1997 v hudbe

Udalosti

• 10. január – James Brown prijal svoju hviezdu na hollywoodskom chodníku slávy.
• 19. január – Madonna vyhrala Zlatý Glóbus za rolu Evity.
• 12. február – David Bowie prijal svoju hviezdu na hollywoodskom chodníku slávy.
• 13. február – Michael Jackson sa stal otcom, má syna.
• 9. marec – Rapper The Notorious B.I.G. je zastrelený vo svojom aute, ktorým išiel na udeľovanie cien Soul Train Awards.
• 11. marec – Paul McCartney je povýšený do rytierskeho stavu anglickou kráľovnou Alžbetou II.
• 6. september – Elton John spieva pieseň „Candle in the Wind“ na pohrebe princeznej Diany.
• 22. november – Michael Hutchence, spevák skupiny INXS zomrel vo veku 37 rokov. Bol nájdený mŕtvy v hotelovej izbe v Sydney.

Založené hudobné skupiny

• The Appleseed Cast
• The Black Heart Procession
• Calla
• The Casket Lottery
• Coldplay
• Death Cab for Cutie
• Demons & Wizards
• Dir en Grey
• Eisley
• The Exies
• Elvenking
• Finntroll
• Isis
• Liquid Tension Experiment
• Lostprophets
• Mates of State
• Mudvayne
• Queens of the Stone Age
• The Shins
• Sorry About Dresden
• Switchfoot
• Umphrey’s Mcgee
• The White Stripes

Zaniknuté hudobné skupiny

• Acid Bath (po smrti basgitaristu Audie Pitreho)
• Atomic Swing
• Brainiac
• Christie Front Drive
• The Clouds
• Cocteau Twins
• Commander Venus
• Def FX
• Dinosaur Jr.
• Failure
• Gin Blossoms
• Glue Gun
• The Monkees
• Porno for Pyros
• The Presidents of the United States of America
• Pungent Stench
• Soundgarden
• Swans
• Throwing Muses
• Ugly Kid Joe
• White Zombie
• X Japan

Obnovené hudobné skupiny

• Black Sabbath (obnovená od prestávky v roku 1994)
• Blondie (obnovená po prerušení v roku 1982)
• Depeche Mode (obnovená od prestávky v roku 1995)
• Echo & the Bunnymen (obnovená od prestávky v roku 1992)
• Sunny Day Real Estate (obnovená od prestávky v roku 1995)

