BILLBOARD MAGAZINE'S (BARRY KOWAL) TOP ALBUMS OF 1998

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No.-Album-Artist-Peak Month
  1 BACKSTREET BOYS-BACKSTREET BOYS-APRIL                                                          2584
  2 N SYNC-N Sync-October                                                                  1894
  3 THE MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL-September                                              1524
  4 LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE-CELINE DION-January                                              1504
  5 TITANIC-SOUNDTRACK-March                                                               1398
  6 YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU-MATCHBOX 20-February                                      1360
  7 VOLUME II...A HARD KNOCK LIFE-JAY Z-October                                            1162
  8 CITY OF ANGELS SOUNDTRACK-July                                                         1126
  9 BIG WILLIE STYLE-Will Smith-July                                                        886*
 10 SAVAGE GARDEN-Savage Garden-April                                                       876
 11 Spiceworld-Spice Girls-February                                                         792
 12 Armageddon Soundtrack-July                                                              768
 13 Never S-A-Y Never-Brandy-July                                                           748
 14 Tubthumper-Chumbawamba-January                                                          732
 15 Hello Nasty-Beastie Boys-August                                                         728
 16 My Way-Usher-February                                                                   648
 17 Love Always-K.C.I. & Jo Jo-March                                                        536
 18 Hope Flats Soundtrack-July                                                              526
 19 Double Live-Garth Brooks-December                                                       500
 20 Ray Of Light-Madonna-March                                                              470
 21 Spirit-Jewel-December                                                                   462
 22 These Are Special Times-Celine Dion-December                                            442
 23 MP DA Last Don-Master P-July                                                            422
 24 The Limited Series-Garth Brooks-May                                                     422
 25 Before These Crowded Streets-Dave Matthews Band-May                                     398
 26 Godzilla-Soundtrack-June                                                                394
 27 Stunt-Bare Naked Ladies-July                                                            360
 28 Dr. Doolittle:The Album-August                                                          348
 29 It's Dark And Hell Is Hot-DMX-June                                                      328
 30 Da Game Is to Be Sold,Not To Be Told-Snoop Dogg-August                                  322
 31 Rush Hour-Soundtrack-October                                                            310
 32 Left Of The Middle-Natalie Imbruglia-April                                              278
 33 Pilgrim-Eric Clapton-March                                                              272
 34 Wedding Singer Soundtrack-March                                                         268
 35 Home For Christmas-`N Sync-December                                                     262
 36 Aquemini-Outkast-October                                                                250
 37 R.-R.Kelly-January                                                                      240
 38 Garage, Inc.-Metallica-December                                                         230
 39 Sittin' On Top Of The World-Leann Rimes-May                                             226
 40 Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie-Alanis Morissette-November                           222
 41 The Dirty Boogie-Brian Setzer Orchestra-September                                       220
 42 Yield-Pearl Jam-February                                                                208
 43 Charge It 2 Da Game-Silkk The Shocker-March                                             200
 44 The Globe Sessions-Sheryl Crow-October                                                  198
 45 Back To The Titanic Soundtrack-September                                                194
 46 One Step At A Time-George Strait-May                                                    192
 47 Songs From Ally McBeal (TV Soundtrack)-Vonda Shepard-May                                186
 48 Adore-Smashing Pumpkins-July                                                            184
 49 I Got The Hook Up Soundtrack-April                                                      182
 50 Nu Nation Project-Kirk Franklin-October                                                 164
 51 Jermaine Dupri Presents Life In 1472-Soundtrack-August                                  156
 52 Bulworth-June                                                                           152
 53 The Players Club-Soundtrack-April                                                       150
 54 Follow The Leader-Korn-September                                                        148
 55 Enter The Dru-Dru Hill-November                                                         148
 56 Life Or Death-C-Murder-April                                                            146
 57 Embrya-Maxwell-July                                                                     136
 58 Capital Punishment-Big Punisher-May                                                     126
 59 Mechanical Animals-Marilyn Manson-September                                             122
 60 Best Of U2 (1980-1990) (B Sides)-November                                               110
 61 Sparkle-Sparkle-June                                                                    104
