August1999

Events in Music History in August 1999

Aug 9 The Diet of Japan enacts a law establishing the Hinomaru as the official national flag, and "Kimi Ga Yo" as national anthem.
Aug 11 American rock group "KISS" receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

MTV Unplugged

Aug 12 Shakira records her first live album in New York City, titled "MTV Unplugged"

Singer Shakira

Aug 28 Philip Glass' Symphony No. 5 "Requiem, Bardo, Nirmanakaya", for chorus and orchestra, premieres at the Salzburg Festival led by Dennis Russell Davies, in Salzburg, Austria

Fly

Aug 31 "Fly" 5th studio album by Dixie Chicks is released (Grammy Award Best Country Album 2000, Billboard Album of the Year 2000)

Singer-Songwriter Natalie Maines

Famous Rappers

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