List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1997
These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1997, per the Billboard 200.
Chart history
| Issue date | Album | Artist | Label | Reference |
| January 4 | Tragic Kingdom | No Doubt | Trauma | - |
| January 11 | Tragic Kingdom | No Doubt | Trauma | |
| January 18 | Tragic Kingdom | No Doubt | Trauma | |
| January 25 | Tragic Kingdom | No Doubt | Trauma | |
| February 1 | Tragic Kingdom | No Doubt | Trauma | |
| February 8 | Tragic Kingdom | No Doubt | Trauma | |
| February 15 | Gridlock'd | Soundtrack | Death Row | |
| February 22 | Tragic Kingdom | No Doubt | Trauma | |
| March 1 | ' | LeAnn Rimes | Curb | |
| March 8 | Secret Samadhi | Live | Radioactive | |
| March 15 | ' | 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 | Life After Death | The Notorious B.I.G. | Bad Boy | |
| April 26 | Life After Death | The Notorious B.I.G. | Bad Boy | |
| May 3 | Life After Death | The Notorious B.I.G. | Bad Boy | |
| 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 | Spice | Spice Girls | Virgin | |
| June 7 | Spice | Spice Girls | Virgin | |
| June 14 | Spice | Spice Girls | Virgin | |
| June 21 | Wu-Tang Forever | Wu-Tang Clan | Loud | |
| June 28 | Butterfly Kisses | Bob Carlisle | Jive | |
| July 5 | Butterfly Kisses | Bob Carlisle | Jive | |
| July 12 | Spice | Spice Girls | Virgin | |
| July 19 | The Fat of the Land | The Prodigy | Maverick | |
| July 26 | ' | Soundtrack | Columbia | |
| August 2 | ' | Soundtrack | Columbia | |
| 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 | No Way Out | Puff Daddy and the Family | Bad Boy | |
| 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 | 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 | Harlem World | Mase | Bad Boy | |
| November 29 | Higher Ground | Barbra Streisand | Columbia | |
| December 6 | ReLoad | Metallica | Elektra | |
| December 13 | Sevens | Garth Brooks | Capitol | |
| December 20 | Sevens | Garth Brooks | Capitol | |
| December 27 | Sevens | Garth Brooks | Capitol |