Editing 1997 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1997.

==Specific locations==
*[[1997 in British music]]
*[[1997 in Norwegian music]]
*[[1997 in South Korean music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[#Classical music|1997 in classical music]]
*[[1997 in country music]]
*[[1997 in heavy metal music]]
*[[1997 in hip-hop|1997 in hip hop music]]
*[[1997 in Latin music]]
*[[1997 in jazz]]
*[[1997 in South Korean music]]

==Events==
===January===
*[[January 1]] – [[Townes Van Zandt]] dies of a cardiac arrhythmia. 
*[[January 6]] – Scottish band [[Texas (band)|Texas]] release first single, "[[Say What You Want]]" from their 6× Platinum album "[[White on Blonde]]"<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-12-28.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=19|date=28 December 1996|access-date=16 August 2021}}</ref>
*[[January 7]] – The [[Spice Girls]] release their debut single, "[[Wannabe (song)|Wannabe]]" in the U.S. and premiere the music video eighteen days later. 
*[[January 9]] – [[David Bowie]] performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert (the day after his birthday) at [[Madison Square Garden]], New York City, USA with guests [[Frank Black]], [[Foo Fighters]], [[Sonic Youth]], [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] of [[The Cure]], [[Lou Reed]], and [[Billy Corgan]] of [[The Smashing Pumpkins]], with the opening act [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]]. Proceeds from the concert went to the [[Save the Children]] fund.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D02E3D81738F932A25752C0A961958260|title=Once More the Outsider, David Bowie Turns 50|last=Pareles|first=John|date=January 11, 1997|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 18, 2008}}</ref>
*[[January 10]] – [[James Brown (musician)|James Brown]] receives a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in Hollywood, USA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/123006/spe_110576.shtml |title=The James Brown Review |last=unattributed |date=December 30, 2006 |work=The Augusta Chronicle |access-date=April 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229192041/http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/123006/spe_110576.shtml |archive-date=December 29, 2008 |url-status = live|df=mdy }}</ref>
*[[January 17]]–[[February 2]] – The [[Big Day Out]] festival takes place in [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]], headlined by [[Soundgarden]], [[The Offspring]] and [[The Prodigy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/every-big-day-out-line-up/11539046 |title=The definitive guide to every Big Day Out line-up ever |publisher=ABC |date=September 30, 2019 |access-date=August 31, 2020 |first=Dan |last=Condon}}</ref> [[Sepultura]] are originally named in the lineup, but cancel their performance after the departure of former frontman [[Max Cavalera]] in December 1996. They are later replaced by [[Fear Factory]].
*[[January 19]] – [[Madonna]] wins Best Actress In A Motion Picture, Musical Or Comedy, for her part in ''[[Evita (1996 film)|Evita]]'', at the 54th annual [[Golden Globe Awards]] in the USA.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/18/madonna.movies/?iref=mpstoryview|title=Hey Madonna, don't give up the day job!|last=Busari|first=Stephanie|date=March 24, 2008|publisher=Cable News Network|access-date=April 18, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080423050418/http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/18/madonna.movies/?iref=mpstoryview| archive-date=April 23, 2008<!--DASHBot-->|url-status = live}}</ref>
*[[January 20]] – [[Daft Punk]] releases their debut studio album ''[[Homework (Daft Punk album)|Homework]]''.
*[[January 28]]
** The [[Virginia Senate]] votes to retire "[[Carry Me Back to Old Virginny]]" as the official state song, and begins looking for a replacement.
** [[Clive Davis]] gets a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].

===February===
*[[February 2]] – [[Rich Mullins]]' musical ''The Canticle of the Plains'' receives its première in [[Wichita, Kansas]].
*[[February 3]] – Scottish band [[Texas (band)|Texas]] release their fourth album "[[White on Blonde]]"<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1997/Music-Week-1997-02-01.pdf|title=New Releases: Albums|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=31|date=1 February 1997|access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref>
*[[February 12]] – [[David Bowie]] receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, USA.
*[[February 13]]
**[[Michael Jackson]]'s first son, Michael Joseph Jackson Jr., is born.
**The [[Spice Girls]] knock [[Toni Braxton]]'s "[[Unbreak My Heart]]" off the top spot in the US singles chart. They are the first female British group to have a US number one with their debut single.
*[[February 20]] – [[Ben and Jerry's]] introduce "Phish Food", a new flavor of ice cream named after the rock group [[Phish]]. The ingredients are chocolate ice cream, marshmallows, caramel and fish-shaped fudge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.benjerry.com/our_company/press_center/press/phish-pr.html|title=BEN & JERRY'S MASTERS MARSHMALLOW TO CREATE "PHISH FOOD TM"|last=Unattributed company press release|date=February 20, 1997|publisher=Ben & Jerry's|access-date=April 19, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226185026/http://www.benjerry.com/our_company/press_center/press/phish-pr.html|archive-date=February 26, 2008|url-status = dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[February 24]] – The [[Spice Girls]] win Best Video for "[[Say You'll Be There]]" and Best Single for "Wannabe" at the [[BRIT Awards]]. [[Geri Halliwell]]'s [[Union Jack dress]] from the girls' live performance hogs the headlines the next day.
*[[February 26]] – The [[39th Annual Grammy Awards]] are presented in [[New York City|New York]], hosted by [[Ellen DeGeneres]]. [[Babyface (musician)|Babyface]] wins the most awards with four, while [[Celine Dion]]'s ''[[Falling into You]]'' wins [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] and [[Eric Clapton]]'s "[[Change the World]]" wins both [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]. [[LeAnn Rimes]] wins [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]]. 
*[[February 28]] – [[Death Row Records]] co-founder [[Suge Knight]] is sentenced to nine years in prison for violating his probation. He would be released in August 2001.

===March===
*[[March 1]]
**Pianist [[David Helfgott]] performs at the [[Symphony Hall, Boston|Boston Symphony Hall]], in Boston, USA, during his world tour. [[The Boston Globe]] describes his performance as "without phrasing, form, harmonic understanding, differentiation of style and often basic accuracy; worst of all, it was without emotional content".
**The jam band [[Phish]] records "[[Slip Stitch and Pass]]" live at Markthalle, [[Hamburg]], Germany.
*[[March 9]]
**[[The Notorious B.I.G.]] is shot dead while sitting in the passenger seat of a car after a post [[Soul Train Music Awards|Soul Train Awards]] party in Los Angeles, CA.
**The [[Spice Girls]] become the first act in the history of the [[UK singles chart|UK Top 40]] singles charts to have four consecutive number one hits with "[[Mama (Spice Girls song)|Mama"]]/[[Who Do You Think You Are (Spice Girls song)|"Who Do You Think You Are"]]. Profits from the single go to [[Comic Relief]] and provide the biggest individual contribution of 1997.
*[[March 10]] – A [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] concert in [[Columbia, South Carolina]] is canceled in response to pressure from religious and civic groups.
*[[March 11]] – [[Paul McCartney]] is knighted by [[Elizabeth II]].
*[[March 17]] – [[Whirlwind Heat]] play their first show.
*[[March 19]]–20 – The reunited [[The Monkees]] perform two sold-out concerts at [[Wembley Arena]] in London, UK.
*[[March 30]] – The [[Spice Girls]] launch Britain's new television channel, [[5 (British TV channel)|Channel 5]].

===April===
*[[April 2]] – [[Joni Mitchell]] is reunited with her daughter, Kilauren Gibb, whom she gave up for adoption 32 years earlier.
*[[April 7]] – [[Wynton Marsalis]] becomes the first jazz artist to win the [[Pulitzer Prize for Music]].
*[[April 10]] – [[Nigel Kennedy]], now calling himself simply ''Kennedy'', returns to the stage at the Royal Festival Hall after a five-year absence from the concert stage resulting from neck surgery.
*[[April 14]] – [[Creed (band)|Creed]] releases their debut studio album ''[[My Own Prison]]''.
*[[April 15]] – [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]] releases "[[MMMBop]]", one of the most successful debut singles of all time, reaching number one in 27 countries.
*[[April 25]]–27 – The first [[Terrastock]] [[music festival|festival]] is held in [[Providence, Rhode Island]], USA.

===May===
*[[May 3]] 
**[[Five (group)|5ive]]'s musical career begins after auditions are held in London, UK to find potential band members, with over 3,000 hopefuls showing up to audition.
**The [[Spice Girls]] attend the [[Cannes Film Festival]] to announce their plans to hit the big screen with ''[[Spice World (film)|Spiceworld: The Movie]]''. A photo call on top of the Hotel Martinez entrance brings the area to a standstill.
**At the 42nd [[Eurovision Song Contest 1997|Eurovision Song Contest]], held in [[Dublin]]'s [[Point Theatre]], the [[United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest|UK]] win with "[[Love Shine a Light]]", sung by [[Katrina and the Waves]].
**[[The Notorious B.I.G.]]'s single "[[Hypnotize (The Notorious B.I.G. song)|Hypnotize]]" is #1 for three weeks.
*[[May 6]] – The [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] induction ceremony is held in Cleveland at the site of the hall itself for the first time. Prior to this year, the ceremony had only been held in New York City.
*[[May 11]] – The [[Spice Girls]] perform their first British live gig for the [[King's Trust|Prince's Trust]] 21st anniversary concert at the [[Manchester Opera House]]. They break royal protocol by kissing the Prince of Wales (now [[Charles III]]) on the cheeks and even pinching his bottom.
*[[May 15]] – The [[Spice Girls]]' album [[Spice (album)|''Spice'']] reaches number one on the US charts, making them the first British act to top the charts with a debut album.
*[[May 20]] - [[Foo Fighters]] release their second studio album [[The Colour and the Shape]].
*[[May 21]] – [[Radiohead]] releases ''[[OK Computer]]''.
*[[May 23]] – [[Brainiac (band)|Brainiac]] frontman Tim Taylor is killed in a car crash at age 29 driving to his Dayton, Ohio home. The band announces they will not continue.
*[[May 24]] – The first [[Ozzfest]] tour kicks off at the [[Nissan Pavilion]] in Washington, D.C., featuring [[Pantera]] and a reconstituted [[Black Sabbath]] with three of the four original members.
*[[May 26]] – [[NSYNC]] releases their debut album ''[[NSYNC (album)|NSYNC]]''.
*[[May 27]] - [[Kirk Franklin]] releases his fourth album (first collaboration album with God’s Property) God’s Property from Kirk Franklin’s Nu Nation which spawned the crossover hit single “Stomp”
*[[May 28]] – Japanese pop singer and songwriter [[Miho Komatsu]] releases her first and debut song entitled ''[[Nazo (song)|Nazo]]''. It is used as an opening soundtrack in popular hit anime ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

===June===
*[[June 14]] – [[Puff Daddy and The Family]]'s "[[I'll Be Missing You]]" single is #1 on the Hot 100 charts for the next 11 weeks, only to be replaced by [[The Notorious B.I.G.]] posthumous single "[[Mo Money Mo Problems]]", also featuring Puff Daddy.
*[[June 24]] – [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]-owned [[Hollywood Records]] drops [[Insane Clown Posse]] from their roster and pulls the album ''[[The Great Milenko]]'' after only six hours of release, in an attempt to placate the [[Southern Baptist Convention|Southern Baptist Church]] who were threatening to boycott the company for straying from its family-friendly image. The controversy generates tremendous publicity for the band, who soon sign with [[Island Records]].<ref name="RS #767">{{cite magazine |last1=Boehlert |first1=Eric |date=August 21, 1997 |title=Culture Skirmishes |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. |issue=767 |pages=29–32 }}</ref>
*[[June 29]] – [[Missy Elliott]] releases the single "[[The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)]]" from her debut album ''[[Supa Dupa Fly]]''.

===July–August===
*[[July 1]] – [[Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong]] to China: [[Tan Dun]]'s ''Symphony 1997: Heaven, Earth, Mankind'' for orchestra, biānzhōng bells, children's chorus and solo cello is premièred as part of the official ceremony.
*[[July 5]] – The first [[Lilith Fair]] tour kicks off at [[The Gorge Amphitheatre]] in [[George, Washington]]. [[Sarah McLachlan]], [[Tracy Chapman]] and [[Jewel (singer)|Jewel]] are among the performers.
*[[July 15]]–20 – The second [[Yoyo A Go Go]] punk and indie rock festival opens in [[Olympia, Washington]].
*[[August 3]] – [[The Black Crowes]] perform their last show with [[Johnny Colt]] and [[Marc Ford]].
*[[August 4]] – Nigerian [[afrobeat]] pioneer and dissident pop star [[Fela Kuti|Fela Anikulapo-Kuti]] dies in [[Lagos]], Nigeria, of HIV-related illness.
*[[August 7]] – [[Garth Brooks]] performs to an estimated 800,000 to one million people during a free concert given in [[Central Park]], New York City.
*[[August 11]] – The [[Backstreet Boys]] release their second international album, ''[[Backstreet's Back]]''.
*[[August 12]] – The [[Backstreet Boys]] release their U.S. debut album, [[Backstreet Boys (1997 album)|''Backstreet Boys'']].
*[[August 14]] – [[Godspeed You! Black Emperor]] releases debut album, [[F♯ A♯ ∞]] 
*[[August 16]]–17 – [[Phish]] perform at the two-day music festival, [[The Great Went]], at [[Loring Air Force Base]] in [[Limestone, Maine]], US. They play 500 minutes of music, six sets and two encores. There is an estimated attendance of between 65,000 and 70,000, and it is the top-grossing concert of the season, making over $4,000,000 in box office receipts.
*[[August 19]] – The reunited [[Fleetwood Mac]] begin a concert tour in the United States.
*[[August 30]] – "[[Mo Money Mo Problems]]" reaches #1 on the Hot 100 singles chart, making [[Notorious B.I.G.]] the first artist to achieve two posthumous #1 singles.

===September–October===
*[[September 6]] – [[Elton John]] performs "[[Candle in the Wind]]" at the funeral of [[Diana, Princess of Wales]]; [[John Tavener]]'s "[[Song for Athene]]" is performed at the same ceremony, with soprano [[Lynne Dawson]] singing the solo part.
*[[September 16]]
**After a tumultuous divorce from her first husband, [[Mariah Carey]] releases the album [[Butterfly (Mariah Carey album)|''Butterfly'']], which moved her sound in a more hip-hop/R&B direction.
**[[Aaliyah]] releases the single "[[Hot Like Fire]]"/"[[The One I Gave My Heart To]]".
*[[September 17]] – [[The KLF]] return for [[23 (numerology)|23 minutes]] with their performance of "[[Fuck the Millennium]]".
*[[September 19]] – While on his way to a [[benefit concert]] in [[Kansas]], USA, [[Rich Mullins]] loses control of his [[Jeep]], flipping the automobile and throwing both Mullins and passenger [[Mitch McVicker]] out onto the road. A tractor-trailer approaching the scene swerves to miss McVicker, striking and killing Mullins instantly. McVicker survives, but suffers major injuries.
*[[September 20]] – U2 plays at [[Reggio Emilia]] during their [[PopMart Tour]] to over 150,000 people.
*[[September 22]] – [[Björk]] releases ''[[Homogenic]]'', moving towards a darker sound and away from her '[[pixie]]' image.<ref name="Homogenic" />
*[[September 23]] – [[U2]] perform a [[1997 U2 concert in Sarajevo|concert in Sarajevo]] during their [[PopMart Tour]].
*[[September 27]] – [[Bob Dylan]] performs for [[Pope John Paul II]] at a Catholic youth event in [[Bologna]], Italy.
*[[September 29]]
**[[The Rolling Stones]] release ''[[Bridges to Babylon]]''.
**[[The Verve]] release ''[[Urban Hymns]]''. In a controversial legal dispute, the majority of their royalties and songwriting credit for their single "[[Bitter Sweet Symphony]]" go to [[The Rolling Stones]].
*[[October 7]] – [[Everclear (band)|Everclear]] release their multi-platinum third album ''[[So Much for the Afterglow]]'', containing "[[Father of Mine]]" and "[[I Will Buy You a New Life]]".
*[[October 13]] – The "[[Prince Igor (single)|Prince Igor]]" single, jointly performed by The Rhapsody, [[Warren G]] and [[Sissel Kyrkjebø]] is released.
*[[October 15]] – [[Michael Jackson]] ends the [[HIStory World Tour]], which included an attendance record of 4,500,000 fans, in [[Durban]], [[South Africa]].
*[[October 22]] – [[Namie Amuro]] shocks her fans when she announces that she has recently married and is three months pregnant. She subsequently begins a one-year hiatus from the music industry.
*[[October 23]] – [[R.E.M.]] drummer [[Bill Berry]] announces his departure from the group.

===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.

===Also in 1997===
*[[Mikael Åkerfeldt]] and [[Peter Lindgren (musician)|Peter Lindgren]] fire [[Johan De Farfalla]] from [[Opeth]]; then [[Anders Nordin]] quits the band. To replace the ex-members, Mike and Pete hire [[Martin Lopez]] and [[Martin Mendez]].
*The companies [[Memorex]], [[Maxell]], and [[TDK Corporation|TDK]] introduce [[CD-R|blank recordable CD]]s.
*The first John Lennon Songwriting Contest is held.
*[[Rob Gommerman]] leaves [[Finger Eleven]] due to extensive touring.
*[[Derrick Green]] replaces [[Max Cavalera]] in [[Sepultura]].
*[[Glenn Ljungström]] and [[Johan Larsson (musician)|Johan Larsson]] leave [[In Flames]].
*[[Big Audio Dynamite]]'s final album ''[[Entering a New Ride]]'', which features [[Ranking Roger]] from [[The Beat (British band)|The Beat]], gets rejected for release by their record label, so is released independently as one of the first ever well known musical downloads, for free on their website.

