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

Specific locations[]

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Specific genres[]

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• 1998 in Latin music

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.^[1]
  • "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.
  • Namie Amuro's first greatest hits album 181920 is released.
• January 31 – The Presidents of the United States of America play a farewell show in their hometown of Seattle. They would reunite in 2000.

February[]

• February 5
  • Carnatic vocalist M. S. Subbulakshmi becomes the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award.^[2]
  • Former Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford publicly reveals his homosexuality for the first time in an interview with MTV.^[3]
• 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.^[4]
• February 19 – The Stray Cats reunite for a benefit show for the Carl Perkins Foundation at House of Blues in Los Angeles, USA.^[5]
• February 21 – Misia made her official CD debut with the single "Tsutsumikomu Yō ni...".^[6]
• February 22 – In Los Angeles, California, Stevie Wonder is honored as the 1999 MusiCares Person of the Year.^[7]
• 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.
• 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".^[8]
• 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 attempted murder while performing at a carnival, after a disagreement with the newly elected mayor of Port-au-Prince.^[9]

March[]

• March 3 – Madonna releases her seventh studio album Ray of Light. The album eventually sells over 16 million copies worldwide. The album received near universal acclaim upon release. Her collaborations with producer William Orbit, as well as her conversion to Kabbalah resulted in a completely new and unique lyric and musical approach for Madonna, which gains her four Grammy Awards out of a total of six nominations, as well as many other prestigious awards.
• March 10 – The South Korean-made MPMan, the first mass-produced digital audio player, is launched at the CeBIT trade fair in Hanover, Germany.^[10]
• 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.^[11]
• March 17 – Van Halen III is released. It is the first and only Van Halen album to feature Gary Cherone on vocals.
• March 24 – NSYNC releases their debut album NSYNC
• March 26 – Chuck Negron files a lawsuit against his fellow Three Dog Night bandmates alleging that they broke a 1990 settlement agreement and interfered with his career.^{[citation needed]}

April[]

• April 3 – Dave Navarro is fired by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.^[12]
• April 6 – Organizers announce that Lollapalooza will not be staged in 1998 due to the inability to sign a major headlining act. The festival would return in 2003.
• 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".^[13]
• April 8 – Ayumi Hamasaki makes her debut under Avex Trax with the single "Poker Face".^[14]
• April 14 – The first VH1 Divas Live concert is broadcast on VH1, starring Aretha Franklin, Gloria Estefan, Céline Dion, Shania Twain and Mariah Carey.
• April 17–19 – The second Terrastock festival takes place in San Francisco, USA.
• April 29 – Steven Tyler breaks 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[]

• May 5 – South Korean boy band, Shinhwa debuted under SM Entertainment.
• May 8
  • The third 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.
• 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: 1998 – Diggiloo Thrush
• May 19 – Namie Amuro's son Haruto is born.
• 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. Becoming the best-selling album by Asian artist outside Asia.^[15]
• May 27 – Ringo Sheena releases her debut single "Kōfukuron".^[16]
• May 31 – Geri Halliwell goes into hiding as her public relations representative, Julian Torton, confirms that she has left the Spice Girls permanently.^[17]

June[]

• June 1 – Scott Weiland's public problems with drugs continue when he is arrested in New York after buying heroin.

July[]

• July 3 – Westlife is formally created and signed to the record label BMG.
• July 5 – Teen singer Billie Piper starts her career by becoming the youngest British solo artist to debut at #1 on the UK singles charts with "Because We Want To".
• July 17 – Aiko made her major label debut with the song "Ashita".^[18]

August[]

• August 1 – VH1 Smooth is launched. The first music video played is a cover of "Makin' Whoopee" by Branford Marsalis.^[19]
• 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 5x Platinum by the RIAA and sell over 14 million copies worldwide, thus launching nu metal into the mainstream.
• August 20 – Cirith Ungol founding guitarist Jerry Fogle dies from liver failure.
• August 24 – Pearl Jam's "Do the Evolution" video premieres on MTV's 120 Minutes; it is the group's first music video in six years.
• August 25 – Lauryn Hill releases her breakthrough debut album The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill. The album goes on to be certified 7x Platinum by the RIAA and sell over 19 million copies worldwide.
• August 29 – The Bee Gees open their One Night Only tour in Dublin, Ireland^[20]

September[]

• September 14 – Total Request Live is broadcast for the first time on MTV.
• September 16 – Lou Reed performs for President of the Czech Republic Václav Havel at the White House.

