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1998 Music Hits
With one more year to go 1998 was the indicator of who would walk away as the power of the industry and as usual it was from a motion picture that led the pack.
Celine Dion's “My Heart Will Go On” just stormed the airwaves as the love song to the second biggest grossing movie of all time “Titanic” dominated the box office. The song overwhelmed everything else and one couldn't go anywhere without hearing the song played endlessly. Dion's song in accordance with the romance of the movie, heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio, and a huge budget James Cameron movie, the song broke records all over the place. As popular as the album was it still didn't eclipse “The Bodyguard” with Whitney Houston's rendition of “I Will Always Love You”.
Hitting #1 at the charts, Dion's “My Heart Will Go On” was followed by Cher with “Believe” showing the singer still had that star power. Next in line were rockers Aerosmith with “I Don't Want To Miss A Thing” followed by now classic Rap stars Run DMS and Jason Nevins with “It's Like That” and closing the pack was Country singer Shania Twain with her “You're Still The One” showing that Country still had that kick to it.
Other music news for 1998 included, The Bee Gees who opened their One Night Only tour on the Emerald Isle in Dublin, Ireland. Britney Spears who would go on to dominate the early 21st century's pop charts debuted her first single with “Baby One More Time”. In legal matters the U.S. Congress finally passed the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. The Stray Cats got back together in a benefit performance for the Carl Perkins Foundation. Elton John became “Sir” Elton John when he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. An assassination attempt on the band RAM was thwarted while the group appeared in Haiti however several other people were killed during the assault. The record for being at number one went to the Goo Goo Dolls for their record “Iris” that stayed at 18 weeks at the number one spot.
The historic 40th Grammy Awards took place in 1998 and the competition was fierce to bring in top honors. The winners for the top awards were John Leventhal and Shawn Colvin who won Record of the Year for “Sunny Came Home”. Bob Dylan and Daniel Lanois won the Album of the Year, John Leventhal and Shawn Colvin brought home the Song of the Year honors for “Sunny Came Home” and Best New Artist went to Paula Cole. The Grammy Legend Award went to Luciano Pavarotti.
Other top hits of 1998 were, “Apparitions” Matthew Good Band, “My Hero” by the Foo Fighters, “ My All” from Mariah Carey, “Kind And Generous” from Natalie Merchant, “Ruff Ryders' Anthem” from DMX, “Together Again” from Janet Jackson, “Uninvited” from Alanis Morissette, “Doo Wop” by Lauryn Hill, “Cloud Number Nine” by Bryan Adams, “Gettin' Jiggy Wit It” by Will Smith, “I Want You Back” by NSYNC, and more.