We’re not going back all too far this Throwback Thursday, but 1999 sure was a great year to be alive!
February 2nd – The Artist Formerly Known as Prince releases a new recording of his 1982 hit 1999 to coincide with celebrations surrounding the calendar year.
February 23rd – Eminem’s The Slim Shady LP is released.
http://youtu.be/QDeim96lvU8
March 2nd – Cher’s song Believe reaches number one on the Billboard Hot 100, making Cher the oldest female artist (at the age of 52) to perform this feat. Cher also set the record for the longest hit-making career span, with 33 years between the release of her first and last Billboard Hot 100 #1 singles (1965 and 1999).
http://youtu.be/4p0chD8U8fA
March 3rd – British soul singer Dusty Springfield dies of breast cancer at the age of 59.
March 27th – The Bee Gees end their One Night Only tour in Sydney, Australia.
April 28th – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
June 1st – Pop punk band blink-182 release their third studio album, Enema of the State, which would later sell 15 million copies worldwide.
http://youtu.be/RpttYv-lfkI
June 1st – Peer-to-peer file sharing network Napster is launched.
June 2nd – Backstreet Boys smashes the old first-week sales record of Garth Brooks’ 1.08 million, with (Millennium) which sold over 1.13 million in its first week and was the first album to sell over 500,000 copies at least 2 weeks. The album holds at No. 1 first-weeks sales record of the 1990s.
http://youtu.be/iOQ_rRmp_Dw
June 8nd – Red Hot Chili Peppers release Californication, the first album with John Frusciante in 8 years; the album goes on to sell 13 million copies worldwide.
June 28th – Britney Spears embarked her first concert tour, …Baby One More Time Tour. The tour only reached North America and garned a positive review, but generated some controversy due to her racy outfit and accusation of lip syncing.
July 23rd–25th – The highly anticipated Woodstock 99 festival takes place in Rome, New York.
http://youtu.be/zqm4VygR0kM
http://youtu.be/gsUMqiesAy4
August 24th – Christina Aguilera releases her self titled debut album. The album and first single, Genie in a Bottle, both went to number one on the charts.
http://youtu.be/0WrQg_qxWAQ
September 21st – Trent Reznor releases the fourth Nine Inch Nails album, The Fragile after a five-year hiatus to great critical acclaim.
http://youtu.be/hPhEYbbu8U8
October 19th – Eurythmics releases first album in 10 years, Peace.
http://youtu.be/LdM561_Emes
December 4th – The Spice Girls start their Christmas Tour around the UK, dubbed as the Christmas in Spiceworld Tour.