Big beat achieved mainstream success in the 1990s and early 2000s . During the 1990s , The Prodigy had several songs in the top ten of the UK Singles Chart and two of those songs went to number 1 on the chart . The Prodigy also had a lot of popularity in the United States during the 1990s . The Prodigy 's album '' The Fat of the Land '' went to number 1 on the '' Billboard '' 200 in July 1997 . The Prodigy performed at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards won the Viewer 's Choice Award there . The Prodigy 's song " Firestarter " went to number 30 on the '' Billboard '' Hot 100 . The Prodigy 's song " Smack My Bitch Up " went to number 89 on the '' Billboard '' Hot 100 . '' The Fat of the Land '' by the Prodigy sold 2,600,000 copies in the United States and was certified 2x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) . The Prodigy 's single " Firestarter " was certified gold by the RIAA . Fatboy Slim also achieved mainstream success in the 1990s . His 1998 album '' You 've Come a Long Way , Baby '' was certified platinum in September 1999 . Fatboy Slim 's song " Praise You " peaked at number 36 on the '' Billboard '' Hot 100 on May 22 , 1999 and his song " The Rockafeller Skank " peaked at number 76 on the '' Billboard '' Hot 100 on January 15 , 2000 . " Praise You " and " The Rockafeller Skank " peaked at number 22 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart in 1999 and number 21 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart in 1999 , respectively . In August 1998 , the Crystal Method 's song " Comin ' Back " went to number 1 on the Dance Club Songs chart . The Chemical Brothers ' album '' Dig Your Own Hole '' was released in April 1997 and was certified gold by the RIAA on September 10 , 1997 . The album sold 756,000 copies in the United States . The Chemical Brothers ' song " Setting Sun " peaked at number 80 on the '' Billboard '' Hot 100 on February 1 , 1997 . The mainstream success of The Chemical Brothers helped The Chemical Brothers ' 1995 album '' Exit Planet Dust '' and 1999 album '' Surrender '' sell 331,000 copies in the United States and 402,000 copies in the United States , respectively
1997 MTV Video Music Awards
1997 MTV Video Music Awards
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