This is a rundown of every song present that played on MTV's Total Request Live (TRL) in 1998. TRL ran every weekday on MTV from September 1998-November 2008. Viewers voted on the top 10 videos to be played each day.
The first episode of TRL aired on September 14th, 1998, so there's not too many videos for this year, but we already see the two main musical zeitgeists of the time competing here: boy bands and teen pop stars versus nu-metal and post-grunge.
Presented for archival and reporting purposes under fair dealing/fair use. I am not associated with MTV, Paramount or any record label/media company.
Countdown information for this year was found at atrl.net/forums/forum/22-recaps/ - thank you to ATRL for their very extensive archives of this show.
Songs that hit number one:
1. (God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time On You - *NSYNC (36 days)
2. All I Have To Give - Backstreet Boys (32 days)
3. Tearin’ Up My Heart - *NSYNC (27 days)
4. I’ll Never Break Your Heart - Backstreet Boys (17 days)
5. Freak on a Leash - Korn (10 days)
6. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays - *NSYNC (3 days)
7. Baby One More Time - Britney Spears (2 days)
23 ноя 2022
