The Lycos 50
These were the 50 most popular Lycos user searches for the week ending August 19, 2000. For more on how we create this list, see our FAQ.

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1   Britney Spears
3rd week at #11|53
2   Dragonball
Japanimation hit 3|53
3   Firestone Tires
Recall frenzy 2|3
4   Pokemon
Former champ 4|53
5   Big Brother
'Reality' show 5|7
6   Survivor
#2 TV show 6|11
7   The Kursk
Sunken Russian sub x|1
8   'N Sync
Top boy band 9|53
9   Napster
Web music player 7|25
10   The Olympics
Begin Sept. 15 14|5
11   Football
Preseason hype 12|5
12   Anna Kournikova
Tennis pinup 16|12
13   Pamela Anderson
Hollywood pinup 11|53
14   Jennifer Lopez
'The Cell' actress 35|53
15   The WWF
Pro wrasslers 13|53
16   Las Vegas
New Tinseltown 15|53
17   Tattoos
Fading a bit? 8|53
18   Diablo II
Hot video game 10|12
19   Eminem
Nasty rapper 17|17
20   X-Men
Movie + comic 22|17
21   Final Fantasy
Hot game 19|51
22   Scooters
Urban craze 21|4
23   Harry Potter
Wizard of lit 20|8
24   The IRS
Strangely hot x|1
25   Verizon Strike
End is near 27|2
26   Golf
Summer sport 28|22
27   Sailor Moon
Cartoon princess 24|36
28   Madonna
New baby: Rocco 32|2
29   The Bible
With the original Madonna 29|50
30   Christina Aguilera
Next Britney? 26|34
31   Gundam Wing
Anime hit 25|24
32   The NFL
Football pros 33|4
33   Digimon
Yet another anime hit x|1
34   Metallica
Suing Napster 41|39
35   Nascar
Auto racers 34|30
36   Baseball
Pennant races on 31|28
37   Cindy Margolis
Old Web fave x|1
38   Barbie
Classic doll 39|3
39   Backstreet Boys
Fading boy band 43|53
40   Halloween
65 shopping days 50|2
41   The Republican Party
Election topic x|1
42   The Simpsons
Homer's clan 44|33
43   Marijuana
Famous weed 36|33
44   Jennifer Aniston
'Friends' actress 18|2
45   Elvis Presley
Death anniversary x|1
46   Carmen Electra
'Scary Movie' star 40|12
47   The Democratic Party
Election topic x|1
48   Nelly
Rapper du jour 48|2
49   Skateboarding
Gnarly hottie 37|23
50   Howard Stern
Radio blowhard x|1

 
 
 with Fritz Holznagel
The Lycos 50 Daily Report
 The things you're searching for.August 23, 2000 

Latest Hot Carter: Aaron

Can you stand one more pop music sensation from Orlando, Florida?

Get ready for Aaron Carter, the latest teen heartthrob du jour. And "teen heartthrob" isn't exactly accurate -- he's only 12, after all, trapped in that no-boy's-land terrain between Gary Coleman and Shaun Cassidy. He's young enough, frankly, that he still looks like one of the The Chipmunks.

But enough insults: let's give the boy some credit. Carter used to be known as the cutesy young brother of Nick Carter, one of the (Orlando-based) Backstreet Boys. But lately he seems to be getting downright hot.

Aaron Carter searches started going up the week of July 16th, and they've quintupled in the last month. (Last week he got twice as many user queries as brother Nick.) His album "Aaron's Party (Come Get It)" is due out September 26 from Jive Records, the same label that handles (Orlando-based) Britney Spears and the Backstreets. (Note to rock historians: in the album's eponymous single Carter actually trots out the geriatric lines "AC's in the house" and "Break it down!")

Fact is, judging from our search logs you're going to be hearing a lot more about the kid. Want to get an early jump? Try these fan page links. Or try this special fan bio which breaks the news that he "hates pizza with corn."



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