SoulAlive said:

I remember 1999 as the year that Santana made a huge comeback with Supernatural

Lauryn Hill was also riding high.

but the best thing about this year,for me, was becoming a huge fan of Jamiroquai.I was in a record store and I heard this amazing music being played....it was very retro-sounding,disco-inspired and very funky! I asked the clerk who it was and she handed me the Synkronized CD,which had just been released.I've been a diehard fan ever since

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I was into Jamiroquai since the release of their first album! One of the best retro disco/funk bands ever...

It wasn't. Musically, it was actually the second weakest year of the 1990s after 1994.

Best years of the 90's for music:

1991, 1993, 1995

ADC said:

It wasn't. Musically, it was actually the second weakest year of the 1990s after 1994.

1994 was the best year

2Point5D said:

1. Backstreet Boys became the world's biggest act in music with Millenium.

2. 'N Sync collaborates with Gloria Estefan with "Music of the Heart."

3. 98 Degress releases their only good album, 98 Degrees And Rising.

4. Eminem, Britney Spears, Jessica Simpson and Christina Aguilera make their debuts, in which the latter would release her only amazing album.

5. Nu Metal becomes the go-to metal genre. Limp Bizkit releases their classic album Significant Other while Korn releases the follow up of their 1998 classic with Issues.

6. Ricky Martin releases "Living La Vida Loca."

7. Santana releases Supernatural, an essential album featuring various big-name artists, reviving the blues genre for a brief time.

8. Cher, Celine Dion and Lauryn Hill continue to dominate the charts.

9. Country artists like Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw and Dixie Chicks continue to dominate the charts.

10. Juvenile at the top of his game with 400 Degreez, which featured the debut of Lil Wayne, and would continue his success with Tha G Code later that year.

11. Creed and Kid Rock break through with "Higher" and "Bawitdaba" respectively.

12. Smash Mouth releases their iconic single "All-Star."

13. Sugar Ray breaks the "one-hit wonder" mold with "Every Morning," the first single off their biggest-selling album 14:59.

14. Red Hot Chili Peppers come back strong with Californication, which saw the return of guitarist John Frusciante.

15. Neo-Swing continues its mainstream popularity, and Lou Bega releases the popular "Mambo No. 5."

16. Destiny's Child releases their breakthrough album The Writing's On the Wall, and their huge success made Beyonce a household name.

17. TLC releases their farewell album Fanmail (sadly, Left Eye would die three years later).

18. No Green Day album was released in 1999.

Prince was right all along, 1999 turned out to be a great year for music, as it was the only year to have every single genre in the mainstream (even Punk). It was also the most influential year for music since 1992. Some of the aforementioned artists are still relevant to this day, as proven by their success

It was actually the year the record industry had a stranglehold and monopolized the charts with what they wanted us to hear. The Now! compilations were just beginning around that time in the US.

Limp Bizkit represented the end of an era at Woodstock 99 that started off with Nirvana.

All years have their good and bad, and I think 1966-1972 was the best era in music. Amplified blues, horns, loud guitars, the Hammond B-3, Sly and the Family Stone, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, Funkadelic, The Who, Rolling Stones, Ike and Tina, Marvin Gaye, Otis and Aretha.

This thread is terrifying.

Thibaut said:

ADC said:

It wasn't. Musically, it was actually the second weakest year of the 1990s after 1994.

1994 was the best year

Nah, '94 (despite some miscellaneous high points here and there during the second half) was drab overall.

Thibaut said:

ADC said:

It wasn't. Musically, it was actually the second weakest year of the 1990s after 1994.

1994 was the best year

1994 was awful. It was the year the worst genre in existence broke, Punk. Green Day, The Offspring and all their crappy clones were all trash. Ace of Base and Lisa Loeb were also terrible. It was also the year Kurt Cobain and the grunge genre died.

No mention of Master P's No Limit Record?

No Limit was a "1998" thing. By '99, it was already crumbling with Cash Money starting to overtake it.

ADC said:

No Limit was a "1998" thing. By '99, it was already crumbling with Cash Money starting to overtake it.

They weren't ass big as they were in 97 and 98, but they still outsold Cash Money that year.

Master P, Silkk, C-Murder, Snoop, TRU and Fiend all released top 5 albums that year either on the pop charts or R&B charts. The Foolosh Soundtrack went GOLD, Mac's World War III album, hit #6 on the R&B Charts. No Limit still released 15 albums that calender year, down from 24 from 1998.

Compared to Cash Money, they only released 4 albums that year. All four (BG, Hot Boyz, Lil Wayne, Juvenile) went PLATINUM. Juve's sold the most goining DOUBLE PLATINUM.

Silkk had the biggest selling record of NO LIMIT and CASH MONEY goin DOUBLE PLATINUM and the only one to go #1 on both Pop and R&B charts. C-Murder and Snoop went PLATINUM. Master P, TRU and his Foolish soundtrack of the movie starring him and Eddie Griffin topped out at GOLD.

So I'd say No Limit was still over Cash Money in 99, especially early to the summer. But by the end of the year, Cash Money was about to get them. Master P's Only God Can Judge Me came out late in the 99 season. Actually the last releas for No Limit that year in October. When the boss P, didn't top the charts and only went GOLD, you know it was coming to an end. Where as just half a year earlier, SILKK the F-N Shocker, Made Men topped the charts and went DOUBLE PLATINUM outselling his big bros, his supergroup TRU and the newest soldier SNOOP DOGG.

1999 was a great year in music but sure not for the reasons listed here..