List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1997

These are the Billboard magazine R&B albums that reached number-one in 1997.

Chart history

Issue date	Album	Artist
January 4	The Preacher's Wife	Soundtrack / Whitney Houston
January 11[1]
January 18	The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory	Makaveli
January 25
February 1	Rhyme & Reason	Soundtrack / Various artists
February 8	The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory	Makaveli
February 15	Gridlock'd	Soundtrack / Various artists
February 22
March 1	Baduizm	Erykah Badu
March 8
March 15
March 22
March 29	The Untouchable	Scarface
April 5
April 12	Life After Death	The Notorious B.I.G.
April 19
April 26
May 3
May 10	Share My World	Mary J. Blige
May 17
May 24
May 31
June 7	I'm Bout It	Soundtrack / Various artists
June 14	God's Property from Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation	God's Property
June 21	I'm Bout It	Soundtrack / Various artists
June 28	Wu-Tang Forever	Wu-Tang Clan
July 5	God's Property from Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation	God's Property
July 12
July 19
July 28
August 2	Supa Dupa Fly	Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
August 9	No Way Out	Puff Daddy and the Family
August 16	The Art of War	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
August 23	No Way Out	Puff Daddy and the Family
August 30
September 6
September 13
September 20	Ghetto D	Master P
September 27
October 4	When Disaster Strikes	Busta Rhymes
October 11	Evolution	Boyz II Men
October 18	Soul Food	Soundtrack / Various artists
October 25	Gang Related	Soundtrack / Various artists
November 1
November 8	The Firm: The Album	The Firm feat. Nas, Foxy Brown, Nature and AZ
November 15	Harlem World	Mase
November 22	The 18th Letter	Rakim
November 29	Unpredictable	Mystikal
December 6	Live	Erykah Badu
December 13	R U Still Down? (Remember Me)	2Pac
December 20
December 27	Live	Erykah Badu

See also

• 1997 in music
• R&B number-one hits of 1997 (USA)