Editing Ray of Light (section)

== Accolades ==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Madonna}}
[[File:Adi Madonna Houston.jpg|thumb|left|Madonna performing "[[Ray of Light (song)|Ray of Light]]" during the 2008 [[Sticky & Sweet Tour]]. The song won an [[MTV Video Music Award]] for [[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]] and a [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording|Best Dance Recording]].]]
At the [[41st Annual Grammy Awards]], ''Ray of Light'' received four awards out of six nominations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-feb-25-mn-11684-story.html|title=General Categories|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 25, 1999|access-date=July 30, 2014|archive-date=February 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222153618/http://articles.latimes.com/1999/feb/25/news/mn-11684|url-status=live}}</ref> The album won [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album|Best Pop Album]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Recording Package|Best Recording Package]], and was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], while the title track won [[Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording|Best Dance Recording]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Music Video|Best Short Form Music Video]], and was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/multiple-grammy-nods-for-city-of-angels-madonna-faith-hill-pat-metheny-and-more-as-warner-bros-and-reprise-artists-shine-73330972.html|title=Multiple Grammy Nods for 'City of Angels,' Madonna, Faith Hill, Pat Metheny And More as Warner Bros. and Reprise Artists Shine|publisher=Warner Bros. Records|date=January 5, 1999|access-date=July 30, 2014|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091942/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/multiple-grammy-nods-for-city-of-angels-madonna-faith-hill-pat-metheny-and-more-as-warner-bros-and-reprise-artists-shine-73330972.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The album gave Madonna her first musical [[Grammy Awards|Grammy]] of her career, as previously she had only won in the video category. Madonna also became the biggest winner of the [[1998 MTV Video Music Awards]], winning six awards from nine nominations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1424721/madonna-prodigy-will-smith-aerosmith-win-big-at-video-music-awards.jhtml|title=Madonna, Prodigy, Will Smith, Aerosmith Win Big At Video Music Awards|publisher=MTV News|date=September 10, 1998|access-date=July 30, 2014|archive-date=February 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202222420/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1424721/madonna-prodigy-will-smith-aerosmith-win-big-at-video-music-awards.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> "Frozen" won [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Special Effects]]; "Ray of Light" won [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography|Best Choreography]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video|Best Female Video]] and [[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]], and was also nominated for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Dance Video|Best Dance Video]] and [[MTV Video Music Award – Breakthrough Video|Breakthrough Video]]. [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers]] (ASCAP) honored Madonna two awards of Most Performed Song for "Frozen" and "Ray of Light" at the 1999 ASCAP Pop Music Awards,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Waren Big ASCAP Winner: Songwriter Of The Year For the 5th Time|last=Newman|first=Melinda|date=May 29, 1999|magazine=Billboard|issn=0006-2510|volume=111|issue=22|page=8}}</ref> as well as Top Dance Song for "Ray of Light" at the 1999 ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards.<ref>{{cite news|title=Flash! / The latest entertainment news and more...|last=Hazelwood|first=Darrell T.|newspaper=[[Newsday]]|date=May 28, 1999|issn=0278-5587|pages=A.16}}</ref>

''Ray of Light'' also gave Madonna several trophies from various international award shows—including two [[Danish Music Awards|Danish Grammy Awards]] for Best International Album and Best International Female Vocalist from [[IFPI Denmark]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/services/motion-pictures/4859643-1.html|title=Den Gale Pose nabs four Dansk Grammys|first=Charles|last=Ferro|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=February 9, 1999|access-date=January 25, 2012}}</ref> a [[Fryderyk]] award for Best Foreign Album from [[Związek Producentów Audio Video]] (ZPAV) in Poland,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zpav.pl/fryderyk/nominowani/index.php?year=1998|title=Nominowani i laureaci 1998|language=pl|publisher=[[Polish Music Charts|Związek Producentów Audio Video]]|access-date=December 17, 2010|archive-date=March 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326063049/http://www.zpav.pl/fryderyk/nominowani/index.php?year=1998|url-status=live}}</ref> a [[Hungarian Music Awards|Golden Giraffe Award]] for International Pop Album of the Year from [[Mahasz]] in Hungary,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fonogram.hu/?menu=jeloltek_1999|title=A 1999-es Arany Zsiráf Díj jelöltjei|language=hu|publisher=[[Hungarian Music Awards]]|access-date=December 17, 2010|archive-date=March 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305192038/http://fonogram.hu/?menu=jeloltek_1999|url-status=live}}</ref> two [[Porin (music award)|Porin]] awards for Best International Album and Best International Video ("Frozen") in Croatia,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.porin.info/index.php?what=porin&w=dobitnici&id=11|title=Institut Hrvatske Glazbene Industrije – Dobitnici Porin 1999|language=hr|publisher=[[Porin (music award)|Porin]]|access-date=December 17, 2010|archive-date=February 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201193135/http://www.porin.info/index.php?what=porin&w=dobitnici&id=11|url-status=live}}</ref> and two [[Rockbjörnen]] awards for Best International Album and Best International Artist in Sweden.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/noje/special/rockbjorn99/totalvinnare.html |title=Rockbjörnsvinnare sedan 1979 – här är hela listan |language=sv |work=[[Aftonbladet]] |publisher=Schibsted|date=January 16, 2006 |access-date=December 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110206021351/http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/noje/special/rockbjorn99/totalvinnare.html |archive-date=February 6, 2011 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

In Canada, Madonna won [[MuchMusic Video Award for Best International Video by a Canadian|Best International Video]] for "Ray of Light" at the 1999 [[MuchMusic Video Awards]] and was nominated for [[Juno Award for International Album of the Year|Best Selling Album (Foreign or Domestic)]] at the [[Juno Awards of 1999|1999 Juno Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.muchmusic.com/events/mmva08/rewind/1998.aspx |title=1998 Much Music Video Awards – Winners |publisher=[[MuchMusic Video Awards]] |access-date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601044647/http://www.muchmusic.com/events/mmva08/rewind/1998.aspx |archive-date=June 1, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://junoawards.ca/database/artist-summary/?artist_name=Madonna|title=Juno Awards Database: Madonna|publisher=[[Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]]|access-date=November 26, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723180559/http://junoawards.ca/database/artist-summary/?artist_name=Madonna|archive-date=July 23, 2011}}</ref> She also received [[MTV Europe Music Award for Best Female|Best Female]] and [[MTV Europe Music Award for Best Album|Best Album]] trophies at the [[1998 MTV Europe Music Awards]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ABIEAAAAMBAJ&dq=MTV+Europe&pg=PA50|title=MTV Europe Music Awards Winners 1994–2000|date=November 10, 2001|access-date=September 26, 2023|magazine=Billboard|issn=0006-2510|volume=113|issue=45|page=50}}</ref> At the 14th annual [[International Dance Music Awards]], Madonna won Best Dance Solo Artist and Best Dance Video for "Ray of Light".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wintermusicconference.com/idmaballot/nominees/archived/index.php?year=1999|title=14th Annual International Dance Music Awards|publisher=[[Winter Music Conference]]|access-date=December 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110306094122/http://wintermusicconference.com/idmaballot/nominees/archived/index.php?year=1999|archive-date=March 6, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>