1997 in music

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

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Events[]

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January[]

• January 1 – Townes Van Zandt dies
• January 6 – Scottish band Texas released first single, "Say What You Want" from their 6x Platinum album "White on Blonde"^[1]
• January 7 – The Spice Girls release their debut single, "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, The Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Robert Smith of The Cure, Lou Reed, and Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins, with the opening act Placebo. Proceeds from the concert went to the Save the Children fund.^[2]
• January 10 – James Brown receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Hollywood, USA.^[3]
• January 17–February 2 – The Big Day Out festival takes place in Australia and New Zealand, headlined by Soundgarden, The Offspring and The Prodigy.^[4] 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, at the 54th annual Golden Globe Awards in the USA.^[5]
• January 20–Daft Punk releases their debut studio 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.

February[]

• February 2 – Rich Mullins' musical The Canticle of the Plains receives its première in Wichita, Kansas.
• February 3 – Scottish band Texas release their fourth album "White on Blonde"^[6]
• 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.^[7]
• 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, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. Babyface wins the most awards with four, while Celine Dion's Falling into You wins Album of the Year and Eric Clapton's "Change the World" wins both Record of the Year and Song of the Year. LeAnn Rimes wins 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 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 Awards party in Los Angeles, CA.
  • The Spice Girls become the first act in the history of the UK Top 40 singles charts to have four consecutive number one hits with Mama/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 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 Monkees perform two sold-out concerts at Wembley Arena in London, UK.
• March 30 – The Spice Girls launch Britain's new television 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.^[8]
• April 15 – 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 festival is held in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

May[]

• May 3
  • 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 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, held in Dublin's Point Theatre, the UK win with "Love Shine a Light", sung by Katrina and the Waves.
  • The Notorious B.I.G. single 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 Prince's Trust 21st anniversary concert at the Manchester Opera House They break royal protocol by kissing The Prince of Wales on the cheeks and even pinching his bottom.
• May 15 – The Spice Girls' album Spice reaches number one on the US charts, making them the first British act to top the charts with a debut album.
• May 21 - Radiohead releases OK Computer.
• May 23 – Brainiac frontman Tim Taylor is killed in a car crash driving to his Dayton, Ohio home. He was 29. The band soon announces they will not continue.
• May 24 – The first proper 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 28 – Japanese pop singer and songwriter Miho Komatsu releases her first and debut song entitled 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 eleven weeks, only to be replaced by The Notorious B.I.G. posthumous single "Mo Money Mo Problems", also featuring Puff Daddy.
• June 24 – 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 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.^[9]
• June 29 – Missy Elliott releases 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 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 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 come back with the release of their second international album Backstreet's Back.
• August 12 – The Backstreet Boys burst onto the music scene in the United States with the release of their debut 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", which moved her sound in a more Hip-Hop and R&B direction.
  • Aaliyah releases the single "Hot Like Fire"/"The One I Gave My Heart To".
• September 17 – The KLF return for 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.^[10]
• September 23 – U2 perform a 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. Ironically, in a controversial legal dispute, the majority of their royalties and songwriting credit for their single "Bittersweet Symphony" go to The Rolling Stones.
• October 7 – 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, 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.
• 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, 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 and 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^[11] 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 9th 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, 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 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 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 introduce blank recordable CDs.
• The first is held.
• Rob Gommerman leaves Finger Eleven due to extensive touring.
• Derrick Green replaces Max Cavalera in Sepultura.
• Glenn Ljungström and Johan Larsson leave In Flames.
• Big Audio Dynamite's final album Entering a New Ride, which features Ranking Roger from 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[]

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• 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[]

