Rob Sheffield counts down the greatest songs of 1998, pop's weirdest year – from Foo Fighters to Fatboy Slim.

On Dec. 5, 1998, Billboard implemented a fairly radical rule change to amend that disparity: For the first time, songs did not need to be released as commercial singles to appear on the Hot 100.

A lot of pop music trends can be traced back to 1998, whether it's boy-band mania proving to be more than just a fluke, the introduction of a pop powerhouse with one breathy "oh baby, baby," or ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Presenting the Throwback Thursday (#TBT) movie songs from 1998 that were way better than the movies they were featured in.

I was only 12 years old in 1998, but a lot has happened in the two decades since. Think about it – the quickest access ...

With the American Music Awards airing Tuesday night, it seemed appropriate to look back at the top 15 songs from 20 years ago.

With that in mind, here are 25 songs from the summer of 1998 that are still "da bomb" today -- how many did you crank up in your car with the windows down?

You know what? Selecting a handful of songs from the 1998 countdown that fell through the cracks was really hard. The 1998 countdown was one of the strongest Hottest 100s ever, evidenced by the ...

29 songs from 1998 that are 20 years old this year You'll know the words to at least 15 of these 1990s classics Lifestyle By ...

The top 20 country songs from 1998 Faith Hill, Tim McGraw make the list For the 47th time, country music stars will gather this weekend in Nashville to entertain at the CMA Fest.

As the biggest stars in country gather for CMA Fest, we wanted to take a look back to see what the hottest country tunes were 20 years ago.