Clad in double denim and wearing their Celtic influences with pride, B*Witched came from nowhere and injected some much needed loife into the charts as the summer arrived...
The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 22)
Category: UK Charts
The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 21)
Few questions asked in pop over the course of 1998 were as important as this one: "What's she gonna look like with a chimney on her?"
The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 20)
One of the few R&B / soul divas to not emanate from over the pond, Lutricia McNeal built on the success of "Ain't That Just The Way" with her biggest hit of all...
The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 19)
Even as they played to expected form by slowing things down for their third single, even this was not approached from a conventional angle by Aqua...
The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 18)
Offering two cover versions for the price of one, All Saints' double-A-side take on tracks by both the Red Hot Chili Peppers and LaBelle was descively different.
The Story of Pop: 1998 (Chapter 17)
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 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 Niche Reference 