2004 World Music Awards Explained

The 16th Annual World Music Awards was held on September 15, 2004 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, outside of Monaco for the first time.^[1] Awards are given based on worldwide sales figures for that year.

2004 Act

• • World's Best Male Artist: Usher World's Best Female Artist: Norah Jones
• World's Best Group: Outkast

Pop

• World's Best Pop Male Artist: Usher
• World's Best Pop Female Artist: Norah Jones
• World's Best Pop Group: Outkast

Pop/Rock

• World's Best Pop/Rock Artist: Avril Lavigne

Rock

• World's Best Rock Artist: Evanescence

R&B

• World's Best R&B Male Artist: Usher
• World's Best R&B Female Artist: Alicia Keys

Rap/Hip-Hop

• World's Best Rap/Hip-Hop Artist: Outkast

New

• • • World's Best New Female Artist: Hilary Duff World's Best New Male Artist: Kanye West World's Best New Group: Maroon 5

Chopard Diamond Award

The Diamond Award honors those incredibly successful recording-artists who have sold over 100 million albums during their career. This is the third year that this award was presented; the first was in 2001.^[2]

• Celine Dion

Outstanding Contribution to the Music Industry Award

• Clive Davis

Regional Awards

• World's Best-selling Artist/Australia: Delta Goodrem
• World's Best-selling Artist/Canada: Avril Lavigne
  • • World's Best-selling Artist/United Kingdom: Dido World's Best-selling Artist/Ireland: Westlife World's Best-selling Artist/Greece: Haris Alexiou
      • • • • • • • • • World's Best-selling Artist/Netherlands: DJ Tiesto World's Best-selling Artist/Ukraine: Ruslana World's Best-selling Artist/Russia: Philip Kirkorov World's Best-selling Artist/Germany: Sarah Connor World's Best-selling Artist/Middle East: Latifa World's Best-selling Artist/Scandinavia: The Rasmus World's Best-selling Artist/Italy: Eros Ramazzotti World's Best-selling Artist/Switzerland: DJ Bobo World's Best-selling Artist/Spain: Alejandro Sanz World's Best-selling Artist/France: Kyo World's Best-selling Artist/China: Jay Chou World's Best-selling Artist/Japan: Hikaru Utada

Notes and References

1. News: Usher, OutKast rule World Music Awards. Billboard. September 16, 2004. October 21, 2017.
2. Web site: World Music Awards 2007 . 2008-02-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080210101411/http://www.worldmusicawards.com/ . 2008-02-10 .