Echoes Reggae Charts 1998

Contents:

Top 100 Singles
Top 75 Albums
Top Acts & Labels

The Top 50 Singles Acts Of 1998

98	Act	45s	WKS	PTS
1	Beenie Man	19	320	5523
2	Mr. Vegas	11	199	2933
3	Bounty Killer	4	75	1253
4	Sanchez	5	94	1114
5	General Degree	5	97	1035
6	Red Rat	10	107	1005
7	Goofy	6	95	993
8	Buccaneer	4	77	983
9	Merciless	12	136	972
10	Sizzla	7	74	750
11	Don Campbell	4	62	658
12	Luciano	2	49	656
13	Glamma Kid	3	42	650
14	Mad Cobra	4	66	564
15	Tony Curtis	3	54	527
16	Peter Spence	4	62	422
17	Buju Banton	2	33	400
18	Capleton	4	46	385
19	Morgan Heritage	4	46	380
20	Tanya Stephens	3	32	380
21	Richie Stephens	2	30	375
22	Nereus Joseph	1	19	339
23	Harry Toddler	1	31	331
24	Neville Morrison	3	45	322
25	Beres Hammond	3	37	319
26	Chukki Starr	5	55	311
27	Don Ricardo	1	9	292
28	Hawkeye	3	32	277
29	Kymani Marley	1	25	269
30	Cobra	2	23	255
31	Sylvia Tella	2	33	253
32	Peter Hunnigale	3	32	248
33	Sean Paul	2	19	231
34	Mega Banton	1	20	223
35	Keith Douglas	2	33	218
36	Shellene Thomas	1	25	189
37	Chevelle Franklyn	1	11	188
38	Roger Robin	3	32	179
39	Lady Saw	3	26	178
40	Zebra	1	12	173
41	Mad Andrew	1	12	173
42	Lady G.	1	17	163
43	Michael Prophet	3	30	162
44	Mikey General	1	20	160
45	Mike Anthony	3	26	141
46	Freddie MacGregor	1	20	140
47	Ghost	1	12	138
48	Barbara Napp	1	13	109
49	Freddie McGregor	1	8	109
50	Robbie Valentine	3	20	105

The Top 50 Album Acts Of 1998

98	Act	LPs	WKS	PTS
1	Sizzla	5	89	2077
2	Glen Washington	1	45	1161
3	Beenie Man	1	27	1031
4	Buju Banton	1	36	978
5	Chukki Starr	1	32	811
6	Peter Hunnigale	1	29	737
7	Beres Hammond	1	31	669
8	Don Campbell	1	35	620
9	Mad Professor	2	41	616
10	Red Rat	1	23	566
11	Anthony B	2	32	556
12	Frankie Paul	1	27	556
13	Culture	3	34	554
14	Dawna Lee	1	31	540
15	Jah Mali	1	17	539
16	Monster Shack Crew	1	17	535
17	Lee 'Scratch' Perry	2	40	524
18	Morgan Heritage	1	29	519
19	Mr. Vegas	1	10	488
20	Starkey Banton	1	26	410
21	E. T. Webster	1	27	404
22	Richie Stephens	1	22	363
23	Byron Lee & The Dragonaires	1	22	319
24	Garnett Silk	1	15	279
25	Junior Byles	1	15	271
26	Sanchez	1	21	262
27	Sugar Minott	1	19	249
28	J.D. Smooth	1	16	247
29	Tyrone Taylor	1	21	227
30	Impact All Stars	1	21	213
31	Barrington Levy	1	14	198
32	Derrick Harriot	1	10	160
33	Freddie McGregor	1	17	154
34	Mikey Spice	1	13	127
35	Kashif Lindo	1	11	122
36	The Cool-Notes	1	16	120
37	Capleton	1	14	119
38	Michael Prophet	1	10	116
39	Jackie Mittoo	1	11	109
40	Daweh Congo	1	9	81
41	Tanya Stephens	1	9	81
42	Tony Rebel	1	8	66
43	Yabba You	1	7	63
44	Frisco Kid	1	4	60
45	Bounty Killer	1	8	58
46	Buccaneer	1	4	56
47	Johnny Osbourne	1	5	46
48	Levi Roots	1	6	43
49	Candyman	1	6	43
50	Luciano	1	2	40

The Top 50 Acts of 1998 (combined)

98	Act	LPs	45s	PTS
1	Beenie Man	19	1	6554
2	Mr.Vegas	11	1	3421
3	Sizzla	7	5	2827
4	Red Rat	10	1	1571
5	Buju Banton	2	1	1378
6	Sanchez	5	1	1376
7	Bounty Killer	4	1	1311
8	Don Campbell	4	1	1278
9	Glen Washington	1	1	1238
10	Chukki Starr	5	1	1122
11	Buccaneer	4	1	1039
12	General Degree	5		1035
13	Goofy	6		993
14	Beres Hammond	3	1	988
15	Peter Hunnigale	3	1	985
16	Merciless	12		972
17	Morgan Heritage	4	1	899
18	Richie Stephens	2	1	738
19	Luciano	2	1	696
20	Frankie Paul	3	1	657
21	Glamma Kid	3		650
22	Mad Professor	1	2	624
23	Anthony B	1	2	596
24	Lee Perry	1	2	576
25	Mad Cobra	4		564
26	Culture		3	554
27	Dawna Lee		1	540
28	Jah Mali		1	539
29	Monster Shack Crew		1	535
30	Tony Curtis	3		527
31	Capleton	4	1	504
32	Tanya Stephens	3	1	461
33	Peter Spence	4		422
34	Starkey Banton	1	1	420
35	E. T. Webster		1	404
36	Nereus Joseph	1		339
37	Harry Toddler	1		331
38	Neville Morrison	3		322
39	Byron Lee & The Dragonaires		1	319
40	Don Ricardo	1		292
41	Garnett Silk		1	279
42	Michael Prophet	3	1	278
43	Hawkeye	3		277
44	Junior Byles		1	271
45	Kymani Marley	1		269
46	Freddie McGregor	1	1	263
47	Cobra	2		255
48	Sylvia Tella	2		253
49	Sugar Minott		1	249
50	J.D. Smooth		1	247

