| Cover | | Date  | Title • Artist  Album | Points  | Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
 | 1. | 07/1998 | | 474
 | US 12 UK ✫1 US rock ✫1 US alt. ✫1 | written by Lenny Kravitz |
 | 2. | 10/1998 | | 417
 | US 13 UK 34 US rock ✫1 US alt. ✫1 | written by E. Schrody |
 | 3. | 09/1998 | | 354
 | US 8 UK 43 US rock 4 US alt. ✫1 | written by John Rzeznik |
 | 4. | 12/1998 | | 350
 | US 3 UK 10 US AC 27 US rock 38 US alt. ✫1 | [Lava 84462] written by Richard Bean, David Kahne, Sugar Ray, Pablo Tellez & Abel Zarate |
 | 5. | 01/1998 | | 350
 | US 21 UK 12 US rock ✫1 US alt. 3 | [Epic 78797] written by Mike McCready & Eddie Vedder |
 | 6. | 06/1998 | | 343
 | US ✫1 UK 5 US alt. ✫1 | [Reprise 17174] written by Ed Robertson |
| 7. | 04/1998 | | 338
 | US 9 UK 50 US AC 22 US rock 8 US alt. ✫1 | Iris spent a record 18 weeks at number one on the Hot 100 Airplay chart, but did not hit number one on the US Hot 100 as Billboard (at the time) did not allow songs to enter the Hot 100 without a commercial single release. written by John Rzeznik |
| 8. | 02/1998 | | 337
 | US 5 UK 21 US rock 25 US alt. ✫1 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Tony Scalzo |
 | 9. | 05/1998 | | 328
 | US 28 US rock 5 US alt. ✫1 | [album cut] written by Max Collins |
 | 10. | 10/1998 | | 320
 | US 53 UK ✫1 US rock 5 US alt. 3 | [album cut] written by Dexter Holland, Noodles, Greg K. & Ron Welty |
 | 11. | 09/1998 | | 315
 | US 85 UK 19 US rock 4 US alt. ✫1 | [DGC album cut] written by Courtney Love, Eric Erlandson & Billy Corgan |
 | 12. | 05/1998 | | 310
 | US ✫1 UK 4 US AC 13 US rock 4 | ninth song in hot 100 history to debut at #1 [Columbia 78952] written by Diane Warren |
 | 13. | 12/1998 | | 282
 | US 70 US rock 2 US alt. 2 | [album cut] written by Scott Stapp & Mark Tremonti |
 | 14. | 03/1998 | | 280
 | US 11 UK 147 US rock 13 US alt. ✫1 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Dan Wilson |
 | 15. | 06/1998 | | 261
 | US rock ✫1 US alt. 10 | written by Scott Stapp & Mark Tremonti |
 | 16. | 05/1998 | | 248
 | US 42 UK 11 US rock 8 US alt. 3 | written by Billy Corgan |
| 17. | 06/1998 | | 246
 | US rock ✫1 US alt. 19 | written by Travis Meeks |
 | 18. | 07/1998 | | 233
 | US 5 UK 6 US alt. 8 | written by Eagle-Eye Cherry |
 | 19. | 03/1998 | | 231
 | US 42 US rock 11 US alt. 2 | [550 Music 15155] written by Carl Bell |
 | 20. | 01/1998 | | 223
 | US 59 UK 21 US rock 8 US alt. 6 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel & Pat Smear (as Georg Ruthenberg) |
| 21. | 11/1998 | | 222
 | US 102 US rock ✫1 US alt. 39 | [album cut] written by Bob Seger |
 | 22. | 02/1998 | | 219
 | US 47 UK 30 US rock 6 US alt. 6 | [Epic 78896] written by Eddie Vedder |
| 23. | 08/1998 | | 213
 | US 104 US rock 8 US alt. 5 | written by Adam Paskowitz |
 | 24. | 03/1998 | | 210
 | US 2 UK ✫1 US AC 8 US dance ✫1 | [Maverick 17244] written by Madonna & Patrick Leonard |
| 25. | 01/1998 | | 205
 | US 78 US rock ✫1 | as Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band written by Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Mark Selby & Tia Sillers |
 | 26. | 09/1998 | | 199
 | US 7 UK 9 US alt. 9 | written by David Nichtern |
 | 27. | 06/1998 | | 198
 | US 28 UK 5 US alt. 4 | [Grand R. 58705] written by Mario Caldato, Mike D (as Michael Diamond), Ad-Rock (as Adam Horovitz) & MCA (as Adam Yauch) |
 | 28. | 09/1998 | | 195
 | US 78 UK 66 US rock 40 US alt. ✫1 | written by John McCrea |
 | 29. | 05/1998 | | 195
 | US 27 US rock 4 US alt. 9 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by David Bowie & Brian Eno |
| 30. | 12/1998 | | 194
 | US 56 US dance 2 US rock 18 US alt. 4 | [Elementree 44555] written by Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris & Bernard Sumner |
