The Lycos 50
These were the 50 most popular Lycos user searches for the week ending September 9, 2000. For more on how we create this list, see our FAQ.

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1   The Olympics
The games begin6|8
2   Britney Spears
Teen singer 1|56
3   Pokemon
Still strong 5|56
4   Big Brother
'Reality' show 3|10
5   Dragonball
Anime hit 2|56
6   Football
Fall favorite 4|8
7   The NFL
Pigskin pros 8|7
8   The US Open
Williams, Safin win 20|2
9   Napster
Music player 11|28
10   Anna Kournikova
Tennis teen 10|15
11   Halloween
October hottie 24|5
12   'N Sync
Top boy band 9|56
13   Tattoos
Body art fad 13|56
14   Firestone Recall
Tire troubles 7|6
15   The WWF
Pro wrasslers 12|56
16   Eminem
Pasty rapper 17|20
17   Pam Anderson
Pinup queen 14|56
18   Las Vegas
Sin City USA 16|56
19   Scooters
Rolling fad 22|7
20   Harry Potter
Wizard of lit 19|11
21   Final Fantasy
Video game 18|54
22   Diablo II
Hot vid game 23|15
23   Cindy Margolis
Famous fembot 28|4
24   The Bible
Ancient text 26|53
25   Christina Aguilera
Next Britney? 25|37
26   Sailor Moon
Cartoon princess 31|39
27   Jennifer Lopez
'The Cell' star 15|56
28   Nascar
Auto racers 38|33
29   Marijuana
Famous weed 43|36
30   Gundam Wing
Sci-fi cartoon 30|27
31   MTV Awards
Musical mayhem x|1
32   Digimon
Japanimation hit 29|4
33   Textbooks
College fave 21|2
34   The Simpsons
Bart's clan 33|36
35   Skateboarding
Gnarly hottie 39|26
36   George W. Bush
GOP candidate x|1
37   Science Fair Projects
Student research x|1
38   Carmen Electra
'Scary Movie' gal 36|15
39   Al Gore
The Veep x|1
40   Baseball
Season ending 35|31
41   Nelly
Rapper du jour 46|5
42   South Park
Crude 'toon 40|3
43   NASA
Shuttle aloft x|1
44   Cliff Notes
Homework helper x|1
45   Golf
Season ending 37|25
46   Christmas
Amazingly early x|1
47   The Sims
'Sim City' sequel x|1
48   Backstreet Boys
#2 boy band 42|56
49   The X-Men
Movie + comic 44|20
50   Tennis
Boosted by US Open x|1

 
 
 with Fritz Holznagel
The Lycos 50 Daily Report
 The things you're searching for.September 15, 2000 

Meet Billy Gilman

If ever a singer deserved the nickname "Lil" -- a la rappers Lil' Kim and Lil' Wayne -- it's Billy Gilman. But they don't do the "Lil" thing in country music, so we'll just have to call him plain ol' Bill.

Gilman, in case you haven't heard, is the hottest thing in Nashville novelties since Achy Breaky Heart.

Gilman is a 12-year-old, four-foot-seven singing wunderkind. His album One Voice was released this summer, and the single by the same name made him the youngest person ever to hit the Billboard Country Singles Chart.

Now he's a search hottie as well: last week he got as many queries as Dick Cheney, Mia Hamm or even wassup. Hey, you can't get much more au courant than that.

For more about the yodelin' youngster, see our Lycos search results. To hear him sing, check out these these MP3s. To buy his album, visit our pardners at Barnes & Noble.

And for a polite chuckle, check out this photo of Gilman with fellow country legend Dolly Parton at this year's Country Music Awards.



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    Check these Lycos 50 reports from the past:

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