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79. "Viva Forever" Spice Girls (1 week) Reached #1: 31 Jul 1998 UK Chart peak: #1 Just like in the UK chart, "Stop" broke the Spice Girls' chains of consecutive #1's in my chart by only hitting #2. With follow-up "Viva Forever" normality was retored, the track duly hitting #1 in the UK, New Zealand and in my chart. The song is said to be about the girls's past holiday romances. This was also the first single after Geri Halliwell's departure from the group. The video was conceived by the creators of "Wallace & Grommitt". The girls duetted this song with Luciano Pavarotti in 1998 edition of "Pavarotti & Friends" concert. 3wkuqRFXNvI

78. "Pagava p'ra ver" Paulo Gonzo (1 week) Reached #1: 24 Jul 1998 More Portuguese music, once again from Paulo Gonzo. High on the heels of the success of his 1997 semi-Greatest Hits album, it was time follow-up record was out in 1998, and its first single managed a one week spell at the top of my chart. N_MLJOJmATg

77. "Borrow" Silence 4 (4 weeks) Reached #1: 26 Jun 1998 One of the first Portuguese bands to sing mainly in English, Silence 4's debut album went on to become six-times platinum. "Borrow" was the first single, becoming my year-end #2 of 1998 and remains one of my all-time faves. 3O6kCMEy1-0

76. "Turn back time" Aqua (3 weeks) Reached #1: 5 Jun 1998 UK Chart peak: #1 How ironic that Aqua's only #1 in my chart is the track widely considered their most mature? A departure from their usual bubble-gum pop ditties like "Barbie Girl", the track became the band's third UK #1 and was featured in Gwyneth Paltrow movie "Sliding Doors" (whose soundtrack also included Dido's "Thank You"). Ls0WfopgR9k

75. "All my life" K-Ci & Jo-Jo (1 week) Reached #1: 29 May 1998 UK Chart peak: #8 Following their success in Jodeci, brothers K-Ci & JoJo Healy scored a worldwide hit with this lovely ballad that was a #1 in the USA, Australia, New Zealand and The Netherlands. Entering the charts at #11, it jumped to #1 in the following week, becoming the biggest leap to #1 at the time. DXvMT_mVbqw

74. "Truly madly deeply" Savage Garden (4 weeks) Reached #1: 1 May 1998 UK Chart peak: #4 Easily the best-known hit for Australian duo Savage Garden, it duly top my charts as it did in the USA, Canada and Australia. The song was again a top 10 hit in my chart in 2006 with Cascada's version. WQnAxOQxQIU

73. "Eu sei, tu és" Santamaria (3 weeks) Reached #1: 10 Apr 1998 1998 was the year I really got adept on Portuguese music. This was the debut single of dance-pop group Santamaria, who have since enjoyed a long and succesful career. The title means "I know, you are" . ZMhKft09uR0

72. "Big mistake" Natalie Imbruglia (1 week) Reached #1: 3 Apr 1998 UK Chart peak: #2 After the huge success of "Torn", finally the follow-up single. It entered at #3, hit #1 the following week and then dropped soon, thus becoming one of my non-number-ones of my chart. It would take seven years for Natalie to claim another #1. DqbUZHEpWIg

71. "Deixa-me olhar" Além Mar (3 weeks) Reached #1: 13 Mar 1998 Time for some music from my country, this time from a band where many of its members were from my home city and some even went to high school with me! "Deixa-me Olhar" ("let me look") has since gone down as a reference in one of the biggest Portuguese powerballads ever. A re-recorded version of this song hit #15 in 2007, as the main theme of a soap-opera. KetZR8Sq3Yk

1st Avicii - Wake Me Up 2nd Icona Pop - I Love It 3rd Daft Punk - Get Lucky 4th Lady Gaga - Do What U Want 5th Bastille - Pompeii 6th Lady Gaga - Applause 7th Calvin Harris - I Need Your Love 8th Katy Perry - Roar 9th Justin Timberlake - Mirrors 10th Drake - Hold On, We're Going Home

Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (a.k.a The Black Panther) has passed this morning at 4 a.m. at age 71. Widely considered one of the best football players of the 20th century, the Mozambique-born Portuguese legend won the European Champions Cup in 1962 with SL Benfica and was the top scorer of the 1966 World Cup. mn-PZN4HwPQ

Surprised as in "I didn't think this could make it, but I'm glad it did!" - Florence & The Machine "Spectrum" - Gabrielle Aplin "The power of love" Surprised as in "Was it really necessary to take this to #1?" - Wiley "Heatwave" - Cover Drive "Twilight" - Tulisa "Young" Surprised as in "Really? Where's your music taste, people?" - Sam And The Womp "Bom bom"

Surprised as in "I didn't think this could make it, but I'm glad it did!" - Icona Pop "I love it" - The Saturdays "What about us" Surprised as in "I couldn't see why back then, but now I get it" - Miley Cyrus "We can't stop" - Jason Derulo "Talk dirty" - Duke Dumont "Need U 100%" Surprised as in "Was it really necessary to take this to #1?" - PJ & Duncan "Let's get ready to rumble"

70. "All I Have To Give" Backstreet Boys (2 weeks) Reached #1: 27 Feb 1998 UK Chart peak: #2 One of my BSB favourites, it halted what could have been far longer run for Céline at #1. It hit #1 in Spain. pj6FCKm8dhM

69. "My Heart Will Go On" Céline Dion (4 weeks) Reached #1: 30 Jan 1998 UK Chart peak: #1 Another song that really needs no preface. It was my year-end #1 of 1998 and Dion's seventh Number One in my chart, a record at the time. WNIPqafd4As