==Bands formed==
* See [[:Category:Musical groups established in 1997]]

==Bands disbanded==
* See [[:Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1997]]

==Bands reformed==
{{Unreferenced section|date=December 2008}}

*[[As Friends Rust]] (reformed with a new line-up and in a new location after breaking up earlier that year)
*[[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] (reformed after broke up in 1982)
*[[Depeche Mode]] (reformed after being on hiatus since 1995)
*[[Echo & the Bunnymen]] (reformed after being on hiatus since 1992)
*[[Jane's Addiction]] (reformed after broke up in 1991)
*[[Sunny Day Real Estate]] (reformed after being on hiatus since 1995)

==Albums released==
* See: [[:Category:1997 albums]]

===January – March===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="22" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br>A<br>N<br />U<br />A<br />R<br />Y'''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|7
| ''[[Six of Hearts (EP)|Six of Hearts]]'' || [[Kenny G]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Enjoy Incubus]]'' || [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |10
| ''[[The Best and the Rest]]'' || [[Savatage]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Firefly (TNT album)|Firefly]]'' || [[TNT (Norwegian band)|TNT]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|14
| ''[[Justuss]]'' || [[Snow (musician)|Snow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live Stages]]'' || [[Vertical Horizon]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Rhyme & Reason (soundtrack)|Rhyme & Reason]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|20
| ''[[Homework (Daft Punk album)|Homework]]'' || [[Daft Punk]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[Dragon Attack: A Tribute to Queen]]'' || Various Artists || Tribute
|-
| ''[[Vivir (album)|Vivir]]'' || [[Enrique Iglesias]] ||-
|-
| ''Slick Shoes EP'' || [[Slick Shoes]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Soft Effects]]'' || [[Spoon]] || EP
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|23
| ''[[Clumsy (Our Lady Peace album)|Clumsy]]'' || [[Our Lady Peace]] || Canada
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|27
| ''[[Glow (Reef album)|Glow]]'' || [[Reef (band)|Reef]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|28
| ''[[11 Transistor]]'' || [[Lazlo Bane]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Full Sentence]]'' || [[Pigeonhed]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gridlock'd (soundtrack)|Gridlock'd]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy]]'' || [[Pat Boone]] || Covers CD
|-
| ''[[Lie to Me (album)|Lie to Me]]'' || [[Jonny Lang]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Perfect from Now On]]'' || [[Built to Spill]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Uptown Saturday Night (album)|Uptown Saturday Night]]'' || [[Camp Lo]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[Come My Fanatics...]]'' || [[Electric Wizard]] ||<ref name="ra-archive">{{cite web|url=http://www.riseaboverecords.com:80/electricwizard/fanatics.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010306174421/http://www.riseaboverecords.com/electricwizard/fanatics.html |title=Electric Wizard – "Come My Fanatics" |access-date=6 June 2017 |archive-date=March 6, 2001 |publisher=[[Rise Above Records]] |url-status = dead}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="52" style="text-align:center; background:thistle; textcolor:#000;"| '''F<br />E<br />B<br />R<br />U<br />A<br />R<br />Y'''
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|3
| ''[[C'est pour vivre (album)|C'est pour vivre]]'' || [[Celine Dion]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Earthling (David Bowie album)|Earthling]]'' || [[David Bowie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sex Style]]'' || [[Kool Keith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[White on Blonde]]'' || [[Texas (band)|Texas]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|4
| ''[[Bombs & Butterflies]]'' || [[Widespread Panic]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Handsome (Handsome album)|Handsome]]'' || [[Handsome (band)|Handsome]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Ixnay on the Hombre]]'' || [[The Offspring]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Freak Show (album)|Freak Show]]'' || [[Silverchair]] || Sophomore
|-
| ''[[Love Travels]]'' || [[Kathy Mattea]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Old Friends from Young Years]]'' || [[Papa Roach]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Tony Bennett on Holiday]]'' || [[Tony Bennett]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|7
| ''[[SubUrbia (film)|SubUrbia]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[True Believer (Troy Cassar-Daley album)|True Believer]]'' || [[Troy Cassar-Daley]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''[[Blur (Blur album)|Blur]]'' || [[Blur (band)|Blur]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Short Album About Love]]'' || [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="13" style="text-align:center;"|11
| ''[[Baduizm]]'' || [[Erykah Badu]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Beautiful World (Big Head Todd album)|Beautiful World]]'' || [[Big Head Todd and the Monsters]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Brighten the Corners]]'' || [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Built to Last (Sick of It All album)|Built to Last]]'' || [[Sick of It All]] ||-
|-
| ''[[City (Strapping Young Lad album)|City]]'' || [[Strapping Young Lad]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Coal Chamber (album)|Coal Chamber]]'' || [[Coal Chamber]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Dangerous Ground (soundtrack)|Dangerous Ground (Music from the Original Motion Picture)]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Eight Arms to Hold You]]'' || [[Veruca Salt (band)|Veruca Salt]] ||-
|-
| ''I Like It When You Die'' || [[Anal Cunt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Paco... Drop the Chicken]]'' || [[Salmon (band)|Salmon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Show World]]'' || [[Redd Kross]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sweet Homewrecker]]'' || [[Thrush Hermit]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unchained Melody: The Early Years]]'' || [[LeAnn Rimes]] || Recorded 1994–96
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|17
| ''[[Oxygene 7-13]]'' || [[Jean Michel Jarre]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Attack of the Grey Lantern]]'' || [[Mansun]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Live at the Wireless (Ash album)|Live at the Wireless]]'' || [[Ash (band)|Ash]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|18
| ''[[Lost Highway (soundtrack)|Lost Highway]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Payable on Death Live]]'' || [[P.O.D.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Petra Praise 2: We Need Jesus]]'' || [[Petra (band)|Petra]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Secret Samadhi]]'' || [[Live (band)|Live]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Terra Incognita (Chris Whitley album)|Terra Incognita]]'' || [[Chris Whitley]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|24
| ''[[Women in Technology (album)|Women in Technology]]'' || [[White Town]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Orblivion]]'' || [[The Orb]] ||-
|-
| ''[['Til Death Do Us Unite]]'' || [[Sodom (band)|Sodom]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;"|25
| ''[[The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum]]'' || [[L7 (band)|L7]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Becoming X]]'' || [[Sneaker Pimps]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Booty Call (soundtrack)|Booty Call]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Either/Or (album)|Either/Or]]'' || [[Elliott Smith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Goodbye Ellston Avenue]]'' || [[Pinhead Gunpowder]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Marcy Playground (album)|Marcy Playground]]'' || [[Marcy Playground]] ||-
|-
| ''Maximum Abduction'' || [[Hypocrisy (band)|Hypocrisy]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Slush (album)|Slush]]'' || [[OP8]] ||-
|-
| ''[[...Somewhere More Familiar]]'' || [[Sister Hazel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Whiplash (album)|Whiplash]]'' || [[James (band)|James]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[All Wound Up... (album)|All Wound Up...]]'' || [[Godsmack]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Best of Gloria Estefan]]'' || [[Gloria Estefan]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Kingdom of Madness (Edguy album)|Kingdom of Madness]]'' || [[Edguy]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="83" style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98; textcolor:#000;"|'''M<br />A<br />R<br />C<br />H'''
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|3
| ''[[10 (Wet Wet Wet album)|10]]'' || [[Wet Wet Wet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Boatman's Call]]'' || [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Electro Glide in Blue]]'' || [[Apollo 440]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pop (U2 album)|Pop]]'' || [[U2]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|4
| ''[[Dan Bern (album)|Dan Bern]]'' || [[Dan Bern]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Darkside (Necrophobic album)|Darkside]]'' || [[Necrophobic]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Goldfly (album)|Goldfly]]'' || [[Guster]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Healing Game]]'' || [[Van Morrison]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Soul Assassins, Chapter I]]'' || [[Soul Assassins]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|7
| ''[[From the Gecko]]'' || [[The Slip (band)|The Slip]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''[[Extinct Instinct]]'' || [[Threshold (band)|Threshold]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Still Waters (Bee Gees album)|Still Waters]]'' || [[Bee Gees]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="16" style="text-align:center;"|11
| ''[[Before You Were Punk]]'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[City of Industry (film)|City of Industry Soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World]]'' || [[Chet Atkins]] and [[Tommy Emmanuel]] || Collaboration between American guitarist Chet Atkins and Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel
|-
| ''[[Disciplined Breakdown]]'' || [[Collective Soul]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dutch Harbor – Where the Sea Breaks Its Back]]'' || [[Boxhead Ensemble]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Fake Can Be Just as Good]]'' || [[Blonde Redhead]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Human (Christine Glass album)|Human]]'' || [[Christine Glass]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Let's Face It]]'' || [[The Mighty Mighty Bosstones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Like Swimming]]'' || [[Morphine (band)|Morphine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live at Hammersmith '79]]'' || [[Ted Nugent]] || Live 1979
|-
| ''[[Lula Divinia]]'' || [[Shiner (band)|Shiner]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Message for Albert]]'' || [[Five for Fighting]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Touch (1997 film)|Music from the Motion Picture Touch]]'' || [[Dave Grohl]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Rapture (Bradley Joseph album)|Rapture]]'' || [[Bradley Joseph]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Untouchable (Scarface album)|The Untouchable]]'' || [[Scarface (rapper)|Scarface]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Violent Demise: The Last Days]]'' || [[Body Count (band)|Body Count]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|17
| ''[[The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified]]'' || [[The Dismemberment Plan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Future of War]]'' || [[Atari Teenage Riot]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;"|18
| ''[[Aftertaste (album)|Aftertaste]]'' || [[Helmet (band)|Helmet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Euphoria (Leftover Salmon album)|Euphoria]]'' || [[Leftover Salmon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Grosse Point Blank|Grosse Point Blank (Original Soundtrack)]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Happy Town (album)|Happy Town]]'' || [[Jill Sobule]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Made in America (EP)|Made in America]]'' || [[Aerosmith]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Nine Lives (Aerosmith album)|Nine Lives]]'' || [[Aerosmith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Selena (soundtrack)|Selena]]'' || [[Selena]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Songs in the Key of Springfield]]'' || [[The Simpsons]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stealing Second]]'' || [[Chris Thile]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Whatever and Ever Amen]]'' || [[Ben Folds Five]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|20
| ''[[Blizzard Beasts]]'' || [[Immortal (band)|Immortal]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[In This Room]]'' || [[The Third and the Mortal|The 3rd and the Mortal]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|23
| ''[[Sóknardalr]]'' || [[Windir]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|24
| ''[[Aquí]]'' || [[Julieta Venegas]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 36'' (UK series) || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Saturday Teenage Kick]]'' || [[Tom Holkenborg|Junkie XL]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Skyscraping]]'' || [[ABC (band)|ABC]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Solid (U.D.O. album)|Solid]]'' || [[U.D.O.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Some Things Never Change]]'' || [[Supertramp]] ||-
|-
| ''[[White Trash Hell]]'' || [[Everclear (band)|Everclear]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="24" style="text-align:center;"|25
| ''[[Blue Sky on Mars]]'' || [[Matthew Sweet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Buffalo Club (album)|The Buffalo Club]]'' || [[The Buffalo Club]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Carnival of Chaos]]'' || [[GWAR]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Chocolate Supa Highway]]'' || [[Michael Franti|Spearhead]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Come In and Burn]]'' || [[Rollins Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dust Bunnies (album)|Dust Bunnies]]'' || [[Bettie Serveert]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Everything I Touch Runs Wild]]'' || [[Lori Carson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Everything You Want (Ray J album)|Everything You Want]]'' || [[Ray J]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Hand It Over]]'' || [[Dinosaur Jr.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hear in the Now Frontier]]'' || [[Queensrÿche]] ||-
|-
| ''Homework'' || Daft Punk || US
|-
| ''[[Life After Death]]'' || [[The Notorious B.I.G.]] || Sophomore
|-
| ''[[Livin' or Dyin']]'' || [[Jack Ingram]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mingus Plays Piano]]'' || [[Charles Mingus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The More Things Change...]]'' || [[Machine Head (band)|Machine Head]] || Sophomore
|-
| ''[[Must've Been High]]'' || [[The Supersuckers|Supersuckers]] ||-
|-
| ''Natty Dread'' || [[Charlie Hunter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nowhere (1997 film)|Nowhere: Music from the Gregg Araki Movie]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[One More Time (Real McCoy album)|One More Time]]'' || [[Real McCoy (band)|Real McCoy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[R&B Transmogrification]]'' || [[Quasi (band)|Quasi]] ||-
|-
| ''[[So Long So Wrong]]'' || [[Alison Krauss]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Take a Look Over Your Shoulder]]'' || [[Warren G]] ||-
|-
| ''[[That Old Feeling (film)|That Old Feeling (Music from the Motion Picture)]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Then: The Earlier Years]]'' || [[They Might Be Giants]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|26
| ''[[Aquarium (Aqua album)|Aquarium]]'' || [[Aqua (band)|Aqua]] || Denmark
|-
| ''[[The Fawn (album)|The Fawn]]'' || [[The Sea and Cake]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Restless Heart (Whitesnake album)|Restless Heart]]'' || [[Whitesnake]] || Japan
|-
| ''[[Wild & Mild]]'' || [[Tokio (band)|Tokio]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|27
| ''Kolme'' || [[Apulanta]] || Finland
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|31
| ''[[Cowboy (album)|Cowboy]]'' || [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[Wild Orchid (album)|Wild Orchid]]'' || [[Wild Orchid (band)|Wild Orchid]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Space Avenue]]'' || [[Waltari]] || Finland
|-
| ''[[Blue Roses from the Moons]]'' || [[Nanci Griffith]] ||-
|-
|}