October[]

• October 5 – MuchMoreMusic is launched in Canada.
• October 6 – Kurupt's debut studio album, Kuruption!, is released by Antra Records. It peaked 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 super smash hit. After seven consecutive weeks atop of the UK official singles chart, it became the best selling single in that country, also the best selling single by a female artist in UK history. On March 13, 1999, Believe became Cher's 5th number one single in US, spending four consecutive weeks at #1 and becoming the best selling single of that year.
• October 23 – 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, and is considered to be the third best song in pop history. It's one of the best-selling singles of all-time. "...Baby One More Time" music video was ranked as number three on Billboard's 2010 list of "Best Music Videos of all-time". It's one of the most successful songs 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 10 – Cher released her twenty-second studio album Believe which became the most successful of her career: it peaked at number one in seven countries, #4 in US and #7 in UK. The album has sold over 20 million copies worldwide and is certified platinum (or more) in at least sixteen countries, becoming one of the highest selling albums of all time.
• November 17 – The Offspring release Americana to massive mainstream success. It goes on to be certified 5x 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 different 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.^{[citation needed]}
• December 9 – Hikaru Utada makes her debut with the double A-side single "Automatic (Utada Hikaru song)" / "Time Will Tell".^[21]
• December 23 – Namie Amuro returns to the music industry with the single "I Have Never Seen".
• December 29 – India issues a set of postage stamps on the subject of Indian musical instruments.^[22]

Also in 1998[]

• The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra launches its own recording label, RLPO Live.^[23]
• 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.^{[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.^[24]
• Six Feet Under hire Steve Swanson.
• SWV disbands.

Bands formed[]

• See Musical groups established in 1998

Bands reformed[]

• Modern Talking
• Culture Club

Bands disbanded[]

• See Musical groups disestablished in 1998

Albums released[]

January–March[]

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
J A N U A R Y	5	Aquarius	Boards of Canada	EP
		Synergy	Cosmosis	-
	6	Great Expectations	Various Artists	Soundtrack
	13	100 Year Thing	Chris Stills	Debut
		All Fall Down	Against All Authority	-
		Backbone	Backbone	Featuring Bill Kreutzmann
		Challenge for a Civilized Society	Unwound	-
		Money, Power & Respect	The Lox	-
		Musings of a Creek Dipper	Victoria Williams	-
		Naked Baby Photos	Ben Folds Five	Compilation
		Preemptive Strike	DJ Shadow	Singles compilation
		The Troubleshooters	Funkdoobiest	-
		Yodel the Cowboy Way	Riders in the Sky	-
	16	Moon Safari	Air	US
	20	Dok	Oval	-
		Loaded Deck	Ace Frehley	Compilation
		My Secret Passion: The Arias	Michael Bolton	-
		Springtime	Freakwater	-
		Viva la Ska Revolution	Bad Manners	Compilation
	24	Ce que je sais	Johnny Hallyday	-
	25	Are You Shpongled?	Shpongle	-
		Vain Glory Opera	Edguy	-
	26	Time Machines	Coil	-
		Dig My Mood	Nick Lowe	-
	27	American Teenage Rock 'n' Roll Machine	The Donnas	-
		Do or Die	Dropkick Murphys	-
		Got No Shadow	Mary Lou Lord	-
		Saturnz Return	Goldie	-
		Skull Orchard	Jon Langford	-
		Wide Open Spaces	Dixie Chicks	Debut
		Downward Is Heavenward	Hum	-
F E B R U A R Y	2	Mark Hollis	Mark Hollis	-
	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	-
		In the Aeroplane Over the Sea	Neutral Milk Hotel	US
		Let It Come Down	James Iha	-
		One Night	J.C. Jones	-
		Ray Lynch: Best Of, Volume One	Ray Lynch	Compilation
		Terraform	Shellac	-
		Vuelve	Ricky Martin	-
	16	Come Clean	Curve	-
		Legends	Above the Law	-
	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	Success	The Posies	-
	22	Ray of Light	Madonna	US
	24	Americana Deluxe	Big Bad Voodoo Daddy	-
		The Big Lebowski	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		Dose	Gov't Mule	-
		For a Lifetime	Jonathan Cain	-
		Formulas Fatal to the Flesh	Morbid Angel	-
		Headfirst Into Everything	Mystery Machine	-
		Inferno – Last in Live	Dio	Live
		Let Them Eat Pussy	Nashville Pussy	Debut
		Moonflower Lane	Ty Tabor	-
		My Homies	Scarface	-
		Heavy Mental	Killah Priest	Debut
		Stoners Reeking Havoc	Kottonmouth Kings	EP
		SYR3: Invito Al Ĉielo	Sonic Youth	EP
		This Strange Place	Wolfstone	-
		Til My Casket Drops	C-Bo	-
		Train	Train	-
		Union	Union	-
	25	Bustin' + Dronin'	Blur	Remix & Live Album
		Heart	L'Arc-en-Ciel	-
M A R C H	2	Pandemonic Incantations	Behemoth	-
	3	Crystal Ball	Prince	Box set
		Crystal Planet	Joe Satriani	-
		Elmopalooza!	Various Artists	Soundtrack
	9	117°	Izzy Stradlin	-
		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	-
		Pilgrim	Eric Clapton	-
		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	EP
	16	Big Calm	Morcheeba	-
		Néapolis	Simple Minds	-
		Kansas	Jennifer Knapp	Debut
	17	Hazleton	Fuel	EP
		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	-
	22	Virtual XI	Iron Maiden	-
	23	A Rose Is Still a Rose	Aretha Franklin	-
		Twilight in Olympus	Symphony X	-
		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	Reverend Horton Heat	-
		Winterland	Emma Townhend	-
	26	The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	Compilation
	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	-
		12 Bar Blues	Scott Weiland	-
		Wishpool	Brother Cane	-

