1998 in British music soprano Charlotte Church produced her first album, "Voice of an Angel", which was certified triple platinum in UK sales alone, and launched her career as an opera crossover artist. Her countryman, rising star Bryn Terfel, gave a recital at Carnegie Hall. Established opera singer Lesley Garrett released her hit album of the same name, including songs from popular musicals as well as operatic arias. Sales between 29 December 1997 and 2 January 1999. Sales between 29 December 1997 and 2 January 1999. Notes: Sales between 29 December 1997 and 2 January 1999. The 1998 BRIT Awards winners were: 1998 in
Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel "Precious" and then was tipped to appear on "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel". When it failed to appear on the final track listing it was instead released as the lead single from the "AT&T Team USA" 2010 Winter Olympics soundtrack to raise money for team USA. It charted on the Hot Digital Songs chart at number 197. "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel" received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from music critics, the album received an average score of 69, based on 13 reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews.