1998 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 Undated 2 Bands formed 3 Bands disbanded 4 Albums released 4.1 January 4.2 February 4.3 March 4.4 April 4.5 May 4.6 June 4.7 July 4.8 August 4.9 September 4.10 October 4.11 November 4.12 December 4.13 Release Date Unknown 5 Biggest hit singles 6 Top hits 7 Classical music 8 Opera 9 Musical theater 10 Deaths 11 Awards 11.1 Grammy Awards 11.2 Country Music Association Awards 11.3 Eurovision Song Contest 11.4 Mercury Music Prize 11.5 MTV Video Music Awards 12 Charts 12.1 Triple J Hottest 100 13 See also 14 References //

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January 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. Feb - Six Feet Under Hired Steve Swanson. February 15 - Sir Edward Elgar's unfinished third symphony, completed by Anthony Payne was performed for the first time at the Royal Festival Hall, London, UK.citation needed February 17 - Illegal Art and ®™ark released Deconstructing Beck which quickly spawned reactions from Beck's publisher, record label, and personal lawyer.citation needed February 19 The Stray Cats reunited for a benefit show for the Carl Perkins Foundation at House of Blues in Los Angeles, California, USA.1 Lorrie Morgan issued a statement denying a story reported in the tabloid Star magazine that claimed that the singer had an affair with US President Bill Clinton.citation needed February 22 - In Los Angeles, California, Stevie Wonder was honored as the 1999 MusiCares Person of the Year.citation needed February 24 Elton John was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, London, UK. He was mistakenly introduced as "Sir John Elton", but was renamed "Sir Elton John".citation needed John Fogerty was awarded the 1998 Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award.citation needed February 28 - A failed assassination attempt against the band RAM during the Port-au-Prince Carnival celebration in Haiti resulted in the death of eight innocent bystanders.citation needed March 13 - The Smashing Pumpkins filed a $1 million lawsuit against UK-based Sound And Media Ltd. alleging that the company released a book and CD about the band without proper clearances.citation needed March 17- Van Halen III is released. It is the first Van Halen album to feature Gary Cherone on vocals. March 26 - Chuck Negron filed a lawsuit against his fellow Three Dog Night band mates alleging that they broke a 1990 settlement agreement and interfered with his career.citation needed April - John Frusciante rejoined the Red Hot Chili Peppers at the personal request of Flea.citation needed April 7 - George Michael was arrested in a public restroom in Beverly Hills, California, USA for lewd conduct. He was subsequently sentenced to community service.citation needed 17–April 19 - The second Terrastock festival took place in San Francisco, USA April 29 - Steven Tyler broke his knee at a concert in Anchorage, Alaska, USA delaying Aerosmith's Nine Lives Tour and necessitating camera angle adjustments for the filming of the video for "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing".citation needed May - The third European Festival of Youth Choirs was held in Basel, Switzerland. May 8 - A British court ruled 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. May 9 - The 43rd Eurovision Song Contest, held in Birmingham, United Kingdom, is won by Israel's transsexual performer Dana International with the song "Diva" See: [1] May 29 - Geri Halliwell went into hiding and her public relations representative, Julian Torton, confirmed that she had left the Spice Girls permanently.2 July 15 - Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer suffered burns when his Ferrari caught fire at a gas station.citation needed August 18 - Korn released their third album Follow the Leader August 29 - The Bee Gees open their One Night Only tour in Dublin, Ireland3 October 23 - Britney Spears' debut