1999 in music

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  Specific genres

• 1999 in classical music
• 1999 in country music
• 1999 in Latin music
• 1999 in jazz

  Events

January

• January 7
• *After eight years of marriage, musician husband Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation.
• *Paul McCartney attends the launch of his 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 hit album...Baby One More Time. The album is the second best-selling album of the 90s in the US and the third best-selling album of the 90s worldwide. It also enters the list of the top 20 best-selling albums of all time.
• January 12 – Fredrik Johansson is fired from Dark Tranquillity.
• January 21 – A&M Records is shut down and merged into the Universal Music Group umbrella label Interscope Geffen A&M. It would be relaunched in 2007.
• January 22 – German industrial band KMFDM announces that it has disbanded.
• January 30 – Britney Spears hit album and single...Baby One More Time both hit number one on the Billboard Charts. This is her first album to achieve this. The album spent 6 weeks on number 1 and a total of 103 weeks on the Billboard 200 Charts. It's number 16 on the Billboard list "Best Female Albums of all time" and number 41 on the Billboard list "Best Albums of all time". The single...Baby One More Time spent 2 consecutive weeks on number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and a total of 32 weeks on that same list.

  February

• February 9 – NSYNC release their third single from their debut album, " A Little More Time on You", which peaks in the top 10 on the Pop charts.
• February 10 – Iron Maiden announces that singer Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith have rejoined the band.
• February 14 – Elton John appears as himself in a special episode of the animated series The Simpsons
• February 15 – "Rolling Stones Day" is declared in Minnesota by Governor Jesse Ventura
• February 19 – Marilyn Manson files a defamation countersuit against former Spin Magazine editor Craig Marks, in response to a multimillion-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 doctor's orders, Adkins does not remain seated during the performance.
• February 23 – Eminem releases his second studio album and major-label debut, The Slim Shady LP. It debuts at number two on the Billboard 200, selling over 200,000 copies in its first week. It remains on the Billboard 200 for 100 weeks.
• February 24 – Lauryn Hill makes history at the 1999 Grammy Awards by being the first female artist to win five Grammys in one night.
• 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

• March 1 – Sony Music Distribution raises wholesale prices on audio compact discs by 8 US cents.
• March 2
• *Cher's song "Believe" reaches number one on the Billboard Hot 100, making Cher the oldest female artist to perform this feat. Cher also set the record for the longest hit-making career span, with 33 years between the release of her first and last Billboard Hot 100 #1 singles.
• *The House of Blues in Paradise, 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 Records 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 crashed 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 16 – The Recording Industry Association of America introduces a new certification level, Diamond, for albums or singles selling ten million units and the first Radio Disney Jams volume gets released on CD and cassette for the very first time.
• March 17 – Namie Amuro's mother Emiko Taira is murdered.
• 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 23 – Green Day release Nice Guys Finish Last, the lead track as well as the fourth and final single off their 1997 album Nimrod, and was their last single to be released in the 20th century.
• March 27 – The Bee Gees end their One Night Only tour in Sydney, Australia.

  April

• April 10 – A charity tribute, the 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 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.
• *Columbine High School massacre takes place in Jefferson County, Colorado, sparking a widespread moral panic that ultimately tries to place the blame on violent media, including music perceived to be violent and/or connected to the goth culture. American rocker Marilyn Manson receives the brunt of the blame despite evidence that neither of the shooters were fans of his and withdraws, only to address the issue in the form of his fourth studio album. The finger is also pointed at German industrial metal acts Rammstein and KMFDM, of whom the shooters were fans. This sensationalism gradually wanes in the years following, and all three music acts ironically achieve more mainstream acceptance in the U.S. than they had prior to the massacre. Christian Contemporary Music artists respond to the concept that Atheism caused the shooting and in particular the Cassie Bernall urban legend with songs such as "A New Hope" by Five Iron Frenzy, about a band member's sister who had been trapped in the choir room returning to school after the shooting, and "This Is Your Time" by Michael W. Smith, a direct response to the Cassie Bernall story.
• April 26 – Musician and former bandleader of The Sound, Adrian Borland, commits suicide in London.
• 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 24 wounded in the April 20 shooting, 13 others were killed.