April–June[]

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
A P R I L	1	Three Out Change	Supercar	Debut
	2	www.tism.wanker.com	TISM	-
	6	Now That's What I Call Music! 39 (UK series)	Various Artists	Compilation
	7	At Rope's End	New Bomb Turks	-
		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
		Radiance	Athenaeum	-
		Still Standing	Goodie Mob	-
		Thrills	Andrew Bird	-
		The Wake of Magellan	Savatage	-
		www.pitchshifter.com	Pitchshifter	-
	12	Light Fuse, Get Away	Widespread Panic	Live
	13	Bring It On	Gomez	-
	14	Double Barrel Country: The Legends of Country Music	Vince Gill	Compilation
		When Forever Comes Crashing	Converge	-
		Breath from Another	Esthero	Canada
	20	Music Has the Right to Children	Boards of Canada	Europe
	21	Dead	Obituary	Live
		Faith	Faith Hill	-
		Gallery of Suicide	Cannibal Corpse	-
		He Got Game	Public Enemy	Soundtrack
		Featuring "Birds"	Quasi	-
		Bulworth	Various Artists	-
		Hey You, I Love Your Soul	Skillet	-
		Mýa	Mýa	-
		Perfect Night: Live in London	Lou Reed	Live
		Soulfly	Soulfly	-
		Stigmata	Arch Enemy	-
		Walking Into Clarksdale	Jimmy Page and Robert Plant	-
		You and You Alone	Randy Travis	-
	24	Better Than Raw	Helloween	-
	27	Discouraged Ones	Katatonia	-
		Mezzanine	Massive Attack	-
		Greed		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	-
		End Hits	Fugazi	-
		Eve 6	Eve 6	Debut
		Hurqalya	Secret Chiefs 3	-
		Navy Blues	Sloan	Canada
		The Trouble with Angels	Juice Newton	-
		Visual Audio Sensory Theater	VAST	-
M A Y	4	Cruelty and the Beast	Cradle of Filth	-
		From the Choirgirl Hotel	Tori Amos	-
		Mass Nerder	ALL	-
		Photograph Smile	Julian Lennon	-
		Push the Button	Money Mark	-
		A Series of Sneaks	Spoon	-
		Sittin' on Top of the World	LeAnn Rimes	-
		Vovin	Therion	-
	5	Lyricist Lounge, Volume One	Various Artists	Compilation
		The Speed of the Old Long Bow	John Hartford	-
		There's One in Every Family	Fiend	-
		Twisted by Design	Strung Out	-
	10	Heavy Mental	Killah Priest	-
	11	Muse	Muse	EP
	12	The Best of Michael Franks: A Backward Glance	Michael Franks	Compilation
		Candy from a Stranger	Soul Asylum	-
		It's Dark and Hell Is Hot	DMX	Debut
		The Closer I Get	Hayden	-
		5	Lenny Kravitz	-
		A Thousand Leaves	Sonic Youth	-
		3 Car Garage	Hanson	Compilation
		Traces of My Lipstick	Xscape	-
		Version 2.0	Garbage	-
	15	No Substance	Bad Religion	-
		Shrink	The Notwist	-
	18	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
		Ophelia	Natalie Merchant	-
		Rufus Wainwright	Rufus Wainwright	-
		Smokefest Underground	Snoop Doggy Dogg	-
		Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest	Zao	-
	20	Steelbath Suicide	Soilwork	-
	21	Take Off and Landing	Yoshinori Sunahara	-
	25	Angels with Dirty Faces	Tricky	-
		Safety	Coldplay	EP
		Super æ	Boredoms	-
		Where We Belong	Boyzone	-
	26	Don't Sweat the Technics	Kid 606	-
		Navy Blues	Sloan	US
		Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk	Jeff Buckley	-
		Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation	The B-52's	Compilation +2 new tracks
		Snow on the Sahara	Anggun	International debut album
	30	Leitmotif	dredg	-
J U N E	1	Blodhemn	Enslaved	-
		Let It Ride	Shed Seven	-
		Permutation	Amon Tobin	-
	2	Abandon	Deep Purple	-
		Adore	The Smashing Pumpkins	-
		BBC Sessions	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Compilation
		Cold	Cold	-
		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	Soundtrack
	8	The Good Will Out	Embrace	UK
		Undo the Wicked	Diecast	Debut
		Peloton	The Delgados	UK
		F♯ A♯ ∞	Godspeed You Black Emperor!	CD Edition
	9	The Devil's Bris	Voltaire	-
		Diabolus in Musica	Slayer	-
		DLR Band	David Lee Roth	-
		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	Live
	15	Try Whistling This	Neil Finn	Solo debut
		Vertical Man	Ringo Starr	-
	16	Aaron Carter	Aaron Carter	US; released in Europe Dec. '97
		Imagination	Brian Wilson	-
		Look What You Did to Me	Z-Ro	-
		The Philosopher's Stone	Van Morrison	Compilation
		Order in the Court	Queen Latifah	-
		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 Set
	23	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	-
		Occupational Hazard	Unsane	-
		Soul of a Woman	Kelly Price	Debut
		Stand by Your Van	Sublime	Live
		Time	Lionel Richie	-
		We Ran	Linda Ronstadt	-
	24	Mother Father Brother Sister	Misia	Debut
	30	Aquamosh	Plastilina Mosh	-
		Behind the Front	Black Eyed Peas	-
		The Best Of	James	Compilation
		The Blue Cafe	Chris Rea	-
		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	-
Step Up to the Microphone		Newsboys	Major label debut
Static		Bleach	-
System of a Down		System of a Down	Debut

