The Ultimate MTV Europe Top 20 Hits of 1998 | Top 156 Chart! 🎶🔥
1998 was a golden year for music, and MTV Europe’s Top 20 weekly charts captured some of the most iconic hits of the era! In this video, we bring you a complete ranking of the 156 songs that entered the MTV Europe Top 20 throughout the year—featuring unforgettable classics, massive dance anthems, and emotional ballads that defined a generation.
Relive the magic of Céline Dion’s heart-wrenching My Heart Will Go On from Titanic, Madonna’s stunning reinvention with Frozen and The Power of Goodbye, and the smooth pop perfection of Savage Garden’s Truly, Madly, Deeply. Feel the nostalgia with Natalie Imbruglia’s Torn, All Saints’ dreamy Never Ever, and the R&B dominance of Brandy & Monica’s The Boy Is Mine.
Dance to unforgettable club bangers like Stardust’s Music Sounds Better With You, Will Smith’s Gettin’ Jiggy With It, and Run-D.M.C. vs. Jason Nevins’ It’s Like That. And let’s not forget the Europop explosion with Aqua’s Doctor Jones, Wes’ infectious Alane, and Faithless’ legendary God Is a DJ.
From Robbie Williams’ anthemic Angels and Millennium to Spice Girls’ emotional Viva Forever and high-energy Stop, this countdown is packed with ‘90s gems. We also dive into alternative and rock masterpieces like Manic Street Preachers’ If You Tolerate This…, Beastie Boys’ Intergalactic, and Aerosmith’s I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing.
This is the ultimate musical time capsule of 1998! 🎧✨ Which of these songs defined your year? Let us know in the comments!
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| N° | SONG | ARTIST |
| 1 | My Heart Will Go On | Céline Dion |
| 2 | Frozen | Madonna |
| 3 | High | Lighthouse Family |
| 4 | Truly, Madly, Deeply | Savage Garden |
| 5 | No Matter What | Boyzone |
| 6 | Torn | Natalie Imbruglia |
| 7 | Together Again | Janet Jackson |
| 8 | I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing | Aerosmith |
| 9 | The Boy Is Mine | Brandy & Monica |
| 10 | It’s Like That | Run-D.M.C. vs. Jason Nevins |
| 11 | Life | Des’ree |
| 12 | Ghetto Supastar | Pras Michel Feat. ODB & Mya |
| 13 | All My Life | K-Ci & JoJo |
| 14 | Crush | Jennifer Paige |
| 15 | Never Ever | All Saints |
| 16 | Alane | Wes |
| 17 | Believe | Cher |
| 18 | Angels | Robbie Williams |
| 19 | Viva Forever | Spice Girls |
| 20 | Outside | George Michael |
| 21 | Gettin’ Jiggy With It | Will Smith |
| 22 | Too Much | Spice Girls |
| 23 | Doctor Jones | Aqua |
| 24 | Millennium | Robbie Williams |
| 25 | Music Sounds Better With You | Stardust |
| 26 | Thank U | Alanis Morissette |
| 27 | Freak Me | Another Level |
| 28 | If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next | Manic Street Preachers |
| 29 | Horny ’98 | Mousse T. vs. Hot ‘N’ Juicy |
| 30 | The Power Of Goodbye | Madonna |
| 31 | All I Have To Give | Backstreet Boys |
| 32 | Intergalactic | Beastie Boys |
| 33 | Come With Me | Puff Daddy Feat. Jimmy Page |
| 34 | Sweetest Thing | U2 |
| 35 | Doo Wop (That Thing) | Lauryn Hill |
| 36 | Barbie Girl | Aqua |
| 37 | God Is A DJ | Faithless |
| 38 | Immortality | Céline Dion With Special Guests The Bee Gees |
| 39 | Drowned World (Substitute For Love) | Madonna |
| 40 | Stop | Spice Girls |
| 41 | Life Is A Flower | Ace Of Base |
| 42 | My Oh My | Aqua |
| 43 | Back To You [MTV Unplugged] | Bryan Adams |
| 44 | When Susannah Cries | Espen Lind |
| 45 | Ray Of Light | Madonna |
| 46 | Looking For Love [Remix] | Karen Ramirez |
| 47 | La Primavera | Sash! (Feat. Patrizia Salvatore) |
| 48 | Mysterious Times | Sash! Feat. Tina Cousins |
| 49 | Daysleeper | R.E.M. |
| 50 | Turn It Up [Remix] / Fire It Up | Busta Rhymes |
| 51 | You Make Me Wanna … | Usher |
| 52 | My Favourite Game | The Cardigans |
| 53 | Say You Love Me | Simply Red |
| 54 | If You Buy This Record (Your Life Will Be Better) | The Tamperer Feat. Maya |
| 55 | Prince Igor | The Rapsody Feat. Warren G & Sissel |
| 56 | Candle In The Wind 1997 | Elton John |
| 57 | I Will Come To You | Hanson |
| 58 | Teardrop | Massive Attack Feat. Elizabeth Fraser |
| 59 | Ava Adore | The Smashing Pumpkins |
| 60 | The Unforgiven II | Metallica |
| 61 | Gone ‘Til November | Wyclef Jean |