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
J A N U A R Y	1	Six of Hearts	Kenny G	EP
	7	Enjoy Incubus	Incubus	EP
	10	The Best and the Rest	Savatage	Compilation
	14	Justuss	Snow	-
		Live Stages	Vertical Horizon	Live
		Rhyme & Reason	Various Artists	Soundtrack
	20	Homework	Daft Punk	UK
	21	Dragon Attack: A Tribute to Queen	Various Artists	Tribute
		Slick Shoes EP	Slick Shoes	EP
	23	Clumsy	Our Lady Peace	Canada
	27	Glow	Reef	-
	28	Gridlock'd	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy	Pat Boone	Covers CD
		Lie to Me	Jonny Lang	-
		Perfect from Now On	Built to Spill	-
		Uptown Saturday Night	Camp Lo	-
		Vivir	Enrique Iglesias	-
	?	Come My Fanatics...	Electric Wizard	[12]
F E B R U A R Y	3	C'est pour vivre	Celine Dion	Compilation
		Earthling	David Bowie	-
		Freak Show	Silverchair	Sophomore
		Sex Style	Kool Keith	-
		White on Blonde	Texas	-
	4	Bombs & Butterflies	Widespread Panic	-
		Handsome	Handsome	Debut
		Ixnay on the Hombre	The Offspring	-
		Love Travels	Kathy Mattea	-
		Old Friends from Young Years	Papa Roach	Debut
		Tony Bennett on Holiday	Tony Bennett	-
	7	SubUrbia	Various Artists	Soundtrack
	8	Kingdom of Madness	Edguy	-
	10	Blur	Blur	-
		A Short Album About Love	The Divine Comedy	-
	11	Baduizm	Erykah Badu	Debut
		Coal Chamber	Coal Chamber	Debut
		Beautiful World	Big Head Todd and the Monsters	-
		Brighten the Corners	Pavement	-
		Built to Last	Sick of It All	-
		City	Strapping Young Lad	-
		Eight Arms to Hold You	Veruca Salt	-
		I Like It When You Die	Anal Cunt	-
		Show World	Red Kross	-
		Sweet Homewrecker	Thrush Hermit	-
		Unchained Melody: The Early Years	LeAnn Rimes	Recorded 1994–96
	15	Best of Gloria Estefan	Gloria Estefan	Compilation
	17	Attack of the Grey Lantern	Mansun	Debut
		Live at the Wireless	Ash	Live
	18	Lost Highway	Various Artists	-
		Payable on Death Live	P.O.D.	-
		Secret Samadhi	Live	-
		Terra Incognita	Chris Whitley	-
	24	Orblivion	The Orb	-
		'Til Death Do Us Unite	Sodom	-
	25	The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum	L7	-
		Booty Call	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		Either/Or	Elliott Smith	-
		Marcy Playground	Marcy Playground	-
		Maximum Abduction	Hypocrisy	EP
		Slush	OP8	-
		...Somewhere More Familiar	Sister Hazel	-
		Whiplash	James	-
		Women in Technology	White Town	-
M A R C H	1	Space Avenue	Waltari	Finland
	3	10	Wet Wet Wet	-
		The Boatman's Call	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	-
		Electro Glide in Blue	Apollo 440	-
		Pop	U2	-
	4	Dan Bern	Dan Bern	Debut
		Goldfly	Guster	-
		The Healing Game	Van Morrison	-
		Savage Garden	Savage Garden	Australia, Debut
		Soul Assassins, Chapter 1	Soul Assassins	-
	10	Extinct Instinct	Threshold	-
		Still Waters	Bee Gees	-
	11	Before You Were Punk	Various Artists	Compilation
		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	-
		Fake Can Be Just as Good	Blonde Redhead	-
		Let's Face It	The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	-
		Like Swimming	Morphine	-
		Live at Hammersmith '79	Ted Nugent	Live 1979
		Message for Albert	Five for Fighting	-
		Rapture	Bradley Joseph	-
		The Untouchable	Scarface	-
		Violent Demise: The Last Days	Body Count	-
	17	The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified	The Dismemberment Plan	-
		The Future of War	Atari Teenage Riot	-
	18	Aftertaste	Helmet	-
		Euphoria	Leftover Salmon	-
		Happy Town	Jill Sobule	-
		Nine Lives	Aerosmith	-
		Made in America	Aerosmith	EP
		Selena	Selena	Soundtrack
		Stealing Second	Chris Thile	-
		Whatever and Ever Amen	Ben Folds Five	-
	21	In This Room	The 3rd and the Mortal	-
	23	Wild Orchid	Wild Orchid	-
	24	Now That's What I Call Music! 36 (UK series)	Various Artists	Compilation
		Skyscraping	ABC	-
		Solid	U.D.O.	-
		Some Things Never Change	Supertramp	-
		White Trash Hell	Everclear	EP
	25	Blue Sky on Mars	Matthew Sweet	-
		The Buffalo Club	The Buffalo Club	-
		Carnival of Chaos	GWAR	-
		R&B Transmogrification	Quasi	Debut
		Chocolate Supa Highway	Spearhead	-
		Come In and Burn	Rollins Band	-
		Dust Bunnies	Bettie Serveert	-
		Everything I Touch Runs Wild	Lori Carson	-
		Everything You Want	Ray J	Debut
		Goodbye Ellston Avenue	Pinhead Gunpowder	Debut
		Hand It Over	Dinosaur Jr.	-
		Hear in the Now Frontier	Queensrÿche	-
		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	Sophomore
		Must've Been High	Supersuckers	-
		So Long So Wrong	Alison Krauss	-
		Take a Look Over Your Shoulder	Warren G	-
		Then: The Earlier Years	They Might Be Giants	Compilation
	26	The Fawn	The Sea and Cake	-
		Third Eye Blind	Third Eye Blind	-
	?	Blue Roses from the Moons	Nanci Griffith	-

April – June[]