July–September[]

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
J U L Y	6	Champagne	Miss Kittin & The Hacker	EP
		Breaking God's Heart	Hefner	Debut[25]
	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	Live
	13	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	-
		The Chemical Wedding	Bruce Dickinson	-
		Destiny	Stratovarius	-
		5ive	Five	US
		Flowers	Ace of Base	-
		Great Big Western Howdy!	Riders in the Sky	-
		Hello Nasty	Beastie Boys	-
		N.O.R.E.	Noreaga	-
		Orange Ave.	Seven Mary Three	-
		Phantom Power	The Tragically Hip	-
		Pixies at the BBC	Pixies	Live
		Silver Session for Jason Knuth	Sonic Youth	EP
		Where Your Road Leads	Trisha Yearwood	-
	20	Good Morning Spider	Sparklehorse	UK
	21	Ask Anybody	Swirl 360	-
		Come 2 My House	Chaka Khan	-
		Anti-Theft Device	Mix Master Mike	-
		The Swarm	Wu-Tang Killa Bees	-
		Confessions of Fire	Cam'ron	-
		Desireless	Eagle-Eye Cherry	US
		G-Funk Classics, Vols. 1 & 2	Nate Dogg	-
		Happy Pills	Candlebox	-
		Life in 1472	Jermaine Dupri	-
		Picnic Of Love	Anal Cunt	-
		Scraps at Midnight	Mark Lanegan	-
		Slide	Lisa Germano	-
		Volume 8: The Threat Is Real	Anthrax	-
	27	Killing on Adrenaline	Dying Fetus	-
	28	Introducing the Minutemen	Minutemen	Compilation
		Obsolete	Fear Factory	-
		This Time it's Love	Kurt Elling	-
		Forever with You	Phyllis Hyman	-
A U G U S T	3	Mixes	Kylie Minogue	Remix; UK only
		Now That's What I Call Music! 40 (UK series)	Various Artists	Compilation
	4	Blender	The Murmurs	-
		Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told	Snoop Dogg	-
		For the Masses	Various Artists	Depeche Mode tribute
		Godless Savage Garden	Dimmu Borgir	Compilation
		Perennial Favorites	Squirrel Nut Zippers	-
		Siége Perilous	Kamelot	-
	10	Impossible Remixes	Kylie Minogue	Remix; Australia only
		The Sky Is Too High	Graham Coxon	-
	11	And You Think You Know What Life's About	Dishwalla	-
		Duck and Cover	Mad Caddies	-
		The Element of Surprise	E-40	-
		Endless Harmony Soundtrack	The Beach Boys	Compilation
		How Stella Got Her Groove Back Soundtrack	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		Jennifer Paige	Jennifer Paige	-
		The Key	Vince Gill	-
		Massive Grooves from the Electric Church of Psychofunkadelic Grungelism Rock Music	Poundhound	-
		Rhinoplasty	Primus	EP
		Royal Highness	Kottonmouth Kings	-
		Severe Tire Damage	They Might Be Giants	Live
		Spyboy	Emmylou Harris	Live
		whitechocolatespaceegg	Liz Phair	-
		Re-wind	Front Line Assembly	Remix
	18	Aégis	Theatre of Tragedy	-
		Candyass	Orgy	-
		Devil Without a Cause	Kid Rock	-
		Follow The Leader	Korn	-
		In/Casino/Out	At the Drive-In	-
		My Arms, Your Hearse	Opeth	-
		Phoenix Rising	The Temptations	-
		Postcards from Heaven	Lighthouse Family	US
		Something About Airplanes	Death Cab for Cutie	-
		Quick	Buju Banton	-
	20	Music Has the Right to Children	Boards of Canada	US
	22	I Am Not a Doctor	Moloko	-
	24	Greatest Hits Volume II	Nazareth	Compilation
	25	Back to Titanic	James Horner	Soundtrack
		Bed	Juliana Hatfield	-
		Boogaloo	Nazareth	UK
		Brazil	Men at Work	Live
		Godsmack	Godsmack	Major Label Debut
		40 Dayz & 40 Nightz	Xzibit	-
		Gentleman's Blues	Cracker	-
			Happyland	-
		Hellbilly Deluxe	Rob Zombie	-
		Holding This Moment	Bane	Compilation
