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

These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1997:

Chart history

Issue Date	Song	Artist
January 4	I Believe I Can Fly	R. Kelly
January 11	I Believe I Can Fly	R. Kelly
January 18	I Believe I Can Fly	R. Kelly
January 25	Don't Let Go (Love)	En Vogue
February 1	I Believe I Can Fly	R. Kelly
February 8	On & On	Erykah Badu
February 15	On & On	Erykah Badu
February 22	In My Bed	Dru Hill
March 1	In My Bed	Dru Hill
March 8	Can't Nobody Hold Me Down	Puff Daddy featuring Mase
March 15	Can't Nobody Hold Me Down	Puff Daddy featuring Mase
March 22	Can't Nobody Hold Me Down	Puff Daddy featuring Mase
March 29	Can't Nobody Hold Me Down	Puff Daddy featuring Mase
April 5	Can't Nobody Hold Me Down	Puff Daddy featuring Mase
April 12	Can't Nobody Hold Me Down	Puff Daddy featuring Mase
April 19	In My Bed	Dru Hill
April 26	Hypnotize	The Notorious B.I.G.
May 3	Hypnotize	The Notorious B.I.G.
May 10	Hypnotize	The Notorious B.I.G.
May 17	G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T.	Changing Faces
May 24	G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T.	Changing Faces
May 31	G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T.	Changing Faces
June 7	G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T.	Changing Faces
June 11	I'll Be Missing You	Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112
June 18	I'll Be Missing You	Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112
June 25	I'll Be Missing You	Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112
July 5	I'll Be Missing You	Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112
July 12	I'll Be Missing You	Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112
July 19	I'll Be Missing You	Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112
July 28	I'll Be Missing You	Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112
August 2	I'll Be Missing You	Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112
August 9	Never Make a Promise	Dru Hill
August 16	Never Make a Promise	Dru Hill
August 23	Never Make a Promise	Dru Hill
August 30	Never Make a Promise	Dru Hill
September 6	You Make Me Wanna	Usher
September 13	You Make Me Wanna	Usher
September 20	You Make Me Wanna	Usher
September 27	You Make Me Wanna	Usher
October 4	You Make Me Wanna	Usher
October 11	You Make Me Wanna	Usher
October 18	You Make Me Wanna	Usher
October 25	You Make Me Wanna	Usher
November 1	You Make Me Wanna	Usher
November 8	You Make Me Wanna	Usher
November 15	You Make Me Wanna	Usher
November 22	My Body	LSG
November 29	My Body	LSG
December 6	My Body	LSG
December 13	My Body	LSG
December 20	My Body	LSG
December 27	A Song for Mama	Boyz II Men

Chart comparisons

• Three songs reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100/pop and the Hot Rap Singles charts: "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down," "Hypnotize" and "I'll Be Missing You."
• Three songs reached number-one on the Rhythmic chart: "Don't Let Go (Love)," "I'll Be Missing You" and "You Make Me Wanna..."

See also

• 1997 in music
• List of number-one R&B hits (United States)
• List of number-one R&B albums of 1997 (U.S.)