1998 in music
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[edit] Events
- 1998 - The single Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls sets a new hot 100 airplay record, 18 weeks at number one.
- February 15 - Sir Edward Elgar's unfinished third symphony, completed by Anthony Payne is performed for the first time at the Royal Festival Hall.
- February 17 - Illegal Art and ®™ark release Deconstructing Beck which quickly spawned reactions from Beck's publisher, record label, and personal lawyer.
- February 19 - The Stray Cats reunite for a benefit show for the Carl Perkins Foundation at L.A.'s House of Blues.
- February 19 - Lorrie Morgan issues a statement denying a story reported in the tabloid Star magazine that claimed that the singer had an affair with US President Bill Clinton
- February 22 - In Los Angeles, California, Stevie Wonder is honored as the 1999 MusiCares Person of the Year.
- February 24 - Elton John is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. The singer is mistakenly introduced as "Sir John Elton".
- Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee is arrested and charged with beating his wife, actress Pamela Anderson. Malibu sheriff deputies responded to reports of a disturbance and found Anderson bleeding from an injury to her hand.
- February 24 - John Fogerty is awarded the 1998 Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award
- February 28 - A failed assassination attempt against the band RAM during the Port-au-Prince Carnival celebration in Haiti results in the death of eight innocent bystanders.
- March 2 - Madonna embarks on a massive comeback album with Ray of Light which becomes four times platinum and wins three Grammy Awards including Best Pop Album and Best Dance Recording.
- March 13 - The Smashing Pumpkins file a $1 million lawsuit against UK-based Sound And Media Ltd., alleging that the company released a book and CD about the band without proper clearances.
- March 17 - The Corrs at London's Royal Albert Hall.
- March 26 - Chuck Negron files a lawsuit against his fellow Three Dog Night band mates, alleging that they broke a 1990 settlement agreement and interfered with his career.
- Glen Buxton, the guitarist for the original Alice Cooper Band, dies at the age of 49.
- April 1998 - John Frusciante rejoins the Red Hot Chili Peppers at the personal request of Flea.
- April 5 - Rock and Roll drummer Cozy Powell is killed in a high-speed car crash near Bristol, England. Powell was known for playing with Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Jeff Beck, Brian May and Whitesnake.
- April 7 - George Michael is arrested in a public restroom in Beverly Hills, California for lewd conduct. Michael is sentenced to community service.
- April 29 - Steven Tyler breaks his knee at a concert in Anchorage, Alaska delaying Aerosmith's grueling Nine lives tour and necessetating camera angle adjustments for the filming of the video for "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing".
- 17–19 April - The second Terrastock festival is held in San Francisco.
- May 2 - Japanese rock artist Hideto "Hide" Matsumoto is found hanged in the bathroom of his Tokyo apartment and dies at the hospital a short time later at the age of 33. His funeral, held on May 7, is attended by 70,000 people and requires the deployment of police boats, helicopters, 100 ground officers, and 170 security guards; 21 people are hospitalized for injuries.
- May 5 - Capital Punishment,the first solo album from legendary MC Big Pun is released to huge critical and comercial acclaim.
- May 8 - 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 - The 3rd EJCF in Basel was held. Next time was in 2001.
- MAY 14 - Frank Sinatra dies of a heart attack. He was 82
- May 29 - Geri Halliwell goes into hiding and her PR Julian Torton confirms that she has left the Spice Girls permanently.
- July 8th - Slipknot signs with Roadrunner Records.
- July 15 - Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer is burned when his Ferrari catches fire at a gas station.
- August, 25 - Lauryn Hill's The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill was release to critical and commercial Praise, and sold over 18 Million Albums.
- September 22 - Goo Goo Dolls release their top album, Dizzy Up The Girl
- October 13 - Britney Spears' recording career begins her first debut teen pop hit ...Baby One More Time went straight at #1 on the Hot 100 chart.
- December 5 - Billboard changes chart policy for their Hot 100 chart to allow airplay only singles or album cuts to make that chart. Natalie Imbruglia's smash hit Torn re-entered the chart and made its highest debut at No. 42, 9 months after the song topped the Radio Chart for 12 weeks.
- The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra launches its own recording label, RLPO Live.
- Teen singer Billie Piper starts her career by becoming the youngest British solo artist to debut at #1 on the UK singles charts.
