1999 IN MUSIC

''See also:''

★ 1999 in music (UK)

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Contents

Events

Bands formed

Bands disbanded

Albums released

Biggest hit singles

Top hits

Top 10 selling albums of the year in USA

Classical music

Opera

Musical theater

Deaths

Awards

Grammy Awards

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

Mercury Music Prize

MTV Video Music Awards

Charts

Triple J Hottest 100

Events

★ January 7

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★ After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation.

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★ Paul McCartney attends the premiere of his step-daughter Heather's first housewares collection in Georgia.

★ January 11 - During the American Music Awards, Billy Joel is awarded the Special Award of Merit for his "inspired songwriting skills" and "exciting showmanship."

★ January 12 - Britney Spears releases her debut album, ''...Baby One More Time''. The album hits number one on the charts. The title track and first single released from the album, also hits number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1999.

★ February 14 - Elton John appears as himself in a special episode of the animated series ''The Simpsons''

★ February 15 - "Rolling Stones Day" is declared in Minnesota by Governor (and former Rolling Stones bodyguard) Jesse Ventura

★ Rapper Big L is killed in Harlem.

★ February 19 - Marilyn Manson files a defamation countersuit against former Spin Magazine editor Craig Marks, in response to a multi-million dollar lawsuit that Marks filed in January against the singer, the record label Nothing/Interscope, and Manson's bodyguard agency.

★ February 20 - Trace Adkins performs his first concert following surgery for tendon damage and a broken ankle. Contrary to doctors orders, Adkins does not remain seated during the performance.

★ February 25 - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince files a lawsuit against nine Web sites for copyright and trademark infringement, claiming that the websites sell bootlegged recordings and offer unauthorized song downloads.

★ March 1 - Sony Music Distribution raises wholesale prices on audio Compact Discs by 8 cents

★ March 2 - The House of Blues in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Mandalay Bay Resort. Bob Dylan performs a concert at the club and is joined by U2's lead singer Bono for an encore of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door".

★ March 5 - Trauma Records files a $40 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against the members of Bush for failing to deliver a new album.

★ March 6 - A 67 year old George Jones is seriously injured in a car accident while on his way home. Jones' Lexus crashed into a bridge at about 1:30 p.m. It is later revealed that alcohol was a factor in the accident.

★ March 15 - Marilyn Manson is injured when he slips and falls during a concert at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California. Manson's performance is cut short.

★ March 21 - Irish girl band B
★ Witched score their fourth consecutive #1 with ''Blame It On The Weatherman'' on the UK singles chart. They become the first band to have all their first four singles enter at the top simultaneously and set a new record. It is broken a year later by Irish boy band Westlife.

★ March 28 - Lost Boyz member Freaky Tah is fatally shot in New York as he is leaving his hotel.

★ Alice Cooper released a box set of his career, dedicating it to his late friend Glen Buxton.

★ April 10 - A charity tribute concert for Linda McCartney is held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. ''Here, There and Everywhere: A Concert For Linda'', features performances by Paul McCartney, Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders, Elvis Costello, Sinéad O'Connor, and George Michael. Proceeds raised at the event went to animal rights causes.

★ April 19 - Neil Young performs at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Due to a mistake by a Madison Square Garden staff member, the marquee read "Bob Dylan, Tonight at 8pm". Young jokingly introduced one of his guitar players as Bob Dylan during the show.

★ April 20 - Billy Joel performs at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. Joel announces that this would be his last public pop music concert. Joel also announces plans on devoting his future efforts to classical music.

★ April 20 - Columbine High School massacre takes place in Jefferson County, Colorado. It sparks a widespread moral panic that ultimately tries to place the blame on violent media, including music perceived to be violent and/or connected to the newly demonized goth culture. American rocker Marilyn Manson receives the brunt of the blame, despite evidence that neither of the shooters were fans of his, and recludes, only to address the issue in the form of his fourth studio album. The finger is also pointed at German industrial metal acts Rammstein and KMFDM, of whom the shooters were fans. This sensationalism gradually wanes in the years following, and all three music acts ironically achieve more mainstream acceptance in the U.S. than they had prior to the massacre.

★ April 28 - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

★ April 30 - Columbine High School massacre: Aerosmith visits Columbine High School shooting victim Lance Kirklin in a Colorado hospital before a concert in Denver, Colorado. Kirklin was one of 28 wounded in the April 20 shooting, 13 others were killed.

★ May 1 - "The Paintings of Paul McCartney" exhibit opens at the Lyz Art Forum in Siegen, Germany. The exhibit features around 70 paintings created by the former Beatle.

★ May 1 - Musical group Atari Teenage Riot starts a riot in Berlin with their anti-consumer and anti-government lyrics. The riot was stopped with concert goers pleading for peace from the Swat crew ruthlessly beating down pedestrians. This band is under the label Digital Hardcore Recordings.

★ June 2 - Backstreet Boys smashes the old first-week sales record of Garth Brooks' 1.08 million, with (''Millennium'') which sold over 1.13 million in its first week and was the first album to sell over 500,000 copies at least 2 weeks. The album holds at No. 1 first-weeks sales record of the 90's.

★ June 13 S Club 7 debut at #1 on the UK singles chart with their first single ''Bring It All Back'' and become the largest vocal group to enter at the top.

★ June 22 - Limp Bizkit releases their second studio album titled Significant Other

★ July 1 - The new Scottish Parliament is formally opened with a rock concert in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle and is headlined by Garbage, of which, lead singer Shirley Manson, is at the time one of the biggest music stars from Scotland.

★ July 1 - The american actress (till then) Jennifer Lopez release her debut album On the 6, and the first single If You Had My Love peaked at one in US, Canada, Australia and the United World Chart.

★ July 3 - Indie rock icon Mark Sandman collapses on stage at the Giardini del Principe in Palestrina, Latium, Italy (near Rome) while performing with Morphine. He is soon pronounced dead of a heart attack at the age of 46. Morphine immediately disbands.

