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Albums in the Year 1997

This page lists the top albums of 1997 in the source charts. The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described in the home page. A list of biggest hit songs of 1997 can be found here.

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Radiohead	OK Computer	1997	UK 1 - Jun 1997, Channel4 1, RYM 1 of 1997, Melody Maker 2 of 1997, Sweden 3 - Jun 1997, Norway 4 - Jan 1997, Virgin 4, Acclaimed 14, WXPN 15, Italy 23 of 1997, UK Radio2 27, Austria 28 - Jul 1997, Switzerland 40 - Jul 1997, Defin200 111, Rolling Stone 162
2	Celine Dion	Let's Talk About Love	1997	UK 1 - Nov 1997, Austria 1 - Dec 1997, Switzerland 1 - Nov 1997, Norway 1 - Jan 1997, Sweden 1 - Nov 1997, US 2 of 1998, Italy 2 of 1998, Global 5 - 28 M claimed, Internet 12 - 30 M claimed 1997, RIAA 64 - 10 M claimed
3	The Prodigy	The Fat Of The Land	1997	UK 1 - Jul 1997, Austria 1 - Jul 1997, Switzerland 1 - Jul 1997, Norway 1 - Jul 1997, Sweden 1 - Jul 1997, Melody Maker 13 of 1997, Italy 21 of 1997, Channel4 45, RYM 107 of 1997, Acclaimed 391
4	The Verve	Urban Hymns	1997	UK 1 - Oct 1997, Sweden 1 - Oct 1997, Melody Maker 1 of 1997, Norway 4 - Jan 1997, Austria 10 - Oct 1997, Italy 10 of 1997, Switzerland 13 - Oct 1997, Channel4 18, UK Radio2 53, RYM 77 of 1997, Acclaimed 215, WXPN 573
5	Spice Girls	Spiceworld	1997	UK 1 - Nov 1997, Austria 1 - Nov 1997, Norway 1 - Jan 1997, Switzerland 2 - Nov 1997, Sweden 3 - Nov 1997, Italy 11 of 1998, Melody Maker 37 of 1997, Internet 65 - 17 M claimed 1997, UK Radio2 76
6	The Backstreet Boys	Backstreet's Back	1997	Austria 1 - Aug 1997, Switzerland 1 - Aug 1997, Norway 1 - Jan 1997, Sweden 1 - Aug 1997, UK 2 - Aug 1997, Italy 6 of 1998, Global 117 - 9 M claimed
7	Oasis	Be Here Now	1997	UK 1 - Aug 1997, Norway 1 - Sep 1997, Sweden 1 - Aug 1997, Switzerland 2 - Aug 1997, Austria 7 - Sep 1997, Melody Maker 8 of 1997, Italy 14 of 1997
8	U2	Pop	1997	UK 1 - Mar 1997, Switzerland 1 - Mar 1997, Norway 1 - Mar 1997, Sweden 1 - Mar 1997, Austria 5 - Apr 1997, Italy 12 of 1997
9	Andrea Bocelli	Romanza	1997	Switzerland 1 - Feb 1997, Norway 1 - Jan 1997, Italy 1 of 1997, Austria 3 - Apr 1997, Sweden 5 - Apr 1997, UK 6 - May 1997, Internet 65 - 17 M claimed 1997
10	Bob Dylan	Time Out Of Mind	1997	Grammy in 1997, Norway 2 - Oct 1997, Sweden 5 - Oct 1997, UK 10 - Oct 1997, Switzerland 12 - Oct 1997, Austria 14 - Oct 1997, RYM 24 of 1997, Acclaimed 202, WXPN 297, Rolling Stone 408
