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14 Monday, April 26, 1999 Pride The Top Hits Of The 1990s By Michael C. Molter Assistant Editor 1999 signals the beginning of the end of the 1990s, and stirs up reflections on the top hits of the decade from 1990-1999. While it may seem premature to be talking about a decade retrospective when it’s only late April, 1999, what we have will none theless closely approximate the end result. Since this will be my last issue as a writer and editor for the foreseeable future, I am publishing this, secure in the knowl edge that it is reasonably accurate, at least for the first 9 1/2 years of the 1990s. It seems that every publication has a differ ent method for compiling what those top hits are, and the Methodist College Pride IS no different. Regardless of how they are put together, compilers cannot ignore cer tain statistics every song accumulates: weeks in the Top 10, Top 40, and on the whole chart Also, some compilers con sider a song’s peak position and weeks spent there. Our way takes into account all of these things, delegating each song points baaatel'them. The difficulty in creating a fair rank ing is that Billboard has used three meth ods to compile the weekly Hot 100 during the 1990s. It was necessary to augment the points of songs under the first method (1990-1991), since that method favored shorter (in some cases, much shorter) chart life for singles. The latter two methods are highly compatible, so ranking those singles was not a problem. This may be the only place where you will see an attempt made to place songs from 1990 and 1991 on a level playing field with songs from 1992- 1999. Emerging from the 1980s, Whitney Houston and Madonna had the most #1 hits by solo women, with 7 each. While they gained 4 more apiece, both were usurped^ by Mariah Carey, who scored 13 # 1 hits as well as 5 other Top 5 hits. It should not be any surprise that she is represented in the Top 300 of the decade by 15 hits, more than any other artist. Her all-star collaboration with Boyz II Men, “One Sweet Day,” en joyed a 16-week run at #1 between 1995 and 1996, and ends the decade at #1 by a narrow margin. Her “duet” partners, Boyz II Men, are also represented in the Top 10 of the 1990s with “I’ll Make Love to You” at #4 and “End of the Road” at #7. Longevity is a key explanation for some of the singles in the Top 10 of the 1990s. At #3 is “How Do I Live” by LeAnn Rimes, which spent a record number of weeks in the Top 10 (32), Top 40 (61), and Hot 100 (69). It was her first Top 10 hit— her two follow-up singles “You Light Up My Life” and “Looking Through Your Eyes/Commitment” both fell off the chart before “How Do I Live.” Next’s “Too Close” (#6) reigned in 1998, and, at 53 weeks, became only the 7th single to re main on the chart for at least one year. “Truly Madly Deeply” is ranked #8, de spite managing only 2 weeks at #1. It stayed on the chart 52 weeks—25 in the Top 10, and all in the Top 30. Jewel’s “You Were Meant for Me/Foolish Games” is the 10th biggest hit of the 1990s simply beaiee^{ went up and down the chart twice'ofcaD£jj|[;;)jTOtoey Houstqj|,^^^^^ IS 's PKj side of the single—spending the Hot 100, the record until Unlike the transition bet^^*the 1970s and 1980s, where so naasj^i^Os artists were instantly washed up 80s began, several big artists of tH^®50s enjoyed continued success in the^l'^Os: Janet Jackson, Madonna, Whitne^ Hoj^s- ton, Michael Jackson, and Bryan all either improved on or enjoyed ni^tet success in the 90s. Other big 80s artisSs^g ply gave us one or two songs to remii they are still around; Duran Duran, U^^ Paula Abdul, John Mellencamp, Bon Jov Rod Stewart, Sting, Bette Midler, Bil Joel, New Edition, and Prince. A few art ists whose heyday was the 1970s returned' to the top in the 1990s: Elton John, Cher, Meat Loaf, and Euc Clapton. The artists who made the greatest im pact as consistent new artists this decade— Mariah Carey, Boyz II Men, TLC, Toni Braxton, Celine Dion, Monica, etc.