 62 My Homies-Scarface-March                                                                 98
 63 Tical 2000:Judgement Day-Method Man-December                                             98
 64 Herave Dz Move-Bizzy Bone-October                                                        96
 65 El Nino-DEF Squad-July                                                                   96
 66 High Mileage-Alan Jackson-September                                                      96
 67 The Love Moment-A Tribe Called Quest-October                                             94
 68 The Swarm-Wu Tang Killa Bees-August                                                      94
 69 Belly Soundtrack-November                                                                92
 70 Faith-Faith Hill-May                                                                     92
 71 Musical Chairs-Hootie & The Blowfish-September                                           92
 72 Van Halen 3-Van Halen-April                                                              90
 73 Hellbilly Deluxe-Rob Zombie-September                                                    90
 74 Money,Power & Respect-The Lox-January                                                    90
 75 Still In The Game-Keith Sweat-October                                                    88
 76 How Stella Got Her Groove Back-Soundtrack-August                                         88
 77 Celebrity Skin-Hole-September                                                            86
 78 Ophelia-Natalie Merchant-June                                                            84
 79 The Boy Is Mine-Monica-July                                                              80
 80 If You See Him-Reba Mc Entire-June                                                       80
 81 Anytime-Brian McKnight-February                                                          70
 82 Can-i-bus-Canibus-September                                                              58
 83 Psycho Circus-Kiss-October                                                               56
 84 Up-R.E.M.-November                                                                       56
 85 N.O.R.E.-Noreaga-July                                                                    56
 86 The Pillage-Cappadonna-April                                                             56
 87 Funkmaster Flex 60 Minutes Of Funk:The Final Chapter-Various Artists-August              54
 88 Supernatural-DC Talk-October                                                             54
 89 Ghetto Fabulous-Mystikal-December                                                        52
 90 From The Choirgirl Hotel-Tori Amos-May                                                   52
 91 Lost-Eightball-June                                                                      52
 92 Am I My Brothers Keeper-Kane & Abel-July                                                 52
 93 3 Car Garage-Hanson-May                                                                  50
 94 Still Standing-Goodie Mob-April                                                          50
 95 Moment Of Truth-Gang Starr-April                                                         50
 96 Confessions Of Fire-Cam' Ron-August                                                      50
 97 Keep The Faith-Faith Evans-November                                                      50
 98 Dan Cartegena-Fat Joe-September                                                          48
 99 Mama Drama-Mia X-November                                                                48
100 War & Peace Volume I (war Disc)-Ice Cube-December                                        48
101 Walking Into Clarksdale-Page/Plant-May                                                   46
102 The Story Of The Ghost-Phish-November                                                    46
103 Kuruption-Kurupt-October                                                                 46
104 There's One In Every Family-Fiend-May                                                    46
105 Retaliation,Revenge And Get Back-Daz Dillinger-April                                     46
106 Mean Green-Major Players Compilation-October                                             44
107 Shut 'Em Down-Onyx-June                                                                  42
108 All I Have In This World Are My Balls And My Word-Young Bleed-February                   42
109 1998 Grammy Award Nominees-Various Artists-March                                         40
110 If You See Her-Brooks & Dunn-July                                                        40
111 Shell Shocked-Mac-August                                                                 40
112 The Key-Vince Gill-August                                                                40
113 Reunion-Black Sabbath-November                                                           40
114 Cypress Hill IV-Cypress Hill-October                                                     40
115 Doc's Da Name-Redman-December                                                            40
116 A Little South Of Sanity-Aerosmith-November                                              38
117 Blues Brothers 2000 Soundtrack-February                                                  38
118 Version 2.0-Garbage-May                                                                  36
119 The Element Of Surprise-E-40-August                                                      36
120 Give It 2 'Em Raw-Sonja Slim-June                                                        36
121 Headz Or Tail-Do Or Die-April                                                            36
122 Mutations-Beck-November                                                                  36
123 My Love Is Your Love-Whitney Houston-December                                            36
124 For The Record #1 Hits-Alabama-September                                                 36