The UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal albums in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each album's weekly physical sales, digital downloads and streams. In 1998, there were 29 albums that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one album of the year was the Queen compilation Queen Rocks, which was released the previous year and remained at number one for the opening week of 1999 at the end of a five-week run which began in the week ending 6 December 1997. The final number-one album of the year was Metallica's covers album Garage Inc., which spent the last four weeks of the year (and the first one of 1999) at number one.
The most successful album on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart in 1998 was Adore, the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins, which spent a total of five weeks at number one. Walking into Clarksdale by former Led Zeppelin members Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Nirvana's 1991 second studio album Nevermind and Metallica's Garage Inc each spent four weeks at number one during 1998; Pearl Jam's fifth studio album Yield, Fear Factory's third studio album Obsolete and the Aerosmith live album A Little South of Sanity were all number one for three weeks during the year; and Dookie by Green Day, Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers, Virtual XI by Iron Maiden and Follow the Leader by Korn each spent two weeks atop the chart.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best-selling rock album of 1998 Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.3 JanuaryQueen RocksQueenParlophone10 JanuaryThe Colour and the ShapeFoo FightersRoswell17 JanuaryBBC SessionsLed ZeppelinAtlantic24 JanuaryBlood Sugar Sex MagikRed Hot Chili PeppersWarner Bros.31 JanuaryDookieGreen DayReprise7 February14 FebruaryYieldPearl JamEpic21 February28 FebruaryLiveThunderEagle7 MarchBlood Sugar Sex MagikRed Hot Chili PeppersWarner Bros.14 MarchUndiscovered SoulRichie SamboraMercury21 MarchCrystal PlanetJoe SatrianiEpic28 MarchYieldPearl Jam4 AprilVirtual XIIron MaidenEMI11 April18 AprilAppetite for DestructionGuns N' RosesGeffen25 AprilEnd HitsFugaziDischord2 MayWalking into ClarksdaleJimmy PageRobert PlantMercury9 May16 May23 MayA Thousand LeavesSonic YouthGeffen30 MayWalking into ClarksdaleJimmy PageRobert PlantMercury6 JuneNevermindNirvanaGeffen13 JuneAdore The Smashing PumpkinsHut20 June27 June4 JulyLife Won't WaitRancidEpitaph11 JulyNevermindNirvanaGeffen18 July25 July1 AugustAdore The Smashing PumpkinsHut8 AugustObsoleteFear FactoryRoadrunner15 August22 August29 AugustAdore The Smashing PumpkinsHut5 SeptemberFollow the LeaderKornEpic12 September19 SeptemberGarbageGarbageMushroom26 SeptemberThe Chemical WeddingBruce DickinsonAir Raid3 OctoberRadiationMarillionRaw Power10 OctoberElectric FireRoger TaylorParlophone17 OctoberAgainstSepulturaRoadrunner24 October30: Very Best of Deep PurpleDeep PurpleEMI31 OctoberA Little South of SanityAerosmithGeffen7 November14 November21 NovemberWho Cares a Lot? The Greatest HitsFaith No MoreSlash/Reprise/London28 NovemberAmericanaThe OffspringColumbia5 DecemberGarage Inc.MetallicaVertigo12 December19 December26 December
See also 1998 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 1998
References
External links Official UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40 at the Official Charts Company The Official UK Top 40 Rock Albums at BBC Radio 1