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
A P R I L	1	Midget Tossing	Yellowcard	Debut; features Ben Dobson on lead vocals
		Sisters of Avalon	Cyndi Lauper	Worldwide; released in Japan in '96
		The Splinter Shards the Birth of Separation	Zao	-
		Tripping the Light Fantastic	Lit	-
	2	Clumsy	Our Lady Peace	US
	4	Elegantly Wasted	INXS	Final album with Michael Hutchence on lead vocals
	7	Barafundle	Gorky's Zygotic Mynci	-
		Dig Your Own Hole	The Chemical Brothers	-
		Eld	Enslaved	-
	8	Broadway & 52nd	Us3	-
		Dig Me Out	Sleater-Kinney	-
		Retreat from the Sun	that dog	-
		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	-
		12 Picks	Ace Frehley	Compilation
		Rock Collection	Pond	-
		Whole	Pedro the Lion	EP
	14	Mother Nature Calls	Cast	-
	15	Glee	Bran Van 3000	Debut
		In the Mirror	Yanni	Compilation
		Free Mars	Lusk	Debut
		Sevendust	Sevendust	Debut
		Shadowlife	Dokken	-
		Twenty-Eight Teeth	Buck-O-Nine	-
		Ultra	Depeche Mode	-
	17	Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996–1997)	Mogwai	Compilation
	20	For Monkeys	Millencolin	Sweden
	21	In It for the Money	Supergrass	-
		Tellin' Stories	The Charlatans	-
		Ashtrayhead
	22	Back from the Dead	Obituary	-
		Carrying Your Love with Me	George Strait	-
		Cowboy	Erasure	-
		Full Circle	Pennywise	-
		I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One	Yo La Tengo	-
		Living in Clip	Ani DiFranco	Live
		A Pleasant Shade of Gray	Fates Warning	-
		Share My World	Mary J. Blige	-
		Silencio=Muerte: Red Hot + Latin	Various Artists	Red Hot Benefit series
		Sound of Lies	Jayhawks	-
		Waterbed Hev	Heavy D	-
	23	Visions	Stratovarius	-
	29	Anywhere But Here	The Ataris	-
		Cheap Trick	Cheap Trick	-
		Kill Fuck Die	W.A.S.P.	-
		Picnic	Robert Earl Keen	-
		Port of Mystery	Yanni	Compilation
		Shaming of the Sun	Indigo Girls	-
	?	A Triumph for Man	Mew	-
		One More Megabyte	The Toy Dolls	-
M A Y	1	Curious Corn	Ozric Tentacles	UK
		The Stereo Bus	The Stereo Bus	New Zealand, Debut
	5	Baile de Los Locos	Voodoo Glow Skulls	-
		Blurring the Edges	Meredith Brooks	-
		Flaming Pie	Paul McCartney	-
		Honky	Melvins	-
		Sweet Potato Pie	Robert Cray	-
	6	Middle of Nowhere	Hanson	-
		Retrospective I	Rush	Compilation
		Return to Paradise	Styx	Live
	12	Halim	Natacha Atlas	-
	13	American Psycho	Misfits	-
		Butterfly Kisses (Shades of Grace)	Bob Carlisle	-
		The Fruit That Ate Itself	Modest Mouse	EP
		I'm Bout It	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		Lee Ann Womack	Lee Ann Womack	Debut
		Pure Chewing Satisfaction	Lard	-
		Quality Soft Core	Mad Caddies	-
		Terror & Magnificence	Elvis Costello and John Harle	-
	15	Liquid White Light [13]	Poi Dog Pondering	Live
	18	Polythene	Feeder	-
	19	Dark Fields	Show of Hands	-
	20	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
		Coil	Toad the Wet Sprocket	-
		The Colour and the Shape	Foo Fighters	-
		For Monkeys	Millencolin	US
		Happy Birthday to Me	The Muffs	-
		Hourglass	James Taylor	-
		I Got Next	KRS-One	-
		Mag Earwhig!	Guided by Voices	-
		Marching to Mars	Sammy Hagar	-
		Oxygene 7-13	Jean Michel Jarre	-
		Play	Great Big Sea	-
		Red Apple Falls	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
	21	OK Computer	Radiohead	Japan
	23	Restless Heart	Whitesnake	-
	26	Direction Reaction Creation	The Jam	Compilation
		Tumuli Shroomaroom	Acrimony	-
	27	Across America	Art Garfunkel	Live
		Batman & Robin	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		Get Some	Snot	Debut
30	Enthrone Darkness Triumphant	Dimmu Borgir	-
J U N E	1	Demonic	Testament	-
	2	Dark Days in Paradise	Gary Moore	-
		Timeless	Sarah Brightman	-
	3	Accident of Birth	Bruce Dickinson	-
		Album of the Year	Faith No More	-
		Blood Rooted	Sepultura	Compilation
		Days of the New	Days of the New	Debut
		G3: Live in Concert	Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson	Live
		Gospel Oak	Sinéad O'Connor	EP
		Greatest Hits	Boston	Compilation +3 new tracks
		Innamorata	Pat Benatar	-
		Inside the Torn Apart	Napalm Death	-
		Jet	Katell Keineg	-
		Junction Seven	Steve Winwood	-
		Nighttime Birds	The Gathering	-
		Prime Cuts	Suicidal Tendencies	Compilation
		Resigned	Michael Penn	-
		Retrospective II	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	-
	4	Clodhopper	Glueleg	Canada
	6	Days of Purgatory	Iced Earth	Remix
		Nighttime Birds	The Gathering	-
		A Portable Model Of...	Joan of Arc	Debut
	10	Drag	k.d. lang	Covers album
		Dream with the Fishes	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		Pushing the Salmanilla Envelope	Jimmie's Chicken Shack	-
		E-lux	Human Waste Project	Debut
		SYR1: Anagrama	Sonic Youth	EP
	16	Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space	Spiritualized	-
		OK Computer	Radiohead	UK
	17	Body Language	Jonathan Cain	-
		Crazy Nights	Lonestar	-
		Cryptic Writings	Megadeth	-
		Declaration of Conformity	Wellwater Conspiracy	-
		Destination Anywhere	Jon Bon Jovi	-
		The Devil You Know	Econoline Crush	Canada
		Do It Yourself	The Seahorses	-
		Dude Ranch	Blink-182	-
		EV3	En Vogue	-
		Feelings	David Byrne	-
		Ghostyhead	Rickie Lee Jones	-
		The Legend of Chin	Switchfoot	-
		Love Among the Ruins	10,000 Maniacs	-
		Love, Peace & Nappiness	Lost Boyz	-
		Now	Paul Rodgers	-
		Now Playing	Chopper One	Debut
		Other Songs	Ron Sexsmith	-
		Psycho's Path	John Lydon	-
		Pure Juice	Summercamp	Debut
		Resolution	38 Special	-
		Too Far to Care	Old 97's	-
		The Very Best of 10cc	10cc	Compilation
		The War Report	Capone-N-Noreaga	-
		The Will to Live	Ben Harper	-
		Year of the Horse	Neil Young & Crazy Horse	Live
	21	Happy End of the World	Pizzicato Five	-
	22	Two Feet Stand	Gardenian	-
	23	Heavy Soul	Paul Weller	-
		New Forms	Roni Size & Reprazent	-
	24	Adrenaline Rush	Twista	-
		Breed	Lauren Christy	-
Candy Toy Guns and Television		20 Dead Flower Children	-
Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival		Wyclef Jean	-
Curtains		Tindersticks	-
Floored		Sugar Ray	-
Flying Away		Smoke City	Debut
Generation Swine		Mötley Crüe	-
Glory to the Brave		HammerFall	-
The Great Milenko		Insane Clown Posse	-
Hipnosis		Shootyz Groove	-
Interiors		Brad	-
Misguided Roses		Edwin McCain	-
The Mollusk		Ween	-
Morningrise		Opeth	US
Operation: Get Down		Craig Mack	Sophomore
Pristine Smut		The Murmurs	-
Rusty		Slick Shoes	-
Some Other Sucker's Parade		Del Amitri	-
Stuff		Holly McNarland	Canada, Debut
30	Iron Savior	Iron Savior	-
	Spiritech	Alchemist	-

