20 June:YUI MIZUNO = Japanese singer, member of Babymetal
4 July:MOA KIKUCHI = Japanese singer, member of Babymetal
14 July:CAMRYN = American singer and actress
Timeline of Musical Events
7 January:
After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation.
Paul McCartney attends the first of his stepdaughter Heather's first housewares collection in Georgia.
11 January: During the American Music Awards, Billy Joel is awarded the Special Award of Merit for his "inspired songwriting skills" and "exciting showmanship."
12 January: Britney Spears releases her debut album, ...Baby One More Time, which would go on to sell 26 million copies. The album hits number one on the charts. The title track and first single released from the album, also hits number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1999.
26 January: Foxy Brown releases her second album, Chyna Doll, and becomes the first female rapper to debut an album at number 1.
14 February: Elton John appears as himself in a special episode of the animated series The Simpsons
15 February:
"Rolling Stones Day" is declared in Minnesota by Governor (and former Rolling Stones bodyguard) Jesse Ventura
Rapper Big L is killed in Harlem.
19 February: Marilyn Manson files a defamation countersuit against former Spin Magazine editor Craig Marks, in response to a multi-million dollar lawsuit that Marks filed in January against the singer, the record label Nothing/Interscope, and Manson's bodyguard agency.
20 February: Trace Adkins performs his first concert following surgery for tendon damage and a broken ankle. Contrary to doctors orders, Adkins does not remain seated during the performance.
23 February: Eminem's The Slim Shady LP is released.
25 February: The Artist Formerly Known as Prince files a lawsuit against nine Web sites for copyright and trademark infringement, claiming that the websites sell bootlegged recordings and offer unauthorized song downloads.
March: The Bee Gees end their One Night Only tour in Sydney, Australia
1 March: Sony Music Distribution raises wholesale prices on audio Compact Discs by 8 cents
2 March: The House of Blues in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Mandalay Bay Resort. Bob Dylan performs a concert at the club and is joined by U2's lead singer Bono for an encore of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door".
5 March: Trauma Records files a $40 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against the members of Bush for failing to deliver a new album.
6 March: A 67 year old George Jones is seriously injured in a car accident while on his way home. Jones' Lexus crashed into a bridge at about 1:30 p.m. It is later revealed that alcohol was a factor in the accident.
10 March: Hikaru Utada released her debut album First Love, selling 2,026,870 in its debut week. Two months later, First Love became the Japan's best-selling album of all time.
15 March: Marilyn Manson is injured when he slips and falls during a concert at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California. Manson's performance is cut short.
21 March:
Irish girl band B*Witched score their fourth consecutive #1 with Blame It On The Weatherman on the UK singles chart. They become the first band to have all their first four singles enter at the top simultaneously and set a new record. It is broken a year later by Irish boy band Westlife.
Alice Cooper released a box set of his career, dedicating it to his late friend Glen Buxton.
10 April: A charity tribute concert for Linda McCartney is held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Here, There and Everywhere: A Concert For Linda, features performances by Paul McCartney, Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders, Elvis Costello, Sinéad O'Connor, and George Michael. Proceeds raised at the event went to animal rights causes.
19 April: Neil Young performs at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Due to a mistake by a Madison Square Garden staff member, the marquee read "Bob Dylan, Tonight at 8pm". Young jokingly introduced one of his guitar players as Bob Dylan during the show.
20 April:
Billy Joel performs at Meadowlands in New Jersey. Joel announces that this would be his last public pop music concert. Joel also announces plans on devoting his future efforts to classical music.
Columbine High School massacre takes place in Jefferson County, Colorado. It sparks a widespread moral panic that ultimately tries to place the blame on violent media, including music perceived to be violent and/or connected to the newly demonized goth culture. American rocker Marilyn Manson receives the brunt of the blame, despite evidence that neither of the shooters were fans of his, and recludes, only to address the issue in the form of his fourth studio album. The finger is also pointed at German industrial metal acts Rammstein and KMFDM, of whom the shooters were fans. This sensationalism gradually wanes in the years following, and all three music acts ironically achieve more mainstream acceptance in the U.S. than they had prior to the massacre.
28 April: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
30 April: Columbine High School massacre: Aerosmith visits Columbine High School shooting victim Lance Kirklin in a Colorado hospital before a concert in Denver, Colorado. Kirklin was one of 24 wounded in the April 20 shooting, 13 others were killed.
