List of French number-one hits of 1998

This is a list of the French

France

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SNEP Top 100 Singles & Top 75 Albums number-ones of 1998.

Singles Chart

Week	Issue Date	Artist	Single
1	January 3	Andrea Bocelli Andrea Bocelli Andrea Bocelli, is an Italian tenor, multi-instrumentalist and classical crossover artist. Born with poor eyesight, he became blind at the age of twelve following a soccer accident.... and Hélène Ségara Hélène Ségara Hélène Ségara is a French female singer revealed in her interpretation of Esmeralda in the french musical Notre Dame de Paris.-Her childhood in the French Riviera:...	"Vivo per lei"
2	January 10
3	January 17
4	January 24
5	January 31
6	February 7	Céline Dion Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...	"The Reason The Reason (Celine Dion song) "The Reason" is a single from Céline Dion's album Let's Talk About Love. It was released on December 8, 1997 in selected European countries: United Kingdom, Ireland and Belgium. In France, it was issued as a double A-side single with "My Heart Will Go On."... "
7	February 14
8	February 21
9	February 28
10	March 7
11	March 14
12	March 21
13	March 28		"My Heart Will Go On My Heart Will Go On "My Heart Will Go On" is the theme song/love theme of the 1997 blockbuster film Titanic. With music by James Horner, lyrics by Will Jennings, and production by Simon Franglen, James Horner and Walter Afanasieff ,, it was recorded by Céline Dion... "
14	April 4
15	April 11
16	April 18
17	April 25
18	May 2
19	May 9	Ricky Martin Ricky Martin Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...	"La Copa de la Vida"
20	May 16
21	May 23
22	May 30
23	June 6
24	June 13
25	June 20	Manau	"La Tribu de Dana La Tribu de Dana "La Tribu de Dana" is a 1998 song recorded by the French hip hop band Manau, available on their debut album, Panique celtique, on which it features as second track... "
26	June 27
27	July 4
28	July 11
29	July 18
30	July 25
31	August 1
32	August 8
33	August 15
34	August 22
35	August 29
36	September 5
37	September 12	Daniel Lavoie Daniel Lavoie Daniel Lavoie is a Canadian singer–songwriter.Lavoie was born in Dunrea, Manitoba, Canada. His mother was a musician and he learned to play piano at a young age... , Patrick Fiori Patrick Fiori Patrick Fiori is a French singer.-Biography:Fiori was born to an Armenian father and a Corsican mother in Marseille, France. When he was only 12 years old, he was offered his first role in the musical La légende des santonniers... & Garou Garou (singer) Garou , from the French expression "loup-garou", which means "werewolf" and is a transformation of "Garand", his last name; is a Canadian singer from Sherbrooke, Quebec. He is known for his work in the musical Notre-Dame de Paris and the #1 hits "Belle", "Seul", "Sous le vent", and "La Rivière de...	"Belle Belle (song) "Belle" is a 1997 song performed by the Francophone singers Patrick Fiori, Daniel Lavoie and Garou, from the musical Notre Dame de Paris. Released as a single in 1998, it was a hit in France and Belgium, topping the charts for many months... "
38	September 19
39	September 26
40	October 3
41	October 10
42	October 17
43	October 24
44	October 31
45	November 7
46	November 14
47	November 21
48	November 28
49	December 5
50	December 12
51	December 19
52	December 26