11	The Rolling Stones	Bridges To Babylon	1997	Austria 1 - Oct 1997, Norway 1 - Oct 1997, Sweden 1 - Oct 1997, Switzerland 3 - Oct 1997, UK 6 - Oct 1997, Italy 64 of 1997
12	Aqua	Aquarium	1997	Norway 1 - Jan 1997, Sweden 1 - Jun 1997, Switzerland 3 - Nov 1997, Austria 4 - Nov 1997, Italy 4 of 1998, UK 6 - Nov 1997, Internet 108 - 14 M claimed 1997
13	Depeche Mode	Ultra	1997	UK 1 - Apr 1997, Sweden 1 - Apr 1997, Norway 2 - Apr 1997, Switzerland 4 - Apr 1997, Austria 5 - May 1997, Italy 32 of 1997, RYM 112 of 1997
14	Blur	Blur	1997	UK 1 - Feb 1997, Sweden 4 - Feb 1997, Norway 6 - Feb 1997, Melody Maker 14 of 1997, Switzerland 17 - Feb 1997, Austria 23 - Mar 1997, Italy 95 of 1997, RYM 119 of 1997, Acclaimed 539
15	Metallica	Reload	1997	Norway 1 - Jan 1997, Sweden 1 - Nov 1997, Austria 3 - Dec 1997, Switzerland 3 - Nov 1997, UK 4 - Nov 1997, Italy 66 of 1997
16	Wu-Tang Clan	Wu-Tang Forever	1997	UK 1 - Jun 1997, Sweden 2 - Jun 1997, Norway 6 - Jun 1997, Switzerland 11 - Jun 1997, Austria 22 - Jun 1997, Melody Maker 28 of 1997, RYM 167 of 1997, Acclaimed 1965
17	The Chemical Brothers	Dig Your Own Hole	1997	UK 1 - Apr 1997, Sweden 3 - Apr 1997, Norway 4 - Apr 1997, Melody Maker 22 of 1997, Switzerland 30 - Apr 1997, Austria 33 - May 1997, RYM 85 of 1997, Acclaimed 251
18	Elton John	The Big Picture	1997	Switzerland 1 - Oct 1997, Norway 2 - Jan 1997, Sweden 2 - Sep 1997, UK 3 - Oct 1997, Austria 4 - Oct 1997, Italy 16 of 1997
19	Michael Jackson	Blood On The Dance Floor - History In The Mix	1997	UK 1 - May 1997, Switzerland 2 - May 1997, Norway 2 - May 1997, Austria 3 - Jun 1997, Sweden 4 - May 1997, Italy 43 of 1997
20	Hanson	Middle Of Nowhere	1997	UK 1 - Jun 1997, Austria 2 - Jun 1997, Switzerland 2 - Jun 1997, Sweden 4 - Jun 1997, Norway 7 - Jan 1997, Melody Maker 50 of 1997
21	Mariah Carey	Butterfly	1997	UK 2 - Sep 1997, Switzerland 3 - Sep 1997, Sweden 4 - Sep 1997, Norway 5 - Sep 1997, Austria 16 - Sep 1997, Italy 34 of 1997, Internet 73 - 16 M claimed 1997, RIAA 277 - 5 M claimed
22	Eros Ramazzotti	Eros	1997	Switzerland 1 - Nov 1997, Norway 1 - Jan 1997, Austria 2 - Nov 1997, Sweden 5 - Oct 1997, Italy 6 of 1997
23	Bon Jovi	Destination Anywhere	1997	Switzerland 1 - Jun 1997, UK 2 - Jun 1997, Austria 2 - Jun 1997, Sweden 7 - Jun 1997, Norway 15 - Jul 1997, Italy 57 of 1997
24	Portishead	Portishead	1997	UK 2 - Oct 1997, Sweden 6 - Oct 1997, Austria 7 - Oct 1997, Norway 7 - Oct 1997, Switzerland 11 - Oct 1997, Melody Maker 18 of 1997, RYM 39 of 1997, Acclaimed 805
25	Bjork	Homogenic	1997	Norway 3 - Oct 1997, UK 4 - Oct 1997, Sweden 5 - Oct 1997, Austria 8 - Oct 1997, Switzerland 13 - Oct 1997, RYM 14 of 1997, Melody Maker 33 of 1997, Acclaimed 389