The Top 25 Singles Labels Of 1998

	POS	Label	PTS	WKS	45s	SHARE
	1	Greensleeves	13433	1031	67	47.90%
	2	Saxon	1827	186	12	6.51%
	3	Xterminator	1209	122	9	4.31%
	4	(whites)	985	88	8	3.51%
	5	Xtra Large	896	54	3	3.20%
	6	Mafia & Fluxy	877	72	5	3.13%
	7	Ruff Cut	844	92	7	3.01%
	8	Stingray	820	109	11	2.92%
	9	Penthouse	806	79	5	2.87%
	10	Fat Eyes	640	64	4	2.28%
	11	Charm	527	92	10	1.88%
	12	Togetherness	481	53	4	1.72%
	13	World	396	33	2	1.41%
	14	2 Bad	375	40	2	1.34%
	15	Studio 2000	331	31	1	1.18%
	16	Opera House	287	18	1	1.02%
	17	VP	269	25	1	0.96%
	18	Taxi	231	28	1	0.82%
	19	Harmoney House	202	17	1	0.72%
	20	Gus Gus	192	30	2	0.68%
	21	Wooligan	189	25	1	0.67%
	22	Island Jamaica	188	11	1	0.67%
	23	Fashion	177	21	1	0.63%
	24	Digital B	155	23	2	0.55%
	25	Blackamix	148	30	2	0.53%

The Top 25 Albums Labels Of 1998

	POS	Label	PTS	WKS	LPs	SHARE
	1	Greensleeves	5622	226	14	20.05%
	2	Charm	4788	247	14	17.07%
	3	Xterminator	2295	102	5	8.18%
	4	Ariwa	1807	106	6	6.44%
	5	Saxon	1533	59	3	5.47%
	6	VP	1466	112	10	5.23%
	7	Studio 1	1408	61	2	5.02%
	8	Penthouse	1208	48	2	4.31%
	9	RunN	1072	89	5	3.82%
	10	Shocking Vibes	1031	27	1	3.68%
	11	Stingray	932	56	2	3.32%
	12	Heartbeat	707	41	2	2.52%
	13	MCS	577	36	2	2.06%
	14	Blacker Dread	556	27	1	1.98%
	15	Blood & Fire	547	43	3	1.95%
	16	Pressure Sounds	524	38	3	1.87%
	17	Jammy's	519	29	1	1.85%
	18	Dub Organiser	410	26	1	1.46%
	19	Digital B	410	24	1	1.46%
	20	MCI	319	22	1	1.14%
	21	World	262	21	1	0.93%
	22	Aquarius	252	19	1	0.90%
	23	Star Trail	233	10	2	0.83%
	24	Island Jamaica	145	12	1	0.52%
	25	RAS	124	16	3	0.44%

The Top 25 Labels Of 1998 (Combined)

	98	Label	PTS	LPs	45s	SHARE
	1	Greensleeves	19055	14	67	33.13%
	2	Charm	5315	14	10	9.24%
	3	Xterminator	3504	5	9	6.09%
	4	Saxon	3360	3	12	5.84%
	5	Penthouse	2014	2	5	3.50%
	6	Ariwa	1914	6	3	3.33%
	7	Stingray	1752	2	11	3.05%
	8	VP	1735	10	1	3.02%
	9	Studio 1	1408	2		2.45%
	10	RunN	1072	5		1.86%
	11	Shocking Vibes	1035	1	1	1.80%
	12	(whites)	985		8	1.71%
	13	Mafia & Fluxy	956	1	5	1.66%
	14	Xtra Large	930	1	3	1.62%
	15	Ruff Cut	894	1	7	1.55%
	16	Heartbeat	707	2		1.23%
	17	World	658	1	2	1.14%
	18	Fat Eyes	640		4	1.11%
	19	MCS	609	2	1	1.06%
	20	Digital B	565	1	2	0.98%
	21	Blacker Dread	556	1		0.97%
	22	Blood & Fire	547	3		0.95%
	23	Pressure Sounds	524	3		0.91%
	24	Jammy's	519	1		0.90%
	25	Togetherness	481		4	0.84%

Notes:

ECH

official ranking as published by Echoes. © 1998 Black Echoes Ltd., London

POS

ranking based on CWSRPS. © 1998 T. Zywietz

PTS

points based on CWSRPS.

HP

Highest position reached during the chart year

WKS

Total number of weeks on the charts during the chart year

Black Echoes Ltd..

Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz

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