1998 in music

none 1998 1998 music radio television film January 2026 This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998. Specific locations 1998 in British music 1998 in Norwegian music 1998 in Scandinavian music 1998 in South Korean music Specific genres 1998 in classical music 1998 in country music 1998 in heavy metal music 1998 in hip-hop music 1998 in jazz 1998 in Latin music 1998 in progressive rock Events January January 28 Interscope Records pays a radio station in Portland, Oregon, USA, $5000 to play the Limp Bizkit single "Counterfeit" fifty times. The business move is widely criticized in the media as "payola", but the controversy serves to further increase publicity for the band.Wiederhorn Jon October 15, 1998 On the RS Chart Rolling Stone Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. 797 28 "Weird Al" Yankovic gets LASIK surgery to cure his myopia. At the same time, he grows out his hair and shaves off his moustache, radically changing his signature look.'Ask Al' Q&As for November 1998 http://www.weirdal.com/aaarchive.htm#1198 June 5, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070609200738/http://www.weirdal.com/aaarchive.htm#top June 9, 2007 February February 5 Carnatic vocalist M. S. Subbulakshmi becomes the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award.SRUTI, vol 1, Issue 1, Winter 1998 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105214/http://www.sruti.org/library/notes/98_01/sn_98_01.pdf September 24, 2015 . Accessed 21 June 2013 Former Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford publicly reveals his homosexuality for the first time in an interview with MTV.http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429870/rob-halford-discusses-sexuality-publicly-first-time.jhtml https://web.archive.org/web/20110805081355/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429870/rob-halford-discusses-sexuality-publicly-first-time.jhtml dead August 5, 2011 Rob Halford Discusses Sexuality Publicly For The First Time February 5, 1998 MTV September 16, 2012 February 15 – Sir Edward Elgar's unfinished Third Symphony, completed by Anthony Payne, is performed for the first time at the Royal Festival Hall, London, UK.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/elgar/56393.stm BBC NEWS | Special Report | 1998 | Elgar | Anthony Payne on Elgar's Symphony No 3 News.bbc.co.uk February 19 – The Stray Cats reunite for a benefit show for the Carl Perkins Foundation at House of Blues in Los Angeles, USA.http://www.thisdayinrock.com/index.php/general/1998-los-angeles-house-of-blues-plays-host/ Los Angeles' House of Blues plays host… 1998 ThisDayInRock.com February 6, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110224162131/http://www.thisdayinrock.com/index.php/general/1998-los-angeles-house-of-blues-plays-host/ February 24, 2011 usurped February 21 – Misia makes her official CD debut with the single "Tsutsumikomu Yō ni...".https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000150998 MISIAの歴史が詰まった"タイムカプセル"、20周年の豪華ボックスセット発売 Barks January 19, 2018 July 10, 2018 February 23 – "Frozen", the first single from Madonna's eighth studio album, Ray of Light, is released. The single is a worldwide hit, peaking at #2 on US Billboard Hot 100 and becoming her first single to enter the charts at #1 in the UK.Hot 100 Singles Spotlight https://books.google.com/books?id=2Q4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=Madonna&pg=PA115 Sandiford-Waller Theda March 21, 1998 August 15, 2023 Billboard 0006-2510 110 12 115 February 24 – Elton John is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom at Buckingham Palace, London, UK. He was mistakenly introduced as "Sir John Elton", but was renamed "Sir Elton John".https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/59754.stm BBC News Arise, Sir Elton! February 24, 1998 February 25 – The 40th Annual Grammy Awards are presented in New York, hosted by Kelsey Grammer. Bob Dylan, Alison Krauss and R. Kelly all win three awards each, with Dylan winning Album of the Year for Time Out of Mind. Shawn Colvin's "Sunny Came Home" wins both Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Paula Cole wins Best New Artist. February 28 – Haitian group RAM survive an assassination attempt while performing at a carnival, after a disagreement with the newly elected mayor of Port-au-Prince.October 2024 March March 3 – Madonna releases her seventh studio album Ray of Light. The album marks a completely new lyric and musical approach for Madonna, and gains her numerous awards, including four Grammy Awards out of a total of six nominations.https://www.glamour.com/story/madonna-ray-of-light-20-year-anniversary 20 Years Later, 'Ray of Light' Is Still Madonna's Most Shocking Reinvention Glamour February 12, 2022 Christopher Rosa https://web.archive.org/web/20180303203405/https://www.glamour.com/story/madonna-ray-of-light-20-year-anniversary March 3, 2018 March 3, 2018 March 10 – The South Korean-made MPMan, the first mass-produced digital audio player, is launched at the CeBIT trade fair in Hanover, Germany."Ten years old: the world's first MP3 player", The Register, 10 March 2008. Accessed 21 June 2013 March 13 – The Smashing Pumpkins file a US$1 million lawsuit against UK-based Sound And Media Ltd, alleging that the company has released a book and CD about the band without permission.http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-retail-stores-not/4633006-1.html The Beat: Pepsi's 'pop Culture' Cd Prize Features Atlantic Acts; Pumpkins File Suit | North America > United States from AllBusiness.com September 5, 2010 April April 3 – Dave Navarro is fired by Red Hot Chili Peppers.Kiedis Anthony Scar Tissue 2004 Hyperion New York 9781401307455 394 registration https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781401307455/page/394 April 6 – Organizers announce that Lollapalooza will not be staged in 1998 following unsuccessful attempts to sign a major headlining act. The festival would return in 2003.Alternative, Country, Hip-hop, Rap, and More: Music from the 1980s to Today Britannica Educational Pub 2012 9781615309108 284 April 7 – George Michael is arrested in a public restroom in Beverly Hills, California, USA for lewd conduct. He is subsequently sentenced to community service, and later describes it as a "subconsciously deliberate act".Johnson Andrew https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/george-michael-why-i-had-to-keep-my-homosexuality-secret-403989.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/george-michael-why-i-had-to-keep-my-homosexuality-secret-403989.html May 1, 2022 subscription live George Michael: Why I had to keep my homosexuality secret The Independent 2007-09-30 2012-12-17 London April 8 – Ayumi Hamasaki makes her debut under Avex Trax with the single "Poker Face".https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2109126/full/ 浜崎あゆみ、20周年ライブで感涙 ファン大合唱に感激「すてきなステージを作ることが出来た」 Oricon April 8, 2018 July 10, 2018 April 14 – The first VH1 Divas Live concert is broadcast on VH1, starring Aretha Franklin, Gloria Estefan, Céline Dion, Shania Twain and Mariah Carey.VH1 Divas Live at 20: A Look Back at the Major Music Moment That Almost Never Happened https://www.eonline.com/news/927843/vh1-divas-live-at-20-a-look-back-at-the-major-music-moment-that-almost-never-happened E! 16 June 2013 April 17–19 – The second Terrastock festival takes place in San Francisco, USA.January 2026 May May 8 The third European Festival of Youth Choirs is held in Basel, Switzerland. A British court rules in favor of the Beatles and John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, stopping the release of another Live at the Star Club recording. All copies of the recording and the original tape are awarded to the Beatles, as well as damages and legal costs.https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/09/arts/judge-bars-reissue-of-62-beatles-recording.html Judge Bars Reissue of '62 Beatles Recording May 9, 1998 Allan Kozinn New York Times 28 January 2026 May 9 – The 43rd Eurovision Song Contest, held in Birmingham, United Kingdom, is won by Israel's transgender performer Dana International with the song "Diva".Birmingham 1998 – Scoreboard https://eurovision.tv/event/birmingham-1998/final European Broadcasting Union (EBU) 13 April 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210413070124/https://eurovision.tv/event/birmingham-1998/final 13 April 2021 live May 26 – Anggun releases her debut album, Snow on the Sahara in North America, which would go on to sell 1 million copies across Europe and America and becoming the best-selling album by Asian artist outside Asia.https://sg.news.yahoo.com/anggun-experienced-rejection-rejection-102827769.html Anggun: I experienced rejection after rejection Yahoo! Singapore 13 November 2015 14 November 2015 Pamela Chow May 27 – Ringo Sheena releases her debut single "Kōfukuron".https://natalie.mu/music/news/284014 椎名林檎の全曲サブスク配信スタート、4年ぶりアリーナツアーも決定 Music Natalie May 28, 2018 July 10, 2018 May 31 – Geri Halliwell goes into hiding as her public relations representative, Julian Torton, confirms that she has left the Spice Girls permanently.http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429905/19980531/halliwell_geri.jhtml https://web.archive.org/web/20010317054403/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429905/19980531/halliwell_geri.jhtml dead March 17, 2001 Geri Halliwell Quits Spice Girls 1998 MTV September 26, 2008 June–July July 3 – Irish boy band Westlife is created (as "Westside") and signed to the record label BMG.January 2026 July 5 – Teen singer Billie Piper becomes the youngest British solo artist to enter the UK singles charts at #1, with "Because We Want To".Pidd Helen https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jan/04/theatre.arts Profile: Billie Piper 4 January 2008 The Guardian 28 February 2011 London 29 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131229130901/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jan/04/theatre.arts live July 17 – Aiko makes her major label debut with the song "Ashita".http://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/53545 aiko デビュー20年目に突入！ Billboard Japan July 22, 2017 July 10, 2018 August August 1 – VH1 Smooth is launched. The first music video played is a cover of "Makin' Whoopee" by Branford Marsalis.Hay Carla MuchMusic Readies Awards, Spinoff Channel; MTV's Suite Set https://books.google.com/books?id=EQoEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22VH1+Smooth%22&pg=PA85 March 12, 2017 110 34 Nielsen Business Media, Inc. August 22, 1998 85 en August 18 – Korn's third studio album, Follow the Leader, enters Billboard 200 at number 1, with 268,000 copies sold in its first week. It goes on to be certified 5× Platinum by the RIAA and sell over 14 million copies worldwide, thus launching nu metal into the mainstream. August 25 – Lauryn Hill releases her breakthrough debut album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. The album goes on to be certified 7× Platinum by the RIAA and sell over 19 million copies worldwide. August 29 – The Bee Gees open their One Night Only tour in Dublin, IrelandPeople The Fresno Bee The McClatchy Company Fresno, California 0889-6070 A2 June 4, 1998 September September 14 – US TV show Total Request Live is broadcast for the first time on MTV.Sean Smith Britney: The Unauthorized Biography Pan Macmillan 2009 9780330512749 119 September 16 – Lou Reed performs for President of the Czech Republic Václav Havel at the White House. September 29 – Britney Spears' debut single, "...Baby One More Time", is released. It would become the top-selling single of 1999, selling over ten million units worldwide. It was also the biggest hit single of 1999. The "...Baby One More Time" music video was ranked as number three on Billboard's 2010 list of "Best Music Videos of All Time". October October 5 – MuchMoreMusic is launched in Canada.David Blevins Television networks : more than 750 American and Canadian broadcasters and cable networks McFarland 2006 9780786420964 173 October 6 – Kurupt's debut studio album, Kuruption!, is released by Antra Records. It peaks at #8 on the Billboard 200 on October 24, 1998. October 8 – The Recording Industry Association of America files in court against Diamond Multimedia in an attempt to block the release of the new Rio PMP300, arguing that the MP3 digital audio player is a music piracy device. The RIAA's application is denied on October 26, clearing the way for the PMP300 to become the first commercially successful MP3 player. October 19 – "Believe", the first single of Cher's twenty-second studio album of the same name is released, becoming a smash hit. After seven consecutive weeks atop the UK official singles chart, it becomes the UK's bestselling single of the year, and also the bestselling single by a female artist in UK history. On March 13, 1999, Believe becomes Cher's 5th number-one single in the US, spending four consecutive weeks at #1 and becoming the bestselling single of that year. October 22 – Cher releases her twenty-second studio album Believe, which becomes the most successful of her career: It peaks at number one in seven countries, #4 in the US, and #7 in the UK. The album goes on to sell over 20 million copies worldwide and is certified platinum in at least sixteen countries, becoming one of the bestselling albums of all time. October 27 – The Copyright Term Extension Act is signed into law, giving the entertainment industry 20 more years of exclusive rights to all works created since 1923. November November 14 – The 27th OTI Festival, held at the es Teatro Nacional no in San José, Costa Rica, is won by the song "es Fin de siglo, éste es el tiempo de inflamarse, deprimirse o transformarse no", written and performed by Florcita Motuda representing Chile. November 17 – The Offspring release Americana to massive mainstream success.http://www.nyrock.com/reviews99/offspring98.htm Americana in Action: the Offspring at Irving Plaza, 12/8/98 (NY Rock Concert Review) NY Rock Spyder Darling dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130731214112/http://www.nyrock.com/reviews99/offspring98.htm 2013-07-31 My So-Called Punk: Green Day, Fall Out Boy, The Distillers, Bad Religion---How Neo-Punk Stage-Dived into the Mainstream St. Martin's Griffin Diehl Matt 2007 978-0-312-33781-0 71–72Offspring finds punk success in mainstream Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Gemma Tarlach November 16, 1998 1E It goes on to be certified 5× platinum by the RIAA and sells over 11 million copies worldwide. The hit single "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" becomes one of the best charting worldwide punk songs of all time, topping charts in 9 countries. December December 5 Young violinists Nicola Benedetti and Alina Ibragimova play Bach's double violin concerto under the baton of Yehudi Menuhin at the opening ceremony of the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at UNESCO in Paris. Billboard changes its policy for its Hot 100 chart to allow airplay-only singles or album cuts to be accounted in the chart.April 2008 December 9 – Hikaru Utada makes their debut with the double A-side single "Automatic (Hikaru Utadasong)" / "Time Will Tell".https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2111300/full/ 宇多田ヒカル、伝説ラジオ一夜限り復活『トレビアン・ボヘミアン』 Oricon May 14, 2018 July 10, 2018 December 29 – India issues a set of postage stamps on the subject of Indian musical instruments.https://www.mintageworld.com/blog/musical-instruments-on-stamps-of-india/ Soothing Sounds of Stamps of India 20 May 2017 Mintage World 30 January 2026 Also in 1998 The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra launches its own recording label, RLPO Live.Royal Liverpool Philharmonic: Our History https://web.archive.org/web/20160101060521/http://www.liverpoolphil.com/286/our-history/royal-liverpool-philharmonic-orchestra.html January 1, 2016 . Accessed 21 June 2013 Singers Brandy and Monica dominate the Billboard charts with the duet, "The Boy Is Mine", holding the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 spot for 13 weeks. Composer John Harbison was awarded a Heinz Award for the Arts and Humanities.April 2008 The Goo Goo Dolls single, "Iris", set a new Billboard Hot 100 Airplay record in the U.S. by achieving 18 weeks at number one.https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-goo-goo-dolls/iris Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls – Songfacts Songfacts.com Bands formed See Musical groups established in 1998 Bands reformed January 2026 Modern Talking Culture Club Bands disbanded See Musical groups disestablished in 1998 Albums released :Category:1998 albums January–March DateAlbumArtistNotes JANUARY1 Double Trouble Two Barry Guy London Jazz Composers Orchestra with Irène Schweizer, Marilyn Crispell, and Pierre Favre -5 Aquarius Boards of Canada EP6 Great Expectationshttps://www.allmusic.com/album/great-expectations-original-soundtrack--mw0000030844 Great Expectations AllMusic 28 January 2026 Various Artists Soundtrack13 All Fall Down Against All Authority - Backbone Backbone Featuring Bill Kreutzmann Challenge for a Civilized Societyhttps://books.google.com/books?id=6ikEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46 Challenge For A Civilized Society CMJ New Music Monthly 46 March 1998 55 Richard Martin 2013-07-08 Unwound - Money, Power & Respect The Lox - Naked Baby Photos Ben Folds Five Compilation Preemptive Strikehttps://www.allmusic.com/album/preemptive-strike-mw0000031292 Preemptive Strike – DJ Shadow AllMusic March 11, 2013 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas Stephen Thomas Erlewine DJ Shadow Singles compilation The TroubleshootersStanley Leo Bogdanov Vladimir Vladimir Bogdanov (editor) AllMusic Guide to Hip-Hop: The Definitive Guide to Rap & Hip-Hop Funkdoobiest https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780879307592/page/184/ Internet Archive registration 184 Backbeat Books 2003 978-0879307592 Funkdoobiest - Yodel the Cowboy Way Riders in the Sky -15 Vain Glory Opera Edguy Germany16 Moon Safari Air France19 The Blue Cafehttps://www.irishtimes.com/culture/chris-rea-the-blue-cafe-eastwest-1.127349 Chris Rea: "The Blue