		How Does Your Garden Grow?	Better Than Ezra	-
		K.K.K.K.K.	Kahimi Karie	-
		The Last Dog and Pony Show	Bob Mould	-
		Make It Hot	Nicole Wray	-
		The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill	Lauryn Hill	Solo Debut
		Mo'hogany	Monifah	-
		Slow Down	Keb' Mo'	-
		This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours	Manic Street Preachers	-
		The Three Pyramids Club	Suggs	-
		Use Your Illusion	Guns N' Roses	Compilation
		Villa Elaine	Remy Zero	US
		XO	Elliott Smith	-
	27	Fin de Siècle	The Divine Comedy	-
		Gorky 5	Gorky's Zygotic Mynci	-
		Songs for Polarbears	Snow Patrol	UK
	31	Tubular Bells III	Mike Oldfield	-
		Black Star	Black Star	-
Cruel Summer		Ace of Base	US
Don Cartagena		Fat Joe	-
I Sing the Body Electro		Kurtis Mantronik	-
Beats & Lyrics, Vol. 2		Various Artists	-
The Imperial		Flipmode Squad	-
Kuruption!		Kurupt	-
Pack Up the Cats		Local H	-
Swingin' Stampede		Hot Club of Cowtown	-
Teatro		Willie Nelson	-
Precious Falling		Quickspace	-
S E P T E M B E R	7	The Boy with the Arab Strap	Belle & Sebastian	-
		Horkstow Grange	Steeleye Span	-
		Internationalist	Powderfinger	-
		Six	Mansun	UK
	8	Breath of Heaven: A Christmas Collection	Vince Gill	Christmas
		Can-I-Bus	Canibus	-
		Celebrity Skin	Hole	-
		Good Humor	Saint Etienne	-
		Hologram of Baal	The Church	-
		How It Feels To Be Something On	Sunny Day Real Estate	-
		In an Expression of the Inexpressible	Blonde Redhead	-
		S'il suffisait d'aimer	Celine Dion	Canada
		These Wicked Streets	Skull Duggery	-
		Tin Cans & Car Tires	Moe	-
		Whitey Ford Sings the Blues	Everlast	-
		Who Got the Gravy?	Digital Underground	-
	9	Frank Black and the Catholics	Frank Black and the Catholics	-
		Who Dares Wins	Bolt Thrower	Compilation
	14	Mystery Disc	Frank Zappa	Compilation
		Step One	Steps	-
	15	Bathhouse Betty	Bette Midler	-
		The Christmas Attic	Trans-Siberian Orchestra	Christmas
		Jubilation	The Band	-
		Mechanical Animals	Marilyn Manson	-
		Musical Chairs	Hootie & the Blowfish	-
		Rush Hour soundtrack	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		Sound of Perseverance	Death	-
		Wasted	L.A. Guns	EP
		What Is Not to Love	Imperial Teen	-
	18	Luxury	Fantastic Plastic Machine	-
	21	Electro-Shock Blues	Eels	UK
		Forbidden Dreams: Encore Collection, Vol. 2	Yanni	Compilation
		Nightwork	Diabolical Masquerade	-
		Riddim Warfare	DJ Spooky	-
	22	Alabama Song	Allison Moorer	-
		Cosas del Amor	Enrique Iglesias	-
		Brothers Gonna Work It Out	The Chemical Brothers	Compilation
		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	-
		Sewn Mouth Secrets	Soilent Green	-
		Speak of the Devil	Chris Isaak	-
		Step Inside This House	Lyle Lovett	-
		Still in the Game	Keith Sweat	-
		Strictly Diesel	Spineshank	-
		Supernatural	dc Talk	-
		Tip	Finger Eleven	Re-issue
		Tomorrow Hit Today	Mudhoney	-
		Ultimate Christmas	The Beach Boys	Christmas
		www.thug.com	Trick Daddy	-
	23	Arches and Aisles	The Spinanes	-
	28	Legacy of Kings	Hammerfall	-
		The Singles (86-98)	Depeche Mode	Compilation
		Sunday 8PM	Faithless	-
	29	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	-
		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	-
'98 Live Meltdown		Judas Priest	Live
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[]

