The 1999 World Music Awards (11th Annual World Music Awards) were held in Monaco on May 5, 1999,[1] and later broadcast on ABC on May 20.[2][3] Will Smith was the most awarded artist of the night, winning four awards. Lauryn Hill followed with three wins, including Best Selling New Artist.[4]
Genre awards
edit- World's Best Selling Pop Male Artist: Will Smith
- Best Selling Pop Female Artist - Celine Dion
- Best Selling Rap Female Artist - Lauryn Hill
- Best Selling New Artist - Lauryn Hill
- World's Best Selling Dance Male Artist: Will Smith
- World's Best Selling Dance Group: Backstreet Boys
- World's Best Selling R&B Male Artist: Will Smith
- Nominees: Puff Daddy, Usher
- World's Best Selling R&B Female Artist: Lauryn Hill
- Nominees: Brandy, Janet Jackson
- World's Best Selling Rap Male Artist: Will Smith
- Nominees: Puff Daddy, Usher
- World's Best Selling Latin Artist: Ricky Martin
- Nominees: Marcelo Rossi, Terra Samba
Regional awards
edit- World's Best Selling Benelux Artist: Lara Fabian
- World's Best Selling Canadian Artist: Barenaked Ladies
- World's Best Sellung French Artist: Notre Dame de Paris
- World's Best Selling German Artist: Modern Talking
- World's Best Selling Irish Artist: The Corrs
- World's Best Selling Italian Artist: 883
- World's Best Selling Japanese Artist: B'z
- World's Best Selling Russian Artist: Philipp Kirkorov
- World's Best Selling Scandinavian Artist: Meja
- World's Best Selling Spanish Artist: Alejandro Sanz
- World's Best Selling Swiss Artist: DJ BoBo
- World's Best Selling Turkish Artist: Tarkan
- World's Best Selling UK Artist: Des'ree
- World's Best Selling US Artist: Garth Brooks
LEGEND awards
edit- Outstanding Contribution to the Music - Cher
- Outstanding Contribution to the Music - Janet Jackson
References
edit- ^ "World Music Awards :: Home". worldmusicawards.com. Archived from the original on 2012-12-16.
- ^ "TV Listings for - May 20, 1999 - TV Tango". tvtango.com. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ^ https://youtube.com/nWXwmj_3Baw?si=KizUl-UfIdJL9-4X
- ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1999-05-22.