—will be under the microscope once the 2000- 2009 decade begins to see if they can re peat or build on their success—or be fin ished. Note; The songs marked with a (*) are current 1999 tracks still gaining points, so they have been ranked according to a pro jected amount of points. 1 ONE SWEET DAY—Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men 2 MACARENA (BAYSIDE BOYS MIX)—Los Del Rio 3 HOW DO I LIVE—LeAnn Rimes 4 I’LL MAKE LOVE TO YOU—Boyz n Men 5 CANDLE IN THE WIND 1997/ SCATHING ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT—Elton Jo^n f‘6 TOO CLOSE—Next 7 END OF THE ROAD—Boyz II Men 8 TRULY MADLY DEEPLY-^vage Garden 9 UN-BREAK Braxton 10 YOU WERE MEAN' FOOLISH GAMES—Jewel ‘ Ill WILL ALWAYS LOyE YOU— Whitney Houston l2,THEiB0Y IS MINE—Brandy & Motdca 13 THE'SIGN—Ace of Base 14ISWEAR—All-4-One 15 FLL' BE MISSING 'KOU—Pyff Daddy & Faith Evans (featuring 112) ■ > , 16 WHOOMPf (THEREIT IS)-4Tag Team 17 YOU’RE STILL THE ONE— Shania Twain 18 YOU MAKE ME WANNA...— Usher 19 GANGSTA’S PARADISE—Coolio featuring L. V. 20 WATERFALLS—TLC 72 BUMP N’ GRIND—R. Kelly 73 VISION OF LOVE—Mariah Carey 74 MMMBOP—Hanson 75 RHYTHM IS A DANCER—Snap 76 LOVE TAKES TIME—Mariah ^ J^jpiAL§fc(SHOOf, SHOOP)—',''*'^^WILD NIGHT—John Mellencamp ^ &M^^llNdegeOcello KNEE—Boyz II ' 78 M( ,en 21 FANTASY—Mariah Carey 22 ANOTHER NIGHT—Real McCoy 23 MISSING—Everything But The Girl ; V~ ,24 fEVf.RYTHlNG L^) I jPQ IT EOR YC^—Bryan Adams'" . * ^ MY HEARTr- ’ 2tpaE*8AMLOVps^^ah WAY LOV GOEJji^anwli^son ■^"““)Y’S " llE$^i)il^rah Ci -Mi FRO AB SAUS Bnr ‘SCRU >v^LC Celin^ Dion HELP B.I.G.j(featuring Puff ONEY MO PROBLEMS— The addy 79 YO^p^TA BE-jDes’ree 80 WH^^AN I|SEE YOU Babyface ^|, I ^ 81 EMOTIO^—Mitfiah Carey .82 DOM’T TUB^N AgpffiJD—Ace of PN’T TAKEjJlj'PERSONAL OF DEMJDAYSlr-Monica RE DO YOU GO—No Mercy ,'■'85 KiACJC 01^-WHITE—^Michael Jacfcson RME/ 3,^,.CAN’T ;OVE-’UB40 3TQtJjr>LAYING GAMES CWITH ■!SiY HEAOT)—BackstjeetBoyr^ 38 YOU’RE IT FLOW—Toni"" 39BREATHE 40 ALL MY Li: 41 I LOVE ^O EVER-—Donna Lewis 42 NO DIGGITY—BLACKstreet featuring Dr. Dre 43 BABY GOT BACK—Sir Mix-A- Lot 44 THIS IS HOW WE DO IT— Montell Jordan 45 ALL THAT SHE WANTS—Ace of 46 I BELIEVE I CAN FLY—RSKelly 47 JUMP—Kris Kross 48 TOGETHER AGAIN—Janet 49 THE POWER OF LOVE—Celine Dion 50 THA CROSSROADS—Bone Thugs-N-Harmony 51 THE FIRST NIGHT—Monica 52 CREEP—TLC 53 DON’T LET GO (LOVE)-rEn’ Vogue 54 BELIEVE—Cher (*) 55 CAN’T NOBODY HOLD’ME DOWN—Puff Daddy featuring Mase ' 56 BECAUSE I LOVE XOUf(THE POSTMAN SONG)—Stevie B. * 57 IF I EVER FALL IN LOVE-^hai 58 SAVE THE BES]|/FOR l^T— Vanessa Williams • ; '• 59 INFORMER—Snow ‘ V 60 RUSH RUSH—Paula Abdul 61 BABY-BABY-BABY-^TLC 62 ALL I WANNA DO-^heryl Crow 63 ANGEL OF MIN%rMonica • W 65 WEAK—SWY^ 66 NOTHING COMPARES 2 ;U— Sinead O’Connor -• ‘ * .67 I’D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE WON*T.DO THffilr-Meat lioaf '^6 VOGUEnsMa^tma i 88 AG UT YOU 68 STAY, (I‘ MISSEli^YOUH-Lisa Loeb &NineStoyies 69 ...BABY ONE MORE 1||^- Britney Spears C") 70 NAME—Goo Goo Dolls 71 SEMI-CHARMED LIFE—Third Eye Blind PM rWATER RUNSWtY-Boyz II Men 93 JUST ANOTHER DAY—Jon 94 HAVE YOU EVER REALLY LOVED A WOMAN?—Bryan Adams 95 GONNA MAKE YOU SWEAT— C & C Music Factory featuring Freedom Williams 96 IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE— Roxette 97 MY WAY—Usher 98 ALL FOR LOVE—Bryan Adams, Jad Stewart & Sting fc§9 NOBODY KNOWS—The Tony RichProject 1001 WANNA SEX YOU UP—Color Me Badd 101 THE FIRST TIME—Surface > 102 RUMP SHAKER—Wreckx-N- •%'Effect 103 I CAN LOVE YOU LIKE HAT—All-4-One 104 GETTIN’ JIGGY WIT IT—Will Smith 105 ALL 4 LOVE—Color Me B add 106 FROM A DISTANCE—Bette Midler 107 HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU—Michael Bolton 108 NUTHIN’ BUT A “G” THANG— Dr. Dre 109 LATELY—Divine 110 HEY LOVER—LL Cool J 111 DON’T WALK AWAY—Jade 112 I’M YOUR ANGEL—R. Kelly & Celine Dion 113 NICE & SLOW—Usher 114 BOOMBASTIC/IN THE SUM MERTIME—Shaggy 115 MY LOVIN’ (YOU’RE NEVER GONNA GET IT)—En Vogue 116 ALWAYS BE MY BABY— Mariah Carey 117 WANNABE—Spice Girls 118 HOLD ON—Wilson Phillips 119 OPPOSITES ATTRACT—Paula Abdul & The Wild Pair 120 FREAK LIKE ME—Adina Howard
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