1998 en musica


Eveniments 
11 de julhet : Love-parade techno a Berlin.
 agost : al festenal Woodstock '98, los organizadors vòlon tornar editar lo succès de Woodstock '93, mas la fèsta es perturbada pels desbordaments de violéncia.
19 de setembre : primièra Techno Parade a París.
 Formacion del grop britanic Steadman

Principals albums de l'annada 
 Quelques gouttes suffisent - Ärsenik
 Le combat continu - Ideal J
 Suprem NTM - NTM
 Let's Talk About Love - Céline Dion
 The Party Album - Vengaboys
 A Song For xx - Ayumi Hamasaki
 Aquarium (Limited Christmas Edition) - Aqua
 Donde estan los ladrones? - Shakira
 Titanic(soundtrack) - James Horner
 Ray of Light - Madonna
 Helvetissä on syntisen taivas - Ajattara
 Engine - American Music Club
 Inquisition Symphony, - Apocalyptica
 Stigmata - Arch Enemy
 Hillside Album - Arnold
 Nu-Clear Sounds - Ash
 Time Capsule - The B-52's, Compilacion 1979-1992
 Stunt - Barenaked Ladies
 Reunion - Black Sabbath
 Nightfall in Middle-Earth - Blind Guardian
 Races of a Thousand Camels - BoA
 Head Shrinkin' Fun - The Bomboras
 Kingsize - The Boo Radleys
 Mermaid Avenue - Billy Bragg & Wilco
 Smitten - Buffalo Tom
 French - Buzzcocks
 Somewhere in the City - John Cale
 Even My Sure Things Fall Through - Calexico
 Waulkroots - Capercaillie
 Sideral Torment - Carcariass
 Full Service On Waiting - Peter Case
 Clandestino - Manu Chao
 Uneasy Listening - Chumbawamba
 Tubthumper - Chumbawamba
 Greatest Hits - Sam Cooke - Sam Cooke, Compilacion 1957-1963
 Give Yourself A Hand - Crash Test Dummies
 Dada - Dada
 Symphonic Screams - The Dandys
 The Singles 86-98 - Depeche Mode
 Spacey And Shakin' - Peter Droge
 Twistin' In The Wind - Joe Ely
 Out Of The Dark - Falco
 All The Pain Money Can Buy - Fastball
 Five Easy Pieces - Five Easy Pieces
 Premonition - John Fogerty
 Version 2.0 - Garbage
 Weird Tales - Golden Smog
 Bring It On - Gomez
 Jubilee - Grant Lee Buffalo
 Summer Wine - Hazeldine, EP
 Digging You Up - Hazeldine
 Get Down - The Hi-Fives
 Wu-Wei - Hint
 Musical Chairs - Hootie & The Blowfish
 Hisser - Howe
 The Hybirds - The Hybirds
 Hope Is Important - Idlewild
 What Is Not To Love - Imperial Teen
 Cracking Up - The Jesus and Mary Chain
 Independant Intavenshan: The Island Anthology - Linton Kwesi Johnson
 King Of The Delta Blues - Robert Johnson, reedicion CD
 Acme - The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
 Follow The Leader - KoRn
 5 - Lenny Kravitz
 This World Is Not My Home - Lone Justice, compilacion
 If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next - Manic Street Preachers
 Best Of Mano Negra - Mano Negra
 Trampoline - The Mavericks
 John Mellencamp - John Mellencamp
 Ophelia - Natalie Merchant
 Deserter's songs - Mercury Rev
 The Last Dog And Pony Show - Bob Mould
 Soul's Core - Shawn Mullins
 Street Trash - The New York Dolls, album enregistrar Live en 1973
 One Trip/One Noise - Noir Désir
 Americana - Offspring
 Not If It Pleases Me - Graham Parker & The Rumours, enregistrament Live de 1976-1977
 New Sheets - Possum Dixon
 Bubbling Up - The Primitives
 Dial 'M' For Motherfucker - Pussy Galore
 Up - R.E.M.
 Fundamental - Bonnie Raitt
 Space Heater - The Reverend Horton Heat
 Fiction Romance, Fast Machines - The Rondelles
 Concert Classics - Roxy Music (live)
 Calling Dr. Strong - RRAF
 The Gaelic Collection - Runrig
 Eu Sei Tu Es... - Santamaria
 The Selecter Live - The Selecter
 Feeling Strangely Fine - Semisonic
 Between Us - Jules Shear
 Happy Hour - Shonen Knife
 Neo Wave - Silver Sun
 Pull Me Up… … Drag Me Down - Silverjet
 Navy Blues - Sloan
 Virgin Stripes - Slowpoke
 Beauty And Sadness - The Smithereens, EP
 Candy From A Stranger - Soul Asylum
 1 Douar - Alan Stivell
 Songs From The Pipe - The Surfers
 System of a Down - System of a Down
 In A Dog House - The Throwing Muses
 The Very Best Of Toots & The Maytals - Toots and the Maytals
 The Best Of U2 1980-1990 - U2
 Van Halen III - Van Halen
 500 Miles - Gene Vincent, compilation
 Beautiful Maladies - Tom Waits
 Almost Here - Unbelievable Truth
 Faithless Street - Whiskeytown
 One Hot July - Tony Joe White
 Car Wheels on a gravel road - Lucinda Williams
 Imagination - Brian Wilson
 Made in Love - Zazie
 The Real One - 2 Live Crew
 Little joe - 2 Live Crew
 Playing My Game - Lene Marlin
 Toto XX - Toto
 Out Of The Dark -  Falco (sortit a títol postum).

