Below is a list from Billboard magazine’s Top ear-End Hot 100 songs for 1998. Chart © by Billboard, a part of MRC Media and Info, a division of MRC. All Rights Reserved. Learn more about Billboard here.
- 1. Too Close – Next
- 2. The Boy Is Mine – Brandy and Monica
- 3. You’re Still the One – Shania Twain
- 4. Truly Madly Deeply – Savage Garden
- 5. How Do I Live – LeAnn Rimes
- 6. Together Again – Janet Jackson
- 7. All My Life – K-Ci and JoJo
- 8. Candle In the Wind – Elton John
- 9. Nice & Slow – Usher
- 10. I Don’t Want To Wait – Paula Cole
- 11. How’s It Going to Be – Third Eye Blind
- 12. No, No, No – Destiny’s Child
- 13. My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion
- 14. Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It – Will Smith
- 15. You Make Me Wanna… – Usher
- 16. My Way – Usher
- 17. My All – Mariah Carey
- 18. The First Night – Monica
- 19. Been around the world – Puff Daddy and The Family
- 20. Adia – Sarah McLachlan
- 21. Crush – Jennifer Paige
- 22. Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) – Backstreet Boys
- 23. I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith
- 24. Body Bumpin’ (Yippie-Yi-Yo) – Public Announcement
- 25. This Kiss – Faith Hill
- 26. I Don’t Ever Want to See You Again – Uncle Sam
- 27. Let’s Ride – Montell Jordan
- 28. Sex and Candy – Marcy Playground
- 29. Show Me Love – Robyn
- 30. A Song for Mama – Boyz II Men
- 31. What You Want – Mase
- 32. Frozen – Madonna
- 33. Gone Till November – Wyclef Jean
- 34. My Body – LSG
- 35. Tubthumping – Chumbawamba
- 36. Deja Vu (Uptown Baby) – Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz
- 37. I Want You Back – ‘N Sync
- 38. When the Lights Go Out – Five
- 39. They Don’t Know – Jon B.
- 40. Make ‘Em Say Uhh – Master P
- 41. Make It Hot – Nicole featuring Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott and Mocha
- 42. Never Ever – All Saints
- 43. I Get Lonely – Janet Jackson
- 44. Feel So Good – Mase
- 45. Say It – Voices Of Theory
- 46. Kiss the Rain – Billie Myers
- 47. Come With Me – Puff Daddy
- 48. Romeo And Juliet – Sylk-E Fyne
- 49. It’s All About Me – Mya and Sisqo
- 50. I Will Come to You – Hanson
- 51. One Week – Barenaked Ladies
- 52. Swing My Way – K.P. and Envyi
- 53. The Arms of the One Who Loves You – Xscape
- 54. My Love Is the Shhh! – Somethin’ For The People
- 55. Daydreamin’ – Tatyana Ali, Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz
- 56. We’re Not Making Love No More – Dru Hill
- 57. Semi-Charmed Life – Third Eye Blind
- 58. I Do – Lisa Loeb
- 59. Lookin’ At Me – Mase
- 60. Looking Through Your Eyes – LeAnn Rimes
- 61. Lately – Divine
- 62. Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) – Backstreet Boys
- 63. I Still Love You – Next
- 64. Time After Time – Inoj
- 65. Are You Jimmy Ray? – Jimmy Ray
- 66. Cruel Summer – Ace Of Base
- 67. I Got the Hook-Up! – Master P
- 68. Victory – Puff Daddy and The Family
- 69. Too Much – Spice Girls
- 70. Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are) – Pras featuring Ol’ Dirty Bastard and Mya
- 71. How Deep Is Your Love – Dru Hill featuring Redman
- 72. Friend of Mine – Kelly Price
- 73. Turn It Up (Remix) / Fire It Up – Busta Rhymes
- 74. I’ll Be – Edwin McCain
- 75. Ray of Light – Madonna
- 76. All for You – Sister Hazel
- 77. Touch It – Monifah
- 78. Money, Power & Respect – Lox
- 79. Bitter Sweet Symphony – The Verve
- 80. Dangerous – Busta Rhymes
- 81. Spice Up Your Life – Spice Girls
- 82. Because of You – 98 Degrees
- 83. The Mummers’ Dance – Loreena McKennitt
- 84. All Cried Out – Allure featuring 112
- 85. Still Not a Player (featuring Joe) – Big Punisher
- 86. The One I Gave My Heart To – Aaliyah
- 87. Foolish Games/You Were Meant For Me – Jewel
- 88. Love You Down – INOj
- 89. Do for Love – 2Pac
- 90. Raise the Roof – Luke
- 91. Heaven – Nu Flavor
- 92. The Party Continues (featuring Da Brat & Usher) [Video Version] – Jermaine Dupri
- 93. Sock It 2 Me – Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott featuring Da Brat
- 94. Butta Love – Next
- 95. A Rose Is Still a Rose – Aretha Franklin
- 96. 4 Seasons of Loneliness – Boyz II Men
- 97. Father – LL Cool J
- 98. Thinkin’ Bout It – Gerald Levert
- 99. Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here – Deborah Cox
- 100. Westside – TQ