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Events

January 7
- After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation.
- Paul McCartney attends the first of his stepdaughter 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, which would go on to sell 26 million copies. The album hits number one on the charts. The title track and first single released from the album, also hits number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1999.
January 26 – Foxy Brown releases her second album, Chyna Doll, and becomes the first female rapper to debut an album at number 1.
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 (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 23- Eminem's The Slim Shady LP is released.
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 – The Bee Gees end their One Night Only tour in Sydney, Australia
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 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 10 – Hikaru Utada released her debut album First Love, selling 2,026,870 in its debut week. Two months later, First Love became the Japan's best-selling album of all time.
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.
Alice Cooper released a box set of his career, dedicating it to his late friend Glen Buxton.
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 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 20 – Columbine High School massacre takes place in Jefferson County, Colorado. It sparks 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 newly demonized goth culture. American rocker Marilyn Manson receives the brunt of the blame, despite evidence that neither of the shooters were fans of his, and recludes, 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.
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 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.
May 18 – The American music group, the Backstreet Boys release their multi-platinum 3rd studio album Millennium, that spawned four Top 40 Billboard singles, and would go on to be the best-selling album of 1999. The album up to today has sold over 40 million copies and is one of the top selling 100 albums of all-time.
May 29 – Legendary jamband Captain Zig forms around Easton, Pennsylvania.
June 1 - Pop punk band Blink-182 releases their third studio album, Enema of the State, which would later sell 15 million copies worldwide.
June 1 – The American actress Jennifer Lopez releases her debut album On the 6, and the first single "If You Had My Love" peaked at one in U.S., Canada, and Australia.
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 '90s.
June 8 – Red Hot Chili Peppers release Californication this is the first album with John Frusciante in 8 years, the album goes on to sell 13 million copies worldwide.
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 15 Santana releases his best selling album Supernatural with the number one hits "Smooth" and "Maria Maria".
June 22 – Limp Bizkit releases their second studio album titled Significant Other
June 29 – Slipknot releases their debut studio album Slipknot.
June – Adrian Erlandsson, Quits The Haunted.
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.
July 23–25 – The highly anticipated Woodstock 99 festival takes place in Rome, New York.
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.
August 27–29 – The third Terrastock festival is held in London.
September 21 – Trent Reznor releases the fourth Nine Inch Nails album, The Fragile after a five-year hiatus to great critical acclaim.
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.
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.
- Australian independent record label Liberation Music is formed
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 – Dr. Dre releases his second album, 2001; Korn releases their fourth studio album Issues.
December 4 – The Spice Girls starts their Christmas Tour around UK dubbed as Christmas in Spiceworld Tour.
December 14 – BMI announces the most played songs on American radio and television in the 20th century [1] (full list)
December 25 – "Smooth" by Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas becomes the final number-one single of the year.

Undated

Jesper Strömblad leaves Sinergy.
Antero Manninen leaves Apocalyptica.
Mase made his retirement.
Michael Jackson performs his Michael Jackson and Friends concerts. The songs consist of:

1. Medley/Billie Jean

2. Dangerous (Red Shirt)

3. Earth Song

4. You Are Not Alone

Bands formed

'See Musical groups established in 1999

Bands reformed

The Animals

Bands disbanded

88 Fingers Louie
Ammonia
Artificial Joy Club
The Boo Radleys
Boyzone (reformed in 2007)
Braid (reforms temporarily in 2004)
Cake Like
Custard (one-off reunion in 2009)
Devourment (reforms in 2001)
East 17 (reforms in 2006)
Far
Genesis (reforms in 2006)
Grant Lee Buffalo
Infestdead
The Jesus Lizard (reform in 2008)
Kara's Flowers
Kula Shaker (reform in 2004)
Life of Agony (reform in 2003)
Love & Rockets (reformed 2007–2009)
Monster Voodoo Machine
Morphine
New Radicals
October Tide (reform in 2009)
Park Ave.
Pavement (reform in 2010)
Seaweed
Thrush Hermit
Tripping Daisy
The Verve (reunited 2007–2009)
The Yummy Fur

Albums released

Contents:	Top January February March April May June July August September October November December

January

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	A Song for ××	Ayumi Hamasaki	Debut album
5	In Your Area	Hawkwind	-
7	Black the Sun	Alex Lloyd	-
9	The Fortune	Interscope	-
11	Unification	Iron Savior	-
11	Hawkwind 1997	Hawkwind	Live
12	By Your Side	The Black Crowes	-
	It's a Beautiful Thing	Keith Murray	-
	...Baby One More Time	Britney Spears	Debut album
	Knock Knock	Smog	-
	The Power	Vanessa Amorosi	-
	14:59	Sugar Ray	-
19	The '90s Suck and So Do You	Angry Samoans	-
	Inside Out	Anthrax	EP
	I See a Darkness	Bonnie 'Prince' Billy	-
	Live at Luther College	Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds	Live
25	Are You Shpongled?	Shpongle	-
26	Moontower	Dan Swanö	-
	Chyna Doll	Foxy Brown	-
	How to Measure a Planet?	The Gathering	-
	Colin James and the Little Big Band II	Colin James	-
	Dreaming Neon Black	Nevermore	-
	Apocalypse Dudes	Turbonegro	-
27	Theater of Salvation	Edguy	-
27	Clarity	Jimmy Eat World	-
29	Science Fiction	blackmail	-