Succès de l'annada en França 
15 melhoras vendas de singles en 1998 : 
 Belle - BO Notre-Dame
 Suprem NTM NTM
 La tribu de Dana - Manau
 Bye bye - Ménélik
 La Copa de la Vida - Ricky Martin
 My heart will go on - Céline Dion
 Vivo per lei - Andrea Bocelli e Hélène Ségara
 Yakalelo - Nomads
 Pata pata - Coumba Gawlo
 Together again - Janet Jackson
 I will survive - Hermes House Band
 Chanter pour ceux qui sont loin de chez eux - Laam
 La fiesta - Patrick Sébastien
 Frozen - Madonna
 Mon papa à moi est un gangster - Stomy Bugsy
 Torn - Natalie Imbruglia

Naissenças 
 Lo grop francés Lazuli
 Le grop portugués Santamaria
 Le grop American Punkamania

Decèsses principals 
 6 de febrièr : Hans Hölzel, aliàs Falco, cantaire austriac, morís dins un accident de la rota - Carl Wilson, guitarrista del grop de rock american The Beach Boys
 5 d'abril : Cozy Powell - Whitesnake, Rainbow, Black Sabbath
 12 de novembre : Kenny Kirkland
 2 Mai: HideJapon Hideto Matsumoto, cantaire e guitarrista.

Recompensas

Grammy Awards (Estats Units) 
25 de febrièr : Bob Dylan recep tres Grammy awards per Time Out Of My Mind

Prèmi Juno (Canadà) 
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Prèmi Félix (Quebèc) 
 Lista dels laureats dels prèmis Félix en 1998

Brit Awards (Reialme Unit) 
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Victòrias de la musica (França) 

 Artista interprèt masculin de l'annada : Florent Pagny
 Artista interprèta femenina de l'annada : Zazie
 Revelacion de l'Annada : Lara Fabian
 Album de l'annada : L'École du micro d'argent de IAM
 Album de musicas tradicionalas o de musicas del mond de l'annada : Finisterres de Dan Ar Braz e l'Héritage des Celtes
 Album de musicas electronicas, groove, dance de l'annada : 30 de Laurent Garnier
 Album de musica originala de cinèma o de television de l'annada : Le Patient anglais de Gabriel Yared
 Cançon de l'annada : L'Homme pressé de Noir Désir (autor/compositor : Bertrand Cantat / Noir Désir - arrangaire : Andy Baker)
 Concèrt de l'annada : Sol en si al Casino de París
 Videoclip de l'annada : Savoir aimer de Florent Pagny (realizator : Sylvain Bergère)

Cronologia de la musica