Fifty years ago, I made my first appeared on the Earth. In celebration, we are going to take a look at the year-end Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for each year of my life and see what songs resonated with me at the time and if they continue to do so to this day.
We continue our look back at the music of my lifetime with 1999, the year I turned 25 and Angelina was born. At 33 songs, we see a slight rebound in the Hot 100 that remain familiar to me today for the first time, with 17 of them appearing in my collection in one way or another.
#94: Goo Goo Dolls – Iris
iTunes stats: 19 plays
Featured on the soundtrack to City of Angels, the track debuted, and peaked, at #9 in December of 1998 following the change to allow songs with no commercial single release to chart.
#89: Jay-Z – Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
iTunes stats: 35 plays
Featuring samples and the chorus from the Annie song, it reached #15.
#78: Len – Steal My Sunshine
iTunes stats: 18 plays
The group’s only charting single in the US, it went to #9
#77: Shania Twain – Man, I Feel Like a Woman
iTunes stats: 12 plays
The Grammy winner for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 2000, it topped out at #4 on the Hot Country Singles chart and #23 on the Hot 100.
#70: Sarah McLachlan – I Will Remember You
iTunes stats: 0 plays
Originally released in 1995, this live version peaked at #14 and earned McLachlan her second Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
#57: Shania Twain – From This Moment On
iTunes stats: N/A
The song reached #4 on the Hot 100, #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and #6 on the Hot Country Songs chart.
#54: Jewel – Hands
iTunes stats: 20 plays
The lead single from the singer’s sophomore effort, it went to #6.
#53: Will Smith – Miami
iTunes stats: 1 play
Topping out at #17, the song garnered Smith a VMA for Best Male Video.
#51: Tal Bachman – She’s So High
iTunes stats: 28 plays
The debut single from the Canadian singer-songwriter peaked at #14.
#46: Shawn Mullins – Lullaby
iTunes stats: N/A
The lone single from the singer to chart in the US, it reached #7.
#42: Lou Bega – Mambo No. 5
iTunes stats: N/A
His only Top 40 hit in the US, the track went to #3.
#40: Third Eye Blind – Jumper
iTunes stats: N/A
The fifth and final single from the band’s debut album, it topped out at #5.
#34: Red Hot Chili Peppers – Scar Tissue
iTunes stats: N/A
The lead single from the group’s seventh studio album, it spent a then-record 16 consecutive weeks atop the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart, ten weeks on top of the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and hit #9 on the Hot 100.
#33: Will Smith featuring Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee – Wild West
iTunes stats: N/A
The team from the film of the same name, it spent a single week at #1 in July.
#32: Shania Twain – That Don’t Impress Me Much
iTunes stats: 12 plays
Spending two weeks at #7, it became Twain’s third and final top ten hit.
#30: Sugar Ray – Someday
iTunes stats: N/A
Reaching #7 on both the Hot 100 and the Modern Rock Tracks charts, ir remains their final top ten single on both charts.
#29: Lenny Kravitz – Fly Away
iTunes stats: 21 plays
The 1999 Grammy winner for Best Male Rock Performance, it peaked at #12.
#28: Everlast – What It’s Like
iTunes stats: N/A
The singer’s lone Top 40 solo hit, it topped the Mainstream Rock chart for a week and the Modern Rock Tracks chart for nine weeks, while reaching #13 on the Hot 100.
#26: Enrique Iglesias – Bailamos
iTunes stats: N/A
Found on the Wild Wild West soundtrack, the song spent two weeks at #1 in September.
#22: Eagle-Eye Cherry – Save Tonight
iTunes stats: N/A
The lead single from the singer’s debut album, it went to #5.
#20: TLC – Unpretty
iTunes stats: N/A
Spending three weeks at #1, it garnered the group two Grammy nominations.
#19: Santana featuring Rob Thomas – Smooth
iTunes stats: N/A
The collaboration spent twelve weeks at #1 across 1999 and 2000, 30 weeks in the top ten, and 58-weeks total on the Hot 100.
#17: Smash Mouth – All Star
iTunes stats: 26 plays
The lead single from the group’s second studio album, it peaked at #4.
#15: Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way
iTunes stats: N/A
Spending eight non-consecutive weeks at #6, it earned three Grammy noms for the boy band.
#13: Goo Goo Dolls – Slide
iTunes stats: 28 plays
Topping out at #8 in February, the song is about a religious girl discussing how to treat an unplanned pregnancy with her boyfriend.
#12: Jennifer Lopez – If You Had My Love
iTunes stats: N/A
The debut single from the actress-cum-singer, it spent five weeks on top of the Hot 100.
#10: Ricky Martin – Livin’ La Vida Loca
iTunes stats: N/A
The former Menudo heartthrob topped the Hot 100 for five weeks with this first release from his English-language debut.
#8: Sugar Ray – Every Morning
iTunes stats: N/A
The group’s first commercially available single in the US, it peaked at #3.
#7: Christina Aguilera – Genie in a Bottle
iTunes stats: 27 plays
The lead single from the debut album from the former Mickey Mouse Club member, it spent five weeks at #1 during the summer.
#6: Sixpence None the Richer – Kiss Me
iTunes stats: 15 plays
Spending 33 weeks in the Hot 100, it topped out at #2.
#5: Britney Spears – …Baby One More Time
iTunes stats: 28 plays
The debut single from the former Mickey Mouse Club member, it spent two weeks at #1 during the winter.
#2: TLC – No Scrubs
iTunes stats: 25 plays
Spending four weeks atop the Hot 100, it became the group’s third #1 single and eighth top ten hit.
#1: Cher – Believe
iTunes stats: 28 plays
Cher’s highest charting single since 1974, it spent four weeks at #1 in the spring, making the 52-year-old the oldest female artist to achieve this feat,