February

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	No Exit	Blondie	-
1	Dialogue	Four Tet	-
2	Keep It Like a Secret	Built to Spill	-
2	X-Ray Sierra	Tom Cochrane	-
9	Rare & Fatty	Bad Manners	Compilation
	Dosage	Collective Soul	-
	Sam Prekop	Sam Prekop	-
	Good Morning Spider	Sparklehorse	US
15	Anima Animus	The Creatures	-
16	Greatest Hits	New Kids on the Block	Compilation
17	Apple Venus Volume 1	XTC	-
17	Eien	Zard	-
22	Rusted Angel	Darkane
22	The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One	The Prodigy	Compilation
23	ALL	ALL	EP
	The Slim Shady LP	Eminem	-
	Live at the Fillmore East	Jimi Hendrix	Live
	A Place in the Sun	Lit	-
	February Son	Oleander	-
	Things Fall Apart	The Roots	-
	The Hot Rock	Sleater-Kinney	-
	Blue Plate Specials Live	The Specials	Live
	FanMail	TLC	-
	Suicaine Gratifaction	Paul Westerberg	-
24	Dance Classics of Chaka Khan	Chaka Khan	Compilation
25	Eureka	Jim O'Rourke	-
27	Volume 1	CKY	-

March

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Live and Enhanced	Tonic	Live
2	Spiritual Black Dimensions	Dimmu Borgir	-
2	Universal Madness	Madness	Live
8	Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada	Godspeed You! Black Emperor	EP
	Live at the Hardback	Hot Water Music	Live
	Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts	Kula Shaker	-
	Neon Ballroom	Silverchair	-
	Performance and Cocktails	Stereophonics	-
9	Ravenous (OST)	Damon Albarn and Michael Nyman	Soundtrack
	Gedida	Natacha Atlas	-
	Pistolero	Frank Black and the Catholics	-
	If I Could Turn Back Time: Cher's Greatest Hits	Cher	Compilation
	Fuse	Joe Henry	-
	Back on Top	Van Morrison	-
	Everything Louder Than Everyone Else	Motörhead	Live
	Have a Nice Day	Roxette	-
	Summerteeth	Wilco	-
10	First Love	Hikaru Utada	-
15	13	Blur	-
	Axxess & Ace	Songs: Ohia	-
	Band on the Run: 25th Anniversary Edition	Wings	-
16	Who Else!	Jeff Beck	-
	Modern Life	EB3	-
	Libido	Buck-O-Nine	-
	Shades 1968-1998	Deep Purple	Box Set
	The Ideal Crash	dEUS	-
	100% Ginuwine	Ginuwine	-
	Stay the Same	Joe McIntyre	Solo debut
	Burning London: The Clash Tribute	Various Artists	Tribute
22	Windowlicker	Aphex Twin	EP
23	Hempstead High	A+	-
	The Original Bad Company Anthology	Bad Company	Compilation +4 new songs
	Finally	BLACKstreet	-
	Super Hits	Brooks & Dunn	Compilation
	Tonight	Silk	-
	Give Yourself a Hand	Crash Test Dummies	-
	Strange Behaviour	Duran Duran	Remix Compilation
	Instrument Soundtrack	Fugazi	Soundtrack
	Red Voodoo	Sammy Hagar	-
	Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida	Elton John	-
	Savage Land	Mob Rules	-
	@#!*	Pulley	-
	Wisconsin Death Trip	Static-X	-
	New Way to Be Human	Switchfoot	-
	Labour of Love III	UB40	Covers
25	The Art of Storytelling	Slick Rick	-
29	Power Plant	Gamma Ray	-
	Come on Die Young	Mogwai	UK
	Now That's What I Call Music! 42 (UK series)	Various Artists	Compilation
30	No Gods, No Managers	Choking Victim	-
30	The Matrix: Music from the Motion Picture	Various Artists	Soundtrack

April

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
4	Voices of Transgression – A 90s Retrospective	Kreator	Compilation
6	Heated	Big Sugar	US
	Buckcherry	Buckcherry	-
	Utopia Parkway	Fountains of Wayne	-
	We Kill Everything	GWAR	-
	15 Minutes	Nik Kershaw	-
	Jordan Knight	Jordan Knight	Solo debut
	Thug Mentality 1999	Krayzie Bone	-
	Tight	Mindless Self Indulgence	-
	I Am...	Nas	-
	Stupid Dream	Porcupine Tree	-
	Throttle Junkies	Soil	-
9	Fat Music Volume 4: Life in the Fat Lane	Various Artists	Compilation
10	Swear It Again	Westlife	UK Debut single
12	Carboot Soul	Nightmares on Wax	-
12	Rides	Reef	-
13	Blue Skies, Broken Hearts...Next 12 Exits	The Ataris	-
	Eye II Eye	Scorpions	-
	18 Tracks	Bruce Springsteen	-
	Dysfunction	Staind	-
16	What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?	Echo & the Bunnymen	-
19	Bury the Hatchet	The Cranberries	-
20	Monsters and Robots	Buckethead	-
	The Cars: Deluxe Edition	The Cars	Compilation
	The Life and Crimes of Alice Cooper	Alice Cooper	Box Set
	Snuffbox Immanence	Ghost	-
	Adios	KMFDM	-
	Endorama	Kreator	-
	Six	Mansun	US
	Greatest Hits 1984-1987	Reggie and the Full Effect	-
	Holy Roller	The Reverend Horton Heat	Compilation
	4 Nights at the Palais Royale	Sloan	Live
	The Earth Pressed Flat	10,000 Maniacs	-
	Mule Variations	Tom Waits	-
	Tune In, Turn On, Free Tibet	Ghost	-
23	Miami	Babasónicos	-
26	Hatebreeder	Children of Bodom	-
26	Fantômas	Fantômas	-
27	Black Sails EP	AFI	EP
	Take Your Shoes Off	Robert Cray	-
	The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner	Ben Folds Five	-
	Implode	Front Line Assembly	-
	Playing My Game	Lene Marlin	-
	Soundbombing II	Various Artists	Compilation

