1999 MTV Video Music Awards

1999 MTV Video Music Awards
Date	Thursday, September 9, 1999
Location	Metropolitan Opera House, New York City
Country	United States
Hosted by	Chris Rock
Television/Radio coverage
Network	MTV

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] 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

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. 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]

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

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

TLC – "No Scrubs"

• Backstreet Boys – "I Want It That Way"
• Limp Bizkit – "Nookie"
• 'N Sync – "Tearin' Up My Heart"
• Sugar Ray – "Every Morning"

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

Ricky Martin – "Livin' la Vida Loca"

• Backstreet Boys – "I Want It That Way"
• Jennifer Lopez – "If You Had My Love"
• 'N Sync – "Tearin' Up My Heart"
• Britney Spears – "...Baby One More Time"

Best Rock Video

Korn – "Freak on a Leash"

• Kid Rock – "Bawitdaba"
• Lenny Kravitz – "Fly Away"
• Limp Bizkit – "Nookie"
• The Offspring – "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"

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

Fatboy Slim – "Praise You"

• 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 Direction: 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)

• 2Pac – "Changes" (Editor: Chris Hafner)
• Cher – "Believe" (Editor: Scott Richter)
• TLC – "No Scrubs" (Editor: Harvey White)

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

Red Hot Chili Peppers (www.redhotchilipeppers.com)

• 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)
• 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

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. – "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, 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

A. R. Rahman – "Dil Se Re"

• 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

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

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 '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
• Tom Green – appeared in vignettes about Viewer's Choice voting procedures
• Wyclef Jean and Charlotte Church – presented Best New Artist in a Video
• David Bowie – introduced Lauryn Hill
• Will Smith – introduced Afeni Shakur and Voletta Wallace and presented Best Rap Video with them
• Carson Daly and Pamela Anderson – described balloting 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 the International Viewer's Choice Awards winners
• 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 and Lil' Kim – introduced Diana Ross and presented Best Hip-Hop Video with her
• Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Heidi Klum and Tim Robbins – presented Viewer's Choice
• Lars Ulrich – introduced Eminem
• Madonna – introduced Paul McCartney
• Madonna and Paul McCartney – presented Video of the Year

External links

• Official MTV site

References

1. ↑ "Lauryn Hill, Ricky Martin and Fatboy Slim Dominate TheFinal MTV Video Music Awards Of The 20th Century". Business Wire. allbusiness.com. 10 September 1999. Retrieved 2011-05-20. 
2. ↑ http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/john-del-signore-bite-me-kanye-i-bum-rushed-the-mtv-video-music-awards%E2%80%94ten-years-ago-this-week
3. ↑ "Kids ThinkLink - CultureLink". Archived from the original on 2009-07-21. Retrieved 2009-06-30.