{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2012}} {{Infobox album | name = WOW 1998 | type = Compilation | artist = various artists | cover = Wow 1998.jpg | alt = | released = November 4, 1997 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Contemporary Christian music | length = | label = EMI Christian Music Group | producer = Various | prev_title = WOW 1997 | prev_year = 1996 | next_title = WOW 1999 | next_year = 1998 }} {{Album ratings |rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="allm">[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r317782|pure_url=yes}} review at Allmusic]. Retrieved on February 22, 2009.</ref> }}<!-- Automatically generated by DASHBot-->
'''''WOW 1998''''' is a compilation album of 30 contemporary Christian music hits which was released on November 4, 1997. WOW 1998 peaked at chart position 52 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in 1997, and also at No. 2 on the Top Contemporary Christian album chart.<ref name="allm"/><ref>[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=various artists|chart=all}} Billboard.com]</ref> The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 1998.<ref>[https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php RIAA official site] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091231133408/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinum.php |date=December 31, 2009 }}. Retrieved on February 22, 2009.</ref> It was certified as gold in Canada in 1999 by the Canadian Recording Industry Association<ref>[http://www.cria.ca/ CRIA official site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227234752/http://www.cria.ca/ |date=February 27, 2008 }}. Retrieved on March 8, 2009.</ref>
==Track listing==
===Disc one (Red)=== #"Overjoyed" – Jars of Clay #"Colored People" – dc Talk #"Hope to Carry On" – Caedmon's Call #"Abba (Father)" – Rebecca St. James #"My Hope Is You" – Third Day #"Missing Person" – Michael W. Smith #"Man of God" – Audio Adrenaline #"Disappear" – Out of the Grey #"Mission 3:16" – Carman #"Reality" – Newsboys #"We Can Make a Difference" – Jaci Velasquez #"People Get Ready... Jesus Is Comin'" – Crystal Lewis #"Saving the World" – Clay Crosse #"We Need Jesus" – Petra #"More Than You Know" – Out of Eden
===Disc two (Black)=== #"Let Us Pray" – Steven Curtis Chapman #"Circle of Friends" – Point of Grace #"On My Way to Paradise" – Bob Carlisle #"Carry You" – Amy Grant (previously unreleased track from ''Behind the Eyes'') #"The Measure of a Man" – 4Him #"Give It Up" – Avalon #"I Call Him Love" – Kathy Troccoli #"Adore You" – Anointed #"Just One" – Phillips, Craig and Dean #"Up Where We Belong" – BeBe & CeCe #"You Move Me" – Susan Ashton #"Breathe On Me" – Sandi Patty #"One of Two" – Gary Chapman #"A Whisper Heard Around the World" – Bryan Duncan #"My Utmost for His Highest" – Twila Paris
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|artist=Various Artists|title=WOW 1998|award=Gold|relyear=1997|certyear=1999}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Various|title=WOW 1998|award=Platinum|relyear=1997|certyear=1998}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070226165934/http://www.wowhits.com/ WOW Hits online]
{{WoW Hits}} {{WoW series}} {{Authority control}}
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