98 Degrees and Rising

98° and Rising
Studio album by 98°
Released	October 20, 1998 (1998-10-20)
Recorded	1998
Genre	Pop R&B
Label	Motown
Producer	98 Degrees Trackmasters Dane Devillier & Sean Hosein Keith Thomas Pras Michel Jerry Wonda Matthew Wilder Anders "Bag" Bagge Arnthor Birgisson David Frank Steve Kipner Devon Biere
98° chronology
98 Degrees (1997) 98° and Rising (1998) This Christmas (1999)
Singles from 98 Degrees and Rising
"True to Your Heart" Released: July 21, 1998 "Because of You" Released: September 15, 1998 "The Hardest Thing" Released: June 8, 1999 "I Do (Cherish You)" Released: July 27, 1999

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98 Degrees and Rising is the second album released by American boy band 98 Degrees. Released by Motown on October 20, 1998, it features the Billboard Hot 100 Top 5 singles "Because of You" (#3) and "The Hardest Thing" (#5),^[2] cover versions of Mark Wills' "I Do (Cherish You)" and Michael Jackson's "She's Out of My Life",^[3] the duet "True to Your Heart" with label mate Stevie Wonder, which was featured on the soundtrack of the 1998 Disney film Mulan, and the song "Fly with Me", which was featured on the soundtrack album for the 1999 film Pokémon: The First Movie (although it does not appear in the film itself).

The album has sold over four million copies in the United States alone, becoming the band's best-selling album. This was also the band's last album on Motown (not counting the Japanese release of This Christmas) before they left for Motown's parent company, Universal Records.