These hits topped the Dutch Top 40 in 1998 (see 1998 in music).

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| width="100px" | '''Issue Date''' || '''Artist''' || '''Song'''
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| 3 January || align="center" | No Top 40 released
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| | [[Run-D.M.C.|Run DMC vs. | "[[It's like That (Run-D.M.C. song)|It's like That"
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| 17 January || Run DMC vs. Jason Nevins || "It's like That"
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| 24 January || Run DMC vs. Jason Nevins || "It's like That"
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| | [[Janet Jackson|Janet || "Together Again"
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| 7 February || Janet || "Together Again"
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| 14 February || Janet || "Together Again"
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| | [[Celine Dion|Céline Dion || "My Heart Will Go On"
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| 28 February || Céline Dion || "My Heart Will Go On"
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| 7 March || Céline Dion || "My Heart Will Go On"
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| 14 March || Céline Dion || "My Heart Will Go On"
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| 21 March || Céline Dion || "My Heart Will Go On"
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| 28 March || Céline Dion || "My Heart Will Go On"
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| 4 april || Céline Dion || "My Heart Will Go On"
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| 11 april || Céline Dion || "My Heart Will Go On"
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| 18 april || Céline Dion || "My Heart Will Go On"
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| 25 april || Céline Dion || "My Heart Will Go On"
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| | [[K-Ci and JoJo|K-Ci & Jojo || "All My Life"
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| 9 May || K-Ci & Jojo || "All My Life"
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| 16 May || K-Ci & Jojo || "All My Life"
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| 23 May || K-Ci & Jojo || "All My Life"
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| | [[The Soca Boys feat. Van B. King || "Follow the Leader"
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| 6 June || The Soca Boys feat. Van B. King || "Follow the Leader"
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| 13 June || The Soca Boys feat. Van B. King || "Follow the Leader"
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| | [[Pras feat. ODB & | "[[Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)"
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| 27 June || Pras feat. ODB & Mýa || "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)"
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| 4 July || Pras feat. ODB & Mýa || "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)"
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| | [[Brandy (entertainer)|Brandy & Monica || "The Boy Is Mine"
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| 18 July || Brandy & Monica || "The Boy Is Mine"
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| 25 July || Brandy & Monica || "The Boy Is Mine"
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| | [[Marco Borsato || "De bestemming"
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| 8 August || Marco Borsato || "De bestemming"
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| 15 August || Marco Borsato || "De bestemming"
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| | [[Des'ree || "Life"
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| 29 August || Des'ree || "Life"
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| 5 september || Des'ree || "Life"
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| 12 september || Des'ree || "Life"
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| 19 september || Des'ree || "Life"
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| | [[Faithless || "God Is a DJ"
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| | [[Boyzone || "No Matter What"
