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Tables of Contents for Joel Whitburn's 1997 Billboard Music Yearbook
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
INTRODUCTION
5
2
TIME CAPSULE
7
2
POP ANNUAL SECTION A ranking according to chart performance, of every single that peaked on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in 1997.
9
14
SINGLES SECTIONS Seven complete individual sections, arranged alphabetically by artist name, listing each title that debuted on the following Billboard charts in 1997:
23
118
Hot 100 Singles (includes Hot 100 Airplay and Sales hits)
27
26
Bubbling Under The Hot 100 Singles
53
10
Hot Country Singles & Tracks
63
16
Hot R&B Singles (includes R&B Airplay and Sales hits)
79
26
Adult Contemporary
105
10
Mainstream Rock Tracks
115
12
Modern Rock Tracks
127
10
Following most sections are rankings of the Top 20 Artists and Top Singles, and a chronological listing of the #1 singles of 1997. Also included are chronological #1 listings of Billboards Hot 100 Singles Sales, Hot 100 Airplay, Hot Country Singles Sales, Hot R&B Singles Sales and Hot R&B Airplay charts.
1996 SINGLES UPDATES
137
3
BEST-SELLING RECORDS OF 1997
140
1
SONG TITLE SECTION One all-inclusive, alphabetically arranged listing of every song title to appear in the Singles Sections.
141
16
ALBUMS SECTIONS Three complete individual sections, arranged alphabetically by artist name, listing each album to debut on the following Billboard charts during 1997:
157
74
The Billboard 200 (Pop Albums)
161
32
Top Country Albums
193
10
Top R&B Albums
203
17
Following each section are rankings of the Top 20 Artists and Top 30 Albums, and a chronological listing of the #1 albums of 1997. Also included are chronological #1 listings of Billboard's Top Pop Catalog Albums and Top Country Catalog Albums charts. Following The Billboard 200 section is a list updating the chart data of all 1997 album re-entries which charted prior to 1997.
#1 HITS A chronological listing of 1997's #1 hits from each of the following Billboard chart categories not covered in the Singles and Albums Sections:
220
11
Dance Music:
220
2
Maxi-Singles Sales
220
1
Club Play
221
1
Rap Singles
222
1
Blues Albums
222
1
Heatseekers Albums
223
1
Reggae Albums
224
1
World Music Albums
224
1
New Age Albums
224
1
Jazz:
225
1
Jazz Albums
Contemporary Jazz Albums
Classical:
226
1
Classical Albums
Classical Crossover Albums
Religious:
227
1
Contemporary Christian Albums
Gospel Albums
Latin:
228
1
Latin Tracks
Latin 50 Albums
Hits Of The U.K.:
229
2
Singles
229
1
Albums
230
1
TOP VIDEOS SECTION
231
Weekly Top 5 Video Rentals and Video Sales
232
4
Pictures Of The Top 5 Video Rentals and Video Sales
236
2
"The Boxoffice" Weekly Top 5 Movies at Theaters
238
2
LABEL ABBREVIATIONS
240
1
ENTERTAINMENT OBITUARIES 1997
241