List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1997 explained

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 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.

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 earned 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

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Indicates best-performing single of 1997

width=31		Issue date	Song	Artist(s)
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=7	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]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4	813	February 22	"Wannabe"	Spice Girls	^[8]
March 1	^[9]
March 8	^[10]
March 15	^[11]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=6	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]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	815	May 3	"Hypnotize"	The Notorious B.I.G.	^[18]
May 10	^[19]
May 17	^[20]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	816	May 24	"MMMBop"	Hanson	^[21]
May 31	^[22]
June 7	^[23]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=11	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]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	818	August 30	"Mo Money Mo Problems"	The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase	^[35]
September 6	^[36]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	819	September 13	"Honey"	Mariah Carey	^[37]
September 20	^[38]
September 27	^[39]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	820	October 4	"4 Seasons of Loneliness"	Boyz II Men	^[40]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=12	821	October 11	bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" rowspan="12"	"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]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one! Position! Artist! Weeks at No. 1

1	Puff Daddy	19
2	Elton John	12
3	Faith Evans	11
	112
5	Mase	8
6	Toni Braxton	7
7	The Notorious B.I.G.	5
8	Spice Girls	4
9	Hanson	3
	Mariah Carey
11	Boyz II Men	1

See also

• 1997 in music
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1990s

Additional sources

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Nineties
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

Notes and References

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