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Events
- The single Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls sets a new Billboard Hot 100 airplay record in the U.S., 18 weeks at number one.[citation needed]
- Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee is arrested and charged with beating his wife, actress Pamela Anderson. Malibu, California sheriff deputies responded to reports of a disturbance and found Anderson bleeding from an injury to her hand.[citation needed]
- February 15 - Sir Edward Elgar's unfinished third symphony, completed by Anthony Payne is performed for the first time at the Royal Festival Hall.[citation needed]
- February 17 - Illegal Art and ®™ark release Deconstructing Beck which quickly spawned reactions from Beck's publisher, record label, and personal lawyer.[citation needed]
- February 19 - The Stray Cats reunite for a benefit show for the Carl Perkins Foundation at House of Blues in Los Angeles, California, USA.[citation needed]
- February 19 - Lorrie Morgan issues 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 is honored as the 1999 MusiCares Person of the Year.[citation needed]
- February 24 - Elton John is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, London. The singer is mistakenly introduced as "Sir John Elton", but it renamed "Sir Elton John".[citation needed]
- February 24 - John Fogerty is 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 results in the death of eight innocent bystanders.[citation needed]
- March 2 - Madonna embarks on a comeback album with Ray of Light which becomes four times platinum and wins three Grammy Awards including Best Pop Album and Best Dance Recording the following year.[citation needed]
- March 13 - The Smashing Pumpkins file 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 - The Corrs perform at London's Royal Albert Hall.[citation needed]
- March 26 - Chuck Negron files 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 1998 - John Frusciante rejoins the Red Hot Chili Peppers at the personal request of Flea.[citation needed]
- April 7 - George Michael is arrested in a public restroom in Beverly Hills, California for lewd conduct. He is sentenced to community service.[citation needed]
- April 29 - Steven Tyler breaks his knee at a concert in Anchorage, Alaska 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]
- April–19 April - The second Terrastock festival is held in San Francisco, USA.
- May 8 - 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.[citation needed]
- May - The 3rd EJCF in Basel was held.
- May 29 - Geri Halliwell goes into hiding and her PR Julian Torton confirms that she has left the Spice Girls permanently.[citation needed]
- July 8th - Slipknot signs with Roadrunner Records.
- July 15 - Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer is burned when his Ferrari catches fire at a gas station.[citation needed]
- October 13 - Britney Spears' recording career begins her first debut teen pop hit ...Baby One More Time went straight at #1 on the Hot 100 chart.
- December 5 - Billboard changes chart policy for their Hot 100 chart to allow airplay only singles or album cuts to make that chart.[citation needed]
- The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra launches its own recording label, RLPO Live.[citation needed]
- Teen singer Billie Piper starts her career by becoming the youngest British solo artist to debut at #1[citation needed] on the UK singles charts.
- Melbourne-based high-noted pop singer, Vanessa Amorosi's recording career begins.
- Singers Brandy and Monica dominate the Billboard charts with the duet The Boy Is Mine, holding the Billboard Hot 100 #1 spot for a record 13 weeks.[citation needed]
- The entertainment industry frantically lobbies for, and the United States Congress passes, the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, which gives the entertainment industry 20 more years of exclusive monopoly on all of its works created since 1923.[citation needed]
- Composer John Harbison is a winner of the Heinz Award for the Arts and Humanities.[citation needed]
- Rich Beddoe replaces Rob Gommerman in Finger Eleven.[citation needed]
- Coal Chamber began to fight on stage; it was the first sign of their demise.[citation needed]
Bands formed
- 30 Seconds to Mars
- A-Teens
- American Hi-Fi
- Breaking Benjamin
- The Comas
- Coldplay
- Eagles of Death Metal
- ETHEL
- Fantômas
- Fischerspooner
- Interpol
- Nobody's Angel
- Okkervil River
- Panda Bear
- Reggie and the Full Effect
- Suburban Legends
- The Strokes
- Sugababes
- Thrice
- Týr
- Underoath
- Zyklon
Bands disbanded
- Archers of Loaf
- Cold Cold Hearts
- Dead Can Dance
- Faith No More
- Helmet
- Hoodoo Gurus
- 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)
- Refused
- Shudder To Think
- Smoking Popes
- Suffocation (reformed in 2004)
- Toad The Wet Sprocket
- Turbonegro(reformed in 2002)
- Weddings Parties Anything
Albums released
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Biggest hit singles
The following songs achieved the highest[1] in the charts of 1998.
