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  • 1998 Top Ten Song Charts

    1998 Top Ten Song Charts

    1998’s Biggest Artists and Songs

    Paula Cole (1997 Best New Artist Grammy Winner, presented in 1998)
    Sunny Came Home – Shawn Colvin (Grammy for Record of the Year)
    Bob Dylan (Grammy for Album of the Year)
    New Artists in the Pop Charts Included:
    Natalie Imbruglia, Smash Mouth, Ben Folds Five, Fastball, Eve 6, Creed, Lee Ann Womack, Blink-182, and Kenny Chesney.

    1998’s Retro Top 10 Hits

    1. Torn – Natalie Imbruglia
    2. Doo Wop (That Thing) – Lauryn Hill
    3. Iris – Goo Goo Dolls
    4. Zoot Suit Riot – Cherry Poppin Daddies
    5. Crush – Jennifer Paige
    6. Walkin’ On The Sun – Smash Mouth
    7. This Is How We Party – S.O.A.P.
    8. All of My Life – K-Ci and Jojo
    9. Rockafeller Skank – Fatboy Slim
    10. I’ll Be – Edwin McCain

    1998’s ‘One Hit Wonders’

    1. Bitter Sweet Symphony – The Verve
    2. Never Ever – All Saints
    3. Inside Out – Eve 6
    4. Sex and Candy – Marcy Playground
    5. This Is How We Party – S.O.A.P.
    6. Closing Time – Semisonic
    7. Daydreamin’ – Tatyana Ali
    8. Celebrity Skin – Hole
    9. Hey Now Now – Swirl 360
    10. Flagpole Sitta – Harvey Danger

    Also:

    32 Flavors – Alana Davis
    Brick – Ben Folds Five

    1998’s Dance Top 10 Hit List

    1. Too Close – Next
    2. Getting Jiggy Wit It – Will Smith
    3. Suavemente – Elvis Crispo
    4. Jump Jive An’ Wail – Brian Setzer Orchestra
    5. Luv Me Luv Me – Shaggy Featuring Janet Jackson
    6. Zoot Suit Riot – Cherry Poppin Daddies
    7. This Is How We Party – S.O.A.P.
    8. Cup Of Life – Ricky Martin
    9. Ray of Light – Madonna
    10. One More Night – Amber

    1998’s Hip Hop/Rap Music Top Ten

    1. Getting Jiggy Wit It – Will Smith
    2. Ghetto Superstar – Pras
    3. Intergalactic – Beastie Boys
    4. Been Around The World – Puff Daddy and the Family
    5. Can I Get A… – Jay-Z
    6. Dangerous – Busta Rhymes
    7. Hard Knock Life – Jay-Z
    8. Do For Love – 2Pac
    9. The Party Continues – Jermaine Dupri featuring Da Brat & Usher
    10. Come With Me – Puff Daddy with Jimmy Page

    1998’s Bubblegum Pop Music Top Ten

    1. Everybody (Backstreets Back) – Backstreet Boys
    2. I Want You Back – NSYNC
    3. Getting Jiggy Wir It – Will Smith
    4. Ghetto Superstar (That Is What You Are) – Pras with Mya and ODB
    5. The Way – Fastball
    6. One Week – Barenaked Ladies
    7. Torn – Natalie Imbruglia
    8. Zoot Suit Riot – Cherry Poppin Daddies
    9. When The Lights Go Out – Five
    10. Lollipop (Candyman) – Aqua

    1998’s Pop Rock Top 10 Hit List

    1. Inside Out – Eve 6
    2. Sex And Candy – Marcy Playground
    3. Father Of Mine – Everclear
    4. The Way – Fastball
    5. Can’t Get Enough Of You Baby – Smash Mouth
    6. Dammit (Growing Up) – Blink 182
    7. Walkin’ On The Sun – Smash Mouth
    8. One Week – Barenaked Ladies
    9. Iris – Goo Goo Dolls
    10. Closing Time – Semisonic

    1998’s Alternative Top 10 Hit List

    1. Bittersweet Symphony – The Verve
    2. Brick – Ben Folds Five
    3. Jump Jive An’ Wail – Brian Setzer Orchestra
    4. Flagpole Sitta – Harvey Danger
    5. Spark – Tori Amos
    6. Clumsy – Our Lady Peace
    7. Karma Police- Radiohead
    8. I Think I’m Paranoid – Garbage
    9. The Rockafeller Skank – Fatboy Slim
    10. Smack My B*tch Up – Prodigy

    1998’s Album Rock Top 10 Hit List

    1. My Own Prison – Creed
    2. Heroes – The Wallflowers
    3. Pink – Aerosmith
    4. I Will Buy You A New Life – Everclear
    5. Shimmer – Fuel
    6. I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing – Aerosmith
    7. Celebrity Skin – Hole
    8. The Unforgiven II – Metallica
    9. My Hero – Foo Fighters
    10. Blue On Black – Kenny Wayne Shepherd

    PCM’s 1998 Top 10 Hit List

    1. I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing – Aerosmith
    2. Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) – Backstreet Boys
    3. Jump Jive N Wail – Brian Setzer Orchestra
    4. I Want You Back – N SYNC
    5. The Cup Of Life – Ricky Martin
    6. My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion
    7. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) – Green Day
    8. From This Moment On – Shania Twain
    9. Too Close – Next
    10. Suavemente – Elvis Crispo
  • 25 Biggest Songs of the 1990s

    25 Biggest Songs of the 1990s

    Top 25 Songs 1990-1999

    1. One Sweet Day – Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
    2. Macarena – Los Del Rio
    3. I’ll Make Love To You – Elton John
    4. Candle In The Wind 1997/ Something About The Way You Look Tonight – Elton John
    5. I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston
    6. End Of The Road – Boyz II Men
    7. The Boy Is Mine – Brandy & Monica
    8. Smooth – Santana w/ Rob Thomas
    9. Un-Break My Heart – Toni Braxton
    10. I Swear – All- 4- One
    11. I’ll Be Missing You – Puff Daddy & Faith Evans w/ 112
    12. Fantasy – Mariah Carey
    13. Dream Lover – Mariah Carey
    14. That’s The Way Love Goes – Janet Jackson
    15. Jump – Kris Kross
    16. Tha Crossroads – Bone Thugs- N- Harmony
    17. Waterfalls – TLC
    18. Take A Bow – Madonna
    19. Can’t Help Falling In Love – UB40
    20. This Is How We Do It- Montell Jordan
    21. Informer – Snow
    22. (Everything I Do) I Do It For You – Bryan Adams
    23. Black or White – Michael Jackson
    24. The Sign – Ace of Base
    25. Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion
  • 1998 Number One Hits

