On Wednesday 10 May, Jamiroquai picked up a World Music Award for the category of World Best Selling British Artist/Group. The awards, which are in their 12th year pay tribute to the very best in contemporary music from around the globe. Held at Monte-Carlo's famous Sporting Club, the ceremony will be broadcast to an audience of 900 million TV viewers in over 150 countries. For those in the US, you can catch the awards on ABC on Monday 29 May at 8:00 PM ET/PT.
Today in 1999, Canned Heat, the first single from Synkronized, had its first play on UK radio. It wasn't long after that the track was at number 1 in the airplay charts.