Editing 1998 in music (section)

==Top 40 Chart hit singles==
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! <big>Song title</big> 
! <big>Artist(s)</big> 
! <big>Release date(s)</big> 
! <big>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</big>
! <big>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</big>
! <big>Highest chart position</big>
! <big>Other Chart Performance(s)</big>
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|"[[3AM (Matchbox Twenty song)|3AM]]" || [[Matchbox Twenty]] || {{Date table sorting|011998}}|January 1998 || 3 || 64 || 1 (Canada) || [[3AM (Matchbox Twenty song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
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===Other Chart hit singles===
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*"[[3 A.M. (Matchbox Twenty song)|3 A.M.]]" – [[Matchbox Twenty]] (#1 CAN)
*"[[All Around the World (Oasis song)|All Around the World]]" – [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] (#1 UK)
*"[[All 'Bout the Money]]" – [[Meja]]
*"[[All I Have to Give]]" – [[Backstreet Boys]] (#1 SP, #2 UK, #3 CAN)
*"[[All My Life (K-Ci & JoJo song)|All My Life]]" – [[K-Ci & JoJo]] (#1 AUS, NLD, NZ, #1 US)
*"[[All That I Need]]" – [[Boyzone]] (#1 IRL, UK, TAI)
*"[[The Angel and the Gambler]]" - [[Iron Maiden]] (#3 IT, FIN)
*"[[Angels (Robbie Williams song)|Angels]]" – [[Robbie Williams]] (#2 IRL, #4 SWI, UK, #6 BE)
*"[[Angels Crying]]" – [[E-Type (musician)|E-Type]] (#2 FIN, SWE, NOR)
*"[[Another One Bites The Dust]]" – [[Queen (band)|Queen]], [[Wyclef Jean]], [[Pras]] & [[Free (rapper)|Free]] (#5 UK, #9 NZ)
*"[[Are You That Somebody?]]" – [[Aaliyah]] & [[Timbaland]] (#1 NZ, #3 NLD, #6 CAN)
*"[[Ava Adore]]" – [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] (#1 ICE, #2 GR)
*"Baby Don't Go" – [[Close II You]] (#4 NL)
*"[[...Baby One More Time]]" – [[Britney Spears]] (#1 US, AUS, AUT, BE, CAN, CZ, DEN, FIN, FR, GER, IRL, IT, NLD, NZ, NOR, SWE, SWI, UK)
*"[[Bailando (Paradisio song)|Bailando]]" – [[Loona (singer)|Loona]] (#1 GER, SWI, #3 AUT)
*"[[Bamboogie]]" - [[Bamboo]]
*"[[Be Careful (Sparkle song)|Be Careful]]" – [[Sparkle (singer)|Sparkle]] & [[R. Kelly]] (#3 US, #4 NLD, #7 UK)
*"[[Because We Want To]]" – [[Billie Piper|Billie]] (#1 UK, #5 BE, #8 SWE)
*"[[Believe (Cher song)|Believe]]" – [[Cher]]
*"[[Big Big World (song)|Big Big World]]" – [[Emilia Rydberg]] (#1 AUT, BE, GER, NLD, NOR, SP, SWE, SWI)
*"[[Big Mistake]]" – [[Natalie Imbruglia]] (#2 UK, #5 SP, #6 AUS)
*"[[Blue Angels (song)|Blue Angels]]" – [[Pras]] & [[The Product G&B]] (#6 UK)
*"[[Bootie Call]]" – [[All Saints (group)|All Saints]] (#1 UK, #5 NLD, #9 IRL)
*"[[The Boy Is Mine (Brandy and Monica song)|The Boy Is Mine]]" – [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]] & [[Monica (singer)|Monica]]
*"[[Brother Louie '98]]" – [[Modern Talking]]
*"[[Calcutta (Taxi Taxi Taxi)]]" – [[Dr. Bombay (singer)|Dr. Bombay]]
*"[[Can't Keep This Feeling In]]" – [[Cliff Richard]]
*"[[Carnaval de Paris]]" – [[Dario G]]
*"[[C'est La Vie (B*Witched song)|C'est La Vie]]" – [[B*Witched]]
*"[[The Chameleon (King África song)|The Chameleon]]" – [[King África]]
*"[[Changes (Tupac Shakur song)|Changes]]" – [[2Pac]]
*"[[Chanter pour ceux qui sont loin de chez eux]]" – [[Lââm]]
*"[[Chocolate Salty Balls]]" – [[Chef]]
*"[[Cleopatra's Theme]]" – [[Cleopatra (group)|Cleopatra]]
*"[[Closing Time (Semisonic song)|Closing Time]]" – [[Semisonic]]
*"[[Cloud Number Nine]]" – [[Bryan Adams]]
*"[[Come with Me (Puff Daddy song)|Come with Me]]" – [[Puff Daddy]] & [[Jimmy Page]]
*"[[Cose della vita]]" – [[Eros Ramazzotti]] & [[Tina Turner]]
*"[[Crazy Little Party Girl]]" – [[Aaron Carter]]
*"[[Cruel Summer (Bananarama song)|Cruel Summer]]" – [[Ace of Base]]
*"[[Crush (Jennifer Paige song)|Crush]]" – [[Jennifer Paige]]
*"[[The Cup of Life]]" – [[Ricky Martin]]
*"[[Daydreamin' (Tatyana Ali song)|Daydreamin']]" – [[Tatyana Ali]]
*"[[Daysleeper]]" – [[R.E.M.]]