July – September[]

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
J U L Y	1	The A Files	Sham 69	-
		The Fat of the Land	The Prodigy	-
		Guns in the Ghetto	UB40	-
		Keep Your Receipt	Reel Big Fish	EP
		Men in Black: The Album	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		No Way Out	Puff Daddy and the Bad Boy Family	-
		OK Computer	Radiohead	US
		Straight on Till Morning	Blues Traveler	-
		Three Dollar Bill, Yall	Limp Bizkit	-
		Zoot Suit Riot	Cherry Poppin' Daddies	Compilation
	4	The Collection 1982–1988	Celine Dion	Compilation
	7	Boys on the Docks	Dropkick Murphys	EP
		The Drop	Brian Eno	-
		Vanishing Point	Primal Scream	-
	8	Another Lesson in Violence	Exodus	Live
		Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk	Emperor	-
		Bound, Gagged and Blindfolded	Skinlab	-
		Brown Album	Primus	-
		Fush Yu Mang	Smash Mouth	-
		Via Satellite	Super Deluxe	-
	10	Equalizeher	Baby Vox	South Korea, Debut
	13	Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.	Slipknot	Re-Release
	14	Evergreen	Echo & the Bunnymen	-
		Maid to Minx	Lung Leg	UK, Debut
		Now That's What I Call Music! 37 (UK series)	Various Artists	Compilation
		One Second	Paradise Lost	-
	15	...The Dandy Warhols Come Down	The Dandy Warhols	-
		Deadly Sting: The Mercury Years	Scorpions	Compilation +2 new tracks
		End of the Summer	Dar Williams	-
		Home Grown	Blue Mountain	-
		I Will Stand	Kenny Chesney	-
		Metropolis	Sister Machine Gun	-
		Musical Monkey	Guttermouth	-
		Supa Dupa Fly	Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott	-
		Surfacing	Sarah McLachlan	-
		Tremolo	Blue Rodeo	-
		Under the Covers	Dwight Yoakam	Covers album
	17	Thylacine	Monique Brumby	Australia, Debut
	18	Already	Jesus Jones	-
		Karma Cleansing	Harem Scarem	-
	21	Ocean Machine: Biomech	Devin Townsend	-
	22	Outcast	Kreator	-
		This Strange Engine	Marillion	-
		Elemental Soul	Marlena Shaw	-
	28	Funcrusher Plus	Company Flow	-
	29	Adam and Eve	Catherine Wheel	-
		Angry Fist	Hi-Standard	-
		The Art of War	Bone Thugs-N-Harmony	-
		Dispepsi	Negativland	-
		98 Degrees	98 Degrees	Debut
		A Fistful of Alice	Alice Cooper	Live
		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	-
		Shrinking the Blob	Oleander	-
		Songs from Northern Britain	Teenage Fanclub	-
		Spawn: The Album	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		Strangers Almanac	Whiskeytown	-
		The Virginian	Neko Case	-
		Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?	Harvey Danger	-
	?	Fabulosos Calavera	Los Fabulosos Cadillacs	-
A U G U S T	5	Chance and Circumstance	Neal Coty	-
		How to be a Player	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		Overcast!	Atmosphere	Debut
		Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars	Killarmy	-
		Transistor	311	-
	9	Lovesongs for Underdogs	Tanya Donnelly	Debut
	11	Backstreet's Back	Backstreet Boys	Not released in US; 28 million copies sold worldwide
		Maladjusted	Morrissey	-
	12	Backstreet Boys	Backstreet Boys	US only
		A Deeper Kind of Slumber	Tiamat	-
		Double Plaidinum	Lagwagon	-
		Gun Shy, Trigger Happy	Jennifer Trynin	-
		Hed PE	Hed PE	Debut
		No Holds Barred	Biohazard	-
		Phobos	Voivod	-
		Romances	Luis Miguel	-
		Shakin' Things Up	Lorrie Morgan	-
		Spoke	Calexico	-
	13	Release Some Tension	SWV	-
	14	F♯A♯∞	Godspeed You Black Emperor!	Vinyl Edition
	18	In Deep	Tina Arena	-
		MiLight	DJ Krush	-
	19	The Fourth World	Kara's Flowers	-
		The Dance	Fleetwood Mac	Live
		Daisy	Dog's Eye View	-
		Transmission	The Tea Party	-
	21	Be Here Now	Oasis	-
	24	Midnite Lover	Shaggy	-
	25	Age of Love	Scooter	Germany
		Bad Timing	Jim O'Rourke	-
		Ghosts	Wendy Matthews	Australia
		Latyrx	Latyrx	-
		Radiator	Super Furry Animals	-
		Sehnsucht	Rammstein	-
		Word Gets Around	Stereophonics	-
	26	All That I Am	Joe	-
		Boom! Boom! Boom!	The Kelley Deal 6000	-
		Conspiracy No. 5	Third Day	-
