List of Billboard Tropical Airplay number ones of 1997
Tropical Airplay is a chart published by "Billboard" magazine that ranks the top-performing songs (regardless of genre or language) on tropical radio stations in the United States, based on weekly airplay data compiled by Nielsen's Broadcast Data Systems (BDS). It is a subchart of Hot Latin Songs, which lists the best-performing Spanish-language songs in the country. In 1997, 11 songs topped the chart, in 52 issues of the magazine. At the start of the year, the number one song was "No Quiero Na' Regala'o" by Gilberto Santa  Rosa, which had reached the top of the chart in the issue of "Billboard" dated December 21, 1996. It remained at the top for a single week in 1997 before Grupo Manía began a four-week run at the top with their single "Linda Eh". American singer Frankie Negrón released his debut album "Con Amor Se Gana" (1997), which was promoted by its singles "Inolvidable" (a cover version of Italian singer Laura Pausini's song) and "Hoy Me He Vuelto a Enamorar". Negrón spent a total of 12 weeks at number one and "Inolvidable" was named the best-performing track  of the year on the Tropical Airplay chart. Brenda K. Starr achieved her first chart-topper with a salsa cover of Myriam Hernández's ballad "Herida". Starr had previously established herself freestyle artist in the 1980s and returned to music scene as a salsa artist with "Te Sigo Esperando" (1997) following the commercial failure of her previous album "By Heart" (1991). She is the only female artist to have a number one on the Tropical Airplay chart in 1997. "Dile a Ella" by Víctor Manuelle held the top spot for the longest in 1997 with nine weeks. The final number  one of the year was "Y Hubo Alguien" by Marc Anthony which spent eight weeks at number one and became the first salsa song to top the Hot Latin Songs chart.