1997 Hot R&b Singles Artists
1 DRU HILL (3) Island; (1) Violator/Def Jam/Mercury
2 112 (4) Bad Boy/Arista; (1) Track Masters/Crave
3 PUFF DADDY (3) Bad Boy/Arista; (1) RCA; (1) Undeas/Big Beat/Atlantic
4 ROME (2) Grand Jury/RCA
5 TONI BRAXTON (3)
LaFace/Arista
6 R. KELLY (2) Jive; (1) Warner Sunset/Atlantic/Jive
7 CHANGING FACES (2) Big Beat/Atlantic
8 MASE (3) Bad Boy/Arista; (1) Mercury
9 702 (2) Biv 10/Motown; (1) Biv 10/Capitol/Motown
10 USHER (1) LaFace/Arista
11 EN VOGUE (3) EastWest/EEG
12 MINT CONDITION (2) Perspective/A&M
13 THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. (3) Bad Boy/Arista; (1) Deff Trapp/Intersound; (1) Mergela/Solar/Hines
14 MARY J. BLIGE (2) MCA
15 MONTELL JORDAN (2) Def Jam/Mercury; (1) Relativity
16 ERYKAH BADU (1) Kedar/Universal
17 MARK MORRISON (2) Atlantic
18 HEAVY D (1) Kedar/Universal; (1) Uptown/Universal
19 MONICA (1) Rowdy/Arista; (1) Rowdy/Warner Sunset/Atlantic
20 KENNY LATTIMORE (2) Columbia
21 WHITNEY HOUSTON (4) Arista
22 BABYFACE (2) Epic; (1) Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/Mercury
23 TOTAL (1) Bad Boy/Arista; (1) LaFace/Arista
24 NEW EDITION (3) MCA
25 MC LYTE (2) EastWest/EEG
26 BOYZ II MEN (1) Motown
27 TIMBALAND AND MAGOO (1) Blackground/Atlantic
28 DA BRAT (3) So So Def/Columbia
(1) EastWest/EEG; (1) Undeas/Tommy Boy/Atlantic
29 LIL+ KIM (1) Jive; (1) Undeas/Big Beat/Atlantic; (1) Undeas/Tommy Boy/Atlantic
30 GINUWINE (1) 550 Music/Epic
31 JAY-Z (1) Big Beat/Atlantic; (1) Freeze/Roc-A-Fella/Priority; (1) Qwest/Warner Bros.; (1) Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/Mercury; (1) Roc-A-Fella/Priority; (1) Violator/Def Jam/Mercury
32 FAITH EVANS (1) Bad Boy/Arista; (1) Jive; (1) Motown; (1) Rap-A-Lot/Noo Trybe/Virgin
33 KEITH SWEAT (3) Elektra/EEG; (1) Island
34 BROWNSTONE (2) MJJ/WORK/Epic
35 MARIAH CAREY (1) Columbia
36 AZ YET (2) LaFace/Arista
37 JOE (1) Jive
38 TONY TONI TONE (1) Mercury
39 NEXT (1) Arista
40 FREAKNASTY (1) Hard Hood/Power/Triad
41 LUTHER VANDROSS (2) LV/Epic
42 SWV (3) RCA; (1) Jive; (1) Noo Trybe/EMI/Virgin
43 FOXY BROWN (2) Violator/Def Jam/Mercury; (1) Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/Mercury
44 BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY (2) Ruthless/Relativity
45 ZHANE (2) Illtown/Motown
46 K-CI (2) MCA; (1) MCA Soundtracks/MCA; (1) Sick Wid+ It/Jive
47 THE ISLEY BROTHERS (2) T-Neck/Island
48 AALIYAH (2) Blackground/Atlantic
49 ATHENA CAGE (1) Elektra/EEG
50 JOJO (2) MCA; (1) MCA Soundtracks/MCA
2 112 (4) Bad Boy/Arista; (1) Track Masters/Crave
3 PUFF DADDY (3) Bad Boy/Arista; (1) RCA; (1) Undeas/Big Beat/Atlantic
4 ROME (2) Grand Jury/RCA
5 TONI BRAXTON (3)
6 R. KELLY (2) Jive; (1) Warner Sunset/Atlantic/Jive
7 CHANGING FACES (2) Big Beat/Atlantic
8 MASE (3) Bad Boy/Arista; (1) Mercury
9 702 (2) Biv 10/Motown; (1) Biv 10/Capitol/Motown
10 USHER (1) LaFace/Arista
11 EN VOGUE (3) EastWest/EEG
12 MINT CONDITION (2) Perspective/A&M
13 THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. (3) Bad Boy/Arista; (1) Deff Trapp/Intersound; (1) Mergela/Solar/Hines
14 MARY J. BLIGE (2) MCA
15 MONTELL JORDAN (2) Def Jam/Mercury; (1) Relativity
16 ERYKAH BADU (1) Kedar/Universal
17 MARK MORRISON (2) Atlantic
18 HEAVY D (1) Kedar/Universal; (1) Uptown/Universal
19 MONICA (1) Rowdy/Arista; (1) Rowdy/Warner Sunset/Atlantic
20 KENNY LATTIMORE (2) Columbia
21 WHITNEY HOUSTON (4) Arista
22 BABYFACE (2) Epic; (1) Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/Mercury
23 TOTAL (1) Bad Boy/Arista; (1) LaFace/Arista
24 NEW EDITION (3) MCA
25 MC LYTE (2) EastWest/EEG
26 BOYZ II MEN (1) Motown
27 TIMBALAND AND MAGOO (1) Blackground/Atlantic
28 DA BRAT (3) So So Def/Columbia
(1) EastWest/EEG; (1) Undeas/Tommy Boy/Atlantic
29 LIL+ KIM (1) Jive; (1) Undeas/Big Beat/Atlantic; (1) Undeas/Tommy Boy/Atlantic
30 GINUWINE (1) 550 Music/Epic
31 JAY-Z (1) Big Beat/Atlantic; (1) Freeze/Roc-A-Fella/Priority; (1) Qwest/Warner Bros.; (1) Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/Mercury; (1) Roc-A-Fella/Priority; (1) Violator/Def Jam/Mercury
32 FAITH EVANS (1) Bad Boy/Arista; (1) Jive; (1) Motown; (1) Rap-A-Lot/Noo Trybe/Virgin
33 KEITH SWEAT (3) Elektra/EEG; (1) Island
34 BROWNSTONE (2) MJJ/WORK/Epic
35 MARIAH CAREY (1) Columbia
36 AZ YET (2) LaFace/Arista
37 JOE (1) Jive
38 TONY TONI TONE (1) Mercury
39 NEXT (1) Arista
40 FREAKNASTY (1) Hard Hood/Power/Triad
41 LUTHER VANDROSS (2) LV/Epic
42 SWV (3) RCA; (1) Jive; (1) Noo Trybe/EMI/Virgin
43 FOXY BROWN (2) Violator/Def Jam/Mercury; (1) Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/Mercury
44 BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY (2) Ruthless/Relativity
45 ZHANE (2) Illtown/Motown
46 K-CI (2) MCA; (1) MCA Soundtracks/MCA; (1) Sick Wid+ It/Jive
47 THE ISLEY BROTHERS (2) T-Neck/Island
48 AALIYAH (2) Blackground/Atlantic
49 ATHENA CAGE (1) Elektra/EEG
50 JOJO (2) MCA; (1) MCA Soundtracks/MCA
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