▸ the year you arrived
1997
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You will be 29 this year — a child of the '90s.
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Your generation
Gen Z
1997 belonged to
Toni Braxton
3 year-end chart hits
Top 10 of 1997
- 1
Something About the Way You Look Tonight
Elton John, Anne Dudley & Orchestra
- 3
I'll Be Missing You (feat. Faith Evans, 112)
Puff Daddy & Faith Evans
- 4
Un-Break My Heart
Toni Braxton
- 5
Can't Nobody Hold Me Down (feat. Mase)
Puff Daddy
- 6
I Believe I Can Fly
R. Kelly
- 7
Don't Let Go (Love)
En Vogue
- 8
Return of the Mack
Mark Morrison
- 9
How Do I Live
LeAnn Rimes
- 10
Wannabe
Spice Girls
- 11
Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)
Backstreet Boys
The world you were born into
Top AlbumsRadiohead — OK Computer
Notorious B.I.G. — Life After Death
Hanson — Middle of Nowhere
At the MoviesTitanic
Men in Black
Good Will Hunting
On TVSouth Park premieres
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Daria
In the HeadlinesDVD players hit US stores
Tamagotchi craze
Hong Kong returns to China
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