List of Top 25 albums for 1997 in Australia
The following lists the top 100 albums of 1997 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association End of Year Albums Chart.
| # | Title | Artist | Highest pos. reached | weeks at No. 1 |
| 1. | Savage Garden | Savage Garden | 1 | 19 |
| 2. | Romeo + Juliet | Soundtrack | 1 | 9 |
| 3. | Middle of Nowhere | Hanson | 1 | 2 |
| 4. | Spice | Spice Girls | 3 | |
| 5. | Let's Talk About Love | Celine Dion | 1 | 5 |
| 6. | Tragic Kingdom | No Doubt | 3 | |
| 7. | Pieces of You | Jewel | 5 | |
| 8. | In Deep | Tina Arena | 1 | 3 |
| 9. | Falling into You | Celine Dion | 1 | 4 |
| 10. | Songs from the South | Paul Kelly | 2 | |
| 11. | Telling Everybody | Human Nature | 7 | |
| 12. | Secret Samadhi | Live | 2 | |
| 13. | ' | John Farnham | 1 | 1 |
| 14. | Freak Show | Silverchair | 1 | 1 |
| 15. | Spiceworld | Spice Girls | 2 | |
| 16. | ' | Various Artists | ||
| 17. | Bill Lawry... This Is Your Life | The Twelfth Man | 1 | 2 |
| 18. | Forgiven, Not Forgotten | The Corrs | 1 | 3 |
| 19. | My Best Friend's Wedding | Soundtrack | 1 | 4 |
| 20. | Ixnay on the Hombre | The Offspring | 2 | |
| 21. | Still Waters | Bee Gees | 4 | |
| 22. | Recurring Dream | Crowded House | 1 | 8 |
| 23. | The Fat of the Land | The Prodigy | 1 | 1 |
| 24. | My Promise | No Mercy | 4 | |
| 25. | Snowed In | Hanson | 3 | |
| 26. | Jagged Little Pill | Alanis Morissette | 1 | 10 |
| 27. | Butterfly | Mariah Carey | 1 | 1 |
| 28. | 20,000 Watt R.S.L. | Midnight Oil | 1 | 1 |
| 29. | Album of the Year | Faith No More | 1 | 1 |
| 30. | ' | Stevie Wonder | 4 | |
| 31. | The Dance | Fleetwood Mac | 4 | |
| 32. | Reload | Metallica | 2 | |
| 33. | The Full Monty | Soundtrack | 3 | |
| 34. | Talk on Corners | The Corrs | 3 | |
| 35. | The Ultimate Collection | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 10 | |
| 36. | Secrets | Toni Braxton | 11 | |
| 37. | Ivy and the Big Apples | Spiderbait | 3 | |
| 38. | Blue Moon Swamp | John Fogerty | 8 | |
| 39. | Pop | U2 | 1 | 1 |
| 40. | Yourself or Someone Like You | Matchbox Twenty | 1 | 6 |
| 41. | Paint the Sky with Stars | Enya | 10 | |
| 42. | The Velvet Rope | Janet Jackson | 4 | |
| 43. | Aquarium | Aqua | 1 | 2 |
| 44. | Romeo + Juliet Volume 2 | Soundtrack | 2 | |
| 45. | ' | Soundtrack | 4 | |
| 46. | Drag | k.d. lang | 4 | |
| 47. | Travelling Without Moving | Jamiroquai | 6 | |
| 48. | Greatest Hits | Simply Red | 4 | |
| 49. | Evita | Soundtrack | 5 | |
| 50. | Led Zeppelin Remasters | Led Zeppelin | 1 | 1 |
| 51. | Future Road | The Seekers | 4 | |
| 52. | The Best That I Could Do 1978–1988 | John Mellencamp | 5 | |
| 53. | Double Allergic | Powderfinger | 4 | |
| 54. | Ænima | Tool | 6 | |
| 55. | Throwing Copper | Live | 1 | 7 |
| 56. | ' | John Farnham | 12 | |
| 57. | Be Here Now | Oasis | 1 | 1 |
| 58. | Pipe Dream | John Williamson | 6 | |
| 59. | ' | LeAnn Rimes | 12 | |
| 60. | The Woman in Me | Shania Twain | 17 | |
| 61. | The Big Picture | Elton John | 5 | |
| 62. | 18 til I Die | Bryan Adams | 2 | |
| 63. | Barnes Hits Anthology | Jimmy Barnes | 1 | 1 |
| 64. | Music for the Jilted Generation | The Prodigy | 9 | |
| 65. | ' | Michael Jackson | 2 | |
| 66. | ' | Michael Jackson | 1 | 3 |
| 67. | The Wiggles Movie Soundtrack | Soundtrack | 36 | |
| 68. | Backstreet Boys | Backstreet Boys | 6 | |
| 69. | Fashion Nugget | Cake | 9 | |
| 70. | Urban Hymns | The Verve | 9 | |
| 71. | ' | LeAnn Rimes | 4 | |
| 72. | OK Computer | Radiohead | 7 | |
| 73. | Butterfly Kisses | Bob Carlisle | 10 | |
| 74. | Something for Everybody | Baz Luhrmann | 14 | |
| 75. | Songs in the Key of Springfield | The Simpsons | 26 | |
| 76. | Az Yet | Az Yet | 24 | |
| 77. | Higher Ground | Barbra Streisand | 14 | |
| 78. | The Very Best of Sting & The Police | Sting & The Police | 22 | |
| 79. | All Time Greatest Hits | Elvis Presley | 7 | |
| 80. | The Colour and the Shape | Foo Fighters | 5 | |
| 81. | Bringing Down the Horse | The Wallflowers | 9 | |
| 82. | Amanda Marshall | Amanda Marshall | 15 | |
| 83. | The Day | Babyface | 14 | |
| 84. | Blur | Blur | 22 | |
| 85. | The Very Best of the Bee Gees | Bee Gees | 7 | |
| 86. | Greatest Hits Volume III | Billy Joel | 12 | |
| 87. | ' | John Farnham | 20 | |
| 88. | Forrest Gump | Soundtrack | 1 | 3 |
| 89. | Destination Anywhere | Jon Bon Jovi | 4 | |
| 90. | Blue | LeAnn Rimes | 5 | |
| 91. | Evolution | Boyz II Men | 6 | |
| 92. | Unplugged | Bryan Adams | 28 | |
| 93. | Unit | Regurgitator | 4 | |
| 94. | Guide to Better Living | Grinspoon | 11 | |
| 95. | Spawn: The Album | Soundtrack | 15 | |
| 96. | Angel Blood | Leonardo's Bride | 25 | |
| 97. | Eternal Nightcap | The Whitlams | 14 | |
| 98. | Tango | Julio Iglesias | 16 | |
| 99. | No Way Out | Puff Daddy | 17 | |
| 100. | December Moon | Tania Kernaghan | 30 |
Peak chart positions from 1997 are from the ARIA Charts, overall position on the End of Year Chart is calculated by ARIA based on the number of weeks and position that the records reach within the Top 50 albums for each week during 1997.