Although the album's total sales surpassed 7 million, that was good enough only for sixth place in 1998. Although Brooks' more recent Double Live already has been certified 12-times platinum (recognizing shipments of 6 million of the double-CD set) by the Recording Industry Association of America, it was ineligible for the 1998 race, which tracks albums released between late November 1997 and late November 1998.ĭuring that period, mainstream rockers Matchbox 20 sold 3.7 million copies of their 1996 debut, Yourself or Someone Like You, which includes the single "3 A.M." (RealAudio excerpt). Dion's album moved 7.9 million copies.Ĭountry giant Garth Brooks lassoed third place with his late-1997 album Sevens, which sold 5.3 million copies. It doubled the sales figures of the 1997 champ, Spice, by British pop tarts the Spice Girls.ĭion sailed into second place on the 1998 sales list with her own album, Let's Talk About Love, which also featured "My Heart Will Go On" (RealAudio excerpt). That made Titanic, which otherwise consists of classical music, the year's best-selling album. But rock albums were nearly crowded out of a 1998 top-10 filled with radio-friendly pop, R&B and country.īuoyed by Canadian diva Dion's smash single, as well as by a film that grossed more than $1 billion worldwide, the Titanic soundtrack sold more than 9.2 million units in 1998, according to SoundScan, a company that tracks album sales. The sure way to have a huge-selling album in 1998 was to put Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" on it.
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