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Here's the 1999 Phoenix/WFNX Best Music Poll winners:

Local National
Best act
Dropkick Murphys
Runners-up
Gigolo Aunts
Gravel Pit
Come
Beastie Boys
Runners-up
Lauryn Hill
R.E.M.
Pearl Jam
Best new act
Mr. Airplane Man
Runners-up
The Sheila Divine
Honey Glazed
Science Park
Everlast
Runners-up
The Flys
New Radicals
Rufus Wainwright
Best male vocalist
Chris Colbourn
(Buffalo Tom)

Runners-up
Dave Gibbs (Gigolo Aunts)
John Dragonetti (Jack Drag)
Kevin Stevensen (Shods)
Beck
Runners-up
Elliot Smith
Lenny Kravitz
Michael Stipe
Best female vocalist
Juliana Hatfield
Runners-up
Mary Lou Lord
Valerie Forgione (Mistle Thrush)
Mary Timony (Helium)
Tori Amos
Runners-up
Liz Phair
Lauryn Hill
Shirley Manson
Local National
Best Ska/Swing/Rockabilly act
Amazing Crowns
Runners-up
Allstonians
Skavoovie and the Epitones
Big D and the Kids Table
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Runners-up
Squirrel Nut Zippers
Brian Setzer Orchestra
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Best loud act
Godsmack
Runners-up
Sam Black Church
Cave-In
Quintaine Americana
Korn
Runners-up
Offspring
Metallica
Rob Zombie
Best rap/hip-hop act
Virtuoso
Runners-up
Akrobatik
7L and Esoteric
Ed O.G.
Beastie Boys
Runners-up
Busta Rhymes
DMX
Jay-Z
Best R&B/Soul act
Peter Wolf
Runners-up
Barrence Whitfield
Mighty Sam McClain
Weepin' Willie Robinson
Lauryn Hill
Runners-up
Maxwell
Brandy
Usher
Local National
Best folk act
Jonatha Brooke
Runners-up
Martin Sexton
Tom Leach
Nields
Ani DiFranco
Runners-up
Billy Bragg & Wilco
Lucinda Williams
Willie Nelson
Best blues act
Susan Tedeschi
Runners-up
Mr. Airplane Man
Ronnie Earl
Michelle Wilson
B.B. King
Runners-up
John Lee Hooker
Jonny Lang
Etta James
Best world music
Babaloo
Runners-up
Inca Sun
Mango Blues
Sol y Canto
Chieftains
Runners-up
Gipsy Kings
Loreena McKennitt
Baaba Maal
Best jazz act
Saturnalia
Runners-up
Fully Celebrated Orchestra
Either/Orchestra
Kendrick Oliver & the New Line
Wynton Marsalis
Runners-up
Herbie Hancock
Medeski, Martin, and Wood
Diana Krall
Local National
Best live show
The Shods
Runners-up
Come
Ghost of Tony Gold
Racketeers
Lilith Fair
Runners-up
Ozzfest
Family Values Tour
Smokin' Grooves
Best electronica/DJ
Lunar Plexus
Runners-up
Splashdown
Club d'Elf
Toneburst Collective
Fatboy Slim
Runners-up
Chemical Brothers
UNKLE
Mix Master Mike
Best album
Got No Shadow,
Mary Lou Lord

Runners-up
Bamboozled, Jilted, Hoodwinked The Shods
Gently, Down the Stream, Come
The Racketeers
Version 2.0,
Garbage

Runners-up
The Miseducation of..., Lauryn Hill
Celebrity Skin, Hole
El Oso, Soul Coughing
Best song
"Rachael,"
Buffalo Tom

Runners-up
"Sneaking Around," Juliana Hatfield
"Seems So Tired," Jack Drag
"Sullen Man," Cherry 2000

"Intergalactic,"
Beastie Boys

Runners-up
"The Rockafeller Skank," Fatboy Slim
"Bittersweet Symphony," The Verve
"Iris," Goo Goo Dolls


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