List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1999
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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, "
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, 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,
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, Jennifer Lopez, Destiny’s Child,
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, Enrique Iglesias, Jay-Z, Santana, and Rob Thomas. The longest running number-one single is "
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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.
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was the only act with more than one number one song, with them hitting the top twice.


Chart history


Number-one artists


See also

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1999 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in 1999. Specific locations *1999 in British music * 1999 in Norwegian music * 1999 in South Korean music Specific genres * 1999 in classical music * 1999 in country music *1999 in La ...
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List of Billboard number-one singles This is a list of songs that have peaked at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the magazine's national singles charts that preceded it. Introduced in 1958, the Hot 100 is the pre-eminent singles chart in the United States, currently mon ...
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Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1999 This is a list of ''Billboard'' magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1999. See also *1999 in music * List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1999 *List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1999 This is a list of singles that charted ...
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List of Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles in 1999 This is a list of singles that charted in the top ten of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 during 1999. Whitney Houston and Faith Evans each had three top-ten hits in 1999, tying them for the most top-ten hits during the year. Top-ten singles ;Key * â ...


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's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition'' () *'' Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition'' () *''Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Nineties'' () *Additional information obtained can be verified within ''Billboard's'
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