NOW Yearbook 1999 - Various Artists [CD]

Step back into one of the most exciting years in pop history - a time when the charts were filled with dancefloor anthems, global megastars and with a new wave of pop from new artists - and all on the cusp of a new Millennium. 'NOW - Yearbook 1999' celebrates an unforgettable year of hits with 82 essential tracks. Opening with one of the biggest pop hits and biggest debut hits of all time from Britney Spears with '...Baby One More Time' - the year's biggest seller. A pair of global chart-toppers are next from Christina Aguilera and Ricky Martin. Shania Twain had 1999's best-selling album with 'Come On Over' - and from it 'That Doesn't Impress Me Much' was a huge hit. New Radicals enjoyed a smash with 'You Get What You Give' and Lenny Kravitz hit #1 with 'Fly Away' - and 17 years after their last original hit, Blondie returned and scored a #1 with 'Maria'. Texas had one of their biggest hits with 'Summer Son' and Robbie Williams secured another #1 with 'She's the One'. R.E.M. released one of their most beautiful tracks, and Moby had a hit with 'Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?' - one of 8 singles from his huge selling album 'Play' - and Pet Shop Boys feature with one of their greatest, 'New York City Boy'. 1999 was a stellar year for slick R&B production and two of the best examples are up next: TLC with the massive 'No Scrubs' and Whitney Houston who returned with 'It's Not Right But It's Okay'. Great pop from Geri Halliwell leads into the Groove Armada's chill-out staple 'At the River'... and established chart stars Sting and the Pretenders come ahead of anthemic indie-pop to close Disc 1 from Semisonic and Travis with 'Why Does It Always Rain On Me?' - from their massive selling album 'The Man Who'. Both the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC enjoyed huge success around the world and open CD2 ahead of Boyzone who celebrated a 5th UK #1 with their cover of 'When the Going Gets Tough'. Vengaboys were one of the biggest pop-dance acts of the year and went to the top with 'We're Going to Ibiza!'. Lou Bega had one the year's biggest sellers with his ear-worm 'Mambo No.5 (A Little Bit Of...)' and is followed by a run of upbeat pure-pop from Steps, S Club, Atomic Kitten and Adam Rickitt, plus ballads from Westlife, 911, A1 and Billie Piper. Another Level, Len and Hepburn are joined by two Spice Girls; Emma Bunton, featuring with Tin Tin Out on 'What I Am' - and Melanie C with the title track from her debut solo album 'Northern Star'. B*Witched completed their run of four #1 singles with 'Blame It On the Weatherman' and The Corrs hit #2 with a remix of 'Runaway', and it's left to another #1 chart debut to close the disc - 'Perfect Moment' from Martine McCutcheon. CD3 celebrates the dance-floor-fillers of 1999. The line-up is massive: William Orbit, Chicane feat. Moya Brennan, Alice Deejay, Basement Jaxx, Phats & Small and The Chemical Brothers plus #1s from ATB, Fatboy Slim, Armand Van Helden feat. Duane Harden and Wamdue Project. Garage crossed over to the mainstream charts with Artful Dodger introducing Craig David with 'Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta)' and Shanks & Bigfoot having a huge hit with 'Sweet Like Chocolate'. Sophisticated dance-pop nuggets from Jamiroquai and Moloko are up next before The Cardigans open the disc's closing run of alt-pop from Manic Street Preachers, Suede, Stereophonics and Terrorvision. The final disc is a hit-packed journey through some of '99's biggest pop tunes - opening with the #1 cover of 'Tragedy' from Steps alongside S Club's debut 'Bring It All Back', Five's biggest hit (and #1) 'Keep On Movin' and A1's opener 'Be the First to Believe'. Second appearances on this collection from Backstreet Boys, Vengaboys and Shania Twain lead into anthemic tracks from Cher and Tina Turner plus a hit collaboration covering 'Burning Down the House' from Tom Jones & The Cardigans. A sequence of beautiful songs is next from Roxette, Des'Ree, Gabrielle and Whitney Houston. Britney Spears followed up her debut with 'Sometimes' and Jordan Knight returned to the charts five years after his last hit with New Kids On the Block. 'Lullaby' gave Shawn Mullins an enduring radio hit and leads into the closing trio of ballads: Robbie Williams with 'Strong', Ronan Keating enjoyed his first solo #1 with 'When You Say Nothing At All' from the film 'Notting Hill' and signing off, Westlife with their third consecutive #1 in 1999 with one of their signature songs 'Flying Without Wings'. 'NOW - Yearbook 1999': A giant year for huge singles from an incredible diversity of artists - enjoy and celebrate a truly magical year in pop.