		Devotion: The Best of Yanni	Yanni	Compilation
		Evolution	Martina McBride	-
		The First Session	Hole	EP
		I Like to Score	Moby	Compilation
		Likwidation	Tha Alkaholiks	-
		Last of the Sharpshooters	Down by Law	-
		Love Scenes	Diana Krall	-
		Making Friends	No Use for a Name	-
		My Own Prison	Creed	Debut
		My Soul	Coolio	-
		Saliva	Saliva	Debut
		Singles 1–12	Melvins	Compilation
		(Songbook) A Collection of Hits	Trisha Yearwood	Compilation
		Sweet 75	Sweet 75	-
		Tip	Finger Eleven	Canada
		Trysome Eatone	Love Spit Love	-
		Welcome to the Freak Show	dc Talk	Live
	26	Fresh Meat	Arkarna
	28	Funcrusher Plus	Company Flow	-
	30	Somewhere Out in Space	Gamma Ray	-
S E P T E M B E R	1	Calling All Stations	Genesis	-
		Way Out West	Way Out West	-
	2	Ghetto D	Master P	-
		Heaven and Hell	Joe Jackson	-
		Indoor Living	Superchunk	-
		SYR2: Slaapkamers Met Slagroom	Sonic Youth	EP
		Talk Show	Talk Show	Stone Temple Pilots side project
	3	Abrasive	Puddle of Mudd	Debut
		Fantasma	Cornelius	-
	5	Based on a True Story	Mack 10	-
	6	Chrome Matrix	Superheist	Australia, EP
	8	Girl	Dannii Minogue	-
		Good Feeling	Travis	UK
		Let's Get Killed	David Holmes	-
		Slightly Odway	Jebediah	Australia, Debut
		Vegas	The Crystal Method	-
		When I Was Born for the 7th Time	Cornershop	-
	9	Aquarium	Aqua	-
		Behind the Eyes	Amy Grant	-
		Full Blown Possession	Grifters	-
		It Means Everything	Save Ferris	-
		Let Me In	Chely Wright	-
		The Magic City	Helium	-
		Más	Alejandro Sanz	-
		Modus Operandi	Photek	-
		Moon Hut	Kim Fox	Debut
		Re-Animation Festival	Groovie Ghoulies	-
		S.C.I.E.N.C.E.	Incubus	-
		Such Blinding Stars for Starving Eyes	Cursive	-
		Total Madness – The Very Best of Madness	Madness	Compilation
		Troublizing	Ric Ocasek	-
		You Light up My Life: Inspirational Songs	LeAnn Rimes	-
	15	Marchin' Already	Ocean Colour Scene	-
		We Have the Technology	Custard	Australia
	16	Buena Vista Social Club	Buena Vista Social Club	-
		Butterfly	Mariah Carey	-
		Film Noir	Carly Simon	-
		The Greatest Hits Collection	Brooks & Dunn	Compilation
		Guide to Better Living	Grinspoon	Australia, Debut
		Much Afraid	Jars of Clay	-
		My Way	Usher	-
		When Disaster Strikes...	Busta Rhymes	-
	17	Marigold Sky	Hall & Oates	-
	18	El Gran Orgo	At the Drive-In	EP
	22	Barely Legal	The Hives	-
		ESCM	BT	-
		Homogenic	Björk	[10]
		Static & Silence	The Sundays
	23	Back in Business	EPMD	-
		The Big Picture	Elton John	-
		The Bouncing Souls	The Bouncing Souls	-
		Dots and Loops	Stereolab	-
		Evolution	Boyz II Men	-
		Falling into Infinity	Dream Theater	-
		The Final Chapter	Hypocrisy	-
		Gone From Danger	Joan Baez	-
		The Hangover	Gilby Clarke	-
		Hang-Ups	Goldfinger	-
		Happy?	Jann Arden	-
		Man & His Music (Remixes from Around the World)	Boogie Down Productions	Remix
		Me Estoy Enamorando	Alejandro Fernández	-
		The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne	Jackson Browne	Compilation
		Novelty Forever	Bracket	-
		Songs of a Circling Spirit	Tom Cochrane	Compilation
Tubthumper		Chumbawamba	-
A Very Special Christmas 3		Various Artists	Christmas
26	Good Feeling	Travis	US
29	Bridges to Babylon	The Rolling Stones	-
	Levitate	The Fall	-
	Life thru a Lens	Robbie Williams	-
	Meet the Family	Frenzal Rhomb	-
	Paul McCartney's Standing Stone	Paul McCartney	-
	The Promised	Simple Minds	Compilation
	Symbols	KMFDM	-
	Urban Hymns	The Verve	-
	With a Twist	Todd Rundgren	-
30	The Book of Secrets	Loreena McKennitt	-
	Four Minute Mile	The Get Up Kids	-
	It's My Life – The Album	Sash!	-
	Lo Mejor de Mí	Cristian Castro	-
	Long Stretch of Lonesome	Patty Loveless	-
	One Day It'll All Make Sense	Common	-
	Peace and Noise	Patti Smith	-
	Portishead	Portishead	-
	Time Out of Mind	Bob Dylan	-
	Tone Soul Evolution	The Apples in Stereo	-
	Hunger	Janis Ian	-
?	King Without a Clue	Mark Seymour	Australia, Debut

