The UK R&B Chart is a weekly chart that ranks the 40 biggest-selling singles and albums that are classified in the R&B genre in the United Kingdom. The chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company, and is based on physical and other physical formats. This is a list of the UK's biggest R&B hits of 1997.The R&B Singles Archive 1997
Number ones
Best-selling R&B single of the year Issue date SingleArtist 5 January "Don't Let Go (Love)" En Vogue 12 January 19 January "Street Dreams" Nas 26 January "Remember Me" Blue Boy 2 February "Ain't Nobody" LL Cool J 9 February 16 February "I Shot the Sheriff" Warren G 23 February 2 March "Don't You Love Me" Eternal 9 March "Rumble in the Jungle" Fugees featuring A Tribe Called Quest, Busta Rhymes and John Forté 16 March 23 March "I Believe I Can Fly" R. Kelly 30 March 6 April 13 April 20 April 27 April "Blood on the Dance Floor" Michael Jackson 4 May "Alright" Jamiroquai 11 May "Wonderful Tonight" Damage 18 May 25 May "I Wanna Be the Only One" Eternal featuring BeBe Winans 1 June 8 June 15 June 22 June "I'll Be Missing You" Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112 29 June 6 July 13 July 20 July 27 July 3 August 10 August "Men in Black" Will Smith 17 August 24 August 31 August 7 September 14 September 21 September "Fix" Blackstreet 28 September "Never Gonna Let You Go" Tina Moore 5 October "Angel of Mine" Eternal 12 October 19 October 26 October "Phenomenon" LL Cool J 2 November "Angel of Mine" Eternal 9 November 16 November "Never Ever" All Saints 23 November 30 November 7 December "Together Again" Janet Jackson 14 December "Never Ever" All Saints 21 December 28 December
Notes - The single was simultaneously number one on the UK Singles Chart.
See also List of UK Dance Singles Chart number ones of 1997 List of UK Independent Singles Chart number ones of 1997 List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 1997 List of UK R&B Albums Chart number ones of 1997
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