May

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
4	Sonic Brew	Black Label Society	-
	Hopeless Romantic	The Bouncing Souls	-
	Point No. 1	Chevelle	-
	The Matrix: Original Motion Picture Score	Don Davis	Soundtrack
	The Warriors EP	P.O.D.	-
	Undeniable	Raven Symoné	-
10	Remedy	Basement Jaxx	UK
11	Ricky Martin	Ricky Martin
11	Top Dogg	Snoop Dogg	-
14	Intimités	Miss Kittin & The Hacker	EP
17	The Maggot	The Melvins	-
17	The Only Reason I Feel Secure	Pedro the Lion	EP
18	Black Sails in the Sunset	AFI	-
	Millennium	Backstreet Boys	-
	If Looks Could Kill, I'd Watch You Die	Death By Stereo	-
	Stop Staring At Me!	Jerky Boys	-
	Bigger than the Devil	Stormtroopers of Death	-
	Freedumb	Suicidal Tendencies	-
	The Hush	Texas	-
	Helldorado	W.A.S.P.	-
	Thug Ride	White Dawg	-
	Seven	Wolfstone	-
21	Stairway to Fairyland	Freedom Call	-
21	Colony	In Flames	-
24	Saltwater	Chicane	-
25	A New Kind of Army	Anti-Flag	-
	Innamoramento	Mylène Farmer	-
	The Amazing Jeckel Brothers	Insane Clown Posse	-
	This Moment Is Mine	Chanté Moore	-
	You Can't Stop the Bum Rush	Len	-
30	Leitmotif	dredg	-
31	Mike + The Mechanics	Mike + The Mechanics	-

June

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Blaque	Blaque	-
	Enema of the State	Blink-182	- 1st album to feature Travis Barker on drums
	No Angel	Dido	-
	1011 Woodland	The Fixx	-
	Gorgeous	Guttermouth	-
	Venni Vetti Vecci	Ja Rule	-
	Shrinking Violet	L.A. Guns	-
	On the 6	Jennifer Lopez	Debut album
	Play	Moby	-
	Straight Ahead	Pennywise	-
	Here Comes the Bride	Spin Doctors	-
	Short Music for Short People	Various Artists	Compilation
3	The Siket Disc	Phish	Internet
6	Cowboy Bebop Remixes: Music for Freelance	Various Artists	Compilation
7	Crowning of Atlantis	Therion	-
8	Her Wallpaper Reverie	The Apples in Stereo	-
	New World Disorder	Biohazard	-
	Stereo Type A*	Cibo Matto	-
	Get Skintight	The Donnas	-
	Synkronized	Jamiroquai	-
	In a Reverie	Lacuna Coil	-
	Dark Side of the Spoon	Ministry	-
	Terror Twilight	Pavement	-
	Californication	Red Hot Chili Peppers	- Return of John Frusciante on guitar
	Astro Lounge	Smash Mouth	-
	Triptych	The Tea Party	-
	The Gathering	Testament	-
15	Erase the Slate	Dokken	-
	Schizophonic	Geri Halliwell	-
	Liquid Tension Experiment 2	Liquid Tension Experiment	-
	Double Up	Mase	-
	Messenger	Edwin McCain	-
	Mirrorball	Sarah McLachlan	Live
	Supernatural	Santana	-
	No Boundaries: A Benefit for the Kosovar Refugees	Various Artists	-
	[R]evolution	Sister Machine Gun	-
	This or That	Sway & King Tech	-
	Everything You Want	Vertical Horizon	-
	The White Stripes	The White Stripes	-
20	Euphoria	Def Leppard	-
21	Beware the Heavens	Sinergy	-
21	Judgement	Anathema	-
22	A2G	Blackalicious	EP
	Surrender	Chemical Brothers	-
	Da Real World	Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott	-
	The Soft Bulletin	The Flaming Lips	-
	Hypocrisy	Hypocrisy	-
	Significant Other	Limp Bizkit	-
	Tuesday's Child	Amanda Marshall	-
	The RZA Hits	RZA	Compilation
	Paintin' the Town Brown: Ween Live 1990-1998	Ween	Live
	Punk-O-Rama Vol. 4	Various Artists	Compilation
29	Nothing Safe: Best of the Box	Alice in Chains	Compilation
	Classics in the Key of G	Kenny G	Covers album
	One Guitar, No Vocals	Leo Kottke	-
	Soundpieces: Da Antidote	Lootpack	-
	Supersonic and Demonic Relics	Mötley Crüe	Rarities Compilation
	No Mercy No Remorse	RBX	-
	Slipknot	Slipknot	-
	Brave New World	Styx	-
	Running With Scissors	"Weird Al" Yankovic	-

