See also: 1998 in music, 1999 in British music, other events of 1999, 2000 in music, 1990s in music and the list of 'years in music'

Events

• January 7
  • After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation.
  • Paul McCartney attends the premiere of his step-daughter Heather's first housewares collection in Georgia.
• January 11 - During the American Music Awards, Billy Joel is awarded the Special Award of Merit for his "inspired songwriting skills" and "exciting showmanship."
• January 12 - Britney Spears releases her debut album, Baby One More Time. The album hits number one on the charts. The first single released from the album, also titled "Baby One More Time" also hits number one on the Billboard Hot 100
• February 14 - Elton John appears as himself in a special Valentine's Day episode of the animated series The Simpsons
• February 15 - "Rolling Stones Day" is declared in Minnesota by Governor (and former Rolling Stones bodyguard) Jesse Ventura
• Rapper Big L is killed in Harlem.
• February 19 - Marilyn Manson files a defamation countersuit against former Spin Magazine editor Craig Marks, in response to a multi-million dollar lawsuit that Marks filed in January against the singer, the record label Nothing/Interscope, and Manson's bodyguard agency.
• February 20 - Trace Adkins performs his first concert following surgery for tendon damage and a broken ankle. Contrary to doctors orders, Adkins does not remain seated during the performance.
• February 25 - The Artist Formerly Known as Prince files a lawsuit against nine Web sites for copyright and trademark infringement, claiming that the websites sell bootlegged recordings and offer unauthorized song downloads.
• March 1 - Sony Music Distribution raises wholesale prices on audio Compact Discs by 8 cents
• March 2 - The House of Blues in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Mandalay Bay Resort. Bob Dylan performs a concert at the club and is joined by U2's lead singer Bono for an encore of "Knockin' On Heaven's Door".
• March 5 - Trauma Entertainment files a $40 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against the members of Bush for failing to deliver a new album.
• March 6 - A 67 year old George Jones is seriously injured in a car accident while on his way home. Jones' Lexus crashes into a bridge at about 1:30 p.m. It is later revealed that alcohol was a factor in the accident.
• March 15 - Marilyn Manson is injured when he slips and falls during a concert at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California. Manson's performance is cut short.
• March 21 Irish girl band B*Witched score their fourth consecutive #1 with Blame It On The Weatherman on the UK singles chart. They become the first band to have all their first four singles enter at the top simultaneously and set a new record. It is broken a year later by Irish boy band Westlife.
• March 28 - Lost Boyz member Freaky Tah is fatally shot in New York as he is leaving his hotel.
• April 10 - A charity tribute concert for Linda McCartney is held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Here, There and Everywhere: A Concert For Linda, features performances by Paul McCartney, Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders, Elvis Costello, Sinéad O'Connor, and George Michael. Proceeds raised at the event went to animal rights causes.
• April 19 - Neil Young performs at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Due to a mistake by a Madison Square Garden staff member, the marquee read "Bob Dylan, Tonight at 8pm". Young jokingly introduced one of his guitar players as Bob Dylan during the show.
• April 20 - Billy Joel performs at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. Joel announces that this would be his last public pop music concert. Joel also announces plans on devoting his future efforts to classical music.
• April 28 - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• April 30 - Columbine High School massacre: Aerosmith visits Columbine High School shooting victim Lance Kirklin in a Colorado hospital before a concert in Denver, Colorado. Kirklin was one of 28 wounded in the April 20 shooting, 13 others were killed.
• May 1 - "The Paintings of Paul McCartney" exhibit opens at the Lyz Art Forum in Siegen, Germany. The exhibit features around 70 paintings created by the former Beatle.
• May 1 - Musical group, Atari Teenage Riot starts a riot in Berlin with their anti-consumer and anti-government lyrics. The riot was stopped with concert goers pleading for peace from the Swat crew ruthlessly beating down pedestrians. This band is under the label Digital Hardcore Recordings.
• June 2 - Backstreet Boys smashes the old first-week sales record of Grath Brooks' 1.08 million, with (Millennium) which sold over 1.13 million in its first week and was the first album to sell over 500,000 copies at least 2 weeks. The album holds at No. 1 first-weeks sales record of the 90's.
• June 13 S Club 7 debut at #1 on the UK singles chart with their first single Bring It All Back and become the largest vocal group to enter at the top.
• July 1 - The new Scottish Parliament is formally opened with a rock concert in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle and is headlined by Garbage, of which, lead singer Shirley Manson, is at the time one of the biggest music stars from Scotland.
• July 3 - Indie rock icon Mark Sandman collapses on stage at the Giardini del Principe in Palestrina, Latium, Italy (near Rome) while performing with Morphine. He is soon pronounced dead of a heart attack at the age of 46. Morphine immediately disbands.
• July 12 - Gregg Alexander issues a press release dissolving the New Radicals.
• August 24 - Christina Aguilera releases her self titled debut album. The album and first single, "Genie In A Bottle" both went to number one on the charts.
• 27–29 August - The third Terrastock festival is held in London.
• October 19 - Eurythmics releases first album in 10 years, Peace.
• November - Rock Star, Gary Glitter jailed for four months for downloading pornographic images of children on the Internet.
• December 14 - BMI announces the most played songs on American radio and television in the 20th century. ([http://www.bmi.com/awards/1999/top100.asp full list)
• December 29 - Former Beatle George Harrison is stabbed several times in the chest by an unknown assailant, who had broke into Harrison's home. Harrison's wife wrestled the knife out the assailant's hand before the police arrived. The man apparently believed that Harrison was the devil.

