Editing 1999 in music (section)

===January===
*[[January 7]]
**After eight years of marriage, musician husband [[Rod Stewart]] and supermodel wife [[Rachel Hunter]] announce their separation.
**[[Paul McCartney]] attends the launch of his daughter [[Heather McCartney|Heather]]'s first housewares collection in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].
*[[January 11]] – During the [[American Music Awards]], [[Billy Joel]] is awarded the Special Award of Merit for his "inspired songwriting skills" and "exciting showmanship."
*[[January 12]]
**[[Britney Spears]] releases her hit album [[...Baby One More Time (album)|''...Baby One More Time'']]. The album is the second best-selling album of the 90s in the US and the third best-selling album of the 90s worldwide. It also enters the list of the top 20 best-selling albums of all time.
**[[Fredrik Johansson (musician)|Fredrik Johansson]] is fired from [[Dark Tranquillity]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Fredrik_Johansson/6180|title=Fredrik Johansson – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives|website=Metal-archives.com}}</ref><!--"Sidan du söker finns ..."-->
*[[January 15]]–[[January 31|31]] – After a short hiatus in 1998, the [[Big Day Out]] festival returns to Australia and New Zealand, headlined by [[Hole (band)|Hole]] and [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/music-reads/features/every-big-day-out-line-up/11539046 |title=The definitive guide to every Big Day Out line-up ever |work=ABC |date=September 30, 2019 |access-date=August 31, 2020 |first=Dan |last=Condon}}</ref>
*[[January 21]] – [[A&M Records]] is shut down and merged into the [[Universal Music Group]] umbrella label [[Interscope Geffen A&M Records|Interscope Geffen A&M]]. It would be relaunched in 2007.
*[[January 22]] – German [[industrial music|industrial]] band [[KMFDM]] announces that it has disbanded.
*[[January 28]] – [[Kirk Franklin]] performs at the Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, Maryland for the video recording of "The Nu Nation Tour" featuring [[CeCe Winans]], [[Trin-i-Tee 5:7]] and [[Crystal Lewis]]
*[[January 30]] – Britney Spears' hit album and single [[...Baby One More Time (album)|''...Baby One More Time'']] both hit number one on the Billboard Charts. This is her first album (and song) to achieve this. The album spent 6 weeks on number 1 and a total of 103 weeks on the Billboard 200 Charts. It's number 16 on the Billboard list "Best Female Albums of all time" and number 41 on the Billboard list "Best Albums of all time". The single "[[...Baby One More Time]]" spent 2 consecutive weeks on number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and a total of 32 weeks on that same list.