Summary
This final year of the millennium emphasized the massive changes in music. Whereas a thousand years previously was dominated by instrumental music propagated by oral tradition, music was now transformed to a time where the consumer had access to a vast spectrum of music both new and old, at their fingertips.
The most successful album, Come on Over by Shania Twain, spent a cumulative total of ten weeks at the top, followed by Boyzone's By Request with nine weeks in total. Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida Loca", Eiffel 65's "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" and Cliff Richard's "The Millennium Prayer" all topped the singles charts for three weeks. It also saw the return of Blondie and their number one single "Maria". Britney Spears' "...Baby One More Time" was the highest selling single of the year.
One of the first number one singles of the year came from music producer, Fatboy Slim who topped the charts for one week with his single "Praise You". January became a very successful month for the DJ, real name Norman Cook, whose new album You've Come A Long Way Baby topped the charts for 4 weeks. The album produced many other hit singles, the followup to his chart topper "Right Here Right Now" peaking at number two, marking his third consecutive top three hit.
Read more about this topic: 1999 In British Music
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