26	The Corrs	Talk On Corners	1997	UK 1 - Mar 1998, Norway 2 - Jan 1997, Sweden 3 - Oct 1997, Austria 9 - Feb 2000, Switzerland 15 - Nov 1997, Virgin 78
27	Original Soundtrack	Space Jam	1997	Norway 2 - Mar 1997, US 4 of 1997, UK 5 - Mar 1997, Sweden 8 - Feb 1997, Switzerland 11 - Mar 1997, Austria 12 - Mar 1997, RIAA 201 - 6 M claimed
28	Paul McCartney	Flaming Pie	1997	UK 2 - May 1997, Norway 3 - May 1997, Austria 10 - Jun 1997, Switzerland 10 - May 1997, Sweden 11 - May 1997, Italy 71 of 1997, RYM 135 of 1997
29	Original Soundtrack	Romeo , Juliet	1997	UK 3 - Apr 1997, Norway 4 - Mar 1997, US CashBox 7 of 1969, Austria 7 - Apr 1997, Switzerland 7 - Apr 1997, Sweden 38 - Mar 1997, Italy 100 of 1997
30	Enya	Paint The Sky With Stars, The Best Of Enya	1997	Sweden 1 - Nov 1997, Norway 2 - Jan 1997, UK 4 - Nov 1997, Austria 7 - Dec 1997, Switzerland 7 - Nov 1997
31	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	The Boatman's Call	1997	Norway 2 - Mar 1997, Sweden 3 - Mar 1997, Austria 23 - Apr 1997, Melody Maker 26 of 1997, RYM 31 of 1997, Switzerland 32 - Apr 1997, Acclaimed 512
32	Janet Jackson	The Velvet Rope	1997	Norway 4 - Jan 1997, Sweden 4 - Oct 1997, Switzerland 5 - Oct 1997, UK 6 - Oct 1997, Austria 13 - Oct 1997, Italy 42 of 1998, Rolling Stone 256
33	Puff Daddy & The Family	No Way Out	1997	Switzerland 1 - Aug 1997, Austria 2 - Jul 1997, Sweden 6 - Aug 1997, UK 8 - Aug 1997, Norway 11 - Aug 1997
34	Aerosmith	Nine Lives	1997	Switzerland 3 - Mar 1997, Sweden 3 - Mar 1997, UK 4 - Mar 1997, Austria 4 - Apr 1997, Norway 6 - Mar 1997, Italy 87 of 1997
35	Daft Punk	Homework	1997	UK 8 - Feb 1997, Sweden 16 - Jan 1997, Melody Maker 17 of 1997, Austria 34 - Jun 1997, Norway 40 - May 1997, RYM 92 of 1997, Italy 94 of 1997, Acclaimed 304
36	Bee Gees	Still Waters	1997	Switzerland 1 - Mar 1997, UK 2 - Mar 1997, Austria 9 - Apr 1997, Norway 16 - Mar 1997, Sweden 26 - Mar 1997
37	Genesis	Calling All Stations	1997	UK 2 - Sep 1997, Norway 2 - Sep 1997, Switzerland 3 - Sep 1997, Austria 6 - Sep 1997, Sweden 11 - Sep 1997
38	Gary Barlow	Open Road	1997	UK 1 - Jun 1997, Switzerland 6 - Jun 1997, Austria 19 - Jun 1997, Sweden 25 - Jun 1997, Norway 34 - Jun 1997
39	Buena Vista Social Club	Buena Vista Social Club	1997	Switzerland 7 - Jul 1997, RYM 17 of 1997, Sweden 26 - Aug 1997, Austria 37 - Oct 1997, WXPN 220, Rolling Stone 260, Acclaimed 367
40	Supergrass	In It For The Money	1997	UK 2 - May 1997, Melody Maker 9 of 1997, Norway 23 - May 1997, Sweden 27 - May 1997, RYM 52 of 1997, Acclaimed 904