Albums Chart

Week	Issue Date	Artist	Title
1	3 January	Céline Dion Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...	Let's Talk About Love Let's Talk About Love Let's Talk About Love is an album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released on November 18, 1997. It is her fifth English-language album and twenty-third in total. Let's Talk About Love remains one of the best-selling albums in history with over 31 million copies sold worldwide...
2	10 January	Alain Bashung Alain Bashung Alain Bashung was a French singer, songwriter and actor.- Youth :Alain Bashung was the son of a Breton factory worker and French Kabyle father, whom he never knew. His mother remarried, and at the age of one, Bashung was sent to Strasbourg to live with his new stepfather's parents...	Fantaisie militaire
3	17 January	Titanic Titanic (1997 film) Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson, Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater and Billy Zane as Rose's fiancé, Cal...	La bande originale Titanic (soundtrack) Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack to the film of the same name composed, orchestrated and conducted by James Horner. The soundtrack was released by Sony Classical on November 18, 1997...
4	24 January	Titanic	La bande originale
5	31 January	Titanic	La bande originale
6	7 February	Titanic	La bande originale
7	14 February	Titanic	La bande originale
8	21 February	Titanic	La bande originale
9	28 February	Titanic	La bande originale
10	7 March	Titanic	La bande originale
11	14 March	Titanic	La bande originale
12	21 March	Titanic	La bande originale
13	28 March	Titanic	La bande originale
14	4 April	Titanic	La bande originale
15	11 April	Titanic	La bande originale
16	18 April	Titanic	La bande originale
17	25 April	Suprême NTM Suprême NTM Suprême NTM is a French hip hop group formed in 1989 in the Seine-Saint-Denis département. The group comprises rappers Joey Starr and Kool Shen...	Suprême NTM Suprême NTM (album) Suprême NTM is the fourth album of the French hip hop group Suprême NTM.-Track listing:# Intro - 1:13# Back dans les bacs - 3:17...
18	2 May	Suprême NTM	Suprême NTM
19	9 May	Pascal Obispo Pascal Obispo Pascal Michel Obispo is a French singer/songwriter.Pascal Obispo started singing in 1980. He got his first record deal in 1990, Le long du fleuve. With his second album, Plus que tout au monde, selling over 2 million albums, his songs became a popular success...	Live 98
20	16 May	Garbage Garbage (band) Garbage are an alternative rock band formed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1994. The group consists of Scottish singer Shirley Manson and American musicians Duke Erikson , Steve Marker and Butch Vig . All four members are involved in songwriting and production...	Version 2.0 Version 2.0 Version 2.0 is the second album by alternative rock group Garbage. It was released worldwide in May 1998 by Mushroom Records UK and in North America by Almo Sounds. Version 2.0 was the follow-up to the band's multi-platinum debut album Garbage. Despite a slow start, Version 2.0 went on to equal its...
21	23 May	Louise Attaque Louise Attaque Louise Attaque is a French chanson/folk rock group founded in 1994. Several of the group's albums were produced by Gordon Gano, lead singer of The Violent Femmes, a band whom Louise Attaque often cites as an influence and for whom their own band is named....	Louise Attaque
22	30 May	Shurik'n Shurik'n Shurik'n Chang-Ti is a French hip hop artist from Marseille, born in 1966. He is one of the members of the highly successful group IAM, as well as a major solo artist. With his brother Faf Larage , he also is a member of the group La Garde.Mussard was born in Marseille on 11 March 1966, with...	Où je vis
23	6 June	The Smashing Pumpkins The Smashing Pumpkins The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988. Formed by Billy Corgan frontman and James Iha , the band has included Jimmy Chamberlin , D'arcy Wretzky , and currently includes Jeff Schroeder Mike Byrne , and Nicole Fiorentino The Smashing...	Adore
24	13 June	Louise Attaque	Louise Attaque
25	20 June	Louise Attaque	Louise Attaque
26	27 June	Louise Attaque	Louise Attaque
27	4 July	Louise Attaque	Louise Attaque
28	11 July	Louise Attaque	Louise Attaque
29	18 July	Louise Attaque	Louise Attaque
30	25 July	Manau Manau Manau French hip hop group formed in 1998, known for their fusing of traditional Celtic melodies with modern hip hop beats. It was initially composed of Martial Tricoche, Cédric Soubiron, and R.V. Lardic until R.V.'s departure and replacement by Gregor Gandon. Although the band is currently based...	Panique celtique Panique celtique Panique celtique is the debut album recorded by French hip hop act Manau. It was released in July 1998. It achieved success in France and Belgium where it hit respectively #1 for several weeks and #2...
31	1 August	Manau	Panique celtique
32	8 August	Manau	Panique celtique
33	15 August	Louise Attaque	Louise Attaque
34	22 August	Louise Attaque	Louise Attaque
35	29 August	Louise Attaque	Louise Attaque
36	5 September	Céline Dion Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...	S'il suffisait d'aimer S'il suffisait d'aimer S'il suffisait d'aimer is an album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released on September 7, 1998. It's her 19th French album and 24th in total...
37	12 September	Céline Dion	S'il suffisait d'aimer
38	19 September	Céline Dion	S'il suffisait d'aimer
39	26 September	Céline Dion	S'il suffisait d'aimer
40	3 October	Notre Dame de Paris Notre Dame de Paris (musical) Notre-Dame de Paris is a sung-through French-Canadian musical which debuted on 16 September 1998 in Paris. It is based upon the novel Notre-Dame de Paris by the French novelist Victor Hugo...	Notre Dame de Paris
41	10 October	Notre Dame de Paris	Notre Dame de Paris
42	17 October	Notre Dame de Paris	Notre Dame de Paris
43	24 October	Notre Dame de Paris	Notre Dame de Paris
44	31 October	Notre Dame de Paris	Notre Dame de Paris
45	7 November	Notre Dame de Paris	Notre Dame de Paris
46	14 November	Notre Dame de Paris	Notre Dame de Paris
47	21 November	Notre Dame de Paris	Notre Dame de Paris
48	28 November	Sidaction	Ensemble 98
49	5 December	Sidaction	Ensemble 98
50	12 December	Notre Dame de Paris	Notre Dame de Paris
51	19 December	Notre Dame de Paris	Notre Dame de Paris
52	26 December	Notre Dame de Paris	Notre Dame de Paris