October – December[]

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
O C T O B E R	1	Payin' the Dues	The Hellacopters	-
		Shadows in the Banquet Hall	Carbon Leaf	-
	6	Apartment Life	Ivy	-
		Come to Daddy	Aphex Twin	EP
		Death to the Pixies	Pixies	Compilation
		Milk and Blood	Jim Martin	-
	7	A Dead Poem	Rotting Christ	-
		The Day the Sun Went Out	Boysetsfire	-
		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
		60 Cycle Hum	Pulley	-
		So Much for the Afterglow	Everclear	-
		South Saturn Delta	Jimi Hendrix	Compilation
		Thicker Than Water	H2O	-
		Trouble Is...	Kenny Wayne Shepherd	-
		Underdogs	Matthew Good Band	Canada
		The Velvet Rope	Janet Jackson	-
		Willis	The Pietasters	-
	8	National Steel	Colin James	-
	10	blackmail	blackmail	-
		The Fantastic Plastic Machine	Fantastic Plastic Machine	-
	12	20,000 Watt R.S.L.	Midnight Oil	Compilation
	13	Jurassic 5	Jurassic 5	EP
		Pleased to Meet You	Sleeper	UK
		Quarashi	Quarashi	Iceland, Debut
	14	A Jagged Era	Jagged Edge	-
		Medazzaland	Duran Duran	-
		Nimrod	Green Day	-
		Phenomenon	LL Cool J	-
		The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel	Gravediggaz	-
		Soundbombing	Various Artists	Compilation
		Unleash the Beast	Saxon	-
		Urban Rapsody	Rick James	-
	15	Whoracle	In Flames	-
	20	Coma Divine – Recorded Live in Rome	Porcupine Tree	Live
		Exile	Gary Numan	UK
	21	Nas, Foxy Brown, AZ, and Nature Present The Firm: The Album	The Firm (Nas, Foxy Brown, AZ, and Nature)	-
		Brand New	Salt-n-Pepa	-
		Cattlemen Don't	Triplefastaction	-
		Extreme Honey	Elvis Costello	Compilation
		Get Crunk, Who U Wit: Da Album	Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz	-
		Go!	Letters to Cleo	-
		Half Dead and Dynamite	Lifter Puller	-
		I Never Even Asked for Light	Lullaby for the Working Class	-
		Joya	Will Oldham	-
		The Other Side	Wynonna Judd	-
		Phoenix Rising	Artension	-
		The Remixes	Shakira	Remix
		Serpents of the Light	Deicide	-
		Transister	Transister	Debut
		Young Team	Mogwai	-
	24	Talk on Corners	The Corrs	-
	27	Echo Dek	Primal Scream	Remix
		Legendary Tales	Rhapsody	Debut
		Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon	John Lennon	UK, Compilation
	28	Around the Fur	Deftones	-
		Baïda	Faudel	-
		Be Good at It	Neal McCoy	-
		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	-
		Chupacabra	Imani Coppola	-
Eros		Eros Ramazzotti	Compilation
Forever and Counting		Hot Water Music	-
The Fury of the Aquabats!		The Aquabats	-
Galore		The Cure	Compilation
Get It How U Live!		Hot Boys	-
Harlem World		Mase	-
Jugulator		Judas Priest	-
Looking for Butter Boy		Archie Roach	Australia
My Body, the Hand Grenade		Hole	Compilation
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	-
N O V E M B E R	1	Impossible Princess	Kylie Minogue	-
		Savoir aimer	Florent Pagny	-
	3	Colours	Adam F	-
		Distant Horizons	Hawkwind	-
		FLAvour of the Weak	Front Line Assembly	-
		Keys to Ascension 2	Yes	-
		Queen Rocks	Queen	Compilation +1 new track
	4	All That Matters	Michael Bolton	-
		Chapter 2: World Domination	Three 6 Mafia	-
		Come on Over	Shania Twain	Over 40 million copies sold worldwide
		The 18th Letter	Rakim	-
		Greatest Hits	Richard Marx	-
		Heavy Petting	Bad Manners	-
		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	-
		Spice World	Spice Girls	-
		Tibetan Freedom Concert	Various Artists	Live
		Tracks and Traces	Harmonia '76	-
		Tribute	Yanni	Live
	5	Don't Knock the Baldhead: Live	Bad Manners	Live
	7	American Lesion	Greg Graffin	-
		Unit	Regurgitator	Australia
	9	Live Trax	Megadeth	EP
	10	Sampleslaya: Enter the Meatmarket	Armand Van Helden	-
	11	BBC Sessions	Led Zeppelin	Live
		Best of King's X	King's X	Compilation
		Deconstructed	Bush	Remix
		Firecracker	Lisa Loeb	-
		Higher Ground	Barbra Streisand	-
		The Omega Sessions	Bad Brains	EP
		The Ozzman Cometh	Ozzy Osbourne	Compilation +1 new track
		Paint the Sky with Stars	Enya	Compilation +2 unreleased tracks
		Satisfaction is the Death of Desire	Hatebreed	-
		Second-hand Smoke	Sublime	Compilation
		See It Through My Eyes	Meredith Brooks	-
		Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes	AFI	-
		So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes	NOFX	-
		Sympathique	Pink Martini	-
		To See You	Harry Connick, Jr.	-
		Unpredictable	Mystikal	-
	14	Let's Talk About Love	Celine Dion	31 million copies sold
	17	Breed to Breathe	Napalm Death	EP
		Caring and Killing	Converge	-
		Now That's What I Call Music! 38 (UK series)	Various Artists	Compilation
		Scum	Anti-Nowhere League	-
	18	The Best That I Could Do 1978–1988	John Mellencamp	Compilation
		Bonfire	AC/DC	Box Set
		Inna Heights	Buju Banton	LP
		Kenny G – Greatest Hits	Kenny G	Compilation
		Live	Erykah Badu	Live
		The Lonesome Crowded West	Modest Mouse	-
		ReLoad	Metallica	-
		Snowed In	Hanson	Christmas
		Songs from The Capeman	Paul Simon	-
		Titanic	James Horner	Soundtrack; 30 million copies sold
		We're Outta Here!	Ramones	Live
	20	Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666	HIM	-
		Endless Nameless	The Wildhearts	-
	24	All Saints	All Saints	Debut
		Left of the Middle	Natalie Imbruglia	UK
		Open Your Eyes	Yes	-
		Stupid Stupid Stupid	Black Grape	-
25	Big Willie Style	Will Smith	-
	In tha Beginning...There Was Rap	Various Artists	-
	Closure	Nine Inch Nails	VHS
	Mostasteless	Twiztid	Debut
	Physical Fatness	Various Artists	Compilation
	R U Still Down? (Remember Me)	2Pac	-
	Remix & Repent	Marilyn Manson	EP
	Sevens	Garth Brooks	-
	Truly: The Love Songs	Lionel Richie	Compilation
30	Somber Eyes to the Sky	Shadows Fall	-
	Something Wild	Children of Bodom	-
?	The 1999 Party	Hawkwind	Live
	Lustra	Echobelly	-
D E C E M B E R	1	23am	Robert Miles	Europe
		Aaron Carter	Aaron Carter	Europe
	2	Diana, Princess of Wales: Tribute	Various Artists	2-CD charity album
	4	Six	Loverboy	-
	8	Sounds of Decay	Katatonia	-
	9	MTV Unplugged	Bryan Adams	Live
		Dragon Ball Z: Original USA Television Soundtrack	Ron Wasserman	American soundtrack for season 1 and season 2 of Dragon Ball Z
	10	Cloudy Cloud Calculator	Takako Minekawa	Japan
	16	Featuring...Ice Cube	Ice Cube	Compilation
		Riverfenix	Riverfenix	-
	20	It's All About the Girls	A New Found Glory	EP
	23	Blindside	Blindside	-
	25	Maximum II	MAX	Japan
	?	Eye & I	Kardinal Offishall	Canada, Debut

