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"You Were Meant for Me" / "Foolish Games" by Jewel (pictured) was number two on the Year-End list, despite never reaching the top of the Hot 100. This is a list of Billboard ' s Top Hot 100 songs of 1997. [1] The list is also notable for featuring 14 songs that appeared in 1996's list, repeat onto to this list.
WQHT (97.1 FM, Hot 97) is a commercial radio station, licensed to New York, New York, which broadcasts an urban contemporary music format. The station is owned by Mediaco Holding, a subsidiary of the Standard General hedge fund.
This is a list of singles that charted in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1997. During this year, "How Do I Live" by LeAnn Rimes became the longest-running top-ten single, breaking a record for 32 weeks (a record that went unmatched for over nineteen years).
Elton John earned his latest Hot 100 number-one single with "Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight", which stayed at the top position for 12 straight weeks. The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States.
Martinez got her first break in FM broadcasting in 1986, at the age of 15, answering hotlines at the urban radio station WQHT, known publicly as Hot 97. While there, she met popular DJ Funkmaster Flex, and began working as his protégé. Martinez quickly picked-up on the craft and skills of running a successful radio program.
In 2003, Darden became music director for WQHT, ultimately becoming the program director for the station in 2007. [2] [3] [4]Darden worked alongside several past WQHT Hot 97 morning show co-hosts including Star and Buckwild, Miss Jones, DJ Envy, Sway, and Joe Budden from 2004 to 2007, and introduced Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg to the AM drive in 2009.
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It was reported that the song would sample soul music singer Otis Redding's version of "Try a Little Tenderness". [3] On July 20, "Otis" was premiered on Funkmaster Flex's Hot 97 radio show. It took 22 minutes to get through as Flex restarted the song 25 times, or roughly every 53 seconds. [4]