These are the RPM magazine Dance number-one hits of 1998.
Issue date | Song | Artist | Reference(s) |
---|---|---|---|
January 12 | "Feel So Good" (featuring Kelly Price) | Mase | [1] |
January 19 | [2] | ||
January 26 | "Angel" | Joée | [3] |
February 2 | "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" | Will Smith | [4] |
February 9 | "Broken Bones" | Love Inc. | [5] |
February 16 | [6] | ||
February 23 | "Together Again" | Janet Jackson | [7] |
March 2 | "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" | Will Smith | [8] |
March 9 | "Broken Bones" | Love Inc. | [9] |
March 16 | "Beachball" | Nalin & Kane | [10] |
March 23 | [11] | ||
March 30 | [12] | ||
April 6 | [13] | ||
April 13 | "Ecuador" | Sash! | [14] |
April 20 | [15] | ||
April 27 | "Lift Me Up" | Red 5 | [16] |
May 4 | "Ecuador" | Sash! | [17] |
May 11 | [18] | ||
May 18 | "I Know Where It's At" | All Saints | [19] |
May 25 | [20] | ||
June 1 | "No No No" | Destiny's Child | [21] |
June 8 | "On the Run" | De Bos | [22] |
June 15 | "Too Close" | Next | [23] |
June 22 | [24] | ||
June 29 | [25] | ||
July 6 | "Stay" | Sash! | [26] |
July 13 | [27] | ||
July 20 | [28] | ||
July 27 | "The Boy Is Mine" | Brandy & Monica | [29] |
August 3 | [30] | ||
August 10 | "You're a Superstar" | Love Inc. | [31] |
August 17 | [32] | ||
August 24 | [33] | ||
August 31 | [34] | ||
September 7 | [35] | ||
September 14 | "Hands of Time" | Temperance | [36] |
September 21 | "Feel It" | The Tamperer featuring Maya | [37] |
September 28 | "Top of the World" (featuring Mase) | Brandy | [38] |
October 5 | [39] | ||
October 12 | "God is a DJ" | Faithless | [40] |
October 19 | [41] | ||
October 26 | "If You Could Read My Mind" | Stars on 54 | [42] |
November 2 | [43] | ||
November 9 | [44] | ||
November 16 | [45] | ||
November 23 | [46] | ||
November 30 | "Wanna Get Up" | 2 Unlimited | [47] |
December 7 | |||
December 14 | "Homeless" | Love Inc. | [48] |
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