Proudly waving the Welsh flag, with their second album, Catatonia gave indie rock lovers something to feel hopeful about with the burst of the Britpop bubble...
The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 17)
Category: Flashback
The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 16)
British audiences weren't as familiar with hip hop titan Busta Rhymes before 1998. Thanks to a thundering sample of the theme from KnightRider, they soon were...
The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 15)
A number of false starts happened before Savage Garden broke it big in the UK. When they did, it was with one of the year's most romantic love songs...
The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 14)
The age old story of girl being spotted by guy on a nightclub floor did come true for Billie Myers - with a song that was a massive hit on both sides of the Atlantic...
The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 13)
Even though it was the love theme from a film she was then too young to see, LeAnn Rimes enjoyed one of the year's most enduring - and biggest selling hits...
The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 12)
With only a modest set of top 40 hits to their name, it took covering some old favourites - with guest vocals from Shelley Nelson - for Tin Tin Out to become top 10 hitmakers...
The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 11)
Run DMC had helped pioneer the breakthrough of hip hop in the early 80s - and were pivotal in a revival, thanks to Jason Nevins turning a classic track of theirs into a hard house floorfiller...
The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 10)
Following up a megahit like "Torn" was never going to be an easy task. But with her second single, Natalie Imbruglia established her own artistry whilst continuing her huge success...
The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 9)
After spending much of the 90s at a commercial crossroads, collaborating with William Orbit kicked off a second imperial phase for Madonna that lasted well into the new millennium...
The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 8)
A laidback tribute to Bollywood film star Asha Bhosle was then reworked by one Mr Fatboy Slim into a breakbeat stormer that sent Cornershop to the top of the charts...
The Niche Reference 