1999 MTV Video Music Awards
The 1999 MTV Video Music Awards (stylized as 9999 MTV Video Music Awards) aired live on September 9, 1999, honoring the best music videos from June 13, 1998, to June 11, 1999. The show was hosted by Chris Rock at Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.[1] Lauryn Hill was the big winner of the night, taking home four Moonmen, including Best Female Video and the big one, Video of the Year
1999 MTV Video Music Awards | |
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Date | Thursday, September 9, 1999 |
Location | Metropolitan Opera House, New York City |
Country | United States |
Hosted by | Chris Rock |
Website | http://www.mtv.com/vma/1999/ |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | MTV |
Highlights of the show included Diana Ross jiggling Lil' Kim's exposed breast in response to her outfit, which left her entire left breast uncovered, but for a small pastie on her nipple. The mothers of slain rappers Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G., Afeni Shakur and Voletta Wallace, came together to present the Best Rap Video Award. The Beastie Boys' Adam Horovitz made a plea for peace in the wake of the sexual assaults at Woodstock '99. Near the end of the night, MTV staged a tribute to Madonna, the most-nominated artist in VMA history, by presenting a host of male drag performers dressed as the singer in her past music videos. Rapper DMX was scheduled to perform but was a no-show; as a result, Jay-Z's solo set was extended. Another moment of the ceremony was the debut of Britney Spears performing her debut single "...Baby One More Time", and then, NSYNC, performed their song "Tearin' Up My Heart".
As Backstreet Boys came up and accepted their award for Viewer's Choice, a stranger came onto the stage and said, "Wake up at 3". This person was later revealed to be John Del Signore, who crashed the ceremony in a failed attempt to sell Viacom a show idea.[2]
The awards show featured a line-up of sponsors and cross-promotions, most notably with SEGA, as the date of the show also coincided with the launch of their Dreamcast game console.
Nominations
Winners are in bold text.
Video of the Year
Lauryn Hill – "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
- Backstreet Boys – "I Want It That Way"
- Korn – "Freak on a Leash"
- Ricky Martin – "Livin' la Vida Loca"
- Will Smith (featuring Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee) – "Wild Wild West"
Best Male Video
Will Smith – "Miami"
- Eminem – "My Name Is"
- Lenny Kravitz – "Fly Away"
- Ricky Martin – "Livin' la Vida Loca"
Best Female Video
Best Group Video
Best New Artist in a Video
Eminem – "My Name Is"
- Kid Rock – "Bawitdaba"
- Jennifer Lopez – "If You Had My Love"
- Orgy – "Blue Monday"
Best Pop Video
Best Rock Video
Korn – "Freak on a Leash"
Best R&B Video
Lauryn Hill – "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
- Aaliyah – "Are You That Somebody?"
- Brandy – "Have You Ever?"
- Whitney Houston (featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price) – "Heartbreak Hotel"
Best Rap Video
Jay-Z (featuring Ja Rule and Amil) – "Can I Get A..."
- 2Pac – "Changes"
- DMX – "Ruff Ryders' Anthem"
- Nas (featuring Puff Daddy) – "Hate Me Now"
Best Hip-Hop Video
Beastie Boys – "Intergalactic"
- Busta Rhymes (featuring Janet Jackson) – "What's It Gonna Be?!"
