# List of Billboard Latin Pop Airplay number ones of 1998

Latin Pop Airplay is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks the top-performing songs (regardless of genre or language) on Latin pop radio stations in the United States, based on weekly airplay data compiled by Nielsen's Broadcast Data Systems (BDS). It is a subchart of Hot Latin Songs, which lists the best-performing Spanish-language songs in the country. In 1998, 15 songs topped the chart, in 50 issues of the magazine. Due to damage to the BDS monitors in Puerto Rico caused by Hurricane Georges, the Latin Pop Airplay chart, along with the other Latin song charts, was not published in the issues dated October 10 and October 17. 1998 was named "The Year of the Romantic Songs" by El Nuevo Herald due to the popularity of ballads.
The first number one of the year was "En El Jardín" by Alejandro Fernández and Gloria Estefan, which had been in the top spot since the chart dated December 13, 1997. It remained in the top position for five more weeks until it was displaced by Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On", the theme song from the 1997 film Titanic. "My Heart Will Go On" is the second English-language song to top the chart after "I Could Fall in Love" by Selena in 1995. "No Sé Olvidar" by Fernández held this position for eight weeks and tied with Carlos Ponce's debut single "Rezo" for the longest run at number one. Ponce had established himself as a soap opera actor before becoming a musical artist.
Ricky Martin obtained his first chart-topper with his ballad "Vuelve" which was named the best-performing song of the year despite the track only having spent three weeks at number one. Martin was the first artist in the chart's history to replace himself at number one when "Perdido Sin Ti" succeeded "Vuelve". Fernández, Ponce, Martin, and Estefan were the only acts to have more than one chart-topper in 1998, with the latter being the only female artist to achieve this. Alejandro Sanz also gained his first number one with "Amiga Mía" while "Te Quiero Tanto, Tanto" by OV7, which was recorded as the theme song for the Mexican telenovela Mi pequeña traviesa (1997), remains the group's only chart-topper. Chayanne had the final number one of the year with "Dejaría Todo".

## Chart history

Key :
| † | Indicates number 1 on Billboard's year-end Latin pop chart |
Chart history :
| Issue date | Title | Artist(s) |
| January 3 | "En El Jardín" | Alejandro Fernández featuring Gloria Estefan |
| January 10 | "En El Jardín" | Alejandro Fernández featuring Gloria Estefan |
| January 17 | "En El Jardín" | Alejandro Fernández featuring Gloria Estefan |
| January 24 | "En El Jardín" | Alejandro Fernández featuring Gloria Estefan |
| January 31 | "En El Jardín" | Alejandro Fernández featuring Gloria Estefan |
| February 7 | "My Heart Will Go On" | Celine Dion |
| February 14 | "My Heart Will Go On" | Celine Dion |
| February 21 | "My Heart Will Go On" | Celine Dion |
| February 28 | "Vuelve" † | Ricky Martin |
| March 7 | "Vuelve" † | Ricky Martin |
| March 14 | "My Heart Will Go On" | Celine Dion |
| March 21 | "No Sé Olvidar" | Alejandro Fernández |
| March 28 | "Cómo Dueles en los Labios" | Maná |
| April 4 | "No Sé Olvidar" | Alejandro Fernández |
| April 11 | "No Sé Olvidar" | Alejandro Fernández |
| April 18 | "No Sé Olvidar" | Alejandro Fernández |
| April 25 | "No Sé Olvidar" | Alejandro Fernández |
| May 2 | "No Sé Olvidar" | Alejandro Fernández |
| May 9 | "No Sé Olvidar" | Alejandro Fernández |
| May 16 | "No Sé Olvidar" | Alejandro Fernández |
| May 23 | "Huele a Peligro" | Myriam Hernández |
| May 30 | "Huele a Peligro" | Myriam Hernández |
| June 6 | "Amiga Mía" | Alejandro Sanz |
| June 13 | "Amiga Mía" | Alejandro Sanz |
| June 20 | "Corazón Prohibido" | Gloria Estefan |
| June 27 | "Rezo" | Carlos Ponce |
| July 4 | "Rezo" | Carlos Ponce |
| July 11 | "Rezo" | Carlos Ponce |
| July 18 | "Rezo" | Carlos Ponce |
| July 25 | "Rezo" | Carlos Ponce |
| August 1 | "Rezo" | Carlos Ponce |
| August 8 | "Rezo" | Carlos Ponce |
| August 15 | "Rezo" | Carlos Ponce |
| August 22 | "Te Quiero Tanto, Tanto" | OV7 |
| August 29 | "Te Quiero Tanto, Tanto" | OV7 |
| September 5 | "Vuelve" † | Ricky Martin |
| September 12 | "Perdido Sin Ti" | Ricky Martin |
| September 19 | "Perdido Sin Ti" | Ricky Martin |
| September 26 | "Decir Adiós" | Carlos Ponce |
| October 3 | "Decir Adiós" | Carlos Ponce |
| October 10 | No charts published | No charts published |
| October 17 | No charts published | No charts published |
| October 24 | "Esperanza" | Enrique Iglesias |
| October 31 | "Esperanza" | Enrique Iglesias |
| November 7 | "Esperanza" | Enrique Iglesias |
| November 14 | "Esperanza" | Enrique Iglesias |
| November 21 | "Ciega, Sordomuda" | Shakira |
| November 28 | "Ciega, Sordomuda" | Shakira |
| December 5 | "Ciega, Sordomuda" | Shakira |
| December 12 | "Dejaría Todo" | Chayanne |
| December 19 | "Dejaría Todo" | Chayanne |
| December 26 | "Dejaría Todo" | Chayanne |