What was the world like in 1999?
India's #1 song of the year was Taal Se Taal Mila from Taal, topping Binaca Geetmala's annual countdown.
What things cost in 1999.
Gold: yearly average, 24K, approx. Petrol: Delhi pump price around mid-year, approx. Sensex: BSE year-end close. Today's figures as of late Oct 2026. For curiosity, not advice.
The world's number ones.
Every song that hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1999.
I'm Your Angel · R. Kelly & Celine Dion
Have You Ever? · Brandy
...Baby One More Time · Britney Spears
Angel Of Mine · Monica
Believe · Cher
No Scrubs · TLC
Livin' La Vida Loca · Ricky Martin
If You Had My Love · Jennifer Lopez
Bills, Bills, Bills · Destiny's Child
Wild Wild West · Will Smith Featuring Dru Hill & Kool Mo Dee
Genie In A Bottle · Christina Aguilera
Bailamos · Enrique Iglesias
Unpretty · TLC
Heartbreaker · Mariah Carey Featuring Jay-Z
Smooth · Santana Featuring Rob Thomas
If you were born in 1999, none of this existed.
Kaun Banega Crorepati airs for the first time
Wikipedia goes online
The Delhi Metro opens
Facebook launches
The first video is uploaded to YouTube
The first iPhone goes on sale
India wins the first T20 World Cup
The first IPL match is played
And 15 more. Your exact day shows the full list.
The year is the trailer. Your day is the film.
The Moon and your nakshatra, the weather in your city, the front page and who shares your birthday.
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