Top 40 Mainstream number-one hits of 1998 (USA)
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This is a list of the U.S. Billboard magazine Top 40 Mainstream number-ones of 1998.
| Issue Date | Song | Artist |
| January 3 | "Tubthumping Tubthumping "Tubthumping", informally known by its prominent lyric "I Get Knocked Down", is the title of a song released by the Anarcho-punk band Chumbawamba on 11 August 1997 through Universal Records and EMI Electrola. It was their most successful single, peaking at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart... " |
Chumbawamba Chumbawamba Chumbawamba is a British musical group who have, over a career spanning nearly three decades, played punk rock, pop-influenced music, world music, and folk music... |
| January 10 | "Tubthumping" | Chumbawamba |
| January 17 | "Tubthumping" | Chumbawamba |
| January 24 | "Tubthumping" | Chumbawamba |
| January 31 | "Truly Madly Deeply Truly Madly Deeply "Truly Madly Deeply" is a song by Australian pop band Savage Garden, released as a single in March 1997. Written by band-mates Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones, the song is a reworking of a song called "Magical Kisses" that the pair wrote together long before recording began on their debut album.... " |
Savage Garden Savage Garden Savage Garden were an Australian pop rock performance and songwriting duo. Darren Hayes and Daniel Jones formed the group in Brisbane, Queensland in 1994... |
| February 7 | "My Heart Will Go On My Heart Will Go On "My Heart Will Go On" is the theme song/love theme of the 1997 blockbuster film Titanic. With music by James Horner, lyrics by Will Jennings, and production by Simon Franglen, James Horner and Walter Afanasieff ,, it was recorded by Céline Dion... " |
Céline Dion Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record... |
| February 14 | "My Heart Will Go On" | Céline Dion |
| February 21 | "My Heart Will Go On" | Céline Dion |
| February 28 | "My Heart Will Go On" | Céline Dion |
| March 7 | "My Heart Will Go On" | Céline Dion |
| March 14 | "My Heart Will Go On" | Céline Dion |
| March 21 | "My Heart Will Go On" | Céline Dion |
| March 28 | "My Heart Will Go On" | Céline Dion |
| April 4 | "My Heart Will Go On" | Céline Dion |
| April 11 | "My Heart Will Go On" | Céline Dion |
| April 18 | "Truly Madly Deeply" | Savage Garden |
| April 25 | "Torn Torn (Ednaswap song) "Torn" is a song by the band Ednaswap from their debut album Ednaswap . It was their second single from that album, after "Glow". "Torn" was written by Scott Cutler, Anne Preven, and Phil Thornalley during a demo session in 1993 before Ednaswap was formed. The lyrics were written by Preven.... " |
Natalie Imbruglia Natalie Imbruglia Natalie Jane Imbruglia is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan in the popular Australian soap Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, Imbruglia launched a singing career with the international hit,... |
| May 2 | "Torn" | Natalie Imbruglia |
| May 9 | "Torn" | Natalie Imbruglia |
| May 16 | "Torn" | Natalie Imbruglia |
| May 23 | "Torn" | Natalie Imbruglia |
| May 30 | "Torn" | Natalie Imbruglia |
| June 6 | "Torn" | Natalie Imbruglia |
| June 13 | "Torn" | Natalie Imbruglia |
| June 20 | "Torn" | Natalie Imbruglia |
| June 27 | "Torn" | Natalie Imbruglia |
| July 4 | "Torn" | Natalie Imbruglia |
| July 11 | "Uninvited Uninvited (song) In October 2007, a new Freemasons electro/house version was released, featuring a vocal by Bailey Tzuke. This version is shorter than their earlier mix and arranged in a more radio-friendly way.... " |
Alanis Morissette Alanis Morissette Alanis Nadine Morissette is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress. She has won 16 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and also shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination... |
| July 18 | "Uninvited" | Alanis Morissette |
| July 25 | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls Goo Goo Dolls The Goo Goo Dolls are a Grammy-nominated American rock band formed in 1986 in Buffalo, New York, by vocalist and guitarist John Rzeznik and vocalist and bass guitarist Robby Takac. Since the end of 1994, Mike Malinin has been the band's drummer, a position previously held by George Tutuska... |
| August 1 | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls |
| August 8 | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls |
| August 15 | "Iris" | Goo Goo Dolls |
| August 22 | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing I Don't Want to Miss a Thing "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" is a song performed by American rock band Aerosmith for the 1998 film Armageddon. Written by Diane Warren, the song debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 . The song stayed at number one for four weeks from September 5 to September 26, 1998... " |
Aerosmith Aerosmith Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many... |
| August 29 | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | Aerosmith |
| September 5 | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | Aerosmith |
| September 12 | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | Aerosmith |
| September 19 | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | Aerosmith |
| September 26 | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | Aerosmith |
| October 3 | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | Aerosmith |
| October 10 | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | Aerosmith |
| October 17 | "One Week" | Barenaked Ladies Barenaked Ladies Barenaked Ladies is a Canadian alternative rock band. The band is currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Ed Robertson, and Tyler Stewart. Barenaked Ladies formed in 1988 in Scarborough, Ontario, then a suburban municipality outside the City of Toronto... |
| October 24 | "One Week" | Barenaked Ladies |
| October 31 | "One Week" | Barenaked Ladies |
| November 7 | "One Week" | Barenaked Ladies |
| November 14 | "One Week" | Barenaked Ladies |
| November 21 | "One Week" | Barenaked Ladies |
| November 28 | "One Week" | Barenaked Ladies |
| December 5 | "Lullaby Lullaby (Shawn Mullins song) "Lullaby" is a song by American rock singer Shawn Mullins, from the album Soul's Core. It was released in 1998. The song has been Mullins' most successful song to date, reaching #1 on the Adult Top 40, #7 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #9 on the Modern Rock Tracks... " |
Shawn Mullins Shawn Mullins Shawn Mullins is an American singer-songwriter who specializes in folk rock, instrumental rock, adult alternative, and Americana music. He is best known for the 1998 single, "Lullaby", which hit number one on the Adult Top 40 and was nominated for a Grammy Award.-Career:Mullins was born in... |
| December 12 | "Lullaby" | Shawn Mullins |
| December 19 | "Lullaby" | Shawn Mullins |
| December 26 | "Lullaby" | Shawn Mullins |