Retro Rewind: Billboard Hot 100 This Week In 1998 #TBT

Published: Thursday 24th Sep 2015 by Rashad
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Readers of That Grape Juice know what avid music lovers we are – especially of hits past.

So, just as our retrospective features ‘From the Vault’ and ‘TGJ Replay’  allow us the chance to re-spin the gems and jams of yesterday of one artist, our newest feature Chart Rewind – a variation of our current Retro Rewind assay – accedes salutes to an entire era of music history.

This week we press play on ‘The First Night’ – Monica’s very first #1 hit on the Hot 100 as a solo artist. Following the history-making success that was ‘The Boy Is Mine’ (the song), Mo’s sophomore effort of the same name would find an impressive follow-up with the Diana Ross-sampled number.  Leap-frogging over her Brandy-tag teamed tune this week in 1998 to hit the #2 spot, ‘Night’ eventually dethroned chart champion ‘I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing’ (Aerosmith) the week of October 3rd that year and not only gave the singer her first #1, but also her 6th top 10 entry.

Fast forward nearly 20 years later and we’re still just as in love with it now as we were then.  Tuck in below to see the other familiar faces that lined the top 20 this week that year:

Hot 100 Top 20 This Week in 1998
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Hot 100 Top 20 This Week

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See the full chart check by clicking here.

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  1. Cough Cough September 24, 2015

    Mainstream Music is so wack today, I feel bad for those growing up on it!

  2. Chile, leave my weave at the door and don’t steal it like those broke ass barb stans September 24, 2015

    Yes! “I should, I should make a move but I won’t…I don’t get down on the first night” that was my jam back in then. A successful black woman with three consecutive Hot 100 #1 hits during that era. Only brandy could’ve given her a run for her money back then and not one other soul. I love supporting my black artists that made history through diligence, determination, and hard work. I hope her new album, “Code Red”, goes platinum. She deserves it.

  3. MuscleTech/Nyc September 24, 2015

    ^^ Both of you ladies above are speaking nothing but the truth.

    • Chile, leave my weave at the door and don’t steal it like those broke ass barb stans September 24, 2015

      Thanks! Monica has always been the truth and never steered away from it, so I needed to do Mo justice by keeping it 100.

  4. DIABETES UNBOTHERED September 24, 2015

    Artist bigger than Aliyah in the 90s:

    USHER
    BRANDY
    MJ
    MONICA
    R KELLY
    DESTINYS CHILD
    WHITNEY HOUSTON
    MARIAH
    JLO
    BRITNEY
    CRISTÃOSNA ANGULRA
    EMINEM
    JAY Z
    TLC
    p diddy
    Mjb
    Nsync
    TONI BRAXSTON
    (Shall i proceed?)

    • BeyRihLiyah September 24, 2015

      Lmaoo Aaliyah has you pressed go take your medicine you fat diabetic biitcch before you end up like Aaliyah

  5. #JACKIE September 24, 2015

    Yawn! Usher and INOJ > that fake ghetto b****.

  6. DIABETES UNBOTHERED September 24, 2015

    Aliyah struggled just to get a #1 album single and a grammy smh monica brandy >>> Aiyah (so overated… &basic compared to the real r&b kings & queens of the 90s) boys to men easy to say goodbye.

    • thePopeStan September 24, 2015

      Bye girl fly girl Aaliyah is ICONIC and her music and legacy is very relevant today. Who the f*** is inspired by Monica in 2015? She has zero classic albums. She’s pretty much the Keyshia Cole of the 90s. Aaliyah will forever be greater than her big tooth, caked on make up ass.

  7. DIABETES UNBOTHERED September 24, 2015

    Smh @ all these “mixtape” artist getting top 10 s these days i miss the 90s & mid 20000s

  8. Stephy. September 24, 2015

    JD did his thing with that sample of Diana’s “Love Hangover” song. Excellent song. Still sounds good.

  9. Kelendria September 24, 2015

    She never fails to bring it with her music, just right for me is my jam right now

  10. thePopeStan September 24, 2015

    Monica stans coming for the princess of R&B icon Aaliyah? Hmmmmm!!!!

  11. Gee September 24, 2015

    90’s music is miles ahead of the music today in every way.

  12. King Mark111 /.\ September 24, 2015

    Mo was SO pretty during this era. I remember the Boy Is Mine video and I didn’t even know it was Mo until my Aunt said so. I was shocked. I had a huge crush on Aaliyah, Brandy and Monica back then as a kid.

  13. What now September 24, 2015

    Monica relevant? Had 2 b a retro rewind. It’s still funny that she beat up Brandy behind the scenes during this era. KIIII

  14. Ariel September 25, 2015

    This was my jam!! Everytime this came on, I had to dance!

  15. JOHNVIDAL September 25, 2015

    Wow “Never Ever” by All Saints! I had forgotten that song. They were like the next group to appear after the Spice Girls.
    My Fave songs in that top 20 are “Crush” by Jennifer Paige and “You´re still the one” by Shania Twain.
    That said, the biggest phenomenon in 1998 was Celine Dion, Titanic and My Heart will go on. Celine sold 25-30 million albums in one year with her own album and Titanic the soundtrack sold 25-30 million albums more AT THE SAME TIME! Absolutely crazy. A phenomenon only comparable To Whitney and The Bodyguard or Michael and Thriller. Very few examples in music history.

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