List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1997

These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1997, per the Billboard 200.

Chart history +KeyIndicates best performing album of 1997

Issue date Album Artist(s) Label Sales Tragic KingdomNo DoubtTrauma484,500 506,000 251,000 155,500 143,000 144,000 Gridlock'dSoundtrackDeath Row150,000 Tragic KingdomNo DoubtTrauma119,000 Unchained Melody: The Early YearsCurb166,000 Secret SamadhiLiveRadioactive227,000 Howard Stern Private Parts – The AlbumSoundtrackWarner Bros.177,590 PopU2Island349,000 The UntouchableScarfaceRap-A-Lot168,000 Nine LivesAerosmithColumbia139,000 Life After DeathThe Notorious B.I.G.Bad Boy689,535 307,000 197,000 165,000 Share My WorldMCA240,000 Carrying Your Love with MeMCA178,000 Spice Spice GirlsVirgin138,000 134,000 136,000 137,000 Wu-Tang ForeverWu-Tang ClanLoud612,069 Butterfly Kisses (Shades of Grace)Jive233,000 123,000 Spice Spice GirlsVirgin123,000 The Fat of the LandThe ProdigyMaverick201,000 Men in Black: The AlbumSoundtrackColumbia178,000 168,000 No Way OutPuff Daddy and the FamilyBad Boy560,862 The Art of WarBone Thugs-n-HarmonyRuthless394,000 No Way OutPuff Daddy and the FamilyBad Boy228,000 186,000 The DanceFleetwood MacReprise199,000 No Way OutPuff Daddy and the FamilyBad Boy153,000 Ghetto DMaster PNo Limit260,000 You Light Up My Life: Inspirational SongsLeAnn RimesCurb186,000 ButterflyColumbia235,000 EvolutionBoyz II MenMotown211,000 You Light Up My Life: Inspirational SongsLeAnn RimesCurb175,000 The Velvet RopeJanet JacksonVirgin202,000 You Light Up My Life: Inspirational SongsLeAnn RimesCurb131,000 The Firm – The AlbumThe FirmAftermath147,000 Harlem WorldMaseBad Boy273,000 175,000 Higher GroundColumbia207,000 ReLoadMetallicaElektra435,000 SevensCapitol896,932 609,000 529,000

See also 1997 in music List of number-one albums (United States)

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