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
O C T O B E R	1	Gran Turismo	The Cardigans	-
	5	Northern Sulphuric Soul	Rae & Christian	-
		Nu-Clear Sounds	Ash	-
		Symphony of Enchanted Lands	Rhapsody	-
	6	Against	Sepultura	-
		The Bootleg Series Vol. 4	Bob Dylan	Live
		Christmas Caravan	Squirrel Nut Zippers	Christmas
		Clandestino	Manu Chao	-
		IV	Cypress Hill	-
		Ghetto Superstar	Pras	-
		Goddamnit	Alkaline Trio	-
		Guilty 'til Proven Innocent	Prime Suspects	-
		Heaven'z Movie	Bizzy Bone	-
		Hello Rockview	Less Than Jake	-
		Hits	Phil Collins	Compilation +1 new track
		Hope & Wait	My Friend Steve	-
		John Mellencamp	John Mellencamp	-
		Prolonging the Magic	Cake	-
		Queens of the Stone Age	Queens of the Stone Age	-
		The Recipe	Mack 10	-
		S'il suffisait d'aimer	Celine Dion	US
		Transcendental Highway	Colin Hay	-
		Waste of Mind	Zebrahead	-
	12	B*Witched	B*Witched	UK
		Without You I'm Nothing	Placebo	-
	13	The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert	Bob Dylan	-
		Civil War Fantasy	Altamont	-
		It's a Beautiful Thing	Keith Murray	-
		December	Kenny Loggins	Christmas
		Magnum Force	Heltah Skeltah	-
		No More Looking over My Shoulder	Travis Tritt	-
		Slam: The Soundtrack	Various Artists	Soundtrack
		Spirit Trail	Bruce Hornsby	-
		Weird Tales	Golden Smog	-
	19	Honey to the B	Billie	-
		Hope Is Important	Idlewild	-
		VH1 Storytellers	Ringo Starr	Live
	20	Aluminum Tunes	Stereolab	Compilation
		American Water	Silver Jews	-
		Everything's Gonna Be Alright	Deana Carter	-
		Hard to Swallow	Vanilla Ice	-
		I'm So Confused	Jonathan Richman	-
		In My Life	George Martin	-
		King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas	Kansas	Live
		A Little South of Sanity	Aerosmith	Live
		Live from the Middle East	The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	Live
		Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too	New Radicals	-
		98° and Rising	98°	-
		Now That's What I Call Music! (U.S. series)	Various Artists	Compilation
		Reunion	Black Sabbath	Live
		Starters Alternators	The Ex	-
		Tape Head	King's X	-
		Wander This World	Jonny Lang	-
		Why Do They Rock So Hard?	Reel Big Fish	-
		You've Come a Long Way, Baby	Fatboy Slim	-
	22	Believe	Cher	-
		Under the Running Board	The Dillinger Escape Plan	EP
	26	I've Been Expecting You	Robbie Williams	-
		Modernism: A New Decade	The Style Council	Recorded in 1989
		Up	R.E.M.	-
		Words from the Exit Wound	Napalm Death	-
	27	Enter the Dru	Dru Hill	-
		Fairy Tales	Divine	-
		Holiday Songs and Lullabies	Shawn Colvin	-
Keep the Faith		Faith Evans	-
Merry Christmas...Have a Nice Life		Cyndi Lauper	Christmas
1965		The Afghan Whigs	-
No Place That Far		Sara Evans	-
On a Day Like Today		Bryan Adams	-
Once in a LIVEtime		Dream Theater	Live
Radiation		Marillion	-
The Shape of Punk to Come		Refused	-
The Story of the Ghost		Phish	-
Walking Distance		Robert Earl Keen	-
Kima, Keisha, and Pam		Total
28	Good Side, Bad Side	Crucial Conflict	-
30	These Are Special Times	Celine Dion	Christmas
N O V E M B E R	2	Hot Show	Prozzäk	-
		John Lennon Anthology	John Lennon	Box Set
		Letting Off the Happiness	Bright Eyes	-
		No Security	The Rolling Stones	Live
	3	30: Very Best of Deep Purple	Deep Purple	Compilation
		400 Degreez	Juvenile	-
		BBC Sessions	The Specials	Compilation
		Greatest	Duran Duran	Compilation
		It's Hard to Find a Friend	Pedro the Lion	-
		Kima, Keisha, and Pam	Total	-
		Live	311	Live
		Live from Albertane	Hanson	Live
		Milkman	Phranc	-
		Mutations	Beck	-
		Rafi's Revenge	Asian Dub Foundation	-
		Redneck Wonderland	Midnight Oil	-
		Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie	Alanis Morissette	-
	7	One Night Only	Bee Gees	Live
	8	How to Measure a Planet?	The Gathering	-
	10	Believe	Cher	US
		The Best of 1980–1990	U2	Compilation
		Chaosphere	Meshuggah	-
		Different Stages	Rush	Live
		Hits	Spice 1	Compilation
		Home for Christmas	'N Sync	Christmas
		Let It Happen	MxPx	Compilation
		Look Forward to Failure	The Ataris	EP
		Manilow Sings Sinatra	Barry Manilow	Covers album
		Mercenary	Bolt Thrower	-
		The Nerve Agents	The Nerve Agents	EP
		R.	R. Kelly	2x CD
		Rhythm-al-ism	DJ Quik	-
		Roseland NYC Live	Portishead	Live
		The Salesman and Bernadette	Vic Chestnutt	-
		Steal This Album	The Coup	-
		Tie One On	The Bouncing Souls	Live EP
		Tracks	Bruce Springsteen	Box Set
	11	The Sound of '70s	Yoshinori Sunahara	-
	14	Greatest Hits	Mötley Crüe	Compilation
	16	Human Being	Seal	-
		Ludwig's Law	Moebius Plank Thompson	-
		Resurrection	E-17	-
	17	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
		100% Colombian	Fun Lovin' Criminals	-
		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	-
		The Winter Album	'N Sync	Christmas
	18	Believe	Savatage	Compilation
	20	The Question	The Slackers	-
	23	Now That's What I Call Music! 41 (UK series)	Various Artists	Compilation
	24	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	-
The Very Best of Meat Loaf		Meat Loaf	Compilation
Who Cares a Lot?		Faith No More	Compilation
27	Hey! Album	Marvelous 3	-
	White Ladder	David Gray	-
30	Intimate and Live	Kylie Minogue	Live
D E C E M B E R	1	Eden	Sarah Brightman	-
		Jurassic 5	Jurassic 5	-
		Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael	George Michael	Compilation
		Out in the Fields – The Very Best of Gary Moore	Gary Moore	Compilation
	7	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	-
	29	The Remix Album	All Saints	Remix
		Evanescence	Evanescence	EP