Release date unknown[]

Biggest hit singles[]

The following songs achieved the highest positions in the charts of 1997.^[14]

#	Artist	Title	Year	Country	Chart Entries
1	Elton John	Candle in the Wind 1997	1997		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	I'll Be Missing You	1997		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	Barbie Girl	1997		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		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	MMMBop	1997		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 hits[]

Classical music[]

Premieres[]

Sortable table

Composer	Composition	Date	Location	Performers
Davies, Peter Maxwell	Concerto for Piano and Orchestra	1997-11-7	Nottingham	Stott, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Davies[15]
Enescu, George	Symphony No. 4	1997-10-2	Bucharest	George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra –  [ro][16]

Compositions[]

• Leonardo Balada – Concierto Magico for guitar and orchestra
• – Terezin Ghetto Requiem
• Peter Maxwell 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 Alpine World Ski Championships opening ceremony of 1997
  • Championship Suite, for large orchestra
  • Three Baroque Buildings
• Andrew Glover – The Fickle Virgin of Seventeen Summers: A Quartet for Strings
• Sofia Gubaidulina – The Canticle of the Sun
• Jaakko Mäntyjärvi – Canticum Calamitatis Maritiamae
• David Sawer –
• Tan Dun – Symphony 1997: Heaven, Earth, Mankind
• Takashi Yoshimatsu
  • Around the Round Ground for guitar and 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)
• Michael Daugherty – Jackie O
• Peter Lieberson – Ashoka's Dream
• Einojuhani Rautavaara – Aleksis Kivi

Jazz[]

Musical theater[]

