1999 MTV Europe Music Awards explained

1999 MTV Europe Music Awards
Date:	11 November 1999
Location:	Point Depot, Dublin, Ireland
Host:	Ronan Keating
Network:	MTV Networks International (Europe)
Previous:	1998
Next:	2000

The 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards were held in Dublin, Ireland at The Point. Ronan Keating returned as host, with performers including Mariah Carey singing "Heartbreaker", Whitney Houston singing "Get It Back" and "My Love Is Your Love", Britney Spears with "...Baby One More Time" & "(You Drive Me) Crazy", as well as The Cardigans, Jamiroquai, Marilyn Manson and The Corrs and show opener Iggy Pop.

Presenters included model and actress Carmen Electra, Christina Aguilera, Mary J. Blige, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Spice Girls' Geri Halliwell and actress Denise Richards.

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Best Song	Best Video
Britney Spears — "...Baby One More Time" Backstreet Boys — "I Want It That Way" George Michael and Mary J. Blige — "As" Madonna — "Beautiful Stranger" TLC — "No Scrubs"	Blur — "Coffee & TV" Aphex Twin — "Windowlicker" Björk — "All Is Full Of Love" Fatboy Slim — "Praise You" George Michael and Mary J. Blige — "As"
Best Album
Boyzone — By Request Backstreet Boys — Millennium Lauryn Hill — The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Red Hot Chili Peppers — Californication The Offspring — Americana
Best Female	Best Male
Britney Spears Geri Halliwell Lauryn Hill Madonna Whitney Houston	Will Smith George Michael Ricky Martin Robbie Williams Sasha
Best Group	Breakthrough Artist
Backstreet Boys Jamiroquai The Cardigans The Offspring TLC	Britney Spears Eminem Jennifer Lopez Vengaboys Westlife
Best Pop	Best Dance
Britney Spears Backstreet Boys Boyzone Five Ricky Martin	Fatboy Slim Basement Jaxx Jamiroquai Mr. Oizo The Chemical Brothers
Best Rock	Best R&B
The Offspring Lenny Kravitz Marilyn Manson Red Hot Chili Peppers The Cardigans	Whitney Houston Jennifer Lopez Lauryn Hill Mariah Carey TLC
Best Hip-Hop
Eminem Beastie Boys Busta Rhymes Puff Daddy Will Smith
Free Your Mind
Bono

Regional nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Best German Act	Best Italian Act
Xavier Naidoo Absolute Beginner Freundeskreis Guano Apes Sasha	Elio e le Storie Tese Alex Britti Jovanotti Negrita Vasco Rossi
Best Nordic Act	Best UK & Ireland Act
Lene Marlin Andreas Johnson Jennifer Brown Petter The Cardigans	Boyzone Basement Jaxx Lynden David Hall Manic Street Preachers Texas Westlife

Performances

Pre show

• B*Witched — "Jesse Hold On"
• Westlife — "If I Let You Go"

Main show

• Iggy Pop — "Lust for Life"
• Mariah Carey (featuring Missy Elliott and Da Brat) — "Heartbreaker"
• Underworld — "Push Upstairs"
• Britney Spears — "...Baby One More Time / (You Drive Me) Crazy"
• The Offspring — "The Kids Aren't Alright"
• Jamiroquai — "King for a Day"
• Whitney Houston — "Get It Back / My Love Is Your Love"
• The Cardigans — "Erase/Rewind"
• Puff Daddy — "Best Friend"
• Ligabue — "L'odore del sesso"
• The Corrs — "Radio"
• Marilyn Manson — "Rock Is Dead"

Appearances

• Denise Richards and Pierce Brosnan — presented Best Female
• Geri Halliwell — presented Best Dance
• Christina Aguilera and TQ — presented Best Hip-Hop
• Carmen Electra and Fun Lovin' Criminals — presented Best Rock
• Damon Albarn and Mary J. Blige — presented Best R&B
• Lars Oostveen and Sasha — presented Best Nordic Act
• Steps — presented Best Group
• Alicia Silverstone — presented Best Pop
• Anastasia Zampounidis and Missy Elliott - presented Best German Act
• Eternal and Jovanotti — presented Best Male
• The Jukka Brothers — presented Best Album
• Kris & Kris and Andrea Pezzi — presented Best Italian Act
• Brett Anderson and Des'ree — presented Breakthrough Artist
• Cat Deeley and Edith Bowman — presented Best UK & Ireland Act
• Mick Jagger — presented Free Your Mind Award
• Five — presented Best Song
• Armand Van Helden and The Edge — presented Best Video

See also

• 1999 MTV Video Music Awards

External links

• Nominees