If you aren't a musician, you aren't much of a man. That's the message web users sent in 1999, when 7 of the 10 most-searched-for males were musicians.
Welcome to our list of the year's Most Wanted Males -- the modern men who received the most user web searches in 1999. (We've excluded historical figures, who were featured in Friday's list.) Leading the way were hip-wiggly Latin sensation Ricky Martin and (surprisingly) rapper Tupac Shakur. The full list:
THE TOP 10
1. Ricky Martin
2. Tupac Shakur
3. Howard Stern
4. Justin Timberlake
5. Kid Rock
6. Art Bell
7. Marilyn Manson
8. Nick Carter
9. Elvis Presley
10. Brad Pitt
HONORABLE MENTION:
11. Eminem
12. Michael Jordan
13. The Rock
14. Garth Brooks
15. Bruce Springsteen
16. Bill Clinton
17. Will Smith
18. Bill Gates
19. Leonardo DiCaprio
20. Master P
Rookie of the Year Award: Kid Rock. He's been around since 1990, but this was his breakthrough year.
Bore of the Year Award: Howard Stern. Isn't it about time for a sabbatical?
Hot in '98, Not So Hot in '99: Keanu Reeves, Rush Limbaugh, Adam Sandler.
Ones to Watch for 2000: Jay-Z, Sugar Ray, A.J. McLean, Jimi Hendrix.
Late, Great & Grungy: Two deceased musicians, Tupac Shakur and Elvis Presley, made the year's top 10. And if you can't be dead, it helps to be rude: shock jock Howard Stern and rappers Kid Rock and Eminem all made their fortunes by saying naughty things. When Marilyn Manson is the family-friendly entertainer, you know you've got a nasty trend going.
Actors Need Not Apply: Movie stars are no longer the gold standard for glamour online. Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio were the only two Hollywood hunks to make the top 20.
Still Smokin': Michael Jordan was only two spots out of the top 10 despite retiring in January.
Powered by Aliens: Overnight talk show host Art Bell is a surprising #6. His preferred topics: UFOs, psychic phenomena, and government conspiracies.
Bonus Game! Match wits with Doug Beeferman's Famous Male Match Game.
On Wednesday we'll feature our sixth list, 1999s Most Wanted News Events. (On Tuesday we'll have our usualy weekly Lycos 50.) 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. All spellings and search variations are included in these totals; for instance, searches for Bruce Springstein and Springsteen tickets are counted as searches for Bruce Springsteen. For more details about how we create these lists, please see our Lycos 50 FAQ.
If you aren't a musician, you aren't much of a man. That's the message web users sent in 1999, when 7 of the 10 most-searched-for males were musicians.