    1998 Number One Hits

    1998 Billboard Number One Hits:

    October 11, 1997 – January 16, 1998:
    Candle In The Wind 1997 – Elton John
    January 17 – January 30:
    Truly Madly Deeply – Savage Garden
    January 31 – February 13:
    Together Again – Janet Jackson
    February 14 – February 27:
    Nice & Slow – Usher
    February 28 – March 13:
    My Heart Will Go On – Céline Dion
    March 14 – April 3:
    Gettin’ Jiggy Wit’ It – Will Smith
    April 4 – April 24:
    All My Life – K-ci and JoJo
    April 25 – May 22:
    Too Close – Next
    May 23 – June 5:
    My All – Mariah Carey
    June 6 – September 4:
    The Boy Is Mine – Brandy & Monica
    September 5 – October 2:
    I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing – Aerosmith
    October 3 – October 16:
    The First Night – Monica
    October 17 – November 13:
    One Week – Barenaked Ladies
    November 14 – November 27:
    Doo Wop (That Thing) – Lauryn Hill
    November 28- December 4:
    Lately – Divine
    December 5, 1998 – January 14, 1999:
    I’m Your Angel – R. Kelly & Céline Dion

    (Data is compiled from various charts including Billboard’s “Pop,” “Rock,” “Airplay,” “R&B/Dance” and “Singles” Charts. The “Hot 100” is the primary chart used for this list.)

  • 1998 Trivia, History and Fun Facts

    1998 Trivia, History and Fun Facts

     

    1998 Trivia, History and Fun Facts

    Quick Facts from 1998:

    • World Changing Event: Google.com was founded in Menlo Park, California, by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
    • The Catchphrase: “Is that your final answer?” from Do You Want To Be A Millionaire.
    • The Top Song was Iris by Goo Goo Dolls
    • Influential Songs include The Cup of Life by Ricky Martin, Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger, Are You That Somebody? by Aaliyah and Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) by Green Day
    • The Movies to Watch include Saving Private Ryan, Wag the Dog, Les Misérables, Mighty Joe Young, The Prince of Egypt, Mulan and The Truman Show
    • People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive: Harrison Ford
    • In 1998’s Soldier, one of the weapons Kurt Russel’s character is listed as being proficient with is the “Illudium PU36 ESM” which refers to the Illudium PU36 Explosive Space Modulator from Looney Tunes Marvin the Martian
    • Notable books include: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling and Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
    • Price of Titleist golf balls in 1998: $20.00/48
      Panasonic Camcorder: $489.00
    • The Razor Scooter was introduced at the NSGA World Sports Expo.
    • The Funny Guy was: Eddie Izzard
    • On April Fools Day in 1998, Burger King took out a full-page ad in USA Today introducing a Whopper designed especially for lefties. The new burger would contain the same ingredients as the original, but rotated 180°. Thousands of customers swarmed BK restaurants requesting the “lefty” Whopper.
    • The Communication: In 1998, Noel Godin, a Belgian anarchist, hit Bill Gates in the face with a cream pie.
    Top Ten Baby Names of 1998:
    Emily, Hannah, Samantha, Sarah, Ashley, Michael, Jacob, Matthew, Joshua, Chris, Topher
    Fashion Icons and Sex Symbols:
    Heidi Klum, Rebecca Romijn, Sarah Jessica Parker, Claudia Schiffer, Victoria Silvstedt, Niki Taylor
    Hollywood Hunks and Leading Men:
    David Beckham, Johnny Depp, George Clooney

    “The Quotes”
    “I did not have sexual relations with that woman”
    “It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is”
    – President Bill Clinton

    “Think different”
    -Apple Computer

    “Think outside the bun”
    – Taco Bell

    Time Magazine’s Men of the Year:
    Bill Clinton
    Kenneth Starr
    Miss America:
    Kate Shindle (Evanston, IL)
    Miss USA:
    Shawnae Jebbia (Massachusetts)

    The Scandals:
    George Michael was arrested in 1998 for “engaging in a lewd act” in a public restroom in a Beverly Hills, CA park.

    Monica Lewinsky and President Bill Clinton. The news of this extra-marital affair and the resulting investigation eventually led to the impeachment hearing of Bill Clinton in 1998 by the U.S. House of Representatives.

    Quick Celebrity marriages in 1998:
    Carmen Electra and Dennis Rodman (9 days)
    Catherine Oxenberg and Robert Evens (12 days)

    Oops:
    Sony released the Nightshot Handicam camcorder that had “night vision” capabilities using infrared. The same infrared technology allowed the camera to see through people’s clothes. 700,000 camcorders were sold before they were recalled.

    10 bodies were discovered in Benjamin Franklin’s basement during house renovations. The bodies belonged to his friend and anatomist William Hewson, who had a falling out with his mentor William Hunter and illegally procured them for study. Hunter’s body was not among them.

    The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug was accidentally introduced to the US. The first documented case was in Allentown, PA in 1998.

    Pop Culture Facts & History:
    The Hampster Dance song is just a sped-up version of the song “Whistle Stop” from the 1973 animated Disney movie Robin Hood.

    MP3s were created for the first time.

    Larry Page and Sergey Brin misspelled ‘googol’ when they started their little search engine experiment. A googol is a big number – a 1 followed by 100 zeros. A googolplex is 10 raised to the power of one googol.

    In 1998, David Bowie released an internet provider called BowieNet. Subscribers were offered exclusive content and a BowieNet email. It was shut down in 2006.

    Jobseeker website Monster.com was founded.

    JetBlue Airways was founded.

    Michael Cameron, a Georgia high school student, was suspended from school after wearing a Pepsi t-shirt on Coke Day. Upon hearing the news, a Pepsi spokesperson said, “Without knowing all the details, it sounds like he’s obviously a trendsetter with impeccable taste in clothes.”

