Editing 1997 in music (section)

===November–December===
*[[November 3]] – The [[Spice Girls]] release ''[[Spiceworld (album)|Spiceworld]]'', their second number one album, making the group the first British band since [[The Beatles]] to have two albums in the US chart at the same time. ''[[Spice (album)|Spice]]'' and ''[[Spiceworld (album)|Spiceworld]]'' have amassed enough sales for one out of every two people in Britain to own a [[Spice Girls]] album.
*[[November 4]] – [[Shania Twain]] releases her album ''[[Come On Over]]'' which goes on to sell over 40 million copies worldwide to date<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/05/1057179202436.html |location=Melbourne |work=The Age |title=Twain of thought |date=July 6, 2003 |access-date=25 September 2009 <!--DASHBot--> |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004174022/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/05/1057179202436.html |archive-date=October 4, 2009 |url-status = live|df=mdy }}</ref> and later became the biggest selling album in [[country music]] history and the biggest selling album by a female music artist.
*[[November 6]] – The [[Spice Girls]] make the decision to take over the running of the group and drop [[Simon Fuller]] as their manager.
*[[November 18]] – American [[indie rock]] band [[Modest Mouse]] release their second full-length album, ''[[The Lonesome Crowded West]]''.
*[[November 19]] – [[Gary Glitter]] is arrested after images of child pornography are found on a laptop computer that he had taken in for repairs.
*[[November 22]] – [[INXS]] lead singer [[Michael Hutchence]] is found dead in a [[Sydney]], Australia hotel room, aged 37.
*[[November 25]] – [[Will Smith]] releases his debut solo studio album ''[[Big Willie Style]]''.
*[[November 26]] – In a performance billed as the "highest" gig on Earth, [[Spiritualized]] play in the deck of the [[CN Tower]] in [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada for an audience of 150 people.
*[[November 27]] – [[Namie Amuro]] releases her ninth single under [[Avex Trax]], "[[Dreaming I Was Dreaming]]."
*[[December 1]] – [[Aaron Carter]] bursts onto the music scene at the age of 10 with the release of his debut album [[Aaron Carter (album)|''Aaron Carter'']], making him the youngest male artist in the world since [[Michael Jackson]] in 1969.
*[[December 4]]-5 – [[Black Sabbath]] perform a pair of reunion shows in their hometown of [[Birmingham]], England. They are the first full-length concerts by the original lineup of the band since 1978. 
*[[December 26]] – The [[Spice Girls]] release their big screen debut ''[[Spiceworld: The Movie]]'', starring [[Richard E. Grant]], [[Roger Moore]], [[Elton John]] and [[Stephen Fry]]. The movie makes £6.8m in its first week of release.
*[[December 31]]
**The Home of Country Music, the [[Opryland USA|Opryland USA theme park]], in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], USA closes and is subsequently demolished.
**[[Namie Amuro]] performs on [[NHK]] [[Kōhaku Uta Gassen]] for the last time before beginning her maternal hiatus.