The Lycos 50 These were the 50 most popular Lycos user searches for the week ending December 4. For details on how we create this list, see our FAQ. What do the numbers and arrows mean?   1   Christmas First week at #1 2|8 2   Pokemon Trumped by Xmas 1|16 3   Britney Spears Friday chat on Lycos 4|16 4   Dragonball Z Japanese 'toon 5|16 5   WWF #1 wrassling league 6|16 6   Poetry Amazingly popular 9|14 7   Mars Polar mission fails x|1 8   Pamela Anderson "VIP" bombshell 7|16 9   Santa Claus Father Christmas 26|2 10   Y2K Final countdown 14|12 11   Playstation Game platform 12|15 12   NASA Heavy Mars interest 48|16 13   DVD Holiday hottie 16|12 14   NFL Pigskin pros 11|13 15   Denise Richards Bond's new babe 8|3 16   Backstreet Boys #1 boy band 10|16 17   James Bond Cinematic superspy 15|4 18   Jennifer Lopez Insured for $1 billion 22|16 19   Marijuana Medicinal & otherwise 32|10 20   Pregnancy Sudden jump -- why? 29|16 21   Football Bowl bids are in 20|14 22   Korn Hot new album 17|15 23   South Park Crude 'toon 23|16 24   Barbie Big December rise 38|2 25   Final Fantasy Electronic game 19|14 26   Tattoos The kids love 'em 24|16 27   WTO Meetings Seattle brouhaha x|1 28   Shania Twain One-ups Mariah 18|15 29   Mariah Carey Album buzz fading 21|11 30   'N Sync #2 boy band 25|16 31   Guns Holding steady 30|13 32   Wrestling Sweaty and popular x|1 33   Las Vegas #1 vacation spot 31|16 34   Witchcraft 'Tisn't the season 34|9 35   Basketball Third big week 45|3 36   The Simpsons 11th colorful year 36|14 37   Hanukkah Festival of lights x|1 38   Anna Kournikova Teen tennis star 41|2 39   The Bible Ancient tome 39|13 40   The Matildas Aussie soccer strippers x|1 41   Sable Former lady wrassler 33|15 42   Beanie Babies Last year's hit 44|15 43   Metallica New album: S&M 35|2 44   Jennifer Love Hewitt Actress/singer 37|7 45   Sailor Moon Cartoon princess 40|16 46   Resident Evil Hot video game x|1 47   The IRS Tax folk x|1 48   Jenny McCarthy She's baa-aack x|1 49   Shakespeare Romeo's author x|1 50   Tupac Shakur New album coming x|1		The things you're searching for. December 8, 1999  The Backstreet Boys are 1999's #1 Band The Backstreet Boys are the most popular band of 1999, according to searches by Lycos users. Call 1999 the year of the boy band. The Backstreets, 'N Sync, and 98 Degrees all rank in the top 10; the hot boy band of '97-98, Hanson, was barely heard from this year and still ranks #17. If you aren't under 20, it helps to be over 50: who'd have expected the Beatles, Pink Floyd and the Grateful Dead to be in the top 20? THE TOP 10 1.  Backstreet Boys 2.  'N Sync 3.  Korn 4.  The Spice Girls 5.  Metallica 6.  TLC 7.  Blink 182 8.  The Beatles 9.  98 Degrees 10. Dave Matthews Band HONORABLE MENTION: 11. Pearl Jam 12. Nirvana 13. 5ive 14. Pink Floyd 15. Insane Clown Posse 16. Silverchair 17. Hanson 18. Rage Against the Machine 19. Grateful Dead 20. U2 Rookie of the Year Award: Blink 182. This scatology-friendly band seems to be on the fast track. Bore of the Year Award: Nirvana. Dudes, five years later and counting. Hot in '98, Not So Hot in '99: Beck, Hole, All Saints, Everclear. Ones to Watch for 2000: Creed, Dixie Chicks, Dru Hill, LFO, Smash Mouth. Where's the Country?: No country band even came close to the top 20. The Dixie Chicks would probably rank around #30, but other top country bands like Diamond Rio and Lonestar are far back down the dusty road. (Neil Diamond got twice as many queries this year as Diamond Rio.) Whatever country fans are doing, they don't seem to be searching the web. Tomorrow we'll feature our third list, 1999s Most Wanted News Events. Join us, won't you? Note: These rankings reflect all terms entered into the Lycos search engine by users between January 1 and Thanksgiving (November 25) 1999. Individuals (Bruce Springsteen, Britney Spears) are not included in this ranking of bands. All spellings and search variations are included in these totals; for instance, searches for Backstreet Boyz and Backstreet Boys pics are counted as searches for the Backstreet Boys. For more details about how we create these lists, please see our Lycos 50 FAQ. Readers Yak Back boards - WildSmile boards - Ash14 boards - EJ2968 boards - Rosebud1964 boards - SailorJupiter boards - Jinxy boards - Aphexnin boards - Arwen Bulma boards - Levelii boards - Jinxy boards - CoolDaddy boards - Pingpong boards - JonReeves boards - Tay 16 boards - Qwadam1 boards - Bbooptoo boards - Realeasy boards - Dej Vegeta boards - New Revolution boards - Dp1   boards Send mail to Fritz@Lycos.com		Sponsored by 1999 Web's Most Wanted 12/6:  Women 12/8:  Music Groups 12/9:  Issues 12/10: Historical People 12/13: Men 12/15: Fads 12/16: News Events 12/17: 1999's Top 50 See the newest Lycos 50.   Case Closed? Recent mystery terms explored: Our resident movie dude, boards of the IMDB, thinks that HEATHER GRAHAM searches are due to the video release of Austin Powers 2. And who are we to say him nay? PAINTBALL turns out to be quite interesting. Seems that some peace-loving gamers are creating paintball 'mods' for violent shooter games like Quake and Deer Hunter. Hence the searches. Tip o' the hat to user boards for this solution. MIREILLE: User boards notes that Mireille Mathieu is a hot band in France. boards came up with another interesting theory: see the HampsterDance-type fireworks at mireille.com. For more, please visit our boards.   Lycos 50 Bonus List: Top 5 Ways to Flub Anna Kournikova The 5 most frequent misspellings of Anna Kournikova by web users: 1. Anna Kornakova 2. Anna Kournicova 3. Anna Kurnikova 4. Anna Kournakova 5. Ana Kournikova NEW! Remember Top Geezer Bands? See our new bonus list archives!   Questions The Lycos 50 FAQ: How do we come up with these fascinatin' factoids? Who Are Those People? Meet the humans who bring you The Lycos 50   Archives December 7, 1999 The new Lycos 50: Santa, WTO and naked Matildas December 6, 1999 Web's most wanted woman: Britney Spears December 3, 1999 Top Hotels: Holiday Inn is #1 December 2, 1999 Holiday hotties: elf bowling & Amazing Ally December 1, 1999 Santa, Martha, and Denise: the latest Lycos 50 See the Lycos 50 archives!
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