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| 10 october || Boyzone || "No Matter What"
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| 17 october || Boyzone || "No Matter What"
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| 24 october || Boyzone || "No Matter What"
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| 31 october || Boyzone || "No Matter What"
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| 7 november || Boyzone || "No Matter What"
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| 14 november || Boyzone || "No Matter What"
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| | [[Vengaboys || "Boom Boom Boom Boom"
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| 28 november || Vengaboys || "Boom Boom Boom Boom"
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| 5 december || Vengaboys || "Boom Boom Boom Boom"
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| 12 december || Vengaboys || "Boom Boom Boom Boom"
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| | [[Emilia Rydberg|Emilia || "Big Big World"
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| 26 december || Emilia || "Big Big World"
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|}

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!  Singles 
!  Alben 
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* '''Barbra Streisand''' & '''Céline Dion'''  -  ''Tell him''
** 1 Woche (27. Dezember 1997 - 9. Januar)
*'''Run-D.M.C.''' vs. '''Jason Nevins'''  -  ''It's like that''
** 3 Wochen (10. Januar - 30. Januar)
*'''Janet Jackson'''   -  ''Together again''
** 3 Wochen (31. Januar -  20. Februar)
* '''Céline Dion''' -  ''My heart will go on''
** 10 Wochen (21. Februar - 1. Mai)
* '''K-Ci & Jojo'''  - ''All my life''
** 4 Wochen (2. Mai - 29. Mai)
* '''The Soca Boys'''  -  ''Follow the leader''
** 3 Wochen (30. Mai - 19. Juni)
* '''Mya'''  - ''Ghetto supastar (that is what you are)''
** 3 Wochen (20. Juni - 10. Juli)
* '''Brandy''' & '''Monica'''  - ''The Boy Is Mine''
** 3 Wochen (11. Juli - 31. Juli) 
* '''Marco Borsato'''  -  ''De bestemming''
** 3 Wochen (1. August - 21. August)
* '''Des'ree'''  -  ''Life''
** 5 Wochen (22. August - 25. September)
* '''Faithless'''  -  ''God is a DJ''
** 1 Woche (26. September - 2. Oktober)
* '''Boyzone'''  -  ''No matter what''
** 7 Wochen (3. Oktober - 20. November)
* '''Vengaboys'''   -  ''Boom boom boom boom''
** 4 Wochen (21. November - 18. Dezember)
* '''Emilia'''   -  ''Big big world''
** 3 Wochen (19. Dezember - 15. Januar 1999)
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* '''Céline Dion'''  -  ''Let's Talk About Love''
** 8 Wochen (29. November 1997 - 30. Januar, insgesamt 11 Wochen)
* '''René Froger'''   -  ''Home Again''
** 2 Wochen (31. Januar - 13. Februar)
* '''Céline Dion'''  -  ''Let's Talk About Love''
** 1 Woche (14. Februar - 20. Februar, insgesamt 11 Wochen)
* '''Soundtrack''' - ''Titanic''
** 1 Woche (21. Februar - 27. Februar, insgesamt 2 Wochen)
*'''Eros Ramazzotti'''  -  ''Eros''
** 2 Wochen (28. Februar - 13. März)
*'''De Kast'''   -  ''Noorderzon''
** 2 Wochen (14. März - 27. März)
* ''' Madonna''' -  ''Ray of Light''
** 2 Wochen (28. März - 10. April, insgesamt 4 Wochen)
* '''Soundtrack''' - ''Titanic''
** 1 Woche (11. April - 17. April, insgesamt 2 Wochen)
* '''Frans Bauer'''  - ''Wat ik je zeggen wil''
** 3 Wochen (18. April - 8. Mai)
* '''Madonna''' -  ''Ray Of Light''
** 2 Wochen (9. Mai - 22. Mai, insgesamt 4 Wochen)
* '''Céline Dion'''  -  ''Let's Talk About Love''
** 2 Wochen (23. Mai - 5. Juni, insgesamt 11 Wochen)
* '''Total Touch'''  -  ''This Way''
** 6 Wochen (6. Juni - 17. Juli)
* '''Acda en de Munnik'''  - ''Acda en de Munnik''
** 4 Wochen (18. Juli - 14. August)
* '''Ilse DeLange'''   - ''World Of Hurt''
** 1 Woche (15. August - 21. August, insgesamt 6 Wochen) 
* '''Marco Borsato'''  -  ''De bestemming''
** 4 Wochen (22. August - 18. September)
* '''Acda en de Munnik'''  -  ''Naar huis''
** 4 Wochen (19. September - 16. Oktober)
* '''De Dijk'''  -  ''Het beste van''
** 1 Woche (17. Oktober - 23. Oktober)
* '''Phil Collins'''  -  ''...Hits''
** 2 Wochen (24. Oktober - 6. November)
* '''Boyzone'''   -  ''Where We Belong''
** 2 Wochen (7. November - 20. November)
* '''U2'''   -  ''The Best Of 1980 - 1990''
** 8 Wochen (21. November - 22. Januar 1999)
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