★ July 12 - Gregg Alexander issues a press release dissolving the New Radicals.

★ August 24 - Christina Aguilera releases her self titled debut album. The album and first single, "Genie In A Bottle" both went to number one on the charts.

★ 27–29 August - The third Terrastock festival is held in London.

★ October 19 - Eurythmics releases first album in 10 years, ''Peace''.

★ November - Rock Star Gary Glitter jailed for four months for downloading pornographic images of children on the Internet.

★ November 16 - Dr. Dre releases his second album, 2001

★ December 14 - BMI announces the most played songs on American radio and television in the 20th century. [1] (full list)

★ December 29 - Former Beatle George Harrison is stabbed several times in the chest by an unknown assailant, who had broke into Harrison's home. Harrison's wife wrestled the knife out the assailant's hand before the police arrived. The man apparently believed that Harrison was the devil.

Bands formed

★ Arashi

★ Avenged Sevenfold

★ Broken Social Scene

★ Comets on Fire

★ Dream Street

★ Enon

★ Hey Mercedes

★ Mastodon (band)

★ S Club 7

★ Taking Back Sunday

★ Zone

★ Rise Against

★ Protest The Hero

★ The Strokes

Bands disbanded

★ 88 Fingers Louie

★ Artificial Joy Club

★ The Boo Radleys

★ Boyzone

★ Braid (reforms temporarily in 2004)

★ Cake Like

★ Far

★ The Jesus Lizard

★ Kara's Flowers

★ Kula Shaker

★ Love & Rockets

★ Monster Voodoo Machine

★ Morphine

★ New Radicals

★ Park Ave.