1 May:
"The Paintings of Paul McCartney" exhibit opens at the Lyz Art Forum in Siegen, Germany. The exhibit features around 70 paintings created by the former Beatle.
Musical group Atari Teenage Riot starts a riot in Berlin with their anti-consumer and anti-government lyrics. The riot was stopped with concert goers pleading for peace from the Swat crew ruthlessly beating down pedestrians. This band is under the label Digital Hardcore Recordings.
18 May: The American music group, the Backstreet Boys release their multi-platinum 3rd studio album Millennium, that spawned four Top 40 Billboard singles, and would go on to be the best-selling album of 1999. The album up to today has sold over 40 million copies and is one of the top selling 100 albums of all-time.
29 May: Legendary jamband Captain Zig forms around Easton, Pennsylvania.
1 June: The American actress Jennifer Lopez releases her debut album On the 6, and the first single "If You Had My Love" peaked at one in U.S., Canada, and Australia.
2 June: Backstreet Boys smashes the old first-week sales record of Garth Brooks' 1.08 million, with (Millennium) which sold over 1.13 million in its first week and was the first album to sell over 500,000 copies at least 2 weeks. The album holds at No. 1 first-weeks sales record of the '90s.
8 June: Red Hot Chili Peppers release Californication this is the first album with John Frusciante in 8 years, the album goes on to sell 13 million copies worldwide.
13 June: S Club 7 debut at #1 on the UK singles chart with their first single "Bring It All Back" and become the largest vocal group to enter at the top.
15 June: Santana releases his best selling album Supernatural with the number one hits "Smooth" and "Maria Maria".
22 June: Limp Bizkit releases their second studio album titled Significant Other
29 June: Slipknot releases their debut studio album Slipknot.
June: Adrian Erlandsson, Quits The Haunted.
1 July:
The new Scottish Parliament is formally opened with a rock concert in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle and is headlined by Garbage, of which, lead singer Shirley Manson, is at the time one of the biggest music stars from Scotland.
The American actress Jennifer Lopez releases her debut album On the 6, and the first single "If You Had My Love" peaked at one in U.S., Canada, and Australia.
3 July: Indie rock icon Mark Sandman collapses on stage at the Giardini del Principe in Palestrina, Latium, Italy (near Rome) while performing with Morphine. He is soon pronounced dead of a heart attack at the age of 46. Morphine immediately disbands.
12 July: Gregg Alexander issues a press release dissolving the New Radicals.
23-25 July: The highly anticipated Woodstock 99 festival takes place in Rome, New York.
24 August: Christina Aguilera releases her self titled debut album. The album and first single, "Genie in a Bottle", both went to number one on the charts.
27-29 August: The third Terrastock festival is held in London.
21 September: Trent Reznor releases the fourth Nine Inch Nails album, The Fragile after a five-year hiatus to great critical acclaim.
9 October: "Heartbreaker", the lead single from Mariah Carey's ninth studio album, Rainbow, reaches #1 on the Billboard 100, becoming her 14th #1 single and also her 59th week atop the chart. When it stayed at #1 for a further week Carey surpassed The Beatles for the act with the most weeks spent at number one. The song also topped charts in Canada and New Zealand.
19 October: Eurythmics releases first album in 10 years, Peace.
November:
Rock Star Gary Glitter jailed for four months for downloading pornographic images of children on the Internet.
Australian independent record label Liberation Music is formed
15 November: Korn performs their entire album Issues at the Apollo Theater in New York city becoming the first rock band ever to perform at the Apollo.
16 November: Dr. Dre releases his second album, 2001; Korn releases their fourth studio album Issues.
4 December: The Spice Girls starts their Christmas Tour around UK dubbed as Christmas in Spiceworld Tour.
14 December: BMI announces the most played songs on American radio and television in the 20th century
25 December: "Smooth" by Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas becomes the final number-one single of the millennium.
Also in 1999:
Jesper Strömblad leaves Sinergy.
Antero Manninen leaves Apocalyptica.
Mase made his retirement.
