CHART COMMENTARY

TIGHT SITUATION... Eventhough Britney Spears holds at no. 1 for a fourth non-consecutive week at the top with "(You Drive Me) Crazy", the rest of the top 4 is extremely close behind her. Actually, the gap between the Backstreet Boys and Jennifer Lopez is the smallest ever since this chart was created. Rounding out the pack is Savage Garden with "I Knew I Loved You" from their new album, "Affirmation". The no. 4 peak achieved so far surpasses the no. 5 peak of "The Animal Song", which charted earlier this year. This is the duo's fifth consecutive top 5 hit. Here's a recap...

I Want You (1997), #1 (3 weeks)
To The Moon & Back (1997/1998), #1 (2 weeks)
Truly, Madly, Deeply (1998), #3
The Animal Song (1999), #5
I Knew I Loved You (1999), #4 so far...

WHAT CHRISTINA WANTS... ANOTHER #1? With "Genie In A Bottle" still hanging around inside the top 10, Christina Aguilera debuts this week with the follow-up to this no. 1 smash and it is titled "What A Girl Wants". This will most likely be a hit for her and maybe even another no. 1 single, we'll see...

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

This chart is updated every Thursday. Last update on November 11, 1999.

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