▸ the year you arrived
1999
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You will be 27 this year — a child of the '90s.
The song that ruled the year you arrived
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Top of your year, by vibe
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Top 10 of 1999
- 1
Believe
Cher
- 2
No Scrubs
TLC
- 3
Angel of Mine
Monica
- 4
Heartbreak Hotel (feat. Faith Evans & Kelly Price)
Whitney Houston
- 5
...Baby One More Time
Britney Spears
- 6
Kiss Me
Sixpence None the Richer
- 7
Genie in a Bottle
Christina Aguilera
- 8
Every Morning
Sugar Ray
- 9
Nobody's Supposed to Be Here
Deborah Cox
- 10
Livin' la Vida Loca
Ricky Martin
Your stats
Your generation
Gen Z
1999 belonged to
Whitney Houston
3 year-end chart hits
🔙 The world you were born into
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
🎬 Set the scene
A Blockbuster Friday night, 1999: Rocko's Modern Life flickered on the screen while a can of Cheez Balls waited nearby and an Orbitz left a ring on the table.
🎬 At the movies
📼 Saturday cartoons
- Doug👕 tee →
- Rugrats👕 tee →
- The Ren & Stimpy Show
- X-Men👕 tee →
- Batman: The Animated Series👕 tee →
- Animaniacs👕 tee →
- Rocko's Modern Life
- Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
- Spider-Man👕 tee →
- Hey Arnold!
📰 Headlines
- Columbine shooting
- Clinton acquitted by the Senate
- NATO bombs Kosovo
- Y2K panic / preparations
- Euro currency introduced
💡 Tech & Firsts
- Napster launches
- Nokia 3210 / SMS boom
- BlackBerry debuts
- TiVo / DVR arrives
- Wi-Fi branding introduced
🏆 Sports
- Yankees win the World Series
- Spurs win their first NBA title
- Broncos win Super Bowl XXXIII
- Stars win the Stanley Cup
- US women win the '99 World Cup
🤪 Crazes & fads
- Pokémon mania
- Beanie Babies
- Furby
- Star Wars Episode I
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
👖 Clothes
- Cargo pants
- JNCO jeans peak
- Frosted tips
- Halter tops
- Chunky 'dad' sneakers
💵 What it cost
- Stamp: 33¢
- Gas: ~$1.17/gal
- Movie ticket: ~$5.06
- Median new home: ~$161,000
- New car avg: ~$20,000
🧸 Toy chest
🍬 On the shelf
- Fruit by the Foot🛒 grab some →
- Shark Bites🛒 grab some →
- String Thing
- Butterfinger BB's
- Wonder Ball
- Baby Bottle Pop🛒 grab some →
- Sour Punch Straws🛒 grab some →
- Airheads Xtremes🛒 grab some →
- 3D Doritos
- Cheetos Paws
🥤 In the fridge
- Clearly Canadian🛒 grab some →
- Snapple🛒 grab some →
- Fruitopia
- Orbitz
- Arizona Iced Tea🛒 grab some →
- Mistic
- All Sport
- Gatorade Frost🛒 grab some →
- SunnyD🛒 grab some →
- Squeezit
How well do you remember 1999?
7 quick questions — the songs, the artists, the year. No cheating. 😏
💬 Memories from 1999
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