{"id":21423,"date":"2024-07-22T03:30:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T09:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=21423"},"modified":"2024-07-07T11:07:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T17:07:20","slug":"fifty-years-of-music-2000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/fifty-years-of-music-2000\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifty Years Of Music \u2013 2000"},"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 2000, the year I celebrated my 26th birthday.\u00a0 \u00a0A mere 24 songs remain familiar to me today, with 10 of them appearing in my collection in one way or another.<\/p>\n

#99: Jennifer Lopez \u2013 Waiting for Tonight
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Earning Lopez a Grammy nomination for Best Dance Recording in 2000, the track peaked at #8.<\/p>\n

#88: Alice Deejay \u2013 Better Off Alone
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 21 plays<\/p>\n

Only reaching #27 on the Hot 100, the song landed at #3 on the Dance Club Songs chart.<\/p>\n

#76: Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg \u2013 The Next Episode
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 33 plays<\/p>\n

A sequel of sorts to Nuthin’ but a “G” Thang<\/em>, this third single from Dre’s second studio album went to #23,<\/p>\n

#73: Dr. Dre featuring Eminem \u2013 Forgot About Dre
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 42 plays<\/p>\n

This second single from Dre’s sophomore solo effort topped out at #25.<\/p>\n

#71: DMX \u2013 Party Up (Up in Here)
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 32 plays<\/p>\n

Decreed as the 388th Greatest Song of All Time by Rolling Stone <\/em>in 2021, it peaked at #27.\u00a0 It charted a second time, reaching #40, in 2021 following DMX’s death.<\/p>\n

#68: Mystikal \u2013 Shake Ya Ass
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 13 plays<\/p>\n

Rising to #13, it remains Mystikal’s highest charting single as a lead artist.<\/p>\n

#55: Britney Spears \u2013 Oops!… I Did It Again
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 17 plays<\/p>\n

The lead single from her sophomore album, it cracked the top ten, going up to #9.<\/p>\n

#51: Eminem \u2013 The Real Slim Shady
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 36 plays<\/p>\n

His biggest hit to date, topping out at #4, it earned him two MTV VMAs and a Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance.<\/p>\n

#49: Eiffel 65 \u2013 Blue (Da Ba Dee)
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

It peaked at #6 in January of 2020.<\/p>\n

#43: Third Eye Blind \u2013 Never Let You Go
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The second single from their second album, the song reached #14 on the Hot 100.<\/p>\n

#40: Blink-182 \u2013 All the Small Things
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 13 plays<\/p>\n

The band’s lone Top 40 hit, it went to #6.<\/p>\n

#36: Creed \u2013 With Arms Wide Open
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Spending a single week atop the Hot 100, it remains the group’s sole #1 hit.<\/p>\n

#35: Nine Days \u2013 Absolutely (Story of a Girl)
\n<\/em>\u00a0iTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The lead single from the band’s fourth studio album, it was their only Top 40 hit, topping out at #6.<\/p>\n

#27: NSYNC \u2013 It’s Gonna Be Me
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

More famous today for being a meme that comes around every May 1st, it spent two weeks atop the Hot 100 and remains the group’s one and only #1 hit.<\/p>\n

#26: Macy Gray \u2013 I Try
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The lone charting single of Gray’s career, it peaked at #5.<\/p>\n

#21: NSYNC \u2013 Bye Bye Bye
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Spending twelve weeks in the top ten, it plateaued at #4 for two weeks in April.<\/p>\n

#19: Christina Aguilera \u2013 What a Girl Wants
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The second single from her eponymous debut, it spent two weeks at #1 in January of 2000.<\/p>\n

#15: 3 Doors Down \u2013 Kryptonite
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The group’s debut single., it spent nine weeks atop the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, eleven weeks on top of the Modern Rock Tracks chart, and went to #3 on the Hot 100.<\/p>\n

#14: Sisqo \u2013 Thong Song
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Earning the singer four Grammy noms, it peaked at #3<\/p>\n

#11: Creed \u2013 Higher
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The group’s first top ten hit, it reached #7 and spent 57 weeks on the Hot 100.<\/p>\n

#6: Destiny’s Child \u2013 Say My Name
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The third single from the group’s sophomore effort, it spent three weeks atop the Hot 100 in the spring.<\/p>\n

#5: Vertical Horizon \u2013 Everything You Want
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 11 plays<\/p>\n

Spending a single week at #1 on the Hot 100, this was the title track from the band’s third album.<\/p>\n

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

The 19th biggest hit of 1999 returns for its second appearance, thanks to a twelve-week run atop the Hot 100 between 1999 and 2000.<\/p>\n

#1: Faith Hill \u2013 Breathe
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 27 plays<\/p>\n

Despite peaking at #2 for five, non-consecutive weeks, it used a 53-week run on the chart to become the top song of the year, becoming just the second song (out of four) to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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\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. We continue our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[11467,924,746,2753,957,408,1511,11469,196,93,11463,90,1028,2896,4249,11466,1764,11462,11464,11465,3274,3226,11458,11468,431,1318,1339,3398],"class_list":["post-21423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-3-doors-down","tag-alice-deejay","tag-billboard","tag-blink-182","tag-britney-spears","tag-christina-aguilera","tag-creed","tag-destinys-child","tag-dmx","tag-dr-dre","tag-eiffel-65","tag-eminem","tag-faith-hill","tag-grammys","tag-jennifer-lopez","tag-macy-gray","tag-mtv","tag-mystikal","tag-nine-days","tag-nsync","tag-rob-thomas","tag-rolling-stone","tag-santana","tag-sisqo","tag-snoop-dogg","tag-third-eye-blind","tag-vertical-horizon","tag-vmas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21423"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21615,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21423\/revisions\/21615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}