 | 31. | 10/1998 | | 191
 | US 63 UK 3 US rock 31 US alt. 9 | [album cut] written by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr. |
| 32. | 02/1998 | | 190
 | US 33 US rock 20 US alt. 3 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Art Alexakis, Greg Eklund & Craig Montoya |
 | 33. | 12/1998 | | 186
 | US 81 UK 22 US rock 16 US alt. 3 | written by Courtney Love, Eric Erlandson & Billy Corgan |
 | 34. | 11/1998 | | 181
 | US 2 UK 4 US AC 2 | written by Matt Slocum |
 | 35. | 03/1998 | | 179
 | US 2 UK 2 | written by Natalie Imbruglia & Mark Goldenberg |
| 36. | 06/1998 | | 175
 | US 54 UK 24 US rock 33 US alt. 3 | [Virgin 38650] written by Billy Corgan |
| 37. | 12/1998 | | 170
 | UK 81 US rock 10 US alt. 6 | written by Max Collins & Jon Siebels |
 | 38. | 04/1998 | | 169
 | US 38 UK 57 US rock 33 US alt. 3 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Aaron Huffman, Jeff Lin, Sean Nelson & Evan Sult |
 | 39. | 10/1998 | | 168
 | US 116 US rock 7 US alt. 19 | written by Sully Erna & Tony Rombola |
| 40. | 03/1998 | | 167
 | US rock ✫1 | written by Marti Frederiksen & Damon Johnson |
 | 41. | 10/1998 | | 164
 | US 36 UK 5 US alt. 8 | written by Gregg Alexander & Rick Nowels |
 | 42. | 07/1998 | | 164
 | US 5 US alt. 9 | [Elektra 64058] written by Stephan Jenkins |
 | 43. | 04/1998 | | 164
 | US 52 UK 9 US dance 5 US alt. 5 | [Almo Sounds 89014] written by Butch Vig, Steve Marker, Duke Erikson & Shirley Manson |
 | 44. | 05/1998 | | 163
 | US 5 UK 2 US dance ✫1 | [MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year 1998] [Maverick 17206] written by Madonna, William Orbit, Clive Maldoon, Dave Curtiss & Christine Ann Leach |
| 45. | 01/1998 | | 161
 | US rock 3 US alt. 22 | written by Travis Meeks |
 | 46. | 08/1998 | | 160
 | US 122 UK 12 US rock 12 US alt. 15 | [album cut] written by Twiggy Ramirez |
| 47. | 02/1998 | | 159
 | US rock 5 US alt. 15 | written by Jerry Cantrell |
| 48. | 03/1998 | | 158
 | US rock ✫1 | written by Michael Anthony, Gary Cherone, Eddie Van Halen & Alex Van Halen |
| 49. | 03/1998 | | 158
 | US rock 4 US alt. 20 | written by Marcus Eliopulos, Walter Flakus, Christopher Hall, Andrew Kubiszewski & Jim Sellers |
| 50. | 04/1998 | | 157
 | UK 26 US rock ✫1 | written by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Charlie Jones & Michael Lee |
| 51. | 07/1998 | | 156
 | US 70 US rock 29 US alt. 4 | [album cut] written by Art Alexakis, Greg Eklund & Craig Montoya |
 | 52. | 08/1998 | | 156
 | US 116 UK 44 US rock 6 US alt. 27 | [album cut] written by Rob Zombie & Scott Humphrey |
| 53. | 05/1998 | | 151
 | US rock 3 US alt. 29 | written by Dave Wyndorf (as David Wyndorf) |
| 54. | 07/1998 | | 150
 | US 70 UK 9 US alt. 6 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [Almo Sounds 88005] written by Duke Erikson (as Doug Erikson), Shirley Manson, Steve Marker & Butch Vig |
 | 55. | 04/1998 | | 150
 | US rock 19 US alt. 4 | written by Dave Matthews |
| 56. | 06/1998 | | 149
 | US rock 2 US alt. 32 | |
| 57. | 09/1998 | | 143
 | US rock ✫1 | written by Paul Stanley & Curt Cuomo |
| 58. | 10/1998 | | 143
 | US 17 UK 5 US alt. 12 | [album cut] written by Alanis Morissette & Glen Ballard |
 | 59. | 10/1998 | | 140
 | US 5 UK 5 | written by Natalie Imbruglia & Matt Bronleewe |
 | 60. | 01/1998 | | 139
 | UK ✫1 US alt. 15 | written by Noel Gallagher |
| 61. | 01/1998 | | 139
 | US rock 8 US alt. 12 | written by Chris Cornell |
 | 62. | 08/1998 | | 137
 | UK 23 US rock 15 US alt. 17 | written by Jonathan Davis, James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, Brian "Head" Welch & David Silveria |
| 63. | 08/1998 | | 137
 | UK 4 US rock 40 US alt. 19 | written by Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal & Steven Hewitt |
