This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot R&B Singles of 1997. The chart is on page 88 of the PDF.
No. Title Artist(s)1 "In My Bed" Dru Hill2 "I'll Be Missing You" Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 1123 "G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T." Changing Faces4 "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" Puff Daddy featuring Mase5 "You Make Me Wanna..." Usher6 "I Belong to You (Every Time I See Your Face)" Rome7 "I Believe I Can Fly" R. Kelly8 "Cupid" 1129 "On & On" Erykah Badu10 "Get It Together" 70211 "Never Make a Promise" Dru Hill12 "Don't Let Go (Love)" En Vogue13 "Return of the Mack" Mark Morrison14 "For You I Will" Monica15 "For You" Kenny Lattimore16 "Big Daddy" Heavy D17 "My Love Is the Shhh!" Somethin' for the People featuring Trina & Tamara18 "Un-Break My Heart" Toni Braxton19 "Nobody" Keith Sweat featuring Athena Cage20 "Mo Money Mo Problems" The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase21 "What Kind of Man Would I Be?" Mint Condition22 "What's on Tonight" Montell Jordan23 "Not Tonight" Lil' Kim featuring Da Brat, Left Eye, Missy Elliott and Angie Martinez24 "Hypnotize" The Notorious B.I.G.25 "4 Seasons of Loneliness" Boyz II Men26 "Every Time I Close My Eyes" Babyface27 "What About Us" Total28 "Up Jumps da Boogie" Timbaland & Magoo29 "I Believe in You and Me" / "Somebody Bigger than You and I" Whitney Houston30 "Pony" Ginuwine31 "I Can Love You" / "Love Is All We Need" Mary J. Blige32 "I'll Be" Foxy Brown featuring Jay-Z33 "I Don't Want To" / "I Love Me Some Him" Toni Braxton34 "Cold Rock a Party" MC Lyte featuring Missy Elliott 35 "You Should Be Mine (Don't Waste Your Time)" Brian McKnight featuring Mase36 "No Time" Lil' Kim featuring Puff Daddy37 "Honey" Mariah Carey38 "Don't Wanna Be a Player" Joe39 "I'm Still in Love with You" / "You Don't Have to Worry" New Edition40 "Thinking of You" / "Let's Get Down" Tony! Toni! Toné!41 "Butta Love" Next42 "Da' Dip" Freak Nasty43 "No Diggity" Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen44 "5 Miles to Empty" Brownstone45 "Someone" SWV46 "Everything" Mary J. Blige47 "You Bring Me Up" K-Ci & JoJo48 "My Baby Daddy" B-Rock and the Bizz49 "Smile" Scarface featuring 2Pac and Johnny P.50 "All Cried Out" Allure featuring 11251 "You Don't Have to Hurt No More" Mint Condition52 "Tears" The Isley Brothers53 "I Care 'Bout You" Milestone54 "Look into My Eyes" Bone Thugs-n-Harmony55 "I Can Make It Better" Luther Vandross56 "Last Night" Az Yet57 "Knocks Me Off My Feet" / "You Should Know" Donell Jones58 "My Body" LSG59 "Do You Like This" Rome60 "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" Az Yet featuring Peter Cetera61 "This Is for the Lover in You" Babyface featuring LL Cool J, Howard Hewett, Jody Watley, and Jeffrey Daniel62 "Gotham City" Bone Thugs-n-Harmony63 "Tell Me" Dru Hill64 "Let Me Clear My Throat" DJ Kool65 "Big Bad Mama" Foxy Brown featuring Dru Hill66 "I'm Not Feeling You" Yvette Michele67 "Steelo" 702 featuring Missy Elliott68 "When You Talk About Love" Patti LaBelle69 "Full of Smoke" Christión70 "The Theme (It's Party Time)" Tracey Lee71 "Request Line" Zhané72 "Let It Go" Ray J73 "The One I Gave My Heart To" Aaliyah74 "Sock It 2 Me" / "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" Missy Elliott featuring Da Brat75 "Come See Me" 11276 "Falling" Montell Jordan77 "It's Your Body" Johnny Gill78 "Take It to the Streets" Rampage featuring Billy Lawrence79 "We Trying to Stay Alive" Wyclef Jean featuring John Forté and Pras80 "Head over Heels" Allure featuring Nas81 "Ghetto Love" Da Brat featuring T-Boz82 "I Miss My Homies" Master P featuring Silkk the Shocker and Pimp C83 "I Shot the Sheriff" Warren G84 "What's Stopping You" The O'Jays85 "Luchini AKA This Is It" Camp Lo86 "Feel So Good" Mase87 "Whatever" En Vogue88 "Missing You" Brandy, Tamia, Gladys Knight and Chaka Khan89 "After 12, Before 6" Sam Salter90 "Street Dreams" Nas91 "Things Just Ain't the Same" Deborah Cox92 "Nothin' But the Cavi Hit" Mack 10 and Tha Dogg Pound93 "Come On" Billy Lawrence featuring MC Lyte94 "Step into a World (Rapture's Delight)" KRS-One95 "Whateva Man" Redman96 "Sumthin' Sumthin'" Maxwell97 "They Like It Slow" H-Town98 "Last Night's Letter" K-Ci & JoJo99 "Backyard Boogie" Mack 10100 "Watch Me Do My Thing" Immature featuring Smooth and Kel Mitchell (as Ed from Good Burger)
See also 1997 in music Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1997 Billboard Year-End Hot Rap Singles of 1997 List of number-one R&B singles of 1997 (U.S.)
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