41	Texas	White On Blonde	1997	UK 1 - Feb 1997, Sweden 12 - Feb 1997, Norway 17 - Feb 1997, Switzerland 25 - Feb 1997, Austria 35 - May 1997
42	Offspring	Ixnay On The Hombre	1997	Sweden 4 - Feb 1997, Austria 6 - Mar 1997, Norway 9 - Feb 1997, Switzerland 10 - Feb 1997, UK 17 - Feb 1997, RYM 172 of 1997
43	Notorious BIG	Life After Death	1997	Sweden 30 - Apr 1997, RYM 36 of 1997, NARM 59, Defin200 59, RIAA 64 - 10 M claimed, Rolling Stone 483, Acclaimed 889
44	Faith No More	Album Of The Year	1997	Norway 5 - Jun 1997, UK 7 - Jun 1997, Austria 11 - Jun 1997, Sweden 11 - Jun 1997, Switzerland 16 - Jun 1997, RYM 188 of 1997
45	Barbra Streisand	A Collection, Greatest Hits & More	1997	Norway 1 - Apr 1997, Sweden 1 - Jan 1997, UK 22 - Nov 1989
46	Bob Dylan	The Best Of Bob Dylan	1997	Norway 1 - Jul 1997, Sweden 3 - Jan 1998, UK 6 - Jun 1997, Austria 23 - Sep 1997
47	Jewel	Pieces Of You	1997	US 5 of 1997, Norway 5 - Jan 1997, Sweden 20 - Aug 1997, RIAA 51 - 11 M claimed, NARM 64, Defin200 64
48	Era	Era	1997	Sweden 1 - Oct 1997, Switzerland 2 - Apr 1997, Norway 2 - Jan 1998
49	Teenage Fanclub	Songs From Northern Britain	1997	UK 3 - Aug 1997, Norway 12 - Aug 1997, Sweden 28 - Aug 1997, Melody Maker 41 of 1997, RYM 64 of 1997, Acclaimed 2546
50	Meredith Brooks	Blurring The Edges	1997	Norway 3 - Jul 1997, UK 5 - Aug 1997, Austria 5 - Aug 1997, Switzerland 6 - Aug 1997, Sweden 13 - Aug 1997
51	Jean-Michel Jarre	Oxygene 7-13	1997	Austria 2 - Mar 1997, Norway 4 - Mar 1997, UK 11 - Mar 1997, Sweden 16 - Feb 1997, Switzerland 24 - Mar 1997
52	Primal Scream	Vanishing Point	1997	UK 2 - Jul 1997, Sweden 3 - Jul 1997, Melody Maker 16 of 1997, RYM 99 of 1997, Acclaimed 1222
53	The Charlatans	Tellin' Stories	1997	UK 1 - May 1997, Melody Maker 4 of 1997, Sweden 35 - May 1997, Norway 37 - May 1997
54	Lisa Stansfield	Lisa Stansfield	1997	UK 2 - Apr 1997, Switzerland 11 - Apr 1997, Sweden 14 - Apr 1997, Austria 15 - May 1997, Italy 68 of 1997
55	N Sync	'N Sync	1997	US 4 of 1999, Austria 5 - Jun 1997, Switzerland 5 - Jun 1997, Norway 40 - Sep 1997, RIAA 64 - 10 M claimed
56	M People	Fresco	1997	UK 2 - Oct 1997, Switzerland 20 - Oct 1997, Austria 27 - Nov 1997, Norway 30 - Oct 1997, Sweden 37 - Oct 1997
57	Kent	Isola	1997	Sweden 1 - Nov 1997, Norway 35 - Mar 1998, Melody Maker 50 of 1998, RYM 122 of 1997
58	David Bowie	Eart hl i ng	1997	Sweden 5 - Feb 1997, UK 6 - Feb 1997, Norway 13 - Feb 1997, Austria 16 - Mar 1997, Switzerland 20 - Feb 1997
