1998
Top Selling Singles
- Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On
- Cher – Believe
- Run-DMC vs Jason Nevins – It’s Like That
- All Saints – Never Ever
- LeAnn Rimes – How Do I Live
- B*Witched – C’est La Vie
- Boyzone – No Matter What
- Pras Michel featuring ODB & Mya – Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)
- Savage Garden – Truly Madly Deeply
- The Tamperer featuring Maya – Feel It
Christmas No.1: Spice Girls – Goodbye
Top Selling Albums
- The Corrs – Talk On Corners
- George Michael – Ladies And Gentlemen – The Best Of George Michael
- Boyzone – Where We Belong
- Robbie Williams – Life Thru A Lens
- Robbie Williams – I’ve Been Expecting You
- Verve – Urban Hymns
- Madonna – Ray Of Light
- Celine Dion – Let’s Talk About Love
- James Horner – Titanic (OST)
- All Saints – All Saints
At the Box Office
- Titanic
- Doctor Dolittle
- Saving Private Ryan
- Armageddon
- Godzilla
- There’s Something About Mary
- Sliding Doors
- Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
- Lost In Space
- The Truman Show
Cost of Living
| Average house price | £65,200 |
| Average salary | £17,425 |
| Average car price | £9,205 Fiat Punto |
| Petrol | 61p/litre |
| Pint of beer | £1.40 |
| Packet of 20 Cigarettes | £3.36 |
| Pint of milk | 31p |
In the News
- Prime Minister – Tony Blair (Labour)
- Stamps commemorating the late Diana, Princess of Wales, go on sale in the UK.
- Closure of South Crofty, the last working tin mine in Cornwall.
- The Rolls-Royce Motors brand is acquired by German car manufacturer BMW.
- The Good Friday Agreement, an agreement between the UK and Irish governments and the main political parties in Northern Ireland is signed
- The DVD format is released onto the UK market for the first time. Among the first set of titles released on the new format is Jumanji.
On the Telly
- Channel 4 airs the 2000th episode of its long-running soap Brookside
- The game show Wipeout is relaunched as a daytime series on BBC One with Bob Monkhouse succeeding Paul Daniels as host.
- Debut on BBC Two of Robot Wars, presented by Jeremy Clarkson and later Craig Charles
- Middlesbrough Football Club launches Boro TV, and becomes the first football club in the world to launch their own dedicated TV channel.
Top Selling Christmas Toys
- Furby
- Bop It
- Nintendo Game Boy Colour
Gadgets
- Sony Watchman – FDL-22
- Apple iMac Graphite
- Nokia 5110 Mobile Phone