List of top 25 albums for 1997 in Australia explained

The following lists the top 100 albums of 1997 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) End of Year Albums Chart.^[1] ^[2]

	Title	Artist	Highest pos. reached	weeks at No. 1
1.	Savage Garden		1	19^[3]
2.	Romeo + Juliet	Soundtrack	1	9^[4]
3.	Middle of Nowhere		1	2^[5]
4.	Spice		3
5.	Let's Talk About Love		1	5
6.	Tragic Kingdom		3
7.	Pieces of You		5
8.	In Deep		1	3^[6]
9.	Falling into You		1	4
10.	Songs from the South		2
11.	Telling Everybody		7
12.	Secret Samadhi		2
13.	Anthology 1: Greatest Hits 1986-1997		1	1^[7]
14.	Freak Show		1	1^[8]
15.	Spiceworld		2
16.		Various Artists
17.	Bill Lawry... This Is Your Life		1	2 ^[9]
18.	Forgiven, Not Forgotten		1	3
19.	My Best Friend's Wedding	Soundtrack	1	4 ^[10]
20.	Ixnay on the Hombre		2
21.	Still Waters		4
22.	Recurring Dream		1	8
23.	The Fat of the Land		1	1^[11]
24.	My Promise		4
25.	Snowed In		3
26.	Jagged Little Pill		1	10
27.	Butterfly		1	1
28.	20,000 Watt R.S.L.		1	1
29.	Album of the Year		1	1
30.			4
31.	The Dance		4
32.	Reload		2
33.	The Full Monty	Soundtrack	3
34.	Talk on Corners		3
35.	The Ultimate Collection		10
36.	Secrets		11
37.	Ivy and the Big Apples		3
38.	Blue Moon Swamp		8
39.	Pop		1	1
40.	Yourself or Someone Like You		1	6
41.	Paint the Sky with Stars		10
42.	The Velvet Rope		4
43.	Aquarium		1	2
44.	Romeo + Juliet Volume 2	Soundtrack	2
45.		Soundtrack	4
46.	Drag		4
47.	Travelling Without Moving		6
48.	Greatest Hits		4
49.	Evita	Soundtrack	5
50.	Led Zeppelin Remasters		1	1
51.	Future Road		4
52.	The Best That I Could Do 1978–1988		5
53.	Double Allergic		4
54.	Ænima		6
55.	Throwing Copper		1	7
56.			12
57.	Be Here Now		1	1
58.	Pipe Dream		6
59.			12
60.	The Woman in Me		17
61.	The Big Picture		5
62.	18 til I Die		2
63.	Barnes Hits Anthology		1	1
64.	Music for the Jilted Generation		9
65.			2
66.			1	3
67.	The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack	Soundtrack	36
68.	Backstreet Boys		6
69.	Fashion Nugget		9
70.	Urban Hymns		9
71.			4
72.	OK Computer		7
73.	Butterfly Kisses (Shades of Grace)		10
74.	Something for Everybody (Baz Luhrmann album)		14
75.	Songs in the Key of Springfield		26
76.	Az Yet		24
77.	Higher Ground		14
78.	The Very Best of Sting & The Police		22
79.	All Time Greatest Hits		7
80.	The Colour and the Shape		5
81.	Bringing Down the Horse		9
82.	Amanda Marshall		15
83.	The Day		14
84.	Blur		22
85.	The Very Best of the Bee Gees		7
86.	Greatest Hits Volume III		12
87.			20
88.	Forrest Gump	Soundtrack	1	3
89.	Destination Anywhere		4
90.	Blue		5
91.	Evolution		6
92.	Unplugged		28
93.	Unit		4
94.	Guide to Better Living		11
95.	Spawn: The Album	Soundtrack	15
96.	Angel Blood		25
97.	Eternal Nightcap		14
98.	Tango		16
99.	No Way Out		17
100.	December Moon		30

Peak chart positions from 1997 are from the ARIA Charts, overall position on the End of Year Chart is calculated by ARIA based on the number of weeks and position that the records reach within the Top 50 albums for each week during 1997.^[2]

Notes

Web site: ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 1997. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 2009-02-16.
Web site: Official ARIA Charts. Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-08. 2009-02-16.
Web site: ARIA Charts - Savage Garden. Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-08. 2009-02-16.
Web site: ARIA Charts - Romeo + Juliet. Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-08. 2009-02-16.
Web site: ARIA Charts - Middle of Nowhere. Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-08. 2009-02-16.
Web site: ARIA Charts - In Deep. Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-08. 2009-02-17.
Web site: ARIA Charts - Anthology. Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-08. 2009-02-17.
Web site: ARIA Charts - Freak Show. Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-08. 2009-02-17.
Web site: ARIA Charts - Bill Lawry. Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-08. 2009-02-17.
Web site: ARIA Charts - My Best Friend's Wedding. Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-08. 2009-02-17.
Web site: ARIA Charts - The Fat of the Land. Australian Charts Portal. 2009-02-08. 2009-02-17.