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1999

100 songs. Re-ranked by streams.

King Hit

Big then, still big now.

BIG THEN, STILL BIG NOW · WAS #25 ON ARIA

I Want it That Way

Backstreet Boys

Listen

Streams

2.08B

2,080,032,155

ARIA rank

#25

Stream rank

#1

Movement

+24 ranks

↑ Sleepers

The chart missed them.

↓ Faders

They owned the moment.

All 100 Songs

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Song / ArtistCategorySpotify
1

I Want it That Way

Backstreet Boys

252,080,032,155↑ 24King HitListen →
2

No Scrubs

TLC

121,593,431,961↑ 10SleeperListen →
3

Scar Tissue

Red Hot Chili Peppers

691,553,879,225↑ 66SleeperListen →
4

All Star

Smash Mouth

311,392,546,915↑ 27SleeperListen →
5

Kiss Me

Sixpence None the Richer

191,364,173,613↑ 14SleeperListen →
6

Baby One More Time

Britney Spears

21,353,773,268↓ 4FaderListen →
7

Believe

Cher

6958,466,475↓ 1FaderListen →
8

Mambo No.5 (A Little Bit Of...)

Lou Bega

1866,973,685↓ 7FaderListen →
9

Man! I Feel Like a Woman!

Shania Twain

44793,991,170↑ 35SleeperListen →
10

Freak on a Leash

Korn

66786,146,312↑ 56SleeperListen →
11

My Name Is

Eminem

78764,227,161↑ 67SleeperListen →
12

Genie in a Bottle

Christina Aguilera

10753,577,162↓ 2FaderListen →
13

You Get What You Give

New Radicals

73730,345,616↑ 60SleeperListen →
14

Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)

The Offspring

5695,358,062↓ 9FaderListen →
15

Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!

Vengaboys

24622,035,131↑ 9SleeperListen →
16

Livin' La Vida Loca

Ricky Martin

21616,572,272↑ 5SleeperListen →
17

When You Say Nothing at All

Ronan Keating

15587,853,956↓ 2FaderListen →
18

Smooth

Santana feat. Rob Thomas

11571,417,591↓ 7FaderListen →
19

Fly Away

Lenny Kravitz

52533,786,616↑ 33SleeperListen →
20

Why Don't You Get a Job?

The Offspring

9504,528,550↓ 11FaderListen →
21

The Bad Touch

Bloodhound Gang

99460,681,171↑ 78SleeperListen →
22

Last Kiss

Pearl Jam

4432,288,335↓ 18FaderListen →
23

She's So High

Tal Bachman

54425,420,189↑ 31SleeperListen →
24

Got the Life

Korn

90377,896,434↑ 66SleeperListen →
25

I Knew I Loved You

Savage Garden

27368,671,967↑ 2SleeperListen →
26

Every Morning

Sugar Ray

62356,834,716↑ 36SleeperListen →
27

Larger Than Life

Backstreet Boys

26298,248,739↓ 1FaderListen →
28

Tearin' Up My Heart

NSYNC

100295,927,832↑ 72SleeperListen →
29

Sometimes

Britney Spears

22277,220,656↓ 7FaderListen →
30

That Don't Impress Me Much

Shania Twain

8268,758,971↓ 22FaderListen →
31

We Like to Party! (The Vengabus)

Vengaboys

17253,489,637↓ 14FaderListen →
32

Shimmer

Fuel

43249,383,101↑ 11SleeperListen →
33

This Kiss

Faith Hill

39238,399,804↑ 6SleeperListen →
34

If I Let You Go

Westlife

95237,550,719↑ 61SleeperListen →
35

That's the Way it Is

Celine Dion

88229,284,522↑ 53SleeperListen →
36

Can't Take My Eyes Off You

Lauryn Hill

67228,112,353↑ 31SleeperListen →
37

Waiting for Tonight

Jennifer Lopez

32214,492,721↓ 5FaderListen →
38

When You're Gone

Bryan Adams feat. Melanie C

83214,432,660↑ 45SleeperListen →
39

If You Had My Love

Jennifer Lopez

16211,531,131↓ 23FaderListen →
40

9PM (Till I Come)

ATB

38197,456,847↓ 2FaderListen →
41

Swear it Again

Westlife

79195,107,091↑ 38SleeperListen →
42

Strong Enough

Cher

65194,693,737↑ 23SleeperListen →
43

Bailamos

Enrique Iglesias

55182,335,179↑ 12SleeperListen →
44

American Woman

Lenny Kravitz

71173,998,503↑ 27SleeperListen →
45

(You Drive Me) Crazy

Britney Spears

41171,582,582↓ 4FaderListen →
46

Keep on Movin'

Five

72162,718,888↑ 26SleeperListen →
47

I Want You Back

NSYNC

75157,872,276↑ 28SleeperListen →
48

Heartbreaker

Mariah Carey

50156,788,075↑ 2SleeperListen →
49

Angel of Mine

Monica

57150,979,975↑ 8SleeperListen →
50

Bring it All Back

S Club 7

14135,821,095↓ 36FaderListen →
51

No Matter What

Boyzone

53121,265,731↑ 2SleeperListen →
52

Unpretty

TLC

37118,881,491↓ 15FaderListen →
53

Blue (Da Ba Dee)

Eiffel 65

3115,421,382↓ 50FaderListen →
54

Silence

Delerium

35107,362,577↓ 19FaderListen →
55

Don't Call Me Baby

Madison Avenue

7105,264,421↓ 48FaderListen →
56

Have You Ever?

