| 1 | Blink-182 | What’s My Age Again? | Enema of the State (1999) |
| 2 | Limp Bizkit | Nookie | Significant Other (1999) |
| 3 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Scar Tissue | Californication (1999) |
| 4 | Lit | My Own Worst Enemy | A Place in the Sun (1999) |
| 5 | The Offspring | The Kids Aren’t Alright | Americana (1998) |
| 6 | Korn | Freak on a Leash | Follow the Leader (1998) |
| 7 | Fatboy Slim | Praise You | You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby (1998) |
| 8 | Kid Rock | Bawitdaba | Devil Without a Cause (1998) |
| 9 | Sugar Ray | Every Morning | 14:59 (1999) |
| 10 | Blink-182 | All the Small Things | Enema of the State (1999) |
| 11 | Garbage | Special | Version 2.0 (1998) |
| 12 | Korn | Got the Life | Follow the Leader (1998) |
| 13 | Lo Fidelity Allstars | Battle Flag (feat. Pigeonhed) | How to Operate With a Blown Mind (1998) |
| 14 | Smash Mouth | All Star | Astro Lounge (1999) |
| 15 | Limp Bizkit | Re-Arranged | Significant Other (1999) |
| 16 | Pennywise | Alien | Straight Ahead (1999) |
| 17 | Len | Steal My Sunshine | You Can’t Stop the Bum Rush (1999) |
| 18 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Around the World | Californication (1999) |
| 19 | Pearl Jam | Last Kiss | Non-album Single (1999) [Later on Lost Dogs (2003)] |
| 20 | Kid Rock | Cowboy | Devil Without a Cause (1998) |
| 21 | Rage Against the Machine | Guerrilla Radio | The Battle of Los Angeles (1999) |
| 22 | The Offspring | Why Don’t You Get a Job? | Americana (1998) |
| 23 | Powerman 5000 | When Worlds Collide | Tonight the Stars Revolt! (1999) |
| 24 | Sugar Ray | Someday | 14:59 (1999) |
| 25 | Live | The Dolphin’s Cry | The Distance to Here (1999) |
| 26 | Everlast | What It’s Like | Whitey Ford Sings the Blues (1998) |
| 27 | The Offspring | Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) | Americana (1998) |
| 28 | No Doubt | New | Non-album Single (1999) [From Go Soundtrack] |
| 29 | Lenny Kravitz | Fly Away | 5 (1998) |
| 30 | Rob Zombie | Dragula | Hellbilly Deluxe (1998) |
| 31 | Cake | Never There | Prolonging the Magic (1998) |
| 32 | Limp Bizkit | Faith | Three Dollar Bill, Y’all (1997) |
| 33 | Hole | Celebrity Skin | Celebrity Skin (1998) |
| 34 | Korn | Falling Away From Me | Issues (1999) |
| 35 | The Living End | Prisoner of Society | The Living End (1998) |
| 36 | Dave Matthews Band | Crush | Before These Crowded Streets (1998) |
| 37 | Creed | Higher | Human Clay (1999) |
| 38 | Beastie Boys | The Negotiation Limerick File | Hello Nasty (1998) |
| 39 | Hole | Malibu | Celebrity Skin (1998) |
| 40 | Fatboy Slim | Gangster Tripping | You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby (1998) |
| 41 | Orgy | Blue Monday | Candyass (1998) |
| 42 | Foo Fighters | Learn to Fly | There Is Nothing Left to Lose (1999) |
| 43 | Unwritten Law | Cailin | Unwritten Law (1998) |
| 44 | Limp Bizkit | Crushed | Non-album Single (1999) [From End of Days Soundtrack] |
| 45 | Bush | The Chemicals Between Us | The Science of Things (1999) |
| 46 | Metallica | Hero of the Day | Load (1996) |
| 47 | Sugar Ray | Falls Apart | 14:59 (1999) |
| 48 | Lenny Kravitz | American Woman | 5 (1998) |
| 49 | The Offspring | She’s Got Issues | Americana (1998) |
| 50 | Hole | Awful | Celebrity Skin (1998) |
| 51 | Staind | Mudshovel | Dysfunction (1999) |
| 52 | Filter | Take a Picture | Title of Record (1999) |
| 53 | Godsmack | Whatever | Godsmack (1998) |
| 54 | Santana | Smooth (feat. Rob Thomas) | Supernatural (1999) |
| 55 | 311 | Come Original | Soundsystem (1999) |
| 56 | The Cardigans | My Favourite Game | Gran Turismo (1998) |
