List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1997
Chart history

List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1997

Section Title: Chart history
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Issue date	Album	Artist(s)	Label	Reference

January 4	Tragic Kingdom	No Doubt	Trauma

January 11

January 18

January 25

February 1

February 8

February 15	Gridlock'd	Soundtrack	Death Row

February 22	Tragic Kingdom	No Doubt	Trauma

March 1	Unchained Melody: The Early Years	LeAnn Rimes	Curb

March 8	Secret Samadhi	Live	Radioactive

March 15	Howard Stern Private Parts – The Album	Soundtrack	Warner Bros.

March 22	Pop	U2	Island

March 29	The Untouchable	Scarface	Rap-A-Lot

April 5	Nine Lives	Aerosmith	Columbia

April 12	Life After Death	The Notorious B.I.G.	Bad Boy

April 19

April 26

May 3

May 10	Share My World	Mary J. Blige	MCA

May 17	Carrying Your Love with Me	George Strait	MCA

May 24	Spice	Spice Girls	Virgin

May 31

June 7

June 14

June 21	Wu-Tang Forever	Wu-Tang Clan	Loud

June 28	Butterfly Kisses (Shades of Grace)	Bob Carlisle	Jive

July 5

July 12	Spice	Spice Girls	Virgin

July 19	The Fat of the Land	The Prodigy	Maverick

July 26	Men in Black: The Album	Soundtrack	Columbia

August 2

August 9	No Way Out	Puff Daddy and the Family	Bad Boy

August 16	The Art of War	Bone Thugs N Harmony	Ruthless

August 23	No Way Out	Puff Daddy and the Family	Bad Boy

August 30

September 6	The Dance	Fleetwood Mac	Reprise

September 13	No Way Out	Puff Daddy and the Family	Bad Boy

September 20	Ghetto D	Master P	No Limit

September 27	You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs	LeAnn Rimes	Curb

October 4	Butterfly	Mariah Carey	Columbia

October 11	Evolution	Boyz II Men	Motown

October 18	You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs	LeAnn Rimes	Curb

October 25	The Velvet Rope	Janet Jackson	Virgin

November 1	You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs	LeAnn Rimes	Curb

November 8	The Firm – The Album	The Firm	Aftermath

November 15	Harlem World	Mase	Bad Boy

November 22

November 29	Higher Ground	Barbra Streisand	Columbia

December 6	ReLoad	Metallica	Elektra

December 13	Sevens	Garth Brooks	Capitol

December 20

December 27

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Spice peaked at number one on Billboard 200 in 1997.

final_sentence: Spice peaked at number one on Billboard 200 in 1997.