98 Degrees

Solo Artist

Photo: Robyn Paul · CC BY 2.0
Active 1996-2002, 2012-present
Origin Los Angeles, California
Albums 7
Tracks 88
Most frequent collaborator Anders Bagge · 8 tracks
Genres PopR&B
Singer / Performer
20%
Authorship

Holds writing credit on 18 of 88 tracks

Do 98 Degrees write their own songs?

Mostly not. On the 52 tracks whose writers are published, a member is credited on 18, and Nick Lachey accounts for 16 of those. Only one track in the whole catalogue carries nobody but the group.

By the Numbers

7
Studio Albums
88
Tracks Credited
20%
Self-Written
30
Years Active
141
Collaborators

Authorship Breakdown 18 / 88 self-written

Who wrote the songs?

Across all 88 tracks: how many 98 Degrees wrote alone, how many they co-wrote, and how many were written by others. The bracket marks every track they hold any writing credit on.

98 Degrees has a writing credit20%
20%
80%
Sole author0tracks0%
Co-written18tracks20%
Outside writers70tracks80%

Role Fingerprint how they contribute

Lyricist Performer Composer Producer
98 Degrees's roles across the catalogue

Share of all 88 tracks where they are personally credited, by role.

Lyricist (words)20%
Composer (music)15%
Producer14%
Performer100%

Member Credit Breakdown share of tracks each member is credited on

Percentage of all 88 tracks, across every album, where each member holds a credit - split by role.

MemberPeriodLyricsMusicProductionPerformance
Nick Lachey 1996-present
18%
0%
14%
100%
Drew Lachey 1996-present
6%
6%
14%
100%
Jeff Timmons 1996-present
13%
13%
14%
100%
Justin Jeffre 1996-present
11%
11%
14%
100%
Jonathan Lippman Former 1996
0%
0%
0%
0%

Authorship Over Time writing credit per album

98 Degrees's writing credit per album, in release order. Hover any bar for the album.

avg 20%
23%
42%
0%
77%
0%
0%
0%
199798 Degrees
199898 Degrees and Rising
1999This Christmas
2000Revelation
20132.0
2017Let It Snow
2025Full Circle
Early · 31% written
Mid · 38% written
Late · 0% written

Authorship by Decade track-weighted

31%
1990s
98 Degrees, 98 Degrees and Rising +1 more
77%
2000s
Revelation
0%
2010s
2.0, Let It Snow
0%
2020s
Full Circle

Authorship Spectrum pure performer to complete author

Where 98 Degrees sits on the scale from a pure performer (0%, sings songs written by others) to a complete author (100%, writes everything). The bright marker is their catalogue authorship score, plotted against other artists on the site.

98 Degrees
Other artists on the site

Reference artists spread across the scale, closest by genre and era.

Aaliyah0%
Backstreet Boys25%
Jennifer Lopez46%
Destiny's Child69%
Mýa78%
Ciara86%
Nelly Furtado99%
20%98 Degrees
Pure Performer0%
Songwriter~50%
Complete Author100%

Who Really Wrote the Hits signature songs

Invisible Man
98 Degrees
Written by Dane DeViller, Sean Hosein, Steve Kipner
Outside writers
Because of You
98 Degrees and Rising
Written by Anders Bagge, Arnthor Birgisson, Christian Karlsson, Patrick Tucker
Outside writers
The Hardest Thing
98 Degrees and Rising
Written by David Frank, Steve Kipner
Outside writers
I Do (Cherish You)
98 Degrees and Rising
Written by Dan Hill, Keith Stegall
Outside writers
Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)
Revelation
Written by Anders Bagge, Arnthor Birgisson, Claudia Ogalde
Outside writers
My Everything
Revelation
Written by Nick Lachey, Anders Bagge, Arnthor Birgisson, Justin Jeffre, Nicholas Lachey
Co-wrote

Discography 7 albums

All seven albums the discography lists as studio albums, including the three Christmas records. The compilations and the EPs sit outside this catalogue. Let It Snow and Full Circle have no Wikipedia article of their own.