★ Pavement

★ Seaweed

★ Tripping Daisy

★ The Verve

★ Yummy Fur

Albums released

'Album'	'Artist'	'Release Date'	'Album Type'
''Black the Sun''	Alex Lloyd	January 7	LP
''By Your Side''	The Black Crowes	January 12	LP
''It's a Beautiful Thing''	Keith Murray	January 12	LP
''Knock Knock''	Smog	January 12	LP
''...Baby One More Time''	Britney Spears	January 12	LP
''	Sugar Ray	January 12	LP
''The '90s Suck and So Do You''	Angry Samoans	January 19	LP
''Inside Out''	Anthrax	January 19	EP
''I See a Darkness''	Bonnie 'Prince' Billy	January 19	LP
''Live at Luther College''	Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds	January 19	Live
''Are You Shpongled?''	Shpongle	January 25	LP
''Chyna Doll''	Foxy Brown	January 26	LP
''How to Measure a Planet?''	The Gathering	January 26	LP
''Colin James and the Little Big Band II''	Colin James	January 26	LP
''Dreaming Neon Black''	Nevermore	January 26	LP
''Apocalypse Dudes''	Turbonegro	January 26	LP
''Clarity''	Jimmy Eat World	January 27	LP
''Theater of Salvation''	Edguy	January 27	LP
''Science Fiction''	blackmail	January 29	LP
''Dialogue''	Four Tet	February 1	LP
''Keep It Like a Secret''	Built to Spill	February 2	LP
''X-Ray Sierra''	Tom Cochrane	February 2	LP
''Dosage''	Collective Soul	February 9	LP
''Sam Prekop''	Sam Prekop	February 9	LP
''Apple Venus Volume 1''	XTC	February 17	LP
''Eien''	Zard	February 17	LP
''The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One''	The Prodigy	February 22	Compilation
''ALL''	ALL	February 23	EP
''The Slim Shady LP''	Eminem	February 23	LP
''Live at the Fillmore East''	Jimi Hendrix	February 23	Live
''A Place in the Sun''	Lit	February 23	LP
''February Son''	Oleander	February 23	LP
''Things Fall Apart''	The Roots	February 23	LP
''The Hot Rock''	Sleater-Kinney	February 23	LP
''FanMail''	TLC	February 23	LP
''Suicaine Gratifaction''	Paul Westerberg	February 23	LP
''Eureka''	Jim O'Rourke	February 25	LP
''Volume 1''	CKY	February 27	LP
''Live and Enhanced''	Tonic	March 1	Live
''Spiritual Black Dimensions''	Dimmu Borgir	March 2	LP
''Live at the Hardback''	Hot Water Music	March 8	Live
''Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada''	Godspeed You! Black Emperor	March 8	EP
''Performance and Cocktails''	Stereophonics	March 8	LP
''Gedida''	Natacha Atlas	March 9	LP
''Pistolero''	Frank Black and the Catholics	March 9	LP
''	Cher	March 9	Greatest Hits
''Fuse''	Joe Henry	March 9	LP
''Back on Top''	Van Morrison	March 9	LP
''Everything Louder Than Everyone Else''	Motörhead	March 9	Live
''Have a Nice Day''	Roxette	March 9	LP
''Summerteeth''	Wilco	March 9	LP
''13''	Blur	March 15	LP
''Axxess & Ace''		March 15	LP
''	Wings	March 15	LP
''Who Else!''	Jeff Beck	March 16	LP
''Libido''	Buck-O-Nine	March 16	LP
''The Ideal Crash''	dEUS	March 16	LP
''100% Ginuwine''	Ginuwine	March 16	LP
''Neon Ballroom''	Silverchair	March 16	LP
''	Various Artists	March 16	Tribute
''Windowlicker''	Aphex Twin	March 22	EP
''The Original Bad Company Anthology''	Bad Company	March 23	Compilation
''Finally''	BLACKstreet	March 23	LP
''Give Yourself a Hand''	Crash Test Dummies	March 23	LP
''Strange Behaviour''	Duran Duran	March 23	Compilation
''Instrument Soundtrack''	Fugazi	March 23	Soundtrack
''Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida''	Elton John	March 23	LP
''@#! ★ ''	Pulley	March 23	LP
''Wisconsin Death Trip''	Static-X	March 23	LP
''New Way to Be Human''	Switchfoot	March 23	LP
''Labour of Love III''	UB40	March 23	Cover
''The Art of Storytelling''	Slick Rick	March 25	LP
''Powerplant''	Gamma Ray	March 29	LP
''Come on Die Young''	Mogwai	March 29 (UK)	LP
''Now That's What I Call Music! 42'' (U.K. series)	Various Artists	March 29	Compilation
''No Gods, No Managers''	Choking Victim	March 30	LP
''	Various Artists	March 30	Soundtrack
''Voices Of Transgression - A 90's Retrospective''	Kreator	April 4	Compilation
''Heated''	Big Sugar	April 6 (US)	LP
''Buckcherry''	Buckcherry	April 6	LP
''Utopia Parkway''	Fountains of Wayne	April 6	LP
''We Kill Everything''	GWAR	April 6	LP
''15 Minutes''	Nik Kershaw	April 6	LP
''Tight''	Mindless Self Indulgence	April 6	LP
''I Am...''	Nas	April 6	LP
''Stupid Dream''	Porcupine Tree	April 6	LP
''Throttle Junkies''	SOiL	April 6	LP
''Fat Music Volume 4: Life in the Fat Lane''	Various Artists	April 9	Compilation
''Carboot Soul''	Nightmares on Wax	April 12	LP
''Rides''	Reef	April 12	LP
''Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits''	The Ataris	April 13	LP
''18 Tracks''	Bruce Springsteen	April 13	LP
''Dysfunction''	Staind	April 13	LP
''What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?''	Echo & the Bunnymen	April 16	LP
''Bury the Hatchet''	The Cranberries	April 19	LP
''The Earth Pressed Flat''	10,000 Maniacs	April 20	LP
''The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper''	Alice Cooper	April 20	Box Set
''Monsters and Robots''	Buckethead	April 20	LP
''	The Cars	April 20	Compilation
''Endorama''	Kreator	April 20	LP
''Six''	Mansun	April 20 (US)	LP
''Greatest Hits 1984-1987''	Reggie and the Full Effect	April 20	LP
''Holy Roller''	The Reverend Horton Heat	April 20	Compilation
''4 Nights at the Palais Royale''	Sloan	April 20	Live
''Mule Variations''	Tom Waits	April 20	LP
''Hatebreeder''	Children of Bodom	April 26	LP
''Fantômas''	Fantômas	April 26	LP
''Black Sails EP''	AFI	April 27	EP
''The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner''	Ben Folds Five	April 27	LP
''Implode''	Front Line Assembly	April 27	LP
''Playing My Game''	Lene Marlin	April 27	LP
''Soundbombing II''	Various Artists	April 27	Compilation
''Sonic Brew''	Black Label Society	May 4	LP
''The Warriors EP''	P.O.D.	May 4	LP
