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Award ceremony
The
41st Annual Grammy Awards
were held on February 24, 1999, at
Shrine Auditorium
,
Los Angeles
. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1998.
Lauryn Hill
received the most nominations with 10, setting a record for
the most nominations for female artist in one night
.
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During the ceremony, Hill became the first woman to receive 5 Grammy Awards in a single night, and the first woman rapper to take home
Best New Artist
.
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Her album
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
became the first
hip hop
album to win the award for
Album of the Year
.
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Hill's Grammys sweep is widely considered as one of the biggest moments in hip hop history.
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Songwriters
James Horner
and
Will Jennings
won
Song of the Year
for
Celine Dion
's "
My Heart Will Go On
". Dion herself took home
Record of the Year
for the latter song.
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The ceremony was known as the "Grammy Year of Women", because every artist nominated for Album of the Year was female (including
Garbage
, with
Shirley Manson
as the lead singer).
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[7]
Madonna
won three awards and opened the show with her performance of "
Nothing Really Matters
".
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While musicians the
Dixie Chicks
,
Vince Gill
,
Alanis Morissette
,
Stevie Wonder
and
Shania Twain
won two apiece.
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It is widely remembered for
Ricky Martin
's performance of "
La Copa De La Vida
"/ "
The Cup of Life
".
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Performers
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Presenters
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Award winners
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General
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- Record of the Year
- Album of the Year
- Song of the Year
- Best New Artist
Alternative
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- Best Alternative Music Performance
Blues
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Children's
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Comedy
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- From 1994 through 2003, see "Best Spoken Comedy Album" under the "
Spoken
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Classical
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Composing and arranging
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Country
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- Best Female Country Vocal Performance
- Best Male Country Vocal Performance
- Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
- Clint Black
,
Joe Diffie
,
Merle Haggard
,
Emmylou Harris
,
Alison Krauss
,
Patty Loveless
,
Earl Scruggs
,
Ricky Skaggs
,
Marty Stuart
,
Pam Tillis
,
Randy Travis
,
Travis Tritt
&
Dwight Yoakam
for "Same Old Train"
- Best Country Instrumental Performance
- Best Country Song
- Best Country Album
- Best Bluegrass Album
Folk
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Gospel
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Historical
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Jazz
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Latin
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Musical show
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Music video
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New Age
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Packaging and notes
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Polka
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Production and engineering
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- Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
- Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
- Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
- Best R&B Song
- Best R&B Album
- Best Traditional R&B Vocal Album
- Best Rap Solo Performance
- Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
- Best Rap Album
Reggae
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Rock
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Spoken
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Traditional pop
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World
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Special merit awards
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References
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