Billboard 200

Week of November 15, 1997

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week, as compiled by Nielsen Music, based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums).

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Harlem World

Mase

New this week!

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bad Boy/Arista

Highest ranking debut

Gains In Performance

Mase Puts Diddy On Blast, Says He Attempted to Buy Back His Publishing for $2M

Billboard 200

Week of November 15, 1997

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1 NEW
NEW
- Harlem World
  Mase
- -
- 1
- 1
- - -
  - 1
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bad Boy/Arista

Highest ranking debut

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x4

2
- You Light Up My Life -- Inspirational Songs
  LeAnn Rimes
- 2
- 1
- 8
- - 2
  - 1
  - 8

RIAA Certification: Platinum x4

3 NEW
NEW
- Live At Red Rocks 8.15.95
  Dave Matthews Band
- -
- 3
- 1
- - -
  - 3
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bama Rags/RCA

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

4
- Butterfly
  Mariah Carey
- 4
- 1
- 7
- - 4
  - 1
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Sony Music

RIAA Certification: Platinum x5

5
- The Firm -- The Album
  NAS Escobar, Foxy Brown, AZ And Nature
- 1
- 1
- 2
- - 1
  - 1
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Aftermath/Interscope

6
- The Dance
  Fleetwood Mac
- 3
- 1
- 11
- - 3
  - 1
  - 11

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Reprise/Warner Bros.

RIAA Certification: Platinum x5

7
- Aquarium
  Aqua
- 8
- 7
- 8
- - 8
  - 7
  - 8

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

8
- Tubthumper
  Chumbawamba
- 15
- 8
- 6
- - 15
  - 8
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Republic/Universal

Greatest gainer this week

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

9
- Soul Food
  Soundtrack
- 6
- 4
- 7
- - 6
  - 4
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

LaFace/Arista

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

10
- Evolution
  Boyz II Men
- 7
- 1
- 6
- - 7
  - 1
  - 6

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

11
- The Velvet Rope
  Janet
- 5
- 1
- 4
- - 5
  - 1
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Virgin Rec./UMe

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

12
- Ghetto D
  Master P
- 9
- 1
- 10
- - 9
  - 1
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

No Limit/Priority

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

13
- No Way Out
  Puff Daddy & The Family
- 12
- 1
- 15
- - 12
  - 1
  - 15

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bad Boy/Atlantic/Rhino

RIAA Certification: Platinum x7

14
- Pieces Of You
  Jewel
- 10
- 4
- 90
- - 10
  - 4
  - 90

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic/AG

RIAA Certification: Diamond

15
- Yourself Or Someone Like You
  matchbox 20
- 13
- 5
- 35
- - 13
  - 5
  - 35

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Melisma/Lava/Atlantic/AG

RIAA Certification: Diamond

16
- Spice
  Spice Girls
- 18
- 1
- 39
- - 18
  - 1
  - 39

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Virgin Rec./UMe

RIAA Certification: Platinum x7

17 NEW
NEW
- Slip Stitch And Pass
  Phish
- -
- 17
- 1
- - -
  - 17
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

JEMP

Gains In Performance

18
- Bridges To Babylon
  The Rolling Stones
- 16
- 3
- 5
- - 16
  - 3
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Virgin Rec./Capitol

RIAA Certification: Platinum

19
- (Songbook) A Collection Of Hits
  Trisha Yearwood
- 14
- 4
- 10
- - 14
  - 4
  - 10

RIAA Certification: Platinum x4

20
- Fush Yu Mang
  Smash Mouth
- 21
- 20
- 16
- - 21
  - 20
  - 16

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

21
- Phenomenon
  LL Cool J
- 17
- 7
- 3
- - 17
  - 7
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Def Jam/IDJMG

RIAA Certification: Platinum

22
- When Disaster Strikes...
  Busta Rhymes
- 20
- 3
- 7
- - 20
  - 3
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Elektra/EEG

RIAA Certification: Platinum

23
- The Greatest Hits Collection
  Brooks & Dunn
- 19
- 4
- 7
- - 19
  - 4
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Arista Nashville/Legacy