''Hopeless Romantic''	The Bouncing Souls	May 4	LP
''Point No. 1''	Chevelle	May 4	LP
''	Don Davis	May 4	Soundtrack
''Remedy''	Basement Jaxx	May 10 (UK)	LP
''Ricky Martin''	Ricky Martin	May 11	LP
''The Maggot''	The Melvins	May 17	LP
''The Only Reason I Feel Secure''	Pedro the Lion	May 17	EP
''Black Sails in the Sunset''	AFI	May 18	LP
''Millennium''	Backstreet Boys	May 18	LP
''Honey to the B''	Billie	May 23	LP
''If Looks Could Kill, I'd Watch You Die''	Death By Stereo	May 18	LP
''Stop Staring At Me!''	Jerky Boys	May 18	LP
''Bigger than the Devil''	Stormtroopers of Death	May 18	LP
''Freedumb''	Suicidal Tendencies	May 18	LP
''The Hush''	Texas	May 18	LP
''Helldorado''	W.A.S.P.	May 18	LP
''Thug Ride''	White Dawg	May 18	LP
''A New Kind of Army''	Anti-Flag	May 25	LP
''Innamoramento''	Mylène Farmer	May 25	LP
''The Amazing Jeckel Brothers''	Insane Clown Posse	May 25	LP
''This Moment Is Mine''	Chanté Moore	May 25	LP
''Leitmotif''	dredg	May 30	LP
''Blaque''	Blaque	June 1	LP
''Enema of the State''	Blink-182	June 1	LP
''No Angel''	Dido	June 1	LP
''1011 Woodland''	The Fixx	June 1	LP
''Gorgeous''	Guttermouth	June 1	LP
''Venni Vetti Vecci''	Ja Rule	June 1	LP
''Shrinking Violet''	L.A. Guns	June 1	LP
''On the 6''	Jennifer Lopez	June 1	LP
''Play''	Moby	June 1	LP
''Straight Ahead''	Pennywise	June 1	LP
''Short Music for Short People''	Various Artists	June 1	Compilation
''The Siket Disc''	Phish	June 3 (Internet)	LP
''	Various Artists	June 6	Compilation
''Crowning of Atlantis''	Therion	June 7	LP
''Her Wallpaper Reverie''	The Apples in Stereo	June 8	LP
''New World Disorder''	Biohazard	June 8	LP
''Get Skintight''	The Donnas	June 8	LP
''Synkronized''	Jamiroquai	June 8	LP
''In a Reverie''	Lacuna Coil	June 8	LP
''Dark Side of the Spoon''	Ministry	June 8	LP
''Terror Twilight''	Pavement	June 8	LP
''Californication''	Red Hot Chili Peppers	June 8	LP
''Astro Lounge''	Smash Mouth	June 8	LP
''Triptych''	The Tea Party	June 8	LP
''The Gathering''	Testament	June 8	LP
''Erase the Slate''	Dokken	June 15	LP
''Schizophonic''	Geri Halliwell	June 15	LP
''Liquid Tension Experiment 2''	Liquid Tension Experiment	June 15	LP
''Messenger''	Edwin McCain	June 15	LP
''Double Up''	Ma$e	June 15	LP
''Mirrorball''	Sarah McLachlan	June 15	Live
''Supernatural''	Santana	June 15	LP
''[R]evolution''	Sister Machine Gun	June 15	LP
''Everything You Want''	Vertical Horizon	June 15	LP
''The White Stripes''	The White Stripes	June 15	LP
''Euphoria''	Def Leppard	June 20	LP
''Judgement''	Anathema	June 21	LP
''A2G''	Blackalicious	June 22	EP
''Surrender''	Chemical Brothers	June 22	LP
''Da Real World''	Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott	June 22	LP
''The Soft Bulletin''	The Flaming Lips	June 22	LP
''Colony''	In Flames	June 22	LP
''Hypocrisy''	Hypocrisy	June 22	LP
''Significant Other''	Limp Bizkit	June 22	LP
''The RZA Hits''	RZA	June 22	Compilation
''Eye II Eye''	Scorpions	June 22	LP
''	Ween	June 22	Live
''Punk-O-Rama Vol. 4''	Various Artists	June 22	Compilation
''	Alice in Chains	June 29	Compilation
''Classics in the Key of G''	Kenny G	June 29	Cover
''One Guitar, No Vocals''	Leo Kottke	June 29	LP
''	Lootpack	June 29	LP
''Supersonic and Demonic Relics''	Mötley Crüe	June 29	Compilation
''No Mercy No Remorse''	RBX	June 29	LP
''Slipknot''	Slipknot	June 29	LP
''Brave New World''	Styx	June 29	LP
''Running With Scissors''	"Weird Al" Yankovic	June 29	LP
''Act of Depression''	Underøath	July 4	LP
''On How Life Is''	Macy Gray	July 5 (UK)	LP
''The Very Best of Dokken''	Dokken	July 6	Greatest Hits
''Can't Get There from Here''	Great White	July 6	LP
''Live at Woodstock''	Jimi Hendrix	July 6	Live
''	Gang Starr	July 13	Compilation
''Beware the Heavens''	Sinergy	July 13	LP
''Can't Stay Away''	Too $hort	July 13	LP
''Trepanation''	American Head Charge	July 18	LP
''Long Tall Weekend''	They Might Be Giants	July 18 (Internet)	LP
''Life of the Party''	The Planet Smashers	July 20	LP
''Tonight the Stars Revolt!''	Powerman 5000	July 20	LP
''Burning Bridges''	Arch Enemy	July 27	LP
''Vaya''	At the Drive-In	July 27	EP
''The Blues''	Eric Clapton	July 27	Compilation
''The Writing's On The Wall''	Destiny's Child	July 27 (US)	LP
''Ignorance is Bliss''	face to face	July 27	LP
''Guerrilla Warfare''	Hot Boys	July 27	LP
''Alive in Athens''	Iced Earth	July 27	Live
''At the Show''	MxPx	July 27	Live
'''Til the Medicine Takes''	'Til the Medicine Takes	July 27	LP
''Now That's What I Call Music! 2'' (U.S. series)	Various Artists	July 27	Compilation
''Beneath the Surface''	GZA	July 29	LP
''The Melancholy Collection''	Millencolin	July 29 (Sweden)	Compilation
''The Ego Has Landed''	Robbie Williams	July 30	Compilation
''Fly the Flag''	Down by Law	August 3	LP
''Do the Collapse''	Guided by Voices	August 3	LP
''Forget About It''	Alison Krauss & Union Station	August 3	LP
''The Coming of Age''	Memphis Bleek	August 3	LP
''Awesome Mix Tape vol. 6''	The Pietasters	August 3	LP
''No Division''	Hot Water Music	August 10	LP
''The Burning Red''	Machine Head	August 10	LP
''The Most Beautifullest Hits''	Keith Murray	August 10	Compilation
''Liberate Te Ex Inferis''	Zao	August 10	LP
''Echo''	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	August 13	LP
''Juxtapose''	Tricky	August 16	LP
''Mary''	Mary J. Blige	August 17	LP
''Rough Harvest''	John Mellencamp	August 17	LP
''J-Tull Dot Com''	Jethro Tull	August 23	LP
''The Bootlicker''	The Melvins	August 23	LP
''Christina Aguilera''	Christina Aguilera	August 24 (US)	LP
''Oh! The Grandeur''	Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire	August 24	LP
''Bring Your Own Stereo''	Jimmie's Chicken Shack	August 24	LP
''The Muse''	Elton John	August 24	Soundtrack
