2004 MTV Video Music Awards
The 2004 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on August 29, 2004, honoring the best music videos from the previous year. The show took place at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida, and, unlike in previous years, had no host.
| 2004 MTV Video Music Awards | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Date | Sunday, August 29, 2004 |
| Location | American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida |
| Country | United States |
| Hosted by | none |
| Most awards | Outkast and Jay-Z (4) |
| Most nominations | Jay-Z (6) |
| Website | http://www.mtv.com/vma/2004/ |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | MTV |
Nominations
Winners are in bold text.
Video of the Year
- D12 – "My Band"
- Jay-Z – "99 Problems"
- Britney Spears – "Toxic"
- Usher (featuring Ludacris and Lil Jon) – "Yeah!"
Best Male Video
Usher (featuring Ludacris and Lil Jon) – "Yeah!"
- Jay-Z – "99 Problems"
- Prince – "Musicology"
- Justin Timberlake – "Señorita"
- Kanye West (featuring Syleena Johnson) – "All Falls Down"
Best Female Video
Beyoncé – "Naughty Girl"
Best Group Video
No Doubt – "It's My Life"
- D12 – "My Band"
- Good Charlotte – "Hold On"
- Hoobastank – "The Reason"
- Maroon 5 – "This Love"
Best New Artist in a Video
- The Darkness – "I Believe in a Thing Called Love"
- Jet – "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
- JoJo – "Leave (Get Out)"
- Kanye West (featuring Syleena Johnson) – "All Falls Down"
- Yellowcard – "Ocean Avenue"
Best Pop Video
No Doubt – "It's My Life"
- Hilary Duff – "Come Clean"
- Avril Lavigne – "Don't Tell Me"
- Jessica Simpson – "With You"
- Britney Spears – "Toxic"
Best Rock Video
Jet – "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
Best R&B Video
Alicia Keys – "If I Ain't Got You"
- Beyoncé – "Me, Myself and I"
- Brandy (featuring Kanye West) – "Talk About Our Love"
- R. Kelly – "Step in the Name of Love (remix)"
- Usher – "Burn"
Best Rap Video
Jay-Z – "99 Problems"
- 50 Cent (featuring Snoop Dogg and G-Unit) – "P.I.M.P. (remix)"
- D12 – "My Band"
- Lil Jon and The East Side Boyz (featuring Ying Yang Twins) – "Get Low"
- Ludacris (featuring Shawnna) – "Stand Up"
Best Hip-Hop Video
- The Black Eyed Peas – "Hey Mama"
- Chingy (featuring Ludacris and Snoop Dogg) – "Holidae Inn"
- Nelly (featuring P. Diddy and Murphy Lee) – "Shake Ya Tailfeather"
- Kanye West (featuring Syleena Johnson) – "All Falls Down"
Best Dance Video
Usher (featuring Ludacris & Lil Jon) – "Yeah!"
- Beyoncé – "Naughty Girl"
- The Black Eyed Peas – "Hey Mama"
- Missy Elliott – "I'm Really Hot"
- Britney Spears – "Toxic"
Breakthrough Video
Franz Ferdinand – "Take Me Out"
- Modest Mouse – "Float On"
- New Found Glory – "All Downhill from Here"
- Steriogram – "Walkie Talkie Man"
- Kanye West (featuring Syleena Johnson) – "All Falls Down"
- The White Stripes – "The Hardest Button to Button"
Best Direction in a Video
Jay-Z – "99 Problems" (Director: Mark Romanek)
- No Doubt – "It's My Life" (Director: David LaChapelle)
- OutKast – "Hey Ya!" (Director: Bryan Barber)
- Steriogram – "Walkie Talkie Man" (Director: Michel Gondry)
- The White Stripes – "The Hardest Button to Button" (Director: Michel Gondry)
Best Choreography in a Video
The Black Eyed Peas – "Hey Mama" (Choreographer: Fatima Robinson)
- Beyoncé – "Naughty Girl" (Choreographers: Frank Gatson and LaVelle Smith Jnr)
- Missy Elliott – "I'm Really Hot" (Choreographer: Hi-Hat)
- Sean Paul – "Like Glue" (Choreographer: Tanisha Scott)
- Usher (featuring Ludacris and Lil Jon) – "Yeah!" (Choreographer: Devyne Stephens)
Best Special Effects in a Video
OutKast – "Hey Ya!" (Special Effects: Elad Offer, Chris Eckardt and Money Shots)
- Incubus – "Megalomaniac" (Special Effects: Jake Banks, Matt Marquis and Stardust Studios)
- Modest Mouse – "Float On" (Special Effects: Christopher Mills and Revolver Film Company)
- Steriogram – "Walkie Talkie Man" (Special Effects: Angus Kneale, Jamie Scott and The Mill)
- The White Stripes – "The Hardest Button to Button" (Special Effects: Richard de Carteret, Angus Kneale and Dirk Greene)
Best Art Direction in a Video
OutKast – "Hey Ya!" (Art Director: Eric Beauchamp)
- Alicia Keys – "You Don't Know My Name" (Art Director: Rob Buono)
- No Doubt – "It's My Life" (Art Director: Kristen Vallow)
- Steriogram – "Walkie Talkie Man" (Art Director: Lauri Faggioni)