Collaborator Network who they worked with most

98 Degrees88 tracks
8Anders Bagge, 8 tracks AB8Arnthor Birgisson, 8 tracks B&7Bag & Arnthor, 7 tracks DD5Dane DeViller, 5 tracks 5Tricky Stewart, 5 tracks SH4Sean Hosein, 4 tracks MJ4Montell Jordan, 4 tracks MW4Mario Winans, 4 tracks BG3Bernard Grubman, 3 tracks AC3Armando Colon, 3 tracks SC3Shep Crawford, 3 tracks PF3Professor Funk, 3 tracks SG3Steve Grissette, 3 tracks RS3Rashad Smith, 3 tracks SK3Steve Kipner, 3 tracks SK3Sean K. Hall, 3 tracks CA3Christopher A. Stewart, 3 tracks T3Tricky, 3 tracks on Massive Attack's page S3Sean, 3 tracks RL3Rhett Lawrence, 3 tracks S3Soulshock, 3 tracks CS3Carsten Schack, 3 tracks C2Commissioned, 2 tracks SH2Sean Hall, 2 tracks T2Tab, 2 tracks CK2Christian Karlsson, 2 tracks PT2Patrick Tucker, 2 tracks B2Bag, 2 tracks BP2Brent Paschke, 2 tracks CK2Claude Kelly, 2 tracks B2Battleroy, 2 tracks JB2Jo Blaq, 2 tracks MF1Maxx Frank, 1 track KH1Kenneth Hickson, 1 track LC1Linda Creed, 1 track TB1Thom Bell, 1 track SS1Sam Salter, 1 track RT1Robin Thicke, 1 track KG1Kenny Greene, 1 track DW1Daniel Webster, 1 track MA1Mark Adams, 1 track MH1Mark Hicks, 1 track RT1Raymond Turner, 1 track A1Aurra, 1 track SA1Steve Arrington, 1 track TL1Thomas Lockett, 1 track SY1Starleana Young, 1 track T1Trackmasters, 1 track GC1Gordon Chambers, 1 track CF1Chris Farren, 1 track DH1Dan Hill, 1 track KS1Keith Stegall, 1 track KT1Keith Thomas, 1 track BA1Benny Andersson, 1 track on ABBA's page BU1Björn Ulvaeus, 1 track on ABBA's page JW1Jerry Wonda, 1 track PM1Pras Michel, 1 track SA1Stig Anderson, 1 track SM1S.P. Michel, 1 track DD1Dane DeViller & Sean Hosein, 1 track B&1Bloodshy & Arnthor, 1 track SB1Samuel Barnes, 1 track JO1Jean-Claude Olivier, 1 track CC1Claydes Charles Smith, 1 track ED1Eumir Deodato, 1 track GB1George Brown, 1 track J"1James "J.T." Taylor, 1 track R"1Robert "Kool" Bell, 1 track RM1Robert Mickens, 1 track RB1Ronald Bell, 1 track CS1Charles Smith, 1 track JT1James Taylor, 1 track RB1Robert Bell, 1 track P&1Poke & Tone, 1 track MW1Matthew Wilder, 1 track DZ1David Zippel, 1 track SW1Stevie Wonder, 1 track A"1Anders "Bag" Bagge, 1 track ED1Eddie del Barrio, 1 track JM1Jocelyn Mathieux Gueridon, 1 track LB1Laila Bagge, 1 track MW1Maurice White, 1 track on Earth, Wind & Fire's page VW1Verdine White, 1 track on Earth, Wind & Fire's page ED1Eduardo Del-Barrio, 1 track DF1David Frank, 1 track TB1Tom Bahler, 1 track DB1Devon Beire, 1 track PV1Pop Version, 1 track CO1Claudia Ogalde, 1 track RV1Reed Vertelney, 1 track CS1Carl Sturken, 1 track CS1Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers, 1 track ER1Evan Rogers, 1 track DB1Devon Biere, 1 track BC1Bruce Carbone, 1 track PD1Paris D'Jon, 1 track GJ1George Jackson, 1 track PC1Paul Cruz, 1 track LB1Louis Biancaniello, 1 track SW1Sam Watters, 1 track JK1Jim Kimball, 1 track TL1Tommy Lee James, 1 track TH1Trevor Hotchkiss, 1 track SS1Sanyika Street, 1 track CF1Colton Fisher, 1 track JR1Jason Rabinowitz, 1 track TW1Trevor Wesley, 1 track EK1Emanuel Kiriakou, 1 track AG1Andrew Goldstein, 1 track N1Ne-Yo, 1 track CH1Chuck Harmony, 1 track BB1Bruce Boniface, 1 track KD1Kara DioGuardi, 1 track JG1Justin Gray, 1 track SS1Sheppard Solomon, 1 track PJ1Priya Jayaram Geddis, 1 track JH1Jamie Houston, 1 track EB1Eric Brengle, 1 track MH1Michael Hall, 1 track DC1Diego Cordoba, 1 track SA1Steven Anzo, 1 track A"1Alexander "Xplicit" Izquierdo, 1 track CC1Clarence Coffee Jr., 1 track D&1Diego & Anzo, 1 track TL1Thomas Lumpkins, 1 track KL1Kelly Lumpkins, 1 track RB1Roy Battle, 1 track SL1Steven Lee Olsen, 1 track SH1Sean Hurley, 1 track KK1Kenneth Karlin, 1 track TS1The Smeezingtons, 1 track BM1Bruno Mars, 1 track PM1Philip Martin Lawrence, 1 track S&1Soulshock & Karlin, 1 track D&1Dre & Vidal, 1 track SS1Sean Syed Hosein, 1 track DA1Dane Anthony de Villier, 1 track SA1Stephen Alan Kipner, 1 track AH1Andre Harris, 1 track

