1999 MTV Video Music Awards

The 1999 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]

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 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.

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Video of the Year

• Backstreet Boys — "I Want It That Way"
• Lauryn Hill — "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
• 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

• Eminem — "My Name Is"
• Lenny Kravitz — "Fly Away"
• Ricky Martin — "Livin' la Vida Loca"
• Will Smith — "Miami"

Best Female Video

• Lauryn Hill — "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
• Jennifer Lopez — "If You Had My Love"
• Madonna — "Beautiful Stranger"
• Britney Spears — "...Baby One More Time"

Best Group Video

• Backstreet Boys — "I Want It That Way"
• Limp Bizkit — "Nookie"
• 'N Sync — "Tearin' Up My Heart"
• Sugar Ray — "Every Morning"
• TLC — "No Scrubs"

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

• Backstreet Boys — "I Want It That Way"
• Jennifer Lopez — "If You Had My Love"
• Ricky Martin — "Livin' la Vida Loca"
• 'N Sync — "Tearin' Up My Heart"
• Britney Spears — "...Baby One More Time"

Best Rock Video

• Kid Rock — "Bawitdaba"
• Korn — "Freak on a Leash"
• Lenny Kravitz — "Fly Away"
• Limp Bizkit — "Nookie"
• The Offspring — "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"

Best R&B Video

• Aaliyah — "Are You That Somebody"
• Brandy — "Have You Ever"
• Lauryn Hill — "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
• Whitney Houston (featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price) — "Heartbreak Hotel"

Best Rap Video

• 2Pac — "Changes"
• DMX — "Ruff Ryders' Anthem"
• Jay-Z (featuring Ja Rule and Amil) — "Can I Get A..."
• 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

• Cher — "Believe"
• Fatboy Slim — "Praise You"
• Jordan Knight — "Give It to You"
• Jennifer Lopez — "If You Had My Love"
• Ricky Martin — "Livin' la Vida Loca"

Best Video from a Film

• Aaliyah — "Are You That Somebody" (from Dr. Dolittle)
• Jay-Z (featuring Ja Rule and Amil) — "Can I Get A..." (from Rush Hour)
• Madonna — "Beautiful Stranger" (from Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me)
• 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"
• Fatboy Slim — "Praise You"
• Korn — "Freak on a Leash"
• Unkle (featuring Thom Yorke) — "Rabbit in Your Headlights"

Best Direction in a Video

• 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)
• Fatboy Slim — "Praise You" (Director: Torrance Community Dance Group)
• 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 Conner)

Best Special Effects in a Video

• 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)
• Garbage — "Special" (Special Effects: Shawn Broughton, Stuart D Gordon (Digital Domain)
• 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

• Barenaked Ladies — "One Week" (Art Director: Paul Martin)
• Busta Rhymes (featuring Janet Jackson) — "What's It Gonna Be?!" (Art Director: Regan Jackson)
• Lauryn Hill — "Doo Wop (That Thing)" (Art Director: Gideon Ponte)
• 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

• 2Pac — "Changes" (Editor: Chris Hafner)
• Cher — "Believe" (Editor: Scott Richter)
• Korn — "Freak on a Leash" (Editor: Haines Hall and Michael Sachs)
• TLC — "No Scrubs" (Editor: Harvey White)

Best Cinematography in a Video

• 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)
• Marilyn Manson — "The Dope Show" (Director of Photography: Martin Coppen)
• Will Smith — "Miami" (Director of Photography: Daniel Pearl)

Best Artist Website

• David Bowie (www.davidbowie.com)
• Sheryl Crow (www.sherylcrow.com)
• Jennifer Lopez (www.jenniferlopez.com)
• Limp Bizkit (www.limp-bizkit.com)
• Massive Attack (www.massiveattack.co.uk)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers (www.redhotchilipeppers.com)
• The Smashing Pumpkins (www.smashingpumpkins.com)

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"
• 'N Sync — "Tearin' Up My Heart"
• TLC — "No Scrubs"

International Viewer's Choice Awards

MTV Australia

• Neil Finn — "Sinner"
• The Living End — "Save the Day"
• Powderfinger — "Already Gone"
• silverchair — "Anthem for the Year 2000"
• Spiderbait — "Stevie"

MTV Brasil

• Banda Eva — "De Ladinho"
• Barão Vermelho — "Por Você"
• Capital Inicial — "O Mundo"
• Charlie Brown Jr. — "Zóio de 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 , 200Km/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"
• Raimundos — "Mulher de Fases"
• Sandy & Junior — "No Fundo do Coração"
• SPC — "Sai da Minha Aba (Bicão)"
• Skank — "Mandrake e os Cubanos"
• Caetano Veloso — "Sozinho"
• Vinny — "Shake Boom" ^[2]

