These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1998
Chart history +KeyIndicates best-charting R&B single of 1998 Issue date Song Artist January 3 "A Song for Mama" Boyz II Men January 10 "My Body" LSG January 17 January 24 "Nice and Slow" Usher January 31 February 7 February 14 February 21 February 28 March 7 March 14 March 21 "No, No, No" Destiny's Child March 28 "Let's Ride" Montell Jordan featuring Master P and Silkk the Shocker April 4 "All My Life" K-Ci & JoJo April 11 April 18 "Let's Ride" Montell Jordan featuring Master P and Silkk the Shocker April 25 May 2 "Too Close" Next May 9 May 16 May 23 "I Get Lonely" Janet and Blackstreet May 30 June 6 "The Boy Is Mine" Brandy and Monica June 13 June 20 June 27 July 4 July 11 July 18 July 25 August 1 "Friend of Mine" Kelly Price August 8 August 15 August 22 August 29 September 5 "The First Night" Monica September 12 September 19 September 26 October 3 October 10 October 17 "How Deep Is Your Love" Dru Hill featuring Redman October 24 October 31 November 7 "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" Deborah Cox November 14 November 21 November 28 December 5 December 12 December 19 December 26
Chart comparisons Five songs reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100/pop chart: "Nice and Slow," "All My Life," "Too Close," "The Boy Is Mine" and "The First Night." Five songs reached number-one on the Rhythmic chart: "Nice and Slow," "All My Life," "Too Close," "The Boy Is Mine" and "How Deep Is Your Love." "You Make Me Wanna..." topped the chart from last year.
See also 1998 in music Billboard Year-End Hot R&B Singles of 1998 List of number-one R&B hits (United States) List of number-one R&B albums of 1998 (U.S.)
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