July

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
4	Act of Depression	Underøath	-
5	How I Learned to Love the Bootboys	The Auteurs	-
5	On How Life Is	Macy Gray	UK
6	The Very Best of Dokken	Dokken	Compilation
	FenixTX*	Fenix*TX	-
	Can't Get There from Here	Great White	-
	Live at Woodstock	Jimi Hendrix	Live
	Ratt	Ratt	-
7	Fun 9	Takako Minekawa
12	Before The Calm	Witness	UK; Debut album
13	Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr	Gang Starr	Compilation
	Blue Green Orange	I Mother Earth	-
	California	Mr. Bungle	-
	Beware the Heavens	Sinergy	-
	Can't Stay Away	Too Short	-
18	Trepanation	American Head Charge	-
18	Long Tall Weekend	They Might Be Giants	Internet
20	Burning Bridges	Arch Enemy	-
	Life of the Party	The Planet Smashers	-
	Tonight the Stars Revolt!	Powerman 5000	-
27	Vaya	At the Drive-In	EP
	The Blues	Eric Clapton	Compilation
	The Writing's On The Wall	Destiny's Child	US
	Ignorance is Bliss	Face to Face	-
	Guerrilla Warfare	Hot Boys	-
	Alive in Athens	Iced Earth	Live
	At the Show	MxPx	Live
	Staying Power	Barry White	-
	'Til the Medicine Takes	Widespread Panic	-
	Now That's What I Call Music! 2 (US series)	Various Artists	Compilation
29	Beneath the Surface	GZA	-
29	The Melancholy Collection	Millencolin	Sweden; Compilation
30	The Ego Has Landed	Robbie Williams	Compilation

August

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
3	Awesome Mix Tape vol. 6	The Pietasters	-
	The Coming of Age	Memphis Bleek	-
	Do the Collapse	Guided by Voices	-
	Fly the Flag	Down by Law	-
	Forget About It	Alison Krauss	-
9	Westlife	Westlife
10	The Burning Red	Machine Head	-
	Liberate Te Ex Inferis	Zao	-
	The Most Beautifullest Hits	Keith Murray	Compilation
	No Division	Hot Water Music	-
13	Echo	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	-
16	Juxtapose	Tricky	-
17	The 10 Year Limited Edition Anniversary Box Set	Blur	Box set
	Before You Were Punk 2	Various Artists	Compilation
	Mary	Mary J. Blige	-
	Rough Harvest	John Mellencamp	-
23	Soulburner	Gardenian	-
	The Bootlicker	The Melvins	-
	J-Tull Dot Com	Jethro Tull	-
24	A Little Bit of Mambo	Lou Bega	-
	The Austin Sessions	Kris Kristofferson	-
	Christina Aguilera	Christina Aguilera	Debut Album
	Bitter	Me'shell Ndegeocello	-
	Bring Your Own Stereo	Jimmie's Chicken Shack	-
	Forever	Puff Daddy	-
	The Fundamental Elements of Southtown	P.O.D.	-
	LFO	LFO	-
	The Muse	Elton John	Soundtrack
	Oh! The Grandeur	Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire	-
	Slap-Happy	L7	-
	Title of Record	Filter	-
	The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale	Prince	Compilation
30	The Abba Generation	A*Teens	Sweden
	A Secret History... The Best of the Divine Comedy	The Divine Comedy	Compilation
	Yesterday Went Too Soon	Feeder	-
31	Fly	Dixie Chicks	-
	Greatest Hits	SWV	Compilation
	Live aus Berlin	Rammstein	Live
	Risk	Megadeth	-
	Vitamin C	Vitamin C	-
?	Sound Asleep EP	Evanescence	-

September

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
2	The Avenger	Amon Amarth	-
3	Au Cœur Du Stade	Celine Dion	Live
6	Only Yazoo	Yazoo	Compilation
7	Riot, Riot, Upstart	Agnostic Front	-
	Chamber Music	Coal Chamber	-
	69 Love Songs	The Magnetic Fields	Box Set
	Ecliptica	Sonata Arctica	-
	Seven Year Itch: 1982-1989	Platinum Blonde	Compilation
	The Ultra Zone	Steve Vai	-
8	Beyond the Veil	Tristania	-
9	Gettin' High on Your Own Supply	Apollo 440	UK
12	Between the Bridges	Sloan	-
13	Yellow Submarine Songtrack	The Beatles	Soundtrack
	One From The Modern	Ocean Colour Scene	-
	Sang pour sang	Johnny Hallyday	-
14	Amarte Es Un Placer	Luis Miguel	-
	Felons & Revolutionaries	Dope	-
	Beautiful Midnight	Matthew Good Band	-
	Nigga Please	Ol' Dirty Bastard	-
	Avenue B	Iggy Pop	-
	Q2K	Queensrÿche	-
	Ruff Ryders' First Lady	Eve (rapper)	-
	A Single History: 1991–1997	Unwound	Compilation
20	Blazing the Crop	Rae & Christian	Compilation
	Metalhead	Saxon	UK
	The Ladder	Yes	UK
21	To Venus and Back	Tori Amos	Double Album:1 Studio, 1 Live
	The Greatest Hits – Volume 1	The Beach Boys	Compilation
	The Greatest Hits – Volume 2	The Beach Boys	Compilation
	Tightrope	Brooks & Dunn	-
	Euphoria Morning	Chris Cornell	-
	The Sweetest Punch	Elvis Costello and Bill Frisell	-
	Live at the Wiltern	CPR	Live
	Burn to Shine	Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals	-
	I'll Take Care Of You	Mark Lanegan	-
	The Fragile	Nine Inch Nails	-
	Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch	Our Lady Peace	Canada
	Stan and Judy's Kid	Adam Sandler	-
	Going for Gold	Shed Seven	Compilation
	Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night	Stereolab	-
22	King of the Nordic Twilight	Luca Turilli	-
	Inside Wants Out	John Mayer	EP
	Melvin Flynt - Da Hustler	Noreaga	-
	Time	Third Day	-
	Underground Vol. 2: Club Memphis	Three 6 Mafia	-
	Beaucoup Fish	Underworld	-
27	A Different Beat	Gary Moore	-
28	Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool	Tony Bennett	-
	Garth Brooks in ... The Life of Chris Gaines	Garth Brooks	-
	Human Clay	Creed	-
	Calculating Infinity	The Dillinger Escape Plan	-
	Temperamental	Everything but the Girl	-
	Something To Write Home About	The Get Up Kids	-
	Lost and Gone Forever	Guster	-
	Come On Now Social	Indigo Girls	-
	LB IV Life	Lost Boyz	-
	Blackout!	Method Man & Redman	-
	The Time Machine	Alan Parsons	-
	Ghost Town Live	The Specials	Live
	Brand New Day	Sting	-
	Black Diamond	Angie Stone	US
	Balance	Swollen Members	-
	XXX	ZZ Top	-
29	Awake and Breathe	B*Witched	-
29	Supergrass	Supergrass	-

