The following lists the top 100 albums of 1997 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) 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. Anthology 1: Greatest Hits 1986-1997 John Farnham 1 1 14. Freak Show Silverchair 1 1 15. Spiceworld Spice Girls 2 16. Diana, Princess of Wales: Tribute 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. Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection 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. Men in Black: The Album 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. Anthology 2: Classic Hits 1967–1985 (Recorded Live) John Farnham 12 57. Be Here Now Oasis 1 1 58. Pipe Dream John Williamson 6 59. You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs 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. Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix Michael Jackson 2 66. HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I 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. Unchained Melody: The Early Years LeAnn Rimes 4 72. OK Computer Radiohead 7 73. Butterfly Kisses (Shades of Grace) Bob Carlisle 10 74. Something for Everybody (Baz Luhrmann album) 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. Anthology 3: Rarities 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.
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