R&B number-one hits of 1999 (USA)
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These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1999:
Chart history
| Issue Date | Song | Artist |
| January 2 | Nobody's Supposed to Be Here Nobody's Supposed to Be Here "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" is a single written by Montell Jordan and Anthony "Shep" Crawford. Canadian R&B singer Deborah Cox released the song in 1998 from her second album One Wish.-Chart performance:... |
Deborah Cox Deborah Cox Deborah Cox is a Canadian R&B singer-songwriter and actress. Her 1998 song "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" held the record for longest-running number one single on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart , a record held for nearly eight years. She has achieved ten number-one hits on... |
| January 9 | Nobody's Supposed to Be Here | Deborah Cox |
| January 16 | Nobody's Supposed to Be Here | Deborah Cox |
| January 23 | Nobody's Supposed to Be Here | Deborah Cox |
| January 30 | Nobody's Supposed to Be Here | Deborah Cox |
| February 6 | Nobody's Supposed to Be Here | Deborah Cox |
| February 13 | Heartbreak Hotel Heartbreak Hotel (Whitney Houston song) "Heartbreak Hotel" is a song by American R&B/Pop singer Whitney Houston. It was released as the second but official lead single from her 1998 album My Love Is Your Love. The song also features R&B singers Faith Evans and Kelly Price accompanying her... |
Whitney Houston Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among... featuring Faith Evans Faith Evans Faith Renée Evans is an American singer-songwriter, recording artist, record producer, actress and author. Born in Florida and raised in New Jersey, Evans relocated to Los Angeles during 1993 for a career with the music business. After working as a backing vocalist for Al B... and Kelly Price Kelly Price Kelly Price is an American R&B and soul singer, formerly on the Def Soul label.-Life and music career:Kelly Cherelle Price was born in Queens, New York. She was first discovered by Mariah Carey in February 1992 and subsequently introduced to Sony Columbia's then CEO Tommy Mottola... |
| February 20 | Heartbreak Hotel | Whitney Houston featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price |
| February 27 | Heartbreak Hotel | Whitney Houston featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price |
| March 6 | Heartbreak Hotel | Whitney Houston featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price |
| March 13 | Heartbreak Hotel | Whitney Houston featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price |
| March 20 | Heartbreak Hotel | Whitney Houston featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price |
| March 27 | Heartbreak Hotel | Whitney Houston featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price |
| April 3 | What's It Gonna Be?! What's It Gonna Be?! "What's It Gonna Be?!" is a single released in 1999 by rapper Busta Rhymes Featuring R&B singer Janet Jackson. It proved to be an international success, gaining the highest peak on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at #3.... |
Busta Rhymes Busta Rhymes Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr., better known by his stage name Busta Rhymes ,Smith is an American rapper, producer and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the alias Busta Rhymes after NFL wide receiver George "Buster" Rhymes... featuring Janet Janet Jackson Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Known for a series of sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows, television and film roles, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over 25 years... |
| April 10 | No Scrubs No Scrubs "No Scrubs" is a 1999 song recorded by R&B girl groupTLC for their album FanMail. Released as the album's first single, "No Scrubs" became TLC's third number-one single and eighth top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100. It also earned them their second Grammy nomination for Record of the Year... |
TLC |
| April 17 | No Scrubs | TLC |
| April 24 | No Scrubs | TLC |
| May 1 | No Scrubs | TLC |
| May 8 | No Scrubs | TLC |
| May 15 | Fortunate Fortunate "Fortunate" is a neo soul song from the 1999 motion picture Life and was released on the film's soundtrack. The song was composed by R. Kelly and recorded by Maxwell. "Fortunate" was awarded Best R&B Single of the Year at the Billboard Music Awards and Best R&B/Soul Single at Soul Train Awards... |
Maxwell Maxwell (musician) Maxwell , is an American R&B, funk and neo soul musician. He played an important role in the development of the soul sub-genre, neo-soul.-Early life:... |
| May 22 | Fortunate | Maxwell |
| May 29 | Fortunate | Maxwell |
| June 5 | Fortunate | Maxwell |
| June 12 | Fortunate | Maxwell |
| June 19 | Fortunate | Maxwell |
| June 26 | Fortunate | Maxwell |
| July 3 | Fortunate | Maxwell |
| July 10 | Bills, Bills, Bills Bills, Bills, Bills "Bills, Bills, Bills" is a 1999 hit single by Destiny's Child, released as the first single from their second album The Writing's on the Wall. It echoed the female empowerment sentiments of TLC's single "No Scrubs", and featured the same producer and songwriter... |
