Brandy's "The Boy Is Mine" (a duet with Monica) is the longest-running hit single of 1998, topping the Hot 100 for thirteen consecutive weeks.

The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Published by Billboard magazine, the data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales and airplay. In 1998, there were 16 singles that topped the chart, in 52 issue dates.

During the year, 10 acts had achieved a first U.S. number-one single, namely: Savage Garden, Usher, Will Smith, Next, Brandy, Monica, Aerosmith, Barenaked Ladies, Lauryn Hill, and Divine. R&B singer Monica and pop singer Céline Dion both had two number-one singles in 1998.

Brandy and Monica's "The Boy Is Mine" is the longest-running single of the year, staying at number one for thirteen consecutive weeks. Other singles that had a multiple chart run includes Monica's "The First Night" with five weeks atop and Next's "Too Close", Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" and R. Kelly's "I'm Your Angel" (featuring Céline Dion) with four weeks (the latter spending two additional weeks at number one in 1999).

Chart history

Key
† Indicates best-performing single of 1998[1]
No. Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref.
821 January 3 "Candle in the Wind 1997" /
"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" 		Elton John [2]
January 10 [3]
822 January 17 "Truly Madly Deeply" Savage Garden [4]
January 24 [5]
823 January 31 "Together Again" Janet [6]
February 7 [7]
824 February 14 "Nice & Slow" Usher [8]
February 21 [9]
825 February 28 "My Heart Will Go On" Céline Dion [10]
March 7 [11]
826 March 14 "Gettin' Jiggy wit It” Will Smith [12]
March 21 [13]
March 28 [14]
827 April 4 "All My Life" K-Ci & JoJo [15]
April 11 [16]
April 18 [17]
828 April 25 "Too Close" Next [18]
May 2 [19]
May 9 [20]
May 16 [21]
829 May 23 "My All" Mariah Carey [22]
re May 30 "Too Close" Next [23]
830 June 6 "The Boy Is Mine" Brandy and Monica [24]
June 13 [25]
June 20 [26]
June 27 [27]
July 4 [28]
July 11 [29]
July 18 [30]
July 25 [31]
August 1 [32]
August 8 [33]
August 15 [34]
August 22 [35]
August 29 [36]
831 September 5 "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Aerosmith [37]
September 12 [38]
September 19 [39]
September 26 [40]
832 October 3 "The First Night" Monica [41]
October 10 [42]
833 October 17 "One Week" Barenaked Ladies [43]
re October 24 "The First Night" Monica [44]
October 31 [45]
November 7 [46]
834 November 14 "Doo Wop (That Thing)" Lauryn Hill [47]
November 21 [48]
835 November 28 "Lately" Divine [49]
The Billboard Hot 100 updates its chart formula to include airplay-only songs that never had a commercial single release.
836 December 5 "I'm Your Angel" R. Kelly and Céline Dion [50]
December 12 [51]
December 19 [52]
December 26 [53]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one
Position Artist Weeks at No. 1
1 Monica 18
2 Brandy 13
3 Céline Dion 6
4 Next 5
5 Aerosmith 4
R. Kelly
7 Will Smith 3
K-Ci & JoJo
9 Elton John 2
Savage Garden
Janet
Usher
Lauryn Hill
8 Mariah Carey 1
Barenaked Ladies
Divine

See also

References

  1. ^ "1998: The Year in Music – Hot 100 Singles". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 52. December 26, 1998. p. YE-42. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  2. ^ "January 3, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  3. ^ "January 10, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  4. ^ "January 17, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  5. ^ "January 24, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  6. ^ "January 31, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  7. ^ "February 7, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  8. ^ "February 14, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  9. ^ "February 21, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  10. ^ "February 28, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  11. ^ "March 7, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  12. ^ "March 14, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  13. ^ "March 21, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  14. ^ "March 28, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  15. ^ "April 4, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  16. ^ "April 11, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  17. ^ "April 18, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  18. ^ "April 25, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  19. ^ "May 2, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  20. ^ "May 9, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  21. ^ "May 16, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  22. ^ "May 23, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  23. ^ "May 30, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  24. ^ "June 6, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  25. ^ "June 13, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  26. ^ "June 20, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  27. ^ "June 27, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  28. ^ "July 4, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  29. ^ "July 11, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  30. ^ "July 18, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  31. ^ "July 25, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  32. ^ "August 1, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  33. ^ "August 8, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  34. ^ "August 15, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  35. ^ "August 22, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  36. ^ "August 29, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  37. ^ "September 5, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  38. ^ "September 12, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  39. ^ "September 19, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  40. ^ "September 26, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  41. ^ "October 3, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  42. ^ "October 10, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  43. ^ "October 17, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  44. ^ "October 24, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  45. ^ "October 31, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  46. ^ "November 7, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  47. ^ "November 14, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  48. ^ "November 21, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  49. ^ "November 28, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  50. ^ "December 5, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  51. ^ "December 12, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  52. ^ "December 19, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.
  53. ^ "December 26, 1998". Billboard Hot 100.

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