Usher, Next, Tariq & Gunz, Marcy Playground, and all those on board the "Titanic" came out on top when "Billboard" announced its year-end charts this week.

Next scored the number one single of 1998 with "Too Close," which bested other inescapable hits from Shania Twain, Savage Garden, and Brandy & Monica. In addition to scoring with her Brandy duet "The Boys Is Mine," Monica also landed her "The First Night" in the year-end top 20 as well. Usher also landed two singles in 98's top 20 as his "You Make Me Wanna..." and "My Way" helped him earn "Top Pop Artist" honors from "Billboard."

Not surprisingly, "Titanic" sailed off into the horizon as the year's top-selling album. Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" also powered her own solo album into 1998's number two slot. Celine's one-two punch bested albums from Garth Brooks, Backstreet Boys, Matchbox 20, Will Smith, Savage Garden, and the Spice Girls, who all landed in the year-end top 10.

Meanwhile, Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz sit atop the hip-hop heap as their "Déjà Vu (Uptown Baby)" was the number one rap single of the year, topping Wyclef, DMX, Master P, and several entries from Puffy's formidable Bad Boy family.

On the modern rock front, Marcy Playground's "Sex And Candy" came out of 1998 as the year's top track, scoring ahead of Eve 6, Semisonic, Fuel, Green Day, the Goo Goo Dolls, and a string of familiar rock radio staples.

You can scour the year-end charts yourself, right here at MTV News Online.