CHART COMMENTARY

BRITNEY HOLDS ONCE AGAIN... Britney Spears continues to dominate the charts with "(You Drive Me) Crazy", her third no. 1 single from her multi-platinum debut album. Britney has been on top of the charts for an amazing 12 weeks this year, that's three months out of ten so far in 1999, with three singles. Other than her, TLC also has 12 weeks at no. 1 this year, but the group manages to do this with only two singles so far.

WILL THIS BE IT 4 HER?... Jennifer Lopez managed a no. 3 peak position with her debut single "If You Had My Love", and so far, the follow-up to that single, "Waiting For Tonight", has performed quite better holding at no. 2 this week threatening to take over the top spot from Britney Spears. Jennifer might be able to hit no. 1 this time but she faces strong competition from the Backstreet Boys and Savage Garden. "I Knew I Loved You" is already at no. 6 after only three weeks and should be heading to no. 1 pretty soon at this pace, while "Larger Than Life" moves up a spot into the top 3. In the past, Savage Garden has hit the top two times, both in 1997, with "I Want You" and "To The Moon & Back", while the Backstreet Boys only once this year with "I Want It That Way".

COMING UP... 98°- "This Gift", Whitney Houston- "I Learned From The Best", Christina Aguilera- "What A Girl Wants", Celine Dion- "That's The Way It Is", Mariah Carey f/ 98° & Joe- "Thank God I Found You" & Enrique Iglesias- "Rhythm Divine".

For the week ending on November 6th, 1999.
This
Week
Last
Week
2 wks
Ago
Total
Weeks
Artist- Track Peak
Pos
1 1 3 12 Britney Spears- (You Drive Me) Crazy 1(3)
2 2 4 7 Jennifer Lopez- Waiting For Tonight 2
3 4 5 8 Backstreet Boys- Larger Than Life 3
4 5 2 11 Mariah Carey f/ Jay-Z- Heartbreaker 1(1)
5 6 6 11 Santana f/ Rob Thomas- Smooth 5
6 12 27 3 Savage Garden- I Knew I Loved You 6
7 3 1 8 'N Sync & Gloria Estefan- Music Of My Heart 1(1)
8 7 7 10 Lou Bega- Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...) 1(1)
9 9 12 6 Destiny's Child- Bug-A-Boo 9
10 10 10 19 Christina Aguilera- Genie In A Bottle 1(5)
11 15 23 4 Smash Mouth- Then The Morning Comes 11
12 13 15 7 Robbie Williams- Angels 12
13 14 11 16 Ricky Martin- She's All I Ever Had 2
14 8 9 8 Marc Anthony- I Need To Know 8
15 11 8 14 Whitney Houston- My Love Is Your Love 4
16 19 24 4 Eve- Gotta Man 16
17 16 14 22 TLC- Unpretty 1(3)
18 17 13 13 Sixpence None The Richer- There She Goes 8
19 21 25 5 Brandy- U Don't Know Me (Like U Used To) 19
20 35 - 2 Will Smith f/ K-Ci- Will 2K 20
21 18 21 5 Mandy Moore- Candy 18
22 26 30 5 Jessica Simpson- I Wanna Love You Forever 22
23 20 17 10 Blink 182- What's My Age Again? 17
24 22 22 7 Meredith Brooks- Lay Down (Candles In The Wind) 22
25 34 - 2 Blaque f/ 'N Sync- Bring It All To Me 25
26 37 - 2 Brian McKnight- Back At One 26
27 23 16 10 Red Hot Chilli Peppers- Scar Tissue 16
28 24 18 20 Smash Mouth- All Star 3
29 30 35 6 Lenny Kravitz- American Woman 29
30 25 19 15 LFO- Summer Girls 5
31 NEW 1 Ricky Martin- Shake Your Bon-Bon 31
32 27 20 17 Len- Steal My Sunshine 11
33 29 28 18 98°- I Do (Cherish You) 7
34 31 33 27 Britney Spears- Sometimes 1(2)
35 NEW 1 LFO- Girl On T.V. 35
36 28 26 9 Sarah McLachlan- I Will Remember You (Live) 22
37 32 36 38 TLC- No Scrubs 1(9)
38 40 - 2 Vitamin C- Me, Myself & I 38
39 33 34 26 Backstreet Boys- I Want It That Way 1(4)
40 38 31 22 Enrique Iglesias- Bailamos 3

This chart is updated every Thursday. Last update on November 6, 1999.

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