- Singers Brandy and Monica dominate the Billboard charts with the duet The Boy Is Mine, holding the Billboard Hot 100 #1 spot for a record 13 weeks.
- The entertainment industry frantically lobbies for, and the United States Congress passes, the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, which gives the entertainment industry 20 more years of exclusive monopoly on all of its works created since 1923.
- Composer John Harbison is a winner of the Heinz Award for the Arts and Humanities.
- Rich Beddoe replaces Rob Gommerman in Finger Eleven.
- Coal Chamber began to fight on stage, it was the first sign of their demise.
[edit] Bands formed
- 30 Seconds to Mars
- A-Teens
- American Hi-Fi
- Breaking Benjamin
- The Comas
- Eagles of Death Metal
- ETHEL
- Evanescence
- Fantômas
- Fischerspooner
- Interpol
- Reggie and the Full Effect
- Thrice
- Týr
- Zyklon
- Sugababes
- Panda Bear (musician)
- The Strokes
- Underoath
[edit] Bands disbanded
- Archers of Loaf
- Cold Cold Hearts
- Dead Can Dance
- Faith No More
- Helmet
- Hoodoo Gurus
- Hunters & Collectors
- The Jesus and Mary Chain
- Mineral
- A Minor Forest
- Neutral Milk Hotel
- The Posies
- The Presidents of the United States of America (reformed in 2000)
- Refused
- Shudder To Think
- Smoking Popes
- Toad The Wet Sprocket
- Turbonegro
- Weddings Parties Anything
[edit] Albums released
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[edit] January
| Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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| 12 | Impossible Princess | Kylie Minogue | Australia |
| 13 | All Fall Down | Against All Authority | - |
| Challenge for a Civilized Society | Unwound | - | |
| Money, Power & Respect | The Lox | - | |
| Naked Baby Photos | Ben Folds Five | Compilation | |
| Yodel the Cowboy Way | Riders in the Sky | - | |
| 20 | Moon Safari | Air | US |
| Petitioning the Empty Sky | Converge | - | |
| 27 | American Teenage Rock 'n' Roll Machine | The Donnas | - |
| Do or Die | Dropkick Murphys | - | |
| Wide Open Spaces | Dixie Chicks | - | |
| 29 | The Truth | Prince | - |
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[edit] Date unknown
- Digilogue (compact disc version) - :zoviet*france:
[edit] Biggest hit singles
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1998.
| # | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart Entries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Celine Dion | My Heart Will Go On | 1998 | Image:Flag of Canada.svg | UK 1 - Feb 1998, US BB 1 of 1998, Holland 1 - Jan 1998, Sweden 1 - Feb 1998, Austria 1 - Feb 1998, Switzerland 1 - Jan 1998, Norway 1 - Feb 1998, Germany 1 - Jan 1998, Eire 1 - Feb 1998, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Apr 1998, Oscar in 1997, Grammy in 1998, Poland 2 - Jan 1998, Australia 3 of 1998, Italy 4 of 1998, Germany 7 of the 1990s, Global 7 (10 M sold) - 1997, POP 9 of 1998, Europe 14 of the 1990s, AFI 14, US BB 24 of 1998, Party 48 of 1999, Scrobulate 67 of soundtrack, OzNet 162, RIAA 246, Acclaimed 1784 |
| 2 | Cher | Believe | 1998 | Image:Flag of the United States.svg | UK 1 - Oct 1998, US BB 1 of 1999, Holland 1 - Nov 1998, Sweden 1 - Nov 1998, Switzerland 1 - Nov 1998, Norway 1 - Jan 1998, Germany 1 - Jan 1999, Eire 1 - Nov 1998, New Zealand 1 for 1 weeks Jan 1999, Australia 1 for 5 weeks May 1999, Austria 2 - Nov 1998, Poland 2 - Nov 1998, Italy 2 of 1999, Global 7 (10 M sold) - 1998, US BB 8 of 1999, POP 8 of 1999, Scrobulate 10 of gay, Australia 14 of 1999, Germany 31 of the 1990s, Europe 72 of the 1990s, OzNet 252, Acclaimed 1839 |