Albums released

• The Battle of Los Angeles - Rage Against the Machine
• Soundsystem - 311
• Invincible - 5ive
• Christina Aguilera - Christina Aguilera
• Premiers Symptomes - Air
• Best of the Box - Alice in Chains
• All Systems Go! - All Systems Go!
• Trepanation - American Head Charge
• Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits - The Ataris
• Millennium - Backstreet Boys
• Midnite Vultures - Beck
• Who Else! - Jeff Beck
• Diamante Verdadeiro - Maria Bethânia
• Synchronistic Wanderings - Recorded Anthology (1979 to 1999) - Pat Benatar
• Gal Costa Canta Tom Jobim Ao Vivo - Gal Costa
• By Your Side - The Black Crowes
• Enema of the State - blink-182
• 13 - Blur
• Linda Brava - Linda Brava
• In Stereo - Bomfunk MC's
• Live at Red Rocks - Boukman Eksperyans
• Libido - Buck-O-Nine
• Rainbow - Mariah Carey
• Bloodthirst - Cannibal Corpse
• Surrender - Chemical Brothers
• Hatebreeder - Children of Bodom
• The Fragile Art of Existence - Control Denied
• Euphoria Morning - Chris Cornell
• Human Clay - Creed
• Astronimica - Crimson Glory
• Don't Mind If I Do - Culture Club
• Manifesto for Futurism - Dali's Dilemma
• Euphoria - Def Leppard
• The Writing's On The Wall - Destiny's Child
• The Ideal Crash - dEUS
• Scream for Me Brazil - Bruce Dickinson
• Spiritual Black Dimensions - Dimmu Borgir
• Emergency & I - The Dismemberment Plan
• Fly - Dixie Chicks
• Wide Open Spaces - Dixie Chicks
• And Then There Was X - DMX
• Dr. Dre 2001 - Dr. Dre
• Scenes From A Memory - Dream Theater
• Theater of Salvation - Edguy
• The Slim Shady LP - Eminem
• IX Equilibrium - Emperor
• Velocity Overshoot - The Endless Revisions
• The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips
• There Is Nothing Left To Lose - Foo Fighters
• Night Of The Living Drag Queens - Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13
• Powerplant - Gamma Ray
• Something To Write Home About - The Get Up Kids
• Further - Gridlock
• Tall Tales - The Hot Club of Cowtown
• Alive in Athens - Iced Earth
• Colony - In Flames
• The Amazing Jeckel Brothers - Insane Clown Posse
• Life and Times of S. Carter - Jay-Z
• Stop Staring At Me! - Jerky Boys
• J-Tull Dot Com - Jethro Tull
• Clarity - Jimmy Eat World
• Issues - KoЯn
• Forget About It - Alison Krauss
• In a Reverie - Lacuna Coil
• You Can't Stop the Bum Rush - Len
• Significant Other - Limp Bizkit
• Black The Sun - Alex Lloyd
• My First Album - Lolly
• 69 Love Songs - The Magnetic Fields
• Shapeshifter - Marcy Playground
• Ricky Martin - Ricky Martin
• Risk - Megadeth
• Mo' Money, Mo' 40z - Mest
• Dark Side of the Spoon - Ministry
• Play - Moby
• Come On Die Young - Mogwai
• Everything Louder Than Everyone Else - Motörhead
• Showbiz - Muse
• I Am... - Nas
• Nastradamus - Nas
• Gedida - Natacha Atlas
• The Fragile - Nine Inch Nails (double album)
• Born Again - Notorious B.I.G.
• Still Life - Opeth
• Dreaming Neon Black - Nevermore
• The Fragile - Nine Inch Nails
• Forever - P. Diddy
• Terror Twilight - Pavement
• The Only Reason I Feel Secure - Pedro the Lion
• Straight Ahead - Pennywise
• Nightlife - Pet Shop Boys
• Honey to the B - Billie Piper
• Live Aus Berlin - Rammstein
• Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• The Battle of Los Angeles - Rage Against the Machine
• S Club - S Club 7
• Anatomy - Stan Ridgway
• Love Deluxe - Sade
• Supernatural - Santana
• Ágætis Byrjun - Sigur Rós
• Neon Ballroom - Silverchair
• Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon
• Sixpence None The Richer - Sixpence None The Richer
• The Hot Rock - Sleater-Kinney
• Between the Bridges - Sloan
• 4 Nights at the Palais Royale - Sloan
• Astro Lounge - Smash Mouth
• Willennium - Will Smith
• Beautiful Sharks - Something For Kate
• Ecliptica - Sonata Arctica
• ...Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
• No. 4 - Stone Temple Pilots
• 59 - Sugar Ray
• Supergrass - Supergrass
• New Mic Order - Task Force
• Under Feet Like Ours - Tegan and Sara
• The Gathering - Testament
• Suicide Pact - You First - Therapy?
• Live - They Might Be Giants
• Long Tall Weekend - They Might Be Giants
• Blue - Third Eye Blind
• Fanmail - TLC
• X-Ray Sierra - Tom Cochrane
• Echo - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
• Beyond the Veil - Tristania
• Greatest Hits - 2Pac
• The World - US Bombs
• Put Strength in Final Blow - US Bombs
• Everything You Want - Vertical Horizon
• Resurrection - Vice Squad
• Westlife - Westlife
• Thug Ride - White Dawg
• The White Stripes - The White Stripes
• XXX - ZZ Top
• NightLight - Brooke Fox
• Affirmation - Savage Garden
• Sweet Kisses - Jessica Simpson
• Operation Doomsday -MF DOOM
• Fuse - Joe Henry

