The Sanremo Music Festival 1999 (), officially the 49th Italian Song Festival (), was the 49th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 23 and 27 February 1999 and broadcast by (RAI). The show was presented by Fabio Fazio (who also served as the artistic director), supported by Laetitia Casta and Renato Dulbecco.
The quality jury consisted of Ennio Morricone (who served as president), Umberto Bindi, Toquinho, Carlo Verdone, José Carreras, Maurizio De Angelis, Enrico Brizzi, Amadeus and Dario Salvatori. The winner of the Big Artists section was Anna Oxa with the song "Senza pietà", while Daniele Silvestri won the Critics Award with the song "Aria".Alex Britti won the "Newcomers" section with the song "Oggi sono io". In this edition, the "Premio Città di Sanremo", a career award, was introduced, being won by Ornella Vanoni.
In addition to musical guests, the guests of this edition also included Mikhail Gorbachev, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, Michael Moore, Leslie Nielsen, Gustav Thöni, Silvan, Darlene Conley, Roberto Mancini, Alessandro Del Piero, Carla Fracci, Pierluigi Collina and Teo Teocoli.
After every night Rai 1 broadcast DopoFestival, a talk show about the Festival with the participation of singers and journalists. It was hosted by Orietta Berti and Teo Teocoli, with the regular participation of Fabio Fazio.
Participants and results
Big Artists
+ Big Artists section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank Notes "" Anna Oxa 1 Winner of the "Big Artists" section "" Antonella Ruggiero 2 Volare Award for Best Music tied "" Mariella Nava Mariella Nava3 Volare Award for Best Music tied "" Enzo Gragnaniello & Ornella Vanoni Enzo Gragnaniello4 "" Stadio 5 "" Albano Carrisi 6 "" Marina Rei 7 "" Nino D'Angelo 8 "" Daniele Silvestri Daniele Silvestri9 Mia Martini Critics Award Volare Award for Best Lyrics "" Nada Nada10 "" Eugenio Finardi 11 "" Gatto Panceri Gatto Panceri12 "" Gianluca Grignani Gianluca Grignani13 "" Massimo Di Cataldo Massimo Di Cataldo14
Newcomers
+ Newcomers section Song Artist(s) Songwriter(s) Rank Notes "" Alex Britti Alex Britti 1 Winner of the Newcomers' section "" Filippa Giordano 2 "" Leda Battisti Leda Battisti 3 "" Arianna 4 "" Daniele Groff Daniele Groff 5 "" Elena Cataneo 6 "" Francesca Chiara 7 "" Max Gazzè 8 "" Allegra Allegra Lusini9 "" Soerba 10 "" Quintorigo 11 Winner of the Mia Martini Critics Award - Newcomers' section Volare Award for Best Arrangement "" Boris 12 "" Dr. Livingstone Andrea Bove 13 "" Irene Lamedica 14
Musical guests
+ Guests Artist(s) Song(s) Cher"Believe" Blur"Tender" Gianni Morandi"Lasciarsi per amore""Vita" Skunk Anansie"Charlie Big Potato" Five"Everybody Get Up" Ivano Fossati"Mio fratello che guardi il mondo""Una notte in Italia" Riccardo Cocciante"Margherita" R.E.M."Daysleeper" "Lotus" Emilia Rydberg"Big Big World" Franco Battiato"Shock in My Town""Vite parallele""Il mantello e la spiga" Ricky Martin"Maria""La Bomba""La copa de la vida" Lenny Kravitz "Thinking of You" Mariah Carey"I Still Believe" Alanis Morissette"Joining You"
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