15th December - 28th December 1999
Credits
15th December - 28th December 1999
Volume 21 - Number 25 - Issue 549
Cover Photo - Michael Ruizvisages / Colorific
Price - £1.45 Pages - 68​​​​
Interviewers
Tammy Hoyle - Enrique Iglesias
Serena Lacey - Five
John Hindmarch - Britney Spears
Celine Wong / Colin Kennedy - Backstreet Boys
John Hindmarch - Boyzone
Tammy Hoyle - Ant and Dec
Photographers
All Action / Idols / PA Photos / Rex / Universal - Various (Page 2-3)
Tom Howard / Hannah Baker - Various (Page 5-9)
Rex - Various (Page 16)
Dave Willis / Idols - Five (Page 23)
All Action - Robbie Williams (Page 24)
Camera Press - Robbie Williams (Page 25)
LFI - S Club 7 (Page 26)
Tom Howard - S Club 7 (Page 27)
Idols - Britney Spears (Page 28-29)
Tom Howard - Kelly (Stereophonics) (Page 30)
Mike Ruiz / Visages / Colorific - Backstreet Boys
(Page 32-33, 36-37 and Centre Spread)
Nicky Johnston - Jack Ryder (Page 38)
Colin Bell / Katz - Michael Owen (Page 39)
Neil Mackenzie Matthews - Stephen Gately (Page 40)
Neil Mackenzie Matthews - Ronan Keating (Page 41)
Michael O'Neil / Outline - Will Smith (Page 46)
David Venni - Ant and Dec (Page 51-52)
Issue Information
Front Cover:
Backstreet Boys
Centre Spread:
Backstreet Boys
Back Cover:
Adert
Posters
Five
Robbie Williams
S Club 7
Britney Spears
Kelly (Stereophonics)​
Backstreet Boys
Jack Ryder
Michael Owen​
Ronan Keating
Faye and H (Steps)
Will Smith
Interviews
S club 7
Enrique Iglesias
Smash its Poll Winners Results with:
Five
Robbie Williams
Britney​​
Boyzone​
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6 Page Backstreet Boys Special
Lyrics
Westlife - I Have A Dream
Steps - Better The Devil You Know
Europe - The Final Countdown 2000
LeAnn Rimes - Crazy
S Club 7 - You're My Number One
John Lennon - Imagine
Tom Jones and Cerys Matthews - Baby It's Cold Outside
Various Children's Promise - It's Only Rock 'N' Roll
Solid Gold Chart Busters - I Wanna 1-2-1 with You
Lou Bega - I Got A Girl
General
Planet Pop
A1
Robbie Williams
Lolly
Mel G
Sane (Boyzone)
Puff Daddy
Backstreet Boys
Steps
TLC
Westlife
Pepsi Chart Gossip
Behind The Scenes CDUK
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The Smash Hits Tour:
Westlife
Atomic Kitten
A1
Point Break
Adam Rickitt
Scootch
Mero
BBMak
Northenline
Youngstown
Snapped:
Christina Aguilera
Steps
Boyzone
Five
Ronan Keating
Westlife
Britney Spears
Eminem
Puff Daddy
Band Watch
Robbie Williams
Billie
The Moffatts
Spice Girls
Ricky Martin
Another Level
911
Backstreet Boys
Cleopatra
Geri Halliwell
B*Witched
Steps
Westlife
Five
Boyzone
S Club 7
All Saints
Britney Spears
Hanson
Adam Rickitt
Northern Line
A1
Fierce
Lolly
Martine McCutcheon
BBMak
In The Sack
Ant and Dec
Reviews
Albums:
The Best Albums of '99:
Top Pop:
Steps - Steptacular
S Club 7 - S Club Party
Backstreet Boys - Millennium
Five - Invincible
Boyzone - By Request
Britney Spears - Baby One More Time
B*Witched - Awake and Breathe
A1 - Here We Come
911 - Greatest Hits
Westlife - Westlife
Geri Halliwell - Schizo-phonic
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Rockin' Out:
Stereophonics - Performance and Cocktails
Travis - The Man Who
Mel C - Northern Star
The Charlatans - Us and Us Only
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Party Time:
Phats and Small - Now Phats What I Small Music
Various - Now Dance 2000
Vengaboys - The Party Album
Pete Tong, Fatboy Slim and Paul Oakenfold - Essential Millennium
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For The Olds:
Tom Jones - Reload
Charlotte Church - Charlotte Church
Celine Dion - All The Way (A Decade Of Song)
Shania Twain - Come On Over
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Compo Corner:
Austin Powers 2
Various FIFA 2000
Christmas Films:
The Iron Man
Inspector Gadget
Fantasia 2000
Sleepy Hollow
TV:
Eastenders
Coronation Street
Dream Team
Brookside
Faeries
Hooves Of Fire
Andi Peters Meets Toy Story 2
Memorabilia
This issue of Smash Hits came with a Free Issue. This issue was being billed as the first issue of the new Millennium.
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You can read this issue in full via the contents page or click the link below to take you to the issue page
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Adverts
Youngstown - I'll Be Your Everything Single
S Club 7 - Two In A Million / You're My Number One Single (x2)
Steps - Say You'll Be Mine / Better The Devil You Know Single
Westlife - I Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun Single
Marvin and Tamara - North, South, East, West Single
Smash Hits 2000 Compilation Album
A1 - Here We Come Album
Martine McCutcheon - You Me And Us Album
Geri Halliwell - Schizo-phonic Album
Steps - Steptacular Album
Britney Spears - Baby One More Time Album
'N Synch and Gloria Estefan - Music Of My Heart Single
Steps - Official New Web Site