Look at all the quality in these top 20's in comparison to now.
Airplay Charts at the time:
Radio & Records CHR/Pop Top 20 June 12th, 1998 (10 years ago):
1 1 Torn Natalie Imbruglia 16
2 3 Uninvited Alanis Morissette 6
3 2 All My Life K-Ci & JoJo 17
4 5 You're Still The One Shania Twain 8
5 4 Sex And Candy Marcy Playground 12
6 6 The Way Fastball 6
7 8 Iris Goo Goo Dolls 6
8 7 Anytime Brian McKnight 8
9 9 I Want You Back 'N Sync 19
10 15 Ray Of Light Madonna 4
11 16 Too Close Next 4
12 18 Real World Matchbox 20 3
13 10 Everybody (Backstreet's Back) Backstreet Boys 10
14 12 Searchin' My Soul Vonda Shepard 7
15 14 Gettin' Jiggy Wit It Will Smith 17
16 13 3 A.M. Matchbox 20 25
17 11 Truly Madly Deeply Savage Garden 28
18 20 I Don't Want To Miss A Thing Aerosmith 2
19 17 My All Mariah Carey 5
20 19 Kind And Generous Natalie Merchant 3
Radio & Records Hot AC Chart 6/12/98 at the time:
1 1 Torn Natalie Imbruglia 18
2 2 The Way Fastball 12
3 3 Uninvited Alanis Morissette 8
4 7 Iris Goo Goo Dolls 6
5 5 I'll Be Edwin McCain 14
6 4 3 A.M. Matchbox 20 29
7 11 Kind And Generous Natalie Merchant 5
8 10 Adia Sarah McLachlan 10
9 9 Searchin' My Soul Vonda Shepard 7
10 6 Truly Madly Deeply Savage Garden 24
11 12 You're Still The One Shania Twain 4
12 8 Sex And Candy Marcy Playground 15
13 13 Real World Matchbox 20 6
14 15 How's It Going To Be Third Eye Blind 25
15 16 Zoot Suit Riot Cherry Poppin' Daddies 4
16 14 My Father's Eyes Eric Clapton 16
17 19 Heroes Wallflowers 3
18 17 Walkin' On The Sun Smash Mouth 34
19 - Closing Time Semisonic 1
20 20 Know What You Mean Sister 7 2
Radio & Records Alternative Chart Top 20 6/12/98 (Full of so much quality!!!):
1 1 Closing Time Semisonic 14
2 2 Iris Goo Goo Dolls 9
3 3 Ava Adore Smashing Pumpkins 5
4 5 Shimmer Fuel 13
5 6 Push It Garbage 10
6 4 The Way Fastball 16
7 8 Flagpole Sitta Harvey Danger 8
8 7 Don't Drink The Water Dave Matthews Band 10
9 10 Heroes Wallflowers 7
10 9 Wishlist Pearl Jam 11
11 13 Inside Out Eve 6 4
12 12 Jump Right In Urge 6
13 11 I Will Buy You A New Life Everclear 19
14 14 Spark Tori Amos 8
15 16 Redundant Green Day 6
16 18 Lucky Man Verve 4
17 19 Saint Joe On The School Bus Marcy Playground 2
18 15 Real World Matchbox 20 9
19 17 What I Didn't Know Athenaeum 5
20 - Song For The Dumped Ben Folds Five 1
And of course, one can't forget about the dominance that was "The Boy Is Mine" on the Hot 100 10 years ago which by this time was spending it's third week at #1. Although knowing the cretins on this board, they probably think that "Take A Dump" is as classic as that legendary duet.