single, ...Baby one more time releases becoming the top selling single of 1999, and going on to sell over six million units worldwide. December 5 - Billboard changed its policy for its Hot 100 chart to allow airplay-only singles or album cuts to be accounted in the chart.citation needed Undated Dark Tranquility Fired Fredrik Johansson. Allen West Quit Six Feet Under. The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra launched its own recording label, RLPO Live.citation needed Teen singer Billie Piper started her career by becoming the youngest British solo artist to debut at #1citation needed on the UK singles charts.. Singers Brandy and Monica dominate the Billboard charts with the duet, "The Boy Is Mine", holding the Billboard Hot 100 #1 spot for 13 weeks. The United States Congress passed the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act which gave the entertainment industry 20 more years of exclusive rights to all works created since 1923.citation needed Composer John Harbison was awarded a Heinz Award for the Arts and Humanities.citation needed 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.citation needed Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee was arrested and charged with beating his wife, actress Pamela Anderson. Malibu, California, USA sheriff deputies responded to reports of a disturbance and found Anderson bleeding from an injury to her hand.citation needed Bands formed See Musical groups established in 1998 Bands disbanded This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (October 2008)

Archers of Loaf Big Audio Dynamite Bikini Kill Chrome Cold Cold Hearts Dead Can Dance Dodgy Eve's Plum Faith No More (reformed in 2009) Handsome Helmet (Page Hamilton resurrects the name in 2004) Hoodoo Gurus (reformed in 2003) Hunters & Collectors The Jesus and Mary Chain (reformed in 2007) Mineral A Minor Forest Neutral Milk Hotel The Posies The Presidents of the United States of America (reformed in 2000) Red Aunts Refused Shudder To Think Smoking Popes Suffocation (reformed in 2004) Toad The Wet Sprocket (reformed in 2006) A Tribe Called Quest (reformed in 2006) Turbonegro (reformed in 2002) Weddings Parties Anything Albums released Contents: Top • January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December January Day Album Artist Notes 12 Impossible Princess Kylie Minogue Australia 13 All Fall Down Against All Authority - Naked Baby Photos Ben Folds Five Compilation The Troubleshooters Funkdoobiest - Money, Power & Respect The Lox - Yodel the Cowboy Way Riders in the Sky - Challenge for a Civilized Society Unwound - 20 Moon Safari Air US Viva la Ska Revolution Bad Manners Compilation My Secret Passion Michael Bolton - Petitioning the Empty Sky Converge - Loaded Deck Ace Frehley Greatest Hits 24 Ce que je sais Johnny Hallyday - 27 Wide Open Spaces Dixie Chicks - American Teenage Rock 'n' Roll Machine The Donnas - Do or Die Dropkick Murphys - 29 The Truth Prince - February Day Album Artist Notes 3 Blues Brothers 2000 Various Artists Soundtrack Yield Pearl Jam - 10 Facing the Animal Yngwie Malmsteen - Vuelve Ricky Martin - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Neutral Milk Hotel US Terraform Shellac - 17 Str8 Outta Northcote Blood Duster - Destiny's Child Destiny's Child US The Big Knockover No Fun At All US Attack of The Planet Smashers The Planet Smashers - 24 For a Lifetime Jonathan Cain - Inferno - Last in Live Dio Live Stoners Reeking Havoc Kottonmouth Kings EP Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon John Lennon US, Compilation Formulas Fatal to the Flesh Morbid Angel - My Homies Scarface - SYR3: Invito Al Ĉielo Sonic Youth EP Train Train - The Big Lebowski Various Artists Soundtrack 25 Bustin' + Dronin' Blur Remix and live album March Day Album Artist Notes 3 Ray of Light Madonna US Crystal Planet Joe Satriani - Elmopalooza Various Artists Soundtrack 9 Tin Planet Space - 10 The