Retroverse Year

1999

Teen pop returns in force on the eve of a new century — every smash still feels like shared memory before streaming rewrote the rules. Backstreet Boys, Britney, and Christina Aguilera own the airwaves while Eminem and Dr. Dre prepare to flip the script. The countdown clock adds urgency to every chorus. The countdown clock adds urgency to every chorus as the century prepares to flip its final page.