October

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	No Time for Love	Eighteen Visions	EP
1	Now That's What I Call Music! 43 (UK series)	Various Artists	Compilation
4	Hooray for Boobies	The Bloodhound Gang	Europe
	'hours...'	David Bowie	-
	From Here to Eternity: Live	The Clash	Live
	I Hate Myself	Interscope	-
	Run Devil Run	Paul McCartney	-
	S Club	S Club 7	-
	Showbiz	Muse	-
5	All Hallow's EP	AFI	EP
	Synchronistic Wanderings	Pat Benatar	Compilation
	Breakdown	Melissa Etheridge	–
	Colour Moving and Still	Chantal Kreviazuk	-
	The Distance to Here	Live	-
	More Betterness!	No Use for a Name	-
	Christmas the Cowboy Way	Riders in the Sky	Christmas
	Golden Arms Redemption	U-God	-
11	Nightlife	Pet Shop Boys	-
12	Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton	Eric Clapton	Compilation
	BBC Sessions	Cocteau Twins	-
	Total Abandon: Live in Australia	Deep Purple	Live
	The Marshall Suite	The Fall	-
	Black On Both Sides	Mos Def	-
	American Girl	Juice Newton	-
	Otherworld	Lunasa	-
	Where I Wanna Be	Donell Jones	-
	Immortalized	Spice 1	-
	In Reverse	Matthew Sweet	-
	Soundsystem	311	-
	I Want It All	Warren G	-
	The Private Years	Yanni	Compilation
	Against Da Grain	YoungBloodZ	-
13	Millionaires	James	-
18	Flying Without Wings	Westlife	UK
	Rise	Gabrielle	UK
	Solo Journey	Bradley Joseph	-
	Still Life	Opeth	-
	I Wanna Be Santa Claus	Ringo Starr	Christmas
	Suicide Pact - You First	Therapy?	UK
19	Honey to the B	Billie	-
	Peace	Eurythmics	-
	Bloodthirst	Cannibal Corpse	-
	Washed Up!	Catch 22	EP
	Los grandes éxitos en español	Cypress Hill	-
	Symphony No. 1	Joe Jackson	-
	Internal Affairs	Pharoahe Monch	-
	Nothing Gold Can Stay	A New Found Glory	-
	This Christmas	98 Degrees	Christmas
	Modified	Save Ferris	-
	God Save the Smithereens	The Smithereens	-
	Rock Art and the X-Ray Style	Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros	-
	Keith Urban	Keith Urban	-
	Give 'Em the Boot II	Various Artists	Compilation
25	Sunday 8PM / Saturday 3AM	Faithless	-
	Turn It on Again: The Hits	Genesis	Compilation
	Leaders Not Followers	Napalm Death	EP
	Live from a Shark Cage	Papa M	-
	Xeneizes	Quarashi	-
	Steptacular	Steps	-
26	Aktapuss	Akinyele	-
	The Aquabats! vs. the Floating Eye of Death!	The Aquabats!	-
	The Science of Things	Bush	-
	Looking Forward	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	-
	The Lost Files	Digital Underground	Compilation
	Emergency & I	The Dismemberment Plan	-
	Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory	Dream Theater	-
	Make Yourself	Incubus	-
	State Songs	John Linnell	-
	Hidden Stash	Kottonmouth Kings	-
	A Guided Tour of Chicago	The Lawrence Arms	-
	The Days of Our Nights	Luna	-
	Only God Can Judge Me	Master P	-
	RéCréation	Florent Pagny	Double cover album
	LeAnn Rimes	LeAnn Rimes	-
	All Systems Go 2	Rocket from the Crypt	-
	No. 4	Stone Temple Pilots	-
	Tiger Army	Tiger Army	-
	American Made Music to Strip By	Rob Zombie	Remix
Introducing IMx	IMx	-
28	Tokyo Warhearts	Children of Bodom	Live

