Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 12, 1998
HOT 100SINGLES
100 positions ← 12/05 12/19 →
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
1 1 46 7
★★ NO. 1 ★★2 weeks at No. One ★★★ GREATEST GAINER/SALES ★★★
JIVE 42557
1
2 2 3 11
ARISTA 13550
2
3 3 2 14
PENDULUM 15316/RED ANT
1
4 4 1 5
RUFFHOUSE 78868/COLUMBIA
1
5 5 34 28
MERCURY (NASHVILLE) 566450
5
6 6 5 11
MOTOWN 860830
3
7 10 8 5
BAD BOY 79117/ARISTA
7
8 12 12 12
SMG ALBUM CUT/COLUMBIA
8
9 18 28 4
JIVE 42545
9
10 15 18 7
ATLANTIC ALBUM CUT
10
11 7 4 18
ARISTA 13522
1
12 9 7 31
WARNER SUNSET ALBUM CUT/REPRISE
9
13 11 9 39
WARNER BROS. (NASHVILLE) 17247
7
14 20 23 6
BAD BOY 79185/ARISTA
14
15 8 6 10
ISLAND/DEF JAM 572424/MERCURY
3
16 16 16 14
ELEKTRA ALBUM CUT/EEG
16
17 14 14 12
WORK ALBUM CUT
14
18 24 24 8
ATLANTIC ALBUM CUT
18
19 13 10 11
REPRISE 17174
1
20 17 11 11
MAVERICK ALBUM CUT/REPRISE
17
21 19 21 8
Love Me112 featuring MASE
BAD BOY 79184/ARISTA
17
22 27 31 11
DEF JAM 567683/MERCURY
22
23 23 19 14
A&M ALBUM CUT
23
24 25 25 12
WARNER BROS. ALBUM CUT
24
25 22 15 12
LAVA 84191/ATLANTIC
5
26 21 13 26
ATLANTIC SOUNDTRACK CUT
21
27 28 22 19
UPTOWN 56207/UNIVERSAL
9
28 32 32 44
ARISTA 13456
1
29 26 17 24
EDEL AMERICA 164024/HOLLYWOOD
3
30 30 26 9
MAVERICK 17160/WARNER BROS.
11
31 31 36 21
RCA ALBUM CUT
31
32 29 20 11
CLOCKWORK 79022/EPIC
12
33 39 47 9
WARNER BROS. (NASHVILLE) ALBUM CUT
33
34 33 39 9
MCA 55473
26
35 70 — 2
★★★ GREATEST GAINER/AIRPLAY ★★★
INTERSCOPE SOUNDTRACK CUT
35
36 36 43 6
ROC-A-FELLA/DEF JAM 566493/MERCURY
32
37 45 45 4
EPIC (NASHVILLE) 79011
37
38 40 44 11
EPIC (NASHVILLE) ALBUM CUT
38
39 48 48 9
ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT
39
40 57 67 4
COLUMBIA ALBUM CUT
40
41 44 53 7
PRIORITY 53456
28
42 47 41 31
RCA ALBUM CUT
42
43 50 51 9
MERCURY (NASHVILLE) ALBUM CUT
43
44 49 49 2
MCA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT
44
45 35 33 21
JIVE ALBUM CUT
35
46 37 29 15
COLUMBIA 78952
1
47 41 35 15
MONUMENT 79003
41
48 52 54 11
VIRGIN ALBUM CUT
48
49 54 69 4
MO THUGS/RUTHLESS 1707/RELATIVITY
29
50 38 40 31
LAVA ALBUM CUT/ATLANTIC
38
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
51 56 65 5
UNIVERSITY ALBUM CUT/ISLAND
51
52 53 55 6
ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT
52
53 51 50 5
DREAMWORKS ALBUM CUT/GEFFEN
51
54 34 30 19
ARISTA 13509
14
55 68 — 2
AMARU/DEATH ROW ALBUM CUT/INTERSCOPE
55
56 63 — 2
ARISTA/WARNER SUNSET B/W ADIA/REPRISE
56
57 60 — 2
RCA ALBUM CUT
57
58 58 61 7
GIANT (NASHVILLE) 17158/REPRISE (NASHVILLE)
58
59 42 27 8
ELEKTRA 64080/EEG
12
60 64 — 2
MCA ALBUM CUT
60
61 55 60 10
LYRIC STREET 164023
55
62 46 37 8
SO SO DEF 79036/COLUMBIA
9
63 74 — 2
ARISTA ALBUM CUT
63
64 61 72 16
RCA (NASHVILLE) 65456
61
65 65 70 6
ARISTA NASHVILLE 13134
65
66 43 38 7
DECCA 72068/MCA NASHVILLE
43
67 71 82 4
JIVE ALBUM CUT
67
68 90 — 2
MOTOWN 8608852
68
69 66 — 2
ISLAND ALBUM CUT
66
70 72 79 6
COLUMBIA ALBUM CUT
70
71 75 — 2
LAFACE ALBUM CUT/ARISTA
71
72 62 57 2
CAPITOL (NASHVILLE) ALBUM CUT
62
73 84 89 4
DREAMWORKS (NASHVILLE) ALBUM CUT
73
74 86 — 2
CURB ALBUM CUT
74
75 NEW▶ 1
★★★ HOT SHOT DEBUT ★★★
CURB ALBUM CUT
75
76 69 62 15
BLACKBIRD ALBUM CUT/SIRE
69
77 77 — 4
CAPITOL ALBUM CUT
77
78 67 73 8
COLUMBIA (NASHVILLE) ALBUM CUT
67
79 80 74 2
GOSPO CENTRIC ALBUM CUT/INTERSCOPE
79
80 79 76 18
CURB ALBUM CUT
79
81 78 78 5
ATLANTIC ALBUM CUT
78
82 91 98 3
ATLANTIC (NASHVILLE) 84197
82
83 87 94 5
CAPRICORN ALBUM CUT/MERCURY
83
84 NEW▶ 1
MCA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT
84
85 81 92 9
H.O.L.A. 341075/RED ANT
36
86 73 66 2
MERCURY (NASHVILLE) ALBUM CUT
73
87 83 81 6
CAPITOL (NASHVILLE) ALBUM CUT
83
88 76 68 19
UNIVERSITY 95032/INTERSCOPE
34
89 89 90 5
HOLLYWOOD ALBUM CUT
89
90 85 83 12
DGC ALBUM CUT/GEFFEN
85
91 92 92 9
WARNER BROS. (NASHVILLE) 17152
86
92 93 91 4
BLACKGROUND ALBUM CUT/ATLANTIC
92
93 82 71 2
RCA (NASHVILLE) ALBUM CUT
82
94 99 — 5
ARISTA 13569
53
95 NEW▶ 1
GIANT (NASHVILLE) 17131/REPRISE (NASHVILLE)
95
96 NEW▶ 1
RCA (NASHVILLE) 65584
96
97 96 93 6
POOKIE 860848/MOTOWN
49
98 95 96 16
BNA ALBUM CUT
95
99 94 81 18
INTERSCOPE ALBUM CUT
94
100 88 75 15
EASTWEST 64091/EEG
12

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