1998 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1998.

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List of years in country music (table)
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Events

Top hits of the year

Singles released by American artists

USCANSingleArtistReference
167 Absence of the Heart Deana Carter
46 Angel in My Eyes John Michael Montgomery
23 Between the Devil and Me Alan Jackson
117 A Broken Wing Martina McBride
2614 Burnin' the Roadhouse Down Steve Wariner (duet with Garth Brooks)
11 Bye, Bye Jo Dee Messina
1117 A Chance Kenny Chesney
1412 Come Some Rainy Day Wynonna
44 Commitment LeAnn Rimes
32 Cover You in Kisses John Michael Montgomery
59 The Day That She Left Tulsa (In a Chevy) Wade Hayes
22 Don't Laugh at Me Mark Wills
53 Dream Walkin' Toby Keith
23 Everything's Changed Lonestar
44 Forever Love Reba McEntire
1822 Getcha Some Toby Keith
24 Happy Girl Martina McBride
23 He's Got You Brooks & Dunn
2020 High on Love Patty Loveless
94 The Hole Randy Travis
22 Holes in the Floor of Heaven Steve Wariner
11 How Long Gone Brooks & Dunn
1814 A House with No Curtains Alan Jackson
29 How Do You Fall in Love Alabama
1330 How Do You Sleep at Night Wade Hayes
12 Husbands and Wives Brooks & Dunn
73 I Can Love You Better Dixie Chicks
12 I Can Still Feel You Collin Raye
23 I Do (Cherish You) Mark Wills
11 I Just Want to Dance with You George Strait
188 I Might Even Quit Lovin' You Mark Chesnutt
127 I Said a Prayer Pam Tillis
31 I Wanna Fall in Love Lila McCann
928 I Wanna Feel That Way Again Tracy Byrd
2031 I Wanna Remember This Linda Davis
32 I'll Go On Loving You Alan Jackson
11 I'm Alright Jo Dee Messina
31 I'm from the Country Tracy Byrd
24 I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying Toby Keith with Sting
310 If I Never Stop Loving You David Kersh
2215 If You Can't Be Good (Be Good at It) Neal McCoy
51 If You Ever Have Forever in Mind Vince Gill
11 If You See Him/If You See Her Reba McEntire featuring Brooks & Dunn
44 Imagine That Diamond Rio
110 It Must Be Love Ty Herndon
723 It Would Be You Gary Allan
95 It's Your Song Garth Brooks
129 Just Between You and Me The Kinleys
34 Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me Faith Hill (with Tim McGraw)
11 Just to See You Smile Tim McGraw
11 Let Me Let Go Faith Hill
23 A Little Past Little Rock Lee Ann Womack
31 Little Red Rodeo Collin Raye
1110 Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone Trace Adkins
126 Loosen Up My Strings Clint Black
23 Love of My Life Sammy Kershaw
148 Love Working on You John Michael Montgomery
514 A Man Holdin' On (To a Woman Lettin' Go) Ty Herndon
11 Nothin' but the Taillights Clint Black
105 Nothin' New Under the Moon LeAnn Rimes
49 On the Side of Angels LeAnn Rimes
21 One of These Days Tim McGraw
1412 One of Those Nights Tonight Lorrie Morgan
1622 One Small Miracle Bryan White
21 Out of My Bones Randy Travis
11 Perfect Love Trisha Yearwood
11 Round About Way George Strait
1323 Say When Lonestar
21 She's Gonna Make It Garth Brooks
2110 She's Got That Look in Her Eyes Alabama
11 The Shoes You're Wearing Clint Black
3318 Somebody to Love Suzy Bogguss
35 Someone You Used to Know Collin Raye
1610 Stepping Stone Lari White
2313 Still in Love with You Travis Tritt
415 Texas Size Heartache Joe Diffie
29 That's Why I'm Here Kenny Chesney
24 Then What? Clay Walker
24 There Goes My Baby Trisha Yearwood
13 There's Your Trouble Dixie Chicks
1723 Things Change Dwight Yoakam
11 This Kiss Faith Hill
1217 To Have You Back Again Patty Loveless
17 To Make You Feel My Love Garth Brooks
85 Too Good to Be True Michael Peterson
21 True George Strait
11 Two Piña Coladas Garth Brooks
914 Valentine Martina McBride with special guest artist Jim Brickman
42 We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This George Strait
2319 What If? Reba McEntire
11 What If I Said Anita Cochran (duet with Steve Wariner)
11 Where the Green Grass Grows Tim McGraw
1818 Where Your Road Leads Trisha Yearwood (duet with Garth Brooks)
11 Wide Open Spaces Dixie Chicks
31 You Move Me Garth Brooks
124 You Walked In Lonestar
1912 You'll Never Know Mindy McCready
45 You're Gone Diamond Rio
22 You've Got to Talk to Me Lee Ann Womack