    Porsche tried to replace its flagship car, the 911, with the beggir, more luxurious 928, but people kept buying the iconic 911. The 911 still hadn’t had a major redesign since its birth in 1963, and only received one in 1998, three years after the 928 went out of production.

    Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is by far the biggest-selling playscript since records began, with 847, 886 copies sold in its first week. In second place, the Penguin Classic edition of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet sold 127,726 copies since 1998.

    Titanic’s highest single-day box office gross didn’t occur until its 58th day in theaters. It earned $13,048,711 on February 14th, 1998; Valentines Day.

    When Ving Rhames won a Golden Globe in 1998, he called fellow nominee Jack Lemmon to the stage and gave him the award, saying, “I feel like being an artist is about giving, and I’d like to give this to you, Mr. Jack Lemmon.”

    Marvel offered the cinematic rights of almost all of its characters to Sony for only $25 million. Sony rejected the offer, and only purchased the rights to Spider-Man for $7 million believing that movie audiences would only care about him.

    Jesse Ventura was elected Governor of Minnesota.

    The Simpsons predicted Fox’s acquisition by Disney in 1998.

    Smartwater, vapor-distilled water was introduced. The next year, Fruit water was available too.

    On April Fools Day in 1998, Burger King took out a full-page ad in USA Today introducing a Whopper designed especially for lefties. The new burger contained the same ingredients as the original but rotated 180°.

    When AOL 4.0 launched, they used all of the world’s CD production capacity for several weeks.

    The 1998 hit song by the Goo Goo Dolls Iris is named after a 2 time Grammy nominee Iris DeMent.

    The first W Hotel opened in New York on Lexington Ave and 49th Street.

    Gillette introduced the Mach3 razor, the first triple-blade shaving tool.

    One of the first recognized instances of internet democracy was seen when Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, a regular on Howard Stern, was voted #1 as a write-in for People’s “50 Most Beautiful People.” He beat out Leonardo Dicaprio by over 215,000 votes.

    Some Nickelodeon shows like Fairly OddParents, My Life as a Teenage Robot, and ChalkZone all got their start on a separate tv show full of cartoon shorts called Oh Yeah! Cartoons in 1998

    Bob the Builder debuted in 1998.

    In 1998 Mila Kunis was cast in the FOX sitcom That ’70s Show. All who auditioned were required to be at least 18 years old; Kunis, who was 14 at the time, told the casting directors she would be 18 but did not say when. She played in all 200 episodes of the show.

    Roy Berger did 3,416 push-ups in Ottawa, Canada on August 30.

    Serena and Venus Williams said they could beat any man ranked 200 or worse in a game of tennis. Karsten Braasch, ranked 203, accepted the challenge and beat them both, at 6-1 and 6-2.

    Mark McGwire’s record-setting 70 home runs during the 1998 season traveled a total of 29,598 feet, just enough to fly over Mount Everest.

    Cost of a Super Bowl ad in 1998: $1,300,000

    Science:
    Australian Astronomers detected fast radio burst signals and named them Perytons. It was soon discovered that it was escaping radiation from the microwave in the lunchroom, which was being stopped by using the door release without pushing the stop button first.
    Pop Vocalist Death:
    Frank Sinatra, age 82
    Country Legend Vocalist Death:
    Tammy Wynette, age 55
    Country Movie Legend Vocalist Death:
    Roy Rogers, age 86
    Pop Star Turned Congressman Death:
    Sonny Bono, age 62
    Television Star Death:
    Phil Hartman, age 49
    Doomsday Clock:
    9 minutes to midnight, according to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.
    1998: “India and Pakistan stage nuclear weapons tests only three weeks apart. “The tests are a symptom of the failure of the international community to fully commit itself to control the spread of nuclear weapons–and to work toward substantial reductions in the numbers of these weapons,” a dismayed Bulletin reports. Russia and the United States continue to serve as poor examples to the rest of the world. Together, they still maintain 7,000 warheads ready to fire at each other within 15 minutes.”
    The Habit:
    Reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
    1st Appearances & 1998’s Most Popular Christmas Gifts, Toys and Presents:
    Furby, Barbie and Ken as the Munsters Giftset, Betty Spaghetti
    Popular and Best-selling Books From 1998:
    A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin
    A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe
    Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse by Anne Carson
    Bag of Bones by Stephen King
    Birds of America by Lorrie Moore
    Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
    Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
    Birds of America by Lorrie Moore
    I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
    The Klone and I by Danielle Steel
    The Little Sisters of Eluria by Stephen King
    The Long Road Home by Danielle Steel
    Mirror Image by Danielle Steel
    “N” is for Noose by Sur Grafton
    Paradise by Toni Morrison
    The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan
    Point of Origin by Patricia Cornwell
    Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy
    The Street Lawyer by John Grisham
    Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
    A Widow for One Year by John Irving
    You Belong To Me by Mary Higgins Clark
    Best Film Oscar Winner:
    Titanic (presented in 1998)
    1998 Entries to The National Film Registry:
    42nd Street (released in 1933)
    The Bride of Frankenstein (released in 1935)
    The City (released in 1939)
    Dead Birds (released in 1964)
    Don’t Look Back (released in 1967)
    Easy Rider (released in 1969)
    From the Manger to the Cross (released in 1912)
    Gun Crazy aka Deadly Is the Female (released in 1949)
    The Hitch-Hiker (released in 1953)
    The Immigrant (released in 1917)
    The Last Picture Show (released in 1971)
    Little Miss Marker (released in 1934)
    The Lost World (released in 1925)
    Modesta (released in 1956)
    The Ox-Bow Incident (released in 1943)
    Pass the Gravy (released in 1928)
    The Phantom of the Opera (released in 1925)
    Powers of Ten (released in 1978)
    The Public Enemy (released in 1931)
    Sky High (released in 1922)
    Steamboat Willie (released in 1928)
    Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse (released in 1940)
    Tootsie (released in 1982)
    Twelve O’Clock High (released in 1949)
    Westinghouse Works (released in 1904)
    The Big Movies: (according to boxofficemojo)
    1. Saving Private Ryan
    2. Armageddon
    3. There’s Something About Mary
    4. A Bug’s Life
    5. The Waterboy
    6. Doctor Dolittle
    7. Rush Hour
    8. Deep Impact
    9. Godzilla
    10. Patch Adams
    1998 Most Popular TV Shows:
    1. E.R. (NBC)
    2. Friends (NBC)
    3. Frasier (NBC)
    4. Veronica’s Closet (NBC)
    5. Jesse (NBC)
    6. 60 Minutes (CBS)
    7. Touched By An Angel (CBS)
    8. Home Improvement (ABC)
    9. Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS)
    10. NYPD Blue (ABC)

