Brit Awards 1999

Brit Awards 1999 was the 19th edition of the Brit Awards, an annual pop music awards ceremony in the United Kingdom. It was organised by the British Phonographic Industry and took place on 16 February 1999 at the London Arena in London.^[1] This was the first time the Brit Awards were sponsored by MasterCard.

Brit Awards 1999
Date	16 February 1999
Venue	London Arena
Hosted by	Johnny Vaughan
Most awards	Robbie Williams (3)
Most nominations	Robbie Williams (6)
Television/radio coverage
Network	ITV
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Performances

Artist(s)	Song(s)	UK Singles Chart reaction[2]	UK Albums Chart reaction[3]
Boyzone featuring Barry McGuigan Chris Eubank Nigel Benn	"When the Going Gets Tough"	N/A	Where We Belong - 18 (−9)
Cher	"Believe"	30 (−1)	Believe - 30 (−3)
The Corrs	"Runaway" "Haste To The Wedding"	2 (debut) N/A	Talk on Corners - 1 (+2) Forgiven, Not Forgotten - 7 (+/−)
Eurythmics featuring Stevie Wonder	"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" "Here Comes the Rain Again" "There Must Be An Angel"	N/A N/A N/A	Greatest Hits - 11 (+53)
Manic Street Preachers	"You Stole the Sun from My Heart"	N/A	This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours - 9 (+11) Generation Terrorists - 66 (−5) The Holy Bible - 100 (re-entry)
Placebo David Bowie	"20th Century Boy"	N/A	Without You I'm Nothing - 17 (+8) N/A
Robbie Williams	"Let Me Entertain You"	N/A	I've Been Expecting You - 2 (−1) Life Thru a Lens - 8 (+2)
The Supertroopers (B*Witched, Billie Piper, Cleopatra, Steps and Tina Cousins)	"Thank ABBA for the Music"	N/A	B*Witched - 28 (+11) Honey to the B - 53 (+39) N/A Step One - 6 (+/−) N/A N/A
Whitney Houston	"It's Not Right But It's Okay"	N/A	My Love Is Your Love - 37 (+21)

Winners and nominees

British Album of the Year (presented by Mariella Frostrup & Prince Naseem)	Outstanding Contribution to Music (presented by Stevie Wonder)
Manic Street Preachers – This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours Catatonia – International Velvet Gomez – Bring It On Massive Attack – Mezzanine Robbie Williams – I've Been Expecting You	Eurythmics
British Single of the Year (presented by Sheryl Crow & Meat Loaf)	British Video of the Year (presented by Helen Baxendale & John Thomson)
Robbie Williams – "Angels" Beautiful South – "Perfect 10" Catatonia – "Road Rage" Cornershop – "Brimful of Asha" Des'ree – "Life" Fatboy Slim – "The Rockafeller Skank" Manic Street Preachers – "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" Massive Attack – "Teardrop" George Michael – "Outside" Robbie Williams – "Millennium"	Robbie Williams – "Millennium" All Saints – "Under the Bridge" Melanie B featuring Missy Elliott – "I Want You Back" Cornershop – "Brimful of Asha" Jamiroquai – "Deeper Underground" Massive Attack – "Teardrop" George Michael – "Outside" Placebo – "Pure Morning" Radiohead – "No Surprises" Robbie Williams – "Let Me Entertain You"
British Male Solo Artist (presented by Jools Holland & Ian Dury)	British Female Solo Artist (presented by Kulvinder Ghir & Meera Syal as Chunky Lafunga & Smita Smitten)
Robbie Williams Ian Brown Bernard Butler Lynden David Hall Fatboy Slim	Des'ree Billie Piper PJ Harvey Hinda Hicks Billie Myers
British Group (presented by Kylie Minogue & Lee Evans)	British Breakthrough Act (presented by Huey Morgan and Zoe Ball)
Manic Street Preachers Beautiful South Catatonia Gomez Massive Attack	Belle & Sebastian Another Level Billie Piper Cleopatra Cornershop Five Gomez Hinda Hicks Propellerheads Steps
British Dance Act (presented by Sharleen Spiteri & Boy George)	Soundtrack/Cast Recording (presented by Mark Morrison)
Fatboy Slim All Saints Faithless Jamiroquai Massive Attack	Titanic Boogie Nights Jackie Brown Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels The Wedding Singer
International Male Solo Artist (presented by Ladysmith Black Mambazo)	International Female Solo Artist (presented by Linor Abargil & Ian Wright)
Beck Eagle Eye Cherry Neil Finn Pras Will Smith	Natalie Imbruglia Alanis Morissette Lauryn Hill Madonna Sheryl Crow
International Group (presented by Björn Ulvaeus)	International Breakthrough Act (presented by All Saints)
The Corrs Air Beastie Boys Fun Lovin' Criminals R.E.M.	Natalie Imbruglia Air B*Witched Eagle Eye Cherry Savage Garden

Multiple nominations and awards

Two-time winner Natalie Imbruglia

Artists that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Artist
6	Robbie Williams
5	Massive Attack
3 (4)	Catatonia
	Fatboy Slim
	Gomez
	Manic Street Preachers
2 (11)	Air
	All Saints
	The Beautiful South
	Billie Piper
	Cornershop
	Des'ree
	Eagle-Eye Cherry
	George Michael
	Hinda Hicks
	Jamiroquai
	Natalie Imbruglia

Artists that received multiple awards

Awards	Artist
3	Robbie Williams
2 (2)	Manic Street Preachers
	Natalie Imbruglia

Notable moments

Belle & Sebastian (1999)

In 1999, indie band Belle & Sebastian were nominated for Best British Newcomers, despite having released three albums before the 1999 Awards. The award was sponsored by Radio One and voted for online by their listeners. At the time, Steps were arguably Britain's biggest boy/girl pop band and were also nominated. Despite this, the award was won by Belle & Sebastian. On the Saturday after the awards, a story appeared in the press alleging that the group had rigged the vote in their favour, encouraging students from two universities to vote online. However, fans argued that the band had a predominantly large student following, that band member Isobel Campbell had attended one of the universities in question, and in particular, the award ought to be given on artistic merit as opposed to popularity or CD sales.

Whitney Houston performance

"Despite never taking home a solo trophy, she stunned audiences at the 1999 BRIT Awards with a spectacular performance of her anthemic hit, 'It's Not Right But It's OK."^[4]