Disc 1
1. ...Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
2. Genie in a Bottle - Christina Aguilera
3. Livin' La Vida Loca - Ricky Martin
4. That Don't Impress Me Much - Shania Twain
5. You Get What You Give - New Radicals
6. Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz
7. Maria - Blondie
8. Summer Son - Texas
9. She's the One - Robbie Williams
10. At My Most Beautiful - R.E.M.
11. Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? - Moby
12. New York City Boy - Pet Shop Boys
13. No Scrubs - TLC
14. It's Not Right But It's Okay - Whitney Houston
15. Mi Chico Latino - Geri Halliwell
16. At the River - Groove Armada
17. Brand New Day - Sting
18. Human - The Pretenders
19. Secret Smile - Semisonic
20. Why Does It Always Rain On Me? - Travis
Disc 2
1. I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys
2. I Want You Back - *NSYNC
3. When the Going Gets Tough - Boyzone
4. We're Going to Ibiza! - The Vengaboys
5. Mambo No.5 (A Little Bit Of...) - Lou Bega
6. Better Best Forgotten - Steps
7. I Have a Dream - Westlife
8. A Little Bit More - 911
9. Everytime - A1
10. Honey to the Bee - Billie Piper
11. S Club Party - S Club
12. Right Now - Atomic Kitten
13. I Breathe Again - Adam Rickitt
14. Bomb Diggy - Another Level
15. Steal My Sunshine - Len
16. What I Am (Feat. Emma Bunton) - Tin Tin Out
17. I Quit - Hepburn
18. Northern Star - Melanie C
19. Blame It On the Weatherman - B*Witched
20. Runaway (Tin Tin Out Remix Edit) - The Corrs
21. Perfect Moment - Martine McCutcheon
Disc 3
1. Barber's Adagio for Strings (Ferry Corsten Remix) - William Orbit
2. Saltwater (Feat. Moya Brennan) - Chicane
3. 9pm (Till I Come) - ATB
4. Better Off Alone - Alice Deejay
5. Red Alert - Basement Jaxx
6. Turn Around - Phats & Small
7. You Don't Know Me (Feat. Duane Harden) - Armand Van Helden
8. The Launch - DJ Jean
9. King of My Castle - Wamdue Project
10. Re-rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta) [feat. Craig David] - Artful Dodger
11. Sweet Like Chocolate - Shanks and Bigfoot
12. Afrika Shox - Leftfield/Afrika Bambaataa
13. Hey Boy Hey Girl - The Chemical Brothers
14. Praise You - Fatboy Slim
15. Canned Heat - Jamiroquai
16. Sing It Back (Boris Musical Mix) - Moloko
17. Erase/Rewind - The Cardigans
18. You Stole the Sun from My Heart - Manic Street Preachers
19. Electricity - Suede
20. Just Looking - Stereophonics
21. Tequila (Mint Royale Shot) - Terrorvision
Disc 4
1. Tragedy - Steps
2. Bring It All Back - S Club
3. Keep On Movin' - Five
4. Be the First to Believe - A1
5. Larger Than Life - Backstreet Boys
6. We Like to Party! (The Vengabus) - The Vengaboys
7. Man! I Feel Like a Woman! - Shania Twain
8. Strong Enough - Cher
9. When the Heartache Is Over - Tina Turner
10. Burning Down the House - Tom Jones & The Cardigans
11. Wish I Could Fly - Roxette
12. You Gotta Be ('99 Mix) - Des'Ree
13. Sunshine - Gabrielle
14. My Love Is Your Love - Whitney Houston
15. Sometimes - Britney Spears
16. Give It to You - Jordan Knight
17. Lullaby - Shawn Mullins
18. Strong - Robbie Williams
19. When You Say Nothing at All - Ronan Keating
20. Flying Without Wings - Westlife