''Slap-Happy''	L7	August 24	LP
''Bitter''	Me'shell Ndegeocello	August 24	LP
''Forever''	Puff Daddy	August 24	LP
''The Fundamental Elements of Southtown''	P.O.D.	August 24	LP
''	Prince	August 24	Compilation
''The ABBA Generation''	A ★ Teens	August 25 (Sweden)	LP
''A Secret History... The Best of the Divine Comedy''	The Divine Comedy	August 30	Greatest Hits
''Yesterday Went Too Soon''	Feeder	August 30	LP
''Fly''	Dixie Chicks	August 31	LP
''Risk''	Megadeth	August 31	LP
''Live aus Berlin''	Rammstein	August 31	Live
''Greatest Hits''	SWV	August 31	Greatest Hits
''Vitamin C''	Vitamin C	August 31	LP
''Au Cœur Du Stade''	Celine Dion	September 3	Live
''Riot, Riot, Upstart''	Agnostic Front	September 7	LP
''Chamber Music''	Coal Chamber	September 7	LP
''69 Love Songs''	The Magnetic Fields	September 7	Box Set
''Between the Bridges''	Sloan	September 7	LP
''Ecliptica''	Sonata Arctica	September 7	LP
''The Ultra Zone''	Steve Vai	September 7	LP
''Beyond the Veil''	Tristania	September 8	LP
''Gettin' High on Your Own Supply''	Apollo 440	September 9 (UK)	LP
''Between the Bridges''	Sloan	September 12	LP
''Yellow Submarine Songtrack''	The Beatles	September 13	Soundtrack
''One From The Modern''	Ocean Colour Scene	September 13	LP
''Avenue B''	Iggy Pop	September 14	LP
''Ruff Ryders' First Lady''	Ruff Ryders' First Lady	September 14	LP
''Beautiful Midnight''	Matthew Good Band	September 14	LP
''Nigga Please''	Ol' Dirty Bastard	September 14	LP
''Q2K''	Queensrÿche	September 14	LP
''The Ladder''	Yes	September 20 (UK)	LP
''Blazing the Crop''	Rae & Christian	September 20	Compilation
''To Venus and Back''	Tori Amos	September 21	LP
''	The Beach Boys	September 21	Compilation
''	The Beach Boys	September 21	Compilation
''Euphoria Morning''	Chris Cornell	September 21	LP
''The Sweetest Punch''	Elvis Costello and Bill Frisell	September 21	LP
''Live at the Wiltern''	CPR	September 21	Live
''Burn to Shine''	Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals	September 21	LP
''I'll Take Care Of You''	Mark Lanegan	September 21	LP
''The Fragile''	Nine Inch Nails	September 21	LP
''Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch''	Our Lady Peace	September 21 (Canada)	LP
''Stan and Judy's Kid''	Adam Sandler	September 21	LP
''Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night''	Stereolab	September 21	LP
''Inside Wants Out''	John Mayer	September 24	EP
''Melvin Flynt - Da Hustler''	Noreaga	September 24	LP
''Time''	Third Day	September 24	LP
''	Three 6 Mafia	September 24	LP
''Beaucoup Fish''	Underworld	September 24	LP
''	Tony Bennett	September 28	LP
''Garth Brooks In ... The Life of Chris Gaines''	Garth Brooks	September 28	LP
''Human Clay''	Creed	September 28	LP
''Calculating Infinity''	The Dillinger Escape Plan	September 28	LP
''Temperamental''	Everything but the Girl	September 28	LP
''Something To Write Home About''	The Get Up Kids	September 28	LP
''Lost and Gone Forever''	Guster	September 28	LP
''Come On Now Social''	Indigo Girls	September 28	LP
''Blackout!''	Method Man & Redman	September 28	LP
''The Time Machine''	Alan Parsons	September 28	LP
''Brand New Day''	Sting	September 28	LP
''Black Diamond''	Angie Stone	September 28 (US)	LP
''Balance''	Swollen Members	September 28	LP
''XXX''	ZZ Top	September 28	LP
''Awake and Breathe''	B ★ Witched	September 29	LP
''Supergrass''	Supergrass	September 29	LP
''No Time for Love''	Eighteen Visions	October 1	EP
''Now That's What I Call Music! 43'' (U.K. series)	Various Artists	October 1	Compilation
''Hooray for Boobies''	The Bloodhound Gang	October 4 (Europe)	LP
'''hours...'''	David Bowie	October 4	LP
''	The Clash	October 4	Live
''Run Devil Run''	Paul McCartney	October 4	LP
''Showbiz''	Muse	October 4	LP
''S Club 7''	S Club 7	October 4 (UK)	LP
''All Hallow's EP''	AFI	October 5	EP
''Synchronistic Wanderings''	Pat Benatar	October 5	Compilation
''Colour Moving and Still''	Chantal Kreviazuk	October 5	LP
''The Distance to Here''	Live	October 5	LP
''More Betterness!''	No Use for a Name	October 5	LP
''Christmas the Cowboy Way''	Riders in the Sky	October 5	LP
''Golden Arms Redemption''	U-God	October 5	LP
''Nightlife''	Pet Shop Boys	October 11	LP
''Soundsystem''	311	October 12	LP
''	Eric Clapton	October 12	Compilation
''	Deep Purple	October 12	Live
''The Marshall Suite''	The Fall	October 12	LP
''Black On Both Sides''	Mos Def	October 12	LP
''Immortalized''	Spice 1	October 12	LP
''In Reverse''	Matthew Sweet	October 12	LP
''I Want It All''	Warren G	October 12	LP
''Against Da Grain''	YoungBloodZ	October 12	LP
''The Private Years''	Yanni	October 12	Compilation
''Millionaires''	James	October 13	LP
''Rise''	Gabrielle	October 18 (UK)	LP
''Solo Journey''	Bradley Joseph	October 18	LP
''Still Life''	Opeth	October 18	LP
''I Wanna Be Santa Claus''	Ringo Starr	October 18	LP
''Suicide Pact - You First''	Therapy?	October 18 (UK)	LP
''This Christmas''	98 Degrees	October 19	LP
''Bloodthirst''	Cannibal Corpse	October 19	LP
''Washed Up!''	Catch 22	October 19	EP
''Los grandes éxitos en español''	Cypress Hill	October 19	LP
''Nothing Gold Can Stay''	A New Found Glory	October 19	LP
''Internal Affairs''	Pharoahe Monch	October 19	LP
''Modified''	Save Ferris	October 19	LP
''God Save the Smithereens''	The Smithereens	October 19	LP
''Rock Art and the X-Ray Style''	Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros	October 19	LP
''Keith Urban''	Keith Urban	October 19	LP
''Give 'Em the Boot II''	Various Artists	October 19	Compilation
''Sunday 8PM / Saturday 3AM''	Faithless	October 25	LP
''	Genesis	October 25	Compilation
''Leaders Not Followers''	Napalm Death	October 25	EP
''Xeneizes''	Quarashi	October 25	LP
