Let's Party Like It's 1999!!!!

Can you believe that it has been 10 years since we hit that millennium mark?  Those were the days.  A pop culture paradise.  The late 90s leading into the early 2000s was all about pop music.  Teen queens and boy bands ruled the airwaves.

It seems like those years were the last visible sign of where a music genre defined an era.  I mean, think about it; when you visualize the 1950s and 60s, it is rock and roll music that most comes to mind.  The 70s were all about disco, the 80s were heavy metal and hard rock, in the early 90s we went through a grunge period, and the late 90s to the start of the millennium was all about pop music.  Each decade took its place in history, defined by the music that shaped it.

Yet as we moved in to the late 2000s, it seems our musical tastes became so obscure and varied, that one genre can no longer define popular culture.  We are a mix of everything, from Country, to Hip Hop, R&B, Rap, Pop, Rock, and more.

In this new age of digital technology, there are more ways to access music and artists than ever before.  As a result, people are honing in on their specific interests and we have lost the common bond in music that once defined our place in pop culture.  Here now is my salute to the year 1999, the year we stood on threshold of the new millennium and started our way through that last great era of music dominated by a single genre.

Top 10 Songs of 1999

1. Believe - Cher
2. No Scrubs - TLC
3. Angel of Mine - Monica
4. Heartbreak Hotel - Whitney Houston
5. ...Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
6. Kiss Me - Sixpence None The Richer
7. Genie In a Bottle - Christina Aguilera
8. Every Morning - Sugar Ray
9. Nobody's Supposed to Be Here - Deborah Cox
10. Livin' la Vida Loca - Ricky Martin