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List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1998

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Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture by James Horner was the best-selling album of 1998, and the highest-selling primarily orchestral film score in Billboard history.
Double Live by Garth Brooks had the biggest sales week of 1998, selling over 1 million copies in its first week.

The Billboard 200, published in Billboard magazine, is a weekly chart that ranks the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States. This data is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan from a universe of merchants that represents more than 90% of the U.S. music retail market. The sample includes music stores and the music departments at electronics and department stores, as well as direct-to-consumer transactions and internet sales.[1]

Chart history

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Key
† Indicates best performing album of 1998
Issue date Album Artist(s) Label Sales Ref.
January 3 Sevens Garth Brooks Capitol 678,000 [2][3]
January 10 684,000 [4][5]
January 17 Let's Talk About Love Celine Dion 550 Music 284,000 [6][7]
January 24 Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture † James Horner / Soundtrack Sony Classical 243,000 [8][9]
January 31 419,000 [10][11]
February 7 664,500 [12][13]
February 14 582,500 [14][15]
February 21 588,000 [16][17]
February 28 847,500 [18][19]
March 7 562,000 [20][21]
March 14 505,000 [22][23]
March 21 477,511 [24][25]
March 28 448,000 [26][27]
April 4 454,000 [28][29]
April 11 476,000 [30][31]
April 18 390,000 [32][33]
April 25 410,000 [34][35]
May 2 268,000 [36][37]
May 9 184,000 [38][39]
May 16 Before These Crowded Streets Dave Matthews Band RCA 421,000 [40][41]
May 23 The Limited Series Garth Brooks Capitol 372,410 [42][43]
May 30 190,000 [44][45]
June 6 It's Dark and Hell Is Hot DMX Ruff Ryders 251,391 [46][47]
June 13 City of Angels Soundtrack Warner Sunset 165,000 [48][49]
June 20 MP Da Last Don Master P No Limit 495,000 [50][51]
June 27 217,000 [52][53]
July 4 City of Angels Soundtrack Warner Sunset 169,000 [54][55]
July 11 145,000 [56][57]
July 18 Armageddon: The Album Soundtrack Columbia 184,000 [58][59]
July 25 236,000 [60][61]
August 1 Hello Nasty Beastie Boys Grand Royal 681,572 [62][63]
August 8 315,000 [64][65]
August 15 244,000 [66][67]
August 22 Da Game Is to Be Sold Not to Be Told Snoop Dogg No Limit 519,000 [68]
August 29 246,000 [69][70]
September 5 Follow the Leader Korn Immortal 268,000 [71][72]
September 12 The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill Ruffhouse 422,624 [73][74]
September 19 265,000 [75][76]
September 26 214,000 [77][78]
October 3 Mechanical Animals Marilyn Manson Nothing 223,000 [79][80]
October 10 The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill Ruffhouse 168,000 [81][82]
October 17 Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life Jay-Z Roc-A-Fella 352,000 [83][84]
October 24 208,000 [85][86]
October 31 186,000 [87][88]
November 7 189,000 [89][90]
November 14 174,000 [91][92]
November 21 Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie Alanis Morissette Maverick 469,054 [93][94]
November 28 268,000 [95][96]
December 5 Double Live Garth Brooks Capitol 1,085,000 [97][98]
December 12 649,496 [99][100]
December 19 423,332 [101][102]
December 26 450,906 [103][104]

See also

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References

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