List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1998 explained

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

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Indicates best-performing single of 1998^[1]

width=31		Issue date	Song	Artist(s)
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	821	January 3	"Candle in the Wind 1997" / "Something About the Way You Look Tonight"	Elton John	^[2]
January 10	^[3]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	822	January 17	"Truly Madly Deeply"	Savage Garden	^[4]
January 24	^[5]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	823	January 31	"Together Again"	Janet	^[6]
February 7	^[7]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	824	February 14	"Nice & Slow"	Usher	^[8]
February 21	^[9]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	825	February 28	"My Heart Will Go On"	Céline Dion	^[10]
March 7	^[11]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	826	March 14	"Gettin' Jiggy wit It”	Will Smith	^[12]
March 21	^[13]
March 28	^[14]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	827	April 4	"All My Life"	K-Ci & JoJo	^[15]
April 11	^[16]
April 18	^[17]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4	828	April 25	bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center" rowspan="4"	"Too Close"	Next	^[18]
May 2	^[19]
May 9	^[20]
May 16	^[21]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	829	May 23	"My All"	Mariah Carey	^[22]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	re	May 30	bgcolor=#FFFF99 align="center"	"Too Close"	Next	^[23]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=13	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]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4	831	September 5	"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"	Aerosmith	^[37]
September 12	^[38]
September 19	^[39]
September 26	^[40]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	832	October 3	"The First Night"	Monica	^[41]
October 10	^[42]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	833	October 17	"One Week"	Barenaked Ladies	^[43]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	re	October 24	"The First Night"	Monica	^[44]
October 31	^[45]
November 7	^[46]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	834	November 14	"Doo Wop (That Thing)"	Lauryn Hill	^[47]
November 21	^[48]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	835	November 28	"Lately"	Divine	^[49]
bgcolor=#FFFF99 colspan="5"	The Billboard Hot 100 updates its chart formula to include airplay-only songs that never had a commercial single release.
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=4	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

• 1998 in music
• List of Billboard number-one singles
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1990s

Additional sources

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Nineties
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

Notes and References

1. 1998: The Year in Music – Hot 100 Singles . . December 26, 1998 . 110 . 52 . YE-42 . February 23, 2020.
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