- Lauryn Hill – "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
- TLC – "No Scrubs"
Best Dance Video
Ricky Martin – "Livin' la Vida Loca"
- Cher – "Believe"
- Fatboy Slim – "Praise You"
- Jordan Knight – "Give It to You"
- Jennifer Lopez – "If You Had My Love"
Best Video from a Film
Madonna – "Beautiful Stranger" (from Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me)
- Aaliyah – "Are You That Somebody?" (from Dr. Dolittle)
- Jay-Z (featuring Ja Rule and Amil) – "Can I Get A..." (from Rush Hour)
- Will Smith (featuring Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee) – "Wild Wild West" (from Wild Wild West)
Breakthrough Video
- Busta Rhymes – "Gimme Some More"
- Eels – "Last Stop: This Town"
- Eminem (featuring Dr. Dre) – "Guilty Conscience"
- Korn – "Freak on a Leash"
- Unkle (featuring Thom Yorke) – "Rabbit in Your Headlights"
Best Direction in a Video
Fatboy Slim – "Praise You" (Director: Torrance Community Dance Group)
- Busta Rhymes (featuring Janet Jackson) – "What's It Gonna Be?!" (Directors: Hype Williams and Busta Rhymes)
- Eminem – "My Name Is" (Directors: Dr. Dre and Phillip Atwell)
- Korn – "Freak on a Leash" (Directors: Todd McFarlane, Graham Morris, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris)
- TLC – "No Scrubs" (Director: Hype Williams)
Best Choreography in a Video
Fatboy Slim – "Praise You" (Choreographers: Richard Koufey and Michael Rooney)
- Ricky Martin – "Livin' la Vida Loca" (Choreographer: Tina Landon)
- Will Smith (featuring Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee) – "Wild Wild West" (Choreographer: Fatima Robinson)
- Britney Spears – "...Baby One More Time" (Choreographer: Randy Connor)
Best Special Effects in a Video
Garbage – "Special" (Special Effects: Sean Broughton, Stuart D. Gordon and Paul Simpson of Digital Domain)
- The Black Eyed Peas – "Joints & Jam" (Special Effects: Brian Beletic and Todd Somodivilla)
- Busta Rhymes (featuring Janet Jackson) – "What's It Gonna Be?!" (Special Effects: Fred Raimondi)
- Korn – "Freak on a Leash" (Special Effects: Matt Beck, Edson Williams, and the Brothers Strause)
- Madonna – "Nothing Really Matters" (Special Effects: Johan Renck, Bjorn Benckert and Tor-Bjorn Olsson)
- Will Smith – "Miami" (Special Effects: Eric Swenson, Andrea Mansour and Simon Mowbray)
Best Art Direction in a Video
Lauryn Hill – "Doo Wop (That Thing)" (Art Director: Gideon Ponte)
- Barenaked Ladies – "One Week" (Art Director: Paul Martin)
- Busta Rhymes (featuring Janet Jackson) – "What's It Gonna Be?!" (Art Director: Regan Jackson)
- Korn – "Freak on a Leash" (Art Directors: K. K. Barrett, Todd McFarlane, Terry Fitzgerald and Graham Morris)
- TLC – "No Scrubs" (Art Director: Regan Jackson)
Best Editing in a Video
Korn – "Freak on a Leash" (Editors: Haines Hall and Michael Sachs)
Best Cinematography in a Video
Marilyn Manson – "The Dope Show" (Director of Photography: Martin Coppen)
- Hole – "Malibu" (Director of Photography: Martin Coppen)
- Korn – "Freak on a Leash" (Director of Photography: Julian Whatley)
- Madonna – "Beautiful Stranger" (Director of Photography: Thomas Kloss)
- Will Smith – "Miami" (Director of Photography: Daniel Pearl)
Best Artist Website
Viewer's Choice
Backstreet Boys – "I Want It That Way"
- Jay-Z (featuring Ja Rule and Amil) – "Can I Get A..."
- Korn – "Freak on a Leash"
- Ricky Martin – "Livin' la Vida Loca"
- NSYNC – "Tearin' Up My Heart"
- TLC – "No Scrubs"
MTV Australia
Silverchair – "Anthem for the Year 2000"
- Neil Finn – "Sinner"
- The Living End – "Save the Day"
- Powderfinger – "Already Gone"
- Spiderbait – "Stevie"
MTV Brasil
Raimundos – "Mulher de Fases"
- Banda Eva – "De Ladinho"
- Barão Vermelho – "Por Você"
- Capital Inicial – "O Mundo"
- Charlie Brown Jr. – "Zoio D Lula"
- Cidade Negra – "Já Foi"
- Claudinho e Buchecha – "Só Love"
- Engenheiros do Hawaii – "Eu Que Não Amo Você"
- Jota Quest – "Sempre Assim"
- Kid Abelha – "Eu Só Penso em Você"
- Leonardo – "120, 150, 200 km/h"
- Nativus – "Liberdade pra Dentro da Cabeça"
- Os Paralamas do Sucesso – "Depois da Queda o Coice"
- Pato Fu – "Canção pra Você Viver Mais"
- Pepê e Neném – "Mania de Você"
- Sandy & Junior – "No Fundo do Coração"
- SPC – "Sai da Minha Aba (Bicão)"
- Skank – "Mandrake e os Cubanos"
- Caetano Veloso – "Sozinho"
- Vinny – "Shake Boom"[3]
MTV India
- Shankar Mahadevan – "Breathless"
