We have each chosen 3 songs that we think will be chart impacters for the second half of 1999.
John's First Pick: Madonna - Beautiful Stranger I just saw the movie Austin Powers 2 yeaterday. Very funny! The song from the movie entered at #37 without spending a single week on the OTB list. The song is really rising fast, and I think it will end up being one of the highest pointed songs of 1999. Jason's First Pick: K-Ci & Jo Jo - Tell Me It's Real This is a very beautiful ballad from the Hailey brothers. It's climbed the chart fairly fast so far and I think that, as Sheryl Crow might say, it'll go "anything but down" over the next few weeks. It should hang around on the chart for a while. Some have said that it rivals All My Life in song quality. I don't know about that, but it's very good. John's Second Pick: Faith Evans - Never Gonna let You Go This really beautiful ballad from Faith is one of my favorite slow songs at the moment. Such a beautiful song from a beautiful woman! Jason's Second Pick: Eric Benet & Tamia - Spend My Life With You What is there to say about this song? The one thing that comes to my mind is that this is a very great duet pairing. Two singers with great voices. This is one R&B song to watch over the next few weeks. It's already conquering Radio & Records' Urban AC chart and is making waves on the Urban chart too. Watch for it on our chart in the next few weeks. This is probably my favorite slow R&B song right now. It's so beautiful. John's Third Pick: Amber - Sexual Amber burst into the music scene in late 96 with her chart mnainstay This is Your Night. Her debut album was EXCELLENT, and now she's back with a new song Sexual. An album is scheduled to be released later this year, and I hope it's as great as the last one. Jason's Third Pick: TLC - Unpretty That's right. TLC is back from their trip to "male-bashing land." The follow up to No Scrubs is surely going to catch the ears of a lot of people in the second half of 1999. This song was adapted from a poem written by lead singer, T-Boz. Anyone who is feeling bad about themselves or is making someone feel bad about themselves, should take a listen to this. It'll really get you thinking.
