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New this week!
Imprint/Promotion Label:
Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG
Highest ranking debut
Gains In Performance
Billboard 200
Week of October 17, 1998
This Week
Award
Last Week
Peak Pos.
Wks on Chart
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Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life
JAY-Z -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG
Highest ranking debut
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x5
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Aquemini
OutKast -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
LaFace/Arista
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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The Love Movement
A Tribe Called Quest -
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RIAA Certification:
Gold
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The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill - 1
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Ruffhouse/Columbia/Legacy
RIAA Certification:
Diamond
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The Globe Sessions
Sheryl Crow -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
A&M/Interscope
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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'N Sync
'N Sync -
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- 28
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RIAA Certification:
Diamond
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The Nu Nation Project
Kirk Franklin -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Gospo Centric/Interscope
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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Come On Over
Shania Twain -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Mercury Nashville/UMGN
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Diamond x2
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Mean Green -- Major Players Compilation
Various Artists -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
No Limit/Priority
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Gold
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Stunt
Barenaked Ladies - 9
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Reprise/Warner Bros.
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x4
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Rush Hour
Soundtrack - 8
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Def Jam/IDJMG
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Still In The Game
Keith Sweat - 6
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Elektra/EEG
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Backstreet Boys
Backstreet Boys - 11
- 4
- 60
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- 60
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RIAA Certification:
Diamond
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Hello Nasty
Beastie Boys - 7
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- 12
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- 12
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Brooklyn Dust/Grand Royal/Capitol
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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Mechanical Animals
Marilyn Manson - 5
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- 3
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Nothing/Interscope
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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The Dirty Boogie
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - 14
- 9
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- 15
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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Wide Open Spaces
Dixie Chicks - 18
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Monument/Sony Music
RIAA Certification:
Diamond
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Dr. Dolittle: The Album
Soundtrack - 16
- 4
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Blackground/Atlantic/AG
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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Armageddon -- The Album
Soundtrack - 13
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- 15
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- 15
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Columbia/Sony Music
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x4
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20
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Dizzy Up The Girl
The Goo Goo Dolls - 17
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Warner Bros./Rhino
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x5
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Musical Chairs
Hootie & The Blowfish - 12
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Atlantic/AG
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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City Of Angels
Soundtrack - 19
- 1
- 27
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Warner Sunset/Reprise/Warner Bros.
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x5
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Follow The Leader
Korn - 24
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- 7
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- 7
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Immortal/Epic
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x5
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Celebrity Skin
Hole - 22
- 9
- 4
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- 4
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
DGC/Geffen/Interscope
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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It's Dark And Hell Is Hot
DMX - 26
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- 20
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- 20
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Ruff Ryders/Def Jam/UMe
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x4
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Hellbilly Deluxe
Rob Zombie - 25
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- 5
- 6
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Geffen/Interscope
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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High Mileage
Alan Jackson - 21
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- 5
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Arista Nashville/SMN
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Da Game Is To Be Sold, Not To Be Told
Snoop Dogg - 23
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- 9
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- 9
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
No Limit/Priority
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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Back To Titanic
London Symphony Orchestra (Horner) - 20
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- 6
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Sony Classical/Sony Masterworks
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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30
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Never S-A-Y Never
Brandy - 27
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- 17
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- 17
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Atlantic/Rhino
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x4
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The Imperial
The FlipMode Squad - 15
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
FlipMode/Elektra/EEG
RIAA Certification:
Gold
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Supernatural
dc Talk - 4
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- 2
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
ForeFront/Capitol
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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If You See Him
Reba McEntire -
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Greatest gainer this week
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Soul Of A Woman
Kelly Price - 33
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- 15
- 8
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
T-Neck/Island/IDJMG
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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35
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Psycho-Circus
KISS - 3
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Mercury/IDJMG
RIAA Certification:
Gold
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36
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Yourself Or Someone Like You
matchbox 20 - 29
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Melisma/Lava/Atlantic/AG
RIAA Certification:
Diamond
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37
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My Own Prison
Creed - 31
- 22
- 53
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- 22
- 53
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x6
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38
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Big Willie Style
Will Smith - 28
- 8
- 45
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- 8
- 45
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Columbia/Sony Music
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x9
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39
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ESPN Presents: Jock Jams Vol. 4
Various Artists - 30
- 20
- 6
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- 20
- 6
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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40
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Ray Of Light
Madonna - 38
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- 31
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- 31
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