Updated on February 17, 1997
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Most
Popular Albums in the World
Edition 60 - Week 8 - February 17, 1997
This week the votes from 987 people have been used to compile this chart. This list contains the best CD's. LP's and MC's in the world. Vote for an album in this chart if you think other people should buy it too.
| TW | LW | NW | Artist - Title | Label/Publisher(s) | HI | ID |
| 1 | 1 | 14 | Prince/The Artist Emancipation | EMI | 1 | 1409 |
| 2 | 3 | 42 | No Doubt Tragic Kingdom | Trauma/Interscope | 2 | 1159 |
| 3 | 2 | 60 | Michael Jackson HIStory: Past, Present & Future | Epic/Sony | 1 | 1012 |
| 4 | 7 | 14 | Spice Girls Spice | Virgin/EMI | 4 | 1398 |
| 5 | 4 | 60 | Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill | Maverick/Sire | 1 | 1011 |
| 6 | 8 | 43 | 3T Brotherhood | Epic/Sony | 4 | 1162 |
| 7 | 5 | 60 | Mariah Carey Daydream | Columbia/Sony | 1 | 1001 |
| 8 | 6 | 60 | Roxette Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus! | EMI/EMI Music | 1 | 1026 |
| 9 | 12 | 16 | Madonna & Antonio Banderas Evita | Maverick/Warner | 6 | 1375 |
| 10 | 11 | 53 | Janet Jackson Design of a Decade 1986/1996 | A&M/Polydor | 6 | 1005 |
| 11 | 13 | 36 | Metallica Load | Mercury/Polygram | 3 | 1236 |
| 12 | 14 | 60 | Collective Soul Collective Soul | Atlantic/Warner | 12 | 1102 |
| 13 | 10 | 31 | Toni Braxton Secrets | Arista/BMG | 10 | 1247 |
| 14 | 9 | 48 | Celine Dion Falling Into You | Columbia/Sony | 1 | 1177 |
| 15 | 15 | 60 | Queen Made in Heaven | Parlophone/EMI Music | 1 | 1015 |
| 16 | 21 | 15 | The Beatles Anthology 3 | Parlophone/EMI | 16 | 1382 |
| 17 | 17 | 58 | Garbage Garbage | Mushroom/BMG | 8 | 1124 |
| 18 | 18 | 60 | Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory ? | Creation/Sony | 2 | 1024 |
| 19 | 16 | 19 | Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow | A&M/PGD | 9 | 1346 |
| 20 | 19 | 37 | Def Leppard Slang | Mercury | 2 | 1232 |
| 21 | 20 | 22 | REM New Adventures in Hi-Fi | Warner/WEA | 6 | 1331 |
| 22 | 23 | 38 | Pantera The Great Southern Trendkill | Elektra/Warner | 10 | 1224 |
| 23 | 34 | 2 | David Bowie Earthling | RCA/BMG | 23 | 1471 |
| 24 | 26 | 60 | Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness | Virgin | 2 | 1010 |
| 25 | 24 | 12 | Bush Razorblade Suitcase | Interscope/BMG | 24 | 1431 |
| 26 | 22 | 23 | Pet Shop Boys Bilingual | Parlophone/EMI | 17 | 1318 |
| 27 | 25 | 49 | Radiohead The Bends | Parlophone | 7 | 1172 |
| 28 | 29 | 25 | Pearl Jam No Code | Epic/Sony | 16 | 1299 |
| 29 | 28 | 39 | George Michael Older | Virgin | 1 | 1223 |
| 30 | 30 | 60 | Pink Floyd P.U.L.S.E. | Pulse 8/EMI Music | 1 | 1091 |
| 31 | 33 | 41 | Cranberries To The Faithful Departed | Island/Mercury | 7 | 1212 |
| 32 | 41 | 17 | Tool Aenima | BMG | 32 | 1362 |
| 33 | 27 | 47 | Sepultura Roots | Roadrunner/Edel | 16 | 1186 |
| 34 | 44 | 55 | Tori Amos Boys for Pele | Atlantic/Warner | 5 | 1135 |
| 35 | 36 | 53 | Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral | Nothing/TVT/Interscope | 12 | 1148 |
| 36 | 31 | 34 | Bryan Adams 18 Till I Die | Polydor/A&M | 31 | 1239 |
| 37 | 40 | 14 | Belinda Carlisle A Woman and a Man | Chrysalis | 37 | 1395 |
