Heavy notice: These charts are not intended as any representation of sales or airplay data on any station. They are merely intended as a guide to the most successful records in the UK during this month. Unauthorised reproduction in print, electronic, broadcast or other media is not permitted without the express written consent of the author.
Qualification: No top 40 entry in this or any previous month.
| Posn | SINGLE - act | album |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RED ALERT - Basement Jaxx | |
| 2 | BYE BYE BABY - TQ | |
| 3 | IS NOTHING SACRED / NO MATTER WHAT - Meat Loaf | Greatest Hits (1998) |
| 4 | PROMISES - Cranberries | Bury The Hatchet |
| 5 | MADE IT BACK - Beverley Knight | Prodigal Sista |
| 6 | REAL LIFE - Bon Jovi | Ed Tv ost |
| 7 | EVERYBODY'S FREE (TO WEAR SUNSCREEN) - Baz Luhrmann | Something For Everyone |
| 8 | I GOT SOMETHING TO SAY - Reef | Rides |
| 9 | WHAT IT'S LIKE - Everlast | Whitey Ford Sings the Blues |
| 10 | ALL NIGHT LONG - Faith Evans / Puff Daddy | Faith Evans |
It's all change on the Breakers lists. Basement Jaxx the only act who might make the main listing next month. TQ, Bev Knight, Reef and Faith Evans show that their successes were in the past; Meat Loaf, Bon Jovi and the Cranberries have small hits - something that's happened through their careers. Baz Luhrmann makes it exclusively on a massive buzz that developed in the last week of the month, while Everlast has been hovering for much of the last quarter.
| Posn | SINGLE - act | album |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HEARTBEAT / TRAGEDY - Steps | Step One / A Message To You (va) |
| 2 | EX FACTOR - Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill |
| 3 | CHANGES - 2-Pac | Greatest Hits |
| 4 | ANGEL OF MINE - Monica | The Boy Is Mine |
| 5 | WHAT CAN I DO - Coors | Talk On Corners |
| 6 | ONE WEEK - Barenaked Ladies | Stunt |
| 7 | PRAISE YOU - Fatboy Slim | You've Come A Long Way, Baby |
| 8 | WHEN YOU'RE GONE - Bryan Adams and Mel C | On A Day Like Today |
| 9 | PRETTY FLY (FOR A WHITE GUY) - Offspring | Americana |
| 10 | MY FAVOURITE GAME - Cardigans | Gran Turismo |
No removing the Cardigans, nor the Offspring. Monica makes the Established Hits list without being a commercially available single, while the Coors and Fatboy owe much of their success to growing international popularity.
| Pos | SINGLE | act | heard |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE | New Radicals | 34 |
| 2 | ...BABY ONE MORE TIME | Brittany Spears | 30 |
| 3 | IT'S NOT RIGHT BUT IT'S OK / HEARTBREAK HOTEL | Whitney Houston | 25 |
| MARIA | Blondie | 25 | |
| 5 | AS | George Michael / Mary J Blige | 20 |
| 6 | LULLABYE | Shawn Mullins | 19 |
| NO SCRUBS | TLC | ||
| 8 | TENDER | Blur | 11 |
| DEAD FROM THE WAIST DOWN | Catatonia | ||
| BLAME IT ON THE WEATHERMAN | B*Witched |
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