Editing 1998 in music (section)

===December===
*[[December 5]] 
**Young violinists [[Nicola Benedetti]] and [[Alina Ibragimova]] play Bach's double violin concerto under the baton of [[Yehudi Menuhin]] at the opening ceremony of the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at UNESCO in Paris.
**[[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] changes its policy for its [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] chart to allow airplay-only singles or album cuts to be accounted in the chart.{{Citation needed|date=April 2008}}
*[[December 9]] – [[Hikaru Utada]] makes their debut with the double A-side single "Automatic (Hikaru Utadasong)" / "[[Time Will Tell (Hikaru Utada song)|Time Will Tell]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2111300/full/|title=宇多田ヒカル、伝説ラジオ一夜限り復活『トレビアン・ボヘミアン』|work=[[Oricon]]|date=May 14, 2018|access-date=July 10, 2018}}</ref>
*[[December 29]] – [[India]] issues a set of postage stamps on the subject of Indian musical instruments.<ref>[http://www.indianphilatelics.com/hobby-of-philately.html Gallery of Indian Philately]. Accessed 12 November 2014</ref>