2000 Oscars 72nd Academy AwardsWinners Announced: March 26, 2000Held at: Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium, CaliforniaHost: Billy CrystalEligibility Year: 1999TriviaAmerican Beauty dominated the awards, winning five Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director for Sam Mendes, and Best Actor for Kevin Spacey.This was the last time Billy Crystal hosted the Oscars before returning 12 years later in […]
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2000 Grammy Award WinnersWinners Announced: February 23, 2000Held at: Staples Center, Los Angeles, CaliforniaHost: Rosie O’DonnellEligibility Year: October 1, 1998 – September 30, 19992000 Grammys TriviaThe ceremony marked the debut of the Staples Center as the event’s venue, moving from its previous location, the Shrine Auditorium.Carlos Santana’s Supernatural swept the awards with nine Grammys, tying
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1999 Billboard Number One Hits: Every Hot 100 Chart-Topper The 1999 Billboard Number One Hits list closed the decade with teen-pop breakthroughs, R&B dominance, Latin-pop crossover, veteran comebacks, and one very smooth Santana revival. Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera arrived at No. 1, Ricky Martin and Jennifer Lopez helped push Latin pop into the U.S.
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1999 History, Facts, and TriviaIn 1999, America spent the entire year worrying about whether every computer on Earth would simultaneously malfunction at midnight on December 31, ushering in a civilization-ending cascade of failures. The Y2K bug turned out to be largely a non-event, the result of thousands of programmers quietly fixing things that nobody noticed
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Popular and Best-selling Books From 1990: The Bad Place by Dean Koontz The Black Book by Orhan Pamuk The Bourne Ultimatum by Robert Ludlum The Buddah of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi The Burden of Proof by Scott Turow Daddy by Daniel Steel The Dark Place by Stephen King Devices and Desires by P.D. James Four
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1999 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 1999 music was a last-call-for-the-decade mix of teen pop, adult contemporary, Latin pop, hip-hop, R&B, swing revival, alternative rock, movie soundtrack songs, and dance music. Aerosmith, Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, Ricky Martin, Céline Dion, Shania Twain, Brandy, Monica, Will Smith, Lauryn Hill, Madonna, Alanis Morissette, and
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Top 25 Songs of the 1990s: Billboard Hits, CD-Era Anthems, R&B Ballads, Dance Crazes, Soundtrack Songs, and Pop-Culture Memory The 1990s were built for huge singles, blockbuster ballads, MTV videos, CD sales, radio countdowns, movie soundtracks, dance crazes, pop-R&B crossovers, hip-hop breakthroughs, and songs that seemed to live forever at school dances. Billboard’s decade-based rankings
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Sexy Songs of the 1990s: 69 Mainstream Pop, R&B, Hip-Hop, Dance, and Rock Hits The 1990s had a very specific way of making sexy songs sound mainstream. A slow jam could play at a school dance, a pop ballad could hide very grown-up lyrics behind a giant chorus, and an R&B hit could become a
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About 90s Music: Grunge, Hip-Hop, R&B, Teen Pop, Dance Hits, Alternative Rock, Britpop, Soundtracks, and Songs That Defined the DecadeMusic of the 1990s was a wild handoff between old-school radio, MTV, CDs, mixtapes, mall culture, alternative rock, hip-hop, R&B, teen pop, dance music, and the first hints of the internet age. The decade started with
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1999 Oscars 71st Academy Awards Winners Announced: March 21, 1999 Held at: Los Angeles County Music Center, Los Angeles, California Host: Whoopi Goldberg Eligibility Year: 1998 Trivia Whoopi Goldberg became the first woman and the first African American to solo host the Oscars. This was her third time hosting but her first time going solo.
