The best 20 songs turning 20 in 2018

"The Boy Is Mine," "....Baby One More Time," and "Hard Knock Life" all turn 20 this year. You're old.

The big hit songs of 1998 still bump out of the speakers in 2018. That's how classic the tunes were 20 years ago.

Everything from R&B to indie rock shined, with iconic releases being pumped out by Destiny's Child to Goo Goo Dolls, all while superstars like Britney Spears began to change the course of music history forever.

It's a year that served us legendary karaoke songs to sing along to today—and here are our favorite of those tracks that will be turning the big 2-0 in 2018.

1. "The Boy Is Mine" by Brandy and Monica

2. "I Don't Want to Miss A Thing" by Aerosmith

3. "....Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears

4. "Are You That Somebody" by Aaliyah

5. "Doo Wop" by Lauryn Hill

6. "Believe" by Cher

7. "Fly Away" by Lenny Kravitz

8. "Closing Time" by Semisonic

9. "Intergalactic" by Beastie Boys

10. "Hard Knock Life" by Jay-Z

11. "In The Aeroplane Over the Sea Release" by Neutral Milk Hotel

12. "Heartbreak Hotel" by Whitney Houston

13. "Frozen" by Madonna

14. "Ghetto Superstar" by Pras

15. "How Deep Is Your Love?" by Dru Hill

16. "That Kiss" by Faith Hill

17. "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba

18. "SpottieOttieDopaliscious" by Outkast

19. "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls

20. "One Week" by Barenaked Ladies

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