This is a list of singles that charted in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1997. During this year, "How Do I Live" by LeAnn Rimes became the longest-running top-ten single, breaking a record for 32 weeks (a record that went unmatched for over nineteen years).
Puff Daddy and Mase each had four top-ten hits in 1997, tying them for the most top-ten hits during the year.
| Weeks in top ten | ||||||
| Singles from 1996 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 30 | "Don't Let Go (Love)" | En Vogue | 2 | January 18 | 17 | |
| "I'm Still In Love With You" | New Edition | 7 | January 11 | 11 | ||
| December 28 | bgcolor = #99FFFF | "I Believe in You and Me" | Whitney Houston | 4 | February 1 | 9 |
| Singles from 1997 | ||||||
| January 18 | "Fly Like an Eagle" | Seal | 10 | January 18 | 1 | |
| January 25 | "If It Makes You Happy" | Sheryl Crow | 10 | January 25 | 1 | |
| February 1 | "Wannabe" | Spice Girls | 1 | February 22 | 15 | |
| "You Were Meant for Me" | Jewel | 2 | April 19 | 19 | ||
| February 8 | "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" | Puff Daddy featuring Mase | 1 | March 22 | 16 | |
| February 15 | "Every Time I Close My Eyes" | Babyface featuring Mariah Carey and Kenny G | 6 | March 22 | 9 | |
| February 22 | "In My Bed" | Dru Hill | 4 | March 29 | 9 | |
| bgcolor = #99FFFF | "Discothèque" | U2 | 10 | February 22 | 1 | |
| March 1 | "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" | Madonna | 8 | March 1 | 3 | |
| March 15 | bgcolor = #99FFFF | "For You I Will" | Monica | 4 | April 19 | 12 |
| March 22 | "Get It Together" | 702 | 10 | March 22 | 1 | |
| March 29 | bgcolor = #99FFFF | "All By Myself" | Céline Dion | 4 | April 5 | 5 |
| "I'll Be" | Foxy Brown featuring Jay-Z | 7 | April 12 | 4 | ||
| April 12 | "I Want You" | Savage Garden | 4 | May 10 | 8 | |
| April 26 | bgcolor = #99FFFF | "Hypnotize" | The Notorious B.I.G | 1 | May 3 | 8 |
| "Return of the Mack" | Mark Morrison | 2 | June 7 | 15 | ||
| "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" | Az Yet featuring Peter Cetera | 8 | May 3 | 5 | ||
| "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" | Paula Cole | 8 | May 10 | 6 | ||
| May 3 | "My Baby Daddy" | B-Rock & the Bizz | 10 | May 3 | 1 | |
| May 10 | "MMMBop" | Hanson | 1 | May 24 | 12 | |
| May 17 | "I Belong to You (Every Time I See Your Face)" | Rome | 6 | June 7 | 9 | |
| May 24 | bgcolor = #99FFFF | "Say You'll Be There" | Spice Girls | 3 | May 31 | 9 |
| May 31 | "The Freshmen" | The Verve Pipe | 5 | June 7 | 6 | |
| June 7 | "G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T" | Changing Faces | 8 | June 7 | 5 | |
| "It's Your Love" | Tim McGraw and Faith Hill | 7 | July 19 | 6 | ||
| June 14 | bgcolor = #99FFFF | "I'll Be Missing You" | Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112 | 1 | June 14 | 17 |
| "Bitch" | Meredith Brooks | 2 | July 12 | 11 | ||
| June 21 | bgcolor = #99FFFF | "Look Into My Eyes" | Bone Thugs-n-Harmony | 4 | June 21 | 7 |
| July 12 | bgcolor = #99FFFF | "Sunny Came Home" | Shawn Colvin | 7 | July 26 | 6 |
| "Do You Know (What It Takes)" | Robyn | 7 | August 2 | 8 | ||
| "Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)" | Backstreet Boys | 2 | September 6 | 18 | ||
| July 26 | "Semi-Charmed Life" | Third Eye Blind | 4 | August 9 | 14 | |
| "Gotham City" | R. Kelly | 9 | August 2 | 2 | ||
| August 2 | bgcolor = #99FFFF | "Mo Money Mo Problems" | The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase | 1 | August 30 | 12 |
| August 9 | "How Do I Live" | LeAnn Rimes | 2 | December 13 | 32 | |
| "Not Tonight" | Lil' Kim featuring Da Brat, Missy Elliott, Angie Martinez, and Left Eye | 6 | August 9 | 5 | ||
| bgcolor = #99FFFF | "Never Make a Promise" | Dru Hill | 7 | August 23 | 6 | |
| August 16 | bgcolor = #99FFFF | "2 Become 1" | Spice Girls | 4 | September 6 | 9 |
| September 6 | "You Make Me Wanna..." | Usher | 2 | October 25 | 23 | |
| bgcolor = #99FFFF | "Barbie Girl" | Aqua | 7 | September 6 | 3 | |
| September 13 | bgcolor = #99FFFF | "Honey" | Mariah Carey | 1 | September 13 | 8 |
| September 20 | "Foolish Games" | Jewel | 7 | November 1 | 9 | |
| September 27 | bgcolor = #99FFFF | "4 Seasons of Loneliness" | Boyz II Men | 1 | October 4 | 10 |
| October 11 | bgcolor = #99FFFF | "Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" | Elton John | 1 | October 11 | 17 |
| October 18 | "All Cried Out" | Allure featuring 112 | 4 | November 22 | 8 | |
| October 25 | "My Love Is the Shhh!" | Somethin' for the People featuring Trina & Tamara | 4 | November 29 | 10 | |
| November 1 | "Tubthumping" | Chumbawamba | 6 | November 29 | 12 | |
| November 8 | "The One I Gave My Heart To" | Aaliyah | 9 | November 15 | 3 | |
| November 15 | "My Body" | LSG | 4 | December 6 | 11 | |
| November 22 | "Feel So Good" | Mase | 5 | December 13 | 9 | |
| November 29 | "Show Me Love" | Robyn | 7 | November 29 | 10 | |
| December 6 | "I Will Come to You" | Hanson | 9 | December 13 | 2 | |
See main article: List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1996.
| Weeks in top ten | |||||
| June 29 | "Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix)" | Los Del Rio | 1 | August 3 | 23 |
| September 14 | "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" | Céline Dion | 2 | October 26 | 19 |
| October 12 | "Last Night" | Az Yet | 9 | October 19 | 4 |
| October 19 | "No Diggity" | Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre | 1 | November 9 | 18 |
| October 26 | "Mouth" | Merril Bainbridge | 4 | November 23 | 15 |
| November 2 | "Un-Break My Heart" | Toni Braxton | 1 | December 7 | 25 |
| November 9 | "Nobody" | Keith Sweat featuring Athena Cage | 3 | December 7 | 18 |
| December 7 | "I Finally Found Someone" | Barbra Streisand and Bryan Adams | 8 | December 7 | 5 |
| December 21 | "I Believe I Can Fly" | R. Kelly | 2 | December 21 | 16 |
See main article: List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1998.
| Weeks in top ten | ||||||
| December 13 | "Been Around the World" / "It's All About the Benjamins" | Puff Daddy featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and Mase | 2 | January 3 | 12 | |
| December 20 | bgcolor = #99FFFF | "Together Again" | Janet Jackson | 1 | January 31 | 14 |
| December 27 | "Truly Madly Deeply" | Savage Garden | 1 | January 17 | 26 |