Post-Grunge and Smooth R&B Slow Jams hang on as Millennial Teen Pop ramps up, Total Request Live debuts on MTV, Apple ships the iMac and Drudge breaks the Clinton-Lewinski scandal, the first online news coup. Meanwhile, Retro Kitch conquers radio, matchbox 20 gets sued by their old Band and Titanic breaks box office records while supplying ’90s Pop Divadom’s spectacular chart finale.

#1 Song of the Year   The top song according to our Chartcrush ranking of all Billboard Radio Songs entries that earned the majority of their chart ranking points in the year

Artists of the Year   The top three artists based on all charted songs (on the Billboard Radio Songs chart) during the calendar year

1. Matchbox Twenty
2. Backstreet Boys
3. Usher

Artist with Most Charting Songs   Artist(s) with the most charting songs on the Billboard Radio Songs chart during the year (song count in parentheses)

• 4-WAY TIE: Backstreet Boys/Usher/Janet/Madonna (3)

Average #1 Artist Age   The average of how old artists who scored #1 Billboard Radio Songs hits during the year were when their songs first reached #1

• 27.4 years

#1 Songs   List of Billboard Radio Songs #1's that earned the majority of their chart ranking points in the year, and (in parentheses), the month the song first hit #1 and the total number of weeks it was #1

1. Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On (January, 10 wks)
2. Savage Garden – Truly Madly Deeply (April, 5 wks)
3. Natalie Imbruglia – Torn (May, 11 wks)
4. Goo Goo Dolls – Iris (August, 18 wks)
5. Aerosmith – I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing (October, 1 wk)