Bubble size = tracks worked on together. AB Arnthor Birgisson · B& Bag & Arnthor · DD Dane DeViller · SH Sean Hosein

Photo credits

Portraits in the web and the rail come from Wikimedia Commons. The artist's own photo carries its credit under the picture.

The Authorship Story

Data Insight

On the 52 tracks whose writers are published, a member is credited on 18 and only one track carries nobody but the group. Nick Lachey is on 16 of those 18 and the rest of the band on far fewer. By 2.0 in 2013 not one of the thirteen tracks has a member's name on it, which is the opposite of what usually happens when a band gets older.

Quick Facts

  • Self-written18 of the 52 tracks with published credits
  • One writerNick Lachey is on 16 of those 18
  • Number one"Thank God I Found You" with Mariah Carey topped the Hot 100
  • Biggest album98 Degrees and Rising is certified 4x platinum by the RIAA
  • Christmas recordsThree of the seven albums are Christmas albums
  • The gapNothing between 2000 and 2013

Creative Fingerprint

A vocal group that mostly sang other people's songs, with one member creeping onto the credits and then off again.

The Story

98 Degrees are Nick and Drew Lachey, Jeff Timmons and Justin Jeffre, a Cincinnati vocal group who put four singles in the Billboard top 15 between 1997 and 2000. Seven albums, three of them Christmas records, with a ten-year gap in the middle.

Frequently Asked Questions 98 Degrees

Do 98 Degrees write their own songs?
Mostly not. On the 52 tracks whose writers are published, a member is credited on 18, and Nick Lachey accounts for 16 of those. Only one track in the whole catalogue carries nobody but the group.
Who wrote "Because of You"?
Anders Bagge, Arnthor Birgisson and Sean Hosein among others, with no member of the group on the credit. It reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
How many albums have they released?
Seven that the discography counts as studio albums: 98 Degrees (1997), 98 Degrees and Rising (1998), This Christmas (1999), Revelation (2000), 2.0 (2013), Let It Snow (2017) and Full Circle (2025).
Which album sold the most?
98 Degrees and Rising, certified 4x platinum by the RIAA.
Which singles charted in America?
"Thank God I Found You" with Mariah Carey reached number 1, "Give Me Just One Night" number 2, "Because of You" number 3, "The Hardest Thing" number 5, "Invisible Man" number 12 and "I Do (Cherish You)" number 13.
Are they brothers?
Nick and Drew Lachey are. Jeff Timmons started the group and Justin Jeffre joined it; neither is related to them.
Which member writes most?
Nick Lachey, on 16 tracks. Jeff Timmons is on 11, Justin Jeffre on 10 and Drew Lachey on 5.
Why do three albums have no credits here?
This Christmas, Let It Snow and Full Circle have no writing credits published on any article or release that could be checked, so those track lists carry titles only.
Why the long gap?
The group stopped after Revelation in 2000 and did not release another album until 2.0 in 2013.
Are they still recording?
Full Circle came out in 2025, mostly of re-recordings of their own hits.

Sources

Wikipedia: 98 Degrees Wikipedia: Nick Lachey Wikipedia: Drew Lachey Wikipedia: Jeff Timmons Wikipedia: 98 Degrees discography File:Nick Lachey and Drew Lachey on Package Tour 2013 - Wikimedia Commons