1999 Billboard Music Awards

{{Infobox award

| name = 1999 Billboard Music Awards

| image =

| caption =

| date = {{Start date|1999|12|08}}

| location = MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas

| country = United States

| host = Kathy Griffin, Adam Carolla

| most_awards = Britney Spears (5)

| most_nominations = Britney Spears (8)

| network = Fox

| ratings = 8.1% (Nielsen ratings)

| producer = Paul Flattery, Michael Levitt

| previous = 1998

| main = Billboard Music Awards

| next = 2000

}}

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,{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/520363/billboard-honors-emmylou-harris/|title=Billboard Honors Emmylou Harris|author=|date=December 1, 1999|website=MTV News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229084345/http://www.mtv.com/news/520363/billboard-honors-emmylou-harris/|archive-date=December 29, 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=April 19, 2022}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/1999/dec/09/spears-backstreet-boys-big-winners-at-billboard-aw/|title=Spears, Backstreet Boys big winners at Billboard Awards|last=Wagner|first=Angie|date=December 9, 1999|website=Las Vegas Sun|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306111413/https://lasvegassun.com/news/1999/dec/09/spears-backstreet-boys-big-winners-at-billboard-aw/|archive-date=March 6, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=April 20, 2022}}

Performances

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Artist(s) ! Song(s) ! {{abbr\|Ref(s)\|References}}
Jennifer Lopez \| "Waiting for Tonight" \| style="text-align:center;" \|{{cite web\|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/933623/jennifer-lopez-will-perform-at-the-2018-billboard-music-awards\|title=Jennifer Lopez Will Perform at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards\|last=Swertlow\|first=Meg\|date=May 9, 2018\|website=E! Online\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509221525/https://www.eonline.com/news/933623/jennifer-lopez-will-perform-at-the-2018-billboard-music-awards\|archive-date=May 9, 2018\|url-status=live\|access-date=April 19, 2022}}
Red Hot Chili Peppers \| "Scar Tissue" "Red Hot Mama" {{small\|(with Snoop Dogg)}} \| style="text-align:center;" \|{{cite web\|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/569986/backstreet-boys-britney-spears-rake-in-billboard-awards/\|title=Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears Rake In Billboard Awards\|last=Vanhorn\|first=Teri\|date=December 9, 1999\|website=MTV News\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125162919/https://www.mtv.com/news/569986/backstreet-boys-britney-spears-rake-in-billboard-awards/\|archive-date=November 25, 2018\|url-status=dead\|access-date=April 19, 2022}}
Britney Spears \| "...Baby One More Time" "(You Drive Me) Crazy" \| style="text-align:center;" \|
LeAnn Rimes \| "Crazy" \| style="text-align:center;" \|{{cite magazine\|last=Flick\|first=Larry\|date=December 18, 1999\|title=Billboard Awards Tap Youth\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iggEAAAAMBAJ&dq=metallica+perform+1999+billboard+music+awards&pg=PA94\|url-status=live\|magazine=Billboard\|location=United States\|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.\|volume=111\|issue=51\|pages=94–96\|issn=0006-2510\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420064251/https://books.google.tt/books?id=iggEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=metallica+perform+1999+billboard+music+awards&source=bl&ots=VzsFfBsF1W&sig=ACfU3U2kBxzmmTL_WbEp4po4DY1nGrAxIw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiAmvHD9aH3AhXvRDABHcmwCxcQ6AF6BAgREAM#v=onepage&q=metallica%20perform%201999%20billboard%20music%20awards&f=false\|archive-date=April 20, 2022\|access-date=April 20, 2022\|via=Google Books}}
Metallica \| "Until It Sleeps"{{small\|(with the San Francisco Symphony)}} \| style="text-align:center;" \|{{cite web\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/556695.stm\|title=Britney and Backstreet Boys share glory\|date=December 9, 1999\|website=BBC News\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415080004/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/556695.stm\|archive-date=April 15, 2015\|url-status=live\|access-date=April 19, 2022}}
Juvenile \| "Back That Thang Up" \| style="text-align:center;" \|
Ricky Martin \| "Shake Your Bon-Bon" \| style="text-align:center;" \|
Mariah Carey \| "I Still Believe" \| style="text-align:center;" \|{{cite web\|url=https://www.complex.com/music/the-best-billboard-music-awards-performance/\|title=The Best Billboard Music Awards Performances\|last=List\|first=Mallorie\|date=May 20, 2018\|website=Complex\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220420065156/https://www.complex.com/music/the-best-billboard-music-awards-performance/\|archive-date=April 20, 2022\|url-status=live\|access-date=April 20, 2022}}
Celine Dion \| "That's The Way It Is" \| style="text-align:center;" \|{{cite web\|url=https://lasvegassun.com/photos/1905/may/15/4104/\|title=Photograph: Celine Dion performs at the Billboard Awards\|website=Las Vegas Sun\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331003151/https://lasvegassun.com/photos/1905/may/15/4104/\|archive-date=March 31, 2012\|url-status=live\|access-date=April 19, 2022}}

