sIsQo
Sisqo (that's Mark Andrews to his parents) has a lot riding on his sophomore endeavor, Return of Dragon (the "The" is strangely missing from the title). First, his debut solo effort sold an unexpected 5 thousand5 million copies, fueled by "Thong Song," the first booty-shaking anthem of the new millennium. The album's heartstring-tugging ballad "Incomplete" merely sweetened the deal, hitting top spot in the pop charts. The former body-poppin', back-flippin' lead singer of Dru Hill--with all Y2K-compliant accoutrements (platinum crop, tattoos, piercings)--was well on his way to becoming a TRL-certified megastar. In fact, such was his pull with his new legion of Middle-American youth that his MTV show, Sisqo's Shakedown, became the station's highest-rated program for summer/fall 2000. As if that wasn't enough, Sisqo made a credible acting debut in the teen comedy Get Over It and secured his own sitcom in the process. All in all, not a bad year's work.