| 38 | 47 | 14 | Babyface The Day | Epic/Sony | 30 | 1397 |
| 39 | 39 | 15 | Jewel Pieces of You | Atlantic/WEA | 39 | 1266 |
| 40 | 48 | 53 | Enya Memory of Trees | WB/Warner | 4 | 1021 |
| 41 | 32 | 10 | Smashing Pumpkins The Aeroplane Flies High | Cema/Virgin | 32 | 1445 |
| 42 | 37 | 57 | Shania Twain Woman in Me | Mercury | 26 | 1037 |
| 43 | 35 | 46 | Weird Al Yankovic Bad Hair Day | Rock N Roll/Scotti Bros. | 14 | 1193 |
| 44 | 46 | 11 | Manic Street Preachers Everything Must Go | Epic/Sony | 44 | 1288 |
| 45 | 38 | 60 | Cyndi Lauper Twelve Deadly Cyns | Epic/Sony | 16 | 1108 |
| 46 | 51 | 15 | Marilyn Manson Antichrist Superstar | Interscope/Uni | 43 | 1374 |
| 47 | 60 | 34 | David Bowie One Point Outside | RCA/BMG | 8 | 1155 |
| 48 | 61 | 60 | Seal Seal | ZTT/Warner | 27 | 1054 |
| 49 | 62 | 48 | The Beatles Anthology 2 | Apple/EMI Music | 6 | 1175 |
| 50 | 63 | 24 | Beck Odelay | Uni/Geffen | 50 | 1249 |
| 51 | 54 | 19 | Kula Shaker K | Columbia/Sony | 51 | 1343 |
| 52 | 42 | 44 | Fugees The Score | Columbia/Sony | 24 | 1168 |
| 53 | 56 | 18 | Iron Maiden Best of the Beast | Castle/ | 39 | 1348 |
| 54 | 43 | 7 | Various Artists Romeo & Juliet: Soundtrack | Capitol/Cema | 40 | 1451 |
| 55 | 49 | 29 | Jars of Clay Jars of Clay | Jive/BMG | 42 | 1280 |
| 56 | 58 | 44 | Sarah McLachlan Fumbling towards Ecstasy | Nettwerk/ | 32 | 1157 |
| 57 | 53 | 60 | Pink Floyd The Wall | EMI/EMI Music | 4 | 1104 |
| 58 | 57 | 8 | Mark Owen Green Man | RCA/BMG | 57 | 1448 |
| 59 | 74 | 11 | Crowded House Recurring Dream: The Very Best Of | Capitol | 59 | 1256 |
| 60 | 45 | 10 | Enigma Le Roi Est Mort, Vive le Roi | Virgin/EMI | 45 | 1433 |
| 61 | 70 | 30 | Backstreet Boys Backstreet Boys | Jive/Zomba | 43 | 1225 |
| 62 | 67 | 16 | Korn Life Is Peachy | Epic/Sony | 43 | 1370 |
| 63 | 79 | 58 | Bon Jovi Cross Road (The Best of) | Mercury | 40 | 1060 |
| 64 | - | 1 | Aaliyah One in a Million | Atlantic/WEA | 64 | 1327 |
| 65 | 65 | 6 | 112 112 | 60 | 1326 | |
| 66 | 83 | 60 | Live Throwing Copper/Four Songs | Radioactive/MCA | 13 | 1030 |
| 67 | 75 | 56 | AC/DC Ballbreaker | East West/Warner | 21 | 1041 |
| 68 | - | 1 | Space Spiders | Gut/ | 68 | 1342 |
| 69 | 81 | 17 | The Cardigans First Band on the Moon | Stockholm/Polygram | 64 | 1347 |
| 70 | 52 | 41 | 2PAC All Eyez On Me | Death Row/Mercury | 5 | 1165 |
| 71 | 80 | 14 | Celine Dion Live a Paris | Columbia/Sony | 46 | 1396 |
| 72 | 66 | 23 | Suede Coming Up | Nude/ | 57 | 1324 |
| 73 | 50 | 60 | Ace of Base The Bridge | Mega/Polydor | 15 | 1014 |
| 74 | 64 | 51 | Pulp Different Class | Island/Mercury | 18 | 1048 |
| 75 | 88 | 6 | Zucchero The Best of Zucchero | Polygram | 71 | 1440 |
| 76 | 69 | 2 | Marco Borsato De Waarheid | Polydor | 69 | 1457 |
| 77 | 87 | 30 | Melissa Etheridge Your Little Secret | Island/Mercury | 40 | 1022 |
| 78 | 68 | 10 | 311 311 | Capricorn | 56 | 1273 |
| 79 | 59 | 19 | Nirvana From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | Geffen/BMG | 28 | 1345 |
| 80 | 71 | 12 | Manowar Louder Than Hell | Geffen/ | 66 | 1367 |
| 81 | 93 | 15 | Weezer Pinkerton | Geffen/BMG | 68 | 1341 |
| 82 | 82 | 10 | Kiss Greatest Kiss | PolyGram | 57 | 1428 |