November

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Ether~Electrified Porch Music	Carbon Leaf	-
	Blank-Wave Arcade	The Faint	-
	Of Someday Shambles	Jebediah	-
	Wonderful	Madness	-
	Paul McCartney's Working Classical	Paul McCartney	-
	Westlife	Westlife	-
	Fire and Skill: The Songs of the Jam	Various Artists	Tribute
2	It All Comes Down to This	Bane	-
	Bleach	Bleach	-
	Rainbow	Mariah Carey	-
	This Desert Life	Counting Crows	-
	6:66 Satan's Child	Danzig	-
	Scream for Me Brazil	Bruce Dickinson	Live
	There Is Nothing Left To Lose	Foo Fighters	-
	Making the Road	Hi-Standard	-
	Joy: A Holiday Collection	Jewel	Christmas
	Tha Block Is Hot	Lil Wayne	-
	Shapeshifter	Marcy Playground	-
	Northern Star	Melanie C	-
	The Battle of Los Angeles	Rage Against the Machine	-
	Dirty Harriet	Rah Digga	-
	The Roots Come Alive	The Roots	Live
	Love and the Russian Winter	Simply Red
8	Magic Hour	Cast	-
	Invincible	Five	UK
	There Is Nothing Left to Lose	Foo Fighters	-
	Glastonbury 90	Hawkwind	Live
	Choose Your Masques: Collectors Series Volume 2	Hawkwind	Live
	Greatest Hits III	Queen	Compilation
	Abbamania	Various Artists	Tribute
9	It Just Gets Worse	Anal Cunt	-
	When the Pawn...	Fiona Apple	-
	The Gift of Game	Crazy Town	-
	The Exchange	Against All Authority/The Criminals	Split EP
	Darrin's Coconut Ass: Live from Omaha	Goldfinger	Live
	Metal Jukebox	Helloween	Covers
	Breathe	Faith Hill	-
	marillion.com	Marillion	-
	Alanis Unplugged	Alanis Morissette	Live
	Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic	Prince	-
	Affirmation	Savage Garden	-
	Greatest Hits	Sublime	Compilation
	Live at Sturgis	38 Special	Live
	Sugar	Tonic	-
10	Loveppears	Ayumi Hamasaki	-
12	The Corrs Unplugged	The Corrs	Live
12	The Last Tour on Earth	Marilyn Manson	Live
15	The Road to Hell: Part 2	Chris Rea	-
16	Return of the Killer A's	Anthrax	Compilation
	To the Teeth	Ani DiFranco	-
	Timeless: The Classics Vol. 2	Michael Bolton	Covers album
	All the Way... A Decade of Song	Celine Dion	Compilation
	2001	Dr. Dre	-
	Greatest Hits of the 20th Century	Béla Fleck and the Flecktones	Compilation
	Reload	Tom Jones	-
	Faith: A Holiday Album	Kenny G	Holiday
	Issues	Korn	-
	Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha	Kurupt	-
	Love Liberty Disco	Newsboys	-
	Immobilarity	Raekwon	-
	Cut Carefully and Play Loud	Rocket from the Crypt	EP
	Willennium	Will Smith	-
	SYR4: Goodbye 20th Century	Sonic Youth	-
	The Chosen Ones	Stratovarius	Compilation
	Ödemarkens Son	Vintersorg	-
19	Sweet Kisses	Jessica Simpson	-
20	1999 Remixes	Jamiroquai	Box Set
22	Now That's What I Call Music! 44 (UK series)	Various Artists	Compilation
23	The Sounds of Science	Beastie Boys	Compilation
	Midnite Vultures	Beck	-
	Garth Brooks and the Magic of Christmas	Garth Brooks	Christmas
	IX Equilibrium	Emperor	-
	Live Era: '87-'93	Guns N' Roses	Live
	Enrique	Enrique Iglesias	-
	Early Days: Best of Led Zeppelin Volume One	Led Zeppelin	Compilation
	Alchemy	Yngwie Malmsteen	-
	Listener Supported	Dave Matthews Band	Live
	S&M	Metallica	Live
	Grey Dawn	October Tide
	Nastradamus	Nas	-
	The Decline	NOFX	EP
	Amplified	Q-Tip	-
	Live	They Might Be Giants	Live
	Blue	Third Eye Blind	-
	Viva Wisconsin	Violent Femmes	Live
29	Complete '79: Collectors Series Volume 1	Hawkwind	Live
30	The Greatest Hits	Cher	Compilation
	The Fragile Art of Existence	Control Denied	-
	The Mystery of the Whisper	The Crüxshadows	-
	Europop	Eiffel 65	US
	The Master	Rakim	-
	Unleash the Dragon	Sisqo	-

December

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
7	Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park	Sheryl Crow	Live
	Born Again	Notorious B.I.G.	-
	Mimosa	Fun Lovin' Criminals	Compilation
	At the Heart of Winter	Immortal	-
	Kaleidoscope	Kelis	-
	Magnolia	Aimee Mann	Soundtrack
	So Real	Mandy Moore	-
	Methods Of Mayhem	Methods Of Mayhem	-
	Resurrection	Vice Squad
13	Tha G-Code	Juvenile	-
13	Songs from the Last Century	George Michael	Covers album
14	Don't Mind If I Do	Culture Club	-
14	Still I Rise	2Pac and Outlawz	-
21	...And Then There Was X	DMX	-
	World Party	Goodie Mob	-
	Best of the Specials	The Specials	Compilation
	Everything Is Healing Nicely	Frank Zappa	-
28	Singles of the 90s	Ace of Base	Compilation
28	Vol. 3: Life and Times of S. Carter	Jay-Z	-