| # | 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, US ARC 2 - May 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
- "All I Have to Give" - Backstreet Boys
- "All My Life" - K-Ci and JoJo
- "Are You That Somebody?" - Aaliyah featuring Timbaland
- "...Baby One More Time" - Britney Spears
- "Back 2 Good" - Matchbox Twenty
- "Because We Want To" - Billie
- "The Boy Is Mine" - Brandy and Monica
- "Celebrity Skin" - Hole
- "Closing Time" - Semisonic
- "Cruel Summer" - Ace of Base
- "Crush" - Jennifer Paige
- "Diva" - Dana International
- "Doo Wop (That Thing)" - Lauryn Hill
- "The Dope Show"-Marilyn Manson
- "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" - Backstreet Boys
- "From This Moment On" - Shania Twain
- "Frozen" - Madonna
- "Fly Away" - Lenny Kravitz
- "Girlfriend" - Billie
- "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" - Will Smith
- "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" - Green Day
- "Goodbye" - Spice Girls
- "Hands" - Jewel
- "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" - Aerosmith
- "I Want You Back" - *NSYNC
- "I'm Your Angel" - Céline Dion & R. Kelly
- "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
- "Jumper" - Third Eye Blind
- "Kind & Generous" - Natalie Merchant
- "Lullaby" - Shawn Mullins
- "My All" - Mariah Carey
- "The First Night" - Monica
- "My Heart Will Go On" - Celine Dion
- "My Hero" - Foo Fighters
- "My Own Worst Enemy" - Lit
- "Never Ever" - All Saints
- "Never There" - Cake
- "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
- "Sex and Candy" - Marcy Playground
- "Slide" - Goo Goo Dolls
- "Still Not a Player" - Big Pun feat. Joe
- "Thank U" - Alanis Morissette
- "3 A.M." - Matchbox Twenty
- "This Kiss" - Faith Hill
- "Torn" - Natalie Imbruglia
- "Together Again" - Janet Jackson
- "Top of the World" - Brandy
- "Truly Madly Deeply" - Savage Garden
- "Turn the Page" - Metallica
- "Uninvited" - Alanis Morissette
- "The Way" - Fastball
- "When the Lights Go Out" - Five
- "Whiskey in the Jar" - Metallica
- "You're Still the One" - Shania Twain
See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1998
Top 5 selling albums of the year (United States)
- Titanic - Soundtrack (11x Platinum) [2]
- Let's Talk About Love - Celine Dion (10x Platinum)[3]
- Sevens - Garth Brooks (10x Platinum)[4]
- Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (14x Platinum) (9 during 1998) [5]
- Come on Over - Shania Twain (20x Platinum) (7 during 1998)[6]
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
- 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
- Philip Glass - White Raven
Musical theater
- 5 March - 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, 89
- January 5 - Sonny Bono, singer and songwriter, 53
- 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 13 - Buddy Lee, respiratory failure while undergoing treatment for lung cancer
- February 17 - Bob Merrill, songwriter, suicide
- February 19 - Grandpa Jones, star of Hee Haw, comedian and musician
- February 25 - Rockin' Sidney, soul musician, 59
- February 28 - Todd Duncan, first Porgy in Porgy and Bess, 95
- April 17 - Linda McCartney, Wings, breast cancer, 56
- 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 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, suicide[citation needed]
- April 9 - Tom Cora, cellist and composer, 44
- April 11 - Lillian Briggs, US singer and trombonist, lung cancer
- May 2 - Japanese rock artist Hideto "Hide" Matsumoto, found hanged in the bathroom of his Tokyo apartment and dies in hospital a short time later, 33{fact}
- May 7 - Eddie Rabbitt, country singer, lung cancer, 56
- May 9 - Alice Faye, actress and singer, 83
- May 14 - Frank Sinatra, heart attack, 82
- June 10 - Steve Sanders, the Oak Ridge Boys, suicide, 45
- June 25 - Lounès Matoub, assassinated[citation needed]
- July 6 - Roy Rogers, actor, singer, 86
- July 23 - André Gertler, violinist
- August 3 - Alfred Schnittke, composer
- August 29 - Charlie Feathers, country blues musician
- September 26 - Betty Carter, jazz singer, 69
- October 14 - Frankie Yankovic, America's "Polka King"
- November 20 - Roland Alphonso, saxophonist, 67
Awards
- The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, The Mamas and 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
Main article Grammy Awards of 1998
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
Main article 1998 MTV Video Music Awards
Charts
Triple J Hottest 100
Main article Triple J Hottest 100, 1998
References
- ^ Songs from the Year 1998. Steve Hawtin (2007). Retrieved on 2008-04-03.
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=The+Billboard+200&g=Year-end+Albums&year=1998
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=The+Billboard+200&g=Year-end+Albums&year=1998
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=The+Billboard+200&g=Year-end+Albums&year=1998
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=The+Billboard+200&g=Year-end+Albums&year=1998
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/yearend_chart_display.jsp?f=The+Billboard+200&g=Year-end+Albums&year=1998
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