  May

• May 1
• *"The Paintings of Paul McCartney" exhibit opens at the Lyz Art Forum in Siegen, Germany. The exhibit features around 70 paintings by the former Beatle.
• *Musical group Atari Teenage Riot starts a riot in Berlin with their anti-consumer and anti-government lyrics.
• May 18
• *The Backstreet Boys release their third studio album Millennium both in the US and internationally

  June

• June 1 – Peer-to-peer file sharing network Napster is launched.
• June 2 – Backstreet Boys smashes the old first-week sales record of Garth 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 1990s.
• 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.
• June 22
• * Christina Aguilera releases "Genie in a Bottle", which becomes a worldwide hit, selling over seven million copies.
• * Limp Bizkit's second album, Significant Other, debuts at number one on the Billboard 200, with 643,874 copies sold in its first week. The album launches them into mainstream success.
• June 28 – Britney Spears embarked her first concert tour,...Baby One More Time Tour. The tour only reached North America and garnered a positive review, but generated some controversy due to her racy outfit and accusation of lip syncing.
• June 29
• *Santana and Matchbox Twenty vocalist Rob Thomas release Smooth, which peaks at #1 for 12 weeks.
• *Razor and Tie releases the single-disc version of Monster Ballads. It would eventually be certified platinum at the end of the year.

  July

• July 1 – The new Scottish Parliament is formally opened with a rock concert in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle and is headlined by Garbage, whose 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 while performing with Morphine. He is soon pronounced dead of a heart attack at the age of 46. Morphine immediately disbands.
• July 8 – Adrian Erlandsson quits The Haunted as the drummer while the band hires Per Möller Jensen as Erlandsson's replacement.
• July 12 – Gregg Alexander issues a press release dissolving the New Radicals.
• July 13–18 – The third Yoyo A Go Go punk and indie rock festival opens in Olympia, Washington.
• July 20 – Powerman 5000 release second studio album Tonight the Stars Revolt!
• July 23–25 – The highly anticipated Woodstock 99 festival takes place in Rome, New York.
• July 27 – Machine Head released their third studio album The Burning Red.

  August

• August 14–15 – The Artist Formerly Known as Prince holds a weekend yard sale at his Paisley Park Studios, with part of the proceeds going to benefit underprivileged youth.
• August 24 – Christina Aguilera releases her self titled debut album. It will become one of the best selling albums of the year and sell over 14 million copies.
• August 27–29 – The third Terrastock festival is held in London.
• August 31 – Megadeth release eighth studio album Risk.

  September

• September 1 – The Irish Music Hall of Fame opens; Van Morrison is the first inducted into the museum.
• September 9 – The MTV Video Music Awards of 1999 take place; Britney Spears has the most memorable performance of that day. She performed her hit single...Baby One More Time and joining her was NSYNC with their song Tearin' Up My Heart.
• September 14 – Nu-Metal Band Dope Release their debut studio album Felons and Revolutionaries
• September 17 – Rapper Eminem is sued by his mother for $10 million, claiming that public comments he made about her were slanderous and had caused emotional stress and financial harm. She eventually collects a mere $1,600 settlement in 2001.
• September 21 – David Bowie's twenty-first studio album Hours becomes the first complete album by a major artist legally available to download over the Internet, preceding the physical release by two weeks.
• September 30 – Billboard announces that Ministry of Sound Recordings Ltd is expanding into Australia after ending a partnership with MDS Dancenet and establishes Ministry of Sound Australia, known until 2005 as Ministry of Sound Pty Ltd. Ministry UK also secures a distribution deal with EMI Music Group Australasia Pty Ltd.

