JANUARY
Top hit
Un-Break My Heart · Toni Braxton
Top album
Tragic Kingdom · No Doubt
Enter the Year
Year
1997
Genre Walls Come Down
Alternative, hip-hop, and pop collide in a faster cycle — but every smash still feels personal.
Voices of the year
- Elton John
- Puff Daddy
- Toni Braxton
- Spice Girls
- The Notorious B.i.g
- Hanson
Albums that mattered
The songs
Through the year
Tap a month to explore what people were playing.
FEBRUARY
Top hit
Un-Break My Heart · Toni Braxton
Top album
Tragic Kingdom · No Doubt
MARCH
Top hit
Wannabe · Spice Girls
Top album
Unchained Melody/The Early Years · Leann Rimes
APRIL
Top hit
Can't Nobody Hold Me Down · Puff Daddy
Top album
Nine Lives · Aerosmith
MAY
Top hit
Hypnotize · The Notorious B.i.g
Top album
Share My World · Mary J. Blige
JUNE
Top hit
MMMBop · Hanson
Top album
Spice · Spice Girls
JULY
Top hit
I'll Be Missing You · Puff Daddy
Top album
Spice · Spice Girls
AUGUST
Top hit
I'll Be Missing You · Puff Daddy
Top album
The Art Of War · Bone Thugs-n-harmony
SEPTEMBER
Top hit
Mo Money Mo Problems · The Notorious B.i.g
Top album
The Dance · Fleetwood Mac
OCTOBER
Top hit
4 Seasons Of Loneliness · Boyz Ii Men
Top album
Butterfly · Mariah Carey
NOVEMBER
Top hit
Candle In The Wind 1997/Something About The Way You Look Tonight · Elton John
Top album
You Light Up My Life -- Inspirational Songs · Leann Rimes
DECEMBER
Top hit
Candle In The Wind 1997/Something About The Way You Look Tonight · Elton John
Top album
ReLoad · Metallica