- Sonu Nigam – "Ab Mujhe Raat Din"
- Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan – "Kuch Kuch Hota Hain"
- Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan – "Mera Mann"
MTV Korea
H.O.T. – "Make a Line"
- Cho Sung Mo – "To Heaven"
- Jinusean – "Taekwon V"
- No Brain – "Youth 98"
- Shin Hae Chul – "Invitation to My Daily Life"
- Yoo Seung Jun – "Burning Love"
MTV Latin America (North)
Ricky Martin – "Livin' la Vida Loca"
- Bersuit Vergarabat – "Sr. Cobranza"
- Café Tacuba – "Revés"
- Control Machete – "Sí, Señor"
- Molotov – "El Carnal de las Estrellas"
MTV Latin America (South)
Ricky Martin – "Livin' la Vida Loca"
- Los Auténticos Decadentes – "Los Piratas"
- Miguel Mateos – "Bar Imperio"
- Molotov – "El Carnal de las Estrellas"
- Los Pericos – "Sin Cadenas"
MTV Mandarin
Shino Lin – "Irritated"
- Chau Wa-Kin – "Someone with a Story"
- Valen Hsu – "Don't Say Goodbye"
- Faye Wong – "Quitting in Halfway"
- Harlem Yu and Jeff Chang – "Love Turning Around"
- Zhang Chen-Yu – "I Want Money"
- Zheng Jun – "Happiness"
MTV Russia
Ricky Martin – "Livin' la Vida Loca"
- Linda – "Otpusti Menyia"
- Mumiy Troll – "Ranetka"
- The Offspring – "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"
- Otpetye Moshenniki – "Lyubi Menia, Lyubi"
- Britney Spears – "...Baby One More Time"
MTV Southeast Asia
Parokya ni Edgar – "Harana"
- Mai Charoenpura – "Mai Han Pen Rai"
- Krisdayanti – "Menghitung Hari"
- Poetic Ammo – "Everything Changes"
Performances
Pre-show
Main show
- Kid Rock (featuring Run-DMC, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry and Joe C.) – "King of Rock" / "Rock Box" / "Bawitdaba" / "Walk This Way"
- Lauryn Hill – "Lost Ones" / "Everything Is Everything"
- Backstreet Boys – "I Want It That Way" / "Larger Than Life"
- Ricky Martin – "She's All I Ever Had" / "Livin' la Vida Loca"
- Nine Inch Nails – "The Fragile"
- TLC – "No Scrubs"
- Fatboy Slim – "Praise You"
- Jay-Z (featuring DJ Clue and Amil) – "Jigga My Nigga" / "Can I Get A..." / "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)"
- Britney Spears and NSYNC – "...Baby One More Time" / "Tearin' Up My Heart"
- Eminem, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg – "My Name Is" / "Guilty Conscience" / "Nuthin' But a "G" Thang"
Appearances
Pre-show
- Chris Connelly and Ananda Lewis – announced the winners of the professional categories and presented Best R&B Video.[5]
Main show
- Moby – DJed during the commercial breaks
- Wyclef Jean and Charlotte Church – presented Best New Artist in a Video
- Chris Rock – introduced Britney Spears and NSYNC
- Johnny Depp – introduced Nine Inch Nails
- Renée Zellweger and Jay Mohr – introduced the International Viewer's Choice Awards winners
- David Bowie – introduced Lauryn Hill
- Regis Philbin – introduced Fatboy Slim, Richard Koufey and the Torrance Community Dance Group
- Prince – introduced TLC
- Christina Aguilera and Tommy Lee – presented Best Rock Video
- Stone Cold Steve Austin – introduced Jay-Z
- Mark McGrath and Jennifer Lopez – presented Best Video From a Film
- Chris Rock – introduced Ricky Martin
- Gavin Rossdale and Susan Sarandon – presented Best Female Video
- Mira Sorvino and Freddie Prinze Jr. – presented Best Male Video
- Limp Bizkit (Fred Durst and Wes Borland) and Heather Locklear – presented Best Pop Video
- Tom Green – appeared in vignettes about Viewer's Choice voting procedures
- Will Smith – introduced Afeni Shakur and Voletta Wallace and presented Best Rap Video with them
- Mary J. Blige and Lil' Kim – introduced Diana Ross and presented Best Hip-Hop Video with her
- Carson Daly and Pamela Anderson – described balloting procedures, and introduced the Backstreet Boys
- Janet Jackson – presented Best Dance Video
- Janeane Garofalo and Method Man – presented Breakthrough Video
- Puff Daddy and Denise Richards – presented Best Group Video
- Buddy Hackett, Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard and Michael C. Williams – presented Best Direction in a Video
- Chris Rock – introduced Kid Rock
- Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Heidi Klum and Tim Robbins – presented Viewer's Choice
- Lars Ulrich – introduced Eminem
- Madonna – introduced Paul McCartney and presented Video of the Year with him
See also
External links
References
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