===April – June===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="97" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;" | '''A<br/>P<br/>R<br/>I<br/>L'''
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|1
| ''[[The Dillinger Escape Plan (EP)|The Dillinger Escape Plan]]'' || [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]] || EP
|-
| ''Midget Tossing'' || [[Yellowcard]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Sisters of Avalon]]'' || [[Cyndi Lauper]] || Worldwide; released in Japan in '96
|-
| ''[[Songs: Ohia (album)|Songs: Ohia]]'' || [[Jason Molina|Songs: Ohia]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Splinter Shards the Birth of Separation]]'' || [[Zao (American band)|Zao]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tripping the Light Fantastic (album)|Tripping the Light Fantastic]]'' || [[Lit (band)|Lit]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|2
| ''[[A Triumph for Man]]'' || [[Mew (band)|Mew]] ||-
|-
| ''Clumsy'' || Our Lady Peace || US
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|4
| ''[[Christie Front Drive (album)|Christie Front Drive]]'' || [[Christie Front Drive]] ||-
|-
| ''[[En el Jardín del Corazón]]'' || [[Gandhi (Costa Rican band)|Gandhi]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Phantom Lodge]]'' || [[Diabolical Masquerade]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|7
| ''[[Barafundle]]'' || [[Gorky's Zygotic Mynci]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dig Your Own Hole]]'' || [[The Chemical Brothers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Eld (album)|Eld]]'' || [[Enslaved (band)|Enslaved]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Enter (Within Temptation album)|Enter]]'' || [[Within Temptation]] ||-
|-
| ''[[How You Luv That]]'' || [[Big Tymers]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" style="text-align:center;"|8
| ''[[12 Picks]]'' || [[Ace Frehley]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Broadway & 52nd]]'' || [[Us3]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dig Me Out]]'' || [[Sleater-Kinney]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Retreat from the Sun]]'' || [[That Dog]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Flesh & Bone (Richard Marx album)|Flesh And Bone]]'' || [[Richard Marx]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Have I Offended Someone?]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] || Compilation
|-
|  ''[[Future Road]]'' || [[The Seekers]] || Australia. Their first studio album since 1968
|-
| ''[[The Messenger (Kurt Elling album)|The Messenger]]'' || [[Kurt Elling]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rock Collection]]'' || [[Pond (American band)|Pond]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Third Eye Blind (album)|Third Eye Blind]]'' || [[Third Eye Blind]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Whole (EP)|Whole]]'' || [[Pedro the Lion]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|9
| ''[[A Toda Cuba le Gusta]]'' || [[Afro-Cuban All Stars]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Everlasting (Every Little Thing album)|Everlasting]]'' || [[Every Little Thing (band)|Every Little Thing]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Strange Engine]]'' || [[Marillion]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|11
| ''[[Stardust We Are]]'' || [[The Flower Kings]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|12
| ''Affluenza'' || [[Count Zero (band)|Count Zero]] ||-
|-
| ''[[:hr:Ljubavi moja jedina|Ljubavi Moja Jedina]]'' || [[Maja Blagdan]] || Croatia
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|14
| ''[[Mother Nature Calls]]'' || [[Cast (band)|Cast]] ||-
|-
| ''[[My Own Prison]]'' || [[Creed (band)|Creed]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Ultra (Depeche Mode album)|Ultra]]'' || [[Depeche Mode]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="24" style="text-align:center;"|15
| ''[[Adriana Evans (album)|Adriana Evans]]'' || [[Adriana Evans]] ||-
|-
| ''[[All Star United (album)|All Star United]]'' || [[All Star United]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery|Austin Powers (Original Soundtrack)]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Blue Pony]]'' || [[Julie Miller]] ||-
|-
| ''Blues for the Lost Days'' || [[John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers]] ||-
|-
| ''Burnin' Daylight'' || [[Burnin' Daylight]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dominion (Kamelot album)|Dominion]]'' || [[Kamelot]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Elegantly Wasted]]'' || [[INXS]] || Final album with [[Michael Hutchence]] on lead vocals
|-
| ''[[Free Mars]]'' || [[Lusk (band)|Lusk]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Glee (Bran Van 3000 album)|Glee]]'' || [[Bran Van 3000]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[In the Mirror (album)|In the Mirror]]'' || [[Yanni]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Rome (Rome album)|Rome]]'' || [[Rome (R&B singer)|Rome]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Romy and Michele's High School Reunion|Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (Original Soundtrack)]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Savage Garden (Savage Garden album)|Savage Garden]]'' || [[Savage Garden]] || US, Debut
|-
| ''[[Secret Robot Control]]'' || [[Baboon (band)|Baboon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sevendust (album)|Sevendust]]'' || [[Sevendust]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Shadowlife]]'' || [[Dokken]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Six Days on the Road (album)|Six Days on the Road]]'' || [[Sawyer Brown]] ||-
|-
| ''[[That's Them]]'' || [[Artifacts (group)|Artifacts]] ||-
|-
| ''[[TMOTD]]'' || [[Scar Tissue (band)|Scar Tissue]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Twenty-Eight Teeth]]'' || [[Buck-O-Nine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[White Stones]]'' || [[Secret Garden (duo)|Secret Garden]] ||-
|-
| ''[[You and I (Teddy Pendergrass album)|You and I]]'' || [[Teddy Pendergrass]] ||-
|-
| ''[[You Betta' Move Somethin'!]]'' || [[Huck-A-Bucks]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|16
| ''[[Travma]]'' || [[Anna Vissi]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|17
| ''[[Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996–1997)]]'' || [[Mogwai]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |18
| ''[[Anclado En Mi Corazón]]'' || [[Anahí]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lifter Puller (album)|Lifter Puller]]'' || [[Lifter Puller]] ||-
|-
| ''Spoonful - Tales Begin to Spin'' || [[Will Hoge]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|20
| ''[[For Monkeys]]'' || [[Millencolin]] || Sweden
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |21
| ''[[Ashtrayhead (album)|Ashtrayhead]]'' || Ashtrayhead ||-
|-
| ''[[In It for the Money]]'' || [[Supergrass]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Mind's I (album)|The Mind's I]]'' || [[Dark Tranquillity]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tellin' Stories]]'' || [[The Charlatans (English band)|The Charlatans]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="13" style="text-align:center;"|22
| ''[[Back from the Dead (Obituary album)|Back from the Dead]]'' || [[Obituary (band)|Obituary]] ||-
|-
| ''Bekka & Billy'' || [[Bekka & Billy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Carrying Your Love with Me]]'' || [[George Strait]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Full Circle (Pennywise album)|Full Circle]]'' || [[Pennywise (band)|Pennywise]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One]]'' || [[Yo La Tengo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Living in Clip]]'' || [[Ani DiFranco]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Monsoon (Caroline's Spine album)|Monsoon]]'' || [[Caroline's Spine]] ||- 
|-
| ''[[A Pleasant Shade of Gray]]'' || [[Fates Warning]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Share My World]]'' || [[Mary J. Blige]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Silencio=Muerte: Red Hot + Latin]]'' || Various Artists || [[Red Hot Organization|Red Hot Benefit]] series
|-
| ''[[Sound of Lies]]'' || [[The Jayhawks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tu-Plang]]'' || [[Regurgitator]] || United States
|-
| ''[[Waterbed Hev]]'' || [[Heavy D]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|27
| ''[[Through Times of War]]'' || [[Keep of Kalessin]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|28
| ''[[Blackrock (film)|Blackrock (Original Soundtrack)]]'' || Various Artists || Australia, Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Visions (Stratovarius album)|Visions]]'' || [[Stratovarius]] ||-
|-
| ''It's Me God'' || [[Breach (band)|Breach]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|29
| ''[[Anywhere but Here (The Ataris album)|Anywhere But Here]]'' || [[The Ataris]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cheap Trick (1997 album)|Cheap Trick]]'' || [[Cheap Trick]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kill Fuck Die]]'' || [[W.A.S.P. (band)|W.A.S.P.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Picnic (album)|Picnic]]'' || [[Robert Earl Keen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Port of Mystery]]'' || [[Yanni]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Shaming of the Sun]]'' || [[Indigo Girls]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tammy Graham (album)|Tammy Graham]]'' || [[Tammy Graham]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Twenty (Lynyrd Skynyrd album)|Twenty]]'' || [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|30
| ''[[UnMerry Melodies]]'' || [[Bigwig (band)|Bigwig]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[One More Megabyte]]'' || [[The Toy Dolls]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="55" style="text-align:center; background:thistle; textcolor:#000;"| '''M<br />A<br />Y'''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |1
| ''[[Ed Mort]]'' || [[Arrigo Barnabé]] || Brazil, Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[:pl:Juicy Planet Earth|Juicy Planet Earth]]'' || [[:pl:Flapjack (zespół muzyczny)|Flapjack]] || Poland
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |5
| ''[[Baile de Los Locos]]'' || [[Voodoo Glow Skulls]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Flaming Pie]]'' || [[Paul McCartney]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Honky (album)|Honky]]'' || [[Melvins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sweet Potato Pie (album)|Sweet Potato Pie]]'' || [[Robert Cray]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|6
| ''[[Allure (album)|Allure]]'' || [[Allure (group)|Allure]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blurring the Edges]]'' || [[Meredith Brooks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Middle of Nowhere (Hanson album)|Middle of Nowhere]]'' || [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Retrospective I]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Return to Paradise (Styx album)|Return to Paradise]]'' || [[Styx (band)|Styx]] || Live
|-
| ''[[What My Heart Already Knows]]'' || [[Julian Austin (musician)|Julian Austin]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|12
| ''[[Halim (album)|Halim]]'' || [[Natacha Atlas]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Roofers (album)|Roofers]]'' || [[Breaks Co-Op]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|13
| ''[[American Psycho (album)|American Psycho]]'' || [[Misfits (band)|Misfits]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Butterfly Kisses (Shades of Grace)]]'' || [[Bob Carlisle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Fruit That Ate Itself]]'' || [[Modest Mouse]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Get Some (album)|Get Some]]'' || [[Snot (band)|Snot]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[I'm Bout It (soundtrack)|I'm Bout It]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Lee Ann Womack (album)|Lee Ann Womack]]'' || [[Lee Ann Womack]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Pure Chewing Satisfaction]]'' || [[Lard (band)|Lard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Quality Soft Core]]'' || [[Mad Caddies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Terror & Magnificence]]'' || [[Elvis Costello]] and [[John Harle]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|15
| ''Liquid White Light''<ref name="AllMusic: Liquid White Light - Poi Dog Pondering">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/liquid-white-light-mw0000588276|work=[[AllMusic]]|title=Liquid White Light - Poi Dog Pondering}}</ref> || [[Poi Dog Pondering]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|19
| ''[[Polythene (album)|Polythene]]'' || [[Feeder (band)|Feeder]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dark Fields (album)|Dark Fields]]'' || [[Show of Hands]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="20" style="text-align:center;"|20
| ''[[Blessid Union of Souls (album)|Blessid Union of Souls]]'' || [[Blessid Union of Souls]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix]]'' || [[Michael Jackson]] || Remix/New
|-
| ''[[Blue Moon Swamp]]'' || [[John Fogerty]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blues Brothers & Friends: Live from House of Blues]]'' || [[The Blues Brothers]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Bruiser Queen]]'' || [[Cake Like]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Coil (album)|Coil]]'' || [[Toad the Wet Sprocket]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Colour and the Shape]]'' || [[Foo Fighters]] ||-
|-
| ''For Monkeys'' || Millencolin || US
|-
| ''[[Happy Birthday to Me (album)|Happy Birthday to Me]]'' || [[The Muffs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hourglass (James Taylor album)|Hourglass]]'' || [[James Taylor]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Got Next]]'' || [[KRS-One]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mag Earwhig!]]'' || [[Guided by Voices]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Marching to Mars]]'' || [[Sammy Hagar]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Play (Great Big Sea album)|Play]]'' || [[Great Big Sea]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Red Apple Falls]]'' || [[Bill Callahan (musician)|Smog]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Remanufacture – Cloning Technology]]'' || [[Fear Factory]] || Remix
|-
| ''[[Something to Remember Me By]]'' || [[Ben Lee]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Standing in My Shoes]]'' || [[Leo Kottke]] ||-
|-
| ''[[You're the Inspiration: A Collection]]'' || [[Peter Cetera]] || Compilation
|-
| ''Zuckerbaby'' || [[Zuckerbaby]] || Canada, Debut
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[OK Computer]]'' || [[Radiohead]] || Japan; UK release date 16 June
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|26
| ''[[Direction Reaction Creation]]'' || [[The Jam]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[NSYNC (album)|NSYNC]]'' || [[NSYNC]] || Germany
|-
| ''[[Tumuli Shroomaroom]]'' || [[Acrimony (band)|Acrimony]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|27
| ''[[Across America (album)|Across America]]'' || [[Art Garfunkel]] || Live
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|30
| ''[[Enthrone Darkness Triumphant]]'' || [[Dimmu Borgir]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |?
| ''[[Curious Corn]]'' || [[Ozric Tentacles]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Karma Cleansing]]'' || [[Harem Scarem]] ||-
|-
| ''The Stereo Bus'' || [[The Stereo Bus]] || New Zealand, Debut
|-
| rowspan="102" style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98; textcolor:#000;" |'''J<br />U<br />N<br />E'''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|2
| ''[[Dark Days in Paradise]]'' || [[Gary Moore]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Timeless (Sarah Brightman album)|Timeless]]'' || [[Sarah Brightman]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="22" style="text-align:center;"|3
| ''[[Accident of Birth (album)|Accident of Birth]]'' || [[Bruce Dickinson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Album of the Year (Faith No More album)|Album of the Year]]'' || [[Faith No More]] ||-
|-
| ''Big Notebook For Easy Piano'' || [[Fluid Ounces (band)|Fluid Ounces]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Blood Rooted]]'' || [[Sepultura]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Creature (Moist album)|Creature]]'' || [[Moist (band)|Moist]] || Album
|-
| ''[[Days of the New (1997 album)|Days of the New]]'' || [[Days of the New]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Fun and Games (The Huntingtons album)|Fun and Games]]'' || [[The Huntingtons]] ||-
|-
| ''[[G3: Live in Concert]]'' || [[Joe Satriani]], [[Steve Vai]] and [[Eric Johnson (guitarist, born 1954)|Eric Johnson]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Gospel Oak (EP)|Gospel Oak]]'' || [[Sinéad O'Connor]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Boston album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Boston (band)|Boston]] || Compilation +3 new tracks
|-
| ''[[Innamorata (album)|Innamorata]]'' || [[Pat Benatar]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Inside the Torn Apart]]'' || [[Napalm Death]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jet (album)|Jet]]'' || [[Katell Keineg]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Junction Seven]]'' || [[Steve Winwood]] ||-
|-
| ''One for the Road'' || [[Kevin Fowler]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Prime Cuts (Suicidal Tendencies album)|Prime Cuts]]'' || [[Suicidal Tendencies]] || Compilation
|-
| ''Resigned'' || [[Michael Penn]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Retrospective II]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[RockCrown]]'' || [[Seven Mary Three]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Songs from a Parent to a Child]]'' || [[Art Garfunkel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Under These Rocks and Stones]]'' || [[Chantal Kreviazuk]] || US
|-
| ''[[Wu-Tang Forever]]'' || [[Wu-Tang Clan]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|4
| ''Clodhopper'' || [[Glueleg]] || Canada
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|6
| ''[[Days of Purgatory]]'' || [[Iced Earth]] || Remix
|-
| ''[[Nighttime Birds]]'' || [[The Gathering (band)|The Gathering]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Portable Model Of]]...'' || [[Joan of Arc (band)|Joan of Arc]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|9
| ''[[Music for Pleasure (Monaco album)|Music for Pleasure]]'' || [[Monaco (band)|Monaco]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''[[1212 (Barbara Manning album)|1212]]'' || [[Barbara Manning]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Batman & Robin (soundtrack)|Batman & Robin]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[A Crime for All Seasons]]'' || [[My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dream with the Fishes|Dream with the Fishes Soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Drag (k.d. lang album)|Drag]]'' || [[k.d. lang]] || Covers album
|-
| ''[[Full Force Galesburg]]'' || [[The Mountain Goats]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pushing the Salmanilla Envelope]]'' || [[Jimmie's Chicken Shack]] ||-
|-
| ''[[SYR1: Anagrama]]'' || [[Sonic Youth]] || EP
|-
| ''Vibrolush''<ref>https://open.spotify.com/album/56EvbtorUZyNXmZDIFm7mP</ref> || Vibrolush || Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|16
| ''[[Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space]]'' || [[Spiritualized]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Destination Anywhere (Jon Bon Jovi album)|Destination Anywhere]]'' || [[Jon Bon Jovi]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="28" style="text-align:center;" |17
| ''Body Language'' || [[Jonathan Cain]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Con Air]]'' || [[Mark Mancina]] and [[Trevor Rabin]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Crazy Nights (Lonestar album)|Crazy Nights]]'' || [[Lonestar]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cryptic Writings]]'' || [[Megadeth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Declaration of Conformity (Wellwater Conspiracy album)|Declaration of Conformity]]'' || [[Wellwater Conspiracy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Devil You Know (Econoline Crush album)|The Devil You Know]]'' || [[Econoline Crush]] || Canada
|-
| ''[[Do It Yourself (The Seahorses album)|Do It Yourself]]'' || [[The Seahorses]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dude Ranch (album)|Dude Ranch]]'' || [[Blink-182]] ||-
|-
| ''[[EV3]]'' || [[En Vogue]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Feelings (David Byrne album)|Feelings]]'' || [[David Byrne]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ghostyhead]]'' || [[Rickie Lee Jones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Legend of Chin]]'' || [[Switchfoot]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Love Always]]'' || [[K-Ci & JoJo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love Among the Ruins (album)|Love Among the Ruins]]'' || [[10,000 Maniacs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love, Peace & Nappiness]]'' || [[Lost Boyz]] ||-
|-
| ''[[My Best Friend's Wedding|My Best Friend's Wedding (Music from the Motion Picture)]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Now (Paul Rodgers album)|Now]]'' || [[Paul Rodgers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Now Playing (Chopper One album)|Now Playing]]'' || [[Chopper One (band)|Chopper One]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Other Songs (album)|Other Songs]]'' || [[Ron Sexsmith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Psycho's Path]]'' || [[John Lydon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pure Juice]]'' || [[Summercamp]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Resolution (38 Special album)|Resolution]]'' || [[38 Special (band)|38 Special]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Too Far to Care]]'' || [[Old 97's]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Very Best of 10cc]]'' || [[10cc]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The War Report]]'' || [[Capone-N-Noreaga]] ||-
|-
| ''[[We've Been Had Again]]'' || [[Huffamoose]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Will to Live]]'' || [[Ben Harper]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Year of the Horse]]'' || [[Neil Young]] & [[Crazy Horse (band)|Crazy Horse]] || Live
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[Happy End of the World]]'' || [[Pizzicato Five]] || Japan
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|23
| ''[[Heavy Soul (Paul Weller album)|Heavy Soul]]'' || [[Paul Weller (singer)|Paul Weller]] ||-
|-
| ''[[New Forms]]'' || [[Roni Size & Reprazent]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="22" style="text-align:center;" |24
| ''[[Demonic (album)|Demonic]]'' || [[Testament (band)|Testament]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Adrenaline Rush (album)|Adrenaline Rush]]'' || [[Twista]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Candy Toy Guns and Television]]'' || [[20 Dead Flower Children]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival|The Carnival]]'' || [[Wyclef Jean]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Curtains (Tindersticks album)|Curtains]]'' || [[Tindersticks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Floored]]'' || [[Sugar Ray]] ||-
|-
| ''Flying Away'' || [[Smoke City]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Fly Stereophonic]]'' || [[Lida Husik]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Generation Swine]]'' || [[Mötley Crüe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Glory to the Brave]]'' || [[HammerFall]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Great Milenko]]'' || [[Insane Clown Posse]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hipnosis (Shootyz Groove album)|Hipnosis]]'' || [[Shootyz Groove]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Interiors (Brad album)|Interiors]]'' || [[Brad (band)|Brad]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Let Me Play With Your Poodle (album)|Let Me Play With Your Poodle]]'' || [[Marcia Ball]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Misguided Roses]]'' || [[Edwin McCain]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Mollusk]]'' || [[Ween]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Morningrise]]'' || [[Opeth]] || US
|-
| ''[[Operation: Get Down]]'' || [[Craig Mack]] || Sophomore
|-
| ''[[Pristine Smut]]'' || [[The Murmurs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rusty (Slick Shoes album)|Rusty]]'' || [[Slick Shoes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Some Other Sucker's Parade]]'' || [[Del Amitri]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stuff (Holly McNarland album)|Stuff]]'' || [[Holly McNarland]] || Canada, Debut
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|30
| ''[[The Fat of the Land]]'' || [[The Prodigy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Guns in the Ghetto]]'' || [[UB40]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Iron Savior (album)|Iron Savior]]'' || [[Iron Savior]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lunatic Harness]]'' || [[μ-Ziq]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Spiritech]]'' || [[Alchemist (band)|Alchemist]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[It's My Life – The Album]]'' || [[Sash!]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Two Feet Stand]]'' || [[Gardenian]] ||-
|-
|}