| 3 | Aerosmith | I Don't Want to Miss a Thing | 1998 | Image:Flag of the United States.svg | US BB 1 of 1998, Sweden 1 - Aug 1998, Austria 1 - Aug 1998, Switzerland 1 - Aug 1998, Norway 1 - Aug 1998, Italy 1 of 1998, Germany 1 - Jul 1998, Eire 1 - Oct 1998, Australia 1 for 9 weeks Jan 1999, POP 1 of 1998, US BB 2 of 1998, Australia 2 of 1998, Holland 3 - Aug 1998, UK 4 - Sep 1998, Poland 4 - Jul 1998, Scrobulate 26 of soundtrack, Party 52 of 2007, Germany 71 of the 1990s, Europe 80 of the 1990s, RYM 100 of 1998, OzNet 974 |
| 4 | Run DMC & Jason Nevins | It's Like That | 1998 | Image:Flag of the United States.svg | UK 1 - Mar 1998, Holland 1 - Dec 1997, Switzerland 1 - Dec 1997, Norway 1 - Feb 1998, Germany 1 - Jan 1998, Eire 1 - Mar 1998, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks May 1998, Australia 1 for 1 weeks May 1998, Austria 2 - Jan 1998, Australia 4 of 1998, Sweden 6 - Jan 1998, RYM 29 of 1983, Italy 31 of 1997, Poland 33 - Feb 1998, Germany 34 of the 1990s, Acclaimed 1050 |
| 5 | Madonna | Frozen | 1998 | Image:Flag of the United States.svg | UK 1 - Mar 1998, Poland 1 - Feb 1998, US BB 2 of 1998, Holland 2 - Feb 1998, Switzerland 2 - Mar 1998, Norway 2 - Feb 1998, Germany 2 - Feb 1998, Sweden 3 - Feb 1998, Austria 3 - Mar 1998, France 5 - Feb 1998, RYM 6 of 1998, Italy 7 of 1998, Scrobulate 29 of pop, Australia 37 of 1998, Europe 55 of the 1990s, Poland 85 of all time, Germany 183 of the 1990s, Acclaimed 2305 |
[edit] Top hits
- "All I Have to Give" - Backstreet Boys
- "Are You That Somebody?" - Aaliyah featuring Timbaland
- "...Baby One More Time" - Britney Spears
- "Back 2 Good" - Matchbox Twenty
- "Because We Want To" - Billie
- "The Boy Is Mine" - Brandy and Monica
- "Cruel Summer" - Ace of Base
- "Crush" - Jennifer Paige
- "Diva" - Dana International
- "Doo Wop (That Thing)" - Lauryn Hill
- "The Dope Show"-Marilyn Manson
- "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" - Backstreet Boys
- "Frozen" - Madonna
- "Fly Away" - Lenny Kravitz
- "Girlfriend" - Billie
- "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" - Will Smith
- "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" - Green Day
- "Goodbye" - Spice Girls
- "Hands" - Jewel
- "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" - Aerosmith
- "I'm Your Angel" - Céline Dion & R. Kelly
- "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
- "Kind & Generous" - Natalie Merchant
- "My All" - Mariah Carey
- "The First Night" - Monica
- "My Heart Will Go On" - Celine Dion
- "My Hero" - Foo Fighters
- "My Own Worst Enemy" - Lit
- "Never Ever" - All Saints
- "Never There" - Cake
- "No Ordinary Love" - Sade
- "The Power of Good-Bye" - Madonna
- "Psycho Circus" - KISS
- "Ray of Light" - Madonna
- "Real World" - Matchbox Twenty
- "Remember When" - Color Me Badd
- "Slide" - Goo Goo Dolls
- "Still Not A Player" - Big Pun
- "Thank U" - Alanis Morissette
- "Torn" - Natalie Imbruglia
- "Together Again" - Janet Jackson
- "Top of the World" - Brandy
- "Turn the Page" - Metallica
- "Uninvited" - Alanis Morissette
- "The Way" - Fastball
- "When the Lights Go Out" - Five
- "Whiskey in the Jar" - Metallica
- "You're Still the One" - Shania Twain
See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1998
[edit] Top 10 selling albums of the year (United States)
- R. Kelly - R. (8x Platinum)
- Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (8x Platinum)
- Brandy - Never Say Never (5x Platinum)
- Korn - Follow The Leader (5x Platinum)
- The Offspring - Americana (5x Platinum)
- Cher - Believe (5x Platinum)
- Jay-Z - Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life (5x Platinum)
- Madonna - Ray of Light (5x Platinum)
- Whitney Houston - My Love Is Your Love (4x Platinum)
- Monica - The Boy Is Mine (3x Platinum)
[edit] Classical music