*"[[Deeper Underground]]" – [[Jamiroquai]]
*"[[Diva (Dana International song)|Diva]]" – [[Dana International]]
*"[[Doctor Jones]]" – [[Aqua (band)|Aqua]]
*"[[DooDah!]]" – [[Cartoons (band)|Cartoons]]
*"[[Doo Wop (That Thing)]]" – [[Lauryn Hill]]
*"[[Dragula (song)|Dragula]]" – [[Rob Zombie]]
*"[[Dreams (Fleetwood Mac song)|Dreams]]" - [[The Corrs]]
*"[[Drowned World/Substitute for Love]]" – [[Madonna]]
*"[[Ein Schwein namens Männer]]" – [[Die Ärzte]]
*"[[End of the Line (Honeyz song)|End of the Line]]" – [[Honeyz]]
*"[[Everybody (Backstreet's Back)]]" – [[Backstreet Boys]]
*"[[Everybody Get Up (Five song)|Everybody Get Up]]" – [[Five (group)|Five]]
*"[[Faith (Limp Bizkit song)|Faith]]" – [[Limp Bizkit]]
*"[[Feel It (The Tamperer featuring Maya song)|Feel It]]" – [[The Tamperer featuring Maya]]
*"[[Finally Found]]" – [[Honeyz]]
*"[[The First Night]]" – [[Monica (singer)|Monica]]
*"[[Flugzeuge im Bauch]]" – [[Oli.P]]
*"[[Fly Away (Lenny Kravitz song)|Fly Away]]" – [[Lenny Kravitz]]
*"[[Found a Cure (Ultra Naté song)|Found a Cure]]" - [[Ultra Naté]]
*"[[Freak Me]]" – [[Another Level (band)|Another Level]]
*"[[Freak On A Leash]]" – [[Korn]]
*"[[From This Moment On (Shania Twain song)|From This Moment On]]" – [[Shania Twain]]
*"[[Frozen (Madonna song)|Frozen]]" – [[Madonna]]
*"[[Gettin' Jiggy wit It]]" – [[Will Smith]]
*"[[Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)]]" – [[Pras]]& [[Mýa]] & [[Ol' Dirty Bastard]]
*"[[Gimme Love (Alexia song)|Gimme Love]]" – [[Alexia (Italian singer)|Alexia]]
*"[[Girlfriend (Billie song)|Girlfriend]]" – [[Billie Piper|Billie]]
*"[[Given to Fly]]" – [[Pearl Jam]]
*"[[God Is a DJ (Faithless song)|God Is a DJ]]" – [[Faithless]]
*"[[Gone till November]]" – [[Wyclef Jean]]
*"[[Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)]]" – [[Green Day]]
*"[[Goodbye (Spice Girls song)|Goodbye]]" – [[Spice Girls]]
*"[[Got the Feelin'|Got the Feelin{{'-}}]]" – [[Five (band)|Five]]
*"[[Gym and Tonic]]" – [[Spacedust]]
*"[[Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)]]" – [[Jay-Z]]
*"[[Heartbeat (Steps song)|Heartbeat]] / [[Tragedy (Celldweller)|Tragedy]]" – [[Steps (group)|Steps]]
*"[[Here I Go Again (E-Type song)|Here I Go Again]]" – [[E-Type (musician)|E-Type]]
*"[[High (Lighthouse Family song)|High]]" – [[Lighthouse Family]]
*"[[Hijo de la Luna]]" – [[Loona (singer)|Loona]]
*"[[Horny '98]]" – [[Mousse T.]]