    1998 Billboard Number One Songs:
    October 11, 1997 – January 16, 1998:
    Candle In The Wind 1997 – Elton John

    January 17 – January 30:
    Truly Madly Deeply – Savage Garden

    January 31 – February 13:
    Together Again – Janet Jackson

    February 14 – February 27:
    Nice & Slow – Usher

    February 28 – March 13:
    My Heart Will Go On – Céline Dion

    March 14 – April 3:
    Gettin’ Jiggy Wit’ It – Will Smith

    April 4 – April 24:
    All My Life – K-Ci and JoJo

    April 25 – May 29:
    Too Close – Next

    May 30 – June 5:
    My All – Mariah Carey

    June 6 – September 4:
    The Boy Is Mine – Brandy & Monica

    September 5 – October 2:
    I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing – Aerosmith

    October 3 – November 6:
    The First Night – Monica

    November 7 – November 13:
    One Week – Barenaked Ladies

    November 14 – November 27:
    Doo Wop (That Thing) – Lauryn Hill

    November 28- December 4:
    Lately – Divine

    December 5 – January 15:
    I’m Your Angel – R. Kelly & Céline Dion

    Sports:
    World Series Champions: New York Yankees
    Super Bowl XXXII Champions: Denver Broncos
    NBA Champions: Chicago Bulls
    Stanley Cup Champs: Detroit Red Wings
    U.S. Open Golf Lee Janzen
    U.S. Tennis: (Men/Ladies) Patrick Rafter/Lindsay Davenport
    Wimbledon (Men/Women): Pete Sampras/Jana Novotna
    NCAA Football Champions: Tennessee
    NCAA Basketball Champions: Kentucky
    Kentucky Derby: Real Quiet
    World Cup (Soccer): France

    Sports Highlights:
    Mark McGuire hit 70 Home Runs

     

  • 1998 Music – The 100 Most Popular Songs

    1998 Music – The 100 Most Popular Songs

    1998 Music Hits Chart

    1. All-Star – Smash Mouth
    2. Man! I Feel Like A Woman – Shania Twain
    3. Mambo No. 5 – Lou Bega
    4. I Need To Know – Marc Anthony
    5. Smooth – Santana (with Rob Thomas)
    6. Livin La Vita Loca – Ricky Martin
    7. Canned Heat – Jamiroquai
    8. Believe – Cher
    9. Summer Girls – LFO
    10. We Like To Party! – Venga Boys
    11. Crush – Dave Matthews Band
    12. Last Kiss – Pearl Jam
    13. What’s My Age Again? – Blink 182
    14. Changes – 2 Pac
    15. My Name Is… – Eminem
    16. Cup Of Life – Ricky Martin
    17. …Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
    18. All The Small Things – Blink 182
    19. I Will Remember You – Sarah McLachlan
    20. Someday – Sugar Ray
    21. Genie In a Bottle – Christina Aguilera
    22. Why Don’t You Get A Job? – The Offspring
    23. Miami – Will Smith
    24. Have You Ever? – Brandy
    25. Shake Your Bon-Bon – Ricky Martin
    26. Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom! – Venga Boys
    27. That Don’t Impress Me Much – Shania Twain
    28. Back At One – Brian McKnight
    29. (You Drive Me) Crazy – Britney Spears
    30. No Scrubs – TLC
    31. Slide – Goo Goo Dolls
    32. Blue – Eiffel 65
    33. Bailamos – Enrique Iglesias
    34. Angel – Sarah McLachlan
    35. My Own Worst Enemy – Lit
    36. Back That Azz Up – Juvenile
    37. Larger Than Life – Backstreet Boys
    38. Pretty Fly For A White Guy – The Offspring
    39. Out of My Head – Fastball
    40. I Knew I Loved You – Savage Garden
    41. Bills Bills Bills – Destiny’s Child
    42. I Do (Cherish You) – 98 Degrees (98°)
    43. She’s All I Ever Had – Ricky Martin
    44. Cowboy – Kid Rock
    45. Bailamos – Enrique Iglesias
    46. Got Your Money – Dirty Old Bastard
    47. Unpretty – TLC
    48. Back 2 Good – Matchbox 20
    49. Unpretty – TLC
    50. I Do (Cherish You) -98°
    51. She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy – Kenny Chesney
    52. When You Believe – Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston
    53. I Want It That Way – Backstreet Boys
    54. I Could Not Ask For More – Edwin McCain
    55. Kiss Me – Sixpence None the Richer
    56. Steal My Sunshine – Len
    57. Music of My Heart – *NSYNC With Gloria Estefan
    58. You’ll Be In My Heart – Phil Collins (Tarzan soundtrack)
    59. Strong Enough – Cher
    60. Lullaby – Shawn Mullins
    61. Waiting For Tonight – Jennifer Lopez
    62. Never There – Cake
    63. Got You (Where I Want You) – The Flys
    64. Anywhere – 112 With Lil’ Z
    65. Angel of Mine – Monica
    66. Girl on TV – LFO
    67. All I Have To Give – Backstreet Boys
    68. Vivrant Thing – Nas
    69. Can I Get A… – Jay Z Featuring Amil & Ja Rule
    70. If You had My Love – Jennifer Lopez
    71. Save Tonight – Eagle-Eye Cherry
    72. Holla Holla – Ja Rule
    73. Heartbreaker – Mariah Carey With Jay-Z
    74. Scar Tissue – Red Hot Chili Peppers
    75. I Still Believe – Mariah Carey
    76. everybody’s free (To Wear Sunscreen) – Baz Luhrmann
    77. You Get What You Give – New Radicals
    78. Wild Wild West – Will Smith with Dru Hill & Kool Moe Dee
    79. What it’s Like – Everlast
80. It’s All Been Done – Barenaked Ladies
81. Sometimes – Britney Spears
82. Jumper – Third Eye Blind
83. American Woman – Lennie Kravitz
84. Special – Garbage
85. Hard Knock Life – Jay-Z
86. C’est La Vie – B*Witched
87. Beautiful Stranger – Madonna
88. Smile – Vitamin C With Lady Saw
89. Better Days (And The Bottom Drops Out) – Citizen Kane
90. Fly Away – Lenny Kravitz  
91. There She Goes – Sixpence None the Richer
92. Every Morning – Sugar Ray
93. Nookie – Limp Bizkit
94. (God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You – *NSYNC
95. Hey Leonardo (She Likes Me For Me) – Blessid Union of Souls
96. Unsent – Alanis Morissette
97. Rollercoaster – B*Witched
98. Come On Over – Shania Twain
99. Wanna Be A Baller – Lil’ Troy
100. I Wanna Love You Forever – Jessica Simpson
  • President Bill Clinton – I Have Sinned Speech

    President Bill Clinton – I Have Sinned Speech

    President Bill Clinton – I Have Sinned Speech September 11, 1998
    ClintonThank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the White House and to this day to which Hillary and the vice president and I look forward so much every year.