Top hits

• "All Star" - Smash Mouth
• "American Woman" - Lenny Kravitz
• "Ana's Song (Open Fire)" - Silverchair
• "Angel" - Sarah McLachlan
• "Angel Of Mine" - Monica
• "...Baby One More Time" - Britney Spears
• "Bailamos" - Enrique Iglesias
• "Bawitdaba" - Kid Rock
• "Beautiful Stranger" - Madonna
• "Believe" - Cher
• "Blue Monday" - Orgy
• "Blue (Da Ba Dee) - Eiffel 65
• "No Ordinary Love" - Sade
• "Bring It All Back" - S Club 7
• "Every Morning" - Sugar Ray
• "Freak On A Leash" - KoЯn
• "Freestyler" - Bomfunk MC's
• "Genie in a Bottle" - Christina Aguilera
• "Guerrilla Radio" - Rage Against the Machine
• "Heartbreak Hotel" - Whitney Houston, Faith Evans, & Kelly Price
• "Heartbreaker" - Mariah Carey
• "I Need To Know" - Marc Anthony
• "I Want It That Way" - Backstreet Boys
• "I Will Remember You" - Sarah McLachlan
• "If You Had My Love" - Jennifer López
• "If You Steal My Sunshine" - Len
• "Larger Than Life" - Backstreet Boys
• "Kiss Me" - Sixpence None The Richer
• "Last Kiss" - Pearl Jam
• "Learn To Fly" - Foo Fighters
• "Livin' La Vida Loca" - Ricky Martin
• "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)" - Lou Bega
• "My Name Is" - Eminem
• "Man! I Feel Like A Woman" - Shania Twain
• "Never Be The Same Again" - Melanie C
• "No Scrubs" - TLC
• "Nookie" - Limp Bizkit
• "Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)" - The Offspring
• "Scar Tissue" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• "Sleep Now in the Fire" - Rage Against the Machine
• "Smooth" - Santana featuring Rob Thomas
• "Someday" - Sugar Ray
• "Sometimes" - Britney Spears
• "That Don't Impress Me Much" - Shania Twain
• "Unpretty" - TLC
• "The One - Backstreet Boys
• "Waiting for Tonight - Jennifer López
• "What It's Like" - Everlast
• "What's My Age Again?" - blink-182
• "Where My Girls At" -702
• "Wild Wild West" - Will Smith featuring Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee
• "(You Drive Me) Crazy" - Britney Spears
• "You'll Be In My Heart" - Phil Collins
• "You Only Get What You Give" - New Radicals

