Best SA band – Springbok Nude Girls

Best SA album – (shared) Jorge Carlos – 'Trip Of Africa' and Colorfields – 'Incidents'

Best SA song of 1998 – Scabby Annie – 'Getting Better' (off 'Superhero 2000')

Best Kwaito album – Boomshaka – 'Words Of Wisdom'

Best Kwaito Artist - TKZee

Best African album – Wasis Diop – 'Toxu'

Brightest prospects for 1999 – Dantai, Jorge Carlos, Karma, Louise Carver

World domination in 1999 – Springbok Nude Girls, Soweto String Quartet, kwaito.

Best International album - Lucinda Williams – 'Car Wheels On A Gravel Road'

Best New SA record company - Fresh Records

Best SA album re-release – Die Naaimasjiene – 'Die Saai Lewe'

Best Concerts:

• U2 at Green Point Stadium
• Rodriguez at the Bellville Velodrome
• Hootie and the Blowfish at the Bellville Velodrome
• Massive Attack at the Three Arts, Plumstead
• Springbok Nude Girls at the Summer Rock Festival
• Trans.Sky at the launch for 'Killing Time'

Best Music Websites:

• Addicted To Noise
• Climb Up On My Music
• The Powerzone
• Ultimate Band List
• NME

Top 20 South African albums for 1998:

1. Jorge Carlos – Trip Of Africa
2. Colorfields - Incidents
3. Trans.Sky – Killing Time
4. Boomshaka – Words Of Wisdom
5. Springbok Nude Girls – Omni Sofa/Opti Mum
6. Various Artists – Re Rooted
7. Van der Want/Letcher – Low Riding
8. Tony Cox and Cool Friction – Looking For Zim
9. Ras Sheehama – Travelling
10. Black Noise – Hip Hop Won't Stop
11. Karma – One Day Soon
12. Lennox T – Expensive Toys
13. Sons Of Trout – Ticks On George
14. Benguela – Sputnik
15. M'Du – M'du Or Die
16. TKZee – Halloween
17. Damn The Icebergs – Dances With Snakes
18. Louise Carver – Mirrors And Windows
19. DJ Christos and Da Vinci – DJs At Work
20. Various Artists – Kwaito Hits

These and any other SA CD can be ordered online at One World, the best SA CD store on the pla-Net.

Top 20 International Albums for 1998:

1. Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
2. Gomez – Bring It On
3. Olu Dara – Into The World
4. Massive Attack – Mezzanine
5. Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
6. Beck – Mutations
7. Rodriguez – Live Fact
8. REM – Up
9. Hole - Celebrity Skin
10. Air – Moon Safari
11. Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty
12. Mercury Rev – Deserter's Songs
13. Chris Stills – 100 Year Thing
14. Hootie and the Blowfish – Musical Chairs
15. Wasis Diop – Toxu
16. Van Morrison – The Philosopher's Stone
17. Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series Vol. 5&6 – Live in 1966
18. Oasis – The Masterplan
19. Leila – Like Weather
20. Samite – Silina Musango