Release Date Unknown

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1999.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Britney Spears	...Baby One More Time	1999	UK 1 – Feb 1999, US BB 1 of 1999, Holland 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, Éire 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 (A Little Bit of ...)	1999	UK 1 – Sep 1999, Holland 1 – Jun 1999, Austria 1 – May 1999, Switzerland 1 – May 1999, Norway 1 – Jun 1999, Germany 1 – May 1999, Éire 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 (Da Ba Dee)	1999	UK 1 – Sep 1999, Holland 1 – Jul 1999, Sweden 1 – Aug 1999, Austria 1 – Aug 1999, Switzerland 1 – Jul 1999, Norway 1 – Aug 1999, Germany 1 – Jul 1999, Éire 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, Éire 1 – May 1999, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Apr 1999, Australia 1 for 7 weeks Aug 1999, UK 3 – Apr 1999, Holland 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, Éire 1 – May 2000, Austria 1 – Sep 1999, UK 1 – Apr 2000, Switzerland 1- Sep 1999, Italy 1 of 2000, Holland 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

Top Singles

"All or Nothing" – Cher
"Absolutely Everybody" – Vanessa Amorosi (debut)
"All Star" – Smash Mouth
"Aller plus haut" – Tina Arena
"Almost Doesn't Count" – Brandy
"American Woman" – Lenny Kravitz
"Amazed" – Lonestar
"Ana's Song (Open Fire)" – Silverchair
"Angel" – Sarah McLachlan
"Angel of Mine" – Monica
"Au Nom de la rose" – Moos
"...Baby One More Time" – Britney Spears (debut)
"Back At One" – Brian McKnight
"Bailamos" – Enrique Iglesias
"Bawitdaba" – Kid Rock
"Beautiful Stranger" – Madonna
"Believe" – Cher
"Big Big World" – Emilia
"Black Balloon" – Goo Goo Dolls
"Blue Monday" – Orgy
"Blue (Da Ba Dee)" – Eiffel 65
"Born to Make You Happy" – Britney Spears
"Bring It All Back" – S Club 7
"Bring It All To Me" – Blaque
"Burning Down the House" – Tom Jones featuring The Cardigans
"Candy" – Mandy Moore
"Can't Fight the Moonlight" – LeAnn Rimes
"The Carpet Crawlers 1999" – Genesis
"Cherish the Day" – Sade
"Desert Rose" – Sting
"Dizzy" – Goo Goo Dolls
"Don't Say You Love Me" – M2M
"Down So Long" – Jewel
"Everlasting Night" – Dannii Minogue
"Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)" – Baz Luhrmann
"Everything You Want" – Vertical Horizon
"Every Morning" – Sugar Ray
"Falling Away From Me" – KoЯn
"Flying Without Wings" – Westlife (UK)
"Freak on a Leash" – KoЯn
"Freestyler" – Bomfunk MC's
"Flat Beat" – Mr. Oizo
"Genie in a Bottle" – Christina Aguilera (debut)
"Guerrilla Radio" – Rage Against the Machine
"Have You Ever?" – Brandy
"Heartbreak Hotel" – Whitney Houston, Faith Evans, & Kelly Price
"Heartbreaker" – Mariah Carey
"Hello Time Bomb" – Matthew Good Band
"Honey to the Bee" – Billie
"I Need to Know" – Marc Anthony
"I Knew I Loved You" – Savage Garden
"I Wanna Love You Forever" – Jessica Simpson (debut)
"I Want It That Way" – Backstreet Boys
"I Will Remember You" – Sarah McLachlan
"If I Let You Go" – Westlife (UK)
"If You Had My Love" – Jennifer Lopez
"Larger Than Life" – Backstreet Boys
"Kiss Me" – Sixpence None the Richer
"Kiss of Life" – Sade
"Last Kiss" – Pearl Jam
"Learn to Fly" – Foo Fighters
"Lit Up" – Buckcherry
"Livin' la Vida Loca" – Ricky Martin
"Load Me Up" – Matthew Good Band
"Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)" – Lou Bega
"Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" – Shania Twain
"Maria" – Blondie
"The Millennium Prayer" – Cliff Richard
"The Miracle" – Cliff Richard
"My Name Is" – Eminem
"My Own Worst Enemy" – Lit
"Never Be the Same Again" – Melanie C feat. Lisa Lopes
"Never Let You Go" – Third Eye Blind
"Nothing Really Matters" – Madonna
"No Scrubs" – TLC
"Nookie" – Limp Bizkit
"Nothing Is Real but the Girl" – Blondie
"Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" – The Offspring
"Praise You" – Fatboy Slim
"S Club Party" – S Club 7
"Scar Tissue" – Red Hot Chili Peppers
"She Wants You" – Billie
"She's So High" – Tal Bachman
"Sleep Now in the Fire" – Rage Against the Machine
"Slide" – Goo Goo Dolls
"Smooth" – Santana feat. Rob Thomas
"Someday" – Sugar Ray
"Sometimes" – Britney Spears
"Steal My Sunshine" – Len
"Strong Enough" – Cher
"Swear It Again" – Westlife (UK) (debut)
"Take a Picture" – Filter
"Tender" – Blur
"The Animal Song" – Savage Garden
"The Bad Touch" – Bloodhound Gang
"Thank ABBA for the Music" – Steps, Tina Cousins, Cleopatra, B*Witched, Billie
"That Don't Impress Me Much" – Shania Twain
"The World Is Not Enough" – Garbage
"Then the Morning Comes" – Smash Mouth
"There She Goes" – Sixpence None the Richer
"Tu ne m'as pas laissé le temps" – David Hallyday
"Unpretty" – TLC
"Waiting for Tonight" – Jennifer Lopez
"What a Girl Wants" – Christina Aguilera
"What It's Like" – Everlast
"What's My Age Again?" – Blink-182
"When the Heartache Is Over" – Tina Turner
"When Worlds Collide" – Powerman 5000
"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're a God" – Vertical Horizon
"You're Still the One" – Shania Twain
"You Get What You Give" – New Radicals