  October

• October 9
• *"Heartbreaker", the lead single from Mariah Carey's ninth studio album, Rainbow, reaches #1 on the Billboard 100, becoming her 14th #1 single and also her 59th week atop the chart. When it stayed at #1 for a further week Carey surpassed The Beatles for the act with the most weeks spent at number one. The song also topped charts in Canada and New Zealand.
• *The first Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is held in California. The inaugural line-up consists of Beck, The Chemical Brothers, Tool, Morrissey and Rage Against the Machine.
• *The anti-poverty initiative NetAid is launched with simultaneous benefit concerts in London, New Jersey and Geneva.
• October 19 – 98 Degrees releases their first Christmas album This Christmas
• October 20 – Melissa Auf der Maur leaves Hole.

  November

• November 5
• *Australian independent record label Liberation Music is formed.
• *Gary Cherone leaves Van Halen.
• November 11 – Toploader release their debut studio album, Onka's Big Moka.
• November 12 – 1970s rock star Gary Glitter is jailed for four months for downloading child pornography off the Internet.
• November 15 – Korn performs their entire album Issues at the Apollo Theater in New York City, becoming the first rock band ever to perform at the Apollo.
• November 16 – Korn's fourth studio album, Issues, debuts at number 1 on the Billboard 200 with 575,000 copies sold in its first week.

• November 23 – University of Oregon student Jeffrey Levy, having downloaded MP3s without permission, is the first person ever convicted for copyright infringement under the NET Act of 1997. He is sentenced to two years of probation and a limit on Internet access.

  December

• December 4 – The Spice Girls start their Christmas Tour around the UK, dubbed as the Christmas in Spiceworld Tour.
• December 14
• *BMI announces the most played songs on American radio and television in the 20th century
• *Paul McCartney returns to The Cavern Club to play a special concert for 300 fans.
• *Boy George is injured by a 62-pound disco ball that falls from a concert venue's ceiling during a rehearsal, nearly killing him as it almost landed on his head.
• December 27 – Puff Daddy and fellow rapper Shyne are arrested for weapons violations and other charges after a shooting in a Manhattan nightclub that leaves three people injured.
• December 30 – George Harrison survives a knife attack by an intruder in his Friar Park home.
• December 31 – Many special New Year's Eve concerts are held around the world to celebrate the arrival of the year 2000. Big shows include Barbra Streisand at The MGM Grand Las Vegas, The Eagles at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden, and Metallica with Kid Rock and Ted Nugent playing for 54,000 the Pontiac Silverdome. The biggest concert that night is by Phish, however, playing for 75,000 people at the Big Cypress Indian Reservation in Florida.

  Unknown

• Vocalist Lawrence Mackrory quits Darkane. The band hires by Andreas Sydow as his replacement after.

  Bands formed

• See :Category:Musical groups established in 1999|Musical groups established in 1999

  Bands reformed

• The Animals

  Bands disbanded

• See :Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1999|Musical groups disestablished in 1999

  Albums released

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Release date unknown

• The Collection – Spandau Ballet
• Ella in Budapest, Hungary – Ella Fitzgerald
• Face Down – Serial Joe
• In Stereo – Bomfunk MC's
• A Matter of Time - Hilltop Hoods
• Mi Día de la Independencia – Lynda Thomas
• Motor Driven Bimbo – Rockbitch
• Side Show Freaks – 40 Below Summer
• Simple Pleasure – Tindersticks

