Hot 100 Airplay number-one hits of 1997 (USA)
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This is a list of the U.S. Billboard magazine Hot 100 Airplay number-ones of 1997.
| Issue Date | Song | Artist |
| January 4 | "Don't Speak Don't Speak "Don't Speak" is a song by the American rock band No Doubt. It was released in 1996 as the third single from the band's third studio album, Tragic Kingdom... " |
No Doubt No Doubt No Doubt is an American rock band from Anaheim, California that formed in 1986. The ska-pop sound of their first album No Doubt , failed to make an impact... |
| January 11 | "Don't Speak" | No Doubt |
| January 18 | "Un-Break My Heart Un-Break My Heart "Un-Break My Heart" is a song by American recording artist Toni Braxton from her second studio album, Secrets . Written by Diane Warren and produced by David Foster, the ballad was released as the album's second single... " |
Toni Braxton Toni Braxton Toni Michelle Braxton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Braxton has won six Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, and five Billboard Music Awards and has sold over 60 million records worldwide... |
| January 25 | "Un-Break My Heart" | Toni Braxton |
| February 1 | "Don't Speak" | No Doubt |
| February 8 | "Don't Speak" | No Doubt |
| February 15 | "Don't Speak" | No Doubt |
| February 22 | "Don't Speak" | No Doubt |
| March 1 | "Don't Speak" | No Doubt |
| March 8 | "Don't Speak" | No Doubt |
| March 15 | "Don't Speak" | No Doubt |
| March 22 | "Don't Speak" | No Doubt |
| March 29 | "Don't Speak" | No Doubt |
| April 5 | "Don't Speak" | No Doubt |
| April 12 | "You Were Meant For Me You Were Meant for Me (Jewel song) "You Were Meant for Me" is a folk pop song written by Jewel and Steve Poltz and performed by Jewel on her first album, Pieces of You. It relates the singer's incomprehension of a failed relationship, and her inadequate attempts at moving on with her life. It was the second single from that album... " |
Jewel Jewel (singer) Jewel Kilcher , professionally known as Jewel, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, actress and poet... |
| April 19 | "You Were Meant For Me" | Jewel |
| April 26 | "You Were Meant For Me" | Jewel |
| May 3 | "You Were Meant For Me" | Jewel |
| May 10 | "You Were Meant For Me" | Jewel |
| May 17 | "You Were Meant For Me" | Jewel |
| May 24 | "You Were Meant For Me" | Jewel |
| May 31 | "You Were Meant For Me" | Jewel |
| June 7 | "You Were Meant For Me" | Jewel |
| June 14 | "MMMBop MMMBop "MMMBop" is a song written and performed by the American pop rock band Hanson from their 1997 album Middle of Nowhere. The song was nominated for two Grammys at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards in February 1998, and is the band's most successful single to date.By any measure, "MMMBop" was phenomenally... " |
Hanson Hanson (band) Hanson are an American pop rock band formed in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by brothers Isaac , Taylor , and Zac Hanson . They are best known for the 1997 hit song "MMMBop" from their major label debut album Middle of Nowhere, which earned three Grammy nominations... |
| June 21 | "MMMBop" | Hanson |
| June 28 | "MMMBop" | Hanson |
| July 5 | "MMMBop" | Hanson |
| July 12 | "Sunny Came Home Sunny Came Home "Sunny Came Home" is a folk-rock song by American musician Shawn Colvin. It is the theme song to her 1996 concept album A Few Small Repairs, and quickly became a hit when it was released as a CD single on June 24, 1997.-About the single:... " |
Shawn Colvin Shawn Colvin Shawn Colvin is an American singer-songwriter and musician.-Childhood and early career:Colvin was born in Vermillion, South Dakota. Her formative years were spent in the town of Carbondale, Illinois, where she attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She learned to play guitar at the age... |
| July 19 | "Sunny Came Home" | Shawn Colvin |
| July 26 | "Sunny Came Home" | Shawn Colvin |
| August 2 | "Sunny Came Home" | Shawn Colvin |
| August 9 | "Men in Black Men in Black (song) "Men in Black" is a song by Will Smith from the movie Men in Black, in which he also starred. The song plays during the movie's closing credits... " |
Will Smith Will Smith Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. , also known by his stage name The Fresh Prince, is an American actor, producer, and rapper. He has enjoyed success in television, film and music. In April 2007, Newsweek called him the most powerful actor in Hollywood... |
| August 16 | "Men in Black" | Will Smith |
| August 23 | "Men in Black" | Will Smith |
| August 30 | "Men in Black" | Will Smith |
| September 6 | "Semi-Charmed Life Semi-Charmed Life "Semi-Charmed Life" is Third Eye Blind's first single off their self-titled debut album, released in 1997. It was a major hit of the 1990s, reaching number four in the U.S., number one on the Modern Rock Tracks and the Top 40 in the UK. Furthermore, it has had a pervasive cultural impact, being... " |
Third Eye Blind Third Eye Blind Third Eye Blind is an American alternative rock band formed in the early 1990s in San Francisco. The songwriting duo of Kevin Cadogan and Stephan Jenkins signed the band's first major label recording contract with Elektra records in 1996 resulting in two multi platinum albums. The band's lineup... |
| September 13 | "Semi-Charmed Life" | Third Eye Blind |
| September 20 | "Semi-Charmed Life" | Third Eye Blind |
| September 27 | "Foolish Games Foolish Games "Foolish Games" is a song by Jewel released as her third/fourth and final single, taken from her debut album Pieces of You. It was also the third single to be lifted from the Batman & Robin motion picture soundtrack... " |
Jewel Jewel (singer) Jewel Kilcher , professionally known as Jewel, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, actress and poet... |
| October 4 | "Foolish Games" | Jewel |
| October 11 | "Foolish Games" | Jewel |
| October 18 | "Fly Fly (Sugar Ray song) "Fly" is a song by rock band Sugar Ray. It appears on their 1997 album Floored twice: one version with reggae artist Super Cat and the other without .... " |
Sugar Ray Sugar Ray Sugar Ray is a band from Orange County, California. The band, starting off more as an alternative metal band, first gained fame in 1997 with their release of the song "Fly". This song's success, coupled with its pop rock sound that was quite different from the rest of their material at the time,... |
| October 25 | "Fly" | Sugar Ray |
| November 1 | "Fly" | Sugar Ray |
| November 8 | "Fly" | Sugar Ray |
| November 15 | "Fly" | Sugar Ray |
| November 22 | "Fly" | Sugar Ray |
| November 29 | "Tubthumping Tubthumping "Tubthumping", informally known by its prominent lyric "I Get Knocked Down", is the title of a song released by the Anarcho-punk band Chumbawamba on 11 August 1997 through Universal Records and EMI Electrola. It was their most successful single, peaking at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart... " |
Chumbawamba Chumbawamba Chumbawamba is a British musical group who have, over a career spanning nearly three decades, played punk rock, pop-influenced music, world music, and folk music... |
| December 6 | "Tubthumping" | Chumbawamba |
| December 13 | "Tubthumping" | Chumbawamba |
| December 20 | "Tubthumping" | Chumbawamba |
| December 27 | "Tubthumping" | Chumbawamba |