*"[[How Deep Is Your Love (Dru Hill song)|How Deep Is Your Love]]" – [[Dru Hill]]
*"[[How Much Is the Fish?]]" – [[Scooter (band)|Scooter]]
*"[[I Don't Want to Miss a Thing]]" – [[Aerosmith]]
*"[[I Don't Want to Wait]]" – [[Paula Cole]]
*"[[Dedicated To...|If You Believe]]" – [[Sascha Schmitz]]
*"[[If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Better)]]" – [[The Tamperer featuring Maya]]
*"[[If You Could Read My Mind (song)|If You Could Read My Mind]]" – [[Stars on 54]]
*"[[If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next]]" – [[Manic Street Preachers]]
*"[[I Get Lonely]]" – [[Janet Jackson]]
*"[[I Love the Way You Love Me]]" – [[Boyzone]] (#1 NZ, #2 UK)
*"[[I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You]]" – [[Tina Arena]] and [[Marc Anthony]]
*"[[I Want You Back (Melanie B song)|I Want You Back]]" – [[Melanie Brown]] & [[Missy Elliott]]
*"[[I Want You Back (NSYNC song)|I Want You Back]]" – [[NSYNC]]
*"[[I Want You to Want Me (Solid Harmonie song)|I Want You to Want Me]]" - [[Solid Harmonie]]
*"[[I Wish (Oli.P song)|I Wish]]" – [[Oliver Petszokat]]
*"[[I'm Your Angel]]" – [[Celine Dion|Céline Dion]] & [[R. Kelly]] (#1 US, #3 UK)
*"[[Immortality (Celine Dion song)|Immortality]]" – [[Celine Dion]] & [[Bee Gees]]
*"[[Intergalactic (song)|Intergalactic]]" – [[Beastie Boys]] (#2 ICE, #4 NZ)
*"[[Insane (Texas song)|Insane]]" – [[Texas (band)|Texas]]
*"[[Iris (Goo Goo Dolls song)|Iris]]" – [[Goo Goo Dolls]] (#1 AUS, CAN, IT)
*"[[It's like That (Run-D.M.C. song)|It's like That]]" – [[Run-DMC|Run-D.M.C.]] & [[Jason Nevins]]
*"[[It's Tricky]]" – [[Run-DMC|Run-D.M.C.]] and [[Jason Nevins]]
*"[[Jumper (Third Eye Blind song)|Jumper]]" – [[Third Eye Blind]]
*"[[Just the Two of Us (Will Smith song)|Just the Two of Us]]" – [[Will Smith]]
*"[[Kind & Generous]]" – [[Natalie Merchant]]
*"[[Kung Fu Fighting]]" – [[Bus Stop (band)|Bus Stop]] & [[Carl Douglas]]
*"[[La Primavera (song)|La Primavera]]" – [[Sash!]]
*"[[La Tribu de Dana]]" – [[Manau (group)|Manau]]
*"[[Last Thing on My Mind (Steps song)|Last Thing on My Mind]]" – [[Steps (group)|Steps]]
*"[[Lately (Divine song)|Lately]]" – [[Divine (group)|Divine]]
*"[[Let the Music Heal Your Soul]]" – [[Bravo All Stars]]
*"[[Life (Des'ree song)|Life]]" – [[Des'ree]]
*"[[Life Is a Flower]]" – [[Ace of Base]]
*"[[Lilali]]" – [[Kim Kay]]
*"[[Lollipop (Candyman)]]" – [[Aqua (band)|Aqua]]
*"[[Looking for Love (Karen Ramirez song)|Looking for Love]]" – [[Karen Ramirez]]
*"[[Lords of the Boards]]" – [[Guano Apes]]
*"[[Lullaby (Shawn Mullins song)|Lullaby]]" – [[Shawn Mullins]]
*"[[Make 'Em Say Uhh!]]" – [[Master P]] & [[Fiend (rapper)|Fiend]], [[Silkk The Shocker]], [[Mia X]], [[Mystikal]]
*"[[Miami (Will Smith song)|Miami]]" – [[Will Smith]]
*"[[Millennium (song)|Millennium]]" – [[Robbie Williams]]
*"[[Move Mania]]" - [[Sash!]]
