The invention belongs to the technical field of aluminum alloy manufacturing, and particularly relates to a novel 4017 aluminum alloy sheet for a coating material and a preparation method of the 4017 aluminum alloy sheet. The novel 4017 aluminum alloy sheet for the coating material comprises the following alloy chemical components in percentage by mass: 1.35 to 1.4 percent of Si, 0.4 to 0.55 percent of Fe, 0.12 to 0.17 percent of Cu, 1.05 to 1.15 percent of Mn, 0.25 to 0.45 percent of Mg, 0.05 percent of Cr, 0.1 percent of Zn, 0.025 to 0.035 percent of Ti and the balance of Al. The novel 4017 aluminum alloy thin plate for the coating material is processed through the procedures of smelting, refining, cast rolling, cold rolling, primary intermediate annealing, cold rolling, secondary intermediate annealing, foil rolling of a finished product, pulling, straightening, cleaning and straightening, the lower limit tensile strength and the ductility of the processed finished product are far higher than those of a traditional aluminum alloy thin plate for a 4-series coating material, and the comprehensive performance is outstanding.