    This is always an important day for our country, for the reasons that the vice president said. It is an unusual and, I think, unusually important day today. I may not be quite as easy with my words today as I have been in years past, and I was up rather late last night thinking about and praying about what I ought to say today. And rather unusual for me, I actually tried to write it down. So if you will forgive me, I will do my best to say what it is I want to say to you – and I may have to take my glasses out to read my own writing.

    First, I want to say to all of you that, as you might imagine, I have been on quite a journey these last few weeks to get to the end of this, to the rock bottom truth of where I am and where we all are.

    I agree with those who have said that in my first statement after I testified I was not contrite enough. I don’t think there is a fancy way to say that I have sinned.

    It is important to me that everybody who has been hurt know that the sorrow I feel is genuine: first and most important, my family; also my friends, my staff, my Cabinet, Monica Lewinsky and her family, and the American people. I have asked all for their forgiveness.

    But I believe that to be forgiven, more than sorrow is required – at least two more things. First, genuine repentance – a determination to change and to repair breaches of my own making. I have repented. Second, what my bible calls a ”broken spirit”; an understanding that I must have God’s help to be the person that I want to be; a willingness to give the very forgiveness I seek; a renunciation of the pride and the anger which cloud judgment, lead people to excuse and compare and to blame and complain.

    Now, what does all this mean for me and for us? First, I will instruct my lawyers to mount a vigorous defense, using all available appropriate arguments. But legal language must not obscure the fact that I have done wrong. Second, I will continue on the path of repentance, seeking pastoral support and that of other caring people so that they can hold me accountable for my own commitment.

    Third, I will intensify my efforts to lead our country and the world toward peace and freedom, prosperity and harmony, in the hope that with a broken spirit and a still strong heart I can be used for greater good, for we have many blessings and many challenges and so much work to do.

    In this, I ask for your prayers and for your help in healing our nation. And though I cannot move beyond or forget this – indeed, I must always keep it as a caution light in my life – it is very important that our nation move forward.

    I am very grateful for the many, many people – clergy and ordinary citizens alike – who have written me with wise counsel. I am profoundly grateful for the support of so many Americans who somehow through it all seem to still know that I care about them a great deal, that I care about their problems and their dreams. I am grateful for those who have stood by me and who say that in this case and many others, the bounds of privacy have been excessively and unwisely invaded. That may be. Nevertheless, in this case, it may be a blessing, because I still sinned. And if my repentance is genuine and sustained, and if I can maintain both a broken spirit and a strong heart, then good can come of this for our country as well as for me and my family. (Applause)

    The children of this country can learn in a profound way that integrity is important and selfishness is wrong, but God can change us and make us strong at the broken places. I want to embody those lessons for the children of this country – for that little boy in Florida who came up to me and said that he wanted to grow up and be President and to be just like me. I want the parents of all the children in America to be able to say that to their children.

    A couple of days ago when I was in Florida a Jewish friend of mine gave me this liturgy book called ”Gates of Repentance.” And there was this incredible passage from the Yom Kippur liturgy. I would like to read it to you:

    ”Now is the time for turning. The leaves are beginning to turn from green to red to orange. The birds are beginning to turn and are heading once more toward the south. The animals are beginning to turn to storing their food for the winter. For leaves, birds and animals, turning comes instinctively. But for us, turning does not come so easily. It takes an act of will for us to make a turn. It means breaking old habits. It means admitting that we have been wrong, and this is never easy. It means losing face. It means starting all over again. And this is always painful. It means saying I am sorry. It means recognizing that we have the ability to change. These things are terribly hard to do. But unless we turn, we will be trapped forever in yesterday’s ways. Lord help us to turn, from callousness to sensitivity, from hostility to love, from pettiness to purpose, from envy to contentment, from carelessness to discipline, from fear to faith. Turn us around, O Lord, and bring us back toward you. Revive our lives as at the beginning, and turn us toward each other, Lord, for in isolation there is no life.”

    I thank my friend for that. I thank you for being here. I ask you to share my prayer that God will search me and know my heart, try me and know my anxious thoughts, see if there is any hurtfulness in me, and lead me toward the life everlasting. I ask that God give me a clean heart, let me walk by faith and not sight.

    I ask once again to be able to love my neighbor – all my neighbors – as my self, to be an instrument of God’s peace; to let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart and, in the end, the work of my hands, be pleasing. This is what I wanted to say to you today.

    Thank you. God bless you.

  • 1998 Oscars 70th Academy Awards

    1998 Oscars 70th Academy Awards

    1998 Oscars 70th Academy Awards

    • Winners Announced: March 23, 1998
    • Held at: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California
    • Host: Billy Crystal
    • Eligibility Year: 1997