Cafe"(Eastwest) The Irish Times 18 May 2021 Chris Rea -20 Caught in a Trap and I Can't Back Out 'Cause I Love You Too Much, Baby Mark Eitzel - Cold Cold - Loaded Deck Ace Frehley Compilation My Secret Passion: The Arias Michael Bolton - Springtime Freakwater - Viva la Ska Revolution Bad Manners Compilation23 Ce que je sais Johnny Hallyday -26Decksandrumsandrockandroll Propellerheads -Dig My Mood Nick Lowe -Time Machines Coil -27 American Teenage Rock 'n' Roll Machine The Donnas - Do or Die Dropkick Murphys - Downward Is Heavenward Hum - Got No Shadow Mary Lou Lord - Saturnz Return Goldie - Skull Orchard Jon Langford - Wide Open Spaces The Chicks -29 Crystal Ball Prince Box set FEBRUARY2 International Velvet Catatonia -3 Blues Brothers 2000 Various Artists Soundtrack Ready for the World INOJ - Strange Angels Kristin Hersh - Yield Pearl Jam -9 Conforming to Abnormality Cephalic Carnage -10 Facing the Animal Yngwie Malmsteen - The Din Pedals The Din Pedals In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Neutral Milk Hotel US Let It Come Down James Iha - Once Sent from the Golden Hall Amon Amarth Debut One Night J.C. Jones - Best Of, Volume One Ray Lynch Compilation Tank Top City Sugarsmack - Terraform Shellac - Vuelve Ricky Martin -16 Come Clean Curve -17 Attack of The Planet Smashers The Planet Smashers - The Big Knockover No Fun at All US Charge It 2 da Game Silkk the Shocker - Deconstructing Beck Anonymous Released on Illegal Art Destiny's Child Destiny's Child US In the World: From Natchez to New York Olu Dara - Little Plastic Castle Ani DiFranco - Str8 Outta Northcote Blood Duster -18 Gently, Down the Stream Come - Success The Posies -24 99th Dream Swervedriver - Ain't It the Truth Daryle Singletary - Americana Deluxe Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Dose Gov't Mule - For a Lifetime Jonathan Cain - Formulas Fatal to the Flesh Morbid Angel - Headfirst Into Everything Mystery Machine - Heavy Mental Killah Priest Debut Inferno – Last in Live Dio Live Legends Above the Law - Let Them Eat Pussy Nashville Pussy Debut My Homies Scarface - Stoners Reeking Havoc Kottonmouth Kings EP Stratosphere Duster - SYR3: Invito Al Ĉielo Sonic Youth EP This Strange Place Wolfstone - Til My Casket Drops C-Bo - Train Train - Union Union -23 Camoufleur Gastr del Sol -25 Bustin' + Dronin' Blur Remix & Live Album Heart L'Arc-en-Ciel -MARCH2 Pandemonic Incantations Behemoth - Pennsylvania Pere Ubu -4 Ray of Light Madonna - Crystal Planet Joe Satriani - Elmopalooza! Various Artists SoundtrackSoundtrack for the film Future UnseenFrankie Death and The Photon Belt -9 117° Izzy Stradlin - Northern Star Groove Armada Debut Pilgrim Eric Clapton - Return to the Last Chance Saloon The Bluetones - Tin Planet Space -10 19th Street LBC Compilation Various Artists Compilation All the Pain Money Can Buy Fastball - Becoming Remixed Sneaker Pimps Remix The Chinese Album Spacehog - The Collection Bad Manners Compilation Contact from the Underworld of Redboy Robbie Robertson - Jimmy Ray Jimmy Ray - Liquid Tension Experiment Liquid Tension Experiment - Living Space John Coltrane - Pure Frosting The Presidents of the United States of America Compilation Snake Bite Love Motörhead - The Surveillance Trans Am - TNT Tortoise - Voyeurs 2wo -13 A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T The Hives EP16 Big Calm Morcheeba - Néapolis Simple Minds - North Pole Radio Station Pram - Kansas Jennifer Knapp Debut17 Hazleton Fuel EP I'm Alright Jo Dee Messina - Life or Death C-Murder - The Players Club: Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture Various Artists Soundtrack Retaliation, Revenge & Get Back Daz Dillinger - Van Halen III Van Halen -23 Virtual XI Iron Maiden - Twilight in Olympus Symphony X - A Rose Is Still a Rose Aretha Franklin - XIII Rage -24 Colma Buckethead - The Devil You Know Econoline Crush US Feeling Strangely Fine Semisonic - Greatest Hits Live Journey Live Guilty 'til Proved Innocent! The Specials - Happy? Jann Arden US; released in Canada in '97 Head Trip in Every Key Superdrag - Keasbey Nights Catch 22 - Media The Faint - NSYNC NSYNC US The Pillage Cappadonna - Space Heater The Reverend Horton Heat -30 This Is Hardcore Pulp -31 Boggy Depot Jerry Cantrell LP In the Line of Fire Hussein Fatal - Let's Ride Montell Jordan - Moment of Truth Gang Starr - The Ponzi Scheme Firewater - Night Versions: The Essential Duran Duran Duran Duran Remix Sunburn Fuel Debut 12 Bar Blues Scott Weiland - Wishpool Brother Cane - City of Angels Various Artists Soundtrack? Queen of All Ears The Lounge Lizards - April–June DateAlbumArtistNotes APRIL1 Three Out Change Supercar Debut6 Through the Trees The Handsome Family -7 A Go Go John Scofield with Medeski, Martin and Wood Battle Hymns The Suicide Machines - Boggy Depot Jerry Cantrell LP Crossroads and Illusions Strung Out EP Darkest Days Stabbing Westward - Elemental The Fixx - Fundamental Bonnie Raitt - Headz or Tailz Do or Die - I Got the Hook Up Various Artists Soundtrack King Biscuit Flower Hour: Bachman–Turner Overdrive Bachman–Turner Overdrive Live Lacuna Coil Lacuna Coil EP Still Standing Goodie Mob - Thrills Andrew Bird - The Wake of Magellan Savatage - www.pitchshifter.com Pitchshifter -13 Bring It On Gomez -14 Breath from Another Esthero Canada The Elephant Riders Clutch - When Forever Comes Crashing Converge - RialtoRialto Debut20 Walking Into Clarksdale Jimmy Page and Robert Plant - Mezzanine Massive Attack - Music Has the Right to Children Boards of Canada -21 Airbag / How Am I Driving? Radiohead EP A S.W.A.T. Healin' Ritual Witchdoctor - Blue The Jesus Lizard - Bulworth Various Artists - Dead Obituary Live Faith Faith Hill - Featuring "Birds" Quasi - Gallery of Suicide Cannibal Corpse - He Got Game Public Enemy Soundtrack Hey You, I Love Your Soul Skillet - Light Fuse, Get Away Widespread Panic Live Master of Styles The Urge - Mýa Mýa - Perfect Night: Live in London Lou Reed Live Soulfly Soulfly - Stigmata Arch Enemy - You and You Alone Randy Travis -27 Discouraged Ones Katatonia - Greed Pulkas Debut Nightfall in Middle-Earth Blind Guardian - Vobiscum Satanas Dark Funeral -28 Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka Nile - Before These Crowded Streets Dave Matthews Band - Ça Va Slapp Happy - Capital Punishment Big Pun - Diabolical Conquest Incantation End Hits Fugazi - Eve 6 Eve 6 Debut Live the Life Michael W. Smith - Navy Blues Sloan Canada The Trouble with Angels Juice Newton - Visual Audio Sensory Theater VAST - MAY4 Cruelty and the Beast Cradle of Filth - From the Choirgirl Hotel Tori Amos -Good HumorSaint Etienne - Mass Nerder ALL - Push the Button Money Mark - A Series of Sneaks Spoon - Sittin' on Top of the World LeAnn Rimes - Vovin Therion -5 Leave a Mark John Michael Montgomery - Lyricist Lounge, Volume One Various Artists Compilation No Substance Bad Religion - The Speed of the Old Long Bow John Hartford - There's One in Every Family Fiend - Twisted by Design Strung Out -11 Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk Jeff Buckley Europe Muse Muse Debut/EP The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Compilation12 3 Car Garage Hanson Compilation 5 Lenny Kravitz - The Best of Michael Franks: A Backward Glance Michael Franks Compilation Candy from a Stranger Soul Asylum - The Closer I Get Hayden - A Thousand Leaves Sonic Youth - Traces of My Lipstick Xscape - Version 2.0 Garbage -15 Shrink The Notwist -18 Photograph Smile Julian Lennon - Chapter I: A New Beginning The Moffatts Canada Consumed Plastikman - Dile al sol La Oreja de Van Gogh Debut Knights of the Cross Grave Digger -19 Always Never the Same Kansas - Bach to the Future Safri Duo - The Black Light Calexico - Godzilla: The Album Various Artists Soundtrack Greatest Hits DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince Compilation How I Feel Terri Clark - Into the Sun Sean Lennon Debut It's Dark and Hell Is Hot DMX Debut Me The Mekons - On the Wires of Our Nerves Add N to (X) - Ophelia Natalie Merchant - Rufus Wainwright Rufus Wainwright - Smokefest Underground Snoop Doggy Dogg - The Jazz Singers Various Artists Compilation Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest Zao -20 B'z The Best "Pleasure" B'z Compilation Steelbath Suicide Soilwork -21 Take Off and Landing Yoshinori Sunahara -25 Angels with Dirty Faces Tricky - Safety Coldplay EP Super æ Boredoms - When We Were the New Boys Rod Stewart - Where We Belong Boyzone -26 The A-Files: Alien Songs Alvin and the Chipmunks - Don't Sweat the Technics Kid 606 - Navy Blues Sloan US Snow on the Sahara Anggun International debut album Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation The B-52's Compilation +2 new tracks30 Leitmotif dredg -JUNE1 Blodhemn Enslaved - Jurassic 5 Jurassic 5 - Let It Ride Shed Seven - Permutation Amon Tobin -2 Adore The Smashing Pumpkins - BBC Sessions The Jimi Hendrix Experience Compilation www.tism.wanker.com TISM - Freak*on*ica Girls Against Boys - gloria! Gloria Estefan - If You See Her Brooks & Dunn - MP Da Last Don Master P - Munki The Jesus and Mary Chain - Rant And Roar Great Big Sea Compilation RFTC Rocket from the Crypt - Shut 'Em Down Onyx - The X-Files: The Album Various Artists Soundtrack8 The Good Will Out Embrace - Peloton The Delgados - Undo the Wicked Diecast Debut9 The Devil's Bris Voltaire - Diabolus in Musica Slayer - DLR Band David Lee Roth - Jubilee Grant Lee Buffalo - Left of Cool Béla Fleck and the Flecktones - A Long Way Home Dwight Yoakam - Look My Way Madball - My Secret Life Sonia Dada - Never Say Never Brandy - Payton's Place Nicholas Payton - Perversion Gravity Kills - Premonition John Fogerty Live15 Try Whistling This Neil Finn Solo debut16 Aaron Carter Aaron Carter US; released in Europe Dec. '97 Vertical Man Ringo Starr US; released in UK 3 August Imagination Brian Wilson - Look What You Did to Me Z-Ro - The Philosopher's Stone Van Morrison Compilation Order in the Court Queen Latifah - Dr. Dolittle: The Album Various Artists Soundtrack Ozomatli Ozomatli Debut Powertrip Monster Magnet - Silent Reign of Heroes Molly Hatchet - Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo MxPx - Under the Radar Little Feat -22 Alternative 4 Anathema - Bootlegged in Japan Napalm Death Live 5ive Five UK Genesis Archive 1967–75 Genesis Box Set23 CPR CPR - The Dirty Boogie The Brian Setzer Orchestra - The Haunted The Haunted - Hitler Bad, Vandals Good The Vandals - Mermaid Avenue Billy Bragg and Wilco - Midwestern Songs of the Americas Dillinger Four - Obscura Gorguts - Occupational Hazard Unsane - Poly Sci John Forté Debut Stand by Your Van Sublime Live Strung Out in Heaven The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Time Lionel Richie - We Ran Linda Ronstadt - Waved Out Robert Pollard -24 Mother Father Brother Sister Misia Debut29 Supernatural Des'ree -30 As Tradition Dies Slowly Morning Again - Aquamosh Plastilina Mosh - Behind the Front Black Eyed Peas Debut The Best Of James Compilation Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Lucinda Williams - Carry On Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Comin' Atcha! Cleopatra - Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra Yngwie Malmsteen - 808:88:98 808 State Compilation El Niño Def Squad - Embrya Maxwell - Life Won't Wait Rancid - Live & Rare Rage Against the Machine Live Live at the Jazz Cafe D'Angelo Live Miles from Our Home Cowboy Junkies - Newpower Soul The New Power Generation - Punk-O-Rama Vol. 3 Various Artists Compilation Ruthless for Life MC Ren - Something's Gotta Give Agnostic Front - Static Bleach - Step Up to the Microphone Newsboys Major label debut System of a Down System of a Down Debut July–September DateAlbumArtistNotes JULY1 Three Days Broken Big Blue Monkey -6 Hello Nasty Beastie Boys Europe Champagne Miss Kittin & The Hacker EP Breaking God's Heart Hefner DebutHefner – Breaking God's Heart http://hefnet.com/breaking-gods-heart/ Hefnet.com 22 December 2018 Redneck Wonderland Midnight Oil -7 Burn Out Slick Shoes - Crackle – The Best of Bauhaus Bauhaus Compilation Destroy What Destroys You Against All Authority - Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb Tripping Daisy - Panique celtique Manau - Something Wicked This Way Comes Iced Earth - Soul's Core Shawn Mullins - Stunt Barenaked Ladies - Visions of Europe Stratovarius Live8 Impossible Remixes Kylie Minogue Remix; Australia only13The Fists of Time As Friends Rust EP Two Pages 4hero -14 Across a Wire: Live in New York City Counting Crows Live Black Music Chocolate Genius - The Band Geek Mafia Voodoo Glow Skulls - Blue Planet Donna Lewis - The Boy Is Mine Monica - Destiny Stratovarius - 5ive Five US Fireworks Angra - Flowers Ace of Base - Great Big Western Howdy! 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Guns EP What Is Not to Love Imperial Teen -18 Luxury Fantastic Plastic Machine -20 B'z The Best "Treasure" B'z Compilation21 Electro-Shock Blues Eels UK Radiation Marillion - Forbidden Dreams: Encore Collection, Vol. 2 Yanni Compilation Nightwork Diabolical Masquerade - Riddim Warfare DJ Spooky -22 Alabama Song Allison Moorer - An Audio Guide to Everyday Atrocity Nothingface - Brothers Gonna Work It Out The Chemical Brothers Compilation Cosas del Amor Enrique Iglesias - Dizzy Up The Girl Goo Goo Dolls - Inquisition Symphony Apocalyptica - Moon Pix Cat Power - The Proximity Effect Nada Surf - Psycho Circus Kiss - Rasassination Ras Kass - Speak of the Devil Chris Isaak - Step Inside This House Lyle Lovett - Still in the Game Keith Sweat - Strictly Diesel Spineshank - Supernatural dc Talk - Timeless Tales (For Changing Times) Joshua Redman - Tip Finger Eleven Re-issue Tomorrow Hit Today Mudhoney - Ultimate Christmas The Beach Boys Christmas www.thug.com Trick Daddy - Queens of the Stone Age Queens of the Stone Age -23 Arches and Aisles The Spinanes -28 Legacy of Kings Hammerfall - The Singles 86>98 Depeche Mode Compilation Sunday 8PM Faithless -29 '98 Live Meltdown Judas Priest Live Aquemini OutKast - Dearest Christian, I'm So Very Sorry for Bringing You Here. Love, Dad P.M. Dawn - Deserter's Songs Mercury Rev - ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones? Shakira - El Oso Soul Coughing - Enquiring Minds Gangsta Boo - A Fire Inside EP AFI EP Fool's Parade Peter Wolf - Foundation Brand Nubian - The Globe Sessions Sheryl Crow - Is This Desire? PJ Harvey - The Love Movement A Tribe Called Quest - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star Black Star - The Pace Is Glacial Seam - Painted from Memory Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach - Psyence Fiction Unkle - Smitten Buffalo Tom - Taming the Tiger Joni Mitchell - Tony Bennett: The Playground Tony Bennett - Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life Jay-Z - Sonic Origami Uriah Heep - October–December DateAlbumArtistNotes OCTOBER3 Paradise Bob Sinclar Debut5 Hits Phil Collins Compilation +1 new track Northern Sulphuric Soul Rae & Christian Debut Nu-Clear Sounds Ash - Symphony of Enchanted Lands Rhapsody -6 Against Sepultura - Christmas Caravan Squirrel Nut Zippers Christmas Clandestino Manu Chao Debut Deviate Kill II This - Cypress Hill IV Cypress Hill - Guilty 'til Proven Innocent Prime Suspects - Heaven'z Movie Bizzy Bone - Hello Rockview Less Than Jake - John Mellencamp John Mellencamp - Prolonging the Magic Cake - The Recipe Mack 10 - Sewn Mouth Secrets Soilent Green - The Things We Make Six by Seven U.S Transcendental Highway Colin Hay - Waste of Mind Zebrahead - What This Country Needs Aaron Tippin - Wide Swing Tremolo Son Volt -12 Without You I'm Nothing Placebo - 30: Very Best of Deep Purple Deep Purple Compilation B*Witched B*Witched UK Blind in Paradise Takara - Labour of Love III UB40 Covers Much Against Everyone's Advice Soulwax - Music is Rotted One Note Squarepusher -13 The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert Bob Dylan - Christmastime Michael W. 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Reel Big Fish -22 Under the Running Board The Dillinger Escape Plan EP26 Believe Cher UK Coup de Grace The Stranglers - I've Been Expecting You Robbie Williams - Modernism: A New Decade The Style Council Recorded in 1989 Words from the Exit Wound Napalm Death -27 Ghetto Superstar Pras - Up R.E.M. - Greatest Hits Mötley Crüe Compilation 1965 The Afghan Whigs - Enter the Dru Dru Hill - Fairy Tales Divine - Holiday Songs and Lullabies Shawn Colvin - Keep the Faith Faith Evans - Kima, Keisha, and Pam Total - Merry Christmas...Have a Nice Life Cyndi Lauper Christmas No Place That Far Sara Evans - Now That's What I Call Music! (U.S. series) Various Artists Compilation On a Day Like Today Bryan Adams - Once in a LIVEtime Dream Theater Live One Man's Trash Trey Anastasio Solo Debut Orange Rhyming Dictionary Jets to Brazil Debut The Shape of Punk to Come Refused - The Story of the Ghost Phish - Walking Distance Robert Earl Keen -30 These Are Special Times Celine Dion Christmas NOVEMBER2 The Best of 1980–1990 U2 Compilation The Masterplan Oasis B-Sides Compilation No Security The Rolling Stones Live John Lennon Anthology John Lennon Box Set The Very Best of Meat Loaf Meat Loaf Compilation Roseland NYC Live Portishead Live Letting Off the Happiness Bright Eyes - Hot Show Prozzäk -3 400 Degreez Juvenile - BBC Sessions The Specials Compilation Belly Various Artists Soundtrack Greatest Duran Duran Compilation It's Hard to Find a Friend Pedro the Lion - Live 311 Live Live from Albertane Hanson Live Milkman Phranc - Mutations Beck - Quantity Is Job 1 Five Iron Frenzy EP Rafi's Revenge Asian Dub Foundation - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie Alanis Morissette -9 Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael George Michael Compilation Eden Sarah Brightman - How to Measure a Planet? 