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1999 Billboard Music Awards
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.
| 1999 Billboard Music Awards |
|---|
| December 8, 1999 (1999-12-08) |
| MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas |
| United States |
| Kathy Griffin, Adam Carolla |
| Britney Spears (5) |
| Britney Spears (8) |
| Fox |
| 8.1% (Nielsen ratings) |
| Paul Flattery, Michael Levitt |
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, 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.
| Artist(s) | Song(s) | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Lopez | "Waiting for Tonight" | |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | "Scar Tissue""Red Hot Mama" (with Snoop Dogg) | |
| Britney Spears | "...Baby One More Time""(You Drive Me) Crazy" | |
| LeAnn Rimes | "Crazy" | |
| Metallica | "Until It Sleeps"(with the San Francisco Symphony) | |
| Juvenile | "Back That Thang Up" | |
| Ricky Martin | "Shake Your Bon-Bon" | |
| Mariah Carey | "I Still Believe" | |
| Celine Dion | "That's The Way It Is" |
- Jessica Simpson & Sugar Ray – presented Top Billboard 200 Album
- Jennifer Love Hewitt & Diego Serrano – introduced Britney Spears
- Lou Bega, Mae Young & The Fabulous Moolah – presented Top Rap Artist
- Brian McKnight & Vitamin C – presented Top Country Artist of the Year
- Ben Affleck – presented the Artist Achievement Award to Aerosmith
- Mary J Blige & Everlast – presented Top R&B/Hip Hop Artist
- Christina Aguilera & 98 Degrees – presented Top Male Artist
- Dennis Hopper – introduced LeAnn Rimes
- Mila Kunis & Laura Prepon – introduced *NSYNC
- *NSYNC – presented Top Female Artist
- Mandy Moore & Darren Hayes – announced the winners in the Rock/Modern Rock categories
- Oscar De La Hoya – introduced Ricky Martin
- Patti LaBelle – presented Female Artist of the Decade to Mariah Carey
- Sarah McLachlan – presented the Century Award to Emmylou Harris
- James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich – presented Artist of the Year
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.
| Artist of the Year | Top New Artist |
|---|---|
| Backstreet Boys | |
| Britney Spears | |
| TLC | |
| Shania Twain | Britney Spears |
| Christina Aguilera | |
| Lou Bega | |
| Jennifer Lopez | |
| Ricky Martin | |
| Jay-Z | |
| R. Kelly | |
| DMX | Britney Spears |
| Cher | |
| Whitney Houston | |
| Shania Twain | |
| Backstreet Boys | |
| Britney Spears | |
| TLC | |
| Shania Twain | Backstreet Boys – Millennium |
| *NSYNC – *NSYNC | |
| Britney Spears – ...Baby One More Time | |
| Shania Twain – Come On Over | |
| "...Baby One More Time" – Britney Spears | Britney Spears – ...Baby One More Time |
| Backstreet Boys | |
| 98 Degrees | |
| Sugar Ray | |
| TLC | "Believe" – Cher |
| "Heartbreak Hotel" – Whitney Houston (featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price) | |
| "Angel of Mine" – Monica | |
| "No Scrubs" – TLC | |
| Ricky Martin | |
| R. Kelly | |
| Jay-Z | |
| Tim McGraw | Britney Spears |
| Cher | |
| Whitney Houston | |
| Brandy Norwood | |
| R. Kelly | |
| Faith Evans | |
| Lauryn Hill | |
| Jay-Z | Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood – DMX |
| 400 Degreez – Juvenile | |
| The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill | |
| R. – R. Kelly | |
| 400 Degreez – Juvenile | |
| Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood – DMX | |
| The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill | |
| R. – R. Kelly | "Fortunate" – Maxwell |
| "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" – Deborah Cox | |
| "Heartbreak Hotel" – Whitney Houston (featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price) | |
| "No Scrubs" – TLC | |
| Jay-Z | |
| Busta Rhymes | |
| JT Money | |
| Solé | "Who Dat" – JT Money featuring Solé |
| "What's It Gonna Be?!" – Busta Rhymes (featuring Janet Jackson) | |
| "Ghetto Cowboy" – Mo Thugs (featuring Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) | |
| "Somebody Like Me – Silkk the Shocker | |
| Dixie Chicks | |
| Martina McBride | |
| Tim McGraw | |
| George Strait | Wide Open Spaces – Dixie Chicks |
| Dixie Chicks | "Angel" – Sarah McLachlan |
| Creed | |
| Collective Soul | |
| Lenny Kravitz | |
| Metallica | "One" – Creed |
| "Heavy" – Collective Soul | |
| "What It's Like" – Everlast | |
| "Scar Tissue" – Red Hot Chili Peppers | |
| The Offspring | "My Own Worst Enemy" – Lit |
| Metallica | Metallica – Metallica |
| Emmylou Harris | Aerosmith |
| Garth Brooks | Mariah Carey |
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