| 83 | - | 1 | Offspring Ixnay on the Hombre | Epitaph/Sony | 83 | 1466 |
| 84 | 84 | 60 | Red Hot Chili Peppers One Hot Minute | WB/Warner | 19 | 1028 |
| 85 | 91 | 18 | Rush Test for Echo | Atlantic/WEA | 27 | 1330 |
| 86 | 76 | 10 | Tina Arena Don't Ask | Columbia/Sony | 42 | 1081 |
| 87 | 78 | 5 | Boyzone A Different Beat | Polydor | 60 | 1389 |
| 88 | 55 | 10 | Various Artists Evita: Soundtrack | Warner | 55 | 1424 |
| 89 | - | 1 | Texas White on Blonde | 89 | 1476 | |
| 90 | 86 | 13 | Van Halen Best of: Volume 1 | Warner/WEA | 58 | 1393 |
| 91 | 89 | 60 | Alice in Chains Alice in Chains | Columbia/Sony | 13 | 1027 |
| 92 | 77 | 60 | Blur Great Escape | Food/Parlophone | 27 | 1042 |
| 93 | 90 | 53 | Annie Lennox Medusa | RCA/BMG | 16 | 1093 |
| 94 | 100 | 3 | Laura Pausini Le Chose Che Vivi | 81 | 1462 | |
| 95 | - | 1 | Blur Blur | Food/Parlophone/EMI | 95 | 1478 |
| 96 | 94 | 7 | Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus | Mercury | 59 | 1391 |
| 97 | 97 | 23 | The Corrs Forgiven, Not Forgotten | WEA/MSI | 52 | 1281 |
| 98 | - | 1 | Silverchair Freak Show | Columbia/Sony | 98 | 1472 |
| 99 | - | 1 | Redman Muddy Waters | Def Jam/Polygram | 99 | 1453 |
| 100 | 72 | 2 | Sublime Sublime | MCA/Uni | 72 | 1455 |
These albums fell out of the Top 100 this week.
| LW | NW | Artist - Title | Label/Publisher(s) | HI | ID |
| 73 | 15 | Counting Crows Recovering the Satellites | Geffen/Uni | 59 | 1372 |
| 85 | 58 | Celine Dion Colour of My Love | Columbia/Sony | 37 | 1045 |
| 92 | 53 | Pearl Jam Ten | Epic/Sony | 18 | 1105 |
| 95 | 39 | Soundgarden Down On The Upside | A&M/Polydor | 19 | 1219 |
| 96 | 2 | Various Artists Star Wars: Soundtrack | 96 | 1463 | |
| 98 | 4 | Whitney Houston The Preacher's Wife: Soundtrack | Arista/BMG | 76 | 1449 |
| 99 | 54 | Ozzy Osbourne Ozzmosis | Columbia/Sony | 31 | 1112 |
The following albums have not yet received enough points to enter the Top 100 chart.
| TW | NW | Artist - Title | Label/Publisher(s) | ID |
| 1 | 2 | Ginuwine The Bachelor | Sony | 1477 |
| 2 | 5 | Kristine W. Land of the Living | Jive/Zomba | 1458 |
| 3 | 5 | Cake Fashion Nugget | Capricorn/ | 1459 |
| 4 | 9 | Scatman John Everybody Jam! | RCA/BMG | 1452 |
| 5 | 5 | Xzibit At the Speed of Life | RCA/BMG | 1461 |
| 6 | 1 | The Divine Comedy A Short Album About Love | 1479 | |
| 7 | 3 | Reef Glow | Sony | 1469 |
| 8 | 5 | Julio Iglesias Tango | Columbia/Sony | 1460 |
| 9 | 3 | Various Artists Rhyme & Reason: Soundtrack | Scarface/Priority | 1467 |
| 10 | 3 | Sarah Brightman Fly | WEA | 1465 |
| 11 | 3 | Kevin Sharp Measure of a Man | Elektra/WEA | 1468 |
| 12 | 3 | Andrea Bocelli Romanza | Polydor | 1470 |
| 13 | 2 | Enrique Iglesias Vivir | Fono Visa | 1473 |
| 14 | 2 | Various Artists Master P Presents: West Coast Bad Boyz 2 | Scarface/Priority | 1474 |
| 15 | 2 | Various Artists Gridlock'd/Soundtrack | 1475 | |
| 16 | 1 | Widespread Panic Bombs & Butterflies | PGD/Polygram | 1480 |
| 17 | 1 | Jim Brickman Picture This | Windham Hill/BMG | 1481 |
| Legend | |
| - | New Entry or Re-Entry |
| Bullet (climbing fast) | |
| Climbing | |
| TW | This Week |
| LW | Last Week |
| NW | Number of Weeks |
| HI | Highest Position |
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