    Trivia

    • Titanic Triumph: Titanic won 11 Oscars, tying with Ben-Hur for the most Academy Awards ever won by a single film.
    • Iconic Line: One of the most famous lines, “I’m the king of the world!”, was shouted by James Cameron as he accepted the award for Best Director.
    • First Time’s the Charm: Kim Basinger won Best Supporting Actress for her role in L.A. Confidential, her first nomination ever.
    • Humanitarian Award: Stanley Kramer was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, honoring his work in film that tackled social issues.
    • Documentary Feature: The Long Way Home, about Jewish refugees after World War II, won in the Best Documentary Feature category.
    • Animated Shorts: Geri’s Game, a Pixar short, won the award for Best Animated Short Film, showing Pixar’s growing influence.
    • Musical Score: James Horner won for his original dramatic score for Titanic, and his song “My Heart Will Go On,” performed by Céline Dion, also won Best Original Song.
    • “I am king of the world!”
      – James Cameron, Best Director, Titanic”
    • I just want to thank everybody I’ve ever met in my entire life.”
      – Kim Basinger, Best Supporting Actress, L.A Confidential
    • “I just said to Matt, ‘Losing would suck and winning would be really scary.’ And it’s really, really scary.”
      – Ben Affleck, Best Original Screenplay, together with Matt Damon, Good Will Hunting
    • “Most of all, I want to thank my father, up there, the man who when I said I wanted to be an actor, he said, ‘Wonderful. Just have a back-up profession like welding.’”
      – Robin Williams, Best Supporting Actor, Good Will Hunting

    1998 Oscar Nominees and Winners

    Best Picture:
    Titanic – James Cameron and Jon Landau, producers (WINNER)
    As Good as It Gets – James L. Brooks, Bridgit Johnson and Kristi Zea, producers
    The Full Monty – Uberto Pasolini, producer
    Good Will Hunting – Lawrence Bender, producer
    L.A. Confidential – Arnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson and Michael Nathanson, producers
    Best Director:
    James Cameron – Titanic (WINNER)
    Peter Cattaneo – The Full Monty
    Gus Van Sant – Good Will Hunting
    Curtis Hanson – L.A. Confidential
    Atom Egoyan – The Sweet Hereafter
    Best Actor:
    Jack Nicholson – As Good as It Gets as Melvin Udall (WINNER)
    Matt Damon – Good Will Hunting as Will Hunting
    Robert Duvall – The Apostle as Euliss “Sonny” Dewey, a.k.a. “The Apostle E.F.”
    Peter Fonda – Ulee’s Gold as Ulysses “Ulee” Jackson
    Dustin Hoffman – Wag the Dog as Stanley Motss
    Best Actress:
    Helen Hunt – As Good as It Gets as Carol Connelly (WINNER)
    Helena Bonham Carter – The Wings of the Dove as Kate Croy
    Julie Christie – Afterglow as Phyllis Mann
    Judi Dench – Mrs Brown as Queen Victoria
    Kate Winslet – Titanic as Rose DeWitt Bukater
    Best Supporting Actor:
    Robin Williams – Good Will Hunting as Dr. Sean Maguire (WINNER)
    Robert Forster – Jackie Brown as Max Cherry
    Anthony Hopkins – Amistad as John Quincy Adams
    Greg Kinnear – As Good as It Gets as Simon Bishop
    Burt Reynolds – Boogie Nights as Jack Horner
    Best Supporting Actress:
    Kim Basinger – L.A. Confidential as Lynn Bracken (WINNER)
    Joan Cusack – In & Out as Emily Montgomery
    Minnie Driver – Good Will Hunting as Skylar Satenstein
    Julianne Moore – Boogie Nights as Amber Waves/Maggie
    Gloria Stuart – Titanic as Rose Dawson Calvert
    Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen:
    Good Will Hunting – Matt Damon and Ben Affleck (WINNER)
    As Good as It Gets – Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks
    Boogie Nights – Paul Thomas Anderson
    Deconstructing Harry – Woody Allen
    The Full Monty – Simon Beaufoy
    Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published:
    L.A. Confidential – Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson from the novel by James Ellroy (WINNER)
    Donnie Brasco – Paul Attanasio based on the book Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia by Joseph D. Pistone with Richard Woodley
    The Sweet Hereafter – Atom Egoyan adapted from the novel by Russell Banks
    Wag the Dog – David Mamet and Hilary Henkin from the novel American Hero by Larry Beinhart
    The Wings of the Dove – Hossein Amini adapted from the novel by Henry James
    Best Foreign Language Film:
    Karakter (Netherlands) in Dutch – Mike van Diem (WINNER)
    Beyond Silence (Germany) in German – Caroline Link
    Four Days in September (Brazil) in Portuguese – Bruno Barreto
    Secrets of the Heart (Spain) in Spanish – Montxo Armendáriz
    The Thief (Russia) in Russian – Pavel Chukhray
    Best Documentary Feature:
    The Long Way Home – Rabbi Marvin Hier and Richard Trank (WINNER)
    4 Little Girls – Spike Lee and Sam Pollard
    Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life – Michael Paxton
    Colors Straight Up – Michèle Ohayon and Julia Schachter
    Waco: The Rules of Engagement – Dan Gifford and William Gazecki
    Best Documentary Short Subject:
    A Story of Healing – Donna Dewey and Carol Pasternak (WINNER)
    Alaska: Spirit of the Wild – George Casey and Paul Novros
    Amazon – Kieth Merrill and Jonathan Stern
    Family Video Diaries: Daughter of the Bride – Terri Randall
    Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies – Mel Damski and Andrea Blaugrund
    Best Live Action Short Film:
    Visas and Virtue – Chris Tashima and Chris Donahue (WINNER)
    Dance Lexie Dance – Tim Loane
    It’s Good to Talk – Roger Goldby and Barney Reisz
    Sweethearts – Birger Larsen and Thomas Lydholm
    Wolfgang – Anders Thomas Jensen and Kim Magnusson
    Best Animated Short Film:
    Geri’s Game – Jan Pinkava (WINNER)
    Famous Fred – Joanna Quinn
    The Old Lady and the Pigeons – Sylvain Chomet
    Redux Riding Hood – Steve Moore and Dan O’Shannon
    Rusalka – Alexander Petrov
    Best Original Dramatic Score:
    Titanic – James Horner (WINNER)
    Amistad – John Williams
    Good Will Hunting – Danny Elfman
    Kundun – Philip Glass
    L.A. Confidential – Jerry Goldsmith
    Best Original Musical or Comedy Score:
    The Full Monty – Anne Dudley (WINNER)
    Anastasia – Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; Orchestral score by David Newman
    As Good as It Gets – Hans Zimmer
    Men in Black – Danny Elfman
    My Best Friend’s Wedding – James Newton Howard
    Best Original Song:
    “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic – Music by James Horner; Lyrics by Will Jennings (WINNER)
    “Go the Distance” from Hercules – Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by David Zippel
    “Journey to the Past” from Anastasia – Music by Stephen Flaherty; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
    “How Do I Live” from Con Air – Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren
    “Miss Misery” from Good Will Hunting – Music and Lyrics by Elliott Smith
    Best Sound Effects Editing:
    Titanic – Tom Bellfort and Christopher Boyes (WINNER)
    Face/Off – Mark Stoeckinger and Per Hallberg
    The Fifth Element – Mark Mangini
    Best Sound:
    Titanic – Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers and Mark Ulano (WINNER)
    Air Force One – Paul Massey, Rick Kline, Doug Hemphill and Keith A. Wester
    Con Air – Kevin O’Connell, Greg P. Russell and Art Rochester
    Contact – Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands and William B. Kaplan
    L.A. Confidential – Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Kirk Francis
    Best Art Direction:
    Titanic – Art Direction: Peter Lamont; Set Decoration: Michael D. Ford (WINNER)
    Gattaca – Art Direction: Jan Roelfs; Set Decoration: Nancy Nye
    Kundun – Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
    L.A. Confidential – Art Direction: Jeannine Oppewall; Set Decoration: Jay Hart
    Men in Black – Art Direction: Bo Welch; Set Decoration: Cheryl Carasik
    Best Cinematography:
    Titanic – Russell Carpenter (WINNER)
    Amistad – Janusz Kaminski
    Kundun – Roger Deakins
    L.A. Confidential – Dante Spinotti
    The Wings of the Dove – Eduardo Serra
    Best Makeup:
    Men in Black – Rick Baker and David LeRoy Anderson (WINNER)
    Mrs Brown – Lisa Westcott, Veronica Brebner and Beverley Binda
    Titanic – Tina Earnshaw, Greg Cannom and Simon Thompson
    Best Costume Design:
    Titanic – Deborah Lynn Scott (WINNER)
    Amistad – Ruth E. Carter
    Kundun – Dante Ferretti
    Oscar and Lucinda – Janet Patterson
    The Wings of the Dove – Sandy Powell
    Best Film Editing:
    Titanic – Conrad Buff, James Cameron and Richard A. Harris (WINNER)
    Air Force One – Richard Francis-Bruce
    As Good as It Gets – Richard Marks
    Good Will Hunting – Pietro Scalia
    L.A. Confidential – Peter Honess
    Best Visual Effects:
    Titanic – Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher and Michael Kanfer (WINNER)
    The Lost World: Jurassic Park – Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Randal M. Dutra and Michael Lantieri
    Starship Troopers – Phil Tippett, Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis and John Richardson
    Academy Honorary Award:
    Stanley Donen
  • 1998 Grammy Award Winners