===July – September===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="65" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;" | '''J<br>U<br>L<br />Y'''
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|1
| ''[[The A Files]]'' || [[Sham 69]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Keep Your Receipt]]'' || [[Reel Big Fish]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Love Is a Dog from Hell]]'' || [[Maggie Estep]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Men in Black: The Album]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Straight On till Morning (album)|Straight on Till Morning]]'' || [[Blues Traveler]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Three Dollar Bill, Yall]]'' || [[Limp Bizkit]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Zoot Suit Riot (album)|Zoot Suit Riot]]'' || [[Cherry Poppin' Daddies]] || Compilation
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| ''Equalizeher'' || [[Baby Vox]] || South Korea, Debut
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|4
| ''[[The Collection 1982–1988]]'' || [[Celine Dion]] || EU Compilation
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |7
| ''[[Boys on the Docks]]'' || [[Dropkick Murphys]] || EP
|-
| ''[[The Drop (album)|The Drop]]'' || [[Brian Eno]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ghetto Machine]]'' || [[Loudness (band)|Loudness]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Thylacine (album)|Thylacine]]'' || [[Monique Brumby]] || Australia, Debut
|-
| ''[[Vanishing Point (Primal Scream album)|Vanishing Point]]'' || [[Primal Scream]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|8
| ''[[Another Lesson in Violence]]'' || [[Exodus (band)|Exodus]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk]]'' || [[Emperor (Norwegian band)|Emperor]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bound, Gagged and Blindfolded]]'' || [[Skinlab]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Brown Album]]'' || [[Primus (band)|Primus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fush Yu Mang]]'' || [[Smash Mouth]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[The Uneventful Vacation]]'' || [[Commander Venus]] ||-
|-
| ''Via Satellite'' || [[Super Deluxe (band)|Super Deluxe]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|11
| ''Progressive Attack 6'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|14
| ''[[Drive (Bic Runga album)|Drive]]'' || [[Bic Runga]] || New Zealand
|-
| ''[[Evergreen (Echo & the Bunnymen album)|Evergreen]]'' || [[Echo & the Bunnymen]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 37'' (UK series) || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[One Second (Paradise Lost album)|One Second]]'' || [[Paradise Lost (band)|Paradise Lost]] ||-  
|-
| rowspan="11" style="text-align:center;"|15
| ''[[...The Dandy Warhols Come Down]]'' || [[The Dandy Warhols]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Deadly Sting|Deadly Sting: The Mercury Years]]'' || [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] || Compilation + 2 new tracks (US version)
|-
| ''[[End of the Summer]]'' || [[Dar Williams]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Home Grown (Blue Mountain album)|Home Grown]]'' || [[Blue Mountain (band)|Blue Mountain]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Will Stand]]'' || [[Kenny Chesney]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Metropolis (Sister Machine Gun album)|Metropolis]]'' || [[Sister Machine Gun]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Musical Monkey]]'' || [[Guttermouth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Supa Dupa Fly]]'' || [[Missy Elliott|Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Surfacing (album)|Surfacing]]'' || [[Sarah McLachlan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tremolo (album)|Tremolo]]'' || [[Blue Rodeo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Under the Covers (Dwight Yoakam album)|Under the Covers]]'' || [[Dwight Yoakam]] || Covers album
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[Ocean Machine: Biomech]]'' || [[Devin Townsend]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |22
| ''[[Breed (Lauren Christy album)|Breed]]'' || [[Lauren Christy]] ||-
|-
| ''Elemental Soul'' || [[Marlena Shaw]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Way Out (Puff Daddy album)|No Way Out]]'' || [[Sean Combs|Puff Daddy and the Bad Boy Family]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Outcast (Kreator album)|Outcast]]'' || [[Kreator]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Funcrusher Plus]]'' || [[Company Flow]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|24
| ''[[Concentration 20]]'' || [[Namie Amuro]] ||Studio album
|-
| rowspan="20" style="text-align:center;"|29
| ''[[Adam and Eve (Catherine Wheel album)|Adam and Eve]]'' || [[Catherine Wheel (band)|Catherine Wheel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[All That I Am (Joe album)|All That I Am]]'' || [[Joe (singer)|Joe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Angry Fist]]'' || [[Hi-Standard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Art of War (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony album)|The Art of War]]'' || [[Bone Thugs-n-Harmony]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dispepsi]]'' || [[Negativland]] ||-
|-
| ''[[98 Degrees (album)|98 Degrees]]'' || [[98 Degrees]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[A Fistful of Alice]]'' || [[Alice Cooper]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Give 'Em the Boot (album)|Give 'Em the Boot]]'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Last Time I Committed Suicide]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Nothin' but the Taillights]]'' || [[Clint Black]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Official Live: 101 Proof]]'' || [[Pantera]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Pup Tent]]'' || [[Luna (1990s American band)|Luna]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shrinking the Blob]]'' || [[Oleander (band)|Oleander]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Size 14 (album)|Size 14]]'' || [[Size 14]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Songs from Northern Britain]]'' || [[Teenage Fanclub]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spawn: The Album]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Star Maps (film)|Star Maps (Original Soundtrack)]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Strangers Almanac]]'' || [[Whiskeytown]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Virginian (album)|The Virginian]]'' || [[Neko Case]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?]]'' || [[Harvey Danger]] ||-
|-
|style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[Fabulosos Calavera]]'' || [[Los Fabulosos Cadillacs]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="63" style="text-align:center; background:thistle; textcolor:#000;"| '''A<br />U<br />G<br />U<br />S<br />T'''
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|5
| ''Chance and Circumstance'' || [[Neal Coty]] ||-
|-
| ''[[How to Be a Player (soundtrack)|How to be a Player]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Overcast! (album)|Overcast!]]'' || [[Atmosphere (music group)|Atmosphere]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars]]'' || [[Killarmy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Buster's Spanish Rocketship]]'' || [[Buster Poindexter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Transistor (311 album)|Transistor]]'' || [[311 (band)|311]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|6
| ''[[Irāvatī]]'' || [[Megumi Hayashibara]] || Japan
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|11
| ''[[Maladjusted]]'' || [[Morrissey]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Backstreet's Back]]'' || [[Backstreet Boys]] || Not released in US
|-
| rowspan="11" style="text-align:center;"|12
| ''[[Backstreet Boys (1997 album)|Backstreet Boys]]'' || [[Backstreet Boys]] || US only
|-
| ''[[A Deeper Kind of Slumber]]'' || [[Tiamat (band)|Tiamat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Double Plaidinum]]'' || [[Lagwagon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gun Shy, Trigger Happy]]'' || [[Jennifer Trynin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hed PE (album)|Hed PE]]'' || [[Hed PE]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[No Holds Barred (Biohazard album)|No Holds Barred]]'' || [[Biohazard (band)|Biohazard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Phobos (album)|Phobos]]'' || [[Voivod (band)|Voivod]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Release Some Tension]]'' || [[SWV]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Romances (Luis Miguel album)|Romances]]'' || [[Luis Miguel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shakin' Things Up]]'' || [[Lorrie Morgan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spoke (album)|Spoke]]'' || [[Calexico (band)|Calexico]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|14
| ''[[F♯ A♯ ∞|F♯A♯∞]]'' || [[Godspeed You Black Emperor!]] || Vinyl Edition
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|18
| ''[[In Deep (Tina Arena album)|In Deep]]'' || [[Tina Arena]] ||-
|-
| ''[[MiLight]]'' || [[DJ Krush]] ||International
|-
| ''[[Already (Jesus Jones album)|Already]]'' || [[Jesus Jones]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|19
| ''[[The Fourth World (album)|The Fourth World]]'' || [[Kara's Flowers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Dance (Fleetwood Mac album)|The Dance]]'' || [[Fleetwood Mac]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Daisy (Dog's Eye View album)|Daisy]]'' || [[Dog's Eye View]] ||-
|-
| ''Lip Service'' || [[Tom Grant (jazz musician)|Tom Grant]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Making Friends (album)|Making Friends]]'' || [[No Use for a Name]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Money Talks (1997 film)|Money Talks: The Album]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Transmission (The Tea Party album)|Transmission]]'' || [[The Tea Party (band)|The Tea Party]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[Be Here Now (album)|Be Here Now]]'' || [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|22
| ''[[Sehnsucht (Rammstein album)|Sehnsucht]]'' || [[Rammstein]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|25
| ''[[Age of Love (album)|Age of Love]]'' || [[Scooter (band)|Scooter]] || Germany
|-
| ''[[Word Gets Around]]'' || [[Stereophonics]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Somewhere Out in Space]]'' || [[Gamma Ray (band)|Gamma Ray]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bad Timing (album)|Bad Timing]]'' || [[Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ghosts (Wendy Matthews album)|Ghosts]]'' || [[Wendy Matthews]] || Australia
|-
| ''[[Latyrx (The Album)|Latyrx]]'' || [[Latyrx]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Radiator (album)|Radiator]]'' || [[Super Furry Animals]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="22" style="text-align:center;"|26
| ''[[¿Dónde Jugarán las Niñas?]]'' || [[Molotov (band)|Molotov]] || Mexico
|-
| ''[[Boom! Boom! Boom!]]'' || [[The Kelley Deal 6000]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Conspiracy No. 5]]'' || [[Third Day]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Devotion: The Best of Yanni]]'' || [[Yanni]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Evolution (Martina McBride album)|Evolution]]'' || [[Martina McBride]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The First Session]]'' || [[Hole (band)|Hole]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Fresh Meat (album)|Fresh Meat]]'' || [[Arkarna]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Likwidation]]'' || [[Tha Alkaholiks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Last of the Sharpshooters]]'' || [[Down by Law (band)|Down by Law]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love Scenes (Diana Krall album)|Love Scenes]]'' || [[Diana Krall]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Midnite Lover]]'' || [[Shaggy (musician)|Shaggy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[My Soul (Coolio album)|My Soul]]'' || [[Coolio]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Raybon Brothers (album)|Raybon Brothers]]'' || [[Raybon Brothers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Saliva (album)|Saliva]]'' || [[Saliva (band)|Saliva]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Singles 1–12]]'' || [[Melvins]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[(Songbook) A Collection of Hits]]'' || [[Trisha Yearwood]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Smile from the Streets You Hold]]'' || [[John Frusciante]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sweet 75 (album)|Sweet 75]]'' || [[Sweet 75]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tip (album)|Tip]]'' || [[Finger Eleven]] || Canada
|-
| ''[[Trysome Eatone]]'' || [[Love Spit Love]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Vegas (The Crystal Method album)|Vegas]]'' || [[The Crystal Method]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Welcome to the Freak Show]]'' || [[dc Talk]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[A Day in the Life (Jane Siberry album)|A Day in the Life]]'' || [[Jane Siberry]] || Canada
|-
| rowspan="107" style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98; textcolor:#000;" |'''S<br />E<br />P<br />T<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|1
| ''[[:pl:Bajeczki|Bajeczki]]'' || [[:pl:Patrycja Kosiarkiewicz|Patrycja Kosiarkiewicz]] || Poland
|-
| ''[[Calling All Stations]]'' || [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Way Out West (Way Out West album)|Way Out West]]'' || [[Way Out West (duo)|Way Out West]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tubthumper]]'' || [[Chumbawamba]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Makaa Maka]]'' || [[Reggie Rockstone]] ||Debut
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|2
| ''[[Despite Yourself]]'' || [[Headswim]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ghetto D]]'' || [[Master P]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heaven and Hell (Joe Jackson album)|Heaven and Hell]]'' || [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Indoor Living]]'' || [[Superchunk]] ||-
|-
| ''[[SYR2: Slaapkamers met slagroom]]'' || [[Sonic Youth]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Talk Show (Talk Show album)|Talk Show]]'' || [[Talk Show (band)|Talk Show]] || Debut, [[Stone Temple Pilots]] side project
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|3
| ''Abrasive'' || [[Puddle of Mudd]] ||-
|-
| ''Clover'' || [[Shikao Suga]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fantasma (Cornelius album)|Fantasma]]''|| [[Cornelius (musician)|Cornelius]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|8
| ''[[Good Feeling (Travis album)|Good Feeling]]'' || [[Travis (band)|Travis]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Girl (Dannii Minogue album)|Girl]]'' || [[Dannii Minogue]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Let's Get Killed]]'' || [[David Holmes (musician)|David Holmes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Slightly Odway]]'' || [[Jebediah]] || Australia, Debut
|-
| ''[[Chrome Matrix]]'' || [[Superheist]] || Australia, EP
|-
| ''[[When I Was Born for the 7th Time]]'' || [[Cornershop]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="18" style="text-align:center;"|9
| ''[[Behind the Eyes (Amy Grant album)|Behind the Eyes]]'' || [[Amy Grant]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fire Down Below (1997 film)|Fire Down Below (Music from the Motion Picture)]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Full Blown Possession]]'' || [[Grifters (band)|Grifters]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hang-Ups (album)|Hang-Ups]]'' || [[Goldfinger (band)|Goldfinger]] ||-
|-
| ''[[It Means Everything]]'' || [[Save Ferris]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Let Me In (Chely Wright album)|Let Me In]]'' || [[Chely Wright]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Magic City (Helium album)|The Magic City]]'' || [[Helium (band)|Helium]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Más (album)|Más]]'' || [[Alejandro Sanz]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Modus Operandi (Photek album)|Modus Operandi]]'' || [[Photek]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Moon Hut]]'' || [[Kim Fox (musician)|Kim Fox]] || Debut
|-
| ''Re-Animation Festival'' || [[Groovie Ghoulies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Samantha Cole (album)|Samantha Cole]]'' || [[Samantha Cole]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[S.C.I.E.N.C.E.]]'' || [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Such Blinding Stars for Starving Eyes]]'' || [[Cursive (band)|Cursive]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Total Madness – The Very Best of Madness]]'' || [[Madness (band)|Madness]] || US Compilation
|-
| ''[[Troublizing]]'' || [[Ric Ocasek]] ||-
|-
| ''[[You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs]]'' || [[LeAnn Rimes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lovesongs for Underdogs]]'' || [[Tanya Donnelly]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|11
| ''[[Butterfly (Mariah Carey album)|Butterfly]]'' || [[Mariah Carey]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|15
| ''[[Marchin' Already]]'' || [[Ocean Colour Scene]] ||-
|-
| ''[[We Have the Technology]]'' || [[Custard (band)|Custard]] || Australia
|-
| rowspan="11" style="text-align:center;"|16
| ''[[Based on a True Story (Mack 10 album)|Based on a True Story]]'' || [[Mack 10]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Buena Vista Social Club (album)|Buena Vista Social Club]]'' || [[Buena Vista Social Club]] ||-
|-
| ''Butterfly'' || Mariah Carey || US
|-
| ''[[Film Noir (album)|Film Noir]]'' || [[Carly Simon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Greatest Hits Collection (Brooks & Dunn album)|The Greatest Hits Collection]]'' || [[Brooks & Dunn]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Guide to Better Living]]'' || [[Grinspoon]] || Australia, Debut
|-
| ''[[Much Afraid]]'' || [[Jars of Clay]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Soul Food (soundtrack)|Music from the Soul Food Motion Picture]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[My Way (Usher album)|My Way]]'' || [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rated X Mas]]'' || Matt Rogers || Christmas
|-
| ''[[When Disaster Strikes...]]'' || [[Busta Rhymes]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|17
| ''[[Marigold Sky]]'' || [[Hall & Oates]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|18
| ''[[El Gran Orgo]]'' || [[At the Drive-In]] || EP
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|21
|''[[Four the Hard Way]]''
|[[Danger Danger]]
|Japanese release date
|-
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|22
| ''[[Barely Legal (album)|Barely Legal]]'' || [[The Hives]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Boas Notícias]]'' || [[Xuxa]] || Brazil
|-
| ''[[ESCM (album)|ESCM]]'' || [[BT (musician)|BT]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Homogenic]]'' || [[Björk]] ||<ref name="Homogenic">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/homogenic-mw0000026812|work=[[AllMusic]]|title=Homogenic|last=Phares|first=Heather|access-date=December 1, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Dots and Loops]]'' || [[Stereolab]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Static & Silence]]'' || [[The Sundays]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Big Picture (Elton John album)|The Big Picture]]'' || [[Elton John]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Hollowing (album)|The Hollowing]]'' || [[Crisis (metal band)|Crisis]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="19" style="text-align:center;"|23
| ''[[An American Werewolf in Paris|An American Werewolf in Paris (Music from the Motion Picture)]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Anytime (Brian McKnight album)|Anytime]]'' || [[Brian McKnight]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Back in Business (EPMD album)|Back in Business]]'' || [[EPMD]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blame It on Me (album)|Blame It on Me]]'' || [[Alana Davis]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[The Bouncing Souls (album)|The Bouncing Souls]]'' || [[The Bouncing Souls]] ||-
|-
| ''[[B-Sides and Otherwise]]'' || [[Morphine (band)|Morphine]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Evolution (Boyz II Men album)|Evolution]]'' || [[Boyz II Men]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Falling into Infinity]]'' || [[Dream Theater]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gone From Danger]]'' || [[Joan Baez]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Hangover (Gilby Clarke album)|The Hangover]]'' || [[Gilby Clarke]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Happy? (Jann Arden album)|Happy?]]'' || [[Jann Arden]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Man & His Music (Remixes from Around the World)]]'' || [[Boogie Down Productions]] || Remix
|-
| ''[[Me Estoy Enamorando (album)|Me Estoy Enamorando]]'' || [[Alejandro Fernández]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne]]'' || [[Jackson Browne]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Novelty Forever]]'' || [[Bracket (band)|Bracket]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sentimental Education (Free Kitten album)|Sentimental Education]]'' || [[Free Kitten]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sit Stand Kneel Prey]]'' || [[Whiplash (band)|Whiplash]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Songs of a Circling Spirit]]'' || [[Tom Cochrane]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[A Very Special Christmas 3]]'' || Various Artists || Christmas
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|26
| ''[[Ma-KING]]'' || [[Masami Okui]] || Japan
|-
| rowspan="11" style="text-align:center;"|29
| ''[[Bridges to Babylon]]'' || [[The Rolling Stones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Portishead (album)|Portishead]]'' || [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Levitate (The Fall album)|Levitate]]'' || [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Life thru a Lens]]'' || [[Robbie Williams]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Meet the Family (album)|Meet the Family]]'' || [[Frenzal Rhomb]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Paul McCartney's Standing Stone]]'' || [[Paul McCartney]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Promised]]'' || [[Simple Minds]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Relief Through Release]]'' || [[Tura Satana (band)|Tura Satana]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Symbols (album)|Symbols]]'' || [[KMFDM]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Urban Hymns]]'' || [[The Verve]] ||-
|-
| ''[[With a Twist (Todd Rundgren album)|With a Twist]]'' || [[Todd Rundgren]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="12" style="text-align:center;"|30
| ''[[The Book of Secrets (album)|The Book of Secrets]]'' || [[Loreena McKennitt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[E-lux]]'' || [[Human Waste Project]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Four Minute Mile]]'' || [[The Get Up Kids]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hunger (Janis Ian album)|Hunger]]'' || [[Janis Ian]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I'm Your Man (Jason Sellers album)|I'm Your Man]]'' || [[Jason Sellers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lo Mejor de Mí]]'' || [[Cristian Castro]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Long Stretch of Lonesome]]'' || [[Patty Loveless]] ||-
|-
| ''100 Million Eyeballs'' || [[Miss Angie]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[One Day It'll All Make Sense]]'' || [[Common (rapper)|Common]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Peace and Noise]]'' || [[Patti Smith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Time Out of Mind (Bob Dylan album)|Time Out of Mind]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tone Soul Evolution]]'' || [[The Apples in Stereo]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[King Without a Clue]]'' || [[Mark Seymour]] || Australia, Debut
|-
|}

