Editing 1998 in music (section)

===August===
*[[August 1]] – [[MTV Classic (United States)|VH1 Smooth]] is launched. The first music video played is a [[Cover version|cover]] of "[[Makin' Whoopee]]" by [[Branford Marsalis]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Hay|first=Carla|title=MuchMusic Readies Awards, Spinoff Channel; MTV's Suite Set|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EQoEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22VH1+Smooth%22&pg=PA85|access-date=March 12, 2017|volume=110|issue=34|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|date=August 22, 1998|page=85|language=en}}</ref>
*[[August 18]] – [[Korn]]'s third studio album, ''[[Follow the Leader (Korn album)|Follow the Leader]]'', enters [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] at number 1, with 268,000 copies sold in its first week. It goes on to be certified 5× Platinum by the [[RIAA]] and sell over 14 million copies worldwide, thus launching [[nu metal]] into the mainstream.
*[[August 25]] – [[Lauryn Hill]] releases her breakthrough debut album ''[[The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill]]''. The album goes on to be certified 7× Platinum by the [[RIAA]] and sell over 19 million copies worldwide.
*[[August 29]] – The [[Bee Gees]] open their [[One Night Only (Bee Gees album)|One Night Only]] tour in Dublin, Ireland<ref>{{cite news |title=People |work=[[The Fresno Bee]] |publisher=[[McClatchy|The McClatchy Company]] |location=Fresno, California |issn=0889-6070 |page=A2 |date=June 4, 1998}}</ref>