Top songs of 1999

What was the number one song of 1999?

The number one song of 1999 was “Believe” by Cher, the top song on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1999. It spent 4 weeks at number one on the weekly chart, starting with the chart dated March 13, 1999.

“Smooth” by Santana featuring Rob Thomas was number one for the most weeks of 1999: 10 of the year's 52 weekly charts, starting with the chart dated October 23, 1999.

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Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 1999, year-end Hot 100 of 1999).

How many songs reached number one in 1999?

14 songs reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 1999. Counting “I'm Your Angel”, which was already at number one when the year began, 15 songs held the top spot across the year's 52 weekly charts.

Of the songs that first reached number one in 1999, “Smooth” by Santana featuring Rob Thomas stayed there longest: 12 weeks in total, from the chart dated October 23, 1999, with 2 of those weeks on charts dated after 1999.

Weeks at No. 1 counts every week the song spent at the top, including weeks in other years; the number in brackets is the weeks on charts dated 1999. Dates are chart issue dates.

Which artists had more than one number one in 1999?

TLC was the only act with more than one number one in 1999, counting lead and featured credits: “No Scrubs” and “Unpretty”.

What were the biggest songs of 1999?

The five biggest songs of 1999 on Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 were “Believe” by Cher, “No Scrubs” by TLC, “Angel of Mine” by Monica, “Heartbreak Hotel” by Whitney Houston featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price and “...Baby One More Time” by Britney Spears.

The year-end chart ranks songs by how they performed on the weekly Hot 100 across Billboard’s chart year, so a song that peaked late in the year can rank lower than its weekly peak suggests, or count toward the next year’s list. The top 30 below show each song’s length where we could match the recording.

Numbers 31 to 100

31. “Lately” Divine
32. “That Don't Impress Me Much” Shania Twain
33. “Wild Wild West” Will Smith featuring Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee
34. “Scar Tissue” Red Hot Chili Peppers
35. “Heartbreaker” Mariah Carey featuring Jay-Z
36. “I Still Believe” Mariah Carey
37. “The Hardest Thing” 98 Degrees
38. “Summer Girls” LFO
39. “Can I Get A...” Jay-Z featuring Amil and Ja Rule
40. “Jumper” Third Eye Blind
41. “Doo Wop (That Thing)” Lauryn Hill
42. “Mambo No. 5” Lou Bega
43. “Sweet Lady” Tyrese
44. “It's Not Right but It's Okay” Whitney Houston
45. “(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You” NSYNC
46. “Lullaby” Shawn Mullins
47. “Anywhere” 112 featuring Lil Zane
48. “Tell Me It's Real” K-Ci & JoJo
49. “Back 2 Good” Matchbox 20
50. “808” Blaque
51. “She's So High” Tal Bachman
52. “She's All I Ever Had” Ricky Martin
53. “Miami” Will Smith
54. “Hands” Jewel
55. “Who Dat” JT Money featuring Solé
56. “Please Remember Me” Tim McGraw
57. “From This Moment On” Shania Twain
58. “Love Like This” Faith Evans
59. “You” Jesse Powell
60. “Trippin'” Total featuring Missy Elliott
61. “If You” Silk
62. “Ex-Factor” Lauryn Hill
63. “Give It to You” Jordan Knight
64. “Black Balloon” Goo Goo Dolls
65. “Spend My Life with You” Eric Benét featuring Tamia
66. “These Are the Times” Dru Hill
67. “I Don't Want to Miss a Thing” Mark Chesnutt
68. “I Do (Cherish You)” 98 Degrees
69. “Because of You” 98 Degrees
70. “I Will Remember You” Sarah McLachlan
71. “Chanté's Got a Man” Chanté Moore
72. “Happily Ever After” Case
73. “My Love Is Your Love” Whitney Houston
74. “All Night Long” Faith Evans featuring Puff Daddy
75. “Back That Thang Up” Juvenile featuring Mannie Fresh and Lil Wayne
76. “Almost Doesn't Count” Brandy
77. “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” Shania Twain
78. “Steal My Sunshine” Len
79. “I Need to Know” Marc Anthony
80. “So Anxious” Ginuwine
81. “Faded Pictures” Case featuring Joe
82. “Back at One” Brian McKnight
83. “When a Woman's Fed Up” R. Kelly
84. “How Forever Feels” Kenny Chesney
85. “Amazed” Lonestar
86. “Sometimes” Britney Spears
87. “Ghetto Cowboy” Mo Thugs
88. “Out of My Head” Fastball
89. “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)” Jay-Z
90. “Jamboree” Naughty by Nature featuring Zhané
91. “Take Me There” Blackstreet featuring Mýa, Mase and Blinky Blink
92. “Stay the Same” Joey McIntyre
93. “A Lesson in Leavin'” Jo Dee Messina
94. “Iris” Goo Goo Dolls
95. “Satisfy You” Puff Daddy featuring R. Kelly
96. “Better Days (And the Bottom Drops Out)” Citizen King
97. “Music of My Heart” NSYNC and Gloria Estefan
98. “Write This Down” George Strait
99. “When You Believe” Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey
100. “(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You” Alabama and NSYNC

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 1999, year-end Hot 100 of 1999).

What songs should go on a 1999 mix CD?

A 1999 mix that fits one 80-minute CD holds 19 of the year's biggest songs, opening with “I'm Your Angel” by R. Kelly and Celine Dion and closing with “Smooth” by Santana featuring Rob Thomas, for 75:29 of music.

We built it from the year-end top 30 and every number one of 1999, taking songs in year-end order until the disc was full, then sequenced it to follow the year: the number ones in the order they reached the top, with the year’s other big hits placed between them. With a 2-second gap before each track it runs 76:07, under the 79 minutes we fill a CD to.

Lengths are the recordings matched in Deezer’s catalog. Single edits, album versions and remasters can run a little longer or shorter, so check your own playlist before you burn it.

Turn 1999 into a CD. Send us this list, or your own 1999 songs, and we burn it to a real audio CD, test-play it and post it. It makes a good gift for a birth year, a graduation year or a wedding year.

To change the songs, paste the list into the playlist length calculator to keep it under 80 minutes, then print an insert with the CD case template. Our guide to making a mixtape covers sequencing, and nostalgic gift ideas has more ways to give a year as a present.

What was popular music like in the 1990s?

Popular music in the 1990s was shaped by R&B, hip-hop, pop ballads and alternative rock, and by changes in how the Hot 100 was counted. The chart dated November 30, 1991 was the first Hot 100 compiled with Nielsen SoundScan sales data, and from the chart dated December 5, 1998, songs that were never released as a commercial single could chart.

From 1990 to 1999, 140 songs reached number one on the Hot 100, and 11 songs stayed there for 10 weeks or more. Of those 140, “One Sweet Day” by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men spent the most weeks at number one: 16 in total. Mariah Carey had the most number ones that reached the top in these years, with 14. The typical number one of these years ran 4:24 (the median of the 121 with a known length).