List Of Hot 100 Number-one Singles Of 1999 (U.S.)
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 14 singles which topped the chart this year, though actually there were 15, as "I'm Your Angel" by R. Kelly and Celine Dion is excluded from the count, as it peaked atop the chart the previous year.
During the year, 12 acts had achieved a first U.S. number-one single, namely: Britney Spears, Cher, Christina Aguilera, Destiny's Child, Enrique Iglesias, Jennifer Lopez, and Jay-Z, all of whom were lead artists. The longest running number-one single is "Smooth" by Santana featuring 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.
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