Destiny's Child Destiny's Child Destiny's Child was an American R&B girl group whose final line-up comprised lead singer Beyoncé Knowles alongside Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. Formed in 1997 in Houston, Texas, Destiny's Child members began their musical endeavors in their pre-teens under the name Girl's Tyme... |
| July 17 | Bills, Bills, Bills | Destiny's Child |
| July 24 | Bills, Bills, Bills | Destiny's Child |
| July 31 | Bills, Bills, Bills | Destiny's Child |
| August 7 | Bills, Bills, Bills | Destiny's Child |
| August 14 | Bills, Bills, Bills | Destiny's Child |
| August 21 | Bills, Bills, Bills | Destiny's Child |
| August 28 | Bills, Bills, Bills | Destiny's Child |
| September 4 | Bills, Bills, Bills | Destiny's Child |
| September 11 | Never Gonna Let You Go Never Gonna Let You Go (Faith Evans song) "Never Gonna Let You Go" is a number-one R&B single by singer Faith Evans from her 1998 album Keep the Faith, written by Babyface and Damon Thomas. The song spent one week at number one on the U.S. R&B chart. The music video was filmed back-to-back along with Eve's Love Is Blind.... |
Faith Evans |
| September 18 | Spend My Life with You Spend My Life With You "Spend My Life with You" is a Grammy-nominated R&B song by R&B singer Eric Benét, featuring R&B singer Tamia. Released as the second single from Benét's second studio album A Day in the Life, the song spent three weeks at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and was... |
Eric Benet Eric Benét Eric Benét, is an American singer. His duet with Tamia, "Spend My Life With You" was a number one song for three weeks on the US Billboard R&B chart and was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2000.... featuring Tamia Tamia Tamia Hill , and known professionally as Tamia, is a four-time Grammy-nominated Canadian R&B and soul singer, songwriter, record producer, composer, model, entrepreneur and philanthropist, as well as an occasional actress.She is best known for her 2000 hit "Stranger In My House" and Fabolous' 2003... |
| September 18 | Spend My Life with You | Eric Benet featuring Tamia |
| September 25 | Spend My Life with You | Eric Benet featuring Tamia |
| October 2 | We Can't Be Friends We Can't Be Friends "We Can't Be Friends", released on September 14, 1999, is the title of a number-one R&B single by singer Deborah Cox and features singer R.L.. The hit song spent two weeks at number-one on the US R&B chart, as well as peaking at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.... |
Deborah Cox featuring R.L. |
| October 9 | Heartbreaker Heartbreaker (Mariah Carey song) "Heartbreaker" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. It was released on September 21, 1999 by Columbia Records as the lead single from Carey's seventh studio album, Rainbow . The song was written by Carey and Jay-Z and produced by the former and DJ Clue... |
Mariah Carey Mariah Carey Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993... featuring Jay-Z Jay-Z Shawn Corey Carter , better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2010... |
| October 16 | Heartbreaker | Mariah Carey featuring Jay-Z |
| October 23 | We Can't Be Friends | Deborah Cox featuring R.L. |
| October 30 | Satisfy You Satisfy You "Satisfy You", released on October 13, 1999, is a number-one R&B single by rapper Puff Daddy and features vocals by R. Kelly on the hook. The song spent two weeks at number one on the U.S. R&B chart and peaked at number two on the pop chart... |
Puff Daddy featuring R. Kelly R. Kelly Robert Sylvester Kelly , better known by his stage name R. Kelly, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. A native of Chicago, Kelly began performing during the late 1980s and debuted in 1992 with the group Public Announcement. In 1993, Kelly went solo with the album 12 Play... |
| November 6 | Satisfy You | Puff Daddy featuring R. Kelly |
| November 13 | U Know What's Up U Know What's Up "U Know What's Up" is a 1999 hit song by singer-songwriter-producer Donell Jones' second studio album, Where I Wanna Be. It reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart on November 13, 1999, and stayed at number one for eight consecutive weeks... |
Donell Jones Donell Jones Donell Jones is an American R&B singer, songwriter and record producer.He is most notable for the hits "U Know What's Up," "Where I Wanna Be," and his cover of Stevie Wonder's "Knocks Me Off My Feet"... |
| November 20 | U Know What's Up | Donell Jones |
| November 27 | U Know What's Up | Donell Jones |
| December 4 | U Know What's Up | Donell Jones |
| December 11 | U Know What's Up | Donell Jones |
| December 18 | U Know What's Up | Donell Jones |
| December 25 | U Know What's Up | Donell Jones |
Chart comparisons
- Three songs reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100/pop chart: "No Scrubs," "Bills, Bills, Bills" and "Heartbreaker."
- "No Scrubs" was the only number-one on the Rhythmic Top 40 chartRhythmic Top 40 number-one hits of 1999 (USA)This is a list of the U.S. Billboard magazine Rhythmic Top 40 number-ones of 1999.-See also:*1999 in music*Top 40 Mainstream number-one hits of 1999 *Number-one dance hits of 1999 *R&B number-one hits of 1999...
. - Two songs went to number-one on the Hot Rap TracksHot Rap TracksRap Songs is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stations and sales in hip hop-focused or exclusive markets. From 1989 through 2001, it was based on how much the single...
chart: "What's It Gonna Be?!" and "Satisfy You."
See also
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