Editing 1998 in music (section)

===May===
*[[May 5]] – South Korean boy band, [[Shinhwa]] debut under [[SM Entertainment]]. 
*[[May 8]] 
**The third European Festival of Youth Choirs is held in [[Basel]], Switzerland.
**A British court rules in favor of [[the Beatles]] and [[John Lennon]]'s widow, [[Yoko Ono]], stopping the release of another ''Live at the Star Club'' recording. All copies of the recording and the original tape are awarded to the Beatles, as well as damages and legal costs.
*[[May 9]] – The 43rd [[Eurovision Song Contest 1998|Eurovision Song Contest]], held in [[Birmingham]], United Kingdom, is won by [[Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest|Israel]]'s [[transgender]] performer [[Dana International]] with the song ''"[[Diva (Dana International song)|Diva]]"'' See: [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1998 1998 – Diggiloo Thrush]
*[[May 26]] – [[Anggun]] releases her debut album, [[Snow on the Sahara (album)|''Snow on the Sahara'']] in North America, which would go on to sell 1 million copies across Europe and America and becoming the best-selling album by Asian artist outside Asia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/anggun-experienced-rejection-rejection-102827769.html|title=Anggun: I experienced rejection after rejection|publisher=[[Yahoo!|Yahoo! Singapore]]|date=13 November 2015|access-date=14 November 2015|first=Pamela|last=Chow}}</ref>
*[[May 27]] – [[Ringo Sheena]] releases her debut single "[[Kōfukuron]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/284014|title=椎名林檎の全曲サブスク配信スタート、4年ぶりアリーナツアーも決定|work=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie]]|date=May 28, 2018|access-date=July 10, 2018}}</ref>
*[[May 31]] – [[Geri Halliwell]] goes into hiding as her public relations representative, Julian Torton, confirms that she has left the [[Spice Girls]] permanently.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429905/19980531/halliwell_geri.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010317054403/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429905/19980531/halliwell_geri.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 17, 2001|title=Geri Halliwell Quits Spice Girls|year=1998|work=MTV|access-date=September 26, 2008}}</ref>