1999 Billboard Music Awards

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1999 Billboard Music Awards
DateDecember 8, 1999 (1999-12-08)
LocationMGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas
CountryUnited States
Hosted byKathy Griffin, Adam Carolla
Most awardsBritney Spears (5)
Most nominationsBritney Spears (8)
Television/radio coverage
NetworkFox
Viewership8.1% (Nielsen ratings)
Produced byPaul Flattery, Michael Levitt
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The 1999 Billboard Music Awards took place on December 8, 1999, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Hosted by Kathy Griffin and Adam Carolla, the ceremony honored the best-performing music releases between December 1998 and November 1999, and their respective artists.

Britney Spears was both the most-nominated and most-awarded artist of the year, winning five awards including Top New Artist and Top Female Artist. Country singer and songwriter Emmylou Harris was bestowed with the Century Award in honour of her many creative achievements,[1] while Aerosmith received the Artist Achievement Award for their longstanding body of work. Garth Brooks and Mariah Carey were recipients of the inaugural Male and Female Artist of the Decade awards respectively. The Red Hot Chili Peppers were presented with a special award for their single "Scar Tissue", which set the then-all-time record for most weeks at number-one on Billboard's Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart earlier in the year.[2]

Performances

Artist(s) Song(s) Ref(s)
Jennifer Lopez "Waiting for Tonight" [3]
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Scar Tissue"
"Red Hot Mama" (with Snoop Dogg) 		[4]
Britney Spears "...Baby One More Time"
"(You Drive Me) Crazy" 		[4]
LeAnn Rimes "Crazy" [5]
Metallica "Until It Sleeps"(with the San Francisco Symphony) [5][6]
Juvenile "Back That Thang Up" [5]
Ricky Martin "Shake Your Bon-Bon" [4]
Mariah Carey "I Still Believe" [7]
Celine Dion "That's The Way It Is" [8]

Presenters

  • ZZ Top – presented R&B Albums Artist of the Year

Winners and nominees

Britney Spears was the most-nominated artist with eight nominations, followed by TLC who received six. R. Kelly and Cher tied with five nominations apiece, while Whitney Houston, Shania Twain, Jay-Z, and the Backstreet Boys each earned four.

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.[6][9]

Century Award Artist Achievement Award
Male Artist of the Decade Female Artist of the Decade
Artist of the Year Top New Artist
Top Male Artist Top Female Artist
Top Billboard 200 Artist Top Billboard 200 Album
Female Singles Artist of the Year Top Female Albums Artist of the Year
Top Duo/Group Top Hot 100 Song
Top Male Hot 100 Artist of the Year Top Female Hot 100 Artist of the Year
Top R&B/Hip Hop Artist Top R&B Album Artist of the Year
Top R&B Album of the Year Top R&B Single of the Year
Top Rap Artist Top Rap Single
Top Country Artist of the Year Top Country Album of the Year
Top Country Group/Duo of the Year Adult Contemporary Track Of The Year
Top Rock Artist of the Year Top Rock Single of the Year
Top Modern Rock Artist Top Modern Rock Track
Top Catalog Artist of the Year Top Catalog Album of the Year

References

  1. ^ "Billboard Honors Emmylou Harris". MTV News. December 1, 1999. Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  2. ^ Wagner, Angie (December 9, 1999). "Spears, Backstreet Boys big winners at Billboard Awards". Las Vegas Sun. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  3. ^ Swertlow, Meg (May 9, 2018). "Jennifer Lopez Will Perform at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards". E! Online. Archived from the original on May 9, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c Vanhorn, Teri (December 9, 1999). "Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears Rake In Billboard Awards". MTV News. Archived from the original on November 25, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  5. ^ a b c Flick, Larry (December 18, 1999). "Billboard Awards Tap Youth". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 51. United States: Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 94–96. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on April 20, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2022 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ a b "Britney and Backstreet Boys share glory". BBC News. December 9, 1999. Archived from the original on April 15, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  7. ^ List, Mallorie (May 20, 2018). "The Best Billboard Music Awards Performances". Complex. Archived from the original on April 20, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  8. ^ "Photograph: Celine Dion performs at the Billboard Awards". Las Vegas Sun. Archived from the original on March 31, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  9. ^ Hogan, Kate (May 1, 2019). "9 Epic Throwback Photos from the 1999 Billboard Music Awards". People. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2022.