1999 Brit Awards

19th Brit Awards
Date	16 February 1999
Venue	London Arena
Host	Johnny Vaughan
Most awards	Manic Street Preachers, Natalie Imbruglia and Robbie Williams

The 1999 Brit Awards were the 19th edition of the biggest annual pop music awards in the United Kingdom. They are run by the British Phonographic Industry and took place on 16 February 1999 at the London Arena in London.

Live performers

• B*Witched, Billie Piper, Cleopatra, Steps, Tina Cousins and Supatroopas – "Thank ABBA for the Music"
• Boyzone featuring Barry McGuigan, Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn – "When the Going Gets Tough"
• The Corrs – "Runaway" and "Haste To The Wedding"
• David Bowie featuring Placebo – "20th Century Boy"
• Eurythmics featuring Stevie Wonder – "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"
• Manic Street Preachers – "You Stole the Sun from My Heart"
• Robbie Williams – "Let Me Entertain You"
• Whitney Houston – "It's Not Right But It's Okay"
• Cher - "Believe"

The awards

MasterCard British Album	Best British Single
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	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"
Best British Video	Best Soundtrack
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"	Titanic Boogie Nights Jackie Brown Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels The Wedding Singer
Best British Male	Best British Female
Robbie Williams Ian Brown Bernard Butler Lynden David Hall Fatboy Slim	Des'ree Billie Piper PJ Harvey Hinda Hicks Billie Myers
Best British Group	Best British Breakthrough Act
Manic Street Preachers Beautiful South Catatonia Gomez Massive Attack	Belle & Sebastian Another Level Billie Piper Cleopatra Cornershop Five Gomez Hinda Hicks Propellerheads Steps
Best British Dance Act
Fatboy Slim All Saints Faithless Jamiroquai Massive Attack
Best International Male	Best International Female
Beck Eagle Eye Cherry Neil Finn Pras Will Smith	Natalie Imbruglia Alanis Morissette Lauryn Hill Madonna Sheryl Crow
Best International Group	Best International Breakthrough Act
The Corrs Air Beastie Boys Fun Lovin' Criminals R.E.M.	Natalie Imbruglia Air B*Witched Eagle Eye Cherry Savage Garden

Outstanding Contribution to Music

• Eurythmics

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.