- Leonardo Balada - Folk Dreams (Three Pieces for Orchestra)
- Osvaldas Balakauskas - Symphony No. 4
- Louis Andriessen - Writing to Vermeer
- John Barry - The Beyondness of Things
- George Crumb - Mundus Canis (A Dog's World) for guitar and percussion
- Mario Davidovsky - String Quartet No. 5
- Ludovico Einaudi - Arie
- Jake Heggie - Sophie's Song
- Gordon McPherson - Miami
- Zbigniew Preisner - Requiem for my Friend
- Einojuhani Rautavaara - Piano Concerto No. 3 Gift of Dreams
- Juan Maria Solare - Spaghettisssimo
- Morton Subotnick - Echoes from the Silent Call of Girona
[edit] Opera
- Mark Adamo - Little Women
- Christopher Butterfield - Zurich 1916
- Philip Glass - White Raven
[edit] Musical theater
- The Boy from Oz, Sydney production opened on March 5
- Cabaret (Kander and Ebb) - Broadway revival
- Footloose Broadway production
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Stephen Trask) - off-Broadway production
- High Society Broadway production
- Ragtime Broadway production
- The Sound of Music (Rodgers & Hammerstein) - Broadway revival
[edit] Deaths
- January 4 - Mae Questel, (89), singer and actress, the voice of Betty Boop
- January 5 - Sonny Bono, singer, songwriter, etc, 53
- January 8 - Michael Tippett, composer (born 1905)
- January 11 - Klaus Tennstedt, conductor, 71
- January 15 - Junior Wells, harmonica player, 64
- January 19 - Carl Perkins, complications following a series of strokes
- February 3 - Fat Pat, American rapper, shot
- February 6:
- Carl Wilson, The Beach Boys, lung cancer
- Falco, rock star, car accident
- February 13 - Buddy Lee, respiratory failure while undergoing treatment for lung cancer
- February 17 - Bob Merrill, songwriter, suicide
- February 19 - Grandpa Jones, star of Hee Haw, comedian and musician
- February 25 - Rockin' Sidney, soul musician, 59
- February 28 - Todd Duncan, first Porgy in Porgy and Bess, age 95
- April 17 - Linda McCartney, Wings, breast cancer, 56
- March 12 - Judge Dread, ska and reggae performer (died on stage)
- April 1 - Rozz Williams, founder of Christian Death, suicide; hanging
- April 5 - Cozy Powell, drummer for Rainbow and Black Sabbath, car accident
- April 6 - Tammy Wynette, country singer, 55
- April 7 - Wendy O. Williams, The Plasmatics, suicide
- April 9 - Tom Cora, cellist and composer, 44
- April 11 - Lillian Briggs (64), US singer and trombonist (of lung cancer)
- May 2 - Hideto Matsumoto (Hide), Japanese musician , 33 (believed accidental hanging)
- May 7 - Eddie Rabbitt, country singer, 56 (of lung cancer)
- May 9 - Alice Faye, actress and singer, 83
- May 14 - Frank Sinatra, American singer, heart attack
- June 10 - Steve Sanders, the Oak Ridge Boys; suicide, 45
- June 25 - Lounès Matoub; assassinated.
- July 6 - Roy Rogers, 86, actor, singer and King of the Cowboys
- July 23 - André Gertler, violinist
- July 29 - Jerome Robbins, choreographer, 79
- August 3 - Alfred Schnittke, composer
- August 29 - Charlie Feathers, country blues musician
- September 26 - Betty Carter, jazz singer, 69
- October 14 - Frankie Yankovic, America's "Polka King"
- November 20 - Roland Alphonso, saxophonist, 67
[edit] Awards
- The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, The Mamas and the Papas, Lloyd Price, Santana and Gene Vincent
- Inductees of the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame include Andrae Crouch, The Imperials, The Jordanaires and The LeFevres
[edit] Grammy Awards
[edit] Country Music Association Awards
[edit] Eurovision Song Contest
[edit] Mercury Music Prize
- Bring It On - Gomez wins.
[edit] MTV Video Music Awards
[edit] Charts
[edit] Triple J Hottest 100
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