''Steptacular''	Steps	October 25	LP
''The Aquabats! vs. the Floating Eye of Death!''	The Aquabats!	October 26	LP
''The Science of Things''	Bush	October 26	LP
''Looking Forward''	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	October 26	LP
''The Lost Files''	Digital Underground	October 26	Compilation
''Emergency & I''	The Dismemberment Plan	October 26	LP
''	Dream Theater	October 26	LP
''Make Yourself''	Incubus	October 26	LP
''Hidden Stash''	Kottonmouth Kings	October 26	LP
''A Guided Tour of Chicago''	The Lawrence Arms	October 26	LP
''Only God Can Judge Me''	Master P	October 26	LP
''LeAnn Rimes''	LeAnn Rimes	October 26	LP
''American Made Music to Strip By''	Rob Zombie	October 26	Remix
''All Systems Go 2''	Rocket From the Crypt	October 26	LP
''No. 4''	Stone Temple Pilots	October 26	LP
''Tiger Army''	Tiger Army	October 26	LP
''Tokyo Warhearts''	Children of Bodom	October 28	Live
''Ether~Electrified Porch Music''	Carbon Leaf	November 1	LP
''Blank-Wave Arcade''	The Faint	November 1	LP
''Of Someday Shambles''	Jebediah	November 1	LP
''Wonderful''	Madness	November 1	LP
''Paul McCartney's Working Classical''	Paul McCartney	November 1	LP
''	Various Artists	November 1	Tribute
''Westlife''	Westlife	November 1	LP
''It All Comes Down to This''	Bane	November 2	LP
''Bleach''	Bleach	November 2	LP
''Rainbow''	Mariah Carey	November 2	LP
''This Desert Life''	Counting Crows	November 2	LP
''	Danzig	November 2	LP
''Scream for Me Brazil''	Bruce Dickinson	November 2	Live
''	Jewel	November 2	LP
''Tha Block Is Hot''	Lil Wayne	November 2	LP
''Northern Star''	Melanie C	November 2	LP
''Shapeshifter''	Marcy Playground	November 2	LP
''The Battle of Los Angeles''	Rage Against the Machine	November 2	LP
''Dirty Harriet''	Rah Digga	November 2	LP
''The Roots Come Alive''	The Roots	November 2	Live
''Love and the Russian Winter''	Simply Red	November 2	LP
''Invincible''	Five	November 8 (UK)	LP
''There Is Nothing Left to Lose''	Foo Fighters	November 8	LP
''Greatest Hits III''	Queen	November 8	Compilation
''Abbamania''	Various Artists	November 8	Tribute
''Live at Sturgis''	38 Special	November 9	Live
''The Exchange''	Against All Authority/The Criminals	November 9	Split EP
''It Just Gets Worse''	Anal Cunt	November 9	LP
''When the Pawn...''	Fiona Apple	November 9	LP
''The Gift of Game''	Crazy Town	November 9	LP
''Breathe''	Faith Hill	November 9	LP
''	Goldfinger	November 9	Live
''Metal Jukebox''	Helloween	November 9	Cover
''marillion.com''	Marillion	November 9	LP
''Alanis Unplugged''	Alanis Morissette	November 9	Live
''Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic''	Prince	November 9	LP
''Affirmation''	Savage Garden	November 9	LP
''Metalhead''	Saxon	November 9	LP
''Greatest Hits''	Sublime	November 9	Greatest Hits
''Sugar''	Tonic	November 9	LP
''The Corrs Unplugged''	The Corrs	November 12	Live
''The Last Tour on Earth''	Marilyn Manson	November 12	Live
''To the Teeth''	Ani DiFranco	November 16	LP
''Return of the Killer A's''	Anthrax	November 16	Compilation
''All the Way... A Decade of Song''	Celine Dion	November 16	Greatest Hits
''2001''	Dr. Dre	November 16	LP
''Greatest Hits of the 20th Century''	Béla Fleck and the Flecktones	November 16	Compilation
''Reload''	Tom Jones	November 16	LP
''	Kenny G	November 16	LP
''Issues''	Korn	November 16	LP
''Tha Streetz Iz A Mutha''	Kurupt	November 16	LP
''Love Liberty Disco''	Newsboys	November 16	LP
''Immobilarity''	Raekwon	November 16	LP
''Cut Carefully and Play Loud''	Rocket From the Crypt	November 16	EP
''	Sonic Youth	November 16	LP
''The Chosen Ones''	Stratovarius	November 16	Compilation
''Willennium''	Will Smith	November 16	LP
''Ödemarkens Son''	Vintersorg	November 16	LP
''Sweet Kisses''	Jessica Simpson	November 19	LP
''1999 Remixes''	Jamiroquai	November 20	Box Set
''Now That's What I Call Music! 44'' (U.K. series)	Various Artists	November 22	Compilation
''The Sounds of Science''	Beastie Boys	November 23	Compilation
''Midnite Vultures''	Beck	November 23	LP
''Garth Brooks and the Magic of Christmas''	Garth Brooks	November 23	LP
''IX Equilibrium''	Emperor	November 23	LP
''	Guns N' Roses	November 23	Live
''Enrique''	Enrique Iglesias	November 23	LP
''	Led Zeppelin	November 23	Compilation
''Alchemy''	Yngwie J. Malmsteen	November 23	LP
''Listener Supported''	Dave Matthews Band	November 23	Live
''S&M''	Metallica	November 23	Live
''Nastradamus''	Nas	November 23	LP
''The Decline''	NOFX	November 23	EP
''Amplified''	Q-Tip	November 23	LP
''Live''	They Might Be Giants	November 23	Live
''Blue''	Third Eye Blind	November 23	LP
''Viva Wisconsin''	Violent Femmes	November 23	Live
''The Greatest Hits''	Cher	November 30	Greatest Hits
''The Fragile Art of Existence''	Control Denied	November 30	LP
''The Mystery of the Whisper''	The Crüxshadows	November 30	LP
''Europop''	Eiffel 65	November 30 (US)	LP
''The Master''	Rakim	November 30	LP
''	Sheryl Crow	December 7	Live
''At the Heart of Winter''	Immortal	December 7	LP
''Kaleidoscope''	Kelis	December 7	LP
''So Real''	Mandy Moore	December 7	LP
''Resurrection''	Vice Squad	December 7	LP
''Now That's What I Call Music! 3'' (U.S. series)	Various Artists	December 7	Compilation
''Born Again''	Notorious B.I.G.	December 9	LP
''Tha G-Code''	Juvenile	December 13	LP
''Songs from the Last Century''	George Michael	December 13	Cover
''Still I Rise''	2Pac and Outlawz	December 14	LP
''Don't Mind If I Do''	Culture Club	December 14	LP
''...And Then There Was X''	DMX	December 21	LP
''World Party''	Goodie Mob	December 21	LP
''Everything Is Healing Nicely''	Frank Zappa	December 21	LP
''Singles of the 90s''	Ace of Base	December 28	Compilation
''	Jay-Z	December 28	LP