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Kelly 2x CD Rhythm-al-ism DJ Quik - The Salesman and Bernadette Vic Chestnutt - Steal This Album The Coup - Tie One On The Bouncing Souls Live EP Tracks Bruce Springsteen Box Set11 The Sound of '70s Yoshinori Sunahara -13 Byzantium Deep Blue Something -15 One Time For Your Mind 1TYM -16 Human Being Seal - Ludwig's Law Moebius Plank Thompson - Resurrection E-17 - The Winter Album NSYNC Christmas17 100% Colombian Fun Lovin' Criminals - Americana The Offspring - Double Live Garth Brooks 2x CD; Live Da Good da Bad & da Ugly Geto Boys - My Love Is Your Love Whitney Houston - #1's Mariah Carey Compilation +4 new songs The Prince of Egypt: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack Six the Hard Way Suicidal Tendencies EP Spirit Jewel - Sublime Acoustic: Bradley Nowell & Friends Sublime - Tical 2000: Judgement Day Method Man - War & Peace Vol. 1 (The War Disc) Ice Cube -18 Believe Savatage Compilation Functioning on Impatience Coalesce -20 The Question The Slackers -21 Ja, Zoo hide with Spread Beaver -23 Now That's What I Call Music! 41 (UK series) Various Artists Compilation24 Bobby Digital in Stereo RZA Solo debut Chef Aid: The South Park Album Various Artists Soundtrack The Collection Volume One Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Compilation Doc's da Name 2000 Redman - El Chupacabra Soil EP Garage Inc. Metallica Covers album Greatest Hits 2Pac 2xCD; Compilation + unreleased tracks Let's Talk About Feelings Lagwagon - Live on Two Legs Pearl Jam Live Tim's Bio: Life from da Bassment Timbaland - Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits Faith No More Compilation27 Hey! Album Marvelous 3 - White Ladder David Gray -30 2 Future 4 U Armand van Helden - Intimate and Live Kylie Minogue LiveDECEMBER3 As Friends Rust / Discount As Friends Rust / Discount EP7 Oceanborn Nightwish -15 E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front Busta Rhymes - Ghetto Fabulous Mystikal - The Professional DJ Clue -18 The Legend of Zelda The Ocarina of Time Original Soundtrack Koji Kondo -22 Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood DMX -27 Truth Talisman -29 The Remix Album All Saints Remix Evanescence Evanescence Debut/EP? Skin Stripper Vomitorial Corpulence - Release date unknown Teenage Hate – The Reatardshttps://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15475-teenage-hate/ Reatards: Teenage Hate Pitchfork May 26, 2011 Bevan, David January 27, 2026 Va Va Voom – Cineramahttps://theweddingpresent.bandcamp.com/album/va-va-voom-25 Va Va Voom 25 Bandcamp.com January 27, 2026 Biggest hit singles The following singles achieved the highest aggregated chart positions in 1998, according to TsorT.http://tsort.info/music/yr1998.htm Songs from the Year 1998 unattributed October 26, 2008 TsorT November 24, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081020211825/http://tsort.info/music/yr1998.htm October 20, 2008 live # Artist Title Year Country Chart entries 1 Celine Dion My Heart Will Go On 1997 Canada UK 1 – Feb 1998; US BB 1 of 1998; Netherlands 1 – Jan 1998; Sweden 1 – Feb 1998; Austria 1 – Feb 1998; Switzerland 1 – Jan 1998; Norway 1 – Feb 1998; Germany 1 – Jan 1998; Republic of Ireland 1 – Feb 1998; Australia 1 for 4 weeks Apr 1998; Oscar in 1997; Grammy in 1998; Poland 2 – Jan 1998; Australia 3 of 1998; Italy 4 of 1998; Germany 7 of the 1990s; Global 7 (10 M sold) – 1997; POP 9 of 1998; Europe 14 of the 1990s; AFI 14; US BB 24 of 1998; Party 48 of 1999; Scrobulate 67 of soundtrack; OzNet 162; RIAA 246; Acclaimed 1784 2 Cher Believe 1998 US UK 1 – Oct 1998; US BB 1 of 1999; Netherlands 1 – Nov 1998; Sweden 1 – Nov 1998; Switzerland 1 – Nov 1998; Norway 1 – Jan 1998; Germany 1 – Jan 1999; Republic of Ireland 1 – Nov 1998; New Zealand 1 for 1 weeks Jan 1999; Australia 1 for 5 weeks May 1999; Austria 2 – Nov 1998; Poland 2 – Nov 1998; Italy 2 of 1999; Global 7 (10 M sold) – 1998; US BB 8 of 1999; POP 8 of 1999; Scrobulate 10 of gay; Australia 14 of 1999; Germany 31 of the 1990s; Europe 72 of the 1990s; OzNet 252; Acclaimed 1839 3 Aerosmith I Don't Want to Miss a Thing 1998 US US BB 1 of 1998; Sweden 1 – Aug 1998; Austria 1 – Aug 1998; Switzerland 1 – Aug 1998; Norway 1 – Aug 1998; Italy 1 of 1998; Germany 1 – Jul 1998; Republic of Ireland 1 – Oct 1998; Australia 1 for 9 weeks Jan 1999; POP 1 of 1998; US BB 2 of 1998; Australia 2 of 1998; Netherlands 3 – Aug 1998; UK 4 – Sep 1998; Poland 4 – Jul 1998; Scrobulate 26 of soundtrack; Party 52 of 2007; Germany 71 of the 1990s; Europe 80 of the 1990s; RYM 100 of 1998; OzNet 974 4 Run-DMC & Jason Nevins It's Like That 1998 US UK 1 – Mar 1998; Netherlands 1 – Dec 1997; Switzerland 1 – Dec 1997; Norway 1 – Feb 1998; Germany 1 – Jan 1998; Republic of Ireland 1 – Mar 1998; New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks May 1998; Australia 1 for 1 weeks May 1998; Austria 2 – Jan 1998; Australia 4 of 1998; Sweden 6 – Jan 1998; RYM 29 of 1983; Italy 31 of 1997; Poland 33 – Feb 1998; Germany 34 of the 1990s; Acclaimed 1050 5 Shania Twain You're Still The One 1998 Canada US Country 1 – May 2; 1998; US Country Sales 1 – May 1998; US Adult 1- May 1998; Australia 1- May 10; 1998; Canada 1- March 1998; Philippines 1 – April 1998; US BB 2 – May 23; 1998; Canada RPM 2 – March 1998; US Dance 3- May 1998; US BB Top 40 3 – June 1998; Taiwan 4 – May 1998; US Adult Top 40 6- April 1998; Japan 16 – May 1998; Dutch 10 – May 1998; Belgium 16 – June 1998; The Biggest Hit in Country Music in 1998 winning Best selling Country Single; Song of the Year; Music Video of the Year; Single of the Year in all Country Music awards; and 2 Grammy Award for Best Country Song and Best Female Country Performance in 1998. Top 40 Chart hit singles Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) US UK Highest chart position Other Chart Performance(s)"3AM" Matchbox Twenty January 1998 3 64 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry Other Chart hit singles 30em "3 A.M." – Matchbox Twenty (#1 CAN) "All Around the World" – Oasis (#1 UK) "All 'Bout the Money" – Meja "All I Have to Give" – Backstreet Boys (#1 SP, #2 UK, #3 CAN) "All My Life" – K-Ci & JoJo (#1 AUS, NLD, NZ, #1 US) "All That I Need" – Boyzone (#1 IRL, UK, TAI) "The Angel and the Gambler" - Iron Maiden (#3 IT, FIN) "Angels" – Robbie Williams (#2 IRL, #4 SWI, UK, #6 BE) "Angels Crying" – E-Type (#2 FIN, SWE, NOR) "Another One Bites The Dust" – Queen, Wyclef Jean, Pras & Free (#5 UK, #9 NZ) "Are You That Somebody?" – Aaliyah & Timbaland (#1 NZ, #3 NLD, #6 CAN) "Ava Adore" – The Smashing Pumpkins (#1 ICE, #2 GR) "Baby Don't Go" – Close II You (#4 NL) "...Baby One More Time" – Britney Spears (#1 US, AUS, AUT, BE, CAN, CZ, DEN, FIN, FR, GER, IRL, IT, NLD, NZ, NOR, SWE, SWI, UK) "Bailando" – Loona (#1 GER, SWI, #3 AUT) "Bamboogie" - Bamboo "Be Careful" – Sparkle & R. Kelly (#3 US, #4 NLD, #7 UK) "Because We Want To" – Billie (#1 UK, #5 BE, #8 SWE) "Believe" – Cher "Big Big World" – Emilia Rydberg (#1 AUT, BE, GER, NLD, NOR, SP, SWE, SWI) "Big Mistake" – Natalie Imbruglia (#2 UK, #5 SP, #6 AUS) "Blue Angels" – Pras & The Product G&B (#6 UK) "Bootie Call" – All Saints (#1 UK, #5 NLD, #9 IRL) "The Boy Is Mine" – Brandy & Monica "Brother Louie '98" – Modern Talking "Calcutta (Taxi Taxi Taxi)" – Dr. Bombay "Can't Keep This Feeling In" – Cliff Richard "Carnaval de Paris" – Dario G "C'est La Vie" – B*Witched "Changes" – 2Pac "Chanter pour ceux qui sont loin de chez eux" – Lââm "Chocolate Salty Balls" – Chef "Cleopatra's Theme" – Cleopatra "Closing Time" – Semisonic "Cloud Number Nine" – Bryan Adams "Come with Me" – Puff Daddy & Jimmy Page "Cose della vita" – Eros Ramazzotti & Tina Turner "Crazy Little Party Girl" – Aaron Carter "Cruel Summer" – Ace of Base "Crush" – Jennifer Paige "The Cup of Life" – Ricky Martin "Daydreamin'" – Tatyana Ali "Daysleeper" – R.E.M. "Deeper Underground" – Jamiroquai "Diva" – Dana International (#2 BE; #3 SWE; #7 FIN)https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-07-04.pdf Eurochart Hot 100 Singles Music & Media 15 27 10 4 July 1998 19 March 2018 "Doctor Jones" – Aqua "DooDah!" – Cartoons (#3 DEN; #5 NE; #7 UK)https://www.top40.nl/cartoons/cartoons-doodah-14380 Cartoons - DooDah! Dutch Top 40 nl 12 May 2022 "Doo Wop (That Thing)" – Lauryn Hill "Dragula" – Rob Zombie "Dreams" - The Corrs "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" – Madonna "Ein Schwein namens Männer" – Die Ärzte (#1 OST, DE, SWI)https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1998 Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts German GfK Entertainment August 7, 2015 "End of the Line" – Honeyz (#5 UK)https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1999/Music-Week-1999-01-23.pdf The Airplay Chart Music Week 23 January 1999 11 23 May 2025 "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" – Backstreet Boys "Everybody Get Up" – Five "Faith" – Limp Bizkit "Feel It" – The Tamperer featuring Maya "Finally Found" – Honeyz "The First Night" – Monica "Flugzeuge im Bauch" – Oli.P "Fly Away" – Lenny Kravitz "Found a Cure" - Ultra Naté "Freak Me" – Another Level "Freak On A Leash" – Korn "From This Moment On" – Shania Twain "Frozen" – Madonna "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" – Will Smith "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)" – Pras& Mýa & Ol' Dirty Bastard "Gimme Love" – Alexia "Girlfriend" – Billie "Given to Fly" – Pearl Jam (#6 NOR, ES)https://books.google.com/books?id=5A0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA61 Hits of the World – Spain Billboard 110 7 61 February 14, 1998 January 1, 2026 "God Is a DJ" – Faithless "Gone till November" – Wyclef Jean "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" – Green Day "Goodbye" – Spice Girls "Got the Feelin" – Five "Gym and Tonic" – Spacedust "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" – Jay-Z "Heartbeat / Tragedy" – Steps "Here I Go Again" – E-Type (#1 SWE)https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-11-21.pdf Dance grooves Music & Media 21 November 1998 3 May 2018 "High" – Lighthouse Family (#1 AUS; #4 UK)https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-06-13.pdf Eurochart Hot 100 Singles Music & Media 15 24 11 13 June 1998 26 February 2020 "Hijo de la Luna" – Loona "Horny '98" – Mousse T. "How Deep Is Your Love" – Dru Hill (#3 US)http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1998 Billboard Top 100 - 1998 August 28, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090309202636/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1998 March 9, 2009 "How Much Is the Fish?" – Scooter (#1 Belgium; #2 Finland; #3 Germany)http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1998&cat=s Jaaroverzichten 1998 Ultratop nl 1 December 2019 "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" – Aerosmith "I Don't Want to Wait" – Paula Cole "If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Better)" – The Tamperer featuring Maya (#3 UK; #4 IT)https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-11-14.pdf Top National Sellers Music & Media 15 46 12 14 November 1998 27 November 2019 "If You Could Read My Mind" – Stars on 54 "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" – Manic Street Preachers "I Get Lonely" – Janet Jackson "I Love the Way You Love Me" – Boyzone (#1 NZ, #2 UK) "I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You" – Tina Arena and Marc Anthony "I Want You Back" – Melanie Brown & Missy Elliott "I Want You Back" – NSYNC "I Wish" – Oliver Petszokat (#2 DE, #3 AT, #7 CH)https://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Oli%2EP&titel=I+Wish&cat=s Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal "I'm Your Angel" – Céline Dion & R. Kelly (#1 US, #3 UK) "Immortality" – Celine Dion & Bee Gees "Intergalactic" – Beastie Boys (#2 ICE, #4 NZ) "Insane" – Texas "Inside Out" – Eve 6 "Iris" – Goo Goo Dolls (#1 AUS, CAN, IT) "It's like That" – Run-D.M.C. & Jason Nevins "It's Tricky" – Run-D.M.C. and Jason Nevins "Jumper" – Third Eye Blind "Just the Two of Us" – Will Smith "Kind & Generous" – Natalie Merchant "Kung Fu Fighting" – Bus Stop & Carl Douglas "La Primavera" – Sash! "La Tribu de Dana" – Manau "Last Thing on My Mind" – Steps "Lately" – Divine "Let the Music Heal Your Soul" – Bravo All Stars "Life" – Des'ree "Life Is a Flower" – Ace of Base "Lilali" – Kim Kay "Lollipop (Candyman)" – Aqua "Looking for Love" – Karen Ramirez "Lords of the Boards" – Guano Apes "Lullaby" – Shawn Mullins "Make 'Em Say Uhh!" – Master P & Fiend, Silkk The Shocker, Mia X, Mystikal "Miami" – Will Smith "Millennium" – Robbie Williams "Move Mania" - Sash! "Music Sounds Better with You" – Stardust "My All" – Mariah Carey "My Friend (So Long)" – DC Talk "My Heart Will Go On" – Celine Dion "My Hero" – Foo Fighters "Mysterious Times" – Sash! (#5 IT, NOR, #6 DEN) "Narcotic" – Liquido "Never Ever" – All Saints "Nice & Slow" – Usher "No Matter What" – Boyzone "No Regrets" - Robbie Williams "Not About Us" – Genesis "One for Sorrow" – Steps "One Week" – Barenaked Ladies "Only When I Lose Myself" – Depeche Mode "Out of the Dark" – Falco "Outside" – George Michael "The Power of Good-Bye" – Madonna "Psycho Circus" – Kiss (#4 SWE) "Push It" – Garbage "Ray of Light" – Madonna "Real World" – Matchbox Twenty "Remember the Time" – Nana "Renegade Master '89" – Wildchild "The Rockafeller Skank" – Fatboy Slim "Rollercoaster" – B*Witched "Save Tonight" – Eagle-Eye Cherry "Say It Once" – Ultra "Say What You Want (All Day, Every Day)" – Texas & Wu-Tang Clan "Searchin' My Soul" - Vonda Shepard "Sex and Candy" – Marcy Playground "Şımarık" – Tarkan "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" - Five "Slide" – Goo Goo Dolls "Someone Loves You Honey" – Lutricia McNeal "Stand by Me" – 4 The Cause "Still Not a Player" – Big Pun & Joe "Stop" – Spice Girls "Stranded" – Lutricia McNeal "Sweetest Thing" – U2 "Take Me There" – Blackstreet & Mýa "Teardrop" – Massive Attack "Thank U" – Alanis Morissette "Thinking of You" - Hanson "This Is How We Party" – S.O.A.P. "This Kiss" – Faith Hill "Time After Time" - INOJ "To You I Belong" – B*Witched "Together Again" – Janet Jackson "Too Close" – Next "Too Much" – Spice Girls "Too Much Heaven" – Nana "Top of the World" – Brandy "Torn" – Natalie Imbruglia "Touch It" – Monifah "Truly Madly Deeply" – Savage Garden "Turn Back Time" – Aqua "Turn It Up (remix)/Fire It Up" – Busta Rhymes "Turn the Page" – Metallica "Under the Bridge / Lady Marmalade" – All Saints "Unforgivable Sinner" – Lene Marlin "The Unforgiven II" – Metallica "Uninvited" – Alanis Morissette "Until the Time Is Through" – Five "Up and Down" – Vengaboys "Vill ha dig" – Drömhus "Viva Forever" – Spice Girls "Vivo per lei (je vis pour elle)" – Hélène Ségara & Andrea Bocelli "Wanna Get Up" – 2 Unlimited "The Way" – Fastball "We Like To Party" – Vengaboys "Weird" – Hanson "Westside" – TQ "What Can I Do?" – The Corrs "What Can I Do?" (Remix) – The Corrs & Tin Tin Out "What's Your Sign?" – Des'ree "When the Lights Go Out" – Five "When the Rain Begins to Fall" – Pappa Bear & Van der Toorn "When You Believe (Movie Version)" – Michelle Pfeiffer & Sally Dworsky "When You're Gone" – Bryan Adams & Melanie C "Whiskey in the Jar" – Metallica "Witch Doctor" – Cartoons (#2 UK, #9 BE) "Would You...?" – Touch and Go (#2 IT, #3 UK, #4 NZ, SWI) "Yakalelo" – Nomads "You're a Superstar" – Love Inc. "You're My Heart, You're My Soul '98" – Modern Talking (#2 AUT, GER, #3 FR, #4 SWI) "You're Still the One" – Shania Twain "Zora Sourit" – Celine Dion Notable singles Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) Other Chart Performance(s)"Ava Adore" The Smashing Pumpkins May 1998 See chart performance entry Classical music Leonardo Balada – Folk Dreams (Three Pieces for Orchestra) Osvaldas Balakauskas – Symphony No. 4 Louis Andriessen – Writing to Vermeer John Barry – The Beyondness of Things George Crumb – Mundus Canis (A Dog's World) for guitar and percussion Mario Davidovsky – String Quartet No. 5 Ludovico Einaudi – Arie Lorenzo Ferrero – A Red Wedding Dress, for organ Beat Furrer Still for ensemble Spur for piano and string quartet Philip Glass – Days and Nights in Rocinha, for orchestra Georg Friedrich Haas Concerto for violin and orchestra String Quartet No. 2 Jake Heggie – Sophie's Song Wojciech Kilar – What a piece of work is a man, movie theme from “A Week in the Life of a Man” Frederik Magle – Cantata to Saint Cecilia Gordon McPherson – Miami Hans Otte – Stundenbuch for piano Zbigniew Preisner – Requiem for My Friend Einojuhani Rautavaara – Piano Concerto No. 3 Gift of Dreams Vache Sharafyan – The Sun, the Wine and the Wind of Time, for duduk, violin, cello and piano Juan Maria Solare – Spaghettisssimo Morton Subotnick – Echoes from the Silent Call of Girona Opera Mark Adamo – Little Women Christopher Butterfield – Zurich 1916 Philip Glass – White Raven Heinz Holliger – Schneewittchen Constantine Koukias – The Divine Kiss Ryan Ostrander – Madame Butterfly Jazz 1998 in jazz Musical theater March 5 – The Boy from Oz, Sydney production opened. Notre-Dame de Paris – musical Cabaret (Kander and Ebb) – Broadway revival Footloose – Broadway production opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre and ran for 709 performances Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Stephen Trask) – off Broadway production High Society – Broadway production opened at the St James Theatre and ran for 144 performances Ragtime – Broadway production at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts and ran for 834 performances The Sound of Music (Rodgers & Hammerstein) – Broadway revival Musical films Blues Brothers 2000 Meeting People Is Easy Mulan The Prince of Egypt Velvet Goldmine Why Do Fools Fall in Love Births January 2 – Christell, Chilean singerJanuary 2026 January 4 – Coco Jones, American actress and singer https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/04/UPI-Almanac-for-Friday-Jan-4-2019/5471546221584/ UPI Almanac for Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 United Press International January 4, 2019 September 4, 2019 January 5, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190105012355/http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/04/UPI-Almanac-for-Friday-Jan-4-2019/5471546221584/ live actor Coco Jones in 1998 (age 21) January 11 – Louisa Johnson, English singer-songwriter January 14 – Brunzyn, Dutch rapper January 16 – Seungkwan, South Korean singer (Seventeen) January 22 Silentó, American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor Biig Piig, Irish singer and rapper January 23 – XXXTentacion, American rapper and singer-songwriter (d. 2018) January 24 Jay Versace, American record producer Briston Maroney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dating Samia) January 27 – Albina Kelmendi, Kosovo-Albanian