May 1997 1 1 1 (19 countries) See chart performance entry
"It's All About The Benjamins (Remix)" Puff Daddy and The Family August 1997 2 18 2 (United States) 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Singles) - 2 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales)
"It's No Good" Depeche Mode March 1997 38 5 1 (4 countries) See chart performance entry
"James Bond Theme (Moby's Re-Version)" Moby November 1997 n/a 8 1 (Iceland) See chart performance entry
"Johnny B" Down Low 1997 n/a n/a 4 (Germany) 7 (Finland) - 8 (Switzerland)
"Jojo Action" Mr. President June 1997 n/a 73 1 (Hungary) See chart performance entry
"Just for You" M People September 1997 n/a 8 8 (Scotland, United Kingdom) See chart performance entry
"Karma Police" Radiohead August 1997 n/a 8 1 (Iceland) See chart performance entry
"Kiss the Rain" Billie Myers September 1997 15 4 2 (Canada) See chart performance entry
"Laura non c'è" Nek February 1997 n/a 59 1 (Italy) See chart performance entry
"Let a Boy Cry" Gala January 1997 n/a 11 1 (Belgium, France, Italy, Spain) See chart performance entry
"Lonely" Nana March 1997 n/a n/a 1 (Germany, Romania, Switzerland) See chart performance entry
"Look Into My Eyes" Bone Thugs-N-Harmony June 1997 4 16 3 (New Zealand) 4 (US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) - 6 (UK Hip Hop/R&B charts) - 15 (US Billboard Rhythmic charts)
"Love Gets Me Every Time" Shania Twain September 1997 25 n/a 4 (Canada) 1 (Canada country Tracks, US Billboard Hot Country Songs)
"Love Shine a Light" Katrina and the Waves April 1997 n/a 3 1 (Israel) See chart performance entry
"Love Won't Wait" Gary Barlow April 1997 n/a 1 1 (Lithuania, Spain, United Kingdom) See chart performance entry
"Lovefool" The Cardigans May 1997 n/a 2 1 (Scotland, New Zealand) See chart performance entry
"Mama" Spice Girls March 1997 n/a 1 1 (4 countries) See chart performance entry
"María" Ricky Martin 1997 88 6 1 (18 countries) See chart performance entry
"Meet Her at the Love Parade" Da Hool August 1997 n/a 15 1 (Iceland) See chart performance entry
"The Memory Remains" Metallica November 1997 28 13 1 (Finland, Iceland) See chart performance entry
"Men in Black" Will Smith June 1997 n/a 1 1 (11 countries) See chart performance entry
"Midnight in Chelsea" Jon Bon Jovi June 1997 n/a 4 1 (Spain) See chart performance entry
"MMMBop" Hanson April 1997 1 1 1 (12 countries) See chart performance entry
"Mo Money Mo Problems" The Notorious B.I.G. July 1997 1 6 1 (Netherlands, United States) See chart performance entry
"Mr. DJ" Dr. Alban 1997 n/a n/a 3 (Spain) 6 (Sweden) - 8 (Finland) - 21 (Austria) - 70 (Germany) - 79 (Europe)
"My Heart Will Go On" Celine Dion November 1997 1 1 1 (25 countries) See chart performance entry
"My Love Is the Shhh!" Somethin' for the People August 1997 4 n/a 2 (Germany) See chart performance entry
"My Oh My" Aqua February 1997 n/a 6 2 (Denmark, Scotland) See chart performance entry
"Nancy Boy" Placebo January 1997 n/a 4 4 (United Kingdom) 5 (Scotland) - 19 (Europe) - 19 (Iceland)
"No Tengo Dinero" Los Umbrellos May 1997 42 33 1 (Austria) See chart performance entry
"Nobody's Wife" Anouk 1997 n/a n/a 1 (Iceland) See chart performance entry
"Oh La La La" 2 Eivissa June 1997 n/a 13 1 (Spain) See chart performance entry
"Old Before I Die" Robbie Williams April 1997 n/a 2 1 (Scotland, Spain) See chart performance entry
"Older" George Michael January 1997 n/a 3 3 (Spain, United Kingdom) See chart performance entry
"On Your Own" Blur July 1997 n/a 5 5 (Scotland, United Kingdom) 20 (Iceland) - 27 (Ireland) - 33 (Europe) - 69 (Australia)
"One Headlight" The Wallflowers January 1997 n/a 54 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry
"The One I Gave My Heart To" Aaliyah August 1997 9 30 9 (United States) See chart performance entry
"Open Your Eyes" Guano Apes August 1997 n/a n/a 5 (Germany) 10 (Austria) - 11 (Switzerland) - 14 (Belgium) - 18 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) - 19 (Netherlands [Single Top 100]) - 24 (U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock - charted in 2000)
"Paranoid Android" Radiohead May 1997 n/a 3 2 (Scotland) See chart performance entry
"Perfect Day" Lou Reed & Various Artists November 1997 n/a 1 1 (4 countries) See chart performance entry
"Picture of You" Boyzone July 1997 n/a 2 1 (Scotland) See chart performance entry

Other Chart hit singles[edit]

Notable singles[edit]

Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) Other Chart Performance(s)
"Autumn Sweater" Yo La Tengo April 1997 n/a
"Come to Daddy" Aphex Twin August 1997 5 (UK Dance) - 9 (UK Indie Singles Chart) - 10 (Denmark) - 36 (United Kingdom)
"Karma Police" Radiohead August 1997 See chart performance entry
"Miss Modular" Stereolab September 1997 n/a
"My Own Summer (Shove It)" Deftones December 1997 29 (United Kingdom) - 33 (Scotland)
"Over" Portishead November 1997 25 (United Kingdom) - 159 (Australia)
"Song 2" Blur April 1997 See chart performance entry
"Underwater Love" Smoke City March 1997 See chart performance entry
"You Know My Steez" Gang Starr November 1997 5 (US Billboard Hot Rap Songs) - 32 (US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) - 76 (United States)

Other Notable singles[edit]

Classical music[edit]

Premieres[edit]

Sortable table
Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Davies, Peter Maxwell Concerto for Piano and Orchestra 1997-11-7 United Kingdom Nottingham Stott, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Davies[14]
Enescu, George Symphony No. 4 1997-10-2 Romania Bucharest George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra – Cristian Mandeal [ro][15]

Compositions[edit]

Opera[edit]

Jazz[edit]

Main article: 1997 in jazz

Musical theater[edit]

Musical films[edit]

Births[edit]

Deaths[edit]

Awards[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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