Here is your definitive guide to the sounds, stories, and statistics of the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 of 1997.
Before NSYNC and Britney took over, 1997 was a glorious mess of Puff Daddy, Spice Girls, Hanson, and the Macarena. Revisit the complete top 10 and the biggest trends of the year.
: Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs dominated the year, appearing on five year-end songs, including the chart-topping tribute to the late Notorious B.I.G., "I'll Be Missing You". The "Slow-Burn" Success of Jewel and LeAnn Rimes
When you study the , you are looking at a map of the last pre-digital year. This was the final moment before Napster (1999), before MP3s, before American Idol. Record executives still had money, so they took risks.