Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

FOR WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 19, 1998
HOT 100SINGLES
100 positions ← 12/12 12/26 →
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
1 1 1 8
★★ NO. 1 ★★3 weeks at No. One
JIVE 42557
1
2 2 2 12
★★★ GREATEST GAINER/SALES ★★★
ARISTA 13550
2
3 3 3 15
PENDULUM 15316/RED ANT
1
4 5 5 29
MERCURY (NASHVILLE) 566450
4
5 4 4 6
RUFFHOUSE 78868/COLUMBIA
1
6 6 6 12
MOTOWN 860830
3
7 7 10 6
BAD BOY 79117/ARISTA
7
8 9 18 5
JIVE 42545
8
9 8 12 13
SMG ALBUM CUT/COLUMBIA
8
10 10 15 8
ATLANTIC ALBUM CUT
10
11 14 20 7
BAD BOY 79185/ARISTA
11
12 17 14 13
WORK ALBUM CUT/ERG
12
13 12 9 32
WARNER SUNSET SOUNDTRACK CUT/REPRISE
9
14 13 11 40
WARNER BROS. (NASHVILLE) 17247
7
15 16 16 15
ELEKTRA ALBUM CUT/EEG
15
16 18 24 9
ATLANTIC ALBUM CUT
16
17 11 7 19
ARISTA 13522
1
18 15 8 11
ISLAND/DEF JAM 572424/MERCURY
3
19 24 25 13
WARNER BROS. ALBUM CUT
19
20 23 23 15
A&M ALBUM CUT
20
21 22 27 12
DEF JAM 567683/MERCURY
21
22 25 22 13
LAVA 84191/ATLANTIC
5
23 20 17 12
MAVERICK ALBUM CUT/REPRISE
17
24 21 19 9
Love Me112 featuring MASE
BAD BOY 79184/ARISTA
17
25 19 13 12
REPRISE 17174
1
26 26 21 27
BLACKGROUND SOUNDTRACK CUT/ATLANTIC
21
27 35 70 3
★★★ GREATEST GAINER/AIRPLAY ★★★
INTERSCOPE SOUNDTRACK CUT
27
28 31 31 22
RCA ALBUM CUT
28
29 27 28 20
UPTOWN 56207/UNIVERSAL
9
30 28 32 45
ARISTA 13456
1
31 30 30 10
MAVERICK 17160/WARNER BROS.
11
32 29 26 25
EDEL AMERICA 164024/HOLLYWOOD
3
33 40 57 5
COLUMBIA ALBUM CUT
33
34 36 36 7
ROC-A-FELLA/DEF JAM 566493/MERCURY
32
35 51 56 6
UNIVERSITY ALBUM CUT/ISLAND
35
36 39 48 10
ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT
36
37 37 45 5
EPIC (NASHVILLE) 79011
37
38 34 33 10
MCA 55473
26
39 33 39 10
WARNER BROS. (NASHVILLE) ALBUM CUT
33
40 43 50 10
MERCURY (NASHVILLE) ALBUM CUT
40
41 56 63 3
ARISTA/WARNER SUNSET (B/W ADIA)/REPRISE
41
42 58 58 8
GIANT (NASHVILLE) 17158/REPRISE (NASHVILLE)
42
43 55 68 3
AMARU/DEATH ROW ALBUM CUT/INTERSCOPE
43
44 57 60 3
RCA ALBUM CUT
44
45 48 52 12
VIRGIN ALBUM CUT
45
46 49 54 5
MO THUGS/RUTHLESS 1707/RELATIVITY
29
47 60 64 3
MCA ALBUM CUT
47
48 52 53 7
ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT
48
49 41 44 8
PRIORITY 53456
28
50 44 49 3
MCA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT
44
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
51 63 74 3
ARISTA ALBUM CUT
51
52 61 55 11
LYRIC STREET 164023
52
53 53 51 6
DREAMWORKS /GEFFEN
51
54 65 65 7
ARISTA NASHVILLE 13134
54
55 68 90 3
MOTOWN 8608852
55
56 64 61 17
RCA (NASHVILLE) 65456
56
57 32 29 12
CLOCKWORK 79022/EPIC
12
58 38 40 12
EPIC (NASHVILLE) ALBUM CUT
38
59 47 41 16
MONUMENT 79003
41
60 46 37 16
COLUMBIA 78952
1
61 59 42 9
ELEKTRA 64080/EEG
12
62 70 72 7
COLUMBIA ALBUM CUT
62
63 69 66 3
ISLAND ALBUM CUT
63
64 54 34 20
ARISTA 13509
14
65 67 71 5
JIVE ALBUM CUT
65
66 73 84 5
DREAMWORKS (NASHVILLE) ALBUM CUT
66
67 71 75 3
LAFACE ALBUM CUT/ARISTA
67
68 74 86 3
CURB ALBUM CUT
68
69 75 — 2
CURB ALBUM CUT
69
70 62 46 9
SO SO DEF 79036/COLUMBIA
9
71 84 — 2
MCA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT
71
72 NEW▶ 1
★★★ HOT SHOT DEBUT ★★★
DECCA 72078
72
73 82 91 4
ATLANTIC (NASHVILLE) 84197
73
74 85 81 10
H.O.L.A. 341075/RED ANT
36
75 81 78 6
ATLANTIC ALBUM CUT
75
76 NEW▶ 4
FLYTE TYME SOUNDTRACK CUT/MCA
76
77 77 77 5
CAPITOL ALBUM CUT
77
78 76 69 16
BLACKBIRD ALBUM CUT/SIRE
69
79 66 43 8
DECCA 72068/MCA NASHVILLE
43
80 72 62 3
CAPITOL (NASHVILLE) ALBUM CUT
62
81 83 87 6
CAPRICORN ALBUM CUT/MERCURY
81
82 80 79 19
CURB ALBUM CUT
79
83 NEW▶ 1
TOMMY BOY ALBUM CUT
83
84 NEW▶ 1
ARISTA NASHVILLE ALBUM CUT
84
85 95 — 2
GIANT (NASHVILLE) 17131/REPRISE (NASHVILLE)
85
86 89 89 6
HOLLYWOOD ALBUM CUT
86
87 96 — 2
RCA (NASHVILLE) 65584
87
88 79 80 3
GOSPO CENTRIC ALBUM CUT/INTERSCOPE
79
89 88 76 20
UNIVERSITY 95032/INTERSCOPE
34
90 86 73 3
MERCURY (NASHVILLE) ALBUM CUT
73
91 91 92 10
WARNER BROS. (NASHVILLE) 17152
86
92 90 85 13
DGC ALBUM CUT/GEFFEN
85
93 93 82 3
RCA (NASHVILLE) ALBUM CUT
82
94 92 93 5
BLACKGROUND ALBUM CUT/ATLANTIC
92
95 94 99 6
ARISTA 13569
53
96 97 96 7
POOKIE 860848/MOTOWN
49
97 100 88 16
EASTWEST 64091/EEG
12
98 99 94 19
INTERSCOPE ALBUM CUT
94
99 NEW▶ 1
WARNER BROS. 44576
99
100 78 67 9
COLUMBIA (NASHVILLE) ALBUM CUT
67

  Products with the greatest airplay and sales gains this week.