 | 64. | 04/1998 | | 136
 | US 38 UK 119 US rock 17 US alt. 13 | written by Rob Thomas |
 | 65. | 04/1998 | | 135
 | US 4 US alt. 26 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Alanis Morissette |
 | 66. | 10/1998 | | 133
 | US 57 UK 6 US rock 30 US alt. 18 | [Warner 17129] written by Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe |
| 67. | 07/1998 | | 131
 | US rock 7 US alt. 16 | written by Jason Ross, Jason Pollock, Casey Daniel & Giti Khalsa |
 | 68. | 02/1998 | | 126
 | US rock 3 | written by Scott Stapp & Mark Tremonti |
 | 69. | 10/1998 | | 125
 | US 52 UK 15 US dance 10 US alt. 11 | written by Butch Vig, Steve Marker, Duke Erikson & Shirley Manson |
| 70. | 11/1998 | | 122
 | US 118 UK 55 US rock 3 | written by Chris Robinson & Rich Robinson |
| 71. | 07/1998 | | 118
 | US rock 3 | as Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band written by Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Tate |
| 72. | 10/1998 | | 116
 | US rock 3 | written by Ozzy Osbourne & Tony Iommi |
| 73. | 11/1998 | | 115
 | US 117 UK 36 US alt. 6 | featuring Pigeonhead [Skint 79102] |
 | 74. | 10/1998 | | 113
 | US rock 15 US alt. 17 | written by Carl Bell |
 | 75. | 03/1998 | | 113
 | US 17 US rock 36 US alt. 13 | written by Stephan Jenkins & Kevin Cadogan |
 | 76. | 05/1998 | | 112
 | US rock 30 US alt. 8 | written by John Wozniak |
| 77. | 07/1998 | | 112
 | US rock 4 | written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jack Blades & Tommy Shaw |
| 78. | 08/1998 | | 110
 | US rock 14 US alt. 13 | written by Stone Gossard & Eddie Vedder |
 | 79. | 09/1998 | | 108
 | US 20 UK 9 US alt. 26 | [album cut] written by Sheryl Crow & Jeff Trott |
| 80. | 08/1998 | | 106
 | US 86 US rock 25 US alt. 13 | [Hollywood album cut] written by Miles Zuniga |
 | 81. | 10/1998 | | 104
 | UK 14 US alt. 16 | written by Nina Persson & Peter Svensson |
 | 82. | 10/1998 | | 102
 | US 11 UK 6 US AC 14 | [Maverick 17160] written by Madonna & Rick Nowels |
| 83. | 07/1998 | | 99
 | US rock 35 US alt. 8 | written by Dave Matthews, Stefan Lessard & LeRoi Moore |
| 84. | 09/1998 | | 99
 | UK 39 US rock 31 US alt. 11 | written by Dan Wilson |
| 85. | 04/1998 | | 99
 | US 49 UK 16 US alt. 13 | [Atlantic 84104] written by Tori Amos |
 | 86. | 09/1998 | | 98
 | US 72 UK ✫1 | written by Robbie Williams, Guy Chambers, John Barry & Leslie Bricusse |
| 87. | 05/1998 | | 97
 | US rock 6 | written by Jerry Cantrell |
 | 88. | 06/1998 | | 93
 | UK 186 US rock 20 US alt. 20 | written by Rammstein |
| 89. | 09/1998 | | 93
 | US 5 US AC 6 | [Lava 84191] written by Edwin McCain |
 | 90. | 09/1998 | | 92
 | UK ✫1 | written by James Dean Bradfield, Sean Moore & Nicky Wire |
 | 91. | 10/1998 | | 92
 | US 75 US alt. 11 | [album cut] written by Dave Matthews |
| 92. | 09/1998 | | 91
 | US 124 US alt. 8 | [album cut] written by Mike Doughty, Mark De Gli Antoni, Sebastian Steinberg & Yuval Gabay |
| 93. | 10/1998 | | 91
 | US rock 8 | written by Bruce McCabe |
| 94. | 10/1998 | | 91
 | UK 2 US dance 3 | written by George Michael |
 | 95. | 11/1998 | | 90
 | UK 15 US dance 44 US alt. 15 | written by Mario Caldato, Mike D (as Michael Diamond), Ad-Rock (as Adam Horovitz), MCA (as Adam Yauch) & Tito Puente |
 | 96. | 01/1998 | | 90
 | US 16 UK 33 US AC 2 US rock 26 | [US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts] [album cut] written by Eric Clapton |
| 97. | 08/1998 | | 88
 | US rock 19 US alt. 20 | written by Scott Lucas & Joe Daniels |
| 98. | 08/1998 | | 87
 | US rock 17 US alt. 20 | |
| 99. | 03/1998 | | 87
 | UK 82 US rock 19 US alt. 21 | written by Royston Langdon |
 | 100. | 06/1998 | | 87
 | UK 20 US alt. 12 | written by Dave Grohl |