The UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal albums in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each album's weekly physical sales, digital downloads and streams. In 1997, there were 17 albums that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one album of the year was the self-titled debut album by Garbage, which spent the first three weeks of the year atop the chart. The final number-one album of the year was the Queen compilation album Queen Rocks, which spent the last four weeks of the year (and the first one of 1998) at number one.
The most successful album on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart in 1997 was No Doubt's third studio album Tragic Kingdom, which spent a total of 13 weeks at number one over four different spells. It was also the best-selling rock album of the year, ranking 26th in the UK End of Year Albums Chart. Led Zeppelin spent eight weeks at number one in 1997 – seven with Remasters and one with BBC Sessions – Queen's Queen Rocks was number one for six weeks, and Skunk Anansie's Stoosh topped the chart for five weeks. Three albums – Garbage's self-titled debut album, Glow by Reef and The Colour and the Shape by Foo Fighters – were number one for three weeks each, while two albums – Jon Bon Jovi's second solo album Destination Anywhere and Green Day's fifth studio album Nimrod – both spent two weeks at number one during the year.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best-selling rock album of 1997 Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.4 JanuaryGarbageGarbageMushroom11 January18 January25 JanuaryGreatest Hits: Feel the NoizeSladePolydor1 FebruaryRazorblade SuitcaseBushInterscope8 FebruaryGlowReefS215 February22 February1 MarchTragic Kingdom No DoubtInterscope8 March15 March22 MarchNine LivesAerosmithColumbia29 MarchTragic Kingdom No DoubtInterscope5 April12 April19 April26 April3 MayThis Strange EngineMarillionRaw Power10 MayFirst Rays of the New Rising SunJimi HendrixMCA17 MayTragic Kingdom No DoubtInterscope24 MayThe Colour and the ShapeFoo FightersRoswell31 May7 June14 JuneStooshSkunk AnansieOne Little Indian21 JuneAlbum of the YearFaith No MoreSlash28 JuneDestination AnywhereJon Bon JoviMercury5 July12 JulyStooshSkunk AnansieOne Little Indian19 JulyTragic Kingdom No DoubtInterscope26 July2 August9 August16 AugustStooshSkunk AnansieOne Little Indian23 August30 August6 SeptemberRemastersLed ZeppelinAtlantic13 September20 September27 September4 October11 October18 October25 OctoberNimrodGreen DayReprise1 November8 NovemberEndless NamelessThe WildheartsMushroom15 NovemberQueen RocksQueenParlophone22 November29 NovemberBBC SessionsLed ZeppelinAtlantic6 DecemberQueen RocksQueenParlophone13 December20 December27 December
See also 1997 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 1997
References
External links Official UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40 at the Official Charts Company The Official UK Top 40 Rock Albums at BBC Radio 1