Singles released by Canadian artists

USCANSingleArtistReference
31 26 Cents The Wilkinsons
5 Canadian Sunrise Prairie Oyster
20Chevy Blue Eyes Brent McAthey
7 Cried All the Way Home Jamie Warren
3 Diamond Julian Austin
17 Do the Math George Fox
61 Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You) Shania Twain
15 Falling Bruce Guthro
736 Famous First Words Gil Grand
61 From This Moment On Shania Twain (with Bryan White)
10 Get Hot or Go Home Rick Tippe
13 Hard Time Loving You Julian Austin
10 Has Anybody Seen My Angel Denise Murray
9 Haven't You Heard Shirley Myers
11 Honey, I'm Home Shania Twain
5919 How Do I Let Go Lisa Brokop
12 I Read Lips Thomas Wade & Wayward
6 I'm Gone George Fox
15 I'm Gonna Make Her Mine Jason McCoy
10 If I Could Just Get to You Duane Steele
501 The Kind of Heart That Breaks Chris Cummings
17Let's Kiss and Make Up Beverley Mahood with Ken Munshaw
5517Let's Start Livin'Gil Grand
3 A Little Bit of You Jason McCoy
12 A Little Bit of Your Love Joel Feeney
9 A Minute and a Half Chris Cummings
7 Movin' On The Rankins
14 Never Givin' Up Rick Tippe
22 Now That I Found You Terri Clark
9 One Last Step Shirley Myers
3 Outside the Frame Paul Brandt
17 Radio 101 Beverley Mahood
19The River Song Montgomery Steele
20She Made Me an OfferRick Tippe
4 Some Days Are Better Charlie Major
12 There's a Song in There Somewhere Thomas Wade & Wayward
20 Two Out of Three Ain't Bad Julian Austin
18Underneath the Moon Montana Sky
1 Walk This Road Bruce Guthro
10 The Way Love Goes Jamie Warren
12 What My Heart Already Knows Julian Austin
6810 What's Come Over You Paul Brandt
20What's Not to LoveLisa Brokop
19A Whole Lot of LoveMontana Sky
12 Woman's Work Tracey Brown
5 Yeah! Paul Brandt
10 You Can Trust in My Love Charlie Major
11 You're Easy on the Eyes Terri Clark
11 You're Still the One Shania Twain
7415Your Love Jim Brickman with Michelle Wright

Top new album releases

USCANAlbumArtistRecord Label
18 Ain't It the Truth Daryle Singletary Giant
21 The Apostle Soundtrack Various ArtistsDecca Nashville
914 Back with a Heart Olivia Newton-John MCA Nashville
1312 The Best of Tracy Lawrence Tracy Lawrence Atlantic
2231 Big Hopes Ty Herndon Epic
6 Breath of Heaven: A Christmas Collection Vince Gill MCA Nashville
615 Burnin' the Roadhouse Down Steve Wariner Capitol Nashville
14 Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Lucinda Williams Mercury
3CMT Canada '99Various ArtistsBMG
2Country Heat 1998Various ArtistsAriola
22A Country Superstar ChristmasVarious ArtistsHip-O
16 Did I Shave My Back for This? Cledus T. Judd Razor & Tie
16 Dorkfish Bill Engvall Warner Bros.
11 Double Live Garth Brooks Capitol Nashville
611 Everything's Gonna Be Alright Deana Carter Capitol Nashville
21 Faith Faith Hill Warner Bros.
22 Famous First Words Gil Grand Monument
3917Farmers in a Changing World The Tractors Arista Nashville
24 For the Record Alabama RCA Nashville
21 Greatest Hits Joe Diffie Epic
918 Greatest Hits Clay Walker Giant
5 Greatest Hits Volume One Toby Keith Mercury Nashville
11 High Mileage Alan Jackson Arista Nashville
13 Hope Floats Soundtrack Various ArtistsCapitol Nashville
1320The Horse Whisperer SoundtrackVarious ArtistsMCA Nashville
19How Big a Boy Are Ya? Volume 4 Roy D. Mercer Capitol Nashville
104 How I Feel Terri Clark Mercury Nashville
23 Hungry Again Dolly Parton Decca Nashville
55 I'm Alright Jo Dee Messina Curb
89 I'm from the Country Tracy Byrd MCA Nashville
13 If I Never Stop Loving You David Kersh Curb
47 If You See Her Brooks & Dunn Arista Nashville
27 If You See Him Reba McEntire MCA Nashville
3715 It Don't Get Any Better Than This George Jones MCA Nashville
21 It Would Be You Gary Allan Decca Nashville
3It's Now! It's Live! The Mavericks MCA Nashville
12 The Key Vince Gill MCA Nashville
1526 Leave a Mark John Michael Montgomery Atlantic
11 The Limited Series Garth BrooksCapitol Nashville
1112 A Long Way Home Dwight Yoakam Reprise
3 Moments and Memories: The Best of Reba Reba McEntire MCA Nashville
2New Country 5Various ArtistsWarner
15 No More Looking over My Shoulder Travis Tritt Warner Bros.
114 No Place That Far Sara Evans RCA Nashville
164 Nothing but Love The Wilkinsons Giant
6 Of Your Son Bruce Guthro EMI
24One Road Man Chris LeDoux Capitol Nashville
13 One Step at a Time George Strait MCA Nashville
86 The Prince of Egypt (Nashville) Various ArtistsDreamWorks Nashville
329 Shot Full of Love Billy Ray Cyrus Monument
22 Sittin' on Top of the World LeAnn Rimes Curb
2511 The Sky's the Limit BlackHawk Arista Nashville
20 Some Things I Know Lee Ann Womack Decca Nashville
9 Step Inside This House Lyle Lovett MCA Nashville
181 Tammy Wynette Remembered Various ArtistsAsylum
1715 Teatro Willie Nelson Island
34 Touched by an Angel: The Album Various ArtistsEpic
821 Totally Committed Jeff Foxworthy Warner Bros.
93 Trampoline The MavericksMCA Nashville
3618 A Tribute to Tradition Various ArtistsColumbia
12Ultimate Country PartyVarious ArtistsArista Nashville
92 Unbelievable Diamond Rio Arista Nashville
25 VH1 Storytellers Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson Columbia
813 The Walls Came Down Collin Raye Epic
11 What Is This Country? Prairie Oyster ViK.
23 What This Country Needs Aaron Tippin Lyric Street
922 When the Wrong One Loves You Right Wade Hayes Columbia
21 When You Get to Be You Lisa Brokop Columbia
32 Where Your Road Leads Trisha Yearwood MCA Nashville
9 White Christmas Martina McBride RCA Nashville
11 Wide Open Spaces Dixie Chicks Monument
4719 Wine Into Water T. Graham Brown Intersound
8 Wish You Were Here Mark Wills Mercury Nashville
7 You and You Alone Randy Travis DreamWorks Nashville