===October – December===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="96" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;" | '''O<br>C<br>T<br/>O<br/>B<br/>E<br/>R'''
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|1
| ''Blutsabbath'' || [[Belphegor (band)|Belphegor]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Payin' the Dues]]'' || [[The Hellacopters]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shadows in the Banquet Hall]]'' || [[Carbon Leaf]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|6
| ''[[21st Century Fox (album)|21st Century Fox]]'' || [[Samantha Fox]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Apartment Life]]'' || [[Ivy (band)|Ivy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Come to Daddy (EP)|Come to Daddy]]'' || [[Aphex Twin]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Death to the Pixies]]'' || [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Milk and Blood]]'' || [[Jim Martin (musician)|Jim Martin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Proud Like a God]]'' || [[Guano Apes]] || Germany
|-
| rowspan="14" style="text-align:center;"|7
| ''60 Cycle Hum'' || [[Pulley (band)|Pulley]] ||-
|-
| ''The Day the Sun Went Out'' || [[BoySetsFire|Boysetsfire]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Dead Poem]]'' || [[Rotting Christ]] ||-
|-
| ''[[El Corazón (Steve Earle album)|El Corazón]]'' || [[Steve Earle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Give It Back!]]'' || [[The Brian Jonestown Massacre]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In Loving Memory Of...]]'' || [[Big Wreck]] ||-
|-
| ''[[More Best of Leonard Cohen]]'' || [[Leonard Cohen]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[So Much for the Afterglow]]'' || [[Everclear (band)|Everclear]] ||-
|-
| ''[[South Saturn Delta]]'' || [[Jimi Hendrix]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Thicker than Water (album)|Thicker Than Water]]'' || [[H2O (American band)|H<sup>2</sup>O]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Trouble Is...]]'' || [[Kenny Wayne Shepherd]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Underdogs (album)|Underdogs]]'' || [[Matthew Good Band]] || Canada
|-
| ''[[The Velvet Rope]]'' || [[Janet Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Willis (album)|Willis]]'' || [[The Pietasters]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|8
| ''[[National Steel (album)|National Steel]]'' || [[Colin James]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''[[Blackmail (album)|blackmail]]''|| [[Blackmail (band)|blackmail]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Fantastic Plastic Machine (album)|The Fantastic Plastic Machine]]'' || [[Fantastic Plastic Machine (musician)|Fantastic Plastic Machine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Know What You Did Last Summer|I Know What You Did Last Summer: The Album]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[I Like to Score]]'' || [[Moby]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Review (Glay album)|Review]]'' || [[Glay]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|13
| ''[[20,000 Watt R.S.L.]]'' || [[Midnight Oil]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Jurassic 5 (EP)|Jurassic 5]]'' || [[Jurassic 5]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Pleased to Meet You (Sleeper album)|Pleased to Meet You]]'' || [[Sleeper (band)|Sleeper]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Quarashi (album)|Quarashi]]'' || [[Quarashi]] || Iceland, Debut
|-
| rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;"|14
| ''[[Dauði Baldrs]]'' || [[Burzum]] || Norway
|-
| ''[[Medazzaland]]'' || [[Duran Duran]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nimrod (album)|Nimrod]]'' || [[Green Day]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nothing Feels Good]]'' || [[The Promise Ring]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Phenomenon (LL Cool J album)|Phenomenon]]'' || [[LL Cool J]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel]]'' || [[Gravediggaz]] ||-
|-
| ''Soundbombing'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Switchback (film)|Switchback: Songs from the Soundtrack]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Unleash the Beast]]'' || [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Urban Rapsody]]'' || [[Rick James]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|20
| ''[[Coma Divine – Recorded Live in Rome]]'' || [[Porcupine Tree]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Exile (Gary Numan album)|Exile]]'' || [[Gary Numan]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="21" style="text-align:center;"|21
| ''[[A Jagged Era]]'' || [[Jagged Edge (American group)|Jagged Edge]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Album (The Firm album)|Nas, Foxy Brown, AZ, and Nature Present The Firm: The Album]]'' || [[The Firm (hip hop group)|The Firm]] ([[Nas]], [[Foxy Brown (rapper)|Foxy Brown]], [[AZ (rapper)|AZ]], and [[Nature (rapper)|Nature]]) ||-
|-
| ''[[Brand New (Salt-n-Pepa album)|Brand New]]'' || [[Salt-n-Pepa]] ||-
|-
| ''Cattlemen Don't'' || [[Triple Fast Action|Triplefastaction]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Extreme Honey]]'' || [[Elvis Costello]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Kashmir: Symphonic Led Zeppelin]]'' || [[Jaz Coleman]] and [[London Philharmonic Orchestra|The London Philharmonic Orchestra]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gattaca]]'' || [[Michael Nyman]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Get Crunk, Who U Wit: Da Album]]'' || [[Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz]] ||-
|-
| ''Getting Past the Static'' || [[Jen Wood]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Go! (Letters to Cleo album)|Go!]]'' || [[Letters to Cleo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Half Dead and Dynamite]]'' || [[Lifter Puller]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Under the Western Freeway]]'' || [[Grandaddy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Never Even Asked for Light]]'' || [[Lullaby for the Working Class]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Joya (album)|Joya]]'' || [[Will Oldham]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Other Side (Wynonna Judd album)|The Other Side]]'' || [[Wynonna Judd]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Phoenix Rising (Artension album)|Phoenix Rising]]'' || [[Artension]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Remixes (Shakira album)|The Remixes]]'' || [[Shakira]] || Remix
|-
| ''[[Serpents of the Light]]'' || [[Deicide (band)|Deicide]] ||-
|-
| ''[[So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes]]'' || [[NOFX]] ||-
|-
| ''Transister'' || [[Transister]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Mogwai Young Team|Young Team]]'' || [[Mogwai]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|22
| ''[[Impossible Princess]]'' || [[Kylie Minogue]] || Japan
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|24
| ''[[Talk on Corners]]'' || [[The Corrs]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|27
| ''[[Echo Dek]]'' || [[Primal Scream]] || Remix
|-
| ''[[Legendary Tales]]'' || [[Rhapsody of Fire|Rhapsody]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon]]'' || [[John Lennon]] || UK, Compilation
|-
| ''[[Endless Nameless (album)|Endless Nameless]]'' || [[The Wildhearts]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="23" style="text-align:center;"|28
| ''[[Around the Fur]]'' || [[Deftones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Baïda (album)|Baïda]]'' || [[Faudel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Be Good at It]]'' || [[Neal McCoy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Best (David Lee Roth album)|The Best]]'' || [[David Lee Roth]] || Compilation +1 new track
|-
| ''[[The Black Bossalini (a.k.a. Dr. Bomb from Da Bay)]]'' || [[Spice 1]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions]]'' || [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Chupacabra (album)|Chupacabra]]'' || [[Imani Coppola]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Eros (Eros Ramazzotti album)|Eros]]'' || [[Eros Ramazzotti]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Forever and Counting]]'' || [[Hot Water Music]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Fury of The Aquabats!|The Fury of the Aquabats!]]'' || [[The Aquabats]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Galore (The Cure album)|Galore]]'' || [[The Cure]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Get It How U Live!]]'' || [[Hot Boys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Harlem World]]'' || [[Mase]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Jackal (soundtrack)|The Jackal (Music from and Inspired by)]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Jugulator]]'' || [[Judas Priest]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Looking for Butter Boy]]'' || [[Archie Roach]] || Australia
|-
| ''[[More Human Heart]]'' || [[Acumen Nation]] ||
|-
| ''[[My Body, the Hand Grenade]]'' || [[Hole (band)|Hole]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Nightbird (Yanni album)|Nightbird]]'' || [[Yanni]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Psycho Realm]]'' || [[Psycho Realm]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Slip Stitch and Pass]]'' || [[Phish]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Yeah, It's That Easy]]'' || [[G. Love & Special Sauce]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Zaireeka]]'' || [[The Flaming Lips]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|31
| ''Soon'' || [[Far (band)|Far]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="85" style="text-align:center; background:thistle; textcolor:#000;" | '''N<br />O<br />V<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|1
| ''Mix Gently'' || [[The Gentle People]] || Remix
|-
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|3
| ''[[Spiceworld (album)|Spiceworld]]'' || [[Spice Girls]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Paint the Sky with Stars]]'' || [[Enya]] || Compilation +2 new tracks
|-
| ''[[Queen Rocks]]'' || [[Queen (band)|Queen]] || Compilation +1 new track
|-
| ''[[Keys to Ascension 2]]'' || [[Yes (band)|Yes]] ||Live/Studio
|-
| ''[[Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666|Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666]]'' || [[HIM (Finnish band)|HIM]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Colours (Adam F album)|Colours]]'' || [[Adam F]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Distant Horizons]]'' || [[Hawkwind]] ||-
|-
| ''[[(FLA)vour of the Weak|[FLA]vour of the Weak]]'' || [[Front Line Assembly]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="15" style="text-align:center;"|4
| ''[[All That Matters (Michael Bolton album)|All That Matters]]'' || [[Michael Bolton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Chapter 2: World Domination]]'' || [[Three 6 Mafia]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Come On Over]]'' || [[Shania Twain]] || Over 40 million copies sold worldwide
|-
| ''[[Excess Baggage (1997 film)|Excess Baggage]]'' || [[John Lurie]] and [[Red House Painters]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[The 18th Letter]]'' || [[Rakim]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Richard Marx album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Richard Marx]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heavy Petting (album)|Heavy Petting]]'' || [[Bad Manners]] ||-
|-
| ''[[If I Don't Stay the Night]]'' || [[Mindy McCready]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In My Lifetime, Vol. 1]]'' || [[Jay-Z]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kettle Whistle]]'' || [[Jane's Addiction]] || Compilation of unreleased and live tracks
|-
| ''[[The Pet Sounds Sessions]]'' || [[The Beach Boys]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Signs of Chaos]]'' || [[Testament (band)|Testament]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tibetan Freedom Concert (album)|Tibetan Freedom Concert]]'' || Various Artists || Live
|-
| ''[[Tracks and Traces]]'' || [[Harmonia (band)|Harmonia '76]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tribute (Yanni album)|Tribute]]'' || [[Yanni]] || Live
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|5
| ''[[Don't Knock the Baldhead: Live]]'' || [[Bad Manners]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|7
| ''[[American Lesion]]'' || [[Greg Graffin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gummo (soundtrack)|Gummo (Original Soundtrack)]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Unit (album)|Unit]]'' || [[Regurgitator]] || Australia
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''[[Sampleslaya: Enter the Meatmarket]]'' || [[Armand Van Helden]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="15" style="text-align:center;"|11
| ''[[Best of King's X]]'' || [[King's X]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Deconstructed (Bush album)|Deconstructed]]'' || [[Bush (British band)|Bush]] || Remix
|-
| ''The Final Chapter'' || [[Hypocrisy (band)|Hypocrisy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Firecracker (Lisa Loeb album)|Firecracker]]'' || [[Lisa Loeb]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Higher Ground (Barbra Streisand album)|Higher Ground]]'' || [[Barbra Streisand]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Omega Sessions]]'' || [[Bad Brains]] || EP
|-
| ''[[The Ozzman Cometh]]'' || [[Ozzy Osbourne]] || Compilation +1 new track
|-
| ''[[Satisfaction is the Death of Desire]]'' || [[Hatebreed]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Second-hand Smoke]]'' || [[Sublime (band)|Sublime]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[See It Through My Eyes]]'' || [[Meredith Brooks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes]]'' || [[AFI (band)|AFI]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sympathique]]'' || [[Pink Martini]] ||-
|-
| ''[[To See You]]'' || [[Harry Connick Jr.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Welcome To Our World]]'' || [[Timbaland & Magoo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unpredictable (Mystikal album)|Unpredictable]]'' || [[Mystikal]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"|12
| ''[[Live Trax (Megadeth EP)|Live Trax]]'' || [[Megadeth]] || EP
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|16
| ''[[Something Wild (album)|Something Wild]]'' || [[Children of Bodom]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|17
| ''[[Let's Talk About Love]]'' || [[Celine Dion]] || 31 million copies sold
|-
| ''[[BBC Sessions (Led Zeppelin album)|BBC Sessions]]'' || [[Led Zeppelin]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Breed to Breathe]]'' || [[Napalm Death]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Caring and Killing]]'' || [[Converge (band)|Converge]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dionysos (album)|Dionysos]]'' || [[Lux Occulta]] ||-
|-
| ''Here Comes Da Hool'' || [[Da Hool]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 38'' (UK series) || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Scum (Anti-Nowhere League album)|Scum]]'' || [[Anti-Nowhere League]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="14" style="text-align:center;"|18
| ''[[Whoracle]]'' || [[In Flames]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Best That I Could Do 1978–1988]]'' || [[John Mellencamp]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Bonfire (album)|Bonfire]]'' || [[AC/DC]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Inna Heights]]'' || [[Buju Banton]] || LP
|-
| ''[[Kenny G – Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Kenny G]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Live (Erykah Badu album)|Live]]'' || [[Erykah Badu]] || Live
|-
| ''[[The Lonesome Crowded West]]'' || [[Modest Mouse]] ||-
|-
| ''Orama'' || [[On Thorns I Lay]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Reload (Metallica album)|ReLoad]]'' || [[Metallica]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Scream 2 (soundtrack)|Scream 2: Music from the Dimension Motion Picture]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Snowed In]]'' || [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Songs from The Capeman]]'' || [[Paul Simon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Titanic (soundtrack)|Titanic]]'' || [[James Horner]] || Soundtrack; 30 million copies sold
|-
| ''[[We're Outta Here!]]'' || [[Ramones]] || Live
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|19
| ''[[Survive (B'z album)|Survive]]'' || [[B'z]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|24
| ''[[All Saints (All Saints album)|All Saints]]'' || [[All Saints (group)|All Saints]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Left of the Middle]]'' || [[Natalie Imbruglia]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Open Your Eyes (Yes album)|Open Your Eyes]]'' || [[Yes (band)|Yes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stupid Stupid Stupid]]'' || [[Black Grape]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|25
| ''[[Big Willie Style]]'' || [[Will Smith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In tha Beginning...There Was Rap]]'' || Various Artists ||-
|-
| ''[[Mostasteless]]'' || [[Twiztid]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[R U Still Down? (Remember Me)]]'' || [[Tupac Shakur|2Pac]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Remix & Repent]]'' || [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Sevens (album)|Sevens]]'' || [[Garth Brooks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Truly: The Love Songs]]'' || [[Lionel Richie]] || Compilation
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|30
| ''[[Somber Eyes to the Sky]]'' || [[Shadows Fall]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[Sixpence None the Richer (album)|Sixpence None the Richer]]'' || [[Sixpence None the Richer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The 1999 Party]]''|| [[Hawkwind]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Lustra (album)|Lustra]]'' || [[Echobelly]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Savoir aimer (album)|Savoir aimer]]'' || [[Florent Pagny]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="15" style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98; textcolor:#000;"|'''D<br />E<br />C<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|1
| ''[[23am]]'' || [[Robert Miles]] || Europe
|-
| ''[[Aaron Carter (album)|Aaron Carter]]'' || [[Aaron Carter]] || Europe
|-
| ''[[Diana, Princess of Wales: Tribute]]'' || Various Artists || 2-CD charity album
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|4
| ''[[Six (Loverboy album)|Six]]'' || [[Loverboy]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|8
| ''[[Sounds of Decay]]'' || [[Katatonia]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Could Be Heaven (album)|This Could Be Heaven]]'' || [[Pandora (singer)|Pandora]] || Swedes
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|9
| ''[[MTV Unplugged (Bryan Adams album)|MTV Unplugged]]'' || [[Bryan Adams]] || Live
|-
| ''Dragon Ball Z: Original USA Television Soundtrack'' || [[Ron Wasserman]] || American soundtrack for [[Dragon Ball Z season 1|season 1]] and [[Dragon Ball Z season 2|season 2]] of ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]''
|-
| ''[[Eye & I]]'' || [[Kardinal Offishall]] || Canada, Debut
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|10
| ''[[Cloudy Cloud Calculator]]'' || [[Takako Minekawa]] || Japan
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|16
| ''[[Featuring...Ice Cube]]'' || [[Ice Cube]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Riverfenix (album)|Riverfenix]]'' || [[Riverfenix]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|23
| ''[[Blindside (album)|Blindside]]'' || [[Blindside (band)|Blindside]] ||-
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|25
| ''[[Maximum II]]'' || [[MAX (band)|MAX]] || Japan
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|?
| ''[[It's All About the Girls]]'' || [[New Found Glory|A New Found Glory]] || EP
|-
|}

===Release date unknown===
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{{col-2}}
*''41 Down'' – [[Trust Company (band)|Trust Company]]
*''Ampendectomy'' – [[Resurrection Band]]
*''[[Anyone Who Had a Heart (Joe Chindamo album)|Anyone Who Had a Heart: The Music of Burt Bacharach]]'' – [[Joe Chindamo]]
*''[[Alive Alive-O]]'' – [[The Dubliners]]
*''Anyway the Wind Blows: The Anthology'' – [[J.J. Cale]] (Compilation)
*''[[Back Once Again]]'' - [[Hilltop Hoods]]
*''[[Bagsy Me]]'' – [[The Wannadies]]
*''[[Ball of the Damned]]'' – [[Scanner (band)|Scanner]]
*''[[The Best of Wham!: If You Were There...]]'' – [[Wham!]]
*''Chloroform the One You Love'' – [[Flickerstick]]
*''[[Dark Dear Heart]]'' – [[Holly Cole]]
*''[[The Divine Wings of Tragedy]]'' – [[Symphony X]] 
*''[[The Donnas (album)|The Donnas]]'' – [[The Donnas]]
*''[[Egyptology (album)|Egyptology]]'' – [[World Party]]
*''[[English Boy Wonders]]'' – [[Big Big Train]]
*''[[Entering a New Ride]]'' – [[Big Audio Dynamite]]
*''[[Erotic Massage]]'' – [[Dog Fashion Disco]]
*''[[Fallen Is Babylon]]'' – [[Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers]]
*''[[First Encounter Tour 1996]]'' – [[Cluster (band)|Cluster]] 
*''Flash Bulb Emergency Overflow Cavalcade of Remixes'' – [[Pigeonhed]] (Remix)
*''From the Vaults'' – [[Prism (band)|Prism]]
*''[[Go! (Fair Warning album)|Go!]]'' – [[Fair Warning (band)|Fair Warning]] 
*''[[Greedy (album)|Greedy]]'' – [[Headless Chickens]] 
*''Grounded'' – [[Papa Vegas]]
*''Here Cumz Tha Party'' – [[Lostprophets]]
*''[[How Ace Are Buildings]]'' – [[A (band)|A]]
*''[[Low Estate]]'' – [[16 Horsepower]]
*''[[Mirador (Tarnation album)|Mirador]]'' – [[Tarnation (band)|Tarnation]]
*''[[Chunklet (magazine)|The Money Shot]]'' – Various Artists
*''[[Moonflower Plastic]]'' – [[Tobin Sprout]]
*''[[Kill, I Oughtta]]'' – [[Mudvayne]]
{{col-2}}
*''[[Muffins (album)|Muffins]]'' – [[Hoobastank]]
*''[[Wrong-Eyed Jesus (The Mysterious Tale of How I Shouted)|The Mysterious Tale of How I Shouted "Wrong-Eyed Jesus!"]]'' – [[Jim White (guitarist)|Jim White]]
*''Okenspay Ordway: Things I Forgot to Tell Mommy'' (spoken word album) – [[Bif Naked]]
* ''[[One Good Turn Deserves Another]]'' – [[Slaves on Dope]]
*''OnlySee'' – [[Sia|Sia Furler]]
*''[[Overcast! (EP)|Overcast!]]'' – [[Atmosphere (music group)|Atmosphere]]
*''[[Plagiarism (Sparks album)|Plagiarism]]'' - [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]]
*''Play the Music of Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber'' – [[Hank Marvin]] and [[The Shadows]]
* ''Progressive Attack 5'' – Various Artists
* ''Progressive Attack 6'' – Various Artists
* ''Progressive Attack 7'' – Various Artists
*''[[Pure (3 Colours Red album)|Pure]]'' – [[3 Colours Red]]
*''[[R.A.F.I. (album)|R.A.F.I]]'' (France only) – [[Asian Dub Foundation]]
*''[[Rain Without End]]'' – [[October Tide]]
*''[[Romanza]]'' – [[Andrea Bocelli]]
*''[[Shelter (Brand New Heavies album)|Shelter]]'' – [[Brand New Heavies]]
*''Sing, Earthboy, Sing!'' – [[2 Skinnee J's]]
*''[[Silver Sun (Silver Sun album)|Silver Sun]]'' – [[Silver Sun]]
*''[[Smile and Wave]]'' – [[Headstones (band)|The Headstones]]
*''Sydney High'' – [[Citizen King]]
*''Tiger Walk'' – [[Robben Ford]] 
*''[[The Truth (Prince song)|The Truth]]'' – [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] 
*''Turn the Dark Off'' – [[Howie B]]
*''Un grito en el corazón'' – [[Lynda Thomas]]
*''The Union Underground'' – [[The Union Underground]]
*''[[Weights and Measures (Spirit of the West album)|Weights and Measures]]'' – [[Spirit of the West]]
*''[[When You Land Here, It's Time to Return]]'' – [[The Shins|Flake Music]]
*''Xero'' – [[Linkin Park]]
*''[[You Can Play These Songs with Chords]]'' – [[Death Cab for Cutie]]
{{col-end}}

==Biggest hit singles==
The following songs achieved the highest positions in the charts of 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tsort.info/music/yr1997.htm|title=Songs from the Year 1997|last=Hawtin|first=Steve|year=2007|publisher=Steve Hawtin/TsorT|access-date=April 12, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080420091825/http://tsort.info/music/yr1997.htm| archive-date=April 20, 2008<!--DASHBot-->|url-status = live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! #
! Artist
! Title
! Year
! Country
! Chart Entries
|-
| 1  || [[Elton John]] || [[Candle in the Wind 1997]] || 1997 ||{{flagicon|UK}} || UK 1 – Sep 1997, US BB 1 of 1997, Netherlands 1 – Sep 1997, Austria 1 – Oct 1997, Switzerland 1 – Sep 1997, Norway 1 – Jan 1997, Poland 1 – Sep 1997, Germany 1 – Jan 1998, Republic of Ireland 1 – Sep 1997, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks Oct 1997, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Dec 1997, Global 2 (35 M sold) – 1997, Australia 4 of 1997, Japan 11 of all time (international songs), Italy 12 of 1997, TOTP 33, Germany 37 of the 1990s, RYM 85 of 1997, OzNet 433
|-
| 2  || [[Sean Combs]] & [[Faith Evans]] and [[112 (band)|112]] || [[I'll Be Missing You]] || 1997 ||{{flagicon|US}} || UK 1 – Jun 1997, US BB 1 of 1997, Netherlands 1 – Jun 1997, Sweden 1 – Aug 1997, Austria 1 – Jul 1997, Switzerland 1 – Jul 1997, Norway 1 – Jul 1997, Italy 1 of 1997, Germany 1 – Jun 1997, Republic of Ireland 1 – Jul 1997, New Zealand 1 for 5 weeks Jul 1997, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Oct 1997, Poland 5 – Jul 1997, Australia 5 of 1997, Germany 12 of the 1990s, POP 16 of 1997, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1997, Europe 50 of the 1990s, RYM 99 of 1997
|-
| 3  || [[Aqua (band)|Aqua]] || [[Barbie Girl]] || 1997 ||{{flagicon|Denmark}} || UK 1 – Oct 1997, US BB 1 of 1997, Netherlands 1 – Sep 1997, Sweden 1 – Sep 1997, Switzerland 1 – Oct 1997, Norway 1 – May 1997, Germany 1 – Jan 1998, Republic of Ireland 1 – Oct 1997, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Sep 1997, Australia 1 for 3 weeks Jan 1998, POP 1 of 1997, Italy 2 of 1997, Austria 3 – Oct 1997, France 6 – May 1997, US BB 7 of 1997, Australia 8 of 1997, Germany 36 of the 1990s, Scrobulate 53 of happy
|-
| 4  || [[No Doubt]] || [[Don't Speak]] || 1997 ||{{flagicon|US}} || UK 1 – Feb 1997, Netherlands 1 – Dec 1996, Sweden 1 – Nov 1996, Switzerland 1 – Jan 1997, Norway 1 – Dec 1996, Poland 1 – Jan 1997, Republic of Ireland 1 – Feb 1997, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Jan 1997, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Apr 1997, Austria 2 – Feb 1997, Germany 2 – Jan 1997, Australia 7 of 1997, France 10 – Feb 1997, RYM 10 of 1996, Europe 22 of the 1990s, POP 38 of 1996, Scrobulate 44 of rock, Italy 76 of 1997, Germany 77 of the 1990s, Acclaimed 1098
|-
| 5  || [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]] || [[MMMBop]] || 1997 ||{{flagicon|US}} || UK 1 – Jun 1997, US BB 1 of 1997, Sweden 1 – May 1997, Austria 1 – Jun 1997, Switzerland 1 – Jun 1997, Republic of Ireland 1 – Jun 1997, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Jun 1997, Australia 1 for 9 weeks Aug 1997, Netherlands 2 – May 1997, Norway 2 – Jun 1997, Australia 2 of 1997, Germany 2 – Jun 1997, Poland 9 – Jun 1997, US BB 17 of 1997, POP 18 of 1997, Scrobulate 69 of fun, RYM 81 of 1996, Germany 187 of the 1990s, Acclaimed 516
|}