*"[[Music Sounds Better with You]]" – [[Stardust (band)|Stardust]]
*"[[My All]]" – [[Mariah Carey]]
*"[[My Friend (So Long)]]" – [[DC Talk]]
*"[[My Heart Will Go On]]" – [[Celine Dion]]
*"[[My Hero (song)|My Hero]]" – [[Foo Fighters]]
*"[[Mysterious Times]]" – [[Sash!]] (#5 IT, NOR, #6 DEN)
*"[[Narcotic]]" – [[Liquido]]
*"[[Never Ever (All Saints song)|Never Ever]]" – [[All Saints (group)|All Saints]] 
*"[[Nice & Slow]]" – [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]]
*"[[No Matter What (Boyzone song)|No Matter What]]" – [[Boyzone]]
*"[[No Regrets (Robbie Williams song)|No Regrets]]" - [[Robbie Williams]]
*"[[Not About Us]]" – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
*"[[Once Upon a Time (Down Low song)|Once Upon a Time]]" – [[Down Low (rap group)|Down Low]]
*"[[One for Sorrow (song)|One for Sorrow]]" – [[Steps (group)|Steps]]
*"[[One Week (song)|One Week]]" – [[Barenaked Ladies]]
*"[[Only When I Lose Myself]]" – [[Depeche Mode]]
*"[[Out of the Dark (Into the Light)|Out of the Dark]]" – [[Falco (musician)|Falco]]
*"[[Outside (George Michael song)|Outside]]" – [[George Michael]]
*"[[The Power of Good-Bye]]" – [[Madonna]]
*"[[Psycho Circus]]" – [[Kiss (band)|KISS]]
*"[[Push It (Garbage song)|Push It]]" – [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]]
*"[[Ray of Light (song)|Ray of Light]]" – [[Madonna]]
*"[[Real World (Matchbox Twenty song)|Real World]]" – [[Matchbox Twenty]]
*"[[Remember the Time]]" – [[Nana (rapper)|Nana]]
*"[[Renegade Master|Renegade Master '89]]" – [[Roger McKenzie (musician)|Wildchild]]
*"[[The Rockafeller Skank]]" – [[Fatboy Slim]]
*"[[Rollercoaster (B*Witched song)|Rollercoaster]]" – [[B*Witched]]
*"[[Save Tonight]]" – [[Eagle-Eye Cherry]]
*"[[Say It Once]]" – [[Ultra (British band)|Ultra]]
*"[[Say What You Want|Say What You Want (All Day, Every Day)]]" – [[Texas (band)|Texas]] & [[Wu-Tang Clan]]
*"[[Searchin' My Soul]]" - [[Vonda Shepard]]
*"[[Sex and Candy]]" – [[Marcy Playground]]
*"[[Şımarık]]" – [[Tarkan (singer)|Tarkan]]
*"[[Slam Dunk (Da Funk)]]" - [[Five (group)|Five]]
*"[[Slide (Goo Goo Dolls song)|Slide]]" – [[Goo Goo Dolls]]
*"[[Someone Loves You Honey#Lutricia McNeal version|Someone Loves You Honey]]" – [[Lutricia McNeal]]
*"[[Stand by Me (Ben E. King song)|Stand by Me]]" – [[4 The Cause]]
*"[[Still Not a Player]]" – [[Big Pun]] & [[Joe (singer)|Joe]]
*"[[Stop (Spice Girls song)|Stop]]" – [[Spice Girls]]
*"[[Stranded (Lutricia McNeal song)|Stranded]]" – [[Lutricia McNeal]]
*"[[Sweetest Thing]]" – [[U2]]
*"[[Take Me There (Blackstreet & Mýa song)|Take Me There]]" – [[Blackstreet]] & [[Mýa]]
*"[[Teardrop (Massive Attack song)|Teardrop]]" – [[Massive Attack]]
*"[[Thank U]]" – [[Alanis Morissette]]
*"[[Thinking of You (Hanson song)|Thinking of You]]" - [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]]
*"[[This Is How We Party]]" – [[S.O.A.P. (band)|S.O.A.P.]]