59	Garth Brooks	Sevens	1997	US 3 of 1998, Norway 8 - Jan 1998, UK 34 - Dec 1997, Switzerland 38 - Dec 1997, RIAA 153 - 7 M claimed
60	Eternal	Before The Rain	1997	UK 3 - Mar 1997, Austria 20 - Jun 1997, Norway 20 - Aug 1997, Switzerland 21 - Apr 1997, Sweden 33 - Aug 1997
61	The Smurfs	Smurfhits 2	1997	Norway 1 - Mar 1997, Sweden 1 - Apr 1997
62	Rammstein	Sehnsucht	1997	Austria 2 - Sep 1997, Switzerland 3 - Aug 1997, Sweden 17 - Sep 1997, RYM 130 of 1997
63	John Fogerty	Blue Moon Swamp	1997	Sweden 1 - May 1997, Norway 3 - Jun 1997, Switzerland 26 - Jun 1997
64	Andrea Bocelli	Bocelli	1997	Switzerland 1 - Jan 1997, Austria 3 - Jan 1997, Italy 34 of 1995
65	Paradise Lost	One Second	1997	Sweden 5 - Jul 1997, Austria 11 - Jul 1997, Norway 25 - Jul 1997, Switzerland 40 - Aug 1997, RYM 174 of 1997
66	Whitney Houston	The Preacher's Wife	1997	Austria 11 - Jan 1997, Switzerland 11 - Dec 1996, Sweden 16 - Dec 1996, UK 35 - Jan 1997, Norway 39 - Jan 1997
67	Supertramp	Some Things Never Change	1997	Switzerland 2 - Apr 1997, Austria 5 - Apr 1997, Norway 19 - Apr 1997, Italy 96 of 1997
68	INXS	Elegantly Wasted	1997	Switzerland 13 - Apr 1997, UK 16 - Apr 1997, Norway 18 - Apr 1997, Sweden 28 - Apr 1997, Austria 32 - May 1997
69	Erykah Badu	Baduizm	1997	Sweden 7 - Mar 1997, Norway 26 - Jan 1998, Melody Maker 45 of 1997, RYM 181 of 1997, Acclaimed 711
70	Nek	Lei, gli amici e tutto il resto	1997	Austria 2 - May 1998, Italy 11 of 1997, Switzerland 24 - Jun 1997, Sweden 36 - Feb 1998
71	Robbie Williams	Life Thru A Lens	1997	UK 11 - Oct 1997, Austria 39 - Mar 1998, Switzerland 39 - Oct 1997, UK Radio2 68, Acclaimed 2409
72	Fleetwood Mac	The Dance	1997	UK 15 - Sep 1997, Norway 33 - Sep 1997, Sweden 39 - Aug 1997, RYM 125 of 1997, RIAA 277 - 5 M claimed
73	Loreena McKennitt	The Book of Secrets	1997	Switzerland 30 - Dec 1997, Norway 30 - Oct 1997, RYM 35 of 1997, Italy 74 of 1997, WXPN 836
74	Mansun	Attack Of The Grey Lantern	1997	UK 1 - Mar 1997, Melody Maker 12 of 1997, RYM 74 of 1997
75	John Lennon	Lennon Legend: The Very Best Of John Lennon	1997	UK 4 - Nov 1987, Austria 6 - Nov 1997, Switzerland 13 - Jan 1998, Sweden 28 - Nov 2003
76	Bryan Adams	MTV Unplugged	1997	Switzerland 3 - Dec 1997, Austria 11 - Dec 1997, UK 19 - Dec 1997, Norway 22 - Jan 1998
77	Joe Cocker	Across From Midnight	1997	Switzerland 4 - Sep 1997, Norway 7 - Sep 1997, Austria 11 - Sep 1997, Sweden 37 - Sep 1997
78	Tic Tac Toe	Klappe die 2te	1997	Switzerland 1 - May 1997, Austria 2 - May 1997
79	Super Furry Animals	Radiator	1997	Melody Maker 3 of 1997, UK 8 - Sep 1997, RYM 29 of 1997, Acclaimed 1619