Singles

Pos.	Artist	Title	Sales*
1	Daniel Lavoie Daniel Lavoie Daniel Lavoie is a Canadian singer–songwriter.Lavoie was born in Dunrea, Manitoba, Canada. His mother was a musician and he learned to play piano at a young age... , Patrick Fiori Patrick Fiori Patrick Fiori is a French singer.-Biography:Fiori was born to an Armenian father and a Corsican mother in Marseille, France. When he was only 12 years old, he was offered his first role in the musical La légende des santonniers... & Garou Garou (singer) Garou , from the French expression "loup-garou", which means "werewolf" and is a transformation of "Garand", his last name; is a Canadian singer from Sherbrooke, Quebec. He is known for his work in the musical Notre-Dame de Paris and the #1 hits "Belle", "Seul", "Sous le vent", and "La Rivière de...	"Belle Belle (song) "Belle" is a 1997 song performed by the Francophone singers Patrick Fiori, Daniel Lavoie and Garou, from the musical Notre Dame de Paris. Released as a single in 1998, it was a hit in France and Belgium, topping the charts for many months... "	2,221,000
2	Manau Manau Manau French hip hop group formed in 1998, known for their fusing of traditional Celtic melodies with modern hip hop beats. It was initially composed of Martial Tricoche, Cédric Soubiron, and R.V. Lardic until R.V.'s departure and replacement by Gregor Gandon. Although the band is currently based...	"La Tribu de Dana La Tribu de Dana "La Tribu de Dana" is a 1998 song recorded by the French hip hop band Manau, available on their debut album, Panique celtique, on which it features as second track... "	1,415,000
3	Céline Dion Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...	"My Heart Will Go On My Heart Will Go On "My Heart Will Go On" is the theme song/love theme of the 1997 blockbuster film Titanic. With music by James Horner, lyrics by Will Jennings, and production by Simon Franglen, James Horner and Walter Afanasieff ,, it was recorded by Céline Dion... "	1,197,000
4	Lââm Lââm Lââm is a French female singer of Tunisian descent. She has sold more than 500,000 albums and more than 2 million singles.-Biography:...	"Chanter pour ceux qui sont loin de chez eux Chanter pour ceux qui sont loin de chez eux "Chanter pour ceux qui sont loin de chez eux" is a 1985 song recorded by French singer-songwriter Michel Berger on his album Différences. It was released as a single one year later.... "	963,000
5	Nomads	"Yakalelo"	846,000
6	Hermes House Band Hermes House Band The Hermes House Band is a Dutch pop band, established in 1984 by members of the Hermes fraternity/sorority in Rotterdam, Netherlands. They have released more than twenty five albums and singles.-History:...	"I Will Survive I Will Survive "I Will Survive" is a song first performed by American singer Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978. It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris... "	812,000
7	Brandy Brandy (entertainer) Brandy Rayana Norwood , known professionally as Brandy, is an American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and dancer. In 2009, she introduced her rap alter-ego Bran'Nu.... & Monica Monica (singer) Monica Denise Brown , and professionally known as Monica, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in College Park, Georgia, Monica began performing as a child and became part of a traveling gospel choir, by the time she was ten...	"The Boy Is Mine The Boy Is Mine "The Boy Is Mine" is a duet by American recording artists Brandy and Monica. It was written by LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins and Brandy with co-production by Darkchild and Dallas Austin, and released as the lead single from both singers' second albums during the... "	662,000
8	Ménélik & Imane D	"Bye bye"	613,000
9	Ricky Martin Ricky Martin Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...	"La Copa De La Vida"	563,000
10	Des'ree Des'ree Des'ree is an English pop/soul singer who was popular during the 1990s. She is well known for her hits: "Feel So High", "You Gotta Be", "Life", and "Kissing You"...	"Life Life (Des'ree song) "Life" is a popular song recorded by the British pop and soul singer Des'ree. It was the third single from her third album Supernatural and was released on 2 June 1998... "	555,000

