- Title: USA: The 16th annual MTV video music awards
- Date: 19th September 1999
- Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA (SEPTEMBER 9, 1999) (RTN) **CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY** LINCOLN CENTRE MTV SPINNING GLOBE JENNIFER LOPEZ AND PUFF DADDY ARRIVAL LENNY KRAVITZ ARRIVAL DAVID BOWIE AND IMAN ARRIVAL WYCLEFF JEAN TALKS TO PRESS (SOUNDBITE) (English) PAMELA ANDERSON LEE SAYING, "Everybody, I'm just hanging with Tommy, I don't even know who's playing, I'm just like excited to be here, it's all coll. I was excited I had somewhere to wear this hat."
- Embargoed: 4th October 1999 13:00
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- Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Entertainment
- Reuters ID: LVA9BDMPPIB3VHCULB6DO1IOLD59
- Story Text: The 16th annual MTV Video Music Awards were held on Thursday (September 9) at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.Hip-hop queen Lauryn Hill was crowned the biggest winner collecting four awards for her video "Doo Wop (That Thing)."
Lauryn Hill, whose debut solo album "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" was a runaway hit last year, gathered up this year's awards for best R&B, best female video, best art direction and video of the year, the grand prize of the evening.
The 16th annual awards show was staged at the unlikely venue of the elegant Metropolitan Opera House.
Latin heartthrob Ricky Martin took away two awards -- best dance and best pop -- for his hugely popular "Livin' La Vida Loca."
When asked about his fame, Martin replied, "one thing that I want to keep in touch with is my feelings and its very easy to lose control of.You know with all this adrenaline and euphoria that you go through everyday so definitely you need to stick around the people you love, your family and your friends."
Female trio TLC won best group video award for "No Scrubs," a catchy hit about women refusing to put up with no-good men.
Members of TLC have battled severe illness and filed for bankruptcy since last making a huge splash with their hit "Waterfalls" in 1994.
The award for best new artist went to Eminem for "My Name Is." He spoke to the press about balancing a family and a career, "Being a father and being an entertainer it's two whole different worlds so you know I try to separate my entertainment thing from the way I raise my daughter."
Rapper and actor Will Smith won the best male video category for his "Miami," but he failed to win any awards for his "Wild Wild West" video, the theme from the movie of the same name.
Smith starred in the hit movies "Men in Black" and "Independence Day."
Nominated in four categories, actress Jennifer Lopez went home empty-handed for her video "If You Had My Love. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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