68. "Freedom" Robert Miles feat. Kathy Sledge (1 week) Reached #1: 23 Jan 1998 UK Chart peak: #15 Robert Miles has four entries in my chart to date, and all were to #1! This was the final one, the first single from is "23 a.m." album featuring the vocals of Kathy Sledge from Sister Sledge. BdFJ_40tuTM

67. "Torn" Natalie Imbruglia (1 week) Reached #1: 16 Jan 1998 UK Chart peak: #2 Originally written and recorded in Danish language in 1993 by Lis Sorensen under the title of "Braent" ("burnt"), the first English version was recorded in 1995 by American alternative band Ednswap. Norwegian singer Trine Rein had a Scandinavian hit with her version but it ultimately the one by Australian singer and former-soapstar Natalie Imbruglia that became an international hit, reaching #1 in Canada, Spain, Denmark and Sweden and selling a million copies in the UK. "Torn" had entered my chart as early as November 1997 but it took advantage of the new year slump to reach #1. Jeremy Sheffield, the actor who co-stars in the music video, was also featured as a dancer in Queen's "I Want To Break Free" video. VV1XWJN3nJo

66. "Too much" (2 weeks) Spice Girls Reached #1: 26 Dec 1997 UK Chart peak: #1 Though written on December 26, I considered that the Christmas chart of the year since it was the week that contained Christmas Day. The Spice Girls were still growing strong claiming their sixth #1. The track was also used to promote their "Spice World" movie. _4VoZ6afztc

65. "Tell him" (2 weeks) Céline Dion & Barbra Streisand Reached #1: 12 Dec 1997 UK Chart peak: #3 Whereas many people have speculated that Dion and Streisand recorded this song to shake off the rumours of a feud between them, officially the duet happened after Streisand sent Dion a thank-you note on her singing Streisand's "I Finally Found Someone" at the 1997 Oscar, filling-up at last minute for Natalie Cole. But although the music video shows them recording the song together, they have actually recorded it separately and never performed it live together. In the song, Streisand and Dion play roles of mother and daughter, with the former giving advice on how the latter should confess her love to her love interest. It was #1 in The Netherlands. X4p_3scB_8c

64. "The drugs don't work" (1 week) Reached #1: 5 Dec 1997 UK Chart peak: #1 Yes, back then I too thought this was an anti-drug song. Apparently this song is about Richard Ashcroft's father's death and the drugs were the ones Mr. Ashcroft was taking to prolongue his life. Anyway it still sound beautiful as it sounded then. In 2011, NME ranked this at #78 in their "Best 150 tracks from the Last 15 Years" list. ToQ0n3itoII

63. "Foolish Games" (2 weeks) Reached #1: 21 Nov 1997 UK Chart peak: #32 In the UK this song was only released as a hidden bonus track in a re-release of "You Were Meant For Me" but in the USA both tracks were elevated to A-sides, the record spending a whopping 65 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100. Also featured in the "Batman & Robin" soundtrack, "Foolish Games" gave the Alaskan singer her second #1 in my chart. UNoouLa7uxA

62. "Spice up your life" Spice Girls (3 weeks) Reached #1: 31 Oct 1997 UK Chart peak: #1 Another Spice Girls single, another #1 in my chart, the fifth one in a row. Although the song only hit #1 in the UK, it peaked at #2 in plenty of countries like Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Netherlands, Finland, Ireland, New Zealand, Spain and Sweden. 9wfpXI5PKlw

61. "Negras como a noite" Xutos & Pontapés Reached #1: 24 Oct 1997 Portugal's most legendary rock band knocked Elton John to grab their only #1 to date in my chart. "Negras Como A Noite" means "As black as the night". DNN_oHyy9gY

02 James Arthur - Impossible 05 will.i.am and Britney Spears - Scream & Shout 26 Bingo Players feat. Far East Movement - Get Up (Rattle) 01 Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - Thrift Shop 06 Avicii vs. Nicky Romero - I Could Be The One 07 One Direction - One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks) 01 Justin Timberlake - Mirrors 04 The Saturdays feat. Sean Paul - What About Us xx PJ & Duncan - Let's Get Ready To Rhumble 05 Duke Dumont & A*M*E - Need U (100%) 17 Rudimental ft. Ella Eyre - Waiting All Night 01 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams - Get Lucky 10 Naughty Boy ft. Sam Smith - La La La 01 Robin Thicke ft. T.I. & Pharrell Williams - Blurred Lines 01 Icona Pop ft. Charli XCX - I Love It (2012) 03 John Newman - Love Me Again 01 Avicii feat. Aloe Blacc - Wake Me Up 14 Miley Cyrus - We Can't Stop 01 Ellie Goulding - Burn 02 Katy Perry - Roar 10 Jason Derulo - Talk Dirty (feat. 2 Chainz) 15 OneRepublic - Counting Stars 07 Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball 03 Lorde - Royals 02 Eminem - The Monster (feat. Rihanna) 16 Storm Queen - Look Right Through 08 Martin Garrix - Animals 05 Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know 08 Calvin Harris and Alesso feat. Hurts - Under Control xx Sam Bailey - Skyscraper 02 Pharrell Williams - Happy

60. "Candle in the wind 97 / Something about the way you look tonight" Elton John (3 weeks) Reached #1: 3 Oct 1997 UK Chart peak: #1 No need explaining this, right? Suffice to say it's the biggest-selling of all time. As much as the reworked version of "Candle In The Wind '97" may have moved me at first, it was SATWYLT that eventually won me over and kept it on top for more two weeks. B93Tir6l5FA