List of number-one R&B singles of 1998 (U.S.)

These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1998

Chart history[]

Key

Indicates best-charting R&B single of 1998[1]

Issue Date	Song	Artist
January 3	"A Song for Mama"	Boyz II Men
January 10	"My Body"	LSG
January 17
January 24	"Nice and Slow"	Usher
January 31
February 7
February 14
February 21
February 28
March 7
March 14
March 21	"No, No, No"	Destiny's Child
March 28	"Let's Ride"	Montell Jordan featuring Master P and Silkk the Shocker
April 4	"All My Life"	K-Ci & JoJo
April 11
April 18	"Let's Ride"	Montell Jordan featuring Master P and Silkk the Shocker
April 25
May 2	"Too Close"	Next
May 9
May 16
May 23	"I Get Lonely"	Janet and Blackstreet
May 30
June 6	"The Boy Is Mine"	Brandy and Monica
June 13
June 20
June 27
July 4
July 11
July 18
July 25
August 1	"Friend of Mine"	Kelly Price
August 8
August 15
August 22
August 29
September 5	"The First Night"	Monica
September 12
September 19
September 26
October 3
October 10
October 17	"How Deep Is Your Love"	Dru Hill featuring Redman
October 24
October 31
November 7	"Nobody's Supposed to Be Here"	Deborah Cox
November 14
November 21
November 28
December 5
December 12
December 19
December 26

Chart comparisons[]

• Five songs reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100/pop chart: "Nice and Slow," "All My Life," "Too Close," "The Boy Is Mine" and "The First Night."
• Five songs reached number-one on the Rhythmic chart: "Nice and Slow," "All My Life," "Too Close," "The Boy Is Mine" and "How Deep Is Your Love." "You Make Me Wanna..." topped the chart from last year.

See also[]

• 1998 in music
• List of number-one R&B hits (United States)
• List of number-one R&B albums of 1998 (U.S.)

References[]