| 1999Billboard Music Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | December 8, 1999 (1999-12-08) |
| Location | MGM Grand Garden Arena,Las Vegas |
| Country | United States |
| Hosted by | Kathy Griffin,Adam Carolla |
| Most awards | Britney Spears (5) |
| Most nominations | Britney Spears (8) |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Fox |
| Viewership | 8.1% (Nielsen ratings) |
| Produced by | Paul Flattery, Michael Levitt |
The1999Billboard Music Awards took place on December 8, 1999, at theMGM Grand Garden Arena inLas Vegas. Hosted byKathy Griffin andAdam 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 includingTop New Artist andTop Female Artist. Country singer and songwriterEmmylou Harris was bestowed with the Century Award in honour of her many creative achievements,[1] whileAerosmith received the Artist Achievement Award for their longstanding body of work.Garth Brooks andMariah Carey were recipients of the inaugural Male and Female Artist of the Decade awards respectively. TheRed 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 onBillboard'sHot Modern Rock Tracks chart earlier in the year.[2]
Britney Spears was the most-nominated artist with eight nominations, followed byTLC who received six.R. Kelly andCher tied with five nominations apiece, whileWhitney Houston,Shania Twain,Jay-Z, and theBackstreet Boys each earned four.
Winners are listed first and highlighted inbold.[6][9]