Collection Bad Manners Compilation Pilgrim Eric Clapton - All the Pain Money Can Buy Fastball - Liquid Tension Experiment Liquid Tension Experiment - Snake Bite Love Motörhead - Jimmy Ray Jimmy Ray - Pure Frosting The Presidents of the United States of America Compilation Becoming Remixed Sneaker Pimps Remix 13 A.K.A. I-D-I-O-T The Hives EP 16 Big Calm Morcheeba - 17 Retaliation, Revenge & Get Back Daz Dillinger - Hazleton Fuel EP Van Halen III Van Halen - 19 It's Dark and Hell Is Hot DMX - 23 Virtual XI Iron Maiden - Impossible Princess Kylie Minogue UK Twilight in Olympus Symphony X - 24 Happy? Jann Arden US; released in Canada in '97 Colma Buckethead - The Pillage Cappadonna - Keasbey Nights Catch 22 - The Devil You Know Econoline Crush US Media The Faint - Greatest Hits Live Journey Live *NSYNC 'N Sync US Space Heater Reverend Horton Heat - Feeling Strangely Fine Semisonic - Guilty 'til Proved Innocent! The Specials - 26 The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Compilation 31 Night Versions: The Essential Duran Duran Duran Duran Remix Sunburn Fuel - Moment of Truth Gang Starr - 12 Bar Blues Scott Weiland - In the Line of Fire Hussein Fatal - April Day Album Artist Notes 6 Now That's What I Call Music! 39 (UK series) Various Artists Compilation 7 King Biscuit Flower Hour: Bachman-Turner Overdrive Bachman-Turner Overdrive Live Thrills Andrew Bird - Boggy Depot Jerry Cantrell - Elemental The Fixx - Still Standing Goodie Mob - Lacuna Coil Lacuna Coil EP www.pitchshifter.com Pitchshifter - The Wake of Magellan Savatage - Darkest Days Stabbing Westward - Crossroads and Illusions Strung Out EP Battle Hymns The Suicide Machines - 12 Light Fuse, Get Away Widespread Panic Live 14 When Forever Comes Crashing Converge - 20 Music Has the Right to Children Boards of Canada Europe 21 Stigmata Arch Enemy - Gallery of Suicide Cannibal Corpse - Faith Faith Hill - Mýa Mýa - Dead Obituary Live Walking Into Clarksdale Jimmy Page and Robert Plant - Hey You, I Love Your Soul Skillet - Soulfly Soulfly - 24 Better Than Raw Helloween - 27 Nightfall in Middle-Earth Blind Guardian - Mezzanine Massive Attack - 28 Capital Punishment Big Pun - Before These Crowded Streets Dave Matthews Band - Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka Nile - Ça Va Slapp Happy - Navy Blues Sloan Canada Visual Audio Sensory Theater VAST - May Day Album Artist Notes 4 Vovin Therion - 4 Mass Nerder ALL - From the Choirgirl Hotel Tori Amos - Cruelty and the Beast Cradle of Filth - Sittin' on Top of the World LeAnn Rimes - A Series of Sneaks Spoon - 5 Capital Punishment Big Pun - Twisted by Design Strung Out - Lyricist Lounge, Volume One Various Artists Compilation 10 Heavy Mental Killah Priest - 12 Version 2.0 Garbage - 3 Car Garage Hanson Compilation 5 Lenny Kravitz - A Thousand Leaves Sonic Youth - Traces of My Lipstick Xscape - 15 No Substance Bad Religion - 18 Knights of the Cross Grave Digger - 19 The Black Light Calexico - How I Feel Terri Clark - Greatest Hits DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince Greatest Hits Always Never the Same Kansas - Ophelia Natalie Merchant - Bach to the Future Safri Duo - Smokefest Underground Snoop Doggy Dogg - Rufus Wainwright Rufus Wainwright - Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest Zao - 20 Steelbath Suicide Soilwork - 21 Take Off and Landing Yoshinori Sunahara - 25 Angels with Dirty Faces Tricky - 26 Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation The B-52's Greatest Hits Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk Jeff Buckley - Don't Sweat the Technics Kid 606 - Navy Blues Sloan US June Day Album Artist Notes 1 Let It Ride Shed Seven - 2 If You See Her Brooks & Dunn - Cold Cold - Abandon Deep Purple - gloria! Gloria Estefan - Rant And Roar Great Big Sea Compilation BBC Sessions The Jimi Hendrix Experience Compilation Munki The Jesus and Mary Chain - MP Da Last Don Master P - Shut 'Em Down Onyx - RFTC