RIAA Certification: Platinum x4

24
- Gang Related -- The Soundtrack
  Soundtrack
- 11
- 2
- 4
- - 11
  - 2
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Death Row/Priority

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

25
- My Way
  Usher
- 23
- 15
- 7
- - 23
  - 15
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

LaFace/Arista

RIAA Certification: Platinum x6

26
- Middle Of Nowhere
  Hanson
- 22
- 2
- 26
- - 22
  - 2
  - 26

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/IDJMG

RIAA Certification: Platinum x4

27 NEW
NEW
- Carnival Of Souls: The Final Sessions
  KISS
- -
- 27
- 1
- - -
  - 27
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/IDJMG

Gains In Performance

28 NEW
NEW
- The Black Bossalini (A.K.A. Dr. Bomb From Da Bay)
  Spice 1
- -
- 28
- 1
- - -
  - 28
  - 1

Gains In Performance

29 NEW
NEW
- Around The Fur
  Deftones
- -
- 29
- 1
- - -
  - 29
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Maverick/Warner Bros.

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum

30
- Men In Black--The Album
  Soundtrack
- 24
- 1
- 18
- - 24
  - 1
  - 18

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

31
- Floored
  Sugar Ray
- 26
- 12
- 19
- - 26
  - 12
  - 19

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Lava/Atlantic/AG

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

32 NEW
NEW
- Galore: The Singles 1987-1997
  The Cure
- -
- 32
- 1
- - -
  - 32
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Fiction/Elektra/EEG

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Gold

33
- ESPN Presents: Jock Jams Volume 3
  Various Artists
- 31
- 23
- 8
- - 31
  - 23
  - 8

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum

34
- Tidal
  Fiona Apple
- 30
- 15
- 60
- - 30
  - 15
  - 60

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Clean Slate/Work/Epic

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

35
- Backstreet Boys
  Backstreet Boys
- 34
- 15
- 12
- - 34
  - 15
  - 12

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Diamond

36
- Surfacing
  Sarah McLachlan
- 27
- 2
- 16
- - 27
  - 2
  - 16

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Arista

RIAA Certification: Platinum x8

37
- Everywhere
  Tim McGraw
- 28
- 2
- 22
- - 28
  - 2
  - 22

RIAA Certification: Platinum x4

38
- The Other Side
  Wynonna
- 38
- 38
- 2
- - 38
  - 38
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curb/Universal

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Gold

39
- The Fat Of The Land
  The Prodigy
- 32
- 1
- 18
- - 32
  - 1
  - 18

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mute/XL/Maverick/Warner Bros.

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

40
- Nimrod.
  Green Day
- 25
- 10
- 3
- - 25
  - 10
  - 3

Billboard 200

Week of November 15, 1997

Billboard 200

Harlem World

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mase Puts Diddy On Blast, Says He Attempted to Buy Back His Publishing for $2M

Billboard 200

Gains in Weekly Performance

Additional Awards

Harlem World

Imprint/Promotion Label:

You Light Up My Life -- Inspirational Songs

Live At Red Rocks 8.15.95

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Butterfly

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Firm -- The Album

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Dance

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Aquarium

Tubthumper

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Soul Food

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Evolution

The Velvet Rope

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Ghetto D

Imprint/Promotion Label:

No Way Out

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Pieces Of You

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Yourself Or Someone Like You

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Spice

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Slip Stitch And Pass

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bridges To Babylon

Imprint/Promotion Label:

(Songbook) A Collection Of Hits

Fush Yu Mang

Phenomenon

Imprint/Promotion Label:

When Disaster Strikes...

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Greatest Hits Collection

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Gang Related -- The Soundtrack

Imprint/Promotion Label:

My Way

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Middle Of Nowhere

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Carnival Of Souls: The Final Sessions

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Black Bossalini (A.K.A. Dr. Bomb From Da Bay)

Around The Fur

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Men In Black--The Album

Floored

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Galore: The Singles 1987-1997

Imprint/Promotion Label:

ESPN Presents: Jock Jams Volume 3

Tidal

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Backstreet Boys

Surfacing

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Everywhere

The Other Side

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Fat Of The Land

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Nimrod.