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1999 Grammy Award Winners

Posted by Joe Hummel IIIPosted 26 years ago February 25, 1999

1999 Grammy Award Winners

Winners Announced: February 25, 1999
Held at: Radio City Music Hall, New York City
Host: Kelsey Grammer
Eligibility Year: October 1, 1997 – September 30, 1998

Table of Contents

Trivia

Best New Artist Snub: Despite huge success, Backstreet Boys lost the Best New Artist award to Lauryn Hill.
Album of the Year: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill also took home the Album of the Year, solidifying her rising stardom.
Record of the Year: Celine Dion’s My Heart Will Go On won the award, continuing its acclaim from its association with Titanic.
Multiple Awards: Lauryn Hill took home five awards this year, setting a record for a female artist at that time.
Rap Categories: Jay-Z won his first Grammy, Best Rap Album for Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life.
Latin Music: Ricky Martin’s Vuelve won Best Latin Pop Performance, foreshadowing the Latin pop explosion that was to come later in 1999.
Country Collaboration: Clint Black, Joe Diffie, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Pam Tillis, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt and Dwight Yoakam collaborated on “Same Old Train,” which won Best Country Collaboration With Vocals.

1999 Grammy Winners

Record of the Year:
My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion Song of the Year:

Song of the Year:
My Heart Will Go On – James Horner and Will Jennings, songwriters

Album of the year:
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia Records)

New Artist:
Lauryn Hill

Female Pop Vocal:
My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion

Male Pop Vocal:
My Father’s Eyes – Eric Clapton

Pop Duo or Group with Vocals:
Jump Jive An’ Wail – The Brian Setzer Orchestra

Pop Collaboration with Vocals:
I Still Have That Other Girl – Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach

Pop Instrumental:
Sleepwalk – The Brian Setzer Orchestra

Dance Recording:
Ray of Light – Madonna

Pop Album:
Ray of Light – Madonna (Maverick/Warner Bros. Records)

Traditional Pop Album:
Live at Carnegie Hall The 50th Anniversary Concert – Patti Page

Female Rock Vocal:
Uninvited – Alanis Morissette

Male Rock Vocal:
Fly Away – Lenny Kravitz

Rock Duo or Group with Vocals:
Pink – Aerosmith

Hard Rock:
Most High – Jimmy Page and Robert Plant

Metal:
Better Than You – Metallica

Rock Instrumental:
The Roots of Coincidence – Pat Metheny Group

Rock Song:
Uninvited – Alanis Morissette, songwriter

Rock Album:
The Globe Sessions – Sheryl Crow (A&M Records)

Alternative Album:
Hello Nasty – Beastie Boys

Female R&B Vocal:
Doo Wop (That Thing), Lauryn Hill

Male R&B Vocal:
St. Louis Blues – Stevie Wonder

R&B Duo or Group with Vocals:
The Boy Is Mine – Brandy and Monica

R&B Song:
Doo Wop (That Thing) – Lauryn Hill, songwriter

R&B Album:
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill (Ruffhouse/Columbia Records)

Traditional R&B Vocal Performance:
Live! One Night Only – Patti LaBelle

Rap Solo:
Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It – Will Smith

Rap Duo or Group:
Intergalactic – Beastie Boys

Rap Album:
Vol. 2 . . . Hard Knock Life – Jay-Z

Female Country Vocal:
You’re Still the One – Shania Twain

Male Country Vocal:
If You Ever Have Forever in Mind – Vince Gill

Country Duo or Group with Vocals:
There’s Your Trouble – Dixie Chicks

Country Collaboration with Vocals:
Same Old Train – Clint Black, Joe Diffie, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Patty Loveless, Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, Pam Tillis, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt, and Dwight Yoakam

Country Instrumental:
A Soldier’s Joy – Randy Scruggs and Vince Gill

Country Song:
You’re Still the One – Robert John Mutt Lange and Shania Twain, songwriters

Country Album:
Wide Open Spaces – Dixie Chicks (Monument Records)

Bluegrass Album:
Bluegrass Rules! – Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder (Skaggs Family Records)

New Age Album:
Landmarks – Clannad (Atlantic Records)

Contemporary Jazz:
Imaginary Day – Pat Metheny Group

Jazz Vocal:
I Remember Miles – Shirley Horn

Jazz Instrumental, Solo:
Rhumbata – Chick Corea and Gary Burton

Jazz Instrumental, Individual or Group:
Gershwin’s World – Herbie Hancock (Verve Records)

Large Jazz Ensemble:
Count Plays Duke – Count Basie Orchestra

Latin Jazz:
Hot House – Arturo Sandoval

Rock Gospel Album:
You Are There – Ashley Cleveland (Cadence/204 Records)

Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album:
This Is My Song – Deniece Williams (Harmony Records)

Southern Gospel, Country Gospel, or Bluegrass Gospel Album:
The Apostle – Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture – various artists (Sparrow Records/Rising Tide [MCA])

Traditional Soul Gospel Album:
He Leadeth Me – Cissy Houston (House Of Blues Music)

Contemporary Soul Gospel Album:
The Nu Nation Project – Kirk Franklin (Gospo Centric Records)

Gospel Album by a Choir or Chorus:
Reflections – The Associates; O’Landa Draper, Choir Director (Warner Alliance Records)

Latin Pop:
Vuelve – Ricky Martin

Latin Rock/Alternative:
Sueños Liquidos – Mana

Tropical Latin:
Contra la Corriente – Marc Anthony

Mexican-American:
Los Super Seven – Los Super Seven

Tejano:
Said and Done – Flaco Jimenez

Traditional Blues:
Any Place I’m Going – Otis Rush (House Of Blues Records)

Contemporary Blues:
Slow Down – Keb’ Mo’ (Okeh/550 Music)

Traditional Folk:
Long Journey Home – The Chieftains with various artists (Wicklow Records)

Contemporary Folk:
Car Wheels on a Gravel Road – Lucinda Williams (Mercury Records)

Reggae Album:
Friends – Sly and Robbie (EastWest Records America/EEG)

World Music Album:
Quanta Live – Gilberto Gil (Atlantic/Mesa Records)

Polka Album:
Dance with Me – Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra (Rounder Records)

Musical Album for Children:
Elmopalooza! – The Sesame Street Muppets with various artists (Sony Wonder Records)

Spoken Word Album for Children:
The Children’s Shakespeare – various artists (Dove Audio)

Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album:
Still Me (Christopher Reeve) – Christopher Reeve (Random House Audio Books)

Spoken Comedy Album:
The 2000-Year-Old Man in the Year 2000 – Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner (Rhino Records)

Musical Show Album:
The Lion King (Walt Disney Records)

Instrumental Composition:
Almost 12 – Bela Fleck, Future Man, and Victor Lemonte Wooten, composers

Instrumental Composition for a Motion Picture or for Television:
Saving Private Ryan – John Williams, Composer

Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television:
My Heart Will Go On (from Titanic) – James Horner and Will Jennings, songwriters

Instrumental Arrangement:
Waltz for Debby – Don Sebesky, arranger

Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals:
St. Louis Blues – Herbie Hancock, Robert Sadin, and Stevie Wonder, arrangers

Best Recording Package:
Ray of Light – Kevin Reagan, art director (Maverick/Warner Bros. Records)

Best Recording Package Boxed:
The Complete Hank Williams, Jim Kemp and Virginia Team, art directors (Rhino Records)

Best Album Notes:
Miles Davis Quintet 1965?1968 – Bob Belden, Todd Coolman and Michael Cuscuna, album notes writers

Historical Album:
The Complete Hank Williams (Mercury Records Nashville):

Best-Engineered Album – Non-Classical:
The Globe Sessions – Tchad Blake, Trina Shoemaker and Andy Wallace, engineers (A&M Records)

Producer, Non-Classical:
Rob Cavallo

Remixer, Non-Classical:
David Morales

Best-Engineered Album – Classical:
Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartok: Cantata Profana – Jack Renner, engineer

Classical Producer:
Steven Epstein

Classical Album:
Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartok: Cantata Profana – Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Robert Shaw, conductor (Telarc)

Orchestral:
Mahler: Sym. No. 9 – Pierre Boulez conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)

Opera:
Bartok: Bluebeard’s Castle – Pierre Boulez, conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)

Choral:
Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartok: Cantata Profana – Robert Shaw, conductor (Telarc)

Instrumental Soloist with Orchestra:
Penderecki: Violin Con. No. 2 ‘Metamorphosen’ – Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin; Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor

Instrumental Soloist without Orchestra:
Bach: English Suites Nos. 1, 3 and 6 – Murray Perahia, piano

Chamber Music:
American Scenes (Works of Copland, Previn, Barber, Gershwin) – Andre Previn, piano; Gil Shaham, violin

Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor):
Reich: Music for 18 Musicians – Steve Reich and Musicians

Classical Vocal:
The Beautiful Voice (Works of Charpentier, Gounod, Massenet, Flotow, Etc.) – Renee Fleming, soprano

Classical Contemporary Composition:
Penderecki: Violin Con. No. 2 ‘Metamorphosen’ – Krzysztof Penderecki, Composer

Classical Crossover Album:
Soul of the Tango?The Music of Astor Piazzolla – Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Jorge Calandrelli, conductor

Music Video, Short Form:
Ray of Light – Jonas Akerlund, video director

Music Video, Long Form:
American Masters: Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart – Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, video director