October 3 - "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" - Aerosmith
October 10 - "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
October 17 - "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
October 24 - "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
October 31 - "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
November 7 - "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
November 14 - "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
November 21 - "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
November 28 - "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
December 5 - "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
December 12 - "Lullaby" - Shawn Mullins
December 19 - "Lullaby" - Shawn Mullins
December 26 - "Have You Ever?" - Brandy
"Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls still holds the record for Most Weeks spent at #1 on the Airplay Chart (18 Weeks). Amazing.
I wish that airplay was apart of the chart then. There could have been so many amazing number ones on the Hot 100 if they counted airplay. Now look how bad they are. Natalie & The Goo Goo Dolls would have been number one for sure.
I need some reassurance. Do you guys think there will be a reemergence of great pop music in the near future? Because right now it certainly doesn't look that way. I want it to be 1998 again.
The only problem is that "Candle In The Wind 1997" got hardly any Radio Airplay. It was only #1 on the Hot 100 due to Princess Diana's death, so people went out and continually bought the single to keep it at #1, and it blocked Usher's "You Make Me Wanna..." from being a #1 Hit (Which was HUGE on the Radio in Late 1997)
I don't know if you guys look at the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart or not (You can find the entire archive of #1's from the Airplay chart on Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...0_Airplay_hits) But it's alot more accurate for which songs were big at the time as opposed to the Hot 100. You'll notice that for all those weeks that "Candle In The Wind 1997" was #1 on the Hot 100 chart, the songs "Fly" by Sugar Ray and "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba were #1 in Radio Airplay.
And since we're on the topic of 1998, here's the list of #1 Radio Airplay Hits from 1998...
January 3 - "Tubthumping" - Chumbawamba
January 10 - "Tubthumping" - Chumbawamba
January 17 - "Tubthumping" - Chumbawamba
January 24 - "Tubthumping" - Chumbawamba
January 31 - "My Heart Will Go On" - Céline Dion
February 7 - "My Heart Will Go On" - Céline Dion
February 14 - "My Heart Will Go On" - Céline Dion
February 21 - "My Heart Will Go On" - Céline Dion
February 28 - "My Heart Will Go On" - Céline Dion
March 7 - "My Heart Will Go On" - Céline Dion
March 14 - "My Heart Will Go On" - Céline Dion
March 21 - "My Heart Will Go On" - Céline Dion
March 28 - "My Heart Will Go On" - Céline Dion
April 4 - "My Heart Will Go On" - Céline Dion
April 11 - "Truly Madly Deeply" - Savage Garden
April 18 - "Truly Madly Deeply" - Savage Garden
April 25 - "Truly Madly Deeply" - Savage Garden
May 2 - "Truly Madly Deeply" - Savage Garden
May 9 - "Truly Madly Deeply" - Savage Garden
May 16 - "Torn" - Natalie Imbruglia
May 23 - "Torn" - Natalie Imbruglia
May 30 - "Torn" - Natalie Imbruglia
June 6 - "Torn" - Natalie Imbruglia
June 13 - "Torn" - Natalie Imbruglia
June 20 - "Torn" - Natalie Imbruglia
June 27 - "Torn" - Natalie Imbruglia
July 4 - "Torn" - Natalie Imbruglia
July 11 - "Torn" - Natalie Imbruglia
July 18 - "Torn" - Natalie Imbruglia
July 25 - "Torn" - Natalie Imbruglia
August 1 - "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
August 8 - "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
August 15 - "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
August 22 - "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
August 29 - "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
September 5 - "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
September 12 - "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
September 19 - "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
September 26 - "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
October 3 - "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" - Aerosmith
October 10 - "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
October 17 - "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
October 24 - "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
October 31 - "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
November 7 - "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
November 14 - "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
November 21 - "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
November 28 - "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
December 5 - "Iris" - Goo Goo Dolls
December 12 - "Lullaby" - Shawn Mullins
December 19 - "Lullaby" - Shawn Mullins
December 26 - "Have You Ever?" - Brandy
"Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls still holds the record for Most Weeks spent at #1 on the Airplay Chart (18 Weeks). Amazing.
I Miss This Decade.1998 Was Great Year In Music.So Much Variety In The Charts.A Lot Better Than Whats Happening Today.IMO."Iris" Was My Song For That Year.
Agreed, Great Song. "All My Life" was HUGE in 1998, one of the top Airplay Hits of the Year. Brings back some great memories of a more peaceful time in my life.
^ "Bittersweet Symphony" came out in 1997, but it's a classic nonetheless.
Actually, it peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 (at #12) in April 1998
The Album was released in Late 1997, but the song was on the radio during Early/Mid 1998. It was also a huge hit on Rock Stations around February/March 1998 and crossed over onto Top 40/Pop stations in March/April 1998
I Miss This Decade.1998 Was Great Year In Music.So Much Variety In The Charts.A Lot Better Than Whats Happening Today.IMO."Iris" Was My Song For That Year.