| 62 | C’est la vie | B*Witched |
| 63 | How Deep Is Your Love | Dru Hill |
| 64 | As Long As You Love Me | Backstreet Boys |
| 65 | Save Tonight | Eagle-Eye Cherry |
| 66 | Cose Della Vita (Can’t Stop Thinking Of You) | Eros Ramazzotti Duetto Con Tina Turner |
| 67 | Everything’s Gonna Be Alright | Sweetbox (Feat. Tina Harris) |
| 68 | Crazy Little Party Girl | Aaron Carter |
| 69 | Sunchyme | Dario G |
| 70 | Under The Bridge | All Saints |
| 71 | Carnaval De Paris | Dario G |
| 72 | When You Believe | Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston |
| 73 | Cruel Summer | Ace Of Base |
| 74 | Would You …? | Touch And Go |
| 75 | I Want You Back | Melanie B Feat. Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott |
| 76 | Bootie Call | All Saints |
| 77 | Turn Back Time | Aqua |
| 78 | If You Can’t Say No | Lenny Kravitz |
| 79 | Nobody’s Wife | Anouk |
| 80 | Feel It | The Tamperer Feat. Maya |
| 81 | Weird | Hanson |
| 82 | I Think I’m Paranoid | Garbage |
| 83 | The Memory Remains | Metallica (Feat. Marianne Faithfull) |
| 84 | Wishing I Was There | Natalie Imbruglia |
| 85 | Everybody Get Up | Five |
| 86 | Top Of The World | Brandy Feat. Mase |
| 87 | No, No, No (Part II) | Destiny’s Child Feat. Wyclef Jean |
| 88 | Stand By Me | 4 The Cause |
| 89 | One For Sorrow | Steps |
| 90 | Lucky Man | The Verve |
| 91 | When You’re Gone | Bryan Adams Feat. Mel C |
| 92 | The Cup Of Life | Ricky Martin |
| 93 | Fight For Your Right (To Party) | N.Y.C.C. |
| 94 | Rockafellar Skank | Fatboy Slim |
| 95 | Got The Feelin’ | Five |
| 96 | Only When I Lose Myself | Depeche Mode |
| 97 | Blue Angels | Pras Michel |
| 98 | I’m Your Angel | Céline Dion & R. Kelly |
| 99 | Cleopatra’s Theme | Cleopatra |
| 100 | Turn The Page | Metallica |
| 101 | Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? | N-Trance Feat. Rod Stewart |
| 102 | Finally Found | Honeyz |
| 103 | All Around The World | Oasis |
| 104 | Just The Two Of Us | Will Smith |
| 105 | You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul ’98 | Modern Talking |
| 106 | Move Mania | Sash! Feat. Shannon |
| 107 | Love Unlimited | Fun Lovin’ Criminals |
| 108 | Casanova | Ultimate Kaos |
| 109 | Big Mistake | Natalie Imbruglia |
| 110 | Stay | Sash! Feat. La Trec |
| 111 | Hard Knock Life | Jay-Z |
| 112 | The Everlasting | Manic Street Preachers |
| 113 | Just Cruisin’ | Will Smith |
| 114 | Big Big World | Emilia |
| 115 | Diva | Dana International |
| 116 | Spice Up Your Life | Spice Girls |
| 117 | No Tengo Dinero | Lo$ Umbrello$ |
| 118 | Stranded | Lutricia McNeal |
| 119 | When The Lights Go Out | Five |
| 120 | Goodbye | Spice Girls |
| 121 | Push It | Garbage |
| 122 | My Love Is The Shhh! | Something For The People |
| 123 | Afrodiziak | Bran Van 3000 |
| 124 | I Belong To You | Lenny Kravitz |
| 125 | Drinking In L.A. | Bran Van 3000 |
| 126 | Deeper Underground | Jamiroquai |
| 127 | Tubthumping | Chumbawamba |
| 128 | Last Thing On My Mind | Steps |
| 129 | Do 4 Love | 2 Pac |
| 130 | Celebrity Skin | Hole |
| 131 | I Want You To Want Me | Solid Harmonie |
| 132 | Quanto Amore Sei | Eros Ramazzotti |
| 133 | Too Close | Next |
| 134 | Roxanne ’97 [Puff Daddy Remix] | Sting & The Police Feat. Pras |
| 135 | Guess I Was A Fool | Another Level |
| 136 | Slam Dunk (Da Funk) | Five |
| 137 | Most High | Page & Plant |
| 138 | Another One Bites The Dust | Queen & Wyclef Jean Feat. Pras & Free |
| 139 | Perfect Day | Various Artists |
| 140 | The Drugs Don’t Work | The Verve |
| 141 | I Get Lonely | Janet Jackson Feat. Blackstreet |
| 142 | Got ‘Til It’s Gone | Janet Jackson Feat. Q-Tip & Joni Mitchell |
| 143 | True To Your Heart | 98 Degrees Feat. Stevie Wonder |
| 144 | Phenomenon | LL Cool J |
| 145 | The First Night | Monica |
| 146 | The Way | Fastball |
| 147 | There Goes The Neighborhood | Sheryl Crow |
| 148 | No Regrets | Robbie Williams |
| 149 | Sacrifice | Anouk |
| 150 | All That I Need | Boyzone |
| 151 | Spark | Tori Amos |
| 152 | Question Of Faith | Lighthouse Family |
| 153 | Half On A Baby | R. Kelly |
| 154 | Rollercoaster | B*Witched |
| 155 | I Love The Way You Love Me | Boyzone |
| 156 | Gangster Trippin’ | Fatboy Slim |