Rocket from the Crypt - Adore The Smashing Pumpkins - 8 Peloton The Delgados UK The Good Will Out Embrace UK 9 Never Say Never Brandy - Left of Cool Béla Fleck and the Flecktones - Premonition John Fogerty Live F♯A♯∞ Godspeed You Black Emperor! re-issue Look My Way Madball - Payton's Place Nicholas Payton - Diabolus in Musica Slayer - The Devil's Bris Voltaire - 15 Try Whistling This Neil Finn Solo debut Vertical Man Ringo Starr - 16 Aaron Carter Aaron Carter US; released in Europe Dec. '97 Under the Radar Little Feat - Powertrip Monster Magnet - The Philosopher's Stone Van Morrison - Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo MxPx - Look What You Did to Me Z-Ro - 22 Alternative 4 Anathema - 5ive Five UK Genesis Archive 1967-75 Genesis Box Set Bootlegged in Japan Napalm Death Live 23 Mermaid Avenue Billy Bragg and Wilco - CPR CPR - Midwestern Songs of the Americas Dillinger Four - Time Lionel Richie - Stand by Your Van Sublime Live Occupational Hazard Unsane - Hitler Bad, Vandals Good The Vandals - 30 Something's Gotta Give Agnostic Front - Behind the Front Black Eyed Peas - Static Bleach - Carry On Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Comin' Atcha! Cleopatra - Live at the Jazz Cafe D'Angelo Live El Niño Def Squad - 808:88:98 808 State Greatest Hits The Best Of James Compilation Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra Yngwie Malmsteen - Ruthless for Life MC Ren - Step Up to the Microphone Newsboys Major label debut Live & Rare Rage Against the Machine Live Life Won't Wait Rancid - The Blue Cafe Chris Rea - System of Down System of a Down Debut Punk-O-Rama Vol. 3 Various Artists Compilation July Day Album Artist Notes 7 Destroy What Destroys You Against All Authority - Stunt Barenaked Ladies - Something Wicked This Way Comes Iced Earth - Panique celtique Manau - Burn Out Slick Shoes - Visions of Europe Stratovarius Live 14 Flowers Ace of Base - Hello Nasty Beastie Boys - Across a Wire: Live in New York City Counting Crows Live The Chemical Wedding Bruce Dickinson - 5ive Five US Blue Planet Donna Lewis - The Boy Is Mine Monica - N.O.R.E. Noreaga - Pixies at the BBC Pixies Live Great Big Western Howdy! Riders in the Sky - Orange Ave. Seven Mary Three - Silver Session for Jason Knuth Sonic Youth EP Destiny Stratovarius - Phantom Power The Tragically Hip - The Band Geek Mafia Voodoo Glow Skulls - Where Your Road Leads Trisha Yearwood - 20 Good Morning Spider Sparklehorse UK 21 Picnic Of Love Anal Cunt - Volume 8: The Threat Is Real Anthrax - Super Hits The Byrds Compilation Confessions of Fire Cam'ron - Life in 1472 Jermaine Dupri - Come 2 My House Chaka Khan - Scraps at Midnight Mark Lanegan - G-Funk Classics, Vols. 1 & 2 Nate Dogg - 23 The Tour Mary J. Blige Compilation 27 Killing on Adrenaline Dying Fetus 28 The Tour Mary J. Blige Live Obsolete Fear Factory - Introducing the Minutemen Minutemen Compilation August Day Album Artist Notes 3 Mixes Kylie Minogue Remix; UK only Now That's What I Call Music! 40 (UK series) Various Artists Compilation 4 Godless Savage Garden Dimmu Borgir Compilation Siége Perilous Kamelot - Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told Snoop Dogg - 10 The Sky Is Too High Graham Coxon - Impossible Remixes Kylie Minogue Remix; Australia only 11 Endless Harmony Soundtrack The Beach Boys Compilation Royal Highness Kottonmouth Kings - Duck and Cover Mad Caddies - Jennifer Paige Jennifer Paige - whitechocolatespaceegg Liz Phair - Rhinoplasty Primus EP Severe Tire Damage They Might Be Giants Live 11 Re-wind Front Line Assembly Remix 18 In/Casino/Out At the Drive-In - Quick Buju Banton - Something About Airplanes Death Cab for Cutie - Devil Without a Cause Kid Rock - Follow The Leader Korn - Postcards from Heaven Lighthouse Family US My Arms, Your Hearse Opeth - Candyass Orgy - Phoenix Rising The Temptations - Aégis Theatre of Tragedy - 20 Music Has the Right to Children Boards of Canada US 22 I Am Not a