{"id":21421,"date":"2024-07-15T03:30:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T09:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=21421"},"modified":"2024-07-05T15:32:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T21:32:46","slug":"fifty-years-of-music-1999","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/fifty-years-of-music-1999\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifty Years Of Music \u2013 1999"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fifty years ago, I made my first appeared on the Earth.\u00a0 In celebration, we are going to take a look at the year-end\u00a0Billboard<\/em>\u00a0Hot 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.<\/p>\n

We continue our look back at the music of my lifetime with 1999, the year I turned 25 and Angelina was born.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n

#94: Goo Goo Dolls \u2013 Iris<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 19 plays<\/p>\n

Featured on the soundtrack to City of Angels<\/em>, the track debuted, and peaked, at #9 in December of 1998 following the change to allow songs with no commercial single release to chart.<\/p>\n

#89: Jay-Z \u2013 Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 35 plays<\/p>\n

Featuring samples and the chorus from the Annie<\/em> song, it reached #15.<\/p>\n

#78: Len \u2013 Steal My Sunshine<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 18 plays<\/p>\n

The group’s only charting single in the US, it went to #9<\/p>\n

#77: Shania Twain \u2013 Man, I Feel Like a Woman<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 12 plays<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

#70: Sarah McLachlan \u2013 I Will Remember You<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 0 plays<\/p>\n

Originally released in 1995, this live version peaked at #14 and earned McLachlan her second Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.<\/p>\n

#57: Shania Twain \u2013 From This Moment On<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The song reached #4 on the Hot 100, #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and #6 on the Hot Country Songs chart.<\/p>\n

#54: Jewel \u2013 Hands<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 20 plays<\/p>\n

The lead single from the singer’s sophomore effort, it went to #6.<\/p>\n

#53: Will Smith \u2013 Miami<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 1 play<\/p>\n

Topping out at #17, the song garnered Smith a VMA for Best Male Video.<\/p>\n

#51: Tal Bachman \u2013 She’s So High<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 28 plays<\/p>\n

The debut single from the Canadian singer-songwriter peaked at #14.<\/p>\n

#46: Shawn Mullins \u2013 Lullaby<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The lone single from the singer to chart in the US, it reached #7.<\/p>\n

#42: Lou Bega \u2013 Mambo No. 5<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

His only Top 40 hit in the US, the track went to #3.<\/p>\n

#40: Third Eye Blind \u2013 Jumper<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The fifth and final single from the band’s debut album, it topped out at #5.<\/p>\n

#34: Red Hot Chili Peppers \u2013 Scar Tissue<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

#33: Will Smith featuring Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee \u2013 Wild West<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The team from the film of the same name, it spent a single week at #1 in July.<\/p>\n

#32: Shania Twain \u2013 That Don’t Impress Me Much<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 12 plays<\/p>\n

Spending two weeks at #7, it became Twain’s third and final top ten hit.<\/p>\n

#30: Sugar Ray \u2013 Someday<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Reaching #7 on both the Hot 100 and the Modern Rock Tracks charts, ir remains their final top ten single on both charts.<\/p>\n

#29: Lenny Kravitz \u2013 Fly Away<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 21 plays<\/p>\n

The 1999 Grammy winner for Best Male Rock Performance, it peaked at #12.<\/p>\n

#28: Everlast \u2013 What It’s Like<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

#26: Enrique Iglesias \u2013 Bailamos<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Found on the Wild Wild West<\/em> soundtrack, the song spent two weeks at #1 in September.<\/p>\n

#22: Eagle-Eye Cherry \u2013 Save Tonight<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The lead single from the singer’s debut album, it went to #5.<\/p>\n

#20: TLC \u2013 Unpretty<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Spending three weeks at #1, it garnered the group two Grammy nominations.<\/p>\n

#19: Santana featuring Rob Thomas \u2013 Smooth<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

#17: Smash Mouth \u2013 All Star<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 26 plays<\/p>\n

The lead single from the group’s second studio album, it peaked at #4.<\/p>\n

#15: Backstreet Boys \u2013 I Want It That Way<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Spending eight non-consecutive weeks at #6, it earned three Grammy noms for the boy band.<\/p>\n

#13: Goo Goo Dolls \u2013 Slide<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 28 plays<\/p>\n

Topping out at #8 in February, the song is about a religious girl discussing how to treat an unplanned pregnancy with her boyfriend.<\/p>\n

#12: Jennifer Lopez \u2013 If You Had My Love<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The debut single from the actress-cum-singer, it spent five weeks on top of the Hot 100.<\/p>\n

#10: Ricky Martin \u2013 Livin’ La Vida Loca<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The former Menudo heartthrob topped the Hot 100 for five weeks with this first release from his English-language debut.<\/p>\n

#8: Sugar Ray \u2013 Every Morning<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The group’s first commercially available single in the US, it peaked at #3.<\/p>\n

#7: Christina Aguilera \u2013 Genie in a Bottle<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 27 plays<\/p>\n

The lead single from the debut album from the former Mickey Mouse Club<\/em> member, it spent five weeks at #1 during the summer.<\/p>\n

#6: Sixpence None the Richer \u2013 Kiss Me<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 15 plays<\/p>\n

Spending 33 weeks in the Hot 100, it topped out at #2.<\/p>\n

#5: Britney Spears \u2013 …Baby One More Time<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 28 plays<\/p>\n

The debut single from the former Mickey Mouse Club<\/em> member, it spent two weeks at #1 during the winter.<\/p>\n

#2: TLC \u2013 No Scrubs<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 25 plays<\/p>\n

Spending four weeks atop the Hot 100, it became the group’s third #1 single and eighth top ten hit.<\/p>\n

#1: Cher \u2013 Believe<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 28 plays<\/p>\n

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,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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