1998 Top R&b Artists

1 USHER (4) LaFace/Arista

2 NEXT (4) Arista

3 JON B. (4) Yab Yum/550 Music/Epic; (1) Payday/London/Island

4 MASE (7) Bad Boy/Arista; (1) Mercury; (1) Untertainment/Epic

5 MASTER P (9) No Limit/Priority; (2) Def Jam/Mercury

6 K-CI & JOJO (3) MCA

7 JANET (3) Virgin

8 JAY-Z (7) Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam; (1) Big Beat/Atlantic; (1) Def Jam; (1) So So Def/Columbia

9 GERALD LEVERT (4) EastWest/EEG; (1) Hoo Bangin'/Priority

10 SILKK THE SHOCKER (6) No Limit/Priority; (1) Def Jam; (1) University/Interscope

11 BRIAN McKNIGHT (1) Mercury; (1) Motown

12 DRU HILL (3) Island; (1) Island/Def Jam; (1) LaFace/Arista; (1) University/Island; (1) Violator/Def Jam

13 DMX (5) Ruff Ryders/Def Jam; (2) Def Jam; (1) Bad Boy/Arista; (1) Blunt/TVT; (1) JMJ/Def Jam

14 MONICA (2) Arista; (1) Atlantic

15 XSCAPE (3) So So Def/Columbia; (1) Keia/Universal

16 MARIAH CAREY (3) Columbia

17 DESTINY'S CHILD (2) Columbia; (1) No Limit/Priority

18 BOYZ II MEN (3) Motown

19 2PAC (3) Amaru/Jive; (1) Death Row/Interscope; (1) Death Row/Interscope/Island; (1) Mecca/K-Tel

20 MARY J. BLIGE (4) MCA

21 MYA (3) University/Interscope; (1) Interscope

22 PUFF DADDY (6) Bad Boy/Arista; (1) Epic; (1) Mystic/Big Beat/Atlantic; (1) RCA

23 TAMIA (3) Qwest/Warner Bros.

24 KELLY PRICE (2) T-Neck/Island

25 BUSTA RHYMES (3) Elektra/EEG; (1) Bad Boy/Arista

26 WILL SMITH (3) Columbia

27 BIG PUNISHER (3) Loud; (1) 550 Music/Epic; (1) Loud/RCA; (1) Violator/Relativity

28 KEITH SWEAT (2) EastWest/EEG; (2) Elektra/EEG; (1) Keia/Universal

29 BRANDY (1) Atlantic; (1) Atlantic/AG

30 MONTELL JORDAN (3) Def Jam; (1) Relativity

31 UNCLE SAM (2) Stonecreek/Epic

32 ARETHA FRANKLIN (3) Arista

33 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT (2) A&M

34 MYSTIKAL (2) Big Boy/No Limit/Jive; (1) No Limit/Priority

35 ERYKAH BADU (2) Kedar/Universal

36 TOTAL (3) Bad Boy/Arista; (1) LaFace/Arista

37 JAGGED EDGE (3) So So Def/Columbia

38 THE LOX (3) Bad Boy/Arista

39 THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. (5) Bad Boy/Arista

40 JERMAINE DUPRI (4) So So Def/Columbia; (1) Penalty/Tommy Boy

41 CHICO DEBARGE (1) Kedar/Universal

42 NOREAGA (3) Penalty/Tommy Boy; (1) Loud

(1) Tommy Boy

43 JOE (1) Jive; (1) Loud

44 SNOOP DOGG (2) No Limit/Priority; (1) Elektra/EEG; (1) Track Masters/Columbia

45 PLAYA (3) Def Jam

46 MISSY ?MISDEMEANOR? ELLIOTT (2) EastWest/EEG; (1) Bad Boy/Arista; (1) The Gold Mind/EastWest/EEG

47 LAURYN HILL (2) Ruffhouse/Columbia

48 QUEEN PEN (4) Lil' Man/Interscope; (1) Ruffhouse/Columbia

49 JOHNNY GILL (2) EastWest/EEG

50 WYCLEF JEAN (3) Ruffhouse/Columbia