==Top 40 Chart hit singles==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>Song title</big> 
! <big>Artist(s)</big> 
! <big>Release date(s)</big> 
! <big>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</big>
! <big>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</big>
! <big>Highest chart position</big>
! <big>Other Chart Performance(s)</big>
|-
||"[[2 Become 1]]" || [[Spice Girls]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || 4 || 1 || 1 (Ireland, Israel, Scotland, Spain, United States) || [[2 Become 1#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[3 AM (Matchbox Twenty song)|3 AM]]" || [[Matchbox Twenty]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || n/a || 64 || 1 (Canada) || [[3AM (Matchbox Twenty song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[4 Seasons of Loneliness]]" || [[Boyz II Men]] || {{Date table sorting|091997}}|September 1997 || 1 || 10 || 1 (United States) || [[4 Seasons of Loneliness#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[5,6,7,8]]" || [[Steps (group)|Steps]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || n/a || 14 || 1 (Australia) || [[5,6,7,8#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[6 Underground (song)|6 Underground]]" || [[Sneaker Pimps]] || {{Date table sorting|051997}}|May 1997 || 45 || 9 || 9 (United Kingdom) || 7 (US Billboard Alternative Airplay) - 11 (Scotland) - 31 (US Billboard Adult Top 40) - 62 (Australia)
|-
||"[[Ain't Talkin' 'bout Dub]]" || [[Apollo 440]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || n/a || 7 || 1 (Romania) || [[Ain't Talkin' 'bout Dub#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Ain't That Just the Way]]" || [[Lutricia McNeal]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || 63 || 6 || 1 (Sweden) || [[Ain't That Just the Way#Charts 2|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Alane (song)|Alane]]" || [[Wes Madiko]] || {{Date table sorting|051997}}|May 1997 || n/a || 11 || 1 [[Alane (song)#Charts|(4 countries)]] || [[Alane (song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[All I Want (The Offspring song)|All I Want]]" || [[The Offspring]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || n/a || 31 || 4 (Spain) || [[All I Want (The Offspring song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Alone (Bee Gees song)|Alone]]" || [[Bee Gees]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || 28 || 5 || 1 (Poland) || [[Alone (Bee Gees song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Alright (Jamiroquai song)|Alright]]" || [[Jamiroquai]] || {{Date table sorting|041997}}|April 1997 || 78 || 6 || 2 (Iceland) || [[Alright (Jamiroquai song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Angel of Mine]]" || [[Eternal (band)|Eternal]] || {{Date table sorting|091997}}|September 1997 || n/a || 4 || 3 (Norway) || [[Angel of Mine#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Another Suitcase in Another Hall]]" || [[Madonna]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || n/a || 7 || 6 (Belgium) || [[Another Suitcase in Another Hall#Charts 2|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Anywhere for You (Backstreet Boys song)|Anywhere for You]]" || [[Backstreet Boys]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || n/a || 4 || 1 (Lithuania) || [[Anywhere for You (Backstreet Boys song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Around the World (Daft Punk song)|Around the World]]" || [[Daft Punk]] || {{Date table sorting|041997}}|April 1997 || 61 || 5 || 1 (Iceland, Italy) || [[Around the World (Daft Punk song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[As Long as You Love Me (Backstreet Boys song)|As Long As You Love Me]]" || [[Backstreet Boys]] || {{Date table sorting|091997}}|September 1997 || n/a || 3 || 1 (Lithuania, New Zealand, Romania) || [[As Long as You Love Me (Backstreet Boys song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Electric Avenue (song)#Refugee Camp All-Stars version|Avenues]]" || [[Refugee Camp All-Stars]] & [[Pras]] & [[Ky-Mani Marley]] || 1997 || 35 || n/a || 2 (Norway) || [[Electric Avenue (song)#Refugee Camp All-Stars version|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Baby Can I Hold You]]" || [[Boyzone]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || n/a || 2 || 2 (Ireland, Scotland, United Kingdom) || [[Baby_Can_I_Hold_You#Credits_and_personnel|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Bailando (Paradisio song)|Bailando]]" || [[Paradisio]] || 1997 || n/a || n/a || 1 [[Bailando_(Paradisio_song)#Charts|(5 countries)]] || 
[[Bailando_(Paradisio_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Barbie Girl]]" || [[Aqua (band)|Aqua]] || {{Date table sorting|041997}}|April 1997 || 7 || 1 || 1 [[Barbie_Girl#Charts|(14 countries)]] || [[Barbie_Girl#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Barrel of a Gun (Depeche Mode song)|Barrel of a Gun]]" || [[Depeche Mode]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || 47 || 4 || 1 [[Barrel_of_a_Gun_(Depeche_Mode_song)#Charts|(6 countries)]] || [[Barrel_of_a_Gun_(Depeche_Mode_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Because It's Love]]" || [[The Kelly Family]] || 1997 || n/a || n/a || 2 (Austria, Switzerland) || 3 (Germany) -  6 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) - 11 (Belgium) - 13 (Netherlands [Single Top 100])
|-
||"[[Been Around the World]]" || [[Puff Daddy]] & [[The Notorious B.I.G.]] & [[Mase]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || 2 || 20 || 2 (United States) || [[Been_Around_the_World#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Beetlebum]]" || [[Blur (band)|Blur]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || n/a || 1 || 1 (Scotland, United Kingdom) || [[Beetlebum#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I Have a Dream/Bellissima|Bellissima]]" || [[DJ Quicksilver]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || n/a || n/a || 4 (Germany) || 
[[I_Have_a_Dream/Bellissima#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Bitch (Meredith Brooks song)|Bitch]]" || [[Meredith Brooks]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || 2 || 6 || 2 (Australia, Canada, United States) || [[Bitch_(Meredith_Brooks_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Bitter Sweet Symphony]]" || [[The Verve]] || {{Date table sorting|061997}}|June 1997 || 12 || 2 || 1 (Scotland) || [[Bitter_Sweet_Symphony#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Block Rockin' Beats]]" || [[The Chemical Brothers]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || n/a || 1 || 1 (United Kingdom) || [[Block_Rockin%27_Beats#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||*"[[Blood on the Dance Floor (song)|Blood on the Dance Floor]]" || [[Michael Jackson]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || 42 || 1 || 1 [[Blood_on_the_Dance_Floor_(song)#Charts_and_certifications|(4 countries)]] || [[Blood_on_the_Dance_Floor_(song)#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]] 
|-
||"[[Brimful of Asha]]" || [[Cornershop (band)|Cornershop]] || {{Date table sorting|081997}}|August 1997 || n/a || 1 || 1 (Scotland, United Kingdom) || [[Brimful_of_Asha#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Burnin' (Cue song)|Burnin']]" || [[Cue (band)|Cue]] || 1997 || n/a || n/a || 1 (Sweden) || 4 (Norway) - 9 (Finland) - 19 (Finland)
|-
||"[[C U When U Get There]]" || [[Coolio]] || {{Date table sorting|061997}}|June 1997 || 12 || 3 || 2 (Norway, Sweden, Switzerland) || [[C_U_When_U_Get_There#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Call the Man]]" || [[Celine Dion]] || {{Date table sorting|061997}}|June 1997 || n/a || 11 || 5 (Netherlands) || [[Call_the_Man#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Candle in the Wind '97]]" || [[Elton John]] || {{Date table sorting|091997}}|September 1997 || 1 || 1 || 1 [[Candle_in_the_Wind_1997#Charts|(21 countries)]] || [[Candle_in_the_Wind_1997#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Can't Nobody Hold Me Down]]" || [[Puff Daddy]] & [[Mase]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || 1 || 19 || 1 (United States) || [[Can%27t_Nobody_Hold_Me_Down|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Casanova (LeVert song)|Casanova]]" || [[Ultimate Kaos]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || n/a || 24 || 2 (Netherlands) || [[Casanova_(LeVert_song)#Charts_2|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Cherish (Kool & the Gang song)|Cherish]]" || Pappa Bear & Van der Toorn || {{Date table sorting|101997}}|October 1997 || n/a || 47 || 1 (New Zealand) || [[Cherish_(Kool_%26_the_Gang_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Clementine (Mark Owen song)|Clementine]]" || [[Mark Owen]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || n/a || 3 || 2 (Japan, Spain) || [[Clementine_(Mark_Owen_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Come into My Life (Gala song)|Come into My Life]]" || [[Gala (singer)|Gala]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || n/a || 38 || 1 (Italy, Spain) || [[Come_into_My_Life_(Gala_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Con te partirò]] (Time to Say Goodbye)" || [[Andrea Bocelli]] & [[Sarah Brightman]] || 1997 || n/a || n/a || 1 (Belgium, France) || 10 (Europe) - 18 (Netherlands [Single Top 100]) - 20 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]
|-
||"[[Crush on You (The Jets song)|Crush on You]]" || [[Aaron Carter]] || {{Date table sorting|081997}}|August 1997 || n/a || 9 || 5 (Germany, Switzerland) || [[Crush_on_You_(The_Jets_song)#Weekly_charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Da Funk]]" || [[Daft Punk]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || n/a || 7 || 5 (Ireland, Scotland) || [[Da_Funk#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?]]" || [[N-Trance]] || {{Date table sorting|101997}}|October 1997 || n/a || 7 || 1 (Czech Republic, New Zealand) || [[Da_Ya_Think_I%27m_Sexy%3F#N-Trance_featuring_Rod_Stewart_version|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[D.I.S.C.O.]]" || [[N-Trance]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || n/a || 11 || 8 (Scotland) || [[D.I.S.C.O.#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Discothèque (song)|Discothèque]]" || [[U2]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || 10 || 1 || 1 [[Discothèque_(song)#Charts_and_certifications|(7 countries)]] || [[Discothèque_(song)#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Don't Cry for Me Argentina]]" || [[Madonna]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || 8 || 3 || 1 [[Don%27t_Cry_for_Me_Argentina#Charts_2|(6 countries)]] || [[Don%27t_Cry_for_Me_Argentina#Charts_2|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[The Drugs Don't Work]]" || [[The Verve]] || {{Date table sorting|091997}}|September 1997 || n/a || 1 || 1 (Scotland, United Kingdom) || [[The_Drugs_Don%27t_Work#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Du Hast]]" || [[Rammstein]] || {{Date table sorting|071997}}|July 1997 || n/a || 186 || 5 (Germany) || [[Du_hast#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Du liebst mich nicht]]" || [[Sabrina Setlur]] || 1997 || n/a || n/a || 1 (Germany) || 3 (Austria, Switzerland)
|-
||"[[D'You Know What I Mean?]]" || [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] || {{Date table sorting|071997}}|July 1997 || n/a || 1 || 1 [[D%27You_Know_What_I_Mean%3F#Charts_and_certifications|(5 countries)]] || [[D%27You_Know_What_I_Mean%3F#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Ecuador (song)|Ecuador]]" || [[Sash!]] || {{Date table sorting|041997}}|April 1997 || n/a || 2 || 1 [[Ecuador_(song)#Charts|(4 countries)]] || [[Ecuador_(song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Elegantly Wasted (song)|Elegantly Wasted]]" || [[INXS]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || n/a || 20 || 1 (Canada) || [[Elegantly_Wasted_(song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Encore Une Fois]]" || [[Sash!]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || n/a || 2 || 1 (Europe, Greece, Ireland) || [[Encore_une_fois#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[The End Is the Beginning Is the End]]" || [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || n/a || 10 || 3 (Iceland, Spain) || [[The_End_Is_the_Beginning_Is_the_End#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Everybody (Backstreet's Back)]]" || [[Backstreet Boys]] || {{Date table sorting|061997}}|June 1997 || 4 || 3 || 1 (Hungary, Romania, Spain) || [[Everybody_(Backstreet%27s_Back)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Everything's Gonna Be Alright (Sweetbox song)|Everything's Gonna Be Alright]]" || [[Sweetbox]] || {{Date table sorting|101997}}|October 1997 || 46 || 5 || 2 (Spain) || [[Everything%27s_Gonna_Be_Alright_(Sweetbox_song)#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)]]" || [[Aerosmith]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || 35 || 22 || 1 (Spain) || [[Falling_in_Love_(Is_Hard_on_the_Knees)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Feel So Good (song)|Feel So Good]]" || [[Mase]] || {{Date table sorting|101997}}|October 1997 || 5 || 10 || 5 (United States) || [[Feel_So_Good#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Fire (Scooter song)|Fire]]" || [[Scooter (band)|Scooter]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || n/a || 45 || 1 (Finland) || [[Fire_(Scooter_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Fire Water Burn]]" || [[Bloodhound Gang]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || n/a || n/a || 2 (Norway) || [[Fire_Water_Burn#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Fix (Blackstreet song)|Fix]]" || [[Blackstreet]] || {{Date table sorting|071997}}|July 1997 || 58 || 7 || 3 (Canada) || [[Fix_(Blackstreet_song)#Chart|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Flash (B.B.E. song)|Flash]]" || [[B.B.E.]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || n/a || 5 || 3 (Scotland) || 
[[Flash (B.B.E. song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Fly (Sugar Ray song)|Fly]]" || [[Sugar Ray]] || {{Date table sorting|051997}}|May 1997 || n/a || 58 || 1 (Canada) || [[Fly_(Sugar_Ray_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Fly Like an Eagle (song)|Fly Like an Eagle]]" || [[Seal (musician)|Seal]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || 10 || 13 || 2 (Canada) || [[Fly_Like_an_Eagle_(song)#Charts_2|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Foolish Games]]" || [[Jewel (singer)|Jewel]] || {{Date table sorting|071997}}|July 1997 || 2 || n/a || 2 (Canada, United States) || [[Foolish_Games#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[For You I Will (Monica song)|For You I Will]]" || [[Monica (entertainer)|Monica]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || 4 || 27 || 2 (New Zealand) || [[For_You_I_Will_(Monica_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]  
|-
||"Formula" || DJ Visage || 1997 || n/a || n/a || 1 (Belgium) || 5 (Austria) - 6 (Netherlands) - 24 (France) - 34 (Australia)
|-
||"Free" || [[DJ Quicksilver]] || {{Date table sorting|061997}}|June 1997 || n/a || 7 || 3 (Ireland) || 4 (Spain, Germany) - 9 (Norway) - 11 (Switzerland) - 12 (Austria) - 13 (Sweden)
|-
||"[[Free (Ultra Naté song)|Free]]" || [[Ultra Naté]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || 75 || 4 || 1 (Italy) || [[Free_(Ultra_Naté_song)#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Freedom (Robert Miles song)|Freedom]]" || [[Robert Miles]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || n/a || 15 || 2 (Italy) || [[Freedom_(Robert_Miles_song)|See chart performance entry]]
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||"[[Gotham City (song)|Gotham City]]" || [[R. Kelly]] || {{Date table sorting|061997}}|June 1997 || 9 || 9 || 3 (Germany) || [[Gotham_City_(song)#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Got 'til It's Gone]]" || [[Janet Jackson]] & [[Q-Tip (rapper)|Q-Tip]] & [[Joni Mitchell]] || {{Date table sorting|091997}}|September 1997 || n/a || 6 || 3 (Hungary) || [[Got_%27til_It%27s_Gone#Charts|See chart performance entry]]  
|-
||*"[[Guantanamera]]" || [[Wyclef Jean]] & [[Celia Cruz]] & [[Lauryn Hill]] & Jeni Fujita || {{Date table sorting|101997}}|October 1997 || n/a || 25 || 15 (New Zealand) || [[Guantanamera#Charts_3|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Hard to Say I'm Sorry]]" || [[Az Yet]] & [[Peter Cetera]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || 8 || 7 || 1 (New Zealand) || [[Hard_to_Say_I%27m_Sorry#Charts_2|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)]]" || [[Skunk Anansie]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || n/a || 13 || 1 (Iceland) || [[Hedonism_(Just_Because_You_Feel_Good)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"He's Comin'" || [[Nana (rapper)|Nana]] || {{Date table sorting|091997}}|September 1997 || n/a || n/a || 4 (Germany) || 11 (Switzerland) - 14 (Austria)
|-
||"[[Here We Go (NSYNC song)|Here We Go]]" || [[NSYNC]] || {{Date table sorting|051997}}|May 1997 || n/a || n/a || 5 (Switzerland) || 8 (Austria, Germany) - 10 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) - 66 (Netherlands [Single Top 100])
|-
||"[[Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix#Packaging, release and promotion|HIStory/Ghosts]]" || [[Michael Jackson]] || 1997 || n/a || 5 || 3 (Italy) || 4 (Spain) - 14 (Germany, Netherlands) - 16 (Switzerland) -  26 (France) - 29 (New Zealand)
|-
||"[[Hit 'Em High (The Monstars' Anthem)]]" || [[B-Real]]& [[Coolio]] & [[Method Man]]& [[LL Cool J]]& [[Busta Rhymes]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || n/a || 8 || 1 (Norway) || [[Hit_%27Em_High_(The_Monstars%27_Anthem)|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Home (Depeche Mode song)|Home]]" || [[Depeche Mode]] || {{Date table sorting|061997}}|June 1997 || 88 || 23 || 1 (Italy) || [[Home_(Depeche_Mode_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]] 
|-
||"[[Honey (Mariah Carey song)|Honey]]" || [[Mariah Carey]] || {{Date table sorting|081997}}|August 1997 || 1 || 3 || 1 (Canada, United States) || [[Honey_(Mariah_Carey_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]] 
|-
||"[[How Come, How Long]]" || [[Babyface (musician)|Babyface]] & [[Stevie Wonder]] || {{Date table sorting|071997}}|July 1997 || n/a || 10 || 2 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]/[Single Top 100]) || [[How_Come,_How_Long#Chart|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[How Do I Live]]" || [[LeAnn Rimes]] || {{Date table sorting|051997}}|May 1997 || 2 || 7 || 2 (United States) || [[How_Do_I_Live#Charts|See chart performance entry]]  
|-
||"[[Hypnotize (The Notorious B.I.G. song)|Hypnotize]]" || [[The Notorious B.I.G.]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || 1 || 10 || 1 (United States) || [[Hypnotize_(The_Notorious_B.I.G._song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I Do (Lisa Loeb song)|I Do]]" || [[Lisa Loeb]] || {{Date table sorting|101997}}|October 1997 || 17 || 83 || 1 (Canada) ||
[[I_Do_(Lisa_Loeb_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]] 
|-
||"[[I Don't Want To]]" || [[Toni Braxton]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || 19 || 9 || 7 (Iceland) || [[I_Don%27t_Want_To#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I Finally Found Someone]]" || [[Bryan Adams]] & [[Barbra Streisand]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || 8 || 10 || 1 (Ireland) || [[I_Finally_Found_Someone#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I Know Where It's At]]" || [[All Saints (group)|All Saints]] || {{Date table sorting|081997}}|August 1997 || 36 || 4 || 2 (Canada) || [[I_Know_Where_It%27s_At#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I Never Loved You Anyway]]" || [[The Corrs]] || {{Date table sorting|121997}}|December 1997 || n/a || 43 || 31 (Australia) || 37 (Scotland) - 49 (Canada Adult Contemporary)
|-
||"[[I Shot the Sheriff (Warren G song)|I Shot the Sheriff]]" || [[Warren G]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || 20 || 2 || 1 (New Zealand) || [[I_Shot_the_Sheriff#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I Wanna Be the Only One]]" || [[Eternal (band)|Eternal]] & [[BeBe Winans]] || {{Date table sorting|051997}}|May 1997 || n/a || 1 || 1 (Scotland, United Kingdom) || [[I_Wanna_Be_the_Only_One#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I Want You (Savage Garden song)|I Want You]]" || [[Savage Garden]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || 4 || 11 || 1 (Canada) || [[I_Want_You_(Savage_Garden_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I Will Come to You]]" || [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || 9 || 5 || 1 (Sweden) || [[I_Will_Come_to_You#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[If God Will Send His Angels]]" || [[U2]] || {{Date table sorting|121997}}|December 1997 || n/a || 12 || 4 (Belgium, Iceland) || [[If_God_Will_Send_His_Angels#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[I'll Be Missing You]]" || [[Puff Daddy and The Family]] || {{Date table sorting|051997}}|May 1997 || 1 || 1 || 1 [[I%27ll_Be_Missing_You#Charts|(19 countries)]] || [[I%27ll_Be_Missing_You#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[It's All About The Benjamins]] (Remix)" || [[Puff Daddy and The Family]] || {{Date table sorting|081997}}|August 1997 || 2 || 18 || 2 (United States) || 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Singles) - 2 (U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales)
|-
||"[[It's No Good]]" || [[Depeche Mode]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || 38 || 5 || 1 [[It%27s_No_Good#Charts|(4 countries)]] || [[It%27s_No_Good#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[James Bond Theme (Moby's Re-Version)]]" || [[Moby]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || n/a || 8 || 1 (Iceland) || [[James_Bond_Theme#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Johnny B (song)|Johnny B]]" || [[Down Low (rap group)|Down Low]] || 1997 || n/a || n/a || 4 (Germany) || 7 (Finland) - 8 (Switzerland)
|-
||"[[Jojo Action]]" || [[Mr. President (band)|Mr. President]] || {{Date table sorting|061997}}|June 1997 || n/a || 73 || 1 (Hungary) || [[Jojo_Action#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Just for You (M People song)|Just for You]]" || [[M People]] || {{Date table sorting|091997}}|September 1997 || n/a || 8 || 8 (Scotland, United Kingdom) || [[Just_for_You_(M_People_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Karma Police]]" || [[Radiohead]] || {{Date table sorting|081997}}|August 1997 || n/a || 8 || 1 (Iceland) || [[Karma_Police#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Kiss the Rain]]" || [[Billie Myers]] || {{Date table sorting|091997}}|September 1997 || 15 || 4 || 2 (Canada) || [[Kiss_the_Rain#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Laura non c'è]]" || [[Nek]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || n/a || 59 || 1 (Italy) || [[Laura_non_c%27è#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Let a Boy Cry]]" || [[Gala (singer)|Gala]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || n/a || 11 || 1 (Belgium, France, Italy, Spain) || [[Let_a_Boy_Cry#Charts_and_sales|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Lonely (Nana song)|Lonely]]" || [[Nana (rapper)|Nana]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || n/a || n/a || 1 (Germany, Romania, Switzerland) || [[Lonely_(Nana_song)#Charts_and_sales|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Look into My Eyes (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony song)|Look Into My Eyes]]" || [[Bone Thugs-N-Harmony]] || {{Date table sorting|061997}}|June 1997 || 4 || 16 || 3 (New Zealand) || 4 (US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) - 6 (UK Hip Hop/R&B charts) - 15 (US Billboard Rhythmic charts)
|-
||"[[Love Gets Me Every Time]]" || [[Shania Twain]] || {{Date table sorting|091997}}|September 1997 || 25 || n/a || 4 (Canada) || 1 (Canada country Tracks, US Billboard Hot Country Songs)
|-
||"[[Love Shine a Light]]" || [[Katrina and the Waves]] || {{Date table sorting|041997}}|April 1997 || n/a || 3 || 1 (Israel) || [[Love_Shine_a_Light#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Love Won't Wait]]" || [[Gary Barlow]] || {{Date table sorting|041997}}|April 1997 || n/a || 1 || 1 (Lithuania, Spain, United Kingdom) || [[Love_Won%27t_Wait#Charts|See chart performance entry]] 
|-
||"[[Lovefool]]" || [[The Cardigans]] || {{Date table sorting|051997}}|May 1997 || n/a || 2 || 1 (Scotland, New Zealand) || [[Lovefool#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Mama (Spice Girls song)|Mama]]" || [[Spice Girls]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || n/a || 1 || 1 [[Mama_(Spice_Girls_song)#Charts|(4 countries)]] || [[Mama_(Spice_Girls_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[María (Ricky Martin song)|María]]" || [[Ricky Martin]] || 1997 || 88 || 6 || 1 [[María_(Ricky_Martin_song)#Charts|(18 countries)]] || [[María_(Ricky_Martin_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Meet Her at the Love Parade]]" || [[Da Hool]] || {{Date table sorting|081997}}|August 1997 || n/a || 15 || 1 (Iceland) || [[Meet_Her_at_the_Love_Parade#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[The Memory Remains]]" || [[Metallica]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || 28 || 13 || 1 (Finland, Iceland) || [[The_Memory_Remains#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Men in Black (song)|Men in Black]]" || [[Will Smith]] || {{Date table sorting|061997}}|June 1997 || n/a || 1 || 1 [[Men_in_Black_(song)#Charts|(11 countries)]] || [[Men_in_Black_(song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Midnight in Chelsea]]" || [[Jon Bon Jovi]] || {{Date table sorting|061997}}|June 1997 || n/a || 4 || 1 (Spain) || [[Midnight_in_Chelsea#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[MMMBop]]" || [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]] || {{Date table sorting|041997}}|April 1997 || 1 || 1 || 1 [[ MMMBop#Charts|(12 countries)]] || [[MMMBop#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Mo Money Mo Problems]]" || [[The Notorious B.I.G.]] || {{Date table sorting|071997}}|July 1997 || 1 || 6 || 1 (Netherlands, United States) || [[Mo_Money_Mo_Problems#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Mr. DJ (Dr. Alban song)|Mr. DJ]]" || [[Dr. Alban]] || 1997 || n/a || n/a || 3 (Spain) || 6 (Sweden) - 8 (Finland) - 21 (Austria) - 70 (Germany) - 79 (Europe)
|-
||"[[My Heart Will Go On]]" || [[Celine Dion]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || 1 || 1 || 1 [[#Top_40_Chart_hit_singles|(25 countries)]] || [[#Top_40_Chart_hit_singles|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[My Love Is the Shhh!]]" || [[Somethin' for the People]] || {{Date table sorting|081997}}|August 1997 || 4 || n/a || 2 (Germany) || [[My_Love_Is_the_Shhh!#Chart_positions|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[My Oh My (Aqua song)|My Oh My]]" || [[Aqua (band)|Aqua]] || {{Date table sorting|021997}}|February 1997 || n/a || 6 || 2 (Denmark, Scotland) || [[My_Oh_My_(Aqua_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Nancy Boy]]" || [[Placebo (band)|Placebo]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || n/a || 4 || 4 (United Kingdom) || 5 (Scotland) - 19 (Europe) - 19 (Iceland)
|-
||"[[No Tengo Dinero (Los Umbrellos song)|No Tengo Dinero]]" || [[Los Umbrellos]] || {{Date table sorting|051997}}|May 1997 || 42 || 33 || 1 (Austria) || [[No_Tengo_Dinero_(Los_Umbrellos_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Nobody's Wife (song)|Nobody's Wife]]" || [[Anouk (singer)|Anouk]] || 1997 || n/a || n/a || 1 (Iceland) || [[Nobody%27s_Wife_(song)#Weekly_charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Oh La La La (2 Eivissa song)|Oh La La La]]" || [[2 Eivissa]] || {{Date table sorting|061997}}|June 1997 || n/a || 13 || 1 (Spain) || [[Oh_La_La_La_(2_Eivissa_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Old Before I Die]]" || [[Robbie Williams]] || {{Date table sorting|041997}}|April 1997 || n/a || 2 || 1 (Scotland, Spain) || [[Old_Before_I_Die#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Older (George Michael song)|Older]]" || [[George Michael]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || n/a || 3 || 3 (Spain, United Kingdom) || [[Older_(George_Michael_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[On Your Own (Blur song)|On Your Own]]" || [[Blur (band)|Blur]] || {{Date table sorting|071997}}|July 1997 || n/a || 5 || 5 (Scotland, United Kingdom) || 20 (Iceland) - 27 (Ireland) - 33 (Europe) - 69 (Australia)
|-
||"[[One Headlight]]" || [[The Wallflowers]] || {{Date table sorting|011997}}|January 1997 || n/a || 54 || 1 (Canada) || [[One_Headlight#Charts_and_certifications|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[The One I Gave My Heart To]]" || [[Aaliyah]] || {{Date table sorting|081997}}|August 1997 || 9 || 30 || 9 (United States) || [[The_One_I_Gave_My_Heart_To#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Open Your Eyes (Guano Apes song)|Open Your Eyes]]" || [[Guano Apes]] || {{Date table sorting|081997}}|August 1997 || n/a || n/a || 5 (Germany) || 10 (Austria) - 11 (Switzerland) - 14 (Belgium) - 18 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) - 19 (Netherlands [Single Top 100]) - 24 (U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock - charted in 2000)
|-
||"[[Paranoid Android]]" || [[Radiohead]] || {{Date table sorting|051997}}|May 1997 || n/a || 3 || 2 (Scotland) || [[Paranoid_Android#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Perfect Day (Lou Reed song)|Perfect Day]]" || [[Lou Reed]] & [[Various Artists]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || n/a || 1 || 1 [[Perfect_Day_(Lou_Reed_song)#Charts|(4 countries)]] || [[Perfect_Day_(Lou_Reed_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
||"[[Picture of You (Boyzone song)|Picture of You]]" || [[Boyzone]] || {{Date table sorting|071997}}|July 1997 || n/a || 2 || 1 (Scotland) || [[Picture_of_You_(Boyzone_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|}