Biggest hit singles

The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in 1999.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Britney Spears	Baby One More Time	1999	UK 1 - Feb 1999, US BB 1 of 1999, US BB 29 of 1999, Holland 1 - Jan 1999, Sweden 1 - Jan 1999, France 6 - Jan 1999, Austria 1 - Mar 1999, Switzerland 1 - Feb 1999, Norway 1 - Feb 1999, Australia 1 of 1999, Germany 41 of the 1990s, Germany 1 - Feb 1999, Eire 1 - Feb 1999, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks Feb 1999, Australia 1 for 9 weeks Jun 1999, RYM 95 of 1998, POP 29 of 1999, Scrobulate 91 of upbeat, Acclaimed 875, OzNet 814
2	Lou Bega	Mambo No 5 (A Little Bit of ...)	1999	UK 1 - Sep 1999, US BB 4 of 1999, US BB 4 of 1999, Holland 1 - Jun 1999, Sweden 5 - Aug 1999, Austria 1 - May 1999, Switzerland 1 - May 1999, Norway 1 - Jun 1999, Australia 3 of 1999, Germany 11 of the 1990s, Germany 1 - May 1999, Eire 1 - Aug 1999, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks Sep 1999, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Jan 2000, RYM 189 of 1999, POP 3 of 1999, Party 04 of 1999
3	Eiffel 65	Blue (Da Ba Dee)	1999	UK 1 - Sep 1999, US BB 6 of 2000, US BB 32 of 1999, Holland 1 - Jul 1999, Sweden 1 - Aug 1999, Austria 1 - Aug 1999, Switzerland 1 - Jul 1999, Norway 1 - Aug 1999, Australia 20 of 1999, Germany 20 of the 1990s, Germany 1 - Jul 1999, Eire 1 - Sep 1999, New Zealand 1 for 1 weeks Nov 1999, Australia 1 for 9 weeks Mar 2000, RYM 185 of 1998, Party 103 of 1999
4	TLC	No Scrubs	1999	UK 3 - Apr 1999, US BB 1 of 1999, US BB 12 of 1999, Holland 3 - Mar 1999, Sweden 19 - Mar 1999, France 6 - Mar 1999, Austria 30 - May 1999, Switzerland 5 - Apr 1999, Norway 7 - Apr 1999, Australia 4 of 1999, Germany 302 of the 1990s, Germany 5 - Apr 1999, Eire 1 - May 1999, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Apr 1999, Australia 1 for 7 weeks Aug 1999, RYM 55 of 1999, POP 33 of 1999, RIAA 361, Scrobulate 52 of rnb, Acclaimed 268
5	The Backstreet Boys	I Want it That Way	1999	UK 1 - May 1999, US BB 6 of 1999, Holland 1 - May 1999, Sweden 1 - May 1999, Austria 1 - May 1999, Switzerland 1 - May 1999, Norway 1 - May 1999, Australia 16 of 1999, Germany 216 of the 1990s, Germany 2 - May 1999, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Jun 1999, RYM 127 of 1999, Scrobulate 17 of vocal, Acclaimed 1017

Top hits

★ "All Star" - Smash Mouth

★ "Almost Doesn't Count - Brandy

★ "American Woman" - Lenny Kravitz

★ "Ana's Song (Open Fire)" - Silverchair

★ "Angel" - Sarah McLachlan

★ "Angel of Mine" - Monica

★ "...Baby One More Time" - Britney Spears

★ "Bailamos" - Enrique Iglesias

★ "Bawitdaba" - Kid Rock

★ "Beautiful Stranger" - Madonna

★ "Believe" - Cher

★ "Black Balloon" - Goo Goo Dolls

★ "Blue Monday" - Orgy

★ "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" - Eiffel 65

★ "Bring it All Back" - S Club 7

★ "Dizzy" - Goo Goo Dolls

★ "Down So Long" - Jewel

★ "Every Morning" - Sugar Ray

★ "Freak on a Leash" - KoЯn

★ "Freestyler" - Bomfunk MC's

★ "Genie in a Bottle" - Christina Aguilera

★ "Guerrilla Radio" - Rage Against the Machine

★ "Have You Ever?" - Brandy

★ "Heartbreak Hotel" - Whitney Houston, Faith Evans, & Kelly Price

★ "Heartbreaker" - Mariah Carey

★ "Honey to the Bee" - Billie

★ "I Need To Know" - Marc Anthony

★ "I Want It That Way" - Backstreet Boys

★ "I Will Remember You" - Sarah McLachlan

★ "If You Had My Love" - Jennifer Lopez

★ "If You Steal My Sunshine" - Len

★ "Larger Than Life" - Backstreet Boys

★ "Kiss Me" - Sixpence None the Richer

★ "Last Kiss" - Pearl Jam

★ "Learn to Fly" - Foo Fighters

★ "Lit Up" - Buckcherry

★ "Livin' la Vida Loca" - Ricky Martin

★ "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)" - Lou Bega

★ "My Name Is" - Eminem

★ "Man! I Feel like a Woman!" - Shania Twain

★ "Never Be the Same Again" - Melanie C feat. Lisa Lopes

★ "No Scrubs" - TLC

★ "My Own Worst Enemy" - Lit

★ "Nookie" - Limp Bizkit

★ "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" - The Offspring

★ "Scar Tissue" - Red Hot Chili Peppers

★ "She Wants You" - Billie

★ "Sleep Now in the Fire" - Rage Against the Machine

★ "Smooth" - Santana feat. Rob Thomas

★ "Someday" - Sugar Ray

★ "Sometimes" - Britney Spears

★ "Thank ABBA for the Music" - Steps, Tina Cousins, Cleopatra, B
★ Witched, Billie]]

