Billboard AC Chart Flashback: May 30, 1998

[johnm1120]

I've noticed I haven't done a '98 chart in almost a year, so here we go!

May 30, 1998

TW LW 2W Artist - Title (Final peak)

01 01 01 Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply (1)
02 02 02 Eric Clapton - My Father's Eyes (2)
03 03 03 Shania Twain - You're Still the One (1)
04 04 04 Backstreet Boys - As Long As You Love Me (3)
05 06 07 Elton John - Recover Your Soul (5)
06 05 06 John Tesh f/James Ingram - Give Me Forever (I Do) (5)
07 07 05 Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On (From "Titanic") (1)
08 09 09 Paula Cole - I Don't Want to Wait (Theme From "Dawson's Creek") (3)
09 08 08 Madonna - Frozen (8)
10 10 10 Dakota Moon - A Promise I Make (10)

11 11 11 Elton John - Something About the Way You Look Tonight (1)
12 14 14 Amy Grant - Like I Love You (10)
13 15 16 Natalie Imbruglia - Torn (4)
14 13 12 LeAnn Rimes - How Do I Live (1)
15 14 15 Donna Lewis & Richard Marx - At the Beginning (From "Anastasia") (2)
16 20 21 Gloria Estefan - Heaven's What I Feel (10)
17 16 22 LeAnn Rimes - Looking Through Your Eyes (From "Quest For Camelot") (4)
18 20 21 Sarah McLachlan - Adia (5)
19 18 19 Michael Bolton - Safe Place From the Storm (18)
20 17 17 Backstreet Boys - Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) (2)

21 19 13 Fleetwood Mac - Landslide (10)
22 22 24 Mariah Carey - My All (18)
23 26 ** Celine Dion - To Love You More (1)
24 24 25 Vonda Shepard - Searchin' My Soul (Theme from "Ally McBeal") (22)
25 25 27 Bonnie Raitt - One Belief Away (15)
26 23 23 Vanessa Williams - Oh How the Years Go By (6)
27 29 29 Peter Cetera - She Doesn't Need Me Anymore (27)
28 30 30 Elton John - Candle in the Wind 1997 (2)
29 27 26 Hall & Oates - The Sky is Falling (26)
30 DEBUT Olivia Newton-John - I Honestly Love You '98 (18)


13 years ago this week Savage Garden was not letting go as they truly, madly, deeply loved AC at the time. TV themes helped Paula Cole score her first top 10, and Vonda Shepard score her first AC hit in 8 years.

Celine Dion and LeAnn Rimes had double plays on the chart, while Elton John had a triple play at #5, #11 and #28.

The entire top 4 spent 52 weeks or more on the chart. Also hitting the year mark were I Don't Want to Wait, Something About the Way You Look Tonight, and How Do I Live.

Of the songs in the top 10, Dakota Moon ha the shortest run as "A Promise I Make" only lasted 21 weeks. "The Sky is Falling" has the shortest overall run lasting only 5 weeks.

[Libra]

Jun 1, 2011 10:14:37 GMT -5 johnm1120 said:

30 DEBUT Olivia Newton-John - I Honestly Love You (18)

How does an already 20-plus year-old hit (by this point) suddenly debut here in 1998? ??? Did she re-record it or something?

[johnm1120]

Forgot to mention that in the commentary. Yes, she did re-record the song for her album "Back With a Heart" and was released as a single.

[mrlee]

Can you do a 1983 chart next?

[JCMF3]

Great chart. So many memories from those songs on there.

[esoteric76]

My coworker has the Dakota Moon cd on her desk and constantly plays it. What did that album sell, 10,000 copies? Love that song!

The Leann track is one of my faves.

Did Mariah's "My All" really only peak at #18? That is shocking!

[Verisimilitude]

Jun 2, 2011 10:11:49 GMT -5 esoteric76 said:

Did Mariah's "My All" really only peak at #18? That is shocking!

More importantly, how did Gloria's "Heaven's What I Feel" (which is fantastic) peak so high? :o :o Was there a ballad version of this song too?

[johnm1120]

Sadly, My All only peaked at #18. The previous single did fare better as "Butterfly" peaked at #11.

I don't recall a ballad version of heaven's What I Feel, but considering Gloria is a core AC artist, I'm sure the buzz of the new song helped a dance song reach the top 10. She did have a ballad version of "Don't Let This Moment End" but that one didn't do as well.

[Verisimilitude]

Jun 2, 2011 11:50:51 GMT -5 johnm1120 said:

Sadly, My All only peaked at #18. The previous single did fare better as "Butterfly" peaked at #11.

I don't recall a ballad version of heaven's What I Feel, but considering Gloria is a core AC artist, I'm sure the buzz of the new song helped a dance song reach the top 10. She did have a ballad version of "Don't Let This Moment End" but that one didn't do as well.

I know in terms of dance songs, I remember Celine's "I Drove All Night" peaking at #7 on R&R. Cher probably went top 5 with "Believe" right? And Madonna I guess charted decently with "Music" & "Hung Up"?

[esoteric76]

I remember hearing Gloria' "Heaven's What..." (the dance version) ALL the time on AC radio. The dance edits to Kenny G's "Havana" also got a ton of airplay as well.

[johnm1120]

Believe peaked at #3. Music DNC'd and Hung Up peaked at #29.

Another dance song, but not by a "core" act was Lara Fabian's "I Will Love Again" which peaked at #10 as well.