===Other Chart hit singles===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|

*"[[All Cried Out (Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam song)|All Cried Out]]" – [[Allure (group)|Allure]] & [[112 (band)|112]] (#4 US)
*"[[Ameno (song)|Ameno]]" - [[Era (musical project)|Era]] (#2 BE, #5 FR, SWE) 
*"[[The Beautiful People (song)|The Beautiful People]]" - [[Marilyn Manson]]
*"[[Break Me Shake Me]]" - [[Savage Garden]]
*"[[Breathe (Midge Ure song)|Breathe]]" - [[Midge Ure]]  
*"[[Breathe (The Prodigy song)|Breathe]]" – [[The Prodigy]] (#1 DEN, FIN, NOR, SP, SWE, UK)
*"[[Don't Let Go (Love)]]" – [[En Vogue]] (#1 DEN, NOR, #2 NLD, US)
*"[[Don't Speak]]" – [[No Doubt]] (#1 AUS, BE, CAN, DEN, IRL, NLD, NOR, SWE, SWI, UK)
*"Du fehlst mir" - [[Cappuccino]]
*"[[I Have a Dream/Bellissima]]" – [[DJ Quicksilver]] (#2 IRL, #3 SP, #4 GER, UK)
*"[[I'll Be There for You (Solid HarmoniE song)|I'll Be There for You]]" - [[Solid HarmoniE]]
*"{{interlanguage link|Je t'aime (Lara Fabian song)|lt=Je t'aime|fr|Je t'aime (chanson)}}" – [[Lara Fabian]]
*"[[Nothing Lasts Forever (Echo & the Bunnymen song)|Nothing Lasts Forever]]" – [[Echo & the Bunnymen]] (#8 UK)
*"[[Piece of My Heart]]" - [[Shaggy (musician)| Shaggy]] &  Marsha Morrison
*"[[Please (U2 song)|Please]]" – [[U2]] (#6 IRL, NLD, #7 FIN, IT, UK)
*"[[Please Don't Go (No Mercy song)|Please Don't Go]]" – [[No Mercy (pop band)|No Mercy]] (#4 UK, #5 AUT, #6 NLD)
*"[[Prince Igor (song)|Prince Igor]]" – [[Warren G]] (#1 NOR, #3 BE, SWE, #6 FR, NLD)
*"[[Push (Matchbox Twenty song)|Push]]" - [[Matchbox Twenty]]
*"[[Remember Me (Blue Boy song)|Remember Me]]" – [[Blue Boy (DJ)|Blue Boy]]
*"[[Rescue Me (Bell, Book & Candle song)|Rescue Me]]" - [[Bell, Book & Candle (band)|Bell, Book & Candle]]
*"[[Rumble in the Jungle (song)|Rumble in the Jungle]]" - [[The Fugees]]
*"[[Quanto amore sei]]" – [[Eros Ramazzotti]] (#3 SP, #7 FIN, #10 IT)
*"[[Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)]]" – [[Backstreet Boys]] (#1 AUT, GER, SWI, #2 UK, US)
*"[[The Rascal King (song)|The Rascal King]]" – [[Mighty Mighty Bosstones]] (#4 CAN)
*"[[The Real Thing (Lisa Stansfield song)|The Real Thing]]" – [[Lisa Stansfield]]
*"[[A Red Letter Day]]" - [[Pet Shop Boys]]
*"[[The Saint (Edwin Astley song)|The Saint]]" - [[Orbital (band)|Orbital]]
*"[[Samba de Janeiro]]" – [[Paffendorf|Bellini]] (#2 GER, SWI, #3 AUT, FR)
*"[[Saturday Night (Suede song)|Saturday Night]]" – [[Suede (band)|Suede]] (#4 DEN, #6 UK, #7 FIN)
*"[[Say What You Want]]" – [[Texas (band)|Texas]] (#3 UK)
*"[[Say You'll Be There]]" – [[Spice Girls]] (#1 UK, FIN, SCO, #3 US)
*"[[Secret Garden (Bruce Springsteen song)|Secret Garden]]" - [[Bruce Springsteen]]
*"[[Semi-Charmed Life]]" – [[Third Eye Blind]] (#2 CAN, #4 US)
*"[[Sex on the Beach (song)|Sex on the Beach]]" – [[T-Spoon]] (#2 UK, #3 IRL, NLD, #4 BE)
*"[[She's a Star]]" – [[James (band)|James]] (#9 UK)
*"[[Show Me Love (Robyn song)|Show Me Love]]" – [[Robyn]] (#2 CAN, #7 US, #8 UK)
*"[[Sick with Love]]" - [[Robyn Loau]] (# 21 AUS)
*"[[Smack My Bitch Up]]" – [[The Prodigy]] (#1 FIN, SP, #6 IRL)
*"[[Something About the Way You Look Tonight]]" – [[Elton John]] (#1 US)
*"[[Something Goin' On (In Your Soul)]]" - [[Todd Terry]] & [[Martha Wash]] & [[Jocelyn Brown]]
*"[[Song 2]]" – [[Blur (band)|Blur]] (#2 UK, #4 AUS, #8 BE)
*"[[A Song for Mama]]" – [[Boyz II Men]] (#7 US)
*"[[Spice Up Your Life]]" – [[Spice Girls]] (#1 UK, #2 BE, CAN, DEN, NLD, NZ, SP, SWE)
*"[[Stand by Me (Oasis song)|Stand by Me]]" – [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] (#2 UK)
*"[[Star People (song)|Star People '97]]" – [[George Michael]] (#1 DEN, #2 UK, #4 SP)
*"[[Staring at the Sun (U2 song)|Staring at the Sun]]" – [[U2]] (#2 CAN, #3 UK, #4 FIN, IRL, NZ)
*"[[Stay (Sash! song)|Stay]]" – [[Sash!]] (#2 IT, UK, #3 DEN, NOR)
*"[[Step by Step (Annie Lennox song)|Step by Step]]" – [[Whitney Houston]] (#2 SP, #6 AUT, #8 GER)
*"[[Sunchyme]]" – [[Dario G]] (#2 DEN, UK, SWI)
*"[[Sunny Came Home]]" – [[Shawn Colvin]] (#7 US)
*"[[Superhero (Daze song)|Superhero]]" - [[Daze (band)|Daze]]
*"[[Tearin' Up My Heart]]" – [['N Sync]] (#3 CAN, #4 AUT, GER)
*"[[Tic, Tic Tac]]" – Chilli & [[Carrapicho]] (#2 AUT, #4 NOR, #5 GER)
*"[[To the Moon and Back (Savage Garden song)|To the Moon and Back]]" – [[Savage Garden]] (#1 AUS, #3 UK, #4 NZ)
*"[[Together Again (Janet Jackson song)|Together Again]]" – [[Janet Jackson]] (#1 US, NLD)
*"[[Tomorrow Never Dies (song)|Tomorrow Never Dies]]" – [[Sheryl Crow]]
*"[[Tout]]" – [[Lara Fabian]]
*"[[Truly Madly Deeply (song)|Truly Madly Deeply]]" – [[Savage Garden]] (#1 AUS, CAN, US)
*"[[Tell Him (Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion song)|Tell Him]]" – [[Barbra Streisand]] & [[Celine Dion]] (#1 NLD, #2 IRL, #3 BE, UK)
*"Time Is Tickin' Away" – [[C-Block]] (#5 GER, #9 SWI)
*"[[Tubthumping]]" – [[Chumbawamba]] (#1 CAN, IRL, IT, NZ)
*"[[Uh La La La]]" – [[Alexia (Italian singer)|Alexia]] (#1 SP, #2 FIN, #5 IRL, IT)
*"[[Vamos a la Discoteca]]" – [[Paradisio]] (#3 FIN, SWE, #6 NOR)
*"[[Vivo per lei]]" – [[Andrea Bocelli]] & [[Giorgia Todrani]] (#1 BE, FR, SP, SWI)
*"[[Walk on By (Young Deenay and Sascha Schmitz song)|Walk on By]]" – [[Young Deenay]] & [[Sascha Schmitz]]
*"[[Walkin' on the Sun]]" – [[Smash Mouth]] (#3 CAN, IT, #5 SP)
*"[[Wannabe]]" – [[Spice Girls]] (#1 UK, US, AUS, BE, DEN, FIN, FR, GER, HK, IRL, ISR, NLD, NOR, NZ, SP, SWE, SWI)
*"[[Warum?]]" – [[Tic Tac Toe (band)|Tic Tac Toe]] (#1 AUT, GER, SWI)
*"[[We Trying to Stay Alive]]" - [[Wyclef Jean]] & [[John Forté]] & [[Pras]]
*"[[When I Die (No Mercy song)|When I Die]]" – [[No Mercy (pop band)|No Mercy]] (#1 AUT, NLD, #2 AUS)
*"[[When Susannah Cries]]" – [[Espen Lind]]
*"[[Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?]]" – [[Paula Cole]] (#8 US)
*"[[Where's the Love]]" – [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]] (#2 AUS, CAN, #4 UK)
*"[[Who Do You Think You Are (Spice Girls song)|Who Do You Think You Are]]" – [[Spice Girls]] (#1 UK, IRL, #2 NLD)
*"[[You Have Been Loved|You Have Been Loved/The Strangest Thing '97]]" – [[George Michael]] (#2 UK)
*"[[You Make Me Wanna...]]" – [[Usher (singer)|Usher]] (#1 UK, #2 US)
*"[[You Might Need Somebody]]" – [[Shola Ama]] (#4 UK, #8 NLD, NZ)
*"[[You Sexy Thing]]" – [[T-Shirt]]
*"[[You Were Meant for Me (Jewel song)|You Were Meant for Me]]" – [[Jewel (singer)|Jewel]] (#2 CAN, US, #3 AUS)
*"[[Your Woman]]" – [[White Town]] (#1 UK, SP, #3 IT)
*"[[You're Not Alone (Olive song)|You're Not Alone]]" – [[Olive (band)|Olive]] (#1 UK, #3 IRL, #4 DEN)
}}

==Notable singles==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
! <big>Song title</big> 
! <big>Artist(s)</big> 
! <big>Release date(s)</big> 
! <big>Other Chart Performance(s)</big>
|-
|"Autumn Sweater" || [[Yo La Tengo]] || {{Date table sorting|041997}}|April 1997 || n/a
|-
|"[[Come to Daddy (song)|Come to Daddy]]" || [[Aphex Twin]] || {{Date table sorting|081997}}|August 1997 || 5 (UK Dance) - 9 (UK Indie Singles Chart) - 10 (Denmark) - 36 (United Kingdom)
|-
|"[[Karma Police]]" || [[Radiohead]] || {{Date table sorting|081997}}|August 1997 || [[Karma Police#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Miss Modular]]" || [[Stereolab]] || {{Date table sorting|091997}}|September 1997 || n/a
|-
|"[[My Own Summer (Shove It)]]" || [[Deftones]] || {{Date table sorting|121997}}|December 1997 || 29 (United Kingdom) - 33 (Scotland)
|-
|"[[Over (Portishead song)|Over]]" || [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || 25 (United Kingdom) - 159 (Australia) 
|-
|"[[Song 2]]" || [[Blur (band)|Blur]] || {{Date table sorting|041997}}|April 1997 || [[Underwater_Love_(Smoke_City_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"[[Underwater Love (Smoke City song)|Underwater Love]]" || [[Smoke City]] || {{Date table sorting|031997}}|March 1997 || [[Song_2#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|"You Know My Steez" || [[Gang Starr]] || {{Date table sorting|111997}}|November 1997 || 5 (US Billboard Hot Rap Songs) - 32 (US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) - 76 (United States) 
|}

===Other Notable singles===
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
*"Can't Get Free" - [[Cranes (band)|Cranes]]
*"Rock City" - [[The Avalanches]]
*"[[Sick with Love]]" - [[Robyn Loau]]
}}

==Classical music==
===Premieres===
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| [[Peter Maxwell Davies|Davies, Peter Maxwell]] || [[Piano Concerto (Davies)|Concerto for Piano and Orchestra]] || 1997-11-7 || {{flagicon|UK}} [[Nottingham Royal Concert Hall|Nottingham]] || [[Kathryn Stott|Stott]], [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]] – [[Peter Maxwell Davies|Davies]]<ref>{{cite web |author=David Nice |year=1997 |title=Peter Maxwell Davies: Piano Concerto |publisher=[[G. Schirmer Inc.]] |url=http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/work/8383 |access-date=March 5, 2017}}</ref>
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| [[George Enescu|Enescu, George]] || [[Symphony No. 4 (Enescu)|Symphony No. 4]] || 1997-10-2 || {{flagicon|ROM}} Bucharest || [[George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra]] – {{Interlanguage link|Cristian Mandeal|ro}}<ref>[[Pascal Bentoiu]], ''Masterworks of George Enescu: A Detailed Analysis'', translated by Lory Wallfisch (Lanham, MD; Plymouth, UK: Scarecrow Press, 2010): 524–25. {{ISBN|978-0-8108-7665-1}}.</ref>
|-
|}

