The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on January 9, 1999. A new committee of 51 industry professionals voted to select the best in each category. When the nominees for the 16th AVN Awards were announced, Café Flesh 2 earned the most nominations with 14 Models came in second place with 13. 1.3 Movies with multiple nominations and awards.Other winners included Café Flesh 2 with four awards, Tushy Heaven with three and Euro Angels 10, Forever Night, Masseuse 3, Models, Pornogothic, The Pornographer, Strange Life: The Breech, Tatiana each with two. Looker won six awards including Best Film.
Five weeks earlier in a ceremony held at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles, California, on December 4, 1998, the awards for gay pornographic movies were presented in a new separate ceremony known as the GayVN Awards. Comedian Robert Schimmel returned as host and actresses Alisha Klass, Midori and Serenity co-hosted the award show. The ceremony, televised by Playboy TV, was produced by Gary Miller and directed by Mark Stone. During the ceremony, AVN presented AVN Awards in 68 categories. The 16th AVN Awards ceremony, organized by Adult Video News (AVN) honored the best of 1998 in pornographic movies and took place on January 9, 1999, at Bally's Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada.