Award ceremony
The 41st Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 24, 1999, at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1998. Lauryn Hill received the most nominations with 10, setting a record for the most nominations for female artist in one night.[1] During the ceremony, Hill became the first woman to receive 5 Grammy Awards in a single night, and the first woman rapper to take home Best New Artist.[2] Her album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill became the first hip hop album to win the award for Album of the Year.[3] Hill's Grammys sweep is widely considered as one of the biggest moments in hip hop history.[4]
Songwriters James Horner and Will Jennings won Song of the Year for Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On". Dion herself took home Record of the Year for the latter song.[5] The ceremony was known as the "Grammy Year of Women", because every artist nominated for Album of the Year was female (including Garbage, with Shirley Manson as the lead singer).[6][7]
Madonna won three awards and opened the show with her performance of "Nothing Really Matters".[8] While musicians the Dixie Chicks, Vince Gill, Alanis Morissette, Stevie Wonder and Shania Twain won two apiece.[9][10][11]It is widely remembered for Ricky Martin's performance of "La Copa De La Vida"/ "The Cup of Life".[12]
Performers
Presenters
Award winners
General
- Record of the Year
- Album of the Year
- Song of the Year
- Best New Artist
Alternative
- Best Alternative Music Performance
Blues
Children's
Comedy
- From 1994 through 2003, see "Best Spoken Comedy Album" under the "Spoken" field, below.
Classical
Composing and arranging
Country
- Best Female Country Vocal Performance
- Best Male Country Vocal Performance
- Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
- Clint Black, Joe Diffie, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Pam Tillis, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt & Dwight Yoakam for "Same Old Train"
- Best Country Instrumental Performance
- Best Country Song
- Best Country Album
- Best Bluegrass Album
Folk
Gospel
Historical
Jazz
Latin
Musical show
Music video
New Age
Packaging and notes
Polka
Pop
Production and engineering
- Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
- Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
- Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Best R&B Song
- Best R&B Album
- Best Traditional R&B Vocal Album
Rap
- Best Rap Solo Performance
- Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
- Best Rap Album
Reggae
Rock
Spoken
Traditional pop
World
Special merit awards
MusiCares Person of the Year
Grammy Legend Award
References
- ^ "Most Grammy nominations in a single year for a female artist". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ^ "First female rapper to win Best New Artist at the Grammys". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ^ II, C. Vernon Coleman IIC Vernon Coleman. "Lauryn Hill Wins Five of 10 Nominations at 1999 Grammy Awards - Hip-Hop's Biggest Milestones in Music History". XXL Mag. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
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- ^ Strauss, Neil (1999-02-25). "5 Grammys to Lauryn Hill; 3 to Madonna". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ^ "Shirley Manson on the Groundbreaking 1999 Grammys: 'Nonconformist Women Were Getting a Moment'". Billboard. 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ^ "Grammys Flashback: Twenty Years Ago, Women Ruled the Awards". Billboard. 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ^ "1999 Grammys fashion flashback". Wonderwall.com. 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ^ "CNN - That thing: Lauryn Hill sets Grammy record - February 24, 1999". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ^ "1999 GRAMMY AWARDS // Lauryn Hill wins Album of the Year; Madonna, "Titanic' get 3 Grammys". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ^ "1998 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ "Ricky Martin Comes Full Circle at the Grammys, 20 Years After His Historic Breakthrough Performance: 'We Are Here to Stay'". Billboard. 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
