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- Feb 24, 199990% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Lauryn Hill Wins Five Grammys, Including Album of the Year, at 23
- Lauryn Hill won five Grammys at the 41st Annual Grammy Awards on 24 February 1999 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, the most of anyone that night[2][3]
- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill won Album of the Year, the first win in that category for a hip-hop artist; Hill took Best New Artist, Best R&B Album, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song (the last two for "Doo Wop (That Thing)")[3]
- Whitney Houston presented Album of the Year to Hill, a fellow Newark native; Hill said "This is crazy because this is hip-hop music"[3]
- Hill led with ten nominations, a record for a woman, and became the first woman to win five Grammys in one night[2]
- Celine Dion won Record of the Year for "My Heart Will Go On", whose writers James Horner and Will Jennings won Song of the Year[1]
- All the Album of the Year nominees were women (Hill, Shania Twain, Madonna, Sheryl Crow and Garbage), and Madonna won three awards[2]
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- [1]90%grammy.com/awards/41st-annual-grammy-awardsgrammy.com· Posted Oct 3, 2026· Starts Feb 24, 1999 ✓· 50% of score
Wikipedia's[2] 41st Annual Grammy Awards article states the ceremony was 'held on February 24, 1999, at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles'; Grammy.com[3]'s Rewind confirms Hill's wins that night.
- [2]75%41st Annual Grammy Awardsen.wikipedia.org· Added Oct 3, 2026· 50% of score
Gives the date and venue, Hill's record 10 nominations for a woman, the all-female Album of the Year field and Madonna's three wins.[1]
- [3]90%GRAMMY Rewind: Lauryn Hill Becomes First Rap Artist To Win Album Of The Year With The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill In 1999grammy.com· Published Feb 11, 2022· 0% of score
Grammy.com[1]: Hill, then 23, won five Grammys, the first by a hip-hop artist for Album of the Year, presented by Whitney Houston.
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