Vydané albumy

• R U Still Down? (Remember Me) - 2Pac
• Happy? (Jann Arden) - Jann Arden
• Anywhere But Here - The Ataris
• Nine Lives - Aerosmith
• Bonfire - AC/DC
• MTV Unplugged - Bryan Adams
• So Long, So Wrong - Alison Krauss
• Remains - Annihilator
• Come to Daddy - Aphex Twin
• Imitação da Vida - Maria Bethânia
• Tested - Bad Religion (live)
• Whatever and Ever Amen - Ben Folds Five
• Janam Samjha Karo - Asha Bhosle and Leslie Lewis
• Not Bad - Big Ass
• Entering a New Ride - Big Audio Dynamite
• Telegram - Björk
• Homogenic - Björk
• Blackmail - Blackmail
• Dude Ranch - blink-182
• Surf-N-Burn - The Blue Stingrays
• Straight on Till Morning - Blues Traveler
• Herzfrequenz - Blümchen
• Blur - Blur
• La-On (ละอ่อน) - Bodyslam
• Art of War - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
• Boston: Greatest Hits - Boston
• The Bouncing Souls - The Bouncing Souls
• Earthling - David Bowie
• Twenty-Eight Teeth - Buck-O-Nine
• When Disaster Strikes - Busta Rhymes
• Feelings - David Byrne
• Body Language - Jonathan Cain
• Uptown Saturday Night - Camp Lo
• Butterfly - Mariah Carey
• The Virginian - Neko Case
• Ar Jani Na - Chandrabindu
• Stealing Second - Chris Thile
• Sevens - Garth Brooks
• Dig Your Own Hole - The Chemical Brothers
• Something Wild - Children of Bodom
• Enthrone Darkness Triumphant - Dimmu Borgir
• 1am to 5am - Annabelle Chvostek
• Coal Chamber - Coal Chamber
• Funcrusher Plus - Company Flow
• A Fistful Of Alice - Alice Cooper
• My Own Prison - Creed
• Galore - The Cure
• Homework - Daft Punk
• Les Années Orlando (1970-1997) - Dalida
• Olympia 1959 - Dalida
• L’An 2005 - Dalida
• Honey I’m Homely - Dance Hall Crashers
• Welcome to the Freak Show - dc Talk
• Around the Fur - Deftones
• Serpents Of The Light - Deicide
• Ultra - Depeche Mode
• Accident of Birth - Bruce Dickinson
• Ein Herz aus Schokolade - Die Flippers
• Paradise Now - Die Krupps
• Titanic - Céline Dion (soundtrack)
• Dr. Dre Presents…The Aftermath - Dr. Dre
• Medazzaland - Duran Duran
• Time Out Of Mind - Bob Dylan
• Evergreen - Echo & The Bunnymen
• Kingdom of Madness - Edguy
• The Messenger - Kurt Elling
• Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk - Emperor
• Cowboy - Erasure
• So Much for the Afterglow - Everclear
• Everlasting - Every Little Thing
• Album of the Year - Faith No More
• Fantastic Plastic Machine - Tomoyuki Tanaka
• Remanufacture - Fear Factory
• Polythen - Feeder
• The Danc - Fleetwood Mac
• The Colour and the Shape - Foo Fighters
• Somewhere Out In Space - Gamma Ray
• Nighttime Birds - The Gathering
• The Ultimate Gary Glitter (Greatest Hits) - Gary Glitter
• God Street Wine - God Street Wine
• American Lesion - Greg Graffin
• Behind The Eyes - Amy Grant
• Takes A Little Time - Amy Grant
• Play - Great Big Sea
• Nimrod - Green Day
• Members ov Sonic Cults - Grey Park
• The Synthetic Form - Gridlock
• Mag Earwhig! - Guided by Voices
• Carnival of Chaos - GWAR
• Glory to the Brave - Hammerfall
• Middle of Nowhere - Hanson
• Aftertaste - Helmet
• The First Session - Hole
• Days of Purgatory - Iced Earth
• S.C.I.E.N.C.E. - Incubus
• Whoracle - In Flames
• Elegantly Wasted - INXS
• The Great Milenko - Insane Clown Posse
• National Steel - Colin James
• The Velvet Rope - Janet Jackson
• In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 - Jay-Z
• Oxygene 7-13 - Jean Michel Jarre
• Jerky Boys 4 - Jerky Boys
• Rapture - album by Bradley Joseph
• Jugulator - Judas Priest
• Zistwar revoltan - Kaya
• Picnic - Robert Earl Keen
• Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions - KISS
• I Got Next - KRS-One
• Lie to Me - Jonny Lang
• Euphoria - Leftover Salmon
• Three Dollar Bill Y'all - Limp Bizkit
• Secret Samadhi - Live
• 84-87 - Pyotr Mamonov
• Marcy Playground - Marcy Playground
• This Strange Engine - Marillion
• Flaming Pie - Paul McCartney
• Surfacing - Sarah McLachlan
• Cryptic Writings - Megadeth
• Honky - Melvins
• ReLoad - Metallica
• Let’s Face It - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
• Young Team - Mogwai
• ¿Dónde Jugarán Las Niñas? - Molotov
• Formulas Fatal to the Flesh - Morbid Angel
• The Healing Game - Van Morrison
• Generation Swine - Mötley Crüe
• Life In General - MxPx
• Halim - Natacha Atlas
• Nerf Herder - Nerf Herder
• The Boatman's Call - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
• Angels Fall First - Nightwish
• So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes - NOFX
• Be Here Now - Oasis
• Back From the Dead - Obituary
• Ixnay On The Hombre - The Offspring
• Welcome - Outhouse
• Entropia - Pain of Salvation
• Full Circle - Pennywise
• Billy Breathes - Phish
• Slip Stitch and Pass - Phish
• Willis - The Pietasters
• Portishead - Portishead
• Brown Album - Primus
• The Fat of the Land - The Prodigy
• Quarashi - Quarashi
• OK Computer - Radiohead
• Skin - The Rainmakers (final release)
• Puritan Vodou - RAM
• Sehnsucht - Rammstein
• Glow - Reef
• Unit - Regurgitator
• Remember Shakti - Remember Shakti
• Legendary Tales - Rhapsody
• Double Live - Rheostatics
• Dead Men Don’t Smoke Marijuana - S. E. Rogie
• Retrospective I - Rush
• The Wake of Magellan - Savatage
• Unleash the Beast - Saxon
• The Fawn - The Sea and Cake
• The Remixes - Shakira
• Child: Music for the Christmas Season - Jane Siberry
• Built To Last - Sick of it All
• Freak Show - Silverchair
• Film Noir - Carly Simon
• Lake of Sorrow - The Sins of Thy Beloved
• Somewhere More Familiar - Sister Hazel
• Dig Me Out - Sleater-Kinney
• Fush Yu Mang -Smash Mouth
• Either/Or - Elliott Smith
• Big Willie Style - Will Smith
• Becoming X - Sneaker Pimps
• Men In Black - Soundtrack
• The Lost Highway - Soundtrack
• Spiceworld - The Spice Girls
• Weights and Measures - Spirit of the West
• Dots and Loops - Stereolab
• City - Strapping Young Lad
• Visions - Stratovarius
• Indoor Living - Superchunk
• In It for the Money - Supergrass
• Blue Sky On Mars - Matthew Sweet
• The Legend of Chin - Switchfoot
• The Divine Wings of Tragedy - Symphony X
• Ölürüm Sana - Tarkan, Featuring His Hit Simarik
• Demonic - Testament
• It Doesn't Matter Anymore - The Supernaturals
• Then: The Earlier Years - They Might Be Giants
• Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind
• Live Between Us - The Tragically Hip
• Good Feeling - Travis
• Come on Over - Shania Twain
• Songs of a Circling Spirit - Tom Cochrane
• Amrep Christmas - Unsane
• Never Mind the Opened Minds - US Bombs
• War Birth - US Bombs
• Pop - U2
• Fire Garden - Steve Vai
• Eight Arms to Hold You - Veruca Salt
• Urban Hymns - The Verve
• The Mollusk - Ween
• Bombs & Butterflies - Widespread Panic
• Big Willie Style - Will Smith
• Enter - Within Temptation
• WU Tang Forever - Wu Tang Clan
• Tribute - Yanni
• Crossing The Rubicon - Armageddon
• Backstreet Boys (US) - Backstreet Boys
• Backstreet's Back - Backstreet Boys
• XXV: The Essential – Mike Oldfield
• Angel Fall First - Nightwish
• Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666 - HIM
• 1967: The First Three Singles – Pink Floyd
• Epitaph – King Crimson
• The Night Watch – King Crimson

