The Lycos 50
These were the 50 most popular Lycos user searches for the week ending January 22, 2000. For more on how we create this list, see our FAQ.

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1   Pokemon
Unbeatable1|23
2   Britney Spears
Teen songstress 2|23
3   Dragonball Z
Japanese 'toon 3|23
4   Lunar Eclipse
First in 2 years x|1
5   WWF
Pro wrassling league 5|23
6   Pamela Anderson
"VIP" actress 6|23
7   Martin Luther King, Jr.
Holiday honoree 4|3
8   American Music Awards
Jan. 17 biggie x|1
9   Backstreet Boys
Your #1 boy band 8|23
10   Jennifer Lopez
Singer/actress 9|23
11   Poetry
Love poems a hit 7|21
12   The IRS
Tax masters 12|8
13   Las Vegas
Extra-hot lately 10|23
14   Mariah Carey
New album: Rainbow 24|18
15   Playstation
Game platform 11|22
16   Final Fantasy
Video game series 14|21
17   Tattoos
Tribal markings 15|23
18   'N Sync
2nd to Backstreets 19|23
19   NFL
Super Bowl nears 13|20
20   DVD
Hot new format 21|19
21   Christina Aguilera
The next Britney? 31|4
22   South Park
Crude 'toon 20|23
23   Marijuana
Pungent growth 18|3
24   Shania Twain
Midriff-baring singer 22|22
25   Science Fair Projects
3rd straight week 16|3
26   Prom Dresses
Springtime fave 25|2
27   Korn
Drops 10 spots 17|22
28   The Simpsons
Classic cartoon 27|3
29   Anna Kournikova
In Aussie Open 43|2
30   The Bible
Ancient tome 26|20
31   Who Wants To Be a Millionaire
Hot game show x|1
32   Hamster Dance
Boost from TV ads x|1
33   Paintball
Shoot-em-up fad 32|3
34   Metallica
New album: S&M 34|9
35   Sailor Moon
Japanimation hit 48|6
36   Diets
Resolutions fading 29|4
37   Tomb Raider
Lara Croft's game 37|4
38   NASA
Space jockeys 39|23
39   Beanie Babies
No longer 'retiring' 28|22
40   Tupac Shakur
Legendary rapper 40|2
41   Sable
Former wrassler 49|2
42   Jenny McCarthy
Can't get rid of her 42|5
43   House Plans
Second big week 47|2
44   Blink 182
Hot new band 33|3
45   Nintendo
Game platform 41|4
46   White House
Presidential pad 30|2
47   Scholarships
Pre-college frenzy? x|1
48   Shakespeare
King dog playwright 44|3
49   Shannon Elizabeth
In Maxim magazine 36|4
50   Carmen Electra
Ex-Mrs. Rodman x|1

 
 
 with Fritz Holznagel
The Lycos 50 Daily Report
 The things you're searching for.January 26, 2000 

Early Warning: Stroke 9

Climbing from the depths of our search logs we find another hot new band: STROKE 9.

Six months ago this San Francisco rock combo registered exactly zero searches per week. Since then they've risen steadily, helped apparently by a brief appearance in the flop flick Ed TV and by their first big album, Nasty Little Thoughts. (Don't the kids ever think happy thoughts these days?) The first single from that album, "Little Black Backpack," seems to be getting some traction on the airwaves.

By coincidence, Stroke 9 is now touring with one of our early warning hotties from last August: Vertical Horizon. Could we be setting ourselves up for a Lycos 50 early warning daily double? We can only hope. In the meantime, you can visit Stroke 9's official site to judge for yourself.



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