~ Swing dancing makesa big comeback withthe help of music frombands like Cherry Poppin'Daddies (shown) and theBrian Setzer Orchestra.

o Jewel scores on two fronts. Her book of poetry,A Night Without Armor, makes the New YorkTimes best-seller list, and her album, Spirit, is

C· Shania Twain wins theFavorite Female CountryArtist award at the AmericanMusic Awards and receivessix Grammy nominations.

C- Natalie Imbruglia wins Breakthrough Artisthonors at the MTVVideo Music Awards inSeptember. Her album, Left of the Middle,features hits "Torn" and "Wishing I Was There."c:. The popularity of

Lauryn Hill's albumThe Miseducationof Lauryn Hill leadsto 10 Grammynominations, themost for any femaleartist in history.Hill kicks off aworldwide tour inJanuary 1999.

F I ash'0 Monica is the only

artist in 1998 with twoNo.1 hits on theBillboard Hot 100,including "TheFirst Night" and "TheBoy Is Mine," a duetshe sings with Brandy.

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c: Aerosmith's"I Don't Want toMiss a Thing,"from the movieArmageddon,becomes thegroup's first singleto hit No.1 onthe Billboard Hot100 charts.

Psychologists discover a connectionbetween musical training and verbalmemory. Children trained to playa musicalinstrument grow up to have 16 percentbetter word memory than other adults.

Movie soundtracks account for nearlyhalf of the Gold and Platinum certification.Some of the top soundtracks includeTitanic and Return to Titanic, City ofAngels, Armageddon, Hope Floats,Or. Doolittle and The Wedding Singer.

Whitney Houston's My Love Is Your Loveis her first studio album in eight years.The album includes the hit duet withMariah Carey entitled "When You Believe:'

Actor/rapper Will Smith wins threeAmerican Music Awards, includingFavorite PoplRock Album, FavoriteSouIIR&B Album and Favorite SouIIR&BMale Artist.