THE OFFICIAL NEW ZEALAND'S (R.I.A.N.Z:BARRY KOWAL) CHART'S TOP ALBUMS FOR 1998

No.-Song-Artist-Peak Month
  1 AQUARIUM-AQUA-MARCH                                                                                                  1886
  2 SUPERSYSTEM-THE FEELERS-September                                                           1840
  3 LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE-CELINE DION-January                                                   1758
  4 BACKSTREET'S BACK-BACKSTREET BOYS-January                                                   1362
  5 WHERE WE BELONG-BOYZONE-October                                                             1308
  6 5IVE-FIVE-October                                                                           1146
  7 TITANIC-SOUNDTRACK-April                                                                    1112
  8 YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU-Matchbox 20-May                                                1090
  9 SONGS FROM ALLY McBEAL (TV SOUNDTRACK)-Vonda Shepard-October                                1020
 10 ESPRESSO GUITAR-Martin Winch-September                                                       994
 11 Mezzanine-Massive Attack-May                                                                 926
 12 City Of Angels-Soundtrack-August                                                             808
 13 Ray Of Light-Madonna-March                                                                   784
 14 Grease-Soundtrack-August   (1978)                                                            782
 15 Best Of 1980-1990-U2-November                                                                778
 16 B*Witched-B*Witched-November                                                                 718
 17 Postcards From Heaven-Lighthouse Family-August                                               716
 18 The Very Best Of Dean Martin-Dean Martin-December                                            702
 19 Wedding Singer-Soundtrack-June                                                               630
 20 All Saints-All Saints-April                                                                  602
 21 Sublime-Sublime-June                                                                         596
 22 Hello Nasty-Beastie Boys-July                                                                518
 23 Godzilla-Soundtrack-July                                                                     496
 24 Try Whistling This-Neil Finn-July                                                            494
 25 Version 2.0-Garbage-May                                                                      432
 26 Adore-Smashing Pumpkins-June                                                                 426
 27 ...Hits-Phil Collins-November                                                                358
 28 Yield-Pearl Jam-February                                                                     350
 29 Zoot Suit Riot-Cherry Poppin' Daddies-July                                                   292
 30 Carmine Meo-Emma Shapplin-October                                                            264
 31 Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie-Alanis Morissette-November                                262
 32 Days Of The New-Days Of The New-April                                                        252
 33 These Are Special Times-Celine Dion-December                                                 250
 34 Celtic Dreams-Celtic Spirit-May                                                              246
 35 In My Life-A Tribute To George Martin-Various Artists-May                                    244
 36 The Best-Eternal-January                                                                     238
 37 Mechanical Animals-Marilyn Manson-September                                                  232
 38 Follow The Leader-Korn-August                                                                216
 39 Sultans Of Swing:The Very Best Of-Dire Straits-November                                      214
 40 X-Files:The Album-Various Artists-August                                                     214
 41 Pilgrim-Eric Clapton-April                                                                   192
 42 The Islander-Dave Dobyn-August                                                               170
 43 Left Of The Middle-Natalie Imbruglia-February                                                158
 44 Greatest Hits:The Bad Boys Of Reggae-Inner Circle-February                                   154
 45 2B Spacific-Che Fu-November                                                                  152
 46 Trampoline-The Mavericks-October                                                             152
 47 Armageddon Soundtrack-September                                                              150
 48 Maverick A Strike-Finlay Quaye-March                                                         148
 49 Decksandrumsandrockandroll-Propellerheads-February                                           148
 50 Sketches (For My Sweetheart,The Drunk)-Jeff Buckley-May                                      132
 51 Back To The Titanic-Soundtrack-October                                                       132
 52 Love Always-K-Ci & JoJo-May                                                                  130
 53 Word Gets Around-Stereophonics-April-April                                                   126
 54 Feeling Good...Very Best Of-Nina Simone-September                                            124
 55 Divas Live-Dion,Estefa,Franklin,Twain,Carey-November                                         116
 56 Michael Crawford In Concert-Michael Crawford-December                                        114
 57 Anthology:Fred Dagg-Fred Dagg-September                                                      106
 58 On The Eagle's Wings-Michael Crawford-April                                                   98
 59 Garage, Inc.-Metallica-December                                                               94
 60 Slow Down-Keb Mo-September                                                                    94
 61 My Way:The Best Of-Frank Sinatra-June                                                         92
 62 Up-R.E.M.-November                                                                            86
 63 The Best Of Bob Dylan-Bob Dylan-September                                                     82
 64 The Best Of-Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds-June                                                    82
 65 Da Game Is to Be Sold,Not To Be Told-Snoop Dogg-August                                        80
 66 3 Car Garage-Hanson-May                                                                       80
 67 The Three Tenors:Paris 1998=Carreras/Domingo/Pavarotti-September                              78
 68 It's My Life-Sash!-May                                                                        78
 69 Best Of-Joe Cocker-September                                                                  74
 70 Mortal Kombat II OST-Various Artists-July                                                     74
 71 Blue-Simply Red-July                                                                          70
 72 Boogie Nights Original Soundtrack-Various Artists-March                                       70
 73 Just Like You-Keb Mo-January                                                                  68
 74 Metallica (Black Album)-Metallica-April                                                       44
 75 Who Cares A Lot?-Faith No More-November                                                       42
 76 Live On Two Legs-Pearl Jam-December                                                           40
 77 This Is My Truth,Tell Me Yours-Manic Street Preachers-October                                 40
 78 Walking Into Clarksdale-Page & Plant-May                                                      40
 79 Tin Planet-Space-May                                                                          40
 80 Life Goes On-Sash!-October                                                                    38
 81 This Is Hardcore-Pulp-April                                                                   38
 82 When I Was Born For The 7th Time-Cornershop-March                                             38
 83 The Last Wave Of Summer-Cold Chisel-October                                                   36
 84 Future Road-The Seekers-June                                                                  36
 85 Wedding Singer Soundtrack:Volume II-August                                                    36
 86 Human Being-Seal-November                                                                     34
 87 Van Halen 3-Van Halen-April                                                                   34
 88 Soulfly-Soulfly-May                                                                           34