List of number-one singles of 1998 (Canada)

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Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia spent 12 weeks at number one with "Torn", Canada's best-performing single of 1998. Natalie Imbruglia-paradiso.jpg
Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia spent 12 weeks at number one with "Torn", Canada's best-performing single of 1998.

RPM was a Canadian magazine that published the best-performing singles of Canada from 1964 to 2000. In 1998, fifteen songs peaked at number one on the magazine's chart. Chumbawamba's "Tubthumping" was the first chart-topper of the year while Canadian musician Alanis Morissette stayed at number one into 1999 with "Thank U". Seven musical acts attained their first Canadian number one this year: Matchbox Twenty, Natalie Imbruglia, Fastball, Goo Goo Dolls, Brandy, Monica, and Jennifer Paige. Two artists reached number one with more than one single: Bryan Adams and Goo Goo Dolls.

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The most successful song of the year, as well as the longest-running number-one hit, was "Torn" by Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia, which spent 12 nonconsecutive weeks at number one from April to July, interrupted on the week of 15 June by Fastball's "The Way". Two other songs also interrupted a single's reign at number one: "3 AM" by Matchbox Twenty kept Bryan Adams' "Back to You" off number one for two weeks, and "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls lost the number-one position on the issue of 17 August to Brandy and Monica's "The Boy Is Mine".

Three Canadian artists reached number one during 1998: Bryan Adams, Celine Dion, and Alanis Morissette. Dion topped the chart for six weeks with "My Heart Will Go On". Besides "Torn" and "My Heart Will Go On", five songs stayed at the summit for at least three weeks: "Back to You" by Bryan Adams, "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls, "Crush" by Jennifer Paige, "Sweetest Thing" by U2, and "Thank U" by Alanis Morissette. Goo Goo Dolls' "Slide" became only the third single to debut at number one on the RPM Singles Chart, not counting the magazine's first issue. [1] [2]

Key
† Indicates best-performing single of 1998

Chart history

Lisa Loeb's "I Do" became her second Canadian number-one hit. Lisa Loeb with Guitar.jpg
Lisa Loeb's "I Do" became her second Canadian number-one hit.
Celine Dion remained at number one in her native country for six weeks with her theme from the 1997 film Titanic, "My Heart Will Go On". Celine Dion by Linda Bisset.jpg
Celine Dion remained at number one in her native country for six weeks with her theme from the 1997 film Titanic , "My Heart Will Go On".
"The Way" by Fastball rose to number one in mid-June for a single issue. FastballBySteveHopson.jpg
"The Way" by Fastball rose to number one in mid-June for a single issue.
American rock band Goo Goo Dolls released two number-one singles in 1998: "Iris" and "Slide", giving the band 10 weeks at number one. Goo goo dolls slide.JPG
American rock band Goo Goo Dolls released two number-one singles in 1998: "Iris" and "Slide", giving the band 10 weeks at number one.
U2 achieved their seventh Canadian number-one hit in 1998 with "Sweetest Thing", a three-week chart-topper. U2 in Sydney (49139991797).jpg
U2 achieved their seventh Canadian number-one hit in 1998 with "Sweetest Thing", a three-week chart-topper.
Issue dateSongArtistReference
5 January [upper-alpha 1] "Tubthumping" Chumbawamba [3]
12 January"I Do" Lisa Loeb [4]
19 January"Back to You" Bryan Adams [5]
26 January"3 AM" Matchbox Twenty [6]
2 February [7]
9 February"Back to You"Bryan Adams [8]
16 February [9]
23 February"Truly Madly Deeply" Savage Garden [10]
2 March"My Heart Will Go On" Celine Dion [11]
9 March [12]
16 March [13]
23 March [14]
30 March [15]
6 April [16]
13 April"Torn"† [17] Natalie Imbruglia [18]
20 April [19]
27 April [20]
4 May [21]
11 May [22]
18 May [23]
25 May [24]
1 June [25]
8 June [26]
15 June"The Way" Fastball [27]
22 June"Torn"†Natalie Imbruglia [28]
29 June [29]
6 July [30]
13 July"Iris" Goo Goo Dolls [31]
20 July [32]
27 July [33]
3 August [34]
10 August [35]
17 August"The Boy Is Mine" Brandy and Monica [36]
24 August"Iris"Goo Goo Dolls [37]
31 August [38]
7 September [39]
14 September"Crush" Jennifer Paige [40]
21 September [41]
28 September [42]
5 October [43]
12 October [44]
19 October"Slide"Goo Goo Dolls [45]
26 October [46]
2 November"On a Day Like Today"Bryan Adams [47]
9 November"Sweetest Thing" U2 [48]
16 November [49]
23 November [50]
30 November"Thank U" Alanis Morissette [51]
7 December [52]
14 December [53]
21 December [upper-alpha 2]
28 December [upper-alpha 2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Due to a three-week break in publication over the 1997/1998 Christmas/New Year period, the week of 5 January is inferred.
  2. 1 2 Due to a three-week break in publication over the 1998/1999 Christmas/New Year period, the weeks of 21 December and 28 December are inferred.

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