April 1998 brought an electrifying mix of fresh faces, genre-bending grooves, and powerful pop royalty to the global music stage 🌍. Let’s take it from the bottom up and unveil the most exciting chart climbers of the month — with a few surprising debuts along the way!
We kick off with a wave of fresh entries that span the globe. Representing alternative rock with a touch of mystery, Marcy Playground makes a provocative debut at #50 with Sex and Candy 🍬, while the soulful harmonies of ’NSYNC enter at #49 with the catchy I Want You Back, announcing the arrival of a boy band era that was about to take over. 🎤✨
P.M. Dawn gives us retro-tinged vibes with Gotta Be… Movin’ On Up at #48, while the Irish darlings The Corrs melt hearts with What Can I Do at #46. Over in the dreamy Britpop zone, The Verve lands at #43 with Sonnet, adding poetic soul to the countdown. Also making a strong impression is the sensual and romantic All My Life by R&B duo K-Ci & JoJo, debuting at #38 💘.
Latin power explodes with the high-energy anthem The Cup of Life by the magnetic Ricky Martin at #36 🇵🇷⚽ — a preview of the global fever that would follow. And the delicate yet uplifting Breathe by Scottish icon Midge Ure floats in at #31.
Returning artists are not to be outshined! Aussie sensation Natalie Imbruglia scores a second hit with Big Mistake (#27), showing she’s no one-hit wonder. Janet Jackson proves her emotional range with I Get Lonely at #41, while Hanson brings a bittersweet tune this time with Weird at #28.
Dance, pop, and ballads blend beautifully across the top half. Sweetbox and Tina Harris bring positivity and hope with Everything’s Gonna Be Alright at #21 🌈, while the fabulous Robyn continues her electro-pop rise with Show Me Love at #24. Espen Lind, the tender-voiced Norwegian heartthrob, climbs with the tearjerking When Susannah Cries at #12, just ahead of the sassy and unstoppable Spice Girls, who roar back into the Top 15 with Stop 🛑💃.
The Top 10 is pure fire. The emotionally raw High by Lighthouse Family rises to #10, followed by the unstoppable charisma of Janet Jackson with Together Again. The timeless All I Have To Give by the Backstreet Boys (cue the swooning fans!) sails to #8, just behind the legendary Eric Clapton, whose heartfelt My Father’s Eyes lands at #7 with quiet strength 🎸👀.
Romantic ballads are thriving, with Savage Garden’s Truly Madly Deeply at #6 and the soulful All Saints holding strong with Never Ever at #5. Natalie Imbruglia’s Torn continues its emotional grip at #4, while Will Smith adds hip-hop energy with Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It at #3 🕺🔥.
And now… the final two. At #2, after weeks at the top, the Titanic anthem My Heart Will Go On by the one and only Celine Dion still reigns with powerful vocals and heart-wrenching emotion 🚢💔.
But claiming the crown this month — soaring all the way from #14 — is none other than Madonna with the haunting, ethereal masterpiece Frozen ❄️👑. A visual and sonic reinvention that captivated the world, and now, rightfully, April’s #1 song!