Billboard Hot 100 Singles June 20th, 1998:
TW LW WC Title - Artist PP WP Score
1 1 4 THE BOY IS MINE Brandy & Monica 1 3 100.00
2 3 19 YOU'RE STILL THE ONE Shania Twain 2 2 99.00
3 2 19 TOO CLOSE Next 1 5 98.00
4 4 7 MY ALL Mariah Carey 1 1 97.00
5 5 5 I GET LONELY Janet feat. BLACKstreet 3 1 96.00
6 6 10 EVERYBODY (BACKSTREET'S BACK) Backstreet Boys 4 2 95.00
7 12 21 ARE U STILL DOWN/THEY DON'T KNOW Jon B 7 1 94.00
8 7 13 ALL MY LIFE K-Ci & Jojo 1 3 93.00
9 11 4 ADIA/ANGEL Sarah McLachlan 9 1 92.00
10 8 29 TRULY MADLY DEEPLY Savage Garden 1 2 91.00
11 9 8 THE ARMS OF THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU Xscape 7 2 90.00
12 10 11 SEX AND CANDY Marcy Playground 8 1 89.00
13 — 1 MY WAY Usher 13 1 88.00
14 14 18 BODY BUMPIN' YIPPIE-YI-YO Public Announcement 5 1 87.00
15 17 12 SAY IT Voices Of Theory 15 1 86.00
16 13 15 IT'S ALL ABOUT ME Mya feat. Sisqo Of Dru Hill 6 3 85.00
17 15 16 LET'S RIDE Montell Jordan feat. Master P & Silkk The Shocker 2 2 84.00
18 20 11 I GOT THE HOOK UP Master P feat. Sons Of Funk 18 1 83.00
19 16 16 I WANT YOU BACK *NSYNC 13 3 82.00
20 22 7 TURN IT UP (REMIX) / FIRE IT UP Busta Rhymes 10 1 81.00
21 23 10 LOOKING THROUGH YOUR EYES LeAnn Rimes 18 1 80.00
22 18 14 FROZEN Madonna 2 1 79.00
23 19 17 GETTIN' JIGGY WIT IT Will Smith 1 3 78.00
24 26 21 MAKE EM' SAY UHH! Master P feat. Fiend, Silkk The Shocker, Mia X & Mystikal 16 2 77.00
25 21 30 NO, NO, NO Destiny's Child 3 1 76.00
26 29 53 HOW DO I LIVE Leann Rimes 2 4 75.00
27 27 5 HEAVEN'S WHAT I FEEL Gloria Estefan 27 2 74.00
28 24 29 HOW'S IT GOING TO BE Third Eye Blind 9 1 73.00
29 25 27 TOGETHER AGAIN Janet 1 2 72.00
30 35 4 SHORTY (YOU KEEP PLAYIN' WITH MY MIND) Imajin Fetauring Keith Murray 30 1 71.00
31 31 14 THIS KISS Faith Hill 31 4 70.00
32 28 13 RAISE THE ROOF Luke feat. No Good But So Good 26 2 69.00
33 32 34 I DON'T WANT TO WAIT Paula Cole 11 1 68.00
34 30 12 MONEY, POWER & RESPECT The Lox feat. DMX & Lil' Kim 17 1 67.00
35 33 14 VICTORY Puff Daddy & The Family feat. Notorious B.I.G. & Busta Rhymes 19 1 66.00
36 — 1 STOP Spice Girls 36 1 65.00
37 41 3 WHATCHA GONE DO? Link 37 1 64.00
38 38 13 CHEERS 2 U Playa 38 3 63.00
39 40 2 STILL NOT A PLAYER Big Punisher feat. Joe 39 1 62.00
40 34 22 NICE & SLOW Usher 1 2 61.00
41 37 21 WHAT YOU WANT Ma$e feat. Total 6 1 60.00
42 39 44 YOU MAKE ME WANNA... Usher 2 7 59.00
43 43 15 WHO AM I Beenie Man 40 2 58.00
44 36 17 MY HEART WILL GO ON Celine Dion 1 2 57.00
45 47 37 SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT Elton John 1 14 56.00
47 37 CANDLE IN THE WIND 1997 Elton John 1 14 56.00
46 42 14 IMAGINATION Tamia 37 1 55.00
47 48 17 GET AT ME DOG DMX feat. Sheek Of The Lox 39 1 54.00
48 52 3 YOU WON'T FORGET ME La Bouche 48 1 53.00
49 45 28 DEJA VU (UPTOWN BABY) Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz 9 1 52.00
50 46 20 GONE TILL NOVEMBER Wyclef Jean 7 1 51.00
51 44 19 ROMEO AND JULIET Sylk-E Fyne feat. Chill 6 2 50.00
52 57 3 WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT Five 52 1 49.00
53 49 5 WISHLIST Pearl Jam 47 1 48.00
54 50 13 BITTER SWEET SYMPHONY The Verve 12 1 47.00
55 53 7 PUSH IT Garbage 52 1 46.00
56 51 11 SECOND ROUND K.O. Canibus 28 1 45.00
57 54 8 CLOCK STRIKES Timbaland & Magoo 37 1 44.00