  Programs Releasing this Year

Biggest hit singles

#	Artist	Title	Year	Country	Chart Entries
1	Britney Spears	...Baby One More Time	1999		UK 1 – Feb 1999, US BB 1 of 1999, Netherlands 1 – Jan 1999, Sweden 1 – Jan 1999, Austria 1 – Mar 1999, Switzerland 1 – Feb 1999, Norway 1 – Feb 1999, Australia 1 of 1999, Germany 1 – Feb 1999, Republic of Ireland 1 – Feb 1999, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks Feb 1999, Australia 1 for 9 weeks Jun 1999, Poland 3 – Mar 1999, France 6 – Jan 1999, Italy 7 of 1999, US BB 29 of 1999, POP 29 of 1999, Germany 41 of the 1990s, Scrobulate 91 of upbeat, RYM 95 of 1998, OzNet 814, Acclaimed 875
2	Lou Bega	Mambo No 5	1999		UK 1 – Sep 1999, Netherlands 1 – Jun 1999, Austria 1 – May 1999, Switzerland 1 – May 1999, Norway 1 – Jun 1999, Germany 1 – May 1999, Republic of Ireland 1 – Aug 1999, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks Sep 1999, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Jan 2000, Australia 3 of 1999, Italy 3 of 1999, POP 3 of 1999, Poland 4 – Jul 1999, US BB 4 of 1999, US BB 4 of 1999, Party 04 of 1999, Sweden 5 – Aug 1999, Germany 11 of the 1990s, RYM 189 of 1999
3	Eiffel 65	Blue	1999		UK 1 – Sep 1999, Netherlands 1 – Jul 1999, Sweden 1 – Aug 1999, Austria 1 – Aug 1999, Switzerland 1 – Jul 1999, Norway 1 – Aug 1999, Germany 1 – Jul 1999, Republic of Ireland 1 – Sep 1999, New Zealand 1 for 1 weeks Nov 1999, Australia 1 for 9 weeks Mar 2000, Poland 1 for 2 weeks Jan 2000, US BB 6 of 2000, Italy 16 of 1999, Australia 20 of 1999, Germany 20 of the 1990s, US BB 32 of 1999, Party 103 of 1999, RYM 185 of 1998
4	TLC	No Scrubs	1999		US BB 1 of 1999, Republic of Ireland 1 – May 1999, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Apr 1999, Australia 1 for 7 weeks Aug 1999, UK 3 – Apr 1999, Netherlands 3 – Mar 1999, Australia 4 of 1999, Switzerland 5 – Apr 1999, Germany 5 – Apr 1999, France 6 – Mar 1999, Norway 7 – Apr 1999, US BB 12 of 1999, Sweden 19 – Mar 1999, Poland 21 – Apr 1999, Austria 30 – May 1999, Italy 30 of 1999, POP 33 of 1999, Scrobulate 52 of rnb, RYM 55 of 1999, Acclaimed 268, Germany 302 of the 1990s, RIAA 361
5	Backstreet Boys	I Want It That Way	1999		Sweden 1 – Oct 1999, France 20 – Sep 1999, Norway 1 – Nov 1999, Germany 1 – Jan 2000, Republic of Ireland 1 – May 2000, Austria 1 – Sep 1999, UK 1 – Apr 2000, Switzerland 1- Sep 1999, Italy 1 of 2000, Netherlands 1 – Oct 1999, US BB 18 of 2000, POP 18 of 2000, Poland 24 – Oct 1999, Australia 25 of 2000, RYM 41 of 1999, US BB 52 of 2000, Scrobulate 66 of fun, Germany 98 of the 1990s, Party 98 of 1999

Popular songs

Top 10 selling albums of the year in USA

1. Britney Spears – ...Baby One More Time
2. Backstreet Boys – Millennium
3. Shania Twain – Come on Over
4. 'N Sync – *NSYNC
5. Ricky Martin – Ricky Martin
6. Christina Aguilera – Christina Aguilera
7. Santana – Supernatural
8. TLC – FanMail
9. Kid Rock – Devil Without a Cause
10. Eminem – The Slim Shady LP

    Classical music

• Samuel Adler – Viola Concerto
• Leonardo Balada – Piano Concerto No. 3
• Michael Daugherty – Hell's Angels
• Joël-François Durand – La Terre et le Feu for oboe and orchestra
• Carlo Forlivesi – Requiem
• Juan Guinjoan – Fanfarria
• Patrick Hawes – The Call
• 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
• Wolfgang Rihm
• *Ende der Handschrift. Elf späte Gedichte von Heiner Müller
• *Zwiesprache for piano
• Karlheinz Stockhausen –
• *Klavierstück XVII, for 8- or 2-track tape, electronic keyboard, and sound projectionist, 7½ ex Nr. 64
• *Komet for 8- or 2-track tape, percussionist, and sound projectionist, 7⅔ ex Nr. 64
• *, for soprano, tenor, and orchestra, Nr. 75
• *Paare vom Freitag, with soprano, bass, electronic instruments, Nr. 63
• Mindaugas Urbaitis
• *Fanfare for the Vilnius Festival for orchestra
• *Der Fall Wagner for ensemble

