1998

This chart shows which is the best albums in 1998 on Fredrik's album chart. The chart is calculated by giving the #1 50 points and the #50 1 point on every chart. The best album in 1998 is Sheryl Crow 2nd album that entered the chart back in 1996 and have this year made it all the way to #1. Her latest album "The globe sessions" is at #34 and her first album "Tuesday music night club" is at #72. Interesting is that Rainbirds have two albums in the top 5 ("Making memory" and "Forever") and their greatest hits album reached #11. Note that all the three albums with Rainbirds made all the way to #1! The other two albums in the top 5 are by one other artist - Sarah McLachlan (Fumbling towards ecstasy and Surfacing). So in the top 5 there are only three different artists all have spent 52 weeks on the chart this year (meaning all year). My favourite album of the year "Siren" with Heather Nova is at #6 and if had been on the chart more weeks it would have topped the chart. The highest Swedish artists/group is The Merrymakers at #7.

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BP = Peek position in 1998   VP = lowest position in 1998
# = weeks at number one spot in 1998   V number weeks in the chart this year
Total = number of points in 1998 (#1 = 50 point #50 = 1 point)

P	BP	VP	#	V	Artist	Titel	total
1	1	49	1	52	Sheryl Crow	Sheryl Crow	1817
2	1	36	1	52	Rainbirds	Making memory	1803
3	7	31		52	Sarah McLachlan	Fumbling towards ecstasy	1681
4	1	38	1	52	Rainbirds	Forever	1597
5	8	32		52	Sarah McLachlan	Surfacing	1574
6	1	10	8	30	Heather Nova	Siren	1398
7	1	79	4	48	The Merrymakers	Bubblegun	1379
8	2	26		32	Tori Amos	From the choirgirl hotel	1341
9	1	9	6	26	Cowboy junkies	Miles from our home	1230
10	1	88	3	44	Tanya Donelly	Lovesongs for underdogs	1214
11	1	37	1	41	Rainbirds	The Mercury years the best of 87-94	1157
12	11	67		52	Cowboy junkies	Black eyed man	1072
13	1	54	3	52	Regina Lund	Unique	1067
14	1	65	1	52	Stina Nordenstam	Dynamite	1036
15	2	43		30	Imperiet	Rasera + mini LP	1028
16	1	15	3	21	Liz Phair	Whiteocolatespaceegg	934
17	16	81		41	Heather Nova	Blow	922
18	4	41		30	Loreena McKennitt	The mask and mirror	918
19	4	46		22	Simon & Garfunkel	The definitive Simon & Garfunkel	834
20	12	88		33	The Merrymakers	No sleep 'til famous	825
21	1	99	1	37	Fra lippo lippi	The best of F.L.L 85-95	793
22	24	51		52	Heather Nova	Oyster	790
23	1	130	2	43	Grass-show	Something smells good in stinkville	777
24	4	100		43	Merril Bainbridge	The garden	774
25	8	81		52	John Hiatt	Stolen moments	763
26	6	100		43	Cocteau twins	Garlands	763
27	2	99		52	The The	Hanky panky	758
28	7	135		46	Mutts	Mutts	757
29	14	60		52	Cowboy junkies	Lay it down	746
30	5	100		35	Nationalteatern	Greatest hits	713
31	1	96	1	29	XTC	Fossil fuel the XTC singles 1977-92	713
32	1	10	2	15	Clannad	Landmarks	713
33	1	96	1	33	The Sundays	Static & silence	707
34	1	9	3	15	Sheryl Crow	The Globe session	702
35	6	87		34	XTC	Nonesuch	696
36	12	83		52	Indigo girls	Shaming of the sun	684
37	6	92		52	John Hiatt	Little head	683
38	5	74		44	Jules Shear	Between us	682
39	3	94		30	Crowded house	Recurring dream the very best of ....	671
40	3	86		52	'Til Tuesday	Coming up close - a retrospective	664
41	6	98		52	Toni Childs	The woman's boat	635
42	13	61		31	Madonna	Ray of light	625
43	1	99	1	26	Marie Fredriksson	I en tid som vår	622
44	7	27		17	Heather Nova	Live in the USA	615
45	1	98	2	24	Yvonne	Getting out, getting anywhere	610
46	13	200		25	R.E.M.	Green	600
47	14	136		52	Stina Nordenstam	Memories of a color	585
48	4	100		25	Jennifer Trynin	Cockamamie	580
49	5	25		15	John Hiatt	The best of..	575
50	9	200		27	The Smith's	Best of .. vol. 1	567

This was compiled by Fredrik Eklund ©1998-99. The chart is compiled with the result of my chart that every week shows what is my favourite albums. The main criteria are for be on the chart is that I have the album on CD or tape.