Doctor Moloko - 25 Kiss the Sky Tatyana Ali - Holding This Moment Bane Compilation How Does Your Garden Grow? Better Than Ezra - Black Star Black Star - Gentleman's Blues Cracker - Use Your Illusion Guns N' Roses Compilation The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill - Back to Titanic James Horner Soundtrack K.K.K.K.K. Kahimi Karie - Slow Down Keb' Mo' - This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours Manic Street Preachers - Brazil Men at Work Live The Last Dog and Pony Show Bob Mould - Boogaloo Nazareth UK Villa Elaine Remy Zero US XO Elliott Smith - The Three Pyramids Club Suggs - 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz Xzibit - Hellbilly Deluxe Rob Zombie - 27 Gorky 5 Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - 27 Fin de Siècle The Divine Comedy - Songs for Polarbears Snow Patrol UK September Day Album Artist Notes 1 Cruel Summer Ace of Base US Don Cartagena Fat Joe - The Imperial Flipmode Squad - Swingin' Stampede Hot Club of Cowtown - Kuruption! Kurupt - Pack Up the Cats Local H - 7 The Boy with the Arab Strap Belle & Sebastian - Six Mansun UK Internationalist Powderfinger - 8 In an Expression of the Inexpressible Blonde Redhead - Can-I-Bus Canibus - Who Got the Gravy? Digital Underground - S'il suffisait d'aimer Celine Dion Canada Whitey Ford Sings the Blues Everlast - Celebrity Skin Hole - Tin Cans & Car Tires moe. - Good Humor Saint Etienne - How It Feels To Be Something On Sunny Day Real Estate 9 Frank Black and the Catholics Frank Black and the Catholics - Who Dares Wins Bolt Thrower Compilation 14 Step One Steps - Mystery Disc Frank Zappa Compilation 15 Sound of Perseverance Death - Musical Chairs Hootie & the Blowfish - Wasted L.A. Guns EP Mechanical Animals Marilyn Manson - Bathhouse Betty Bette Midler - The Christmas Attic Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas 18 Luxury Fantastic Plastic Machine - 21 Electro-Shock Blues Eels UK 22 Inquisition Symphony Apocalyptica - Ultimate Christmas The Beach Boys Christmas Moon Pix Cat Power - Supernatural dc Talk - Tip Finger Eleven - Dizzy Up The Girl Goo Goo Dolls - Speak of the Devil Chris Isaak - Psycho Circus Kiss - Rasassination Ras Kass - Queens of the Stone Age Queens of the Stone Age - Strictly Diesel Spineshank - Still in the Game Keith Sweat - www.thug.com Trick Daddy - 28 The Singles (86-98) Depeche Mode Compilation Legacy of Kings Hammerfall - 29 A Fire Inside EP AFI EP Tony Bennett: The Playground Tony Bennett - Smitten Buffalo Tom - Painted from Memory Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach - The Globe Sessions Sheryl Crow - Is This Desire? PJ Harvey - Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life Jay-Z - '98 Live Meltdown Judas Priest Live Deserter's Songs Mercury Rev - Taming the Tiger Joni Mitchell - Aquemini OutKast - ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones? Shakira - El Oso Soul Coughing - Fool's Parade Peter Wolf - ? Sonic Origami Uriah Heep - October Day Album Artist Notes 5 Nu-Clear Sounds Ash - Northern Sulphuric Soul Rae & Christian - Symphony of Enchanted Lands Rhapsody - 6 Clandestino Manu Chao - Heaven'z Movie Bizzy Bone - Prolonging the Magic Cake - Hits Phil Collins Greatest Hits IV Cypress Hill - Hello Rockview Less Than Jake - The Recipe Mack 10 - John Mellencamp John Mellencamp - Against Sepultura - Goddamnit Alkaline Trio - S'il suffisait d'aimer Celine Dion US The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 Bob Dylan Live Transcendental Highway Colin Hay - Waste of Mind Zebrahead - 19 Hope Is Important Idlewild - VH1 Storytellers Ringo Starr Live Honey to the B Billie - A Little South of Sanity Aerosmith Live Reunion Black Sabbath Live Electro-Shock Blues Eels US Starters Alternators The Ex - You've Come a Long Way, Baby Fatboy Slim - King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas Kansas Live Tape Head King's X - Wander This World Jonny Lang - Live