singer January 29 – Mion Mukaichi, Japanese girl group singer February 7 – Angelique Sabrina, Bahamian singer, songwriter, dancer, actress and performerJanuary 2026 February 11 – Khalid, American singer-songwriterJu Shirley February 12, 2019 Khalid Celebrates 21st Birthday With Bash at Beverly Hills Mansion https://variety.com/2019/music/news/khalid-21st-birthday-party-1203137065/ November 10, 2020 Variety December 7, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201207090142/https://variety.com/2019/music/news/khalid-21st-birthday-party-1203137065/ live February 18 – Vernon, South Korean and American rapper, singer and songwriter (Seventeen)[V Report] Seventeen's DK, Vernon happy to be born same day https://www.kpopherald.com/article/1921753 January 16, 2025 Kpop Herald February 19, 2019 February 19 – Chappell Roan, American singer-songwriter, activist and musicianPaz Keylee February 21, 2023 Chappell Roan Celebrates Birthday with a Euphoric Performance at Bronze Peacock in Houston https://coogradio.com/2023/02/chappell-roan-celebrates-birthday-with-a-euphoric-performance-at-bronze-peacock-in-houston/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20240424230324/https://coogradio.com/2023/02/chappell-roan-celebrates-birthday-with-a-euphoric-performance-at-bronze-peacock-in-houston/ April 24, 2024 April 11, 2024 Coog Radio February 20 Corbin, American singer-songwriter and record producer Gracey (singer), English singer February 24 - Mike Sabath, American record producer, songwriter, and musician March 5 - Noam Bettan, Israeli singer March 24 - Ethel Cain, American singer-songwriter, artist and producer April 2 - Peach PRC, Australian pop singer, songwriter, social media personality, and performer April 3 Paris Jackson, American actor, singer, dancer, musician, activist and model (daughter of Michael Jackson) Seonghwa, South Korean singer, model and actor (Ateez) April 18 – Aries, American rapper, singer, and record producer April 19 - Miranda Hope, American influencer, model, singer, and reality show cast member best known for her role as a member of the main cast of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. April 20 – Felix Mallard, Australian musician, actor and model April 21 – Zé Felipe, Brazilian singer April 23 – Jeffrey Ngai, Hong Kong singer, actor and model May 4 – Rex Orange County, English singer-songwriter and musician May 21 - Ari Ólafsson, Icelandic singer May 22 - Gretta Ray, Australian singer-songwriter May 23 – Steve Lacy, American singer-songwriter, musician, and member of American band, The Internet May 25 – Andrew Lambrou, Australian singer May 28 – Dahyun, South Korean singer (TWICE) May 28 – Riho Sayashi, Japanese actress, dancer and singer (Morning Musume) May 29 – Cochise, American rapper June 4 – Central Cee, British rapper and songwriter June 5 - Dave, British rapper and actorDave: Biography https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dave-mn0003557905/biography 5 August 2020 AllMusic en-us June 18 – Patricia Janečková, German-born Czech soprano (died 2023)Zemřela Patricia Burda Janečková https://www.divadelni-noviny.cz/zemrela-patricia-burda-janeckova 6 October 2023 Divadelní noviny cs June 24 – Tana Mongeau, American rapper and internet personality June 26 – Cuco, American singer-songwriter July 1 – Chloe Bailey of Chloe x Halle, American singer and actress July 8 Jaden Smith, American actor, rapper, singer and songwriter (son of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, brother of Willow Smith) Maya Hawke, American actress, model and singer-songwriter (daughter of Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman) July 15 – Kailee Morgue, American singer-songwriter, activist July 18 – Luísa Sonza, Brazilian singer-songwriter July 21 – Maggie Lindemann, American singer-songwriter July 23 – Houdini, Canadian rapper July 28 – Risa Watanabe, Japanese idol and model August 2 – Cai Xukun, Chinese singer August 4 – Lil Skies, American rapper August 8 – Shawn Mendes, Canadian musician, singer-songwriter, voice actor and model August 9 – ooes, Russian singer–songwriter August 11 – Nadia Azzi, American classical pianist August 14 – Doechii, American rapper and singer August 18 – Clairo, American singer-songwriter and electropop recording artist August 25 Abraham Mateo, Spanish singer and actor China Anne McClain, American singer and actress August 26 – Soyeon, Korean rapper, songwriter, record producer, and member of (G)I-dle August 29 – Bizarrap, Argentine DJ and record producer September 6 – Kayan9896, Hong Kong singer, actress and model September 9 – Dara, Bulgarian singer September 13 – Satoshi, Moldovan singer September 15 – Kevinho, Brazilian singer September 25 – mallrat, Australian musician October 5 – Janani K. Jha, Indian-American singer-songwriter and producer October 22 – Roddy Ricch, American rapper October 23 Emily Ann Roberts, American country singerMy boyfriend is so literally way too good for me. Thank you so much for the most amazing 17th bday https://twitter.com/emilyann_music/status/658101336781799425?lang=en Emily Ann Roberts (emilyann_music) Twitter December 8, 2015 October 24, 2015 Amandla Stenberg, American singer and actress October 24 – Daya, American singer-songwriter October 25 – Lee Know, South Korean singer and dancer (Stray Kids) October 28 – Ellie Drennan, Australian singer-songwriter, The Voice Australia winner of series 4, Jessie J was her coach November 1 - Rachel Chinouriri, English singer-songwriter November 7 - Hongjoong, South Korean rapper, singer, producer, and songwriter, and member of Ateez November 12 – Selah Marley, American model and singer November 16 – Bárbara Tinoco, Portuguese singer November 23 Just Sam, American singer Emily Keener, American singer-songwriter' November 28 - UPSAHL, American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalistJanuary 2026 December 2 – Juice WRLD, American singer, rapper, and songwriter (d. 2019)Coscarelli Joe Garcia Sandra E. December 8, 2019 Juice WRLD, Rising Rap Artist, Dies at 21 The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/08/arts/music/juice-wrld-dead.html live December 9, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191208225612/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/08/arts/music/juice-wrld-dead.html December 8, 2019 December 5 – Conan Gray, American musician December 9 – Famke Louise, Dutch YouTuber, model and singer December 15 – Cavetown, British musician and activistJanuary 2026 December 19 Frans Jeppsson Wall, Swedish singer-songwriter King Princess, American multi instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, activist and record producer December 21 - Lexie Liu, Chinese singer, rapper and songwriter December 22 Latto, American rapper Mizyu, Japanese singer, and member o Atarashii Gakko! December 23 – Søren Torpegaard Lund, Danish singer December 24 – Declan McKenna, English singer-songwriter and musician Deaths January 2 – Nik Venet, record producer, 61 (Burkitt's lymphoma)Hochman Steve Nik Venet; Record Producer for the Beach Boys https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jan-06-me-5530-story.html 4 November 2019 Los Angeles Times 6 January 1998 January 4 – Mae Questel, singer and actress, the voice of Betty Boop, Olive Oyl, Little Audrey & Little Lulu, 89 January 5 – Sonny Bono, singer and songwriter, 63 (skiing accident)Claiborne William January 7, 1998 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/junkie/links/bono.htm Sonny Bono Is Killed in Ski Crash The Washington Post January 7 – Owen Bradley, record producer, 82 January 8 – Sir Michael Tippett, composer, 93 Driver Paul Revill David Obituary: Sir Michael Tippett https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-sir-michael-tippett-1137828.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220514/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-sir-michael-tippett-1137828.html 14 May 2022 subscription live The Independent 10 January 1998 16 June 2016 January 11 – Klaus Tennstedt, conductor, 71https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-klaus-tennstedt-1138414.html Norman Lebrecht David Lister 13 January 1998 Obituary: Klaus Tennstedt The Independent January 15 – Junior Wells, harmonica player, 64 January 17 – Junior Kimbrough, blues guitarist and singer, 67 January 19 – Carl Perkins, singer 65, complications following a series of strokesPareles Jon https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/20/arts/carl-perkins-dies-at-65-rockabilly-pioneer-wrote-blue-suede-shoes.html#:~:text=Carl%20Perkins%2C%20the%20pioneering%20rockabilly,Mr. Carl Perkins Dies at 65; Rockabilly Pioneer Wrote Blue Suede Shoes New York Times January 20, 1998 January 22 – Anselmo Sacasas, jazz pianist and bandleader, 85https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/641850234/ January 25, 1998 Deaths Miami Herald 28 January 2026 January 24 – Justin Tubb, country music singer and songwriter, 62Deaths https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/01/26/deaths/da0b4f80-2120-4b32-a76b-a86760286d1e/?noredirect=on The Washington Post January 26, 1998 April 22, 2019 January 