MTV India

• Shankar Mahadevan — "Breathless"
• Sonu Nigam — "Ab Mujhe Raat Din"
• A. R. Rahman — "Dil Se"
• Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan — "Kuch Kuch Hota Hain"
• Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan — "Mera Mann"

MTV Korea

• Cho Sung Mo — "To Heaven"
• H.O.T. — "Make a Line"
• Jinusean — "Taekwon V"
• No Brain — "Youth 98"
• Shin Hae Chul — "Invitation to My Daily Life"
• Yoo Seung Jun — "Burning Love"

MTV Latin America (North)

• Bersuit Vergarabat — "Sr. Cobranza"
• Café Tacuba — "Revés"
• Control Machete — "Sí, Señor"
• Ricky Martin — "Livin' la Vida Loca"
• Molotov — "El Carnal de las Estrellas"

MTV Latin America (South)

• Los Auténticos Decadentes — "Los Piratas"
• Ricky Martin — "Livin' la Vida Loca"
• Miguel Mateos — "Bar Imperio"
• Molotov — "El Carnal de las Estrellas"
• Los Pericos — "Sin Cadenas"

MTV Mandarin

• Chau Wa-Kin — "Someone with a Story"
• Valen Hsu — "Don't Say Goodbye"
• Shino Lin — "Irritated"
• Faye Wong — "Quitting in Halfway"
• Harlem Yu and Jeff Chang — "Love Turning Around"
• Zhang Chen-Yu — "I Want Money"
• Zheng Jun — "Happiness"

MTV Russia

• Linda — "Otpusti Menyia"
• Ricky Martin — "Livin' la Vida Loca"
• 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

• Mai Charoenpura — "Mai Han Pen Rai"
• Krisdayanti — "Menghitung Hari"
• Parokya ni Edgar — "Harana"
• Poetic Ammo — "Everything Changes"

Video Vanguard Award

• Not presented this year

Performances

Pre-show

• Smash Mouth — - "All Star"
• Blink-182 — - "What's My Age Again?"/"All the Small Things" [1]

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, DJ Clue and Amil — "Jigga My Nigga"/"Can I Get A..."/"Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)"
• Britney Spears and N'SYNC — "Baby One More Time"/"Tearin' Up My Heart""
• Eminem, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg — "My Name Is"/"Guilty Conscience"/"Nuthin' But a "G" Thang"

Aborted Performance

Originally, the producers of the show tried to coax the former boy band New Kids On The Block to perform at the ceremony and present an award. Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wood, Jordan Knight and Joey McIntyre were all on board to reunite, but the lone exception was Jonathan Knight. The group will later reunite nine years later, embarking on a studio album and a tour.

Appearances

• Moby — DJed during the commercial breaks
• Janet Jackson — presented Best Dance Video
• Puff Daddy and Denise Richards — presented Best Group Video
• Wyclef Jean and Charlotte Church — presented Best New Artist
• David Bowie — introduced Lauryn Hill
• Will Smith with Afeni Shakur and Voletta Wallace — presented Best Rap Video
• Carson Daly and Pamela Anderson — described voting procedures, and introduced the Backstreet Boys
• Gavin Rossdale and Susan Sarandon — presented Best Female Video
• Christina Aguilera and Tommy Lee — presented Best Rock Video
• Janeane Garofalo and Method Man — presented Breakthrough Video
• Mark McGrath and Jennifer Lopez — presented Best Video From a Film
• Johnny Depp — introduced Nine Inch Nails
• Limp Bizkit (Fred Durst and Wes Borland) and Heather Locklear — presented Best Pop Video
• Prince — introduced TLC
• Mira Sorvino and Freddie Prinze Jr. — presented Best Male Video
• Regis Philbin — introduced Fatboy Slim, Richard Koufey and the Torrance Community Dance Group
• Renée Zellweger and Jay Mohr — introduced International Viewer's Choice Awards
• Stone Cold Steve Austin — introduced Jay-Z
• Buddy Hackett, Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard and Michael C. Williams — presented Best Direction in a Video
• Mary J. Blige, Lil' Kim and Diana Ross — presented Best Hip-Hop Video
• Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Heidi Klum and Tim Robbins — presented Viewer's Choice
• Lars Ulrich — introduced Eminem
• Madonna and Paul McCartney — presented Video of the Year

External links

• Official MTV site

References

1. ^ http://www.allbusiness.com/media-telecommunications/movies-sound-recording/6765649-1.html
2. ^ "Kids ThinkLink - CultureLink". Archived from the original on 2009-07-21. http://www.webcitation.org/5iRrSfFse. Retrieved 2009-06-30.