Other top albums

USCANAlbumArtistRecord Label
55 16 Biggest Hits Merle Haggard Epic
50 16 Biggest Hits George Jones Epic
29 16 Biggest Hits Willie Nelson Columbia
75 29 Nights Danni Leigh Decca Nashville
73 Beautiful Day in the Cold Cruel World The Warren Brothers BNA
38The Best of John Denver John Denver Madacy
38Big Backyard Beat Show BR5-49 Arista Nashville
30Black Dog SoundtrackVarious ArtistsDecca Nashville
69Break in the Storm The Great Divide Atlantic
58The Civil War: The Nashville SessionsVarious ArtistsAtlantic
71 Closing in on the Fire Waylon Jennings Ark 21
50Country Christmas ClassicsVarious ArtistsRCA Nashville
63 The Essential Alabama Alabama RCA Nashville
73The Essential Lorrie Morgan Lorrie Morgan BNA
26 Every Time Pam Tillis Arista Nashville
52 Fiddle Fire: 25 Years of the CDB Charlie Daniels Blue Hat
66Greatest #1 Hits Randy Travis Warner Bros.
36Greatest Country HitsJohn DenverRCA
47 Greatest Hits Restless Heart RCA Nashville
73Hangin' with Rodney Rodney Carrington Mercury Nashville
37 I Saw the Light Hal Ketchum Curb
69I Turn the Page Don Williams Giant
70I'm Just That Way Mark Nesler Asylum
61 I'm Yours Linda Davis DreamWorks Nashville
57 Keep on Rockin' Confederate Railroad Atlantic
34Long Walk Back Junior Brown Curb
38 Love Is Kevin Sharp Asylum
66The Lynns The Lynns Reprise
42 Nobody Love, Nobody Gets Hurt Suzy Bogguss Capitol Nashville
27 A Paul Brandt Christmas: Shall I Play for You? Paul Brandt Reprise
41 Real Man Billy Dean Capitol Nashville
57Rhythm and Country Elvis Presley RCA
36 Secret Love Lorrie MorganBNA
27 Spyboy Emmylou Harris Eminent
50 Stepping Stone Lari White Lyric Street
38 The Strong One Mila Mason Atlantic
72Super Hits John Anderson BNA
53Super HitsLorrie MorganBNA
72Super Hits Aaron Tippin RCA Nashville
59Super Hits IIAlabamaRCA Nashville
55Twistin' in the Wind Joe Ely MCA Nashville
33 What Livin's All About Rhett Akins Decca Nashville
56 Write It in Stone Keith Harling MCA Nashville

Deaths

Hall of Fame inductees

Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees

Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

Major awards

Grammy Awards

Juno Awards

Academy of Country Music

ARIA Awards

(presented in Sydney on October 20, 1998)

Canadian Country Music Association

Country Music Association

RPM Big Country Awards

See also

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References

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