from the Middle East The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Live Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too New Radicals - 98° and Rising 98° - Why Do They Rock So Hard? Reel Big Fish - Now That's What I Call Music! (U.S. series) Various Artists Compilation American Water Silver Jews - Aluminum Tunes Stereolab Compilation Why Are We Destroying Ourselves? Union 13 - Hard to Swallow Vanilla Ice LP 22 Under the Running Board The Dillinger Escape Plan EP 26 Words from the Exit Wound Napalm Death - I've Been Expecting You Robbie Williams - Up R.E.M. - 27 1965 The Afghan Whigs - On a Day Like Today Bryan Adams - Merry Christmas...Have a Nice Life Cyndi Lauper Christmas Once in a LIVEtime Dream Theater Live Walking Distance Robert Earl Keen - Radiation Marillion - The Story of the Ghost Phish - Fairy Tales Divine - Keep the Faith Faith Evans - 28 Good Side, Bad Side Crucial Conflict - November Day Album Artist Notes 2 Letting Off the Happiness Bright Eyes - John Lennon Anthology John Lennon Box Set Wonsaponatime John Lennon Compilation Hot Show Prozzäk - No Security The Rolling Stones Live 3 Mutations Beck - One Night Only Bee Gees Live B*Witched B*Witched UK 30: Very Best of Deep Purple Deep Purple Greatest Hits These Are Special Times Celine Dion Christmas Greatest Duran Duran Greatest Hits Live from Albertane Hanson Live Redneck Wonderland Midnight Oil - Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie Alanis Morissette - Milkman Phranc - Without You I'm Nothing Placebo - BBC Sessions The Specials Compilation Live 311 Live Chef Aid: The South Park Album Various Artists Soundtrack 10 Look Forward to Failure The Ataris EP Mercenary Bolt Thrower - Tie One On The Bouncing Souls Live EP Believe Cher US Rhythm-al-ism DJ Quik - Manilow Sings Sinatra Barry Manilow Covers album Let It Happen MxPx Compilation The Nerve Agents The Nerve Agents EP Home for Christmas 'N Sync Christmas Roseland NYC Live Portishead Live Soul Survivor Pete Rock - Different Stages Rush Live Hits Spice 1 Greatest Hits Tracks Bruce Springsteen Box Set The Best of 1980–1990 U2 Greatest Hits 11 The Sound of '70s Yoshinori Sunahara - 14 Greatest Hits Mötley Crüe Greatest Hits 16 #1´s Mariah Carey Compilation Resurrection E-17 - Ludwig's Law Moebius Plank Thompson - 17 100% Colombian Fun Lovin' Criminals - My Love Is Your Love Whitney Houston - Spirit Jewel - The Winter Album 'N Sync Christmas Americana The Offspring - Sublime Acoustic: Bradley Nowell & Friends Sublime - Six the Hard Way Suicidal Tendencies EP 18 Believe Savatage Compilation 20 The Question The Slackers - 23 Now That's What I Call Music! 41 (UK series) Various Artists Compilation 24 The Collection Volume One Bone Thugs-n-Harmony Compilation Who Cares a Lot? Faith No More Greatest Hits Let's Talk About Feelings Lagwagon - The Very Best of Meat Loaf Meat Loaf Greatest Hits Garage Inc. Metallica Covers album Live on Two Legs Pearl Jam Live Doc's da Name 2000 Redman - El Chupacabra Soil EP Tim's Bio: Life from da Bassment Timbaland - Greatest Hits 2Pac Greatest Hits 25 Projector Dark Tranquillity 30 Intimate and Live Kylie Minogue Live December Day Album Artist Notes 1 Eden Sarah Brightman - Jurassic 5 LP Jurassic 5 - Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael George Michael Greatest Hits Out in the Fields Gary Moore Compilation 8 E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front Busta Rhymes - 18 The Legend of Zelda The Ocarina of Time Original Soundtrack Kōji Kondō - 22 Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood DMX - 29 The Remix Album All Saints Remix Unknown Evanescence EP Evanescence - Release Date Unknown Youth is Wasted on the Young - Caesars Live at the Beeb - Nazareth Greatest Hits Volume II - Nazareth Watoosh! - Pezz (Billy Talent) Neapolis - Simple Minds Horkstow Grange - Steeleye Span Digilogue (compact disc version) - :zoviet*france: Biggest hit singles

