2004 MTV Europe Music Awards explained

2004 MTV Europe Music Awards
Date:	18 November 2004
Location:	Tor di Valle, Rome, Italy
Host:	Xzibit
Network:	MTV Networks International (Europe)
Previous:	2003
Next:	2005

The 2004 MTV Europe Music Awards were held at Tor di Valle Racecourse, Rome, Italy. As in 2003, the awards ceremony was held in a 6,000-capacity big top arena constructed specifically for the main event.^[1]

Award presenters on the night included Jamelia, Alicia Keys, N.E.R.D, Naomi Campbell, Andre 3000, Kid Rock and Kanye West.

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Best Song	Best Video
Outkast — "Hey Ya!" Anastacia — "Left Outside Alone" Britney Spears — "Toxic" Maroon 5 — "This Love" Usher (featuring Lil' Jon and Ludacris) — "Yeah!"	Outkast — "Hey Ya!" Jay-Z — "99 Problems" The Cure — "The End of The World" The Streets — "Fit But You Know It" The White Stripes — "The Hardest Button to Button"
Best Album	Best New Act
Usher — Confessions Beyoncé — Dangerously in Love Dido — Life For Rent Outkast — Speakerboxxx/The Love Below The Black Eyed Peas — Elephunk	Outkast Beastie Boys D12 Maroon 5 The Black Eyed Peas
Best Female	Best Male
Britney Spears Alicia Keys Anastacia Avril Lavigne Beyoncé	Usher Jay-Z Justin Timberlake Nelly Robbie Williams
Best Group	Best New Act
Outkast Beastie Boys D12 Maroon 5 The Black Eyed Peas	Maroon 5 Franz Ferdinand Jamelia Keane The Rasmus
Best Rock	Best Alternative
Linkin Park Good Charlotte Green Day Red Hot Chili Peppers The Darkness	Muse Björk Franz Ferdinand The Hives The Prodigy
Best R&B
Alicia Keys Beyoncé Kelis Outkast Usher	D12 Beastie Boys Jay-Z Kanye West Nelly
Best Pop	Free Your Mind
The Black Eyed Peas Anastacia Avril Lavigne Britney Spears Robbie Williams	La Strada

Regional nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Best Dutch & Belgian Act	Best French Act
Kane Novastar Soulwax The Sheer Tiësto	Jenifer Calogero Corneille IAM Luke
Best German Act	Best Italian Act
Beatsteaks Die Ärzte Die Toten Hosen Rammstein Sportfreunde Stiller	Tiziano Ferro Articolo 31 Caparezza Elisa Linea 77
Best Nordic Act	Best Polish Act
The Hives Maria Mena Sahara Hotnights Saybia Sondre Lerche	Sistars Ania Dabrowska Reni Jusis Sidney Polak Trzeci Wymiar
Best Portuguese Act	Best Romanian Act
Da Weasel Clã Gomo Mesa Toranja	Ombladon (featuring Raku) Activ Cargo Firma O-Zone
Best Russian Act	Best Spanish Act
Zveri Dolphin Glukoza Leningrad Via Gra	Enrique Bunbury Alex Ubago Bebe David Bisbal Estopa
Best UK & Ireland Act
Muse Franz Ferdinand Jamelia Natasha Bedingfield The Streets

Performances

Pre show

• Carmen Consoli
• Hoobastank — "The Reason"
• The Cure
• Elisa

Main show

• Eminem — "Like Toy Soldiers / Just Lose It"
• Franz Ferdinand — "Take Me Out"
• Usher and Alicia Keys — "My Boo"
• Gwen Stefani — "What You Waiting For?"
• The Hives — "Two-Timing Touch and Broken Bones"
• Anastacia — "Left Outside Alone"
• Beastie Boys — "An Open Letter to NYC"
• Nelly (featuring Pharrell) — "Flap Your Wings / Play It Off"
• Maroon 5 — "This Love"
• Tiziano Ferro — "Sere Nere"

Appearances

• Kylie Minogue — presented Best Album
• Paolo Di Canio and Alessandro Del Piero — presented Best Rock
• Kid Rock — introduced Franz Ferdinand
• Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne — presented Best Group
• Brian Molko and Amy Lee — presented Best Alternative
• Elisha Cuthbert and Tony Hawk — presented Best Video
• Eamon — presented Best Hip-Hop
• Robert Smith — introduced Gwen Stefani
• André 3000 — introduced The Hives
• Jamelia and N.E.R.D — presented Best R&B
• Sarah Michelle Gellar — introduced Anastacia
• Duran Duran — presented Best New Act
• Brian McFadden, Nick Carter and AJ McLean — presented Best Pop
• Alicia Keys — presented Free Your Mind Award
• Black Eyed Peas — introduced Nelly featuring Pharrell
• Natasha Bedingfield, Chester Bennington and Joe Hahn — presented Best Female
• Naomi Campbell — presented Best Male
• Sarah Michelle Gellar — presented Best Song

See also

• 2004 MTV Video Music Awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: MTV Europe Awards | Rudi Enos Design. www.rudienosdesign.com. 30 May 2022. 24 August 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220824090047/http://www.rudienosdesign.com/mtv-europe-awards.html. live.