Billboard 200

Week of December 6, 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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Metallica

New this week!

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Blackened/Warner Bros.

Highest ranking debut

Gains In Performance

James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett Rock National Anthem During 'Metallica Night' at SF Giants Game

Billboard 200

Week of December 6, 1997

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1 NEW
NEW
- ReLoad
  Metallica
- -
- 1
- 1
- - -
  - 1
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Blackened/Warner Bros.

Highest ranking debut

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

2 NEW
NEW
- Let's Talk About Love
  Celine Dion
- -
- 2
- 1
- - -
  - 2
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

550 Music/Epic

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Diamond

3
- Higher Ground
  Barbra Streisand
- 1
- 1
- 2
- - 1
  - 1
  - 2

Greatest gainer this week

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

4 NEW
NEW
- Live
  Erykah Badu
- -
- 4
- 1
- - -
  - 4
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Kedar/Universal

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

5
- Come On Over
  Shania Twain
- 2
- 2
- 3
- - 2
  - 2
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury Nashville/UMGN

RIAA Certification: Diamond x2

6
- You Light Up My Life -- Inspirational Songs
  LeAnn Rimes
- 6
- 1
- 11
- - 6
  - 1
  - 11

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x4

7 NEW
NEW
- Snowed In
  Hanson
- -
- 7
- 1
- - -
  - 7
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/IDJMG

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum

8
- Tubthumper
  Chumbawamba
- 7
- 6
- 9
- - 7
  - 6
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Republic/Universal

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

9
- Harlem World
  Mase
- 5
- 1
- 4
- - 5
  - 1
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bad Boy/Arista

RIAA Certification: Platinum x4

10
- Levert.Sweat.Gill
  LSG
- 4
- 4
- 2
- - 4
  - 4
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

East West/EEG

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

11
- Spiceworld
  Spice Girls
- 8
- 8
- 3
- - 8
  - 8
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Virgin Rec.

RIAA Certification: Platinum x4

12 NEW
NEW
- BBC Sessions
  Led Zeppelin
- -
- 12
- 1
- - -
  - 12
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic/AG

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

13
- Butterfly
  Mariah Carey
- 9
- 1
- 10
- - 9
  - 1
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Sony Music

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x5

14
- Yourself Or Someone Like You
  matchbox 20
- 10
- 5
- 38
- - 10
  - 5
  - 38

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Melisma/Lava/Atlantic/AG

RIAA Certification: Diamond

15
- Aquarium
  Aqua
- 11
- 7
- 11
- - 11
  - 7
  - 11

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

16
- Middle Of Nowhere
  Hanson
- 21
- 2
- 29
- - 21
  - 2
  - 29

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/IDJMG

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x4

17
- The Dance
  Fleetwood Mac
- 12
- 1
- 14
- - 12
  - 1
  - 14

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Reprise/Warner Bros.

RIAA Certification: Platinum x5

18
- The Velvet Rope
  Janet
- 23
- 1
- 7
- - 23
  - 1
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Virgin Rec./UMe

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

19
- Unpredictable
  Mystikal
- 3
- 3
- 2
- - 3
  - 3
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Big Boy/No Limit/Jive

RIAA Certification: Platinum

20 NEW
NEW
- No More Glory
  MJG
- -
- 20
- 1
- - -
  - 20
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Suavehouse/Universal

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Gold

21
- Pieces Of You
  Jewel
- 16
- 4
- 93
- - 16
  - 4
  - 93

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic/AG

RIAA Certification: Diamond

22
- No Way Out
  Puff Daddy & The Family
- 17
- 1
- 18
- - 17
  - 1
  - 18

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bad Boy/Atlantic/Rhino

RIAA Certification: Platinum x7

23
- Spice
  Spice Girls
- 19
- 1
- 42
- - 19
  - 1
  - 42

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Virgin Rec./UMe

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x7

24
- Evolution
  Boyz II Men
- 15
- 1
- 9
- - 15
  - 1
  - 9

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

25 NEW
NEW
- Kenny G Greatest Hits
  Kenny G
- -
- 25
- 1
- - -
  - 25
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Arista

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

26
- Fush Yu Mang
  Smash Mouth
- 22
- 20
- 19
- - 22
  - 20
  - 19

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

27
- (Songbook) A Collection Of Hits
  Trisha Yearwood
- 26
- 4
- 13
- - 26
  - 4
  - 13

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x4

28
- Soul Food
  Soundtrack
- 20
- 4
- 10
- - 20
  - 4
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

LaFace/Arista

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

29
- Backstreet Boys
  Backstreet Boys
- 27
- 15
- 15
- - 27
  - 15
  - 15

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Diamond

30
- The Greatest Hits Collection
  Brooks & Dunn
- 25
- 4
- 10
- - 25
  - 4
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Arista Nashville/Legacy

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x4

31
- The Ozzman Cometh
  Ozzy Osbourne
- 13
- 13
- 2
- - 13
  - 13
  - 2

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

32
- The 18th Letter
  Rakim
- 14
- 4
- 3
- - 14
  - 4
  - 3

RIAA Certification: Gold

33 NEW
NEW
- The Best That I Could Do 1978 - 1988
  John Mellencamp
- -
- 33
- 1
- - -
  - 33
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/UMe

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

34
- My Way
  Usher
- 29
- 15
- 10
- - 29
  - 15
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

LaFace/Arista

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x6

35
- In My Lifetime, Vol. 1
  JAY-Z
- 18
- 3
- 3
- - 18
  - 3
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG

RIAA Certification: Platinum

36
- Ghetto D
  Master P
- 24
- 1
- 13
- - 24
  - 1
  - 13

Imprint/Promotion Label:

No Limit/Priority

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

37
- Men In Black--The Album
  Soundtrack
- 32
- 1
- 21
- - 32
  - 1
  - 21

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

38
- Floored
  Sugar Ray
- 33
- 12
- 22
- - 33
  - 12
  - 22

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Lava/Atlantic/AG

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

39
- ESPN Presents: Jock Jams Volume 3
  Various Artists
- 40
- 23
- 11
- - 40
  - 23
  - 11

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum

Billboard 200

Week of December 6, 1997

Billboard 200

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett Rock National Anthem During 'Metallica Night' at SF Giants Game

Billboard 200

Gains in Weekly Performance

Additional Awards

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Let's Talk About Love

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Higher Ground

Live

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Come On Over

Imprint/Promotion Label:

You Light Up My Life -- Inspirational Songs

Snowed In

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tubthumper

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Harlem World

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Levert.Sweat.Gill

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Spiceworld

Imprint/Promotion Label:

BBC Sessions

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Butterfly

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Yourself Or Someone Like You

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Aquarium

Middle Of Nowhere

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Dance

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Velvet Rope

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Unpredictable

Imprint/Promotion Label:

No More Glory

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Pieces Of You

Imprint/Promotion Label:

No Way Out

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Spice

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Evolution

Kenny G Greatest Hits

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Fush Yu Mang

(Songbook) A Collection Of Hits

Soul Food

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Backstreet Boys

The Greatest Hits Collection

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Ozzman Cometh

The 18th Letter

The Best That I Could Do 1978 - 1988

Imprint/Promotion Label:

My Way

Imprint/Promotion Label:

In My Lifetime, Vol. 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Ghetto D

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Men In Black--The Album

Floored

Imprint/Promotion Label:

ESPN Presents: Jock Jams Volume 3