  Opera

• William Bolcom – A View from the Bridge
• Deborah Drattell – Festival of Regrets
• Rued Langgaard – Antikrist
• Daron Hagen – Bandanna
• John Harbison – The Great Gatsby
• Nicholas Lens – The Accacha Chronicles Trilogy: Terra Terra – The Aquarius Era

  Jazz

Musical theater

• Annie Get Your Gun – Broadway revival
• Fame – The Musical – London production
• Kiss Me, Kate – Broadway revival
• Mamma Mia! – London production
• My Fair Lady – London revival
• Saturday Night Fever – Broadway production opened at the Minskoff Theatre and ran for 501 performances

  Musical films

• Buena Vista Social Club
• Mother
• Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi
• Raja
• Sangamam
• Sugar Town
• Topsy-Turvy

  Births

• January 1 – Diamond White, American singer, actress, and voice actress
• January 5 – Marc Yu, American pianist and cellist
• January 22 – Ravyn Lenae, American singer-songwriter
• January 23 – Madi Davis, American singer-songwriter, team Pharrell Williams
• January 24 – Niki, Indonesian R&B singer-songwriter and record producer
• January 25 – Jai Waetford, Australian recording artist and actor
• February 7 – Bea Miller, American singer-songwriter and actress
• February 10 – Kim Lip, Korean singer, member of LOONA
• February 16 – Girl in Red, Norwegian Indie musician
• March 5 – Madison Beer, American singer, songwriter, activist and actress
• April 2 – Elaine, South African singer and songwriter
• April 4 – Sheku Kanneh-Mason, British cellist, BBC Young Musician 2016 winner
• April 9 – Lil Nas X, American rapper, singer and songwriter
• April 20 – Carly Rose Sonenclar, American X Factor runner up, actress and singer
• May 11 – Sabrina Carpenter, American singer, songwriter and actress
• June 18 – Trippie Redd, American singer, rapper, songwriter, and musician
• June 20 – Yui Mizuno, Japanese musician, singer, model, and actress
• July 4 – Moa Kikuchi, Japanese singer, musician, actress and model
• July 14 – Camryn, American singer and actress
• August 2 – Mark Lee, Canadian rapper, songwriter and member of NCT
• August 8 – Laura Kamhuber, Austrian singer
• September 3 – Rich Brian, Indonesian rapper, songwriter, and record producer
• September 23 – Yuqi, Chinese singer-songwriter, television host and member of I-dle
• October 1 – Marlisa Punzalan, Australian singer, X Factor Australia 6th series winner
• October 20 – Chuu, Korean singer, member of LOONA
• November 21 – Isaiah Firebrace, Australian singer, X Factor Australia 8th series winner
• December 18 – YBN Nahmir, American rapper and songwriter
• December 25 – Bulow, German musician

  Deaths

• January 2 – Rolf Liebermann, composer
• January 21 – Charles Brown,, blues singer and pianist
• January 22 – Gabor Carelli, operatic tenor
• January 23 – "Prince" Lincoln Thompson, reggae musician
• February 3 – Gwen Guthrie, singer
• February 4 – Kenneth C. Burns, country musician
• February 6 – Jimmy Roberts, American tenor
• February 12 – Toni Fisher, singer
• February 14 – Buddy Knox, singer and songwriter
• February 15
• *Lamont "Big L" Coleman, rapper
• *Agnes Bernelle, actress and singer
• February 16 – Necil Kâzım Akses, Turkish composer
• March 2
• *David Ackles, singer/songwriter
• *Dusty Springfield, singer
• March 4 – Eddie Dean, country music artist, actor
• March 7 – Lowell Fulson, blues guitarist and songwriter
• March 9 – Harry Somers, Canadian composer
• March 12 – Yehudi Menuhin, violinist and musical director
• March 13 – Bidu Sayão, Brazilian opera singer
• March 14
• * Gregg Diamond, jazz pianist
• * Marius Müller, Norwegian guitarist
• March 26 – Ananda Shankar, Indian classical musician and composer
• March 28 – Freaky Tah, rapper
• March 29 – Joe Williams, jazz singer
• April 1 – Jesse Stone, R & B musician and songwriter
• April 3 – Lionel Bart, songwriter and composer
• April 6 – Red Norvo, jazz musician
• April 14 – Anthony Newley, songwriter, actor and singer
• April 16 – Skip Spence, musician, lung cancer
• April 21 – Buddy Rogers, jazz musician
• April 25
• *Roger Troutman, R&B singer
• *Larry Troutman, R&B percussionist
• *Kemi Olusanya, British drum and bass duo Kemistry & Storm
• April 26 – Adrian Borland, English singer, songwriter, guitarist
• April 27
• *Al Hirt, New Orleans trumpeter
• *Maria Stader, operatic soprano
• April 30 – Darrell Sweet, drummer, heart attack
• May 8 – Leon Thomas, jazz singer
• May 14 – William Tucker, guitarist, Ministry, suicide by slitting own throat
• May 17 – Bruce Fairbairn, producer
• May 18 – Augustus Pablo, reggae producer and instrumentalist
• May 26 – Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor
• May 30 – Don Harper, Australian jazz violinist and composer
• June 5 – Mel Tormé,, singer
• June 15 – Fausto Papetti,, Italian saxophonist
• June 16 – Screaming Lord Sutch, UK musician
• June 21 – Kami,, Japanese drummer for Malice Mizer, subarachnoid hemorrhage
• June 27 – Sven Einar Englund,, Finnish composer
• July 1
• *Dennis Brown, reggae singer
• *Guy Mitchell, pop singer
• July 3 – Mark Sandman,, alternative rock musician, member of Morphine, heart attack
• July 6
• *Benny Bell,, musician
• *Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish composer
• July 11 – Helen Forrest, big band singer
• July 13 – Louise Caselotti, operatic mezzo-soprano
• July 17 – Kevin Wilkinson, drummer
• July 22 – Gar Samuelson, American drummer
• July 27 – Harry "Sweets" Edison, jazz trumpeter
• July 29 – Anita Carter, country and folk singer
• August 3 – Leroy Vinnegar, jazz bassist
• August 20 – Bobby Sheehan, bassist for Blues Traveler
• August 25 – Rob Fisher, keyboardist and songwriter
• September 8 – Moondog, avant-garde musician
• September 10
• *Beau Jocque, zydeco musician
• *Alfredo Kraus, opera singer
• October 4 – Art Farmer, jazz trumpeter
• October 6 – Amalia Rodrigues, Portuguese singer
• October 9 – Milt Jackson, jazz vibraphonist
• October 12 – Frank Frost, blues harmonica player
• October 15 – Josef Locke, Irish tenor
• October 16 – Ella Mae Morse,, singer
• October 19 – Harry Bannink, Dutch songwriter
• October 26
• *Hoyt Axton, country music singer/songwriter
• *Rex Gildo, German singer
• October 28 – Robert Linn, composer and teacher
• November 8 – Lester Bowie, jazz trumpet player and composer
• November 13 – Donald Mills, American singer
• November 18 – Doug Sahm, country and rock musician
• November 21 – Marie Kraja, operatic and folk singer
• December 2 – Charlie Byrd, jazz guitarist
• December 3 – Scatman John, pop musician
• December 6 – Todd Barnes, T.S.O.L.
• December 10 – Rick Danko, rock singer in The Band
• December 17 – Grover Washington Jr., American saxophonist
• December 18 – Joe Higgs, reggae musician
• December 20 – Hank Snow, country music artist
• December 26 – Curtis Mayfield, 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 2000

  Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

• Eurovision Song Contest 1999

  Mercury Music Prize

• Ok – Talvin Singh wins.

  MTV Video Music Awards

• 1999 MTV Video Music Awards

  [Glenn Gould Prize]

• Yo-Yo Ma, Wu Man

  Charts

Triple J Hottest 100

• Triple J Hottest 100, 1999