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 1998 Top Adult Contemporary Songs of 1998 by Alex Cosper SHANIA TWAIN - You're Still The One FAITH HILL - That Kiss SAVAGE GARDEN - Truly Madly Deeply SHANIA TWAIN - From This Moment On CELINE DION - My Heart Will Go On MARIAH CAREY - My All EDWIN McCAIN - I'll Be BOYZ II MEN - A Song For Mama R. KELLY & CELINE DION - I'm Your Angel SARAH McLACHLAN - Adia 1998 Top Pop Hits 1998 Top Albums 1998 Top Ballads/Adult Contemporary 1998 Top Country Hits 1998 Top Dance Hits 1998 Top Modern/Alternative Hits 1998 Top R&B Hits 1998 Top Rock Hits More Adult Contemporary Songs of 1998 GOO GOO DOLLS - Iris PAULA COLE - I Don't Want To Wait THIRD EYE BLIND - How's It Going To Be USHER - Nice & Slow MADONNA - Frozen JENNIFER PAIGE - Crush SISTER HAZEL - All For You THE VERVE - Bittersweet Symphony JANET - I Get Lonely AALIYAH - The One I Gave My Heart To LISA LOEB - I Do LEANN RIMES - Looking Through Your Eyes LOREENA McKENNITT - The Mummer's Dance ARETHA FRANKLIN - A Rose Is Still a Rose HANSON - I Will Come To You BILLIE MYERS - Kiss The Rain Modern AC had another good year in 1998 as the alternative format continued to become harder yet less exciting. At one time message bands like U2, REM and Pearl Jam were at the forefront of alternative music, specifically with music that had a point. There had been a sense that the 90s was a rebirth of the counter-cuture movement, but not so much by 1998. The best way to characterize the state of music and radio in 1998 was that the corporate world was firmly taking over while the independent minded factions were struggling to make a mark. Due to the Telecom Act of 1996 several mom and pop radio stations across the country were being gobbled up by big biz. In the process, the sound of radio from city to city was becoming predictably the same. One of the more refreshing acts to make a big mark in 1998 was Shania Twain, whose third album Come On Over outsold everyone except maybe Metallica. The album sold over 15 million units in the U.S. alone over several years, driven by a string of country/pop hits such as "You're Still the One." It was mass appeal music with strong hooks and not just typical adult contemporary wallpaper music. Part of the success of the Shania Twain album was that it was produced by her husband, Mutt Lange, who had produced several other big selling acts. While he was more known for his fancy production of bands such as Def Leppard, Lange was able to pull back on production for Twain and let her raw talent take the spotlight. It was one of the last hurrahs of the music biz in general, prior to the industry falling into deep depression the following year. |
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