    1998 Grammy Award Winners

    1998 Grammy Award Winners

    • Winners Announced: February 25, 1998
    • Held at: Radio City Music Hall, New York City
    • Host: Kelsey Grammer
    • Eligibility Year: October 1, 1996 – September 30, 1997

    Trivia

    • It’s All About the Benjamins: Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs dominated the evening with No Way Out, which won Best Rap Album.
    • Fleetwood’s Comeback: Fleetwood Mac marked their return by snagging an award for The Dance in the Best Pop Album category.
    • Record of the Year: Shawn Colvin’s “Sunny Came Home” snatched this prestigious award, alongside a win for Song of the Year.
    • Dylan’s Timeless Voice: Bob Dylan’s Time Out of Mind not only won Album of the Year but also marked Dylan’s resurgence in popular music.
    • Jazzy Notes: Buena Vista Social Club by Ry Cooder brought Cuban music to the forefront, winning Best Tropical Latin Performance.
    • Classical Crossover: Cellist Yo-Yo Ma won Best Classical Crossover Album for his work Soul of the Tango, dedicated to the music of Astor Piazzolla.
    • Teen Pop Emerges: Although not a winner, the Backstreet Boys received their first Grammy nomination, signaling the ascent of teen pop in mainstream music.

    1998 Grammy Winners

    Record of the Year:
    Sunny Came Home – Shawn Colvin
    Album of the Year:
    Time Out of Mind – Bob Dylan (Columbia Records)
    Song of the Year:
    Sunny Came Home – Shawn Colvin and John Leventhal, songwriters
    New Artist:
    Paula Cole
    Female Pop Vocal:
    Building a Mystery – Sarah McLachlan
    Male Pop Vocal:
    Candle in the Wind 1997 – Elton John
    Pop Duo or Group with Vocals:
    Virtual Insanity – Jamiroquai
    Pop Collaboration with Vocals:
    Don’t Look Back – John Lee Hooker with Van Morrison
    Pop Instrumental:
    Last Dance – Sarah McLachlan
    Dance Recording:
    Carry On – Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder
    Pop Album:
    Hourglass – James Taylor (Columbia Records)
    Traditional Pop Album:
    Tony Bennett on Holiday – Tony Bennett
    Female Rock Vocal:
    Criminal – Fiona Apple
    Male Rock Vocal:
    Cold Irons Bound – Bob Dylan
    Rock Duo or Group with Vocals:
    One Headlight – the Wallflowers
    Hard Rock:
    The End Is the Beginning Is the End – the Smashing Pumpkins
    Metal:
    Ænima – Tool
    Rock Instrumental:
    Block Rockin’ Beats – the Chemical Brothers
    Rock Song:
    One Headlight – Jakob Dylan, songwriter
    Rock Album:
    Blue Moon Swamp – John Fogerty (Warner Bros. Records)
    Alternative Album:
    OK Computer – Radiohead
    Female R&B Vocal:
    On and On – Erykah Badu
    Male R&B Vocal:
    I Believe I Can Fly – R. Kelly
    R&B Duo or Group with Vocals:
    No Diggity – Blackstreet
    R&B Song:
    I Believe I Can Fly – R. Kelly, songwriter
    R&B Album:
    Baduizm – Erykah Badu (Kedar/Universal Records)
    Rap Solo:
    Men in Black – Will Smith
    Rap Duo or Group:
    I’ll Be Missing You – Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112
    Rap Album:
    No Way Out – Puff Daddy and the Family
    Female Country Vocal:
    How Do I Live – Trisha Yearwood
    Male Country Vocal:
    Pretty Little Adriana – Vince Gill
    Country Duo or Group with Vocals:
    Looking in the Eyes of Love – Alison Krauss and Union Station
    Country Collaboration with Vocals:
    In Another’s Eyes – Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks
    Country Instrumental:
    Little Liza Jane – Alison Krauss and Union Station
    Country Song:
    Butterfly Kisses – Bob Carlisle and Randy Thomas, songwriters
    Country Album:
    Unchained – Johnny Cash (American Records)
    Bluegrass Album:
    So Long So Wrong – Alison Krauss and Union Station (Rounder Records)
    New Age Album:
    Oracle – Michael Hedges (Windham Hill Records)
    Contemporary Jazz:
    Into the Sun – Randy Brecker
    Jazz Vocal:
    Dear Ella – Dee Dee Bridgewater
    Jazz Instrumental, Solo:
    Stardust – Doc Cheatham and Nicholas Payton
    Jazz Instrumental, Individual or Group:
    Beyond the Missouri Sky – Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny (Verve Records)
    Large Jazz Ensemble:
    Joe Henderson Big Band – Joe Henderson Big Band
    Latin Jazz:
    Habana – Roy Hargrove’s Crisol
    Rock Gospel Album:
    Welcome to the Freak Show: dc Talk Live in Concert – dc Talk (ForeFront Records)
    Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album:
    Much Afraid – Jars of Clay (Silvertone/Essential Records)
    Southern Gospel, Country Gospel or Bluegrass Gospel Album:
    Amazing Grace 2: A Country Salute to Gospel – various artists (Sparrow Records)
    Traditional Soul Gospel Album:
    I Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray – the Fairfield Four (Warner Bros. Records Nashville)
    Contemporary Soul Gospel Album:
    Brothers – Take 6 (Warner Alliance Records)
    Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus:
    God’s Property From Kirk Franklin’s Nu Nation – God’s Property; Kirk Franklin, Choir Director (B’Rite Music)
    Latin Pop:
    Romances – Luis Miguel
    Latin Rock/Alternative:
    Fabulosos Calavera – Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
    Tropical Latin:
    Buena Vista Social Club – Ry Cooder
    Mexican-American/Tejano:
    En Tus Manos – La Mafia
    Traditional Blues:
    Don’t Look Back – John Lee Hooker (Pointblank/Virgin Records America)
    Contemporary Blues:
    Senor Blues – Taj Mahal (Private Music)
    Traditional Folk:
    L’Amour ou la Folie – BeauSoleil (Rhino Records)
    Contemporary Folk:
    Time Out of Mind – Bob Dylan (Columbia Records)
    Reggae Album:
    Fallen is Babylon – Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers (Elektra Records/EEG)
    World Music Album:
    Nascimento – Milton Nascimento (Warner Bros. Records)
    Polka Album:
    Living on Polka Time, Jimmy Sturr (Rounder Records)
    Musical Album for Children:
    All Aboard! – John Denver (Sony Wonder Records)
    Spoken Word Album for Children:
    Winnie-The-Pooh – Charles Kuralt (Penguin Audiobooks)
    Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album:
    Charles Kuralt’s Spring – Charles Kuralt (Simon and Schuster Audioworks)
    Spoken Comedy Album:
    Roll With the New – Chris Rock (DreamWorks Records)
    Musical Show Album:
    Chicago: the Musical (RCA Victor)
    Instrumental Composition:
    Aung San Suu Kyi – Wayne Shorter, Composer
    Instrumental Composition for a Motion Picture or for Television:
    The English Patient – Gabriel Yared, Composer
    Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television:
    I Believe I Can Fly (from Space Jam) – R. Kelly, songwriter
    Instrumental Arrangement:
    Straight, No Chaser – Bill Holman, arranger
    Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals:
    Cotton Tail – Slide Hampton, arranger
    Best Recording Package:
    Various Artists: Titanic?Music as Heard on the Fateful Voyage – Hugh Brown, Al Q., and Jeff Smith, art directors (Rhino Records)
    Best Recording Package Boxed:
    Various Artists: Beg, Scream and Shout! The Big Ol’ Box of ’60s Soul – Hugh Brown,David Gorman and Rachel Gutek, art directors (Rhino Records)
    Best Album Notes:
    Various Artists: Anthology of American Folk Music (1997 Edition Expanded) – John Fahey, Luis Kemnitzer, Joh Pankake, Chuck Pirtle, Jeff Place, Neil V. Rosenberg, Luc Sante, Peter Stampfel and Eric Von Schmidt, album notes writers
    Historical Album:
    Anthology of American Folk Music (1997 Edition Expanded) (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
    Best-Engineered Album – Non-Classical:
    James Taylor: Hourglass – Frank Filipetti, engineer (Columbia Records)
    Producer:
    Babyface
    Remixer:
    Frankie Knuckles
    Best-Engineered Album – Classical:
    Copland: The Music of America – Michael Bishop and Jack Renner, engineers
    Classical Producer:
    Steven Epstein
    Classical Album:
    Premieres: Cello Concertos (Works of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse) – Philadelphia Orchestra (Sony Classical)
    Orchestral:
    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Tristia – Pierre Boulez conducting the Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus (Deutsche Grammophon)
    Opera:
    Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg – Sir Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (London Records)
    Choral:
    Adams: Harmonium/Rachmaninoff: The Bells – Robert Shaw, conductor (Telarc):
    Instrumental Soloist with Orchestra:
    Premieres: Cello Concertos (Works of Danielpour, Kirchner, Rouse) – Yo-Yo Ma, violoncello; David Zinman, conductor
    Instrumental Soloist without Orchestra:
    Bach: Suites for Solo Cello Nos. 1-6 – Janos Starker, cello
    Chamber Music:
    Beethoven: The String Quartets, Emerson String Quartet
    Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor):
    Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 1 With Finale 1921, Op. 24 No. 1 – Claudio Abbado conducting members of the Berliner Philharmonic
    Classical Vocal:
    An Italian Songbook (Works of Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini) – Cecilia Bartoli
    Classical Contemporary Composition:
    Adams: El Dorado – John Adams, Composer
    Music Video, Short Form:
    Got ‘Till It’s Gone – Janet Jackson; Mark Romanek and Aris McGarry, video directors
    Music Video, Long Form:
    Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill – Live, Alanis Morissette and Steve Purcell, video directors
    Music Video, Short Form:
    Ray of Light – Jonas Akerlund, video director
    Music Video, Long Form:
    American Masters: Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart – Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, video director