Top 10 selling albums of the year in USA

Backstreet Boys – Millennium
Britney Spears – ...Baby One More Time
Shania Twain – Come on Over ^[1]
'N Sync – *NSYNC
Ricky Martin – Ricky Martin
Limp Bizkit – Significant Other
Santana – Supernatural
TLC – FanMail
Christina Aguilera – Christina Aguilera
Kid Rock – Devil Without a Cause

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 (Oboe and orchestra)
Lorenzo Ferrero
- Glamorama Spies
- Presagios (symphonic poem)
- El encuentro (symphonic poem)
- La matanza del Templo Mayor (symphonic poem)
Carlo Forlivesi – Requiem
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
Jay Zee - Here I Go With Da Flow

Opera

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

Deaths

January 2 – Rolf Liebermann (88), composer
January 23 – "Prince" Lincoln Thompson (49), reggae musician
February 3 – Gwen Guthrie (48), singer
February 4 – Kenneth C. Burns (68), country musician
February 12 – Toni Fisher (67), singer
February 15
- Lamont "Big L" Coleman (24), rapper, gunshot
- Agnes Bernelle (75), actress and singer
February 16 – Necil Kâzım Akses (90), Turkish composer (date of death from this contemporary newspaper)
March 3 – Dusty Springfield (59), 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 (97), Brazilian opera singer
March 26 – Ananda Shankar (50), Indian classical musician and composer, cardiac arrest
March 29 – Joe Williams (80), jazz singer
April 3 – Lionel Bart (68), songwriter and composer
April 6 – Red Norvo (91), jazz musician
April 14 – Anthony Newley (67), songwriter, actor and singer
April 16 – Skip Spence (52), musician (Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape), lung cancer
April 25
- Roger Troutman (47), R&B singer, gunshot wounds
- Larry Troutman (54), R&B percussionist, suicide after killing younger brother
- Kemi Olusanya (35), British drum and bass duo Kemistry & Storm, freak highway accident
April 26 – Adrian Borland (41), English singer, songwriter, guitarist (The Sound), suicide
April 27 – Al Hirt (76), New Orleans trumpeter
April 30 – Darrell Sweet (51), drummer (Nazareth), heart attack
May 14 – William Tucker, guitarist, Ministry, suicide by slitting own throat
May 26 – Paul Sacher (93), Swiss conductor
June 5 – Mel Tormé, (73), singer
June 15 – Fausto Papetti, (76), Italian Famous Musician
June 21 – Kami, (26), Japanese drummer for Malice Mizer, subarachnoid hemorrhage
June 27 – Sven Einar Englund, (83), Finnish composer
July 3 – Mark Sandman, (46), alternative rock musician, member of Morphine, heart attack
July 6
- Benny Bell, (93), musician
- Joaquín Rodrigo (97), Spanish composer
July 11 – Helen Forrest, (82), big band singer
July 17 – Kevin Wilkinson, (41)
August 3 – Lesley Pitts (30), music publicist
August 20 – Bobby Sheehan (31), bassist for Blues Traveler, drug overdose
August 25 – Rob fisher (42), Naked Eyes, Climie fisher
September 10 – Alfredo Kraus (72), opera singer
October 4 – Art Farmer (71), jazz trumpeter
October 6 – Amalia Rodrigues (79), Portuguese singer
October 9 – Milt Jackson (76), jazz vibraphonist
October 10 – Robert Wright (90), songwriter and librettist
October 16 – Ella Mae Morse, (75), singer
October 19 – Harry Bannink (70), Dutch songwriter
October 26 – Rex Gildo (63), German singer
October 28 – Robert Linn (74), composer and teacher
November 18 – Doug Sahm (58), country and rock musician
December 3 – Scatman John (57), pop musician
December 6 – Todd Barnes (34), T.S.O.L.
December 10 – Rick Danko (56), rock singer in The Band
December 17 – Grover Washington Jr. (66), American saxophonist
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

1999 in music

Contents

Events

Undated

Bands formed

Bands reformed

Bands disbanded

Albums released

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Release Date Unknown

Biggest hit singles

Top Singles

Top 10 selling albums of the year in USA

Classical music

Opera

Musical theater

Deaths

Awards

Grammy Awards

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

Mercury Music Prize

MTV Video Music Awards

Glenn Gould Prize

Charts

Triple J Hottest 100

See also

References