The following singles achieved the highest aggregated chart positions in 1998, according to TsorT.4

# Artist Title Year Chart entries 1 Celine Dion My Heart Will Go On 1998 UK 1 - Feb 1998; US BB 1 of 1998; Holland 1 - Jan 1998; Sweden 1 - Feb 1998; Austria 1 - Feb 1998; Switzerland 1 - Jan 1998; Norway 1 - Feb 1998; Germany 1 - Jan 1998; Éire 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 UK 1 - Oct 1998; US BB 1 of 1999; Holland 1 - Nov 1998; Sweden 1 - Nov 1998; Switzerland 1 - Nov 1998; Norway 1 - Jan 1998; Germany 1 - Jan 1999; Éire 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 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; Éire 1 - Oct 1998; Australia 1 for 9 weeks Jan 1999; POP 1 of 1998; US BB 2 of 1998; Australia 2 of 1998; Holland 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 UK 1 - Mar 1998; Holland 1 - Dec 1997; Switzerland 1 - Dec 1997; Norway 1 - Feb 1998; Germany 1 - Jan 1998; Éire 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 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 hits This section contains information which may be of unclear or questionable importance or relevance to the article's subject matter. Please help improve this article by clarifying or removing superfluous information.

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"3 A.M." - Matchbox Twenty "All I Have to Give" - Backstreet Boys "All My Life" - K-Ci and JoJo "Apparitions" - Matthew Good Band "Are You That Somebody?" - Aaliyah featuring Timbaland "Ava Adore" - Smashing Pumpkins "...Baby One More Time" - Britney Spears "Back 2 Good" - Matchbox Twenty "Because We Want To" - Billie "Believe (Cher song)" - Cher "The Boy Is Mine" - Brandy and Monica "Celebrity Skin" - Hole "C'est La Vie" - B*Witched "Chanter pour ceux qui sont loin de chez eux" - Lââm "Closing Time" - Semisonic "Cruel Summer" - Ace of Base "Crush" - Jennifer Paige "Diva" - Dana International "Doo Wop (That Thing)" - Lauryn Hill "Doctor Jones" - Aqua "The Dope Show"-Marilyn Manson "Dragula" - Rob Zombie "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" - Backstreet Boys "The First Night" - Monica "Fly Away" - Lenny Kravitz "From This Moment On" - Shania Twain "Frozen" - Madonna "Girlfriend" - Billie "Got The Life" - KoЯn "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" - Will Smith "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" - Green Day "Hard Knock Life" - Jay-z "Heartbeat / Tragedy" - Steps "High" - Lighthouse Family "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" - Aerosmith "I Want You Back" - *NSYNC "I'm Your Angel" - Céline Dion & R. Kelly "Intergalactic" - Beastie Boys "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls "Jumper" - Third Eye Blind "Kind & Generous" - Natalie Merchant "Last Thing on My Mind" - Steps "Lately (Divine song)" - Divine "Life Is A Flower" - Ace Of Base "Lollipop (Candyman)" - Aqua "Lullaby" - Shawn Mullins "My All" - Mariah Carey "My Heart Will Go On" - Celine Dion "My Hero" - Foo Fighters "Never Ever" - All Saints "Never There" - Cake "No Ordinary Love" - Sade "One Week" - Barenaked Ladies "The Power of Good-Bye" - Madonna "Psycho Circus" - KISS "Ray of Light" - Madonna "Real World" - Matchbox Twenty "Remember When" - Color Me Badd "The Rockafeller Skank" - Fatboy Slim "Ruff Ryders' Anthem" - DMX "Save Tonight" - Eagle-Eye Cherry "Sex and Candy" - Marcy Playground "Slide" - Goo Goo Dolls "Still Not a Player" - Big Pun feat. Joe "Thank U" - Alanis Morissette "This Kiss" - Faith Hill "Together Again" - Janet Jackson "Top of the World" - Brandy "Torn" - Natalie Imbruglia "Truly Madly Deeply" - Savage Garden "Turn the Page" - Metallica "Uninvited" - Alanis Morissette "Viva Forever" - Spice Girls "Vivo per lei (je vis pour elle)" - Hélène Ségara and Andrea Bocelli "The Way" - Fastball "When the Lights Go Out" - Five "Whiskey in the Jar" - Metallica "You're Still the One" - Shania Twain 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 