List of number-one country albums of 1998 (U.S.)
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These are the U.S. number-one country albums of 1998
, per the Billboard
Top Country Albums chart.
Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7-10 days in advance.
1998 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1998.-Events:*January 10 — "Retro Country USA," a weekly two-hour syndicated radio program spotlighting major country hits of the 1980s , premieres...
, per the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Top Country Albums chart.
Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7-10 days in advance.
| Issue Date | Album | Artist |
| January 3 | Sevens Sevens (album) Sevens is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on November 25, 1997, and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, and on the Top Country Albums chart. The album also topped the Country album charts in Britain for several months and crossed over into the... |
Garth Brooks Garth Brooks Troyal Garth Brooks , best known as Garth Brooks, is an American country music artist who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon. His eponymous first album was released in 1989 and peaked at number 2 in the US country album chart while climbing to number 13 on the Billboard 200 album chart... |
| January 10 | Sevens | Garth Brooks |
| January 17 | Sevens | Garth Brooks |
| January 24 | Sevens | Garth Brooks |
| January 31 | Sevens | Garth Brooks |
| February 7 | You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs You Light up My Life: Inspirational Songs You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs is the third album by American country singer LeAnn Rimes, released in the United States by Curb Records on September 9, 1997, when Rimes was 15 years old. The album was hugely successful but many critics thought that much of the material did not do Rimes'... |
LeAnn Rimes LeAnn Rimes LeAnn Rimes is an American country/pop singer. She is known for her rich vocals and her rise to fame as an eight-year-old champion on the original Ed McMahon version of Star Search, followed by the release of the Patsy Cline-intended single "Blue" when Rimes was only age 13, resulting in her... |
| February 14 | Come On Over Come on Over (Shania Twain album) Come On Over is the third studio album recorded by Canadian singer Shania Twain. It was released on November 4, 1997. It became the world's best-selling country music album and the best-selling studio album ever released by a female artist in any genre... |
Shania Twain Shania Twain Shania Twain, OC is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. Her album The Woman in Me , brought her fame and her 1997 album Come On Over, became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician in any genre, and the best-selling country album of all time. It has sold over 40 million... |
| February 21 | Come On Over | Shania Twain |
| February 28 | Sevens | Garth Brooks |
| March 7 | Sevens | Garth Brooks |
| March 14 | Come On Over | Shania Twain |
| March 21 | Sevens | Garth Brooks |
| March 28 | Sevens | Garth Brooks |
| April 4 | Sevens | Garth Brooks |
| April 11 | Come On Over | Shania Twain |
| April 18 | Come On Over | Shania Twain |
| April 25 | Come On Over | Shania Twain |
| May 2 | Come On Over | Shania Twain |
| May 9 | One Step at a Time | George Strait George Strait George Harvey Strait is an American country music singer, actor, and music producer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend. He is known for his unique style of western swing music, bar-room ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional... |
| May 16 | One Step at a Time | George Strait |
| May 23 | The Limited Series The Limited Series (1998 box set) The Limited Series is a box set released by country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on May 5, 1998 and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and the Top Country Albums chart with 372,410 copies sold. It features re-issues of Garth's first six albums, with a bonus track added to each... |
Garth Brooks |
| May 30 | The Limited Series | Garth Brooks |
| June 6 | The Limited Series | Garth Brooks |
| June 13 | The Limited Series | Garth Brooks |
| June 20 | Hope Floats | Soundtrack |
| June 27 | Hope Floats | Soundtrack |
| July 4 | Hope Floats | Soundtrack |
| July 11 | Hope Floats | Soundtrack |
| July 18 | Hope Floats | Soundtrack |
| July 25 | Hope Floats | Soundtrack |
| August 1 | Hope Floats | Soundtrack |
| August 8 | Hope Floats | Soundtrack |
| August 15 | Hope Floats | Soundtrack |
| August 22 | Come On Over | Shania Twain |
| August 29 | The Key The Key (Vince Gill album) The Key is the ninth studio album from American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in 1998 on MCA Nashville Records. It features the singles "If You Ever Have Forever in Mind," "Kindly Keep It Country," "Don't Come Cryin' to Me" and "My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man." This final track... |
Vince Gill Vince Gill Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill is an American neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a... |
| September 5 | Come On Over | Shania Twain |
| September 12 | Come On Over | Shania Twain |
| September 19 | High Mileage High Mileage High Mileage is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released on September 1, 1998 and produced four hit singles on the Hot Country Songs charts for Jackson: "I'll Go on Loving You" , "Right on the Money" , "Gone Crazy" and "Little Man"... |
Alan Jackson Alan Jackson Alan Eugene Jackson is an American country music singer, known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits. He has recorded 13 studio albums, 3 Greatest Hits albums, 2 Holiday albums, 1 Gospel album and several compilations, all on the Arista... |
| September 26 | High Mileage | Alan Jackson |
| October 3 | Come On Over | Shania Twain |
| October 10 | Come On Over | Shania Twain |
| October 17 | Come On Over | Shania Twain |
| October 24 | Come On Over | Shania Twain |
| October 31 | Come On Over | Shania Twain |
| November 7 | Come On Over | Shania Twain |
| November 14 | Come On Over | Shania Twain |
| November 21 | Come On Over | Shania Twain |
| November 28 | Come On Over | Shania Twain |
| December 5 | Double Live | Garth Brooks |
| December 12 | Double Live | Garth Brooks |
| December 19 | Double Live | Garth Brooks |
| December 26 | Double Live | Garth Brooks |