26 Orlando DiGirolamo, jazz accordionist, pianist, composer, and teacher, 73 (car accident) Shinichi Suzuki, violinist and inventor of the international Suzuki method of music education, 99https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-shinichi-suzuki-1141198.html Shinichi Suzuki 27 January 1998 Independent 29 January 2026 February 3 – Fat Pat, American rapper 27 (shot) February 5 Tim Kelly, guitarist (Slaughter), 35 (car accident) Nick Webb, jazz guitarist, 43 or 44 (pancreatic cancer) February 6 Carl Wilson, The Beach Boys, 51 (lung cancer)https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-feb-08-mn-16912-story.html Beach Boy Carl Wilson Dies of Cancer at 51 Los Angeles Times February 8, 1998 Falco, rock star, 40 (car accident)https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pop-singer-dies-in-car-accident/ Pop Singer Dies In Car Accident CBS News February 7, 1998 February 10 – Alex Kramer, Canadian songwriter, 94 February 13 – Thomas Chapin, composer and saxophonist, 40 (leukemia) February 17 – Bob Merrill, songwriter, 76 (suicide) February 19 – Grandpa Jones, star of Hee Haw, comedian and musician, 84 February 25 – Rockin' Sidney, soul musician, 59 February 28 – Todd Duncan, first Porgy in Porgy and Bess, 95 March 8 – Roger Christian, The Christians March 13 – Judge Dread, ska and reggae performer, 52 (heart attack on stage)[artist p30300 yes allmusic.com biography by Jo-Ann Greene] March 15 – Tim Maia, Brazilian singer and songwriter, 55Tim Maia https://dicionariompb.com.br/artista/tim-maia/ 2025-10-03 Dicionário Cravo Albin pt-BR March 29 – Nada Tončić, operatic soprano, 88https://proleksis.lzmk.hr/48932/ Tončić, Nada Proleksis enciklopedija 30 January 2026 sl March 31 – Joel Ryce-Menuhin, pianist, 64https://natlib.govt.nz/records/35864066 Ryce-Menuhin, Joel, 1933-1998 National Library of New Zealand 29 January 2026 April 1 – Rozz Williams, founder of Christian Death, suicide (hanging)April 2008 April 2 – Rob Pilatus, member of Milli Vanilli, 32 (accidental overdose)https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/millivanilli/articles/story/5927796/milli_vanillis_pilatus_dead_at_33 Milli Vanilli's Pilatus Dead at 32 7 April 1998 Rolling Stone 25 July 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080622144027/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/millivanilli/articles/story/5927796/milli_vanillis_pilatus_dead_at_33 22 June 2008 April 4 – Pierre Lantier, pianist and composer, 87Obituaires:Le Panthéon des musiciens - De septembre 1997 à août 1998 http://www.musimem.com/obi-0997-0898.htm Musica et memoria French 2008-05-18 April 5 – Cozy Powell, drummer for Rainbow and Black Sabbath, 50 (car accident) Powell, Colin Trevor [Cozy] (1947–1998), rock musician Elliott Paul 25 May 2006 10.1093/ref:odnb/69722 April 6 – Tammy Wynette, country singer, 55https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/08/arts/tammy-wynette-country-singer-known-for-stand-by-your-man-is-dead-at-55.html Tammy Wynette, Country Singer Known for 'Stand by Your Man', Is Dead at 55 Jon Pareles April 7, 1998 The New York Times December 19, 2019 April 7 – Wendy O. Williams, Plasmatics, 48 (suicide)https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-23394401.html Former Punk-Band Singer Wendy O. Williams Dies April 9, 1998 The Columbian usurped HighBeam Research subscription https://web.archive.org/web/20171201080839/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-23394401.html Vancouver, WA December 1, 2017 April 9 – Tom Cora, cellist and composer, 44 April 11 – Lillian Briggs, US singer and trombonist, 65 (lung cancer) April 15 – Rose Maddox, country singer, 72 April 17 – Linda McCartney, rock photographer, keyboard player (Wings) and entrepreneur, wife of Paul McCartney, 56 (breast cancer) May 2 – Hideto "Hide" Matsumoto, Japanese rock artist, 33, (hanging, apparently accidental) May 5 – Tommy McCook, Jamaican saxophonist, 71 May 7 – Eddie Rabbitt, country singer, 56, lung cancer May 9 – Alice Faye, actress and singer, 83Harmetz Aljean Alice Faye, Hollywood Star Who Sang for Her Man, Di https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/11/us/alice-faye-hollywood-star-who-sang-for-her-man-dies.html February 13, 2019 NY Times May 11, 1998 May 10 Lester Butler, blues harmonica player and singer, 38 (drug overdose) Clara Rockmore, thereminist and violinist, 87 May 11 — Willy Corsari, singer and composer (100)van Boven Erica Schrijven als Beroep. Willy Corsari (1897-1998). Een broodschrijfster met literaire passie Writing as a Profession. Willy Corsari (1897-1998). A bread writer with a literary passion Jaarboek voor Vrouwengeschiedenis 23 2003 184 NL May 14 – Frank Sinatra, singer and actor, 82 (heart attack) May 19 – Dorothy Donegan, jazz pianist, 76 May 20 – Robert Normann, Norwegian jazz guitarist, 81http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/robert-normann-er-doed/a/16400 Norwegian Robert Normann er død Verdens Gang 1998-05-28 2017-03-15 May 22 – Royce Kendall, country musician, 62 June 2 – Ricky Hyslop, violinist, conductor, composer, and arranger, 83 June 8 – Harry Lookofsky, jazz violinist, 84January 2026 June 10 – Steve Sanders, the Oak Ridge Boys, 45, suicide June 25 – Lounès Matoub, assassinatedApril 2008 July 3 – George Lloyd, British composer, 85 July 6 – Roy Rogers, actor and singer, 86 July 14 – Herman David Koppel, pianist and composer, 89 July 21 – O'Landa Draper, O'Landa Draper and the Associates (gospel choir), 34 (renal failure) July 23 – André Gertler, violinist, 90 July 28 – Olga De Blanck Martín, pianist, guitarist and composer, 62 August 3 – Alfred Schnittke, composer, 63Holland Bernard 1998-08-04 Alfred Schnittke, Eclectic Composer, Dies at 63 https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/04/arts/alfred-schnittke-eclectic-composer-dies-at-63.html 2024-06-22 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 August 11 – Benny Waters, jazz saxophonist and clarinetist, 96 August 19 Ilva Ligabue, operatic soprano, 66Blyth, Alan. Obituary for Ilva Ligabue. Opera, Vol 49 No 10, October 1998, p1165-6. Sylvia Stahlman, operatic soprano, 69 August 22 – Sergio Fiorentino, pianist, 70 August 24 – Gene Page, arranger, producer and conductor, 58 August 25 – Lamar Crowson, pianist, 72 August 29 – Charlie Feathers, country blues musician, 66 September 4 – Lal Waterson, folk singer-songwriter, 55 September 9 – Habib Hassan Touma, composer and ethnomusicologist, 63 September 14 – Johnny Adams, blues, jazz and gospel singer, 66 September 18 – Charlie Foxx, R & B and soul musician, 58 (leukemia) September 26 – Betty Carter, jazz singer, 69 (cancer)Weil Martin https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/09/27/betty-carter-dies/a37c63b6-e334-4a8f-bcc1-fcd6d9d978f4/ Betty Carter Dies Singer Extraordinaire Washington Post September 26, 1998 September 30 – Pavel Štěpán, pianist, 73 October 1 – Pauline Julien, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress, 60 October 2 – Gene Autry, actor and country singer, 91 October 5 – Jacques Abram, pianist, 83 October 7 – Arnold Jacobs, American tuba player and educator, 83 October 8 – Anatol Vieru, composer, 82 October 14 – Frankie Yankovic, America's "Polka King", 83 October 17 – Antonio Agri, violinist, conductor and composer, 66 October 25 – Warren Wiebe, "Soulful Rain Man", vocalist and session artist, 45 (suicide) November 8 Consuelo Villalon Aleman, pianist, 91 Lonnie Pitchford, blues musician, 43 (AIDS) November 12 – Kenny Kirkland, jazz keyboardist, 43 (congestive heart failure) November 20 – Roland Alphonso, saxophonist, 67 November 27 – Barbara Acklin, soul singer, 55 December 4 – Egil Johansen, jazz drummer, 64.http://www.mic.no/symfoni/kontakt.nsf/pub/per2000082309161677192034 Gunnar Germeten – Komponist Norwegian MIC.no 2017-03-10 December 11 – Lynn Strait, (Snot), 30 (car accident) December 21 Avril Coleridge-Taylor, pianist, conductor and composer, 95 Karl Denver, Scottish singer, 67 December 25 – Bryan MacLean, singer, guitarist and songwriter (Love), 52 (heart attack) December 30 – Johnny Moore, R & B singer, 64 Awards The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, The Mamas & the Papas, Lloyd Price, Santana and Gene Vincent Inductees of the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame include Andrae Crouch, The Imperials, The Jordanaires and The LeFevres ARIA Music Awards ARIA Music Awards of 1998 Brit Awards 1998 BRIT Awards Country Music Association Awards 1998 Country Music Association Awards Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 1998 Grammy Awards 40th Grammy Awards Japan Record Awards 40th Japan Record Awards Juno Awards Juno Awards of 1998 Mercury Music Prize Bring It On – Gomez wins. MTV Video Music Awards 1998 MTV Video Music Awards Charts List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1998 1998 in British music#Charts List of Oricon number-one singles of 1998 Triple J Hottest 100 Triple J Hottest 100, 1998 See also 1998 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1998 Record labels established in 1998 References 30em Category:20th century in music Category:Music by year