Top songs of 1998

What was the number one song of 1998?

The number one song of 1998 was “Too Close” by Next, the top song on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1998. It spent 5 weeks at number one on the weekly chart, starting with the chart dated April 25, 1998.

“The Boy Is Mine” by Brandy and Monica was number one for the most weeks of 1998: 13 of the year's 52 weekly charts, starting with the chart dated June 6, 1998.

Born in 1998? The birthday number one finder shows the song at number one in the exact week of your birthday, and the number one on every birthday since.

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 1998, year-end Hot 100 of 1998).

How many songs reached number one in 1998?

15 songs reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 1998. Counting “Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something About the Way You Look Tonight”, which was already at number one when the year began, 16 songs held the top spot across the year's 52 weekly charts.

Of the songs that first reached number one in 1998, “The Boy Is Mine” by Brandy and Monica stayed there longest: 13 weeks in total, from the chart dated June 6, 1998.

Weeks at No. 1 counts every week the song spent at the top, including weeks in other years; the number in brackets is the weeks on charts dated 1998. Dates are chart issue dates.

Which artists had more than one number one in 1998?

2 acts had more than one number one in 1998, counting lead and featured credits. Céline Dion and Monica had 2 each.

• Céline Dion: “My Heart Will Go On” and “I'm Your Angel”
• Monica: “The Boy Is Mine” and “The First Night”

What were the biggest songs of 1998?

The five biggest songs of 1998 on Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 were “Too Close” by Next, “The Boy Is Mine” by Brandy and Monica, “You're Still the One” by Shania Twain, “Truly Madly Deeply” by Savage Garden and “How Do I Live” by LeAnn Rimes.

The year-end chart ranks songs by how they performed on the weekly Hot 100 across Billboard’s chart year, so a song that peaked late in the year can rank lower than its weekly peak suggests, or count toward the next year’s list. The top 30 below show each song’s length where we could match the recording.

Numbers 31 to 100

31. “What You Want” Mase featuring Total
32. “Frozen” Madonna
33. “Gone till November” Wyclef Jean
34. “My Body” LSG
35. “Tubthumping” Chumbawamba
36. “Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)” Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz
37. “I Want You Back” NSYNC
38. “When the Lights Go Out” Five
39. “They Don't Know” Jon B.
40. “Make 'Em Say Uhh!” Master P featuring Fiend, Silkk the Shocker, Mia X and Mystikal
41. “Make It Hot” Nicole featuring Missy Elliott and Mocha
42. “Never Ever” All Saints
43. “I Get Lonely” Janet featuring Blackstreet
44. “Feel So Good” Mase
45. “Say It” Voices of Theory
46. “Kiss the Rain” Billie Myers
47. “Come with Me” Puff Daddy featuring Jimmy Page
48. “Romeo and Juliet” Sylk-E. Fyne featuring Chill
49. “It's All About Me” Mýa and Sisqo
50. “I Will Come to You” Hanson
51. “One Week” Barenaked Ladies
52. “Swing My Way” K. P. & Envyi
53. “The Arms of the One Who Loves You” Xscape
54. “My Love Is the Shhh!” Somethin' for the People featuring Trina & Tamara
55. “Daydreamin'” Tatyana Ali
56. “We're Not Making Love No More” Dru Hill
57. “Semi-Charmed Life” Third Eye Blind
58. “I Do” Lisa Loeb
59. “Lookin' at Me” Mase featuring Puff Daddy
60. “Looking Through Your Eyes” LeAnn Rimes
61. “Lately” Divine
62. “Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)” Backstreet Boys
63. “I Still Love You” Next
64. “Time After Time” INOJ
65. “Are You Jimmy Ray?” Jimmy Ray
66. “Cruel Summer” Ace of Base
67. “I Got the Hook Up” Master P featuring Sons of Funk
68. “Victory” Puff Daddy & the Family featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and Busta Rhymes
69. “Too Much” Spice Girls
70. “Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)” Pras Michel featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard and Mýa
71. “How Deep Is Your Love” Dru Hill featuring Redman
72. “Friend of Mine” Kelly Price
73. “Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up” Busta Rhymes
74. “I'll Be” Edwin McCain
75. “Ray of Light” Madonna
76. “All for You” Sister Hazel
77. “Touch It” Monifah
78. “Money, Power & Respect” The Lox featuring DMX and Lil' Kim
79. “Bitter Sweet Symphony” The Verve
80. “Dangerous” Busta Rhymes
81. “Spice Up Your Life” Spice Girls
82. “Because of You” 98 Degrees
83. “The Mummers' Dance” Loreena McKennitt
84. “All Cried Out” Allure featuring 112
85. “Still Not a Player” Big Punisher featuring Joe
86. “The One I Gave My Heart To” Aaliyah
87. “Foolish Games / You Were Meant for Me” Jewel
88. “Love You Down” INOJ
89. “Do for Love” 2Pac featuring Eric Williams
90. “Raise the Roof” Luke featuring No Good But So Good
91. “Heaven” Nu Flavor
92. “The Party Continues” JD featuring Da Brat
93. “Sock It 2 Me” Missy Elliott featuring Da Brat
94. “Butta Love” Next
95. “A Rose Is Still a Rose” Aretha Franklin
96. “4 Seasons of Loneliness” Boyz II Men
97. “Father” LL Cool J
98. “Thinkin' Bout It” Gerald Levert
99. “Nobody's Supposed to Be Here” Deborah Cox
100. “Westside” TQ

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 1998, year-end Hot 100 of 1998).

What songs should go on a 1998 mix CD?

A 1998 mix that fits one 80-minute CD holds 18 of the year's biggest songs, opening with “Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something About the Way You Look Tonight” by Elton John and closing with “The First Night” by Monica, for 76:30 of music.

We built it from the year-end top 30 and every number one of 1998, taking songs in year-end order until the disc was full, then sequenced it to follow the year: the number ones in the order they reached the top, with the year’s other big hits placed between them. With a 2-second gap before each track it runs 77:06, under the 79 minutes we fill a CD to.

Lengths are the recordings matched in Deezer’s catalog. Single edits, album versions and remasters can run a little longer or shorter, so check your own playlist before you burn it.

Turn 1998 into a CD. Send us this list, or your own 1998 songs, and we burn it to a real audio CD, test-play it and post it. It makes a good gift for a birth year, a graduation year or a wedding year.

To change the songs, paste the list into the playlist length calculator to keep it under 80 minutes, then print an insert with the CD case template. Our guide to making a mixtape covers sequencing, and nostalgic gift ideas has more ways to give a year as a present.

What was popular music like in the 1990s?

Popular music in the 1990s was shaped by R&B, hip-hop, pop ballads and alternative rock, and by changes in how the Hot 100 was counted. The chart dated November 30, 1991 was the first Hot 100 compiled with Nielsen SoundScan sales data, and from the chart dated December 5, 1998, songs that were never released as a commercial single could chart.

From 1990 to 1999, 140 songs reached number one on the Hot 100, and 11 songs stayed there for 10 weeks or more. Of those 140, “One Sweet Day” by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men spent the most weeks at number one: 16 in total. Mariah Carey had the most number ones that reached the top in these years, with 14. The typical number one of these years ran 4:24 (the median of the 121 with a known length).