*"[[This Kiss (Faith Hill song)|This Kiss]]" – [[Faith Hill]]
*"[[Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper song)|Time After Time]]" - [[INOJ]]
*"[[To You I Belong]]" – [[B*Witched]]
*"[[Together Again (Janet Jackson song)|Together Again]]" – [[Janet Jackson]]
*"[[Too Close (Next song)|Too Close]]" – [[Next (American group)|Next]]
*"[[Too Much (Spice Girls song)|Too Much]]" – [[Spice Girls]]
*"[[Too Much Heaven]]" – [[Nana (rapper)|Nana]]
*"[[Top of the World (Brandy song)|Top of the World]]" – [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]]
*"[[Torn (Natalie Imbruglia song)|Torn]]" – [[Natalie Imbruglia]]
*"[[Touch It (Monifah song)|Touch It]]" – [[Monifah]]
*"[[Truly Madly Deeply (song)|Truly Madly Deeply]]" – [[Savage Garden]]
*"[[Turn Back Time (Aqua song)|Turn Back Time]]" – [[Aqua (band)|Aqua]]
*"[[Turn It Up (remix)/Fire It Up]]" – [[Busta Rhymes]]
*"[[Turn the Page (Bob Seger song)|Turn the Page]]" – [[Metallica]]
*"[[Under the Bridge]] / [[Lady Marmalade]]" – [[All Saints (group)|All Saints]]
*"[[Unforgivable Sinner]]" – [[Lene Marlin]]
*"[[The Unforgiven II]]" – [[Metallica]]
*"[[Uninvited (song)|Uninvited]]" – [[Alanis Morissette]]
*"[[Until the Time Is Through]]" – [[Five (band)|Five]]
*"[[Up and Down (Vengaboys song)|Up and Down]]" – [[Vengaboys]]
*"[[Vill ha dig]]" – [[Drömhus]]
*"[[Viva Forever]]" – [[Spice Girls]]
*"[[Vivo per lei (je vis pour elle)]]" – [[Hélène Ségara]] & [[Andrea Bocelli]]
*"[[Wanna Get Up]]" – [[2 Unlimited]]
*"[[The Way (Fastball song)|The Way]]" – [[Fastball (band)|Fastball]]
*"[[We Like to Party (Vengaboys song)|We Like To Party]]" – [[Vengaboys]]
*"[[Weird (Hanson song)|Weird]]" – [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]]
*"[[Westside (TQ song)|Westside]]" – [[TQ (singer)|TQ]]
*"[[What Can I Do? (The Corrs song)|What Can I Do?]]" – [[The Corrs]]
*"[[What Can I Do? (The Corrs song)|What Can I Do?]]" (Remix) – [[The Corrs]] & [[Tin Tin Out]]
*"[[What's Your Sign? (song)|What's Your Sign?]]" – [[Des'ree]] 
*"[[When the Lights Go Out (song)|When the Lights Go Out]]" – [[Five (band)|Five]]
*"[[When the Rain Begins to Fall]]" – Pappa Bear & Van der Toorn
*"[[When You Believe]]" – [[Mariah Carey]] & [[Whitney Houston]]
*"[[When You're Gone (Bryan Adams song)|When You're Gone]]" – [[Bryan Adams]] & [[Melanie C]]
*"[[Whiskey in the Jar]]" – [[Metallica]]
*"[[Witch Doctor (song)|Witch Doctor]]" – [[Cartoons (band)|Cartoons]] (#2 UK, #9 BE)
*"[[Would You...?]]" – [[Touch and Go (band)|Touch and Go]] (#2 IT, #3 UK, #4 NZ, SWI)
*"[[Yakalelo]]" – [[Nomads]]
*"[[You're a Superstar]]" – [[Love Inc. (band)|Love Inc.]]
*"[[You're My Heart, You're My Soul '98]]" – [[Modern Talking]] (#2 AUT, GER, #3 FR, #4 SWI)
*"[[You're Still the One]]" – [[Shania Twain]]
*"[[Zora Sourit]]" – [[Celine Dion]]
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