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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.
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). Puff Daddy and Mase each had four top-ten hits in 1997, tying them for the most top-ten hits during the year.
The Billboard Year-End chart is a chart published by Billboard which denotes the top song of each year as determined by the publication's charts. Since 1946, Year-End charts have existed for the top songs in pop, R&B, and country, with additional album charts for each genre debuting in 1956, 1966, and 1965, respectively.
With "Honey" becoming her 12th #1 single, Mariah Carey broke the record for most #1 songs by a female artist, surpassing Madonna and Whitney Houston with 11 each. That year, 7 acts earned their first number one song, such as Spice Girls, Puff Daddy, Mase, The Notorious B.I.G., Hanson, Faith Evans, and 112. The Notorious B.I.G. became the fifth ...
Italian artist Gala spent eight weeks in the UK top 10 this year with her hit single "Freed from Desire", which had its highest position at number two. Katrina and the Waves (lead singer Katrina Leskanich pictured in 1986) won the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest with "Love Shine a Light", which reached number three in the UK.
This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent singles chart in the United States, currently monitoring the most popular singles in terms of popular radio play, single purchases and online streaming.
1942 10-inch 78 rpm release of the single "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby 1997 7-inch 45 rpm release of "Candle in the Wind 1997"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight", double A-side single by Elton John. This is a compendium of the best-selling music singles. The criterion for inclusion is to sell at least ten million copies worldwide.
Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1997, 23 different songs topped the chart, then published under the title Hot Country Singles & Tracks, in 52 issues of the magazine.