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. James-horner-07.jpg
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. Garth Brooks (3217544578).jpg
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]

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Chart history

Key
†Indicates best performing album of 1998
Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)LabelSalesRef.
January 3 Sevens Garth Brooks Capitol 678,000 [2] [3]
January 10684,000 [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 31419,000 [10] [11]
February 7664,500 [12] [13]
February 14582,500 [14] [15]
February 21588,000 [16] [17]
February 28847,500 [18] [19]
March 7562,000 [20] [21]
March 14505,000 [22] [23]
March 21477,511 [24] [25]
March 28448,000 [26] [27]
April 4454,000 [28] [29]
April 11476,000 [30] [31]
April 18390,000 [32] [33]
April 25410,000 [34] [35]
May 2268,000 [36] [37]
May 9184,000 [38] [39]
May 16 Before These Crowded Streets Dave Matthews Band RCA 421,000 [40] [41]
May 23 The Limited Series Garth BrooksCapitol372,410 [42] [43]
May 30190,000 [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 27217,000 [52] [53]
July 4City of AngelsSoundtrackWarner Sunset169,000 [54] [55]
July 11145,000 [56] [57]
July 18 Armageddon: The Album Soundtrack Columbia 184,000 [58] [59]
July 25236,000 [60] [61]
August 1 Hello Nasty Beastie Boys Grand Royal 681,572 [62] [63]
August 8315,000 [64] [65]
August 15244,000 [66] [67]
August 22 Da Game Is to Be Sold Not to Be Told Snoop Dogg No Limit519,000 [68] [69]
August 29246,000 [70] [71]
September 5 Follow the Leader Korn Immortal 268,000 [72] [73]
September 12 The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill Ruffhouse 422,624 [74] [75]
September 19265,000 [76] [77]
September 26214,000 [78] [79]
October 3 Mechanical Animals Marilyn Manson Nothing 223,000 [80] [81]
October 10The Miseducation of Lauryn HillLauryn HillRuffhouse168,000 [82] [83]
October 17 Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life Jay-Z Roc-A-Fella 352,000 [84] [85]
October 24208,000 [86] [87]
October 31186,000 [88] [89]
November 7189,000 [90] [91]
November 14174,000 [92] [93]
November 21 Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie Alanis Morissette Maverick 469,054 [94] [95]
November 28268,000 [96] [97]
December 5 Double Live Garth BrooksCapitol1,085,000 [98] [99]
December 12649,496 [100] [101]
December 19423,332 [102] [103]
December 26450,906 [104] [105]

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