• 1776 – Broadway revival
• Annie – Broadway revival
• Candide (Leonard Bernstein) – Broadway revival
• Dream – Broadway production opened at the Royale Theatre and ran for 109 performances
• – Broadway production
• Jekyll & Hyde – Broadway production opened at the Plymouth Theatre and ran for 1543 performances
• The Life – Broadway production opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre and ran for 463 performances
• 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.
• The Scarlet Pimpernel – Broadway production opened at the Neil Simon Theatre and ran for 772 performances
• Side Show – Broadway production opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre and ran for 91 performances
• Steel Pier – Broadway production opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre and ran for 76 performances
• – Broadway production
• Titanic – Broadway production opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre and ran for 804 performances
• Triumph of Love – Broadway production opened at the Royale Theatre and ran for 85 performances

Musical films[]

• Anastasia (animated feature)
• Cats Don't Dance (animated feature)
• Cinderella (telefilm)
• Hercules (animated feature)
• Rhyme & Reason
• Selena
• Spiceworld
• Year of the Horse

Births[]

• January 1 – Noah Kahan, American folk musician
• 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 and 2011 Australia's Got Talent winner
• January 20 – Blueface, American rapper
• January 31 – Miyeon, South Korean singer, ((G)I-dle)
• February 8 - Bella Poarch, Filipino American singer, songwriter, activist and internet star
• February 10 – Maan de Steenwinkel, Dutch singer, actress
• February 11 – Rosé, New Zealand singer (BLACKPINK)
• March 2 – Becky G, Mexican-American singer-songwriter, actress
• March 3 – Camila Cabello, Cuban-American singer/songwriter
• March 8 - Jurina Matsui - Japanese idol, actress, talent, and model (former SKE48)
• March 21 – Tini Stoessel, Argentine singer-songwriter, actress
• March 26 - Glowie, Icelandic singer
• March 27 – Lisa, Thai singer, dancer, rapper (BLACKPINK)
• April 3 – Kiana Lede, American singer-songwriter, actress, pianoist and actress
• April 7 – Grace (Australian singer), Australian singer/songwriter
• May 7 – Rico Nasty, American rapper and trap metal artist
• May 11 – Lana Condor, American actress and dancer
• May 27 – Soccer Mommy, American singer-songwriter
• May 31 – Cupcakke, American rapper, LBTQ+ advocate
• June 11
  • Kodak Black, American rapper
  • Jorja Smith, British singer
• June 13 – 070 Shake, American rapper
• June 15 – Bali Baby, American rapper
• June 21 – Rebecca Black, American singer-songwriter, youtuber
• June 22 – Dinah Jane, American singer and member of the girl group Fifth Harmony
• June 25 – Jacquie Lee, American singer, and 2013 The Voice contestant
• June 26
  • 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 30 – Finneas O'Connell, American singer-songwriter, actor, record producer and musician, brother of and collaborator with Billie Eilish
• July 5 – Park Ji-min (singer, born 1997), South Korean singer-songwriter, television host and former member of 15&
• August 5 – Olivia Holt, American actress and singer
• August 7 – Yungblud, English alternative rock musician, singer-songwriter (Halsey)
• August 11 - Kanon Kimoto, former Japanese idol and actress (former SKE48)
• August 16 – Greyson Chance, American singer, songwriter, and pianist
• August 24 – Alan Walker, English-Norwegian DJ and record producer
• August 25 – Maty Noyes, American singer (Kygo)
• August 28 – Bazzi (singer), American singer-songwriter (Camilla Cabello)
• September 1 – Jungkook, South Korean singer-songwriter, record producer, and member of BTS
• October 1 – Sam Verlinden, New Zealand singer and actor
• October 8 – Bella Thorne, American actress and singer
• October 23 – Minnie (singer), Thai singer-songwriter, record producer, and member of (G)I-dle
• October 24 – Raye (singer), English singer-songwriter
• December 5 – Maddie Poppe, American singer-songwriter and multi instrumentalist (Winner of American Idol 16)
• December 16 – Zara Larsson, Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, and activist
• December 20 – Suzuka Nakamoto, Japanese singer (Babymetal)
• December 21
  • Pedro Sampaio, Brazilian singer and music producer
  • Kida, Kosovan singer

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, vocalist (The Creation), 54
• January 18 – Keith Diamond, songwriter, 46
• January 21 – Colonel Tom Parker, manager of Elvis Presley, 87
• January 22
  • Richard Berry, songwriter (notably wrote "Louie Louie"), 61
  • Billy Mackenzie, Scottish vocalist of The Associates, 39 (suicide)
• January 27 – Gerald Marks, American songwriter, 96
• February 10 – Brian Connolly, vocalist (Sweet), 51 (liver failure)
• February 23 – Tony Williams, jazz drummer, 51
• March 3 – Finn Høffding, Danish composer, 97
• March 9 – The Notorious B.I.G., rapper, 24 (shot)
• March 10 – LaVern Baker, R & B singer, 67
• March 17 – Jermaine Stewart, vocalist, 39 (AIDS)
• March 24 – 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 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 (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, 49 (pneumonia)
• October 20 – Henry Vestine, guitarist (Canned Heat), 52
• November 3 – 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, writer, musicologist, clarinetist and producer, 52
• November 22 – Michael Hutchence, singer of INXS, 37 (suicide by hanging)
• December 1 – 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, French composer, 97
• December 31 – Floyd Cramer, pianist, 64

Awards[]

• Eurovision Song Contest 1997: won by Katrina and the Waves (UK) with the song "Love Shine a Light".
• 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/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 and Nash; The Jackson 5; Joni Mitchell; and Parliament-Funkadelic.

See also[]

• 1997 in music (UK)
• Category:Record labels established in 1997
• Triple J Hottest 100, 1997

References[]

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