Brandy

4792,399,391↓ 9FaderListen →
57

You Don't Know Me

Armand Van Helden feat. Duane Harden

8079,553,111↑ 23SleeperListen →
58

How Deep is Your Love

Dru Hill

7775,619,515↑ 19SleeperListen →
59

Lullaby

Shawn Mullins

4260,465,054↓ 17FaderListen →
60

You've Got a Way

Shania Twain

9157,788,495↑ 31SleeperListen →
61

Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing

Chris Isaak

5957,371,099↓ 2FaderListen →
62

Absolutely Everybody

Vanessa Amorosi

7451,999,819↑ 12SleeperListen →
63

Wild Wild West

Will Smith

4948,388,442↓ 14FaderListen →
64

Ana's Song (Open Fire)

Silverchair

8547,168,528↑ 21SleeperListen →
65

The Hardest Thing

98 Degrees

9643,672,538↑ 31SleeperListen →
66

If Ya Gettin' Down

Five

1338,723,684↓ 53FaderListen →
67

Touch It

Monifah

3038,226,093↓ 37FaderListen →
68

The Animal Song

Savage Garden

1836,638,215↓ 50FaderListen →
69

Anthem for the Year 2000

Silverchair

2936,473,973↓ 40FaderListen →
70

Heartbreak Hotel

Whitney Houston feat. Faith Evans & Kelly Price

9435,776,503↑ 24SleeperListen →
71

Goodbye

Spice Girls

4535,609,127↓ 26FaderListen →
72

Beautiful Stranger

Madonna

3434,029,777↓ 38FaderListen →
73

Westside

TQ

7630,396,396↑ 3SleeperListen →
74

Burning Down the House

Tom Jones with The Cardigans

8226,515,592↑ 8SleeperListen →
75

Got the Feelin'

Five

7026,237,113↓ 5FaderListen →
76

When I Grow Up

Garbage

9823,441,647↑ 22SleeperListen →
77

Weir

Killing Heidi

3622,329,271↓ 41FaderListen →
78

Shake Your Bon-Bon

Ricky Martin

8917,030,226↑ 11SleeperListen →
79

All Torn Down

The Living End

9316,550,040↑ 14SleeperListen →
80

Sweet Like Chocolate

Shanks & Bigfoot

4614,969,664↓ 34FaderListen →
81

Jackie

B.Z. feat. Joanne

3312,073,378↓ 48FaderListen →
82

She's All I Ever Had

Ricky Martin

8712,018,861↑ 5SleeperListen →
83

Eternal Flame

Human Nature

586,608,115↓ 25FaderListen →
84

Get Set

Taxiride

976,516,737↑ 13SleeperListen →
85

Look at Me

Geri Halliwell

516,100,888↓ 34FaderListen →
86

Everywhere You Go

Taxiride

684,405,106↓ 18FaderListen →
87

Heartbeat

Steps

924,357,473↑ 5SleeperListen →
88

Forever

Tina Cousins

634,243,945↓ 25FaderListen →
89

Honey to the Bee

Billie

483,435,256↓ 41FaderListen →
90

The Millennium Prayer

Cliff Richard

233,360,186↓ 67FaderListen →
91

How Do I Deal

Jennifer Love Hewitt

612,756,341↓ 30FaderListen →
92

Say it Once

Ultra

602,561,451↓ 32FaderListen →
93

A Little Bit

Pandora

842,481,160↓ 9FaderListen →
94

Sister

Sister2Sister

282,104,586↓ 66FaderListen →
95

Have a Look

Vanessa Amorosi

641,957,954↓ 31FaderListen →
96

Zorba's Dance

LCD

561,608,863↓ 40FaderListen →
97

Last to Know

Human Nature

86588,750↓ 11FaderListen →
98

Don't Cry

Human Nature

81159,684↓ 17FaderListen →
99

Thank ABBA for the Music

Steps, Tina Cousins, Cleopatra, B*Witched & Billie

40107,284↓ 59FaderListen →
100

2 Times

Ann Lee

2027,661↓ 80FaderListen →

Chart data: ARIA Top 100, 1990–2000. Stream counts sourced from Spotify. Rankings calculated within each year.

*This project and the data within has been developed with a bit of curiosity and a lot of Claude and Lovable. Don't rely on it for anything more than nostalgia and arguments with your mates about which songs were overrated/underrated.