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Artist(s)

! Song(s)

! {{abbr|Ref(s)|References}}

Jennifer Lopez

| "Waiting for Tonight"

| style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/933623/jennifer-lopez-will-perform-at-the-2018-billboard-music-awards|title=Jennifer Lopez Will Perform at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards|last=Swertlow|first=Meg|date=May 9, 2018|website=E! Online|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509221525/https://www.eonline.com/news/933623/jennifer-lopez-will-perform-at-the-2018-billboard-music-awards|archive-date=May 9, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=April 19, 2022}}

Red Hot Chili Peppers

| "Scar Tissue"
"Red Hot Mama" {{small|(with Snoop Dogg)}}

| style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/569986/backstreet-boys-britney-spears-rake-in-billboard-awards/|title=Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears Rake In Billboard Awards|last=Vanhorn|first=Teri|date=December 9, 1999|website=MTV News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125162919/https://www.mtv.com/news/569986/backstreet-boys-britney-spears-rake-in-billboard-awards/|archive-date=November 25, 2018|url-status=dead|access-date=April 19, 2022}}

Britney Spears

| "...Baby One More Time"
"(You Drive Me) Crazy"

| style="text-align:center;" |

LeAnn Rimes

| "Crazy"

| style="text-align:center;" |{{cite magazine|last=Flick|first=Larry|date=December 18, 1999|title=Billboard Awards Tap Youth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iggEAAAAMBAJ&dq=metallica+perform+1999+billboard+music+awards&pg=PA94|url-status=live|magazine=Billboard|location=United States|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|volume=111|issue=51|pages=94–96|issn=0006-2510|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420064251/https://books.google.tt/books?id=iggEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=metallica+perform+1999+billboard+music+awards&source=bl&ots=VzsFfBsF1W&sig=ACfU3U2kBxzmmTL_WbEp4po4DY1nGrAxIw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiAmvHD9aH3AhXvRDABHcmwCxcQ6AF6BAgREAM#v=onepage&q=metallica%20perform%201999%20billboard%20music%20awards&f=false|archive-date=April 20, 2022|access-date=April 20, 2022|via=Google Books}}

Metallica

| "Until It Sleeps"{{small|(with the San Francisco Symphony)}}

| style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/556695.stm|title=Britney and Backstreet Boys share glory|date=December 9, 1999|website=BBC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415080004/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/556695.stm|archive-date=April 15, 2015|url-status=live|access-date=April 19, 2022}}

Juvenile

| "Back That Thang Up"

| style="text-align:center;" |

Ricky Martin

| "Shake Your Bon-Bon"

| style="text-align:center;" |

Mariah Carey

| "I Still Believe"

| style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/the-best-billboard-music-awards-performance/|title=The Best Billboard Music Awards Performances|last=List|first=Mallorie|date=May 20, 2018|website=Complex|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220420065156/https://www.complex.com/music/the-best-billboard-music-awards-performance/|archive-date=April 20, 2022|url-status=live|access-date=April 20, 2022}}

Celine Dion

| "That's The Way It Is"

| style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web|url=https://lasvegassun.com/photos/1905/may/15/4104/|title=Photograph: Celine Dion performs at the Billboard Awards|website=Las Vegas Sun|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331003151/https://lasvegassun.com/photos/1905/may/15/4104/|archive-date=March 31, 2012|url-status=live|access-date=April 19, 2022}}