80	Spiritualized	Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space	1997	UK 4 - Jun 1997, Melody Maker 5 of 1997, RYM 26 of 1997, Acclaimed 275
81	Live	Secret Samadhi	1997	Norway 5 - Mar 1997, Sweden 8 - Feb 1997, Austria 10 - Mar 1997, Switzerland 17 - Mar 1997
82	Original Soundtrack	Men In Black	1997	Austria 4 - Aug 1997, Switzerland 12 - Sep 1997, Sweden 17 - Jul 1997, Norway 21 - Jul 1997
83	The Foo Fighters	The Colour & The Shape	1997	UK 3 - May 1997, Melody Maker 21 of 1997, RYM 53 of 1997, WXPN 710
84	Sarah Brightman & The London Symphony Orchestra	Timeless	1997	Sweden 2 - Jul 1997, Norway 3 - Jan 1997, Austria 35 - Jun 1997
85	Sting & The Police	The Very Best Of	1997	Austria 4 - Dec 1997, Switzerland 17 - Nov 1997, Sweden 26 - Dec 1997, Italy 88 of 2002
86	Wham!	The Best Of Wham!.If You Were There	1997	UK 4 - Dec 1997, Austria 26 - Jan 1998, Switzerland 28 - Jan 1998, Italy 67 of 1997
87	En Vogue	EV 3	1997	Switzerland 7 - Jun 1997, Sweden 12 - Jun 1997, Austria 22 - Jun 1997, Norway 40 - Jul 1997
88	Lutricia McNeal	My Side Of Town	1997	Norway 8 - Jul 1998, Switzerland 19 - Nov 1997, Sweden 20 - Jan 1997, Austria 33 - Feb 1998
89	Barbra Streisand	Higher Ground	1997	UK 12 - Nov 1997, Switzerland 15 - Nov 1997, Norway 16 - Jan 1997, Sweden 34 - Nov 1997
90	The Foo Fighters	The Colour And The Shape	1997	Sweden 10 - May 1997, Austria 19 - Jun 1997, Norway 20 - May 1997, Acclaimed 1386
91	DJ Quicksilver	Quicksilver	1997	Switzerland 12 - Jun 1997, Sweden 24 - Jul 1997, Austria 36 - Jul 1997, Norway 38 - Jul 1997
92	Green Day	Nimrod	1997	UK 11 - Oct 1997, Switzerland 33 - Oct 1997, Sweden 36 - Oct 1997, Austria 38 - Nov 1997
93	Coolio	My Soul	1997	Switzerland 16 - Sep 1997, Norway 27 - Sep 1997, Austria 28 - Oct 1997, Sweden 30 - Sep 1997
94	Die Schlumpfe	Balla Balla Vol. 5	1997	Austria 1 - Jun 1997, Switzerland 6 - Jun 1997
95	Julio Iglesias	Tango	1997	Sweden 13 - Nov 1996, Switzerland 28 - Jan 1997, Norway 37 - Jun 1997, Italy 38 of 1997
96	Gary Moore	Dark Days In Paradise	1997	Switzerland 22 - Jun 1997, Sweden 23 - Jun 1997, Austria 25 - Jun 1997, Norway 27 - Jun 1997
97	Andrea Bocelli	Viaggio italiano	1997	Switzerland 17 - Jan 1998, Norway 22 - Jan 1997, Austria 25 - Jan 1997, Italy 52 of 1995
98	Steve Earle	El Corazon	1997	Norway 12 - Oct 1997, Sweden 19 - Oct 1997, RYM 78 of 1997, Acclaimed 1734
99	Scooter	Age Of Love	1997	Sweden 26 - Sep 1997, Austria 35 - Sep 1997, Switzerland 35 - Sep 1997, Norway 35 - Sep 1997
100	Tindersticks	Curtains	1997	Norway 33 - Jun 1997, Melody Maker 34 of 1997, RYM 51 of 1997, Acclaimed 2715