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| TM | LM | 2M | MS | SONG | ARTIST | LABEL |
| 1 | 14 | 40 | 3 | Frozen | Madonna | Maverick Records |
| 2 | 1 | 27 | 3 | My Heart Will Go On | Celine Dion | Epic Records |
| 3 | 15 | 32 | 3 | Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It | Will Smith | Columbia Records |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | Torn | Natalie Imbruglia | RCA Records |
| 5 | 6 | 29 | 3 | Never Ever | All Saints | London Records |
| 6 | 18 | 6 | 5 | Truly Madly Deeply | Savage Garden | Columbia Records |
| 7 | 29 | NEW | 2 | My Father’s Eyes | Eric Clapton | Reprise Records |
| 8 | 28 | 50 | 3 | All I Have To Give | Backstreet Boys | Jive Records |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Together Again | Janet Jackson | Virgin Records |
| 10 | 12 | 34 | 3 | High | Lighthouse Family | Polydor Records |
| 11 | 36 | NEW | 2 | Stop | Spice Girls | Virgin Records |
| 12 | 35 | NEW | 2 | When Susannah Cries | Espen Lind | Universal Records |
| 13 | 9 | 28 | 4 | All Around The World | Oasis | Columbia Records |
| 14 | 7 | 11 | 4 | Doctor Jones | Aqua | MCA Records |
| 15 | 8 | 19 | 3 | Cose Della Vita | Eros Ramazzotti And Tina Turner | BMG Records |
| 16 | 26 | NEW | 2 | You’re Still The One | Shania Twain | Mercury Records |
| 17 | 17 | 36 | 3 | Amnesia | Chumbawamba | EMI Records |
| 18 | 50 | NEW | 2 | Nobody’s Wife | Anouk | Columbia Records |
| 19 | 16 | 18 | 4 | I Do | Lisa Loeb | Geffen Records |
| 20 | 11 | 8 | 4 | Angels | Robbie Williams | Chrysalis Records |
| 21 | 32 | 48 | 4 | Everything’s Gonna Be Alright | Sweetbox Feat. Tina Harris | RCA Records |
| 22 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Too Much | Spice Girls | Virgin Records |
| 23 | 44 | 47 | 4 | 3AM | Matchbox Twenty | Atlantic Records |
| 24 | 27 | NEW | 2 | Show Me Love | Robyn | RCA Records |
| 25 | 41 | NEW | 2 | Hard Times Come Easy | Richie Sambora | Mercury Records |
| 26 | 38 | NEW | 2 | Bamboogie | Bamboo | Virgin Records |
| 27 | NEW | 1 | Big Mistake | Natalie Imbruglia | RCA Records | |
| 28 | NEW | 1 | Weird | Hanson | BMG Records | |
| 29 | 42 | 46 | 3 | It’s Like That | Run DMC Vs Jason Nevins | Epic Records |
| 30 | 13 | 5 | 7 | As Long As You Love Me | Backstreet Boys | Jive Records |
| 31 | NEW | 1 | Breathe | Midge Ure | BMG Records | |
| 32 | 10 | 3 | 5 | Back To You | Bryan Adams | A&M Records |
| 33 | 20 | 42 | 3 | Recover Your Soul | Elton John | Mercury Records |
| 34 | 47 | NEW | 2 | Brimful Of Asha | Cornershop | Warner Bros. Records |
| 35 | 48 | NEW | 2 | History Repeating | Propellerheads Feat. Shirley Bassey | Wall Of Sound |
| 36 | NEW | 1 | The Cup Of Life | Ricky Martin | Columbia Records | |
| 37 | 19 | 24 | 3 | Saint Of Me | The Rolling Stones | Virgin Records |
| 38 | NEW | 1 | All My Life | K-Ci & Jojo | MCA Records | |
| 39 | NEW | 1 | Angel St | M People | M People Records | |
| 40 | 5 | 12 | 6 | Walkin’ On The Sun | Smash Mouth | Interscope Records |
| 41 | NEW | 1 | I Get Lonely | Janet Jackson | Virgin Records | |
| 42 | 25 | 49 | 3 | Given To Fly | Pearl Jam | Epic Records |
| 43 | NEW | 1 | Sonnet | The Verve | Virgin Records | |
| 44 | 21 | 7 | 5 | Tomorrow Never Dies | Sheryl Crow | A&M Records |
| 45 | 23 | 9 | 6 | I Will Come To You | Hanson | Mercury Records |
| 46 | NEW | 1 | What Can I Do | The Corrs | Atlantic Records | |
| 47 | 37 | 20 | 5 | You Make Me Wanna… | Usher | Arista Records |
| 48 | NEW | 1 | Gotta Be… Movin’ On Up | P.M. Dawn | V2 Records | |
| 49 | NEW | 1 | I Want You Back | *NSYNC | RCA Records | |
| 50 | NEW | 1 | Sex And Candy | Marcy Playground | Capitol Records |