===Compositions===
*[[Leonardo Balada]] – ''Concierto Magico'' for guitar and orchestra
*[[Silvie Bodorova]] – ''Terezin Ghetto Requiem''
*[[Peter Maxwell Davies]] – [[Piano Concerto (Davies)|Concerto for Piano and Orchestra]]
*[[Henri Dutilleux]]
**''The Shadows of Time'', for three children's voices and orchestra
**''Slava's Fanfare,'' for spatial ensemble
*[[Lorenzo Ferrero]]
** Capriccio for piano and string orchestra
** Concerto for violin, cello, piano and orchestra
**''Storie di neve'', music for the [[Sestriere]] [[FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1997|Alpine World Ski Championships]] opening ceremony of 1997
**''Championship Suite'', for large orchestra
**''Three Baroque Buildings''
*[[Andrew Glover (composer)|Andrew Glover]] – ''The Fickle Virgin of Seventeen Summers: A Quartet for Strings''
*[[Sofia Gubaidulina]] – ''[[The Canticle of the Sun (Gubaidulina)|The Canticle of the Sun]]''
*[[Jaakko Mäntyjärvi]] – ''[[Canticum Calamitatis Maritiamae]]''
*[[David Sawer]] – ''[[The Greatest Happiness Principle]]''
*[[Tan Dun]] – ''Symphony 1997: Heaven, Earth, Mankind''
*[[Takashi Yoshimatsu]]
**''Around the Round Ground'' for guitar and [[Bell (instrument)|bells]]
**Piano Concerto ''Memo Flora'' for piano and orchestra
**''And Birds Are Still...'' for string orchestra, Op. 72

==Opera==
*[[Robert Ashley]] – ''Balseros''
*[[Antonio Braga]] – ''[[San Domenico di Guzman (oratorio)|San Domenico di Guzman]]'' (oratorio)
*[[Michael Daugherty]] – ''[[Jackie O (opera)|Jackie O]]''
*[[Peter Lieberson]] – ''Ashoka's Dream''
*[[Einojuhani Rautavaara]] – ''Aleksis Kivi''

==Jazz==
{{Main|1997 in jazz}}

==Musical theater==
*''[[1776 (musical)|1776]]'' – Broadway revival
*''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]'' – Broadway revival
*''[[Candide (musical)|Candide]]'' ([[Leonard Bernstein]]) – Broadway revival
*''[[Dream (musical)|Dream]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Royale Theatre]] and ran for 109 performances
*''[[Forever Tango]]'' – Broadway production
*''[[Jekyll & Hyde (musical)|Jekyll & Hyde]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre|Plymouth Theatre]] and ran for 1543 performances
*''[[The Life (musical)|The Life]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]] and ran for 463 performances
*''[[The Lion King (musical)|The Lion King]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[New Amsterdam Theatre]] and is still running, with over 6700 performances to date, making it the third longest run in Broadway history.
*''[[Scarlet Pimpernel (musical)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Neil Simon Theatre]] and ran for 772 performances
*''[[Side Show (musical)|Side Show]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Richard Rodgers Theatre]] and ran for 91 performances
*''[[Snow.Wolf.Lake]]'' –  Hong Kong's first modern musical opened at the [[Hong Kong Coliseum]] and ran for 42 performances
*''[[Steel Pier (musical)|Steel Pier]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Richard Rodgers Theatre]] and ran for 76 performances
*''[[Street Corner Symphony (musical)|Street Corner Symphony]]'' – Broadway production
*''[[Titanic (musical)|Titanic]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Lunt-Fontanne Theatre]] and ran for 804 performances
*''[[Triumph of Love (musical)|Triumph of Love]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Royale Theatre]] and ran for 85 performances

==Musical films==
*''[[Amy (1997 film)|Amy]]''
*''[[Anastasia (1997 film)|Anastasia]]'' (animated feature)
*''[[Cats Don't Dance]]'' (animated feature)
*''[[Cinderella (1997 film)|Cinderella]]'' (telefilm)
*''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]'' (animated feature)
*''[[Holiday in Your Heart]]'' (telefilm)
*''[[Rhyme & Reason (film)|Rhyme & Reason]]''
*''[[Selena (film)|Selena]]''
* ''[[Slaves to the Underground]]''
*''[[Spiceworld (film)|Spiceworld]]''
*''[[The Next Step (film)|The Next Step]]''
*''[[The Tango Lesson]]''
*''[[The Wiggles Movie]]''
*''[[Wild Man Blues]]''
*''[[Year of the Horse]]''

==Births==
*[[January 1]] – [[Noah Kahan]], American folk musician
*[[January 9]] – [[Daigo Nishihata]], Japanese singer ([[Naniwa Danshi]])
*[[January 11]] – [[Cody Simpson]], Australian surf pop singer-songwriter, musician and athlete
*[[January 14]] – [[Jaira Burns]], American singer-songwriter
*[[January 17]] – [[Jack Vidgen]], Australian singer, 2011 ''[[Australia's Got Talent]]'' winner, activist and television personality 
*[[January 20]] – [[Blueface]], American rapper
*[[January 21]] – [[Edan Lui]], Hong Kong singer ([[Mirror (group)|MIRROR]])
*[[January 24]] – [[Strayz|CK Wong]], Hong Kong singer-songwriter ([[Strayz|STRAYZ]])
*[[January 28]] – [[Nutsa Buzaladze]], Georgian singer
*[[January 31]] – [[Cho Mi-yeon|Miyeon]], South Korean singer, ([[(G)I-dle]])
*[[February 1]]  – [[Jihyo]], South Korean singer ([[TWICE]])
*[[February 8]]
**[[Bella Poarch]], Filipino American singer, songwriter, activist, veteran and internet star (Friend of [[Grimes]])
**[[Rude-α]], Japanese rapper
*[[February 10]] – [[Maan de Steenwinkel]], Dutch singer, actress
*[[February 11]] 
** [[Nasty C]], South African rapper
** [[Rosé (singer)|Rosé]], Korean-New Zealand singer and dancer ([[Blackpink]])
*[[February 15]] – [[Mia Boyka]], Russian singer
*[[February 16]] – [[Ren Meguro]], Japanese singer ([[Snow Man]])
*[[February 18]] – [[DK (singer)|DK]], South Korean singer ([[Seventeen (South Korean band)|Seventeen]])
*[[February 23]] – [[Shiena Nishizawa]], Japanese singer
*[[March 2]] – [[Becky G]], Mexican-American singer-songwriter, actress
*[[March 3]] – [[Camila Cabello]], Cuban-American singer/songwriter, dancer and actress
*[[March 4]] – [[Daoko]], Japanese singer
*[[March 8]] – [[Jurina Matsui]] - Japanese idol, actress, talent, and model (former [[SKE48]])
*[[March 21]] – [[Martina Stoessel|Tini Stoessel]], Argentine actress, singer, songwriter, dancer and model.
*[[March 24]]  – [[Mina (Japanese singer)|Mina]], Japanese singer and dancer ([[TWICE]])
*[[March 26]] – [[Glowie]], Icelandic singer
*[[March 27]] – [[Lisa (rapper)|Lisa]], Thai singer, dancer, rapper ([[Blackpink]])
*[[April 2]] – [[Peach PRC]], Australian pop singer, songwriter, activist, and internet personality 
*[[April 3]] – [[Kiana Lede]], American singer-songwriter, actress, pianoist and actress
*[[April 6]] – [[Mingyu]], South Korean rapper and singer ([[Seventeen (South Korean band)|Seventeen]])
*[[April 8]] - [[Saygrace]], Australian singer-songwriter
*[[April 27]] – [[Sayuki Takagi]], Japanese singer
*[[May 6]] – [[Scene Queen]], American metal musician
*[[May 7]]
**[[Irori Maeda]], Japanese singer
**[[Rico Nasty]], American rapper and [[trap metal]] artist
*[[May 11]] 
** [[Lana Condor]], American actress and dancer
** [[Coi Leray]], American rapper, singer-songwriter and dancer 
*[[May 20]] - [[Omar Apollo]]. American bilingual singer and songwriter 
*[[May 26]] - [[Grace Carter (singer)|Grace Carter]], English singer-songwriter 
*[[May 27]] – [[Soccer Mommy]], American singer-songwriter
*[[May 31]] – [[Cupcakke]], American rapper, LBTQ+ advocate
*[[June 9]] - [[Tay Iwar]], a Nigerian singer, songwriter, composer, sound engineer and record producer 
*[[June 11]]
**[[Kodak Black]], American rapper
**[[Jorja Smith]], British singer
*[[June 13]] – [[070 Shake]], American rapper
*[[June 14]] – [[Fujii Kaze]], Japanese singer
*[[June 15]] – [[Bali Baby]], American rapper
*[[June 17]] - [[070 Shake]], American rapper and singer
*[[June 21]] – [[Rebecca Black]], American singer-songwriter, YouTube artist
*[[June 22]] – [[Dinah Jane]], American singer and member of the girl group [[Fifth Harmony]]
*[[June 25]] 
** [[Jacquie Lee]], American singer, and 2013 ''[[The Voice (American TV series)|The Voice]]'' contestant
** [[Faye Webster]], American singer-songwriter
** [[:no:Raylee|Raylee]], Norwegian singer, dancer and actress
*[[June 26]]
**[[Abi (Hoffman)|Abi Ann]], American singer-songwriter
**[[Baek Ye-rin]], Korean singer-songwriter and former member of [[15&]]
*[[June 27]] – [[H.E.R.]], American singer-songwriter
*[[July 1]] – [[Indigo De Souza]], American singer
*[[July 5]]
**[[Cloud Wan]], Hong Kong singer and actress
**[[Park Ji-min (singer, born 1997)|Park Ji-min]] South Korean singer-songwriter, television host and former member of [[15&]]
*[[July 7]] - [[James Marriott (musician)|James Marriott]], British YouTuber and musician
*[[July 8]] – [[Lauran Hibberd]], British singer-songwriter
*[[July 10]] – [[Rena Katō]], Japanese singer
*[[July 28]] - [[Gabbriette]], American model and musician
*[[July 30]] – [[Finneas O'Connell]], American singer-songwriter, actor, record producer and musician, brother of and collaborator with [[Billie Eilish]]
*[[August 5]]
**[[Olivia Holt]], American actress and singer
**[[KennyHoopla]], American singer
*[[August 7]] 
** [[Yungblud]], English alternative rock musician, singer-songwriter
** [[Evaluna Montaner]], a Venezuelan actress, singer, music director, dancer, television presenter
**[[Strayz|Valentina Cho]], Hong Kong singer-songwriter ([[Strayz|STRAYZ]])
*[[August 9]] – [[Naniwa Danshi|Kazuya Ohashi]], Japanese singer ([[Naniwa Danshi]])
*[[August 10]] – [[Sara Takatsuki]], Japanese actress, model and singer
*[[August 11]]
**[[Kanon Kimoto]], former Japanese idol and actress (former [[SKE48]])
**[[Saba (singer)|Saba]], Danish singer, musical theatre actress
*[[August 16]] – [[Greyson Chance]], American singer, songwriter, and pianist
*[[August 19]] – [[Baby Queen]], British singer-songwriter born in Durban South Africa
*[[August 24]] – [[Alan Walker (music producer)|Alan Walker]], English-Norwegian DJ and record producer
*[[August 25]] – [[Maty Noyes]], American singer ([[Kygo]]) 
*[[August 26]]
**[[Cordae]], American rapper, singer, and songwriter
**[[Mae Muller]] – British singer-songwriter who represented the United Kingdom at [[Eurovision Song Contest 2023]]
*[[August 27]] - [[Guitarricadelafuente]], Spanish singer-songwriter, guitarist and musician based in Zaragoza
*[[August 28]] – [[Bazzi (singer)]], American singer-songwriter (Camilla Cabello) 
*[[September 1]] – [[Jungkook]], South Korean singer-songwriter, record producer, and member of [[BTS]]
*[[September 2]] – [[Sanah (singer)|Sanah]], Polish singer, songwriter, violinist, and composer
*[[September 14]] – [[Benjamin Ingrosso]], Swedish singer-songwriter
*[[September 24]] – [[Malaya Watson]], American singer
*[[October 1]] – [[Sam Verlinden]], New Zealand singer and actor
*[[October 2]] - [[Rubi Rose]], American rapper, songwriter and model
*[[October 6]] – [[Michael J. Woodard]], American singer
*[[October 7]] – [[J. Rey Soul]], Filipino-American singer
*[[October 8]] – [[Bella Thorne]], American actress and singer
*[[October 9]] – [[Megan Moroney]], American country singer
*[[October 10]] – [[DDG (rapper)|DDG]], American rapper, singer and YouTuber
*[[October 14]] – [[Miru Shiroma]], Japanese singer and model
* [[November 18]] - [[Hope Tala]], British singer-songwriter
*[[October 23]] – [[Minnie (singer)|Minnie]], Thai singer-songwriter, record producer, and member of [[(G)I-dle]]
*[[October 24]]
** [[Arthur Gunn]], American singer
** [[Raye (singer)|Raye]], British singer-songwriter and activist 
*[[November 23]]
**[[Akari Takeuchi]], Japanese singer
**[[Kim Dracula]], Australian metal musician
*[[November 24]] – [[Reiley (singer)|Reiley]], Faroese singer
*[[December 5]] – [[Maddie Poppe]], American singer-songwriter and multi instrumentalist (Winner of ''American Idol'' 16)  
*[[December 16]]
**[[Snot (rapper)|Snot]], American rapper
**[[Zara Larsson]], Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, and activist
**Nat Ćmiel (born Natasha Yelin Chang), Singaporean songwriter and producer known for the musical project, [[Yeule]]
*[[December 20]] – [[Suzuka Nakamoto]], Japanese singer ([[Babymetal]])
*[[December 21]]
**[[Kida (singer)|Kida]], Kosovan singer
**[[Pedro Sampaio]], Brazilian singer and music producer
*[[December 29]] – [[Dylan Minnette]], American actor, musician and singer (Wallows)

==Deaths==
*[[January 1]]
**[[Ivan Graziani]], Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist, 51
**[[Townes Van Zandt]], country-folk musician, 52
*[[January 2]] – [[Randy California]], rock guitarist, 45 (drowned)
*[[January 5]] – [[Burton Lane]], composer and lyricist, 84
*[[January 10]] – [[Kenny Pickett (musician)|Kenny Pickett]], vocalist ([[The Creation (band)|The Creation]]), 54
*[[January 18]] – [[Keith Diamond (songwriter)|Keith Diamond]], songwriter, 46
*[[January 21]] – [[Colonel Tom Parker]], manager of [[Elvis Presley]], 87
*[[January 22]]
**[[Richard Berry (musician)|Richard Berry]], songwriter (notably wrote "[[Louie Louie]]"), 61
**[[Billy Mackenzie]], Scottish vocalist of [[The Associates (band)|The Associates]], 39 (suicide)
*[[January 27]] – [[Gerald Marks]], American songwriter, 96
*[[February 10]] – [[Brian Connolly]], vocalist ([[The Sweet|Sweet]]), 51 (liver failure)
*[[February 23]] – [[Tony Williams (drummer)|Tony Williams]], jazz drummer, 51
*[[March 3]] – [[Finn Høffding]], Danish composer, 97
*[[March 9]] – [[The Notorious B.I.G.]], [[Rapping|rapper]], 24 (shot)
*[[March 10]] – [[LaVern Baker]], R & B singer, 67
*[[March 17]] – [[Jermaine Stewart]], vocalist, 39 (AIDS)
*[[March 24]] – [[Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes|Harold Melvin]], soul musician, 57
*[[April 8]] – [[Laura Nyro]], singer-songwriter, 49 (ovarian cancer)
*[[April 9]]
**[[Mae Boren Axton]], songwriter and music promoter, 82  
**[[Yank Rachell]], blues guitarist, 87
*[[April 19]] – [[Eldon Hoke]], metal/punk singer and drummer, 39
*[[May 9]] – [[Willy Hess (composer)|Willy Hess]], Swiss musicologist and composer, 90
*[[May 11]] – [[Ernie Fields]], American trombonist, pianist and bandleader, 93
*[[May 29]] – [[Jeff Buckley]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist, 30 (drowned)
*[[June 2]] – [[Doc Cheatham]], jazz trumpeter, 91
*[[June 4]] – [[Ronnie Lane]], member of [[The Small Faces]], 51 (multiple sclerosis, pneumonia)
*[[June 7]] – [[Arthur Prysock]], jazz singer, 68
*[[June 16]] – [[John Wolters (musician)|John Wolters]] ([[Dr Hook]]), 52 (liver cancer)
*[[June 19]] – [[Bobby Helms]], country singer, 63
*[[June 20]] – [[Lawrence Payton]] ([[The Four Tops]]), 59
*[[June 23]] – [[Prince Nico Mbarga]], Nigerian [[highlife]] musician, 47
*[[June 26]] – [[Israel Kamakawiwoʻole]], Hawaiian musician, 38
*[[July 5]] – [[Mrs. Elva Miller]], American singer, 89
*[[August 1]] – [[Sviatoslav Richter]], pianist, 82
*[[August 2]] – [[Fela Kuti]], Nigerian musician and composer, 58 (Kaposi's sarcoma)
*[[August 5]] – [[Don Steele]], American disc jockey, 61
*[[August 10]] – [[Conlon Nancarrow]], composer, 84
*[[August 12]] – [[Luther Allison]], blues guitarist, 57
*[[August 16]] – Ustad [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]], [[qawwali]] singer and [[world music]] ambassador, 48
*[[September 5]] – Sir [[Georg Solti]], conductor, 84
*[[September 8]] – [[Derek Taylor]], press agent for [[The Beatles]], 65
*[[September 17]] – [[Anthony Franchini]], Italian American guitarist, 99
*[[September 18]] – [[Jimmy Witherspoon]], [[blues]] singer, 77
*[[September 19]] – [[Rich Mullins]], singer, 41
*[[September 28]] – [[Munir Bashir]], musician and [[oud]] player, 66–67
*[[October 5]] – [[Arthur Tracy]], singer, 98
*[[October 12]] – [[John Denver]], American folk singer-songwriter and [[folk rock]] musician, 53 (air crash)
*[[October 19]] – [[Glen Buxton]], guitarist for the original [[Alice Cooper (band)|Alice Cooper Band]], 49 (pneumonia)
*[[October 20]] – [[Henry Vestine]], guitarist ([[Canned Heat]]), 52
*[[November 3]] – [[Ronald Barnes (carillonist)|Ronald Barnes]], carillonist, 70
*[[November 6]] – [[Epic Soundtracks]], English singer-songwriter, drummer of [[Swell Maps]], [[Crime and the City Solution]] and [[These Immortal Souls]], 38
*[[November 12]] – [[Carlos Surinach]], Spanish-American composer and conductor, 82
*[[November 20]] – [[Robert Palmer (American writer)|Robert Palmer]], writer, musicologist, clarinetist and producer, 52
*[[November 22]] – [[Michael Hutchence]], singer of INXS, 37 (suicide by hanging)
*[[December 1]] – [[Stéphane Grappelli|Stephane Grappelli]], French violinist, 89
*[[December 2]] – [[Michael Hedges]], composer and guitarist, 43 (car accident)
*[[December 16]] – [[Nicolette Larson]], pop singer ("[[Lotta Love]]"), 45 (cerebral edema)
*[[December 19]] – [[Jimmy Rogers]], blues musician, 73
*[[December 21]] – [[Amie Comeaux]], American singer and actress, 21 (traffic accident)
*[[December 28]] – [[Henry Barraud (composer)|Henry Barraud]], French composer, 97
*[[December 31]] – [[Floyd Cramer]], pianist, 64

==Awards==
* [[1997 Country Music Association Awards]]
* [[Eurovision Song Contest 1997]]: won by [[Katrina and the Waves]] (UK) with the song "[[Love Shine a Light]]".
*[[Gospel Music Association|Gospel Music Hall of Fame]]: Inductees include [[Gloria Gaither]], and [[Billy Ray Hearn]] (founder of [[Myrrh Records]]).
* [[Grammy Awards of 1997]]
* [[Mercury Music Prize]]: Awarded to [[Roni Size|Roni Size/Reprazent]] for the album ''[[New Forms]]''.
* [[1997 MTV Video Music Awards]]
* [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]]: The following artists are inducted: [[The (Young) Rascals]]; the [[Bee Gees]]; [[Buffalo Springfield]]; [[Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young|Crosby, Stills and Nash]]; [[The Jackson 5]]; [[Joni Mitchell]]; and [[Parliament-Funkadelic]].

==Charts==
* [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1997]]
* [[1997 in British music#Charts]]
* [[List of Oricon number-one singles of 1997]]

==See also==
* [[1997 in British music|1997 in music (UK)]]
* [[:Category:Record labels established in 1997]]
* [[Triple J Hottest 100, 1997]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Commons category}}

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[[Category:20th century in music]]
[[Category:Music by year]]