Memoria del fuego (symphonic poem) A Red Wedding Dress for organ Jake Heggie - Sophie's Song Gordon McPherson - Miami Zbigniew Preisner - Requiem for my Friend Einojuhani Rautavaara - Piano Concerto No. 3 Gift of Dreams Juan Maria Solare - Spaghettisssimo Morton Subotnick - Echoes from the Silent Call of Girona Opera Mark Adamo - Little Women Christopher Butterfield - Zurich 1916 Phili Glass - White Raven Ryan Ostrander -Madame Butterfly Musical theater March 5 - The Boy from Oz, Sydney production opened. Cabaret (Kander and Ebb) - Broadway revival Footloose - Broadway production Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Stephen Trask) - off Broadway production High Society -Broadway production Ragtime - Broadway production The Sound of Music (Rodgers & Hammerstein) - Broadway revival Deaths 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 January 8 - Michael Tippett, composer, 93 January 11 - Klaus Tennstedt, conductor, 71 January 15 - Junior Wells, harmonica player, 64 January 19 - Carl Perkins, complications following a series of strokes February 3 - Fat Pat, American rapper, shot February 6: Carl Wilson, The Beach Boys, lung cancer Falco, rock star, car accident February 17 - Bob Merrill, songwriter, 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 12 - Judge Dread, ska and reggae performer (died on stage)citation needed April 1 - Rozz Williams, founder of Christian Death, suicide (hanging)citation needed April 2 - Rob Pilatus , member of Milli Vanilli April 5 - Cozy Powell, drummer for Rainbow and Black Sabbath, car accident April 6 - Tammy Wynette, country singer, 55 April 7 - Wendy O. Williams, The Plasmatics, suicidecitation needed April 9 - Tom Cora, cellist and composer, 44 April 11 - Lillian Briggs, US singer and trombonist, lung cancer April 15 - Rose Maddox April 17 - Linda McCartney, Wings, breast cancer, 56 May 2 - Hideto "Hide" Matsumoto, Japanese rock artist, hanging (apparently accidental), 33 May 7 - Eddie Rabbitt, country singer, lung cancer, 56 May 9 - Alice Faye, actress and singer, 83 May 14 - Frank Sinatra, singer and actor, heart attack, 82 June 10 - Steve Sanders, the Oak Ridge Boys, suicide, 45 June 25 - Lounès Matoub, assassinatedcitation needed July 6 - Roy Rogers, actor, singer, 86 July 23 - André Gertler, violinist August 3 - Alfred Schnittke, composer August 24 - Gene Page, arranger, producer and conductor, 58 August 29 - Charlie Feathers, country blues musician September 26 - Betty Carter, jazz singer, 69 September 2 - Gene Autry, actor and country singer, 91 October 14 - Frankie Yankovic, America's "Polka King," 83 November 20 - Roland Alphonso, saxophonist, 67 December 11 - Lynn Strait, Snot, 30 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 Grammy Awards

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Country Music Association Awards Eurovision Song Contest

Main article Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Mercury Music Prize Bring It On - Gomez wins. MTV Video Music Awards

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Charts Triple J Hottest 100

Main article Triple J Hottest 100, 1998

See also 1998 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1998 Record labels established in 1998 References ^ "Los Angeles’ House of Blues plays host…". ThisDayInRock.com. 1998. http://www.thisdayinrock.com/index.php/general/1998-los-angeles-house-of-blues-plays-host/. Retrieved 2010-02-06. ^ "Geri Halliwell Quits Spice Girls". MTV.com. 1998. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429905/19980531/halliwell_geri.jhtml. Retrieved 2008-09-26. ^ "People". The Fresno Bee (Fresno, California: The McClatchy Company): p. A2. June 4, 1998. ISSN 08896070. ^ unattributed (October 26, 2008). "Songs from the Year 1998". TsorT. http://tsort.info/music/yr1998.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-24.

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