List Of Billboard Hot 100 Number Ones Of 1999
The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best singles of the United States. Published by Billboard magazine, the data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales and airplays. There were 15 singles that topped the chart this year. The first of these, "I'm Your Angel" by R. Kelly and Celine Dion, spent two weeks at the top, concluding a six-week run that had begun in December 1998.
During the year, 11 acts had achieved a first U.S. number-one single, including: Britney Spears, Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Destiny's Child, Dru Hill, Kool Moe Dee, Christina Aguilera, Enrique Iglesias, Jay-Z, Santana, and Rob Thomas. The longest running number-one single is "Smooth" by Santana featuring Matchbox Twenty frontman Rob Thomas, which attained 12 weeks at number-one. Ten of those weeks were logged in 1999 and two additional weeks were logged in 2000.
TLC was the only act with more than one number one song, with them hitting the top twice.
Chart history
| † | Indicates best-performing single of 1999 |
| No. | Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 836 | January 2 | "I'm Your Angel" | R. Kelly and Céline Dion | |
| January 9 | ||||
| 837 | January 16 | "Have You Ever?" | Brandy | |
| January 23 | ||||
| 838 | January 30 | "...Baby One More Time" | Britney Spears | |
| February 6 | ||||
| 839 | February 13 | "Angel of Mine" | Monica | |
| February 20 | ||||
| February 27 | ||||
| March 6 | ||||
| 840 | March 13 | "Believe"† | Cher | |
| March 20 | ||||
| March 27 | ||||
| April 3 | ||||
| 841 | April 10 | "No Scrubs" | TLC | |
| April 17 | ||||
| April 24 | ||||
| May 1 | ||||
| 842 | May 8 | "Livin' la Vida Loca" | Ricky Martin | |
| May 15 | ||||
| May 22 | ||||
| May 29 | ||||
| June 5 | ||||
| 843 | June 12 | "If You Had My Love" | Jennifer Lopez | |
| June 19 | ||||
| June 26 | ||||
| July 3 | ||||
| July 10 | ||||
| 844 | July 17 | "Bills, Bills, Bills" | Destiny's Child | |
| 845 | July 24 | "Wild Wild West" | Will Smith featuring Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee | |
| 846 | July 31 | "Genie in a Bottle" | Christina Aguilera | |
| August 7 | ||||
| August 14 | ||||
| August 21 | ||||
| August 28 | ||||
| 847 | September 4 | "Bailamos" | Enrique Iglesias | |
| September 11 | ||||
| 848 | September 18 | "Unpretty" | TLC | |
| September 25 | ||||
| October 2 | ||||
| 849 | October 9 | "Heartbreaker" | Mariah Carey featuring Jay-Z | |
| October 16 | ||||
| 850 | October 23 | "Smooth" | Santana featuring Rob Thomas | |
| October 30 | ||||
| November 6 | ||||
| November 13 | ||||
| November 20 | ||||
| November 27 | ||||
| December 4 | ||||
| December 11 | ||||
| December 18 | ||||
| December 25 |
Number-one artists
| Position | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santana | 10 |
| Rob Thomas | ||
| 3 | TLC | 7 |
| 4 | Ricky Martin | 5 |
| Jennifer Lopez | ||
| Christina Aguilera | ||
| 7 | Monica | 4 |
| Cher | ||
| 9 | R. Kelly | 2 |
| Céline Dion | ||
| Brandy | ||
| Britney Spears | ||
| Enrique Iglesias | ||
| Mariah Carey | ||
| Jay-Z | ||
| 16 | Destiny's Child | 1 |
| Will Smith | ||
| Dru Hill | ||
| Kool Moe Dee |
See also
- 1999 in music
- List of Billboard number-one singles
- Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1999
- List of Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles in 1999
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1990s