| 57 | Nine Inch Nails | We’re in This Together | The Fragile (1999) |
| 58 | Chris Cornell | Can’t Change Me | Euphoria Morning (1999) |
| 59 | Kottonmouth Kings | Dog’s Life | Royal Highness (1998) |
| 60 | Fiona Apple | Fast as You Can | When the Pawn… (1999) |
| 61 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Otherside | Californication (1999) |
| 62 | Beastie Boys | Alive | Non-album Single (1999) [Later on Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science (1999)] |
| 63 | Garbage | When I Grow Up | Version 2.0 (1998) |
| 64 | Stone Temple Pilots | Down | No. 4 (1999) |
| 65 | Moby | Bodyrock | Play (1999) |
| 66 | Citizen King | Better Days (And the Bottom Drops Out) | Mobile Estates (1999) |
| 67 | System of a Down | Sugar | System of a Down (1998) |
| 68 | Mike Ness | Don’t Think Twice | Cheating at Solitaire (1999) |
| 69 | Santana | Put Your Lights On (feat. Everlast) | Supernatural (1999) |
| 70 | Beastie Boys | Remote Control | Hello Nasty (1998) |
| 71 | Save Ferris | Mistaken | Modified (1999) |
| 72 | Filter | Welcome to the Fold | Title of Record (1999) |
| 73 | Buckcherry | For the Movies | Buckcherry (1999) |
| 74 | Beck | Sexx Laws | Midnite Vultures (1999) |
| 75 | Lit | Zip-Lock | A Place in the Sun (1999) |
| 76 | Stroke 9 | Little Black Backpack | Nasty Little Thoughts (1999) |
| 77 | Nine Inch Nails | Into the Void | The Fragile (1999) |
| 78 | Everlast | Ends | Whitey Ford Sings the Blues (1998) |
| 79 | Orgy | Stitches | Candyass (1998) |
| 80 | R.E.M. | The Great Beyond | Non-album Single (1999) [From Man on the Moon Soundtrack] |
| 81 | Incubus | Pardon Me | Make Yourself (1999) |
| 82 | Tori Amos | Bliss | To Venus and Back (1999) |
| 83 | Long Beach Dub Allstars | Trailer Ras | Right Back (1999) |
| 84 | Creed | One | Human Clay (1999) |
| 85 | Joydrop | Beautiful | Metasexual (1999) |
| 86 | Third Eye Blind | Anything | Blue (1999) |
| 87 | Metallica | No Leaf Clover | S&M (1999) |
| 88 | Goo Goo Dolls | Slide | Dizzy Up the Girl (1998) |
| 89 | Queens of the Stone Age | If Only | Queens of the Stone Age (1998) |
| 90 | The Chemical Brothers | Let Forever Be | Surrender (1999) |
| 91 | Marvelous 3 | Freak of the Week | Hey! Album (1998) |
| 92 | Dido | Here With Me | No Angel (1999) |
| 93 | Jimmy Eat World | Lucky Denver Mint | Clarity (1999) |
| 94 | Static-X | Push It | Wisconsin Death Trip (1999) |
| 95 | Oleander | Why I’m Here | February Son (1999) |
| 96 | VAST | Touched | Visual Audio Sensory Theater (1998) |
| 97 | Freestylers | Here We Go (feat. Definition of Sound) | We Rock Hard (1998) |
| 98 | Sevendust | Denial | Home (1999) |
| 99 | G. Love & Special Sauce | Rodeo Clowns | Philadelphonic (1999) |
| 100 | Goo Goo Dolls | Black Balloon | Dizzy Up the Girl (1998) |
| 101 | Hole | Boys on the Radio | Celebrity Skin (1998) |
| 102 | Metallica | Die, Die My Darling | Garage Inc. (1998) |
| 103 | Underworld | Push Upstairs | Beaucoup Fish (1999) |
| 104 | Imperial Teen | Yoo Hoo | What Is Not to Love (1998) |
| 105 | Silverchair | Ana’s Song (Open Fire) | Neon Ballroom (1999) |
| 106 | Sixpence None the Richer | Kiss Me | Sixpence None the Richer (1997) |
| 106.7 | Baz Luhrmann | Everybody’s Free (to Wear Sunscreen) (Album Version) (feat. Quindon Tarver) | Non-album Single (1999) [Later on Something for Everybody (1999)] |
About 1999
In 1999, KROQ’s airwaves pulsed with the raw energy of nu-metal and pop-punk, led by Blink-182 and Limp Bizkit, while Red Hot Chili Peppers brought melodic rock to the forefront. The year also saw eclectic hits from Fatboy Slim and Santana, showcasing KROQ’s knack for blending mainstream anthems with underground gems.