Let me make you my number one hit My number one hit My number one hit My number one hit My number one hit My number one hit My number one hit My number one hit I got a studio up in heaven And it's the perfect atmosphere It's guaranteed to make you platinum All you gotta do is come here You are my number one hit My number one hit My number one hit My number one hit You are my number one hit My number one hit My number one hit My number one hit Four of those weeks were held down by “Speechless,” the Christian Song of the Year.Baby you are the song of my life And the sweetest melody And I love making love to your eyes It's like singing in the perfect key For the third consecutive year the Christian Songwriter of the Year award winner is Steven Curtis Chapman, who was at the top of the charts for five weeks at number one. Christian Producer of the Year goes to Brown Bannister, who produced a couple of the Sparrow acts, while Sparrow Music won the Publisher of the Year honors. They spent 18 weeks at number one on the CCM charts with their artists Out of the Grey, Michelle Tumes, Margaret Becker, Steven Curtis Chapman and Avalon, the latter of whom won Christian Artist of the Year for the second straight year. Sparrow made an impressive showing in the Christian category, beginning with Label of the Year. Hamstein Music Group takes Country Publisher of the Year Honors on the strength of songs such as “Stand Beside Me” and “You’re Easy on the Eyes,” which spent a total of six weeks at number one. Together they spent 14 weeks at the top of the charts.
Repeating the Country Artist of the Year category is Tim McGraw, who spent a total of nine weeks at number one with the hit songs “Please Remember Me” and “Where the Green Grass Grows.” The Country Record Label of the Year goes to BNA Records, based on the success of “Amazed” and “How Forever Feels” by Kenny Chesney. And since Dann Huff is the lone producer on “Amazed,” that was all he needed to earn the Country Producer of the Year award. The Lonestar hit was written by Marv Green, Aimee Mayo and Chris Lindsey. Country Song of the Year is “Amazed,” which spent an amazing eight consecutive weeks at number one. This was Gibson’s first ever cut by a major artist.
In the country division, top songwriting honors go to Susan Gibson, based entirely on her solo-written hit “Wide Open Spaces,” recorded by the Dixie Chicks, which stayed at the top of the charts for four consecutive weeks. Monica won the Pop Artist of the Year award with a total of nine weeks at number one. The Overall and Pop Publisher of the Year is EMI April Music, chalking up several number ones on the Pop, R&B and Country charts. Producer of the Year in the R&B category is She’kspere, with Rodney Jerkins taking the Producer of the Year honors in the Pop category. The song spent 14 weeks at number one on the R&B charts, which allowed the artist, Deborah Cox, to take the R&B and Overall Artist of the Year awards, and Famous Music and Wixon Publishing to tie for the R&B Publisher of the Year. The Song of the Year in the Overall and R&B categories is “Nobody’s Supposed To Be Here,” penned by the writing duo of Montell Jordan and Shep Crawford. Once again, Arista Records dominates as the Record Label of the Year in the Pop and R&B categories, and for an unprecedented third straight year in the Overall category, with an incredible combined total of 48 weeks at the top of the charts. Kelly won the Overall Producer of the Year award, based on his production “Fortunate” and “I’m Your Angel.” In addition to all of the songwriter honors, R. “Fortunate,” which spent 8 weeks at the top of the R&B charts, and “I’m Your Angel,” which topped the Pop charts for six consecutive weeks, earning it Pop Song of the Year honors. Kelly won the award on the strength of two number one songs. Kelly, who took the same honor back in 1994.
The Christian music data is drawn from the CCM Update charts. From Septemto September 4th, 1999, we tracked and tabulated those songs that achieved the number one ranking on the Pop, Country, and R&B charts in Billboard magazine. American Songwriter’s 11th annual awards issue showcases diversity of talent that marks the end of the 20th century with an exclamation point! Each year in our January/February issue of American Songwriter Magazine we recognize the top songwriters, publishers, producers, artists, and record labels that have brought you the year’s biggest hits.Īmerican Songwriter’s 11th annual awards issue showcases diversity of talent that marks the end of the 20th century with an exclamation point! Each year in our January/February issue of American Songwriter Magazine we recognize the top songwriters, publishers, producers, artists, and record labels that have brought you the year’s biggest hits.