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1999 Grammy Award WinnersWinners Announced: February 25, 1999Held at: Radio City Music Hall, New York CityHost: Kelsey GrammerEligibility Year: October 1, 1997 – September 30, 1998TriviaBest New Artist Snub: Despite huge success, Backstreet Boys lost the Best New Artist award to Lauryn Hill.Album of the Year: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill also
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1998 Billboard Number One Hits1998’s Billboard number one hits reflected the late-1990s pop radio handoff. Big movie ballads were still huge, R&B was dominating the Hot 100, adult contemporary was strong, and playful pop-rap was crossing over in a major way. The year felt polished, romantic, dramatic, and very radio-friendly.The year began with Elton John’s
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1998 Pop Culture HistoryIn 1998, Google was founded in a garage, Titanic was still making money on its 58th day in theaters, Bill Clinton told the world what the definition of “is” is, and Elton John spent the first two weeks of January at number one with a song about Princess Diana that he had
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1998 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 1998 music was a colorful mix of teen pop, Latin pop, alternative rock, adult contemporary, hip-hop, R&B, country-pop, dance music, and movie soundtrack favorites. Smash Mouth, Shania Twain, Ricky Martin, Santana, Cher, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, TLC, Backstreet Boys, Jennifer Lopez, Goo Goo Dolls, Sarah
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President Bill Clinton – I Have Sinned Speech September 11, 1998Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the White House and to this day to which Hillary and the vice president and I look forward so much every year.This is always an important day for our country, for the reasons that the vice
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1998 Oscars 70th Academy AwardsWinners Announced: March 23, 1998Held at: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CaliforniaHost: Billy CrystalEligibility Year: 1997TriviaTitanic Triumph: Titanic won 11 Oscars, tying with Ben-Hur for the most Academy Awards ever won by a single film.Iconic Line: One of the most famous lines, “I’m the king of the world!”, was shouted by James
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1998 Grammy Award WinnersWinners Announced: February 25, 1998Held at: Radio City Music Hall, New York CityHost: Kelsey GrammerEligibility Year: October 1, 1996 – September 30, 1997TriviaIt’s All About the Benjamins: Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs dominated the evening with No Way Out, which won Best Rap Album.Fleetwood’s Comeback: Fleetwood Mac marked their return by snagging an
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1997 Billboard Number One Hits 1997’s Billboard number one hits captured a dramatic late-1990s shift. Big emotional ballads were still powerful, hip-hop and R&B were moving deeper into the center of pop radio, and global pop groups were starting to reshape the mainstream. The year had grief, glamour, movie tie-ins, teen-pop sparks, and enough shiny-suit
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1997 Trivia, History, and Fun FactsIn 1997, the world stopped for a princess. When Diana, Princess of Wales, died in a Paris tunnel on August 31, an estimated 2.5 billion people watched her funeral six days later — the largest television audience for a single event in history to that point. Elton John rewrote Candle
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1997 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics 1997 music was a wonderfully crowded mix of dance-pop, hip-hop, R&B, alternative rock, ska revival, country crossover, adult contemporary, movie soundtrack songs, and novelty party hits. Aqua, Spice Girls, Usher, Puff Daddy, The Notorious B.I.G., Hanson, Sugar Ray, Third Eye Blind, LeAnn Rimes, Sarah McLachlan,
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1997 Oscars 69th Academy AwardsWinners Announced: March 24, 1997Held at: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CaliforniaHost: Billy CrystalEligibility Year: 1996TriviaStriking Gold: The English Patient dominated the night, taking home nine Oscars including Best Picture.Double Whammy: Geoffrey Rush won Best Actor for Shine and became the first Australian actor to win an Academy Award.Host with the Most:
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1997 Grammy Award WinnersWinners Announced: February 26, 1997Held at: Madison Square Garden, New York CityHost: Ellen DeGeneresEligibility Year: October 1, 1995 – September 30, 1996TriviaGospel Roots: Celine Dion’s chart-topping Because You Loved Me lost Song of the Year to Eric Clapton’s Change the World, which was a hit in both pop and gospel formats.LeAnn’s Leap:
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1996 Billboard Number One Hits 1996’s Billboard number one hits were dominated by huge ballads, R&B, hip-hop crossover, and one inescapable dance craze. The year opened with Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men still on top with One Sweet Day, one of the biggest chart records of the decade, and later moved through Céline Dion,
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1996 History, Facts, and TriviaQuick Facts from 1996World Changing Event: Dolly the sheep was born on July 5, 1996 — the first mammal successfully cloned from an adult cell. She was named after Dolly Parton because her DNA came from a mammary gland cell. Dolly herself apparently had no opinion on the matter.Top Song: “Don’t
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1996 Music Hits: Top Songs, Radio Favorites, and Pop Classics Top 10 Songs of 1996 Macarena – Los Del Rio Grease Megamix – Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta Maria – Ricky Martin California Love – 2Pac Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion Champagne Supernova – Oasis I Will Remember You – Sarah McLachlan Sweet
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Pop Culture Quiz: 1996 96 Trivia Questions for 1996 History(answers)1. Who was People Magazine’s 100 Most Beautiful People cover star in 1996?2. Pinky and the Brain first appeared as a recurring segment on what other cartoon?3. Can you name Walt Disney Pictures’ 34th feature film?HINT: It was animated4. Name the famous wrestler who “turned heel” for
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1996 Oscars 68th Academy Awards Winners Announced: March 25, 1996 Held at: Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, California Host: Whoopi Goldberg Eligibility Year: 1995 Trivia Braveheart’s Roar: Mel Gibson’s Braveheart was the evening’s big winner, capturing Best Picture and Best Director. Nicholas’ Nick of Time: Nicholas Cage won Best Actor for his role in Leaving
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