List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1997

The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Published by Billboard magazine, the data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales and airplay. There were ten singles that peaked atop the charts, but if "Un-Break My Heart" is excluded from the count (for the song started its peak in the previous year), the total would be nine, the second lowest for a single year, tied with 1996 and subsequently, 2005. The longest running number-one single of 1997 is "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight", which logged 14 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100. Two of those weeks were logged in 1998 while the remaining 12 were attained in 1997.

Elton John earned his latest Hot 100 number-one single with "Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight", which stayed at the top position for 12 straight weeks

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With "Honey" becoming her 12th #1 single, Mariah Carey broke the record for most #1 songs by a female artist, surpassing Madonna and Whitney Houston with 11 each.

That year, 7 acts earn their first number one song, such as Spice Girls, Puff Daddy, Mase, The Notorious B.I.G., Hanson, Faith Evans, and 112. The Notorious B.I.G. became the fifth artist to hit number one posthumously, after his death in March 1997. Puff Daddy, Mase, and The Notorious B.I.G. were the only artists to hit number one more than once, with Puff Daddy hitting the most with three, while Mase and The Notorious B.I.G. hit twice.

Chart history
Key
Indicates best-performing single of 1997
No. Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref.
812 January 4 "Un-Break My Heart" Toni Braxton [1]
January 11 [2]
January 18 [3]
January 25 [4]
February 1 [5]
February 8 [6]
February 15 [7]
813 February 22 "Wannabe" Spice Girls [8]
March 1 [9]
March 8 [10]
March 15 [11]
814 March 22 "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" Puff Daddy featuring Mase [12]
March 29 [13]
April 5 [14]
April 12 [15]
April 19 [16]
April 26 [17]
815 May 3 "Hypnotize" The Notorious B.I.G. [18]
May 10 [19]
May 17 [20]
816 May 24 "MMMBop" Hanson [21]
May 31 [22]
June 7 [23]
817 June 14 "I'll Be Missing You" Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112 [24]
June 21 [25]
June 28 [26]
July 5 [27]
July 12 [28]
July 19 [29]
July 26 [30]
August 2 [31]
August 9 [32]
August 16 [33]
August 23 [34]
818 August 30 "Mo Money Mo Problems" The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase [35]
September 6 [36]
819 September 13 "Honey" Mariah Carey [37]
September 20 [38]
September 27 [39]
820 October 4 "4 Seasons of Loneliness" Boyz II Men [40]
821 October 11 "Candle in the Wind 1997" /
"Something About the Way You Look Tonight"		 Elton John [41]
October 18 [42]
October 25 [43]
November 1 [44]
November 8 [45]
November 15 [46]
November 22 [47]
November 29 [48]
December 6 [49]
December 13 [50]
December 20 [51]
December 27 [52]

See also

References
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  48. "The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of November 29, 1997". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
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Additional sources
  • Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
  • Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
  • Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Nineties (ISBN 0-89820-137-3)
  • Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.
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