Presenters

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

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.{{cite magazine|url=https://people.com/music/billboard-music-awards-1999-throwback-photos/|title=9 Epic Throwback Photos from the 1999 Billboard Music Awards|last=Hogan|first=Kate|date=May 1, 2019|magazine=People|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501234422/https://people.com/music/billboard-music-awards-1999-throwback-photos/|archive-date=May 1, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=April 20, 2022}}

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style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Century Award ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Artist Achievement Award
valign="top" \| Emmylou Harris \| valign="top" \| Aerosmith
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"\| Male Artist of the Decade ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%"\| Female Artist of the Decade
valign="top" \| Garth Brooks \| valign="top" \| Mariah Carey
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Artist of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Top New Artist
valign="top" \| Backstreet Boys Britney Spears TLC Shania Twain \| valign="top" \| Britney Spears Christina Aguilera Lou Bega Jennifer Lopez
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Top Male Artist ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Top Female Artist
valign="top" \| Ricky Martin Jay-Z R. Kelly DMX \| valign="top" \| Britney Spears Cher Whitney Houston Shania Twain
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Top Billboard 200 Artist ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Top Billboard 200 Album
valign="top" \| Backstreet Boys Britney Spears TLC Shania Twain \| valign="top" \| Backstreet Boys – Millennium 'N SYNC – NSYNC Britney Spears – ...Baby One More Time Shania Twain – Come On Over
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Female Singles Artist of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Top Female Albums Artist of the Year
valign="top" \| "...Baby One More Time" – Britney Spears \| valign="top" \| Britney Spears – ...Baby One More Time
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Top Duo/Group ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Top Hot 100 Song
valign="top" \| Backstreet Boys 98 Degrees Sugar Ray TLC \| valign="top" \| "Believe" – Cher "Heartbreak Hotel" – Whitney Houston (featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price) "Angel of Mine" – Monica "No Scrubs" – TLC
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Top Male Hot 100 Artist of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Top Female Hot 100 Artist of the Year
valign="top" \| Ricky Martin R. Kelly Jay-Z Tim McGraw \| valign="top" \| Britney Spears Cher Whitney Houston Brandy Norwood
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Top R&B/Hip Hop Artist ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Top R&B Album Artist of the Year
valign="top" \| R. Kelly Faith Evans Lauryn Hill Jay-Z \| valign="top" \| Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood – DMX 400 Degreez – Juvenile The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill R. – R. Kelly
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Top R&B Album of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Top R&B Single of the Year
valign="top" \| 400 Degreez – Juvenile Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood – DMX The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill R. – R. Kelly \| valign="top" \| "Fortunate" – Maxwell "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" – Deborah Cox "Heartbreak Hotel" – Whitney Houston (featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price) "No Scrubs" – TLC
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Top Rap Artist ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Top Rap Single
valign="top" \| Jay-Z Busta Rhymes JT Money Solé \| valign="top" \| "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
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Top Country Artist of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Top Country Album of the Year
valign="top" \| Dixie Chicks Martina McBride Tim McGraw George Strait \| valign="top" \| Wide Open Spaces – Dixie Chicks
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Top Country Group/Duo of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Adult Contemporary Track Of The Year
valign="top" \| Dixie Chicks \| valign="top" \| "Angel" – Sarah McLachlan
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Top Rock Artist of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Top Rock Single of the Year
valign="top" \| Creed Collective Soul Lenny Kravitz Metallica \| valign="top" \| "One" – Creed "Heavy" – Collective Soul "What It's Like" – Everlast "Scar Tissue" – Red Hot Chili Peppers
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Top Modern Rock Artist ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Top Modern Rock Track
valign="top" \| The Offspring \| valign="top" \| "My Own Worst Enemy" – Lit
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Top Catalog Artist of the Year ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \| Top Catalog Album of the Year
valign="top" \| Metallica \| valign="top" \| Metallica – Metallica

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style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Century Award

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Artist Achievement Award

valign="top" |