Release Date: 26/06/26 Step back into one of the most exciting years in pop history – a time when the charts were filled with dancefloor anthems, global megastars and with a new wave of pop from new artists – and all on the cusp of a new Millennium. Now - Yearbook 1999 celebrates an unforgettable year of hits with 82 essential tracks. Opening with one of the biggest pop hits and biggest debut hits of all time from Britney Spears with ‘…Baby One More Time’ – the years’ biggest seller. A pair of global chart-toppers are next from Christina Aguilera and Ricky Martin. Shania Twain had 1999’s best-selling album with ‘Come On Over’ – and from it ‘That Doesn’t Impress Me Much’ was a huge hit. New Radicals enjoyed a smash with ‘You Get What You Give’ and Lenny Kravitz hit #1 with ‘Fly Away’ – and 17 years after their last original hit, Blondie returned and scored a #1 with ‘Maria’. Texas had one of their biggest hits with ‘Summer Son’ and Robbie Williams secured another #1 with ‘She’s The One’. R.E.M. released one of their most beautiful tracks, and Moby had a hit with ‘Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?’ – one of 8 singles from his huge selling album ‘Play’ – and Pet Shop Boys feature with one of their greatest, ‘New York City Boy’. 1999 was a stellar year for slick R&B production and two of the best examples are up next: TLC with the massive ‘No Scrubs’ and Whitney Houston who returned with ‘It’s Not Right But It’s Okay’. Great pop from Geri Halliwell leads into the Groove Armada’s chill-out staple ‘At The River’… and established chart stars Sting and the Pretenders come ahead of anthemic indie-pop to close Disc 1 from Semisonic and Travis with ‘Why Does It Always Rain On Me’ – from their massive selling album ‘The Man Who’. Both the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC enjoyed huge success around the world and open CD2 ahead of Boyzone who celebrated a 5th UK #1 with their cover of ‘When The Going Gets Tough’. Vengaboys were one of the biggest pop-dance acts of the year and went to the top with ‘We’re Going To Ibiza!’. Lou Bega had one the years’ biggest sellers with his ear-worm ‘Mambo No.5 (A Little Bit Of…)’ and is followed by a run of upbeat pure-pop from Steps, S Club, Atomic Kitten and Adam Rickitt, plus ballads from Westlife, 911, A1 and Billie Piper. Another Level, Len and Hepburn are joined by two Spice Girls; Emma Bunton, featuring with Tin Tin Out on ‘What I Am’ – and Melanie C with the title track from her debut solo album ‘Northern Star’. B*Witched completed their run of four #1 singles with ‘Blame It On The Weatherman’ and The Corrs hit with a remix of ‘Runaway’ , and it’s left to another #1 chart debut to close the disc – ‘Perfect Moment’ from Martine McCutcheon.
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