Release date unknown[]

• The Bullies Have All Gone to Rest - John Hartford & Jim Wood
• Caught in a Trap and I Can't Back Out 'Cause I Love You Too Much, Baby – Mark Eitzel
• The First 40 Years, The Very Best of – Hank Marvin and The Shadows (2 CDs)
• Hometown – Hush
• Live at the Beeb – Nazareth
• Deviate – Kill II This
• Majesty – The Anniversary
• Six Organs of Admittance – Six Organs of Admittance
• The Star and the Wiseman: The Best of Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Ladysmith Black Mambazo
• Sum of the Parts – Ed Summerlin
• Through the Trees – The Handsome Family
• Youth Is Wasted on the Young – Caesars
• Va Va Voom – Cinerama

Biggest hit singles[]

The following singles achieved the highest aggregated chart positions in 1998, according to TsorT.^[26]

#	Artist	Title	Year	Country	Chart entries
1	Celine Dion	My Heart Will Go On	1997		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		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 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		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		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[]

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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 –
• Morton Subotnick – Echoes from the Silent Call of Girona

Opera[]

• Mark Adamo – Little Women
• – Zurich 1916
• Philip Glass – White Raven
• Heinz Holliger – Schneewittchen
• Constantine Koukias – The Divine Kiss
• – Madame Butterfly

