1998 Top R&b Album Artists

1 JAY-Z (2) Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/Mercury

2 MASTER P (3) No Limit/Priority

3 LAURYN HILL (1) Ruffhouse/Columbia

4 DMX (1) Ruff Ryders/Def Jam/Mercury

5 BRIAN McKNIGHT (1) Motown

6 2PAC (1) Amaru/Jive; (1) Death Row/Interscope; (1) Death Row/Interscope/Island; (1) Mecca/K-Tel

7 ERYKAH BADU (2) Kedar/Universal

8 USHER (1) LaFace/Arista

9 SILKK THE SHOCKER (2) No Limit/Priority

10 BIG PUNISHER (1) Loud/RCA

11 SNOOP DOGG (1) No Limit/Priority

12 MASE (1) Bad Boy/Arista

13 JON B. (1) Yab Yum/550 Music/Epic

14 GERALD LEVERT (2) EastWest/EEG

15 K-CI & JOJO (1) MCA

16 JANET (1) Virgin

17 MYSTIKAL (1) Big Boy/No Limit/Jive

18 BRANDY (1) Atlantic/AG

19 MARY J. BLIGE (2) MCA

20 WILL SMITH (1) Columbia

21 MAXWELL (3) Columbia

22 NOREAGA (1) Penalty/Tommy Boy

23 SCARFACE (1) Rap-A-Lot/Noo Trybe/Virgin; (1) Rap-A-Lot/Virgin

24 KEITH SWEAT (1) EastWest/EEG; (1) Elektra/EEG

25 JERMAINE DUPRI (1) So So Def/Columbia

26 C-MURDER (1) No Limit/Priority

27 SPARKLE (1) Rock Land/Interscope

28 THE LOX (1) Bad Boy/Arista

29 KELLY PRICE (1) T-Neck/Island

30 MARIAH CAREY (1) Columbia

31 CHICO DEBARGE (1) Kedar/Universal

32 NEXT (1) Arista

33 PUFF DADDY (1) Bad Boy/Arista

34 DRU HILL (1) Island; (1) University/Island

35 OUTKAST (1) LaFace/Arista

36 KIRK FRANKLIN (1) B-Rite/Interscope; (1) Gospo Centric/Interscope

37 GOODIE MOB (1) LaFace/Arista

38 MYA (1) University/Interscope

39 YOUNG BLEED (1) No Limit/Priority

40 BUSTA RHYMES (1) Elektra/EEG

41 FIEND (1) No Limit/Priority

42 XSCAPE (1) So So Def/Columbia

43 MONICA (1) Arista

44 LUTHER VANDROSS (2) LV/Epic; (1) Virgin

45 JOHNNY GILL (1) EastWest/EEG

46 JAGGED EDGE (1) So So Def/Columbia

47 THE TEMPTATIONS (2) Motown

48 BOYZ II MEN (1) Motown

49 MONTELL JORDAN (1) Def Jam/Mercury

50 CAM'RON (1) Untertainment/Epic