*Included sales of previous and following years

Albums

Pos.	Artist	Title	Sales*
1	Louise Attaque Louise Attaque Louise Attaque is a French chanson/folk rock group founded in 1994. Several of the group's albums were produced by Gordon Gano, lead singer of The Violent Femmes, a band whom Louise Attaque often cites as an influence and for whom their own band is named....	Louise Attaque	2,186,600
2	Notre Dame de Paris Notre Dame de Paris (musical) Notre-Dame de Paris is a sung-through French-Canadian musical which debuted on 16 September 1998 in Paris. It is based upon the novel Notre-Dame de Paris by the French novelist Victor Hugo...	Notre Dame de Paris	2,119,600
3	Manu Chao Manu Chao Manu Chao , is a French singer of Spanish roots . He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Galician, Arabic and Portuguese and occasionally in other languages...	Clandestino Clandestino Clandestino is the first full-length solo album by Manu Chao, released in 1998. The album contains many soundbites throughout, two of which are bits of a speech by Subcomandante Marcos.-Track listing:...	1,848,500
4	Céline Dion Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...	S'il suffisait d'aimer S'il suffisait d'aimer S'il suffisait d'aimer is an album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released on September 7, 1998. It's her 19th French album and 24th in total...	1,492,200
5	Titanic Titanic (1997 film) Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson, Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater and Billy Zane as Rose's fiancé, Cal...	La bande originale Titanic (soundtrack) Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack to the film of the same name composed, orchestrated and conducted by James Horner. The soundtrack was released by Sony Classical on November 18, 1997...	1,428,500
6	Manau Manau Manau French hip hop group formed in 1998, known for their fusing of traditional Celtic melodies with modern hip hop beats. It was initially composed of Martial Tricoche, Cédric Soubiron, and R.V. Lardic until R.V.'s departure and replacement by Gregor Gandon. Although the band is currently based...	Panique celtique	1,371,200
7	Madonna Madonna (entertainer) Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...	Ray of Light Ray of Light Ray of Light is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on March 3, 1998 by Maverick Records and distributed by Warner Bros. Records. After giving birth to her daughter Lourdes, Madonna collaborated with Patrick Leonard and William Orbit in developing the album...	925,400
8	Zebda Zebda Zebda is a French music group from Toulouse known for its political activism and its wide variety of musical styles. The group, which was formed in 1985, consisted of seven musicians of diverse nationalities, and the themes of much of their music involved political and social justice, the status...	Essence ordinaire	724,700
9	Lauryn Hill Lauryn Hill Lauryn Noelle Hill is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress.Early in her career, she established her reputation as a member of the Fugees. In 1998, she launched her solo career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album, The Miseducation of...	The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is the debut solo album by American musician Lauryn Hill, released August 25, 1998, on Columbia Records. Recording sessions for the album took place from late 1997 to June 1998, and were held primarily at Tuff Gong Studios in Jamaica...	701,300
10	Suprême NTM Suprême NTM Suprême NTM is a French hip hop group formed in 1989 in the Seine-Saint-Denis département. The group comprises rappers Joey Starr and Kool Shen...	Suprême NTM	690,400

*Included sales of previous and following years

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