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 4 – Coco Jones, American actress and singer
• January 11 – Louisa Johnson, English singer-songwriter
• January 22 – Silentó, American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor
• January 23 – XXXTentacion, American rapper (d. 2018)
• January 29 – Mion Mukaichi, Japanese girl group singer
• February 8 – Šarlote Lēnmane, Latvian singer-songwriter
• February 11 – Khalid (singer), American singer-songwriter
• April 2 - Peach PRC, Australian pop singer, songwriter, social media personality, and performer
• April 3 – Paris Jackson (actress), American actor, singer, dancer, musician, activist and model (daughter of Michael Jackson)
• April 20 – Felix Mallard, Australian musician, actor and model
• May 4 – Rex Orange County, English singer-songwriter and musician
• May 23 – Steve Lacy, American singer-songwriter, musician, and member of American band, The Internet
• June 24 – Tana Mongeau, American rapper and internet personality
• July 1 – Chloe Bailey of Chloe x Halle
• July 8 – Jaden Smith, American actor, rapper, singer and songwriter
• July 15 – Kailee Morgue, American singer-songwriter, activist
• July 18 – Luísa Sonza, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• July 21 – Maggie Lindemann, American singer-songwriter
• July 28 – Risa Watanabe, Japanese idol and model
• August 4 – Lil Skies, American rapper
• August 8 – Shawn Mendes, Canadian musician, singer-songwriter, and model. Collaborator with Camila Cabello
• August 11 – Nadia Azzi, American classical pianist
• 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
• September 25 – mallrat, Australian musician
• October 23
  • Emily Ann Roberts, American country singer
  • Amandla Stenberg, American singer and actress
• October 24 – Daya, American singer-songwriter
• October 28 – Ellie Drennan, Australian singer-songwriter, The Voice Australia winner of series 4, Jessie J was her coach
• November 23 – Emily Keener, American singer-songwriter
• December 2 – Juice WRLD, American singer, rapper, and songwriter (d. 2019)
• December 5 – Conan Gray, American musician
• December 15 – Cavetown, British musician and activist
• December 19 – King Princess, American multi instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, activist and record producer
• December 24 – Declan McKenna, English singer-songwriter and musician
• Unknown – Joy (Australian musician) , Australian musician, singer and producer

Deaths[]

• January 2 – Nick Venet, record producer, 61 (Burkitt's lymphoma)
• 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 7 – Owen Bradley, record producer, 82
• January 8 – Sir Michael Tippett, composer, 93
• January 11 – Klaus Tennstedt, conductor, 71
• 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 strokes
• January 22 – Anselmo Sacasas, jazz pianist and bandleader, 85
• January 24 – Justin Tubb, country music singer and songwriter, 62
• January 26
  • Orlando DiGirolamo, jazz accordionist, pianist, composer, and teacher, 73
  • Shinichi Suzuki, violinist and inventor of the international Suzuki method of music education, 99
• February 3 – Fat Pat, American rapper (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)
  • Falco, rock star, 40 (car accident)
• 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)^[27]
• March 15 – Tim Maia, Brazilian singer and songwriter, 55
• March 29 – Nada Tončić, operatic soprano, 88
• March 31 – Joel Ryce-Menuhin, pianist, 64
• April 1 – Rozz Williams, founder of Christian Death, suicide (hanging)^{[citation needed]}
• April 2 – Rob Pilatus, member of Milli Vanilli, 32
• April 4 – Pierre Lantier, pianist and composer, 87
• April 5 – Cozy Powell, drummer for Rainbow and Black Sabbath, 50 (car accident)
• April 6 – Tammy Wynette, country singer, 55
• April 7 – Wendy O. Williams, Plasmatics, 48 (suicide)^{[citation needed]}
• 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, 83
• May 10
  • Lester Butler, blues harmonica player and singer, 38 (drug overdose)
  • Clara Rockmore, thereminist and violinist, 87
• May 14 – Frank Sinatra, singer and actor, 82 (heart attack)
• May 19 – Dorothy Donegan, jazz pianist, 76
• May 20 – Robert Normann, Norwegian jazz guitarist, 81
• May 22 – Royce Kendall, country musician, 62
• June 2 – Ricky Hyslop, violinist, conductor, composer, and arranger, 83
• June 8 – Harry Lookofsky, jazz violinist, 84
• June 10 – Steve Sanders, the Oak Ridge Boys, 45, suicide
• June 25 – Lounès Matoub, assassinated^{[citation needed]}
• 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, 63
• August 11 – Benny Waters, jazz saxophonist and clarinetist, 96
• August 19
  • Ilva Ligabue, operatic soprano, 66
  • 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
• 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
• 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[]

Brit Awards[]

Eurovision Song Contest[]

Grammy Awards[]

Japan Record Awards[]

Juno Awards[]

Mercury Music Prize[]

• Bring It On – Gomez wins.

MTV Video Music Awards[]

Charts[]

Triple J Hottest 100[]

See also[]

• 1998 in music (UK)
• Musical groups established in 1998
• Record labels established in 1998

References[]