List of Billboard Tropical Airplay number ones of 1997

Víctor Manuelle had the longest-running number-one song of the year with "Dile a Ella".

Tropical Airplay is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks the top-performing songs (regardless of genre or language) on tropical radio stations in the United States, based on weekly airplay data compiled by Nielsen's Broadcast Data Systems.^[1] It is a subchart of Hot Latin Songs, which lists the best-performing Spanish-language songs in the country.^[2] In 1997, 11 songs topped the chart, in 52 issues of the magazine.

The first number one of the year was "No Quiero Na' Regala'o" by Gilberto Santa Rosa, which had been in the top spot since the issue dated December 21, 1996, and spent a total of three weeks at this position.^[3] It was succeeded by Grupo Manía's song "Linda Eh", which remained on top of the chart for four weeks. American singer Frankie Negrón released his debut album Con Amor Se Gana (1997), which was promoted by its singles "Inolvidable" (a cover version of Italian singer Laura Pausini's song) and "Hoy Me He Vuelto a Enamorar".^[4][5] Negrón spent 12 weeks at number one and "Inolvidable" was named the best-performing track of the year on the Tropical Airplay chart by the magazine.^[6]

Brenda K. Starr achieved her first chart-topper with a salsa cover of Myriam Hernández's ballad "Herida".^[7] Starr had previously established herself as a freestyle artist in the 1980s and returned to the music scene as a salsa artist with Te Sigo Esperando (1997) following the commercial failure of her previous album By Heart (1991).^[8] She was the only female artist to have a number one on the Tropical Airplay chart in 1997. "Dile a Ella" by Víctor Manuelle held the top spot for the longest in 1997 at nine weeks.^[9] The final number one of the year was "Y Hubo Alguien" by Marc Anthony which spent eight weeks at number one and became the first salsa song to top the Hot Latin Songs chart.^[9]

Chart history

Frankie Negrón spent a total of 12 weeks at number one in 1997 with two songs.

Brenda K. Starr was the only female artist to have a chart-topper in 1997.

Grupo Manía achieved their first chart-topper with "Linda Eh".

Marc Anthony had the final number one of 1997 with "Y Hubo Alguien".

Key

†	Indicates number 1 on Billboard's year-end tropical chart[6]

Chart history

Issue date	Title	Artist(s)	Ref.
January 4	"No Quiero Na' Regala'o"	Gilberto Santa Rosa	[10]
January 11	"Linda Eh"	Grupo Manía	[11]
January 18			[12]
January 25			[13]
February 1			[14]
February 8			[15]
February 15	"Yo No Te Pido"	Gilberto Santa Rosa	[16]
February 22			[17]
March 1			[18]
March 8			[19]
March 15			[20]
March 22	"Lloraré"	Jerry Rivera	[21]
March 29	"Yo No Te Pido"	Gilberto Santa Rosa	[22]
April 5			[23]
April 12			[24]
April 19	"Herida"	Brenda K. Starr	[25]
April 26			[26]
May 3	"Inolvidable" †	Frankie Negrón	[27]
May 10			[28]
May 17			[29]
May 24			[30]
May 31			[31]
June 7			[32]
June 14			[33]
June 21			[34]
June 28	"Dile a Ella"	Víctor Manuelle	[35]
July 5			[36]
July 12			[37]
July 19			[38]
July 26			[39]
August 2			[40]
August 9			[41]
August 16			[42]
August 23	"Hoy Me He Vuelto a Enamorar"	Frankie Negrón	[43]
August 30	"Dile a Ella"	Víctor Manuelle	[44]
September 6	"Hoy Me He Vuelto a Enamorar"	Frankie Negrón	[45]
September 13			[46]
September 20			[47]
September 27	"La Quiero a Morir"	Dark Latin Groove	[48]
October 4			[49]
October 11			[50]
October 18			[51]
October 25	"He Tratado"	Víctor Manuelle	[52]
November 1	"La Quiero a Morir"	Dark Latin Groove	[53]
November 8	"Y Hubo Alguien"	Marc Anthony	[54]
November 15			[55]
November 22			[56]
November 29			[57]
December 6			[58]
December 13			[59]
December 20			[60]
December 27			[61]

See also

• 1997 in Latin music

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