★ "That Don't Impress Me Much" - Shania Twain

★ "Unpretty" - TLC

★ "The One" - Backstreet Boys

★ "Waiting for Tonight" - Jennifer Lopez

★ "What It's Like" - Everlast

★ "What's My Age Again?" - blink-182

★ "Where My Girls At" -702

★ "Wild Wild West" - Will Smith featuring Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee

★ "(You Drive Me) Crazy" - Britney Spears

★ "You'll Be in My Heart" - Phil Collins

★ "You Get What You Give" - New Radicals
''See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1999''

Top 10 selling albums of the year in USA

#Backstreet Boys - ''Millennium'' (also broke record for first week sales)
#Britney Spears - ''...Baby One More Time''
#Ricky Martin - ''Ricky Martin''
#Shania Twain - ''Come on Over''
#Limp Bizkit - ''Significant Other''
#Santana - ''Supernatural''
#TLC - ''FanMail''
#Kid Rock - ''Devil Without a Cause''
#NSYNC - ''NSYNC''
#Christina Aguilera - ''Christina Aguilera''

Classical music

★ Samuel Adler - ''Viola Concerto''

★ Leonardo Balada - ''Piano Concerto No. 3''

★ Michael Daugherty - ''Hell's Angels''

★ Patrick Hawes - ''The Call'' (song cycle)

★ Joe Jackson - ''Symphony No. 1''

★ Karl Jenkins - ''The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace''

★ John Kinsella - ''Symphony No. 8: Into the New Millennium''

★ Richard Payne - ''Saxophone Concerto''

Opera

★ William Bolcom - ''A View from the Bridge''

★ Deborah Drattell - ''Festival of Regrets''

★ Daron Hagen - ''Bandanna''

★ John Harbison - ''The Great Gatsby''

★ Nicholas Lens - ''The Accacha Chronicles Trilogy: Terra Terra - The Aquarius Era''

★ Anthony Snyder - ''Sodomy''

Musical theater

★ ''Annie Get Your Gun'' (Irving Berlin) - Broadway revival

★ ''Fame - The Musical''     London production

★ ''Kiss Me, Kate'' (Cole Porter) - Broadway revival

★ ''Mamma Mia!'' (ABBA) - London production

★ ''My Fair Lady'' (Lerner & Loewe) - London revival

★ ''Saturday Night Fever''     Broadway production

Deaths

★ January 2 - Rolf Liebermann (88), composer

★ January 23 - "Prince" Lincoln Thompson (49), reggae musician

★ February 3 - Gwen Guthrie (48), singer

★ February 12 - Toni Fisher (67), singer

★ February 15 - Lamont "Big L" Coleman (24), rapper, gunshot

★ February 16 - Necil Kâzım Akses, Turkish composer (date of death from this contemporary newspaper)

★ March 3 - Dusty Springfield (59), singer, breast cancer

★ March 4 - Eddie Dean (91), country music artist, actor

★ March 12 - Yehudi Menuhin (92), violinist and musical director

★ March 13 - Bidu Sayão (97), Brazilian opera singer

★ March 26 - Ananda Shankar (50), Indian classical musician and composer, cardiac arrest

★ March 28 - Freaky Tah (28), Lost Boyz, gunshot

★ April 6 - Red Norvo (91), jazz musician

★ April 14 - Anthony Newley (67), songwriter, actor and singer

★ April 16 - Skip Spence (52), musician (Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape), lung cancer

★ April 25 - Roger Troutman (47), R&B singer

★ April 26 - Adrian Borland (41) , English singer, songwriter, guitarist ( the Sound ), suicide

★ April 27 - Al Hirt (76), New Orleans trumpeter

★ April 30 - Darrell Sweet (51), drummer (Nazareth), heart attack

★ May 14 - William Tucker, guitarist, Ministry, suicide by slitting own throat

★ May 26 - Paul Sacher (93), Swiss conductor

★ June 5 - Mel Tormé, (73), singer

★ June 21 - Kami, (26), Japanese drummer for Malice Mizer, subarachnoid hemorrhage

★ June 27 - Sven Einar Englund, (83), Finnish composer

★ July 3 - Mark Sandman, (46), alternative rock musician, member of Morphine, heart attack

★ July 6:

★
★ Benny Bell, (93), musician

★
★ Joaquín Rodrigo (97), Spanish composer

★ July 11 - Helen Forrest, (82), big band singer

★ August 3- Lesley Pitts (30), music publicist

★ September 10 - Alfredo Kraus (72), opera singer

★ October (?) - Robert Linn, composer and teacher (b. 1925)

★ October 6 - Amalia Rodrigues (79), Portuguese singer

★ October 10 - Robert Wright (90), songwriter and librettist

★ October 16 - Ella Mae Morse, (75), singer

★ October 19 - Harry Bannink (70), Dutch songwriter

★ October 26 - Rex Gildo (63), German singer

★ November 18 - Doug Sahm (58), country and rock musician

★ December 3 - Scatman John (57), pop musician

★ December 10 - Rick Danko (56), rock singer in The Band

★ December 26 - Curtis Mayfield (57), singer/composer

Awards

★ The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Billy Joel, Curtis Mayfield, Paul McCartney, Del Shannon, Dusty Springfield, Bruce Springsteen and The Staple Singers

★ Inductees of the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame include The Fairfield Four and Second Chapter of Acts

Grammy Awards

★ Grammy Awards of 1999

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

★ Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Mercury Music Prize

★ ''Ok'' - Talvin Singh wins.

MTV Video Music Awards

★ 1999 MTV Video Music Awards

Charts

Triple J Hottest 100

★ Triple J Hottest 100, 1999

★ Pop Culture Madness 1999 Pop Music Chart