58 56 4 ONE HEART AT A TIME Various Artists 56 1 43.00
59 59 10 RECOVER YOUR SOUL Elton John 55 2 42.00
60 65 6 THERE'S YOUR TROUBLE Dixie Chicks 60 1 41.00
61 58 15 BYE BYE / I'M ALRIGHT Jo Dee Messina 43 1 40.00
62 68 4 NINETY NINE (FLASH THE MESSAGE) John Forte 62 1 39.00
63 63 16 THE MUMMER'S DANCE Loreena McKennitt 18 1 38.00
64 61 20 LOVE YOU DOWN Inoj 25 1 37.00
65 55 10 THIS IS HOW WE PARTY S.O.A.P. 51 3 36.00
66 69 9 DO YOUR THING 7 Mile 65 1 35.00
67 67 27 I HONESTLY LOVE YOU Olivia Newton-John 1 2 34.00
68 64 16 THE PARTY CONTINUES JD feat. Da Brat 29 3 33.00
69 60 15 A ROSE IS STILL A ROSE Aretha Franklin 26 1 32.00
70 62 14 DO FOR LOVE 2 Pac feat. Eric Williams 21 2 31.00
71 71 8 DING-A-LING Hi-Town DJ's 71 2 30.00
72 66 9 I JUST WANT TO DANCE WITH YOU George Strait 61 1 29.00
73 78 13 GITTY UP Salt-N-Pepa 50 1 28.00
74 77 14 JUST BE STRAIGHT WITH ME Silkk The Shocker feat. Master P, Destiny's Child, O'Dell, Mo B. Dick 57 1 27.00
75 75 5 NOW THAT I FOUND YOU Terri Clark 75 2 26.00
76 72 7 I DO (CHERISH YOU) Mark Wills 72 1 25.00
77 70 12 I'M FROM THE COUNTRY Tracy Byrd 63 1 24.00
78 79 15 MY HEART WILL GO ON Deja Vu 58 3 23.00
79 74 12 THE UNFORGIVEN II Metallica 59 1 22.00
80 — 1 SIN SO WELL Rebekah 80 1 21.00
81 81 3 A MAN HOLDIN' ON Ty Herndon 81 2 20.00
82 73 4 HOOKED ON A FEELING (OOGA-CHAKA) Baby Talk 71 1 19.00
83 — 1 PARTY AIN'T A PARTY Queen Pen feat. Teddy Riley, Nutta Butta, Markell & Jesse West 83 1 18.00
84 — 1 FREAK OUT Nutta Butta feat. Teddy Riley & Anonymous 84 1 17.00
85 76 4 KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN Sister 7 76 1 16.00
86 88 8 ONE OF THESE DAYS Tim McGraw 74 1 15.00
87 82 19 TOO MUCH Spice Girls 9 1 14.00
88 95 2 WHATUON Latanya feat. Twista 88 1 13.00
89 89 2 BABY BE THERE Nu Flavor 89 2 12.00
90 94 13 STILL PO' PIMPIN' Do Or Die feat. Johnny P & Twista 62 2 11.00
91 80 9 OUT OF MY BONES Randy Travis 64 1 10.00
92 92 2 YOU ONLY HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME Hannah Jones 92 2 9.00
93 86 3 I WANNA GET NEXT TO YOU Christion 86 2 8.00
94 93 8 BLUE ON BLACK Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band 78 3 7.00
95 — 1 THERE YOU ARE Sam Salter 95 1 6.00
96 83 18 ARE YOU JIMMY RAY? Jimmy Ray 13 1 5.00
97 85 13 RAIN SWV 25 2 4.00
98 91 19 LIGHT IN YOUR EYES Blessid Union Of Souls 48 3 3.00
99 97 14 IT'S YOUR LOVE She Moves 67 2 2.00
100 87 7 THAT'S WHY I'M HERE Kenny Chesney 79 1 1.00
Drop outs
84 20 THE CITY IS MINE Jay-Z feat. BLACKstreet
90 13 A PROMISE I MAKE Dakota Moon
96 7 LET'S FORGET ABOUT IT Lisa Loeb
98 17 STRAWBERRIES Smooth
99 9 COME OVER TO MY PLACE Davina
100 4 HAVE FUN, GO MAD! Blair
And finally, album sales at the time were very healthy with the entire top 10 scanning over 90,000 copies. In comparison to now, when on average only ONE album does that now a week!
Soundscan Top 10 Albums June 20, 1998
01 495000 MP DA LAST DON Master P
02 174000 ADORE Smashing Pumpkins
03 168000 CITY OF ANGELS Soundtrack
04 129000 GODZILLA Soundtrack
05 116000 HOPE FLOATS Soundtrack
06 97000 IT'S DARK AND HELL IS HOT DMX
07 96000 BACKSTREET BOYS Backstreet Boys
08 93000 IF YOU SEE HIM Reba McEntire
09 90000 THE LIMITED SERIES Garth Brooks
10 ??? SHUT 'EM DOWN Onyx