Najväčšie hity

• „Ashes to Ashes“ - Faith No More
• „Ecuador“ - Sash!
• „I Wanna Be the Only One“ - Eternal
• „Firestarter“ - The Prodigy
• „You Were Meant For Me“ - Jewel
• „Quit Playin’ Games (With My Heart)“ - Backstreet Boys
• „Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)“ - Backstreet Boys
• „As Long As You Love Me“ - Backstreet Boys
• „I’ll Be Missing You“ - Puff Daddy a Faith Evans
• „Dammit“ - Blink-182
• „Foolish Games“ - Jewel
• „Semi-Charmed Life“ - Third Eye Blind
• „Honey“ - Mariah Carey
• „Eye“ - The Smashing Pumpkins
• „Everlong“ - Foo Fighters
• „The Perfect Drug“ - Nine Inch Nails
• „Bitter Sweet Symphony“ - The Verve
• „The Difference“ - The Wallflowers
• „Forty Six & 2“ - Tool
• „A Long December“ - Counting Crows
• „Magdalene“ - Lenny Kravitz
• „My Heart Will Go On“ - Céline Dion
• „Don’t Speak“ - No Doubt
• „Da Funk“ - Daft Punk
• „6 Underground“ - Sneaker Pimps
• „Lakini’s Juice“ - Live
• „La Tumba“ - Dalida (Remix)
• „Gigi In Paradisco“ - Dalida (Remix)
• „Salma Ya Salama (Sueno Flamenco)“ - Dalida (Remix)
• „Silver Springs“ - Fleetwood Mac
• „Freak“ - Silverchair
• „Wannabe“ - Spice Girls
• „Karma Police“ - Radiohead
• „All By Myself“ - Céline Dion
• „Longneck Bottle“ - Garth Brooks
• „MMMBop“ - Hanson
• „Say You’ll Be There“ - Spice Girls
• „All I Want“ - The Offspring
• „Back to You“ - Bryan Adams
• „The Impression That I Get“ - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
• „Tubthumping“ - Chumbawamba
• „Pink“ - Aerosmith
• „Sell Out“ - Reel Big Fish
• „Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See“ - Busta Rhymes
• „D’You Know What I Mean“ - Oasis

Úmrtia

• 9. marec – The Notorious B.I.G., americký rapper
• 9. apríl – Laura Nyro, americká skladateľka
• 29. máj – Jeff Buckley, americký spevák a gitarista
• 12. október – John Denver, americký folkový pesničkár
• 22. november – Michael Hutchence, spevák skupiny INXS