Below is a list from Billboard magazine’s Top ear-End Hot 100 songs for 1999. Chart © by Billboard, a part of MRC Media and Info, a division of MRC. All Rights Reserved. Learn more about Billboard here.
Top 100 Songs of 1999
1Angel of Mine – Monica
2Heartbreak Hotel – Whitney Houston
3Believe – Cher
4…Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
5No Scrubs – TLC
6Kiss Me – Sixpence None The Richer
7Every Morning – Sugar Ray
8Genie In a Bottle – Christina Aguilera
9Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here – Deborah Cox
10Livin’ la Vida Loca – Ricky Martin
11Where My Girls At? – 702
12If You Had My Love – Jennifer Lopez
13Have You Ever – Brandy
14Slide – Goo Goo Dolls
15I Want It That Way – Backstreet Boys
16I’m Your Angel – R. Kelly and Celine Dion
17All Star – Smash Mouth
18Angel – Sarah McLachlan
19Smooth – Santana featuring Rob Thomas
20Unpretty – TLC
21Save Tonight – Eagle-Eye Cherry
22Bills, Bills, Bills – Destiny’s Child
23Last Kiss – Pearl Jam
24Bailamos – Enrique Iglesias
25What’s It Gonna Be?! – Busta Rhymes featuring Janet
26What It’s Like – Everlast
27Fly Away – Lenny Kravitz
28That Don’t Impress Me Much – Shania Twain
29Wild Wild West – Will Smith featuring Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee
30Scar Tissue – Red Hot Chili Peppers
31Heartbreaker – Mariah Carey featuring Jay-Z
32I Still Believe – Mariah Carey
33The Hardest Thing – 98 Degrees
34Summer Girls – LFO
35Can I Get A… – Jay-Z featuring Amil (Of Major Coinz) and Ja Rule
36Jumper – Third Eye Blind
37Doo Wop (That Thing) – Lauryn Hill
38Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of…) – Lou Bega
39Sweet Lady – Tyrese
40It’s Not Right But It’s Okay – Whitney Houston
41(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You – ‘N Sync
42Lullaby – Shawn Mullins
43Anywhere – 112 featuring Lil’Z
44Tell Me It’s Real – K-Ci and JoJo
45Back 2 Good – Matchbox 20
46808 – Blaque
More 54 Top Songs of 1999
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- Fortunate – Maxwell
- All I Have to Give – Backstreet Boys
- Someday – Sugar Ray
- Lately – Divine
- She’s So High – Tal Bachman
- Bella (She’s All I Ever Had) – Ricky Martin
- Miami – Will Smith
- Hands – Jewel
- Who Dat – JT Money featuring Sole
- Please Remember Me – Tim McGraw
- From This Moment On – Shania Twain
- Love Like This – Faith Evans
- You – Jesse Powell
- Trippin’ – Total featuring Missy Elliott
- If You – Silk
- Ex-Factor – Lauryn Hill
- Give It to You – Jordan Knight
- Black Balloon – Goo Goo Dolls
- Spend My Life With You – Eric Benet featuring Tamia
- These Are the Times – Dru Hill
- I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Mark Chesnutt
- I Do (Cherish You) – 98 Degrees
- Because of You – 98 Degrees
- I Will Remember You – Sarah McLachlan
- Chante’s Got a Man – Chanté Moore
- Happily Ever After – Case
- My Love Is Your Love – Whitney Houston
- All Night Long – Faith Evans featuring Puff Daddy
- Back That Thang Up – Juvenile featuring Mannie Fresh and Lil’ Wayne
- Almost Doesn’t Count – Brandy
- Man! I Feel Like a Woman! – Shania Twain
- Steal My Sunshine – Len
- I Need to Know – Marc Anthony
- So Anxious – Ginuwine
- Faded Pictures – Case and Joe
- Back at One – Brian McKnight
- When a Woman’s Fed Up – R. Kelly
- How Forever Feels – Kenny Chesney
- Amazed – Lonestar
- Sometimes – …Baby – Britney Spears
- Ghetto Cowboy – Mo Thugs Family featuring Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
- Out of My Head – Fastball
- Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) – Jay-Z
- Jamboree – Naughty By Nature featuring Zhane
- Take Me There – BLACKstreet and Mya featuring Mase and Blinky Blink
- Stay the Same – Joey McIntyre
- Lesson In Leavin’ – Jo Dee Messina
- Iris – Goo Goo Dolls
- Satisfy You – Puff Daddy featuring R. Kelly
- Better Days (And the Bottom Drops Out) – Citizen King
- Music of My Heart – ‘N Sync and Gloria Estefan
- Write This Down – George Strait
- When You Believe – Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey
- God Must Have Spent a Little More Time On You – Alabama featuring ‘N Sync
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Top 100 Songs of 1999 – Final Thoughts
The top songs of 1999 encapsulated the spirit of the late ’90s, offering a mix of infectious pop, R&B, and alternative rock. Cher’s comeback anthem “Believe” dominated the airwaves with its pioneering use of Auto-Tune. Britney Spears continued her rise to superstardom with the catchy hit “Baby One More Time.” The alternative rock scene thrived with the likes of Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Scar Tissue” and Smash Mouth’s feel-good anthem “All Star.” R&B and hip-hop were represented by TLC’s empowering “No Scrubs” and Eminem’s provocative “My Name Is.” With its eclectic blend of genres, the top songs of 1999 showcased the diverse sounds that defined the end of the millennium.