Michael Jackson performs his Michael Jackson and Friends concerts. The songs consist of:
Medley/Billie Jean
Dangerous (Red Shirt)
Earth Song
You Are Not Alone
Classical Music
SAMUEL ADLER
Viola Concerto
LEONARDO BALADA
Piano Concerto No. 3
MICHAEL DAUGHERTY
Hell's Angels
JOËL-FRANÇOIS DURAND
La Terre et le Feu (Oboe and orchestra)
LORENZO FERRERO
Glamorama Spies
Presagios (symphonic poem)
El encuentro (symphonic poem)
La matanza del Templo Mayor (symphonic poem)
CARLO FORLIVESI
Requiem
PATRICK HAWES
The Call (song cycle)
JOE JACKSON
Symphony No. 1
KARL JENKINS
The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
JOHN KINSELLA
Symphony No. 8: Into the New Millennium
RICHARD PAYNE
Saxophone Concerto
Opera
WILLIAM BOLCOM
A View from the Bridge
DEBORAH DRATTELL
Festival of Regrets
DARON HAGEN
Bandanna
JOHN HARBISON
The Great Gatsby
NICHOLAS LENS
The Accacha Chronicles Trilogy: Terra Terra – The Aquarius Era
ANTHONY SNYDER
Sodomy
Musical Theatre
Opening: 14 January 1999 @ Broadhurst Theatre, New York, NY
FOSSE [Original production]
(Musical, Revue, Dance)
Conceived by Richard Maltby, Jr, Chet Walker, and Ann Reinking
Closing: 25 August 2001 Performance Count: 1093
Opening: 4 February 1999 @ Ambassador Theatre, New York, NY
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN [Revival production]
(Musical, Comedy)
Music by: Clark Gesner; Book by: John Gordon; Lyrics by: Clark Gesner
Closing: 13 June 1999 Performance Count: 149
Opening: 4 March 1999 @ Marquis Theatre, New York, NY
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN [Revival production]
(Musical, Comedy)
Music by: Irving Berlin; Book by: Dorothy Fields, Herbert Fields, Peter Stone; Lyrics by: Irving Berlin
Closing: 1 September 2001 Performance Count: 1045
Opening: 7 March 1999 @ Helen Hayes Theatre, New York, NY
BAND IN BERLIN [Original production]
(Musical, Revue)
Book by: Susan Feldman
Closing: 21 March 1999 Performance Count: 17
Opening: 6 April 1999 @ Prince Edward Theatre, London
MAMMA MIA! [London production]
(Musical, Comedy)
Music & Lyrics by: ABBA; Story written by Catherine Johnson
Closing: 29 May 2004
Opening: 7 April 1999 @ Gershwin Theatre, New York, NY
PETER PAN [Revival production]
(Musical, Comedy)
Music by: Mark Charlap; Lyrics by: Carolyn Leigh
Based on: Peter Pan
Closing: 29 August 1999 Performance Count: 166
Opening: 11 April 1999 @ Cort Theatre, New York, NY
MARLENE [Original production]
(Musical)
Book by: Pam Gems
Closing: 2 May 1999 Performance Count: 25
Opening: 22 April 1999 @ St. James Theatre, New York, NY
THE CIVIL WAR [Original production]
(Musical)
Music by: Frank Wildhorn; Book by: Gregory Boyd, Frank Wildhorn; Lyrics by: Jack Murphy
Closing: 13 June 1999 Performance Count: 61
Opening: 25 April 1999 @ Longacre Theatre, New York, NY
THE GERSHWINS' FASCINATING RHYTHM [Original production]
(Musical, Revue)
Music by: George Gershwin; Lyrics by: Ira Gershwin
Closing: 9 May 1999 Performance Count: 17
Opening: 26 April 1999 @ Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York, NY, moving on 7 September to Ambassador Theatre, New York, NY
IT AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT THE BLUES [Original production]
(Musical, Revue)
Book by: Charles Bevel, Lita Gaithers, Randal Myler, Ron Taylor, Dan Wheetman
Closing: 9 January 2000 Performance Count: 284
Opening: 19 August 1999 @ Cort Theatre, New York, NY
KAT AND THE KINGS [Original production]
(Musical, Comedy)
Music by: Taliep Petersen; Book by: David Kramer; Lyrics by: David Kramer
Closing: 2 January 2000 Performance Count: 157
Opening: 21 October 1999 @ Minskoff Theatre, New York, NY
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER [Original production]
(Musical)
Book by: Nan Knighton (in collaboration with Arlene Phillips, Paul Nicholas, and Robert Stigwood); Music & Lyrics by: The Bee Gees
Closing: 30 December 2000 Performance Count: 501
Opening: 16 November 1999 @ Gershwin Theatre, New York, NY