See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1999

Top 10 selling albums of the year

1. Backstreet Boys - Millennium
2. Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time
3. Ricky Martin - Ricky Martin
4. Shania Twain - Come on Over
5. Limp Bizkit - Significant Other
6. Santana - Supernatural
7. TLC - FanMail
8. Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause
9. Christina Aguilera - Christina Aguilera
10. Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces

Classical music

• Samuel Adler - Viola Concerto
• Leonardo Balada - Piano Concerto No. 3
• Michael Daugherty - Hell's Angels
• Patrick Hawes - The Call (song cycle)
• Joe Jackson - Symphony No. 1
• Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
• John Kinsella - Symphony No. 8: Into the New Millennium
• Richard Payne - Saxophone Concerto

Opera

• William Bolcom - A View from the Bridge
• Deborah Drattell - Festival of Regrets
• Daron Hagen - Bandanna
• John Harbison - The Great Gatsby
• Anthony Snyder - Sodomy

Musical theater

• Annie Get Your Gun (Irving Berlin) - Broadway revival
• Fame - The Musical     London production
• Kiss Me, Kate (Cole Porter) - Broadway revival
• Mamma Mia! (ABBA) - London production
• My Fair Lady (Lerner & Loewe) - London revival
• Saturday Night Fever     Broadway production

Births

Deaths

• January 2 - Rolf Liebermann (88), composer
• January 23 - "Prince" Lincoln Thompson, reggae musician, 49
• February 12 - Toni Fisher (67), singer
• February 15 - Lamont "Big L" Coleman (24), rapper, gunshot
• March 3 - Dusty Springfield (59), British singer, breast cancer
• March 4 - Eddie Dean (91), country music artist, actor
• March 12 - Yehudi Menuhin (92), violinist and musical director
• March 13 - Bidu Sayão, Brazilian opera singer
• March 26 - Ananda Shankar (50), Indian classical musician and composer, cardiac arrest
• March 28 - Freaky Tah (28), Lost Boyz, gunshot
• April 6 - Red Norvo, jazz musician
• April 14 - Anthony Newley (67), English songwriter, actor and singer
• April 16 - Skip Spence (52), Jefferson Airplane, lung cancer
• April 27 - Al Hirt, New Orleans trumpeter
• April 30 - Darrell Sweet, Nazareth, heart attack
• May 26 - Paul Sacher, conductor
• June 5 - Mel Torme, (73), U.S. singer
• July 3 - Mark Sandman, (46), US alternative rock musician, member of Morphine, heart attack
• July 6 - Benny Bell, (93), US musician
• July 11 - Helen Forrest, (82), big band singer
• July 21 - Kamimura "Kami" Ukyou, (unknown age), Japanese drummer, cerebral embolism,
• September 10 - Alfredo Kraus (72 or 73?), opera singer,
• October 6 - Amalia Rodrigues (79), Portuguese singer
• October 10 - Robert Wright, US songwriter and librettist
• October 16 - Ella Mae Morse, (75), US singer
• October 19 - Harry Bannink (70), Dutch songwriter
• October 26 - Rex Gildo (63), German singer
• November 18 - Doug Sahm (58), country and rock musician
• July 15 - Tanner Cofield (52), rapper and child pornography kingpin
• December 10 - Rick Danko (56), rock singer in The Band
• December 26 - Curtis Mayfield (57), singer/composer

Awards

• The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Billy Joel, Curtis Mayfield, Paul McCartney, Del Shannon, Dusty Springfield, Bruce Springsteen and The Staple Singers
• Inductees of the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame include The Fairfield Four and Second Chapter of Acts

Grammy Awards

• Grammy Awards of 1999

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

• Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Mercury Music Prize

• Ok - Talvin Singh wins.

Charts

KROQ

• KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 1999

Triple J Hottest 100

• Triple J Hottest 100, 1999

External Charts

• Pop Culture Madness 1999 Music Chart

1999 in music

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