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs – "Maps" (Art Director: Jeff Everett)
Best Editing in a Video
Jay-Z – "99 Problems" (Editor: Robert Duffy)
- Jet – "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" (Editor: Megan Bee)
- Simple Plan – "Perfect" (Editor: Declan Whitebloom)
- The White Stripes – "The Hardest Button to Button" (Editors: Charlie Johnston, Geoff Hounsell and Andy Grieve)
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs – "Maps" (Editor: Anthony Cerniello)
Best Cinematography in a Video
Jay-Z – "99 Problems" (Director of Photography: Joaquín Baca-Asay)
- Christina Aguilera – "The Voice Within" (Director of Photography: Jeff Cronenweth)
- Beyoncé – "Naughty Girl" (Director of Photography: James Hawkinson)
- No Doubt – "It's My Life" (Director of Photography: Jeff Cronenweth)
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs – "Maps" (Director of Photography: Shawn Kim)
Best Video Game Soundtrack
MTV2 Award
- Elephant Man – "Pon Di River"
- Franz Ferdinand – "Take Me Out"
- Modest Mouse – "Float On"
- Twista (featuring Kanye West and Jamie Foxx) – "Slow Jamz"
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs – "Maps"
Viewer's Choice
Linkin Park – "Breaking the Habit"
- Christina Aguilera – "The Voice Within"
- Good Charlotte – "Hold On"
- Simple Plan – "Perfect"
- Yellowcard – "Ocean Avenue"
Performances
Pre-show
- Jadakiss (featuring Anthony Hamilton) – "Why"
- Ashlee Simpson – "Pieces of Me"
- New Found Glory – "All Downhill from Here"
Main show
- Usher (featuring Ludacris and Lil Jon) – "Confessions Part II"/"Yeah!"
- Jet – "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
- Hoobastank – "The Reason"
- Yellowcard – "Ocean Avenue"
- Kanye West (featuring Chaka Khan and Syleena Johnson) – "Jesus Walks"/"All Falls Down"/"Through the Fire"
- Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz – "Get Low"
- Ying Yang Twins – "Salt Shaker"
- Petey Pablo – "Freek-a-Leek"
- Terror Squad (featuring Fat Joe) – "Lean Back"
- Jessica Simpson – "With You"/"Angels"
- Nelly (featuring Christina Aguilera) – "Tilt Ya Head Back"
- Alicia Keys (featuring Lenny Kravitz and Stevie Wonder) – "If I Ain't Got You"/"Higher Ground"
- The Polyphonic Spree – "Hold Me Now"
- OutKast – "Prototype"/"The Way You Move"/"Ghettomusick"/"Hey Ya!"
Appearances
Pre-show
- Kurt Loder and SuChin Pak – announced the winners of the professional categories and Breakthrough Video
Main show
- Jennifer Lopez – opened the show and introduced Usher
- Will Smith – introduced Shaquille O'Neal and presented Best Pop Video with him
- Hilary Duff and Matthew Lillard – presented Best Rap Video
- Shakira – introduced Jet, Hoobastank and Yellowcard
- Jon Stewart – appeared in several vignettes explaining the Viewer's Choice award voting procedures
- Omarion and Eva Mendes – presented Best Female Video
- Marc Anthony – introduced Kanye West
- Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott – presented Best Male Video
- Carson Daly – introduced the Kerry and Bush sisters and the next pair of presenters
- The Kerry (Alexandra and Vanessa) and Bush (Barbara and Jenna) sisters – urged viewers to vote on the next elections and reminded them to donate to the Red Cross to help the victims of Hurricane Charley
- Lenny Kravitz and Naomi Campbell – presented Best R&B Video
- Dave Chappelle – performed a short comic monologue and introduced Lil Jon, Petey Pablo, and the Terror Squad; later he also presented Jay-Z with a gift for his retirement
- Gwen Stefani and Owen Wilson – presented Best Rock Video
- Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen – introduced Jessica Simpson
- D12 and Good Charlotte (Benji and Joel Madden) – presented Best Video Game Soundtrack
- Rev. Al Sharpton – appeared during one of Jon Stewart's vignettes
- Jimmy Fallon, Queen Latifah and Wayne Coyne – presented Best Hip-Hop Video
- Will Forte – played "Gary," the announcer with whom Fallon had a verbal spat while trying to present an award, and introduced Wayne Coyne
- Xzibit and Ludacris – introduced Nelly and Christina Aguilera
- P. Diddy and Mase – presented Best Dance Video
- Christina Milian and LL Cool J – introduced Alicia Keys
- Paris Hilton and Nick Lachey – presented Best Group Video
- Ashlee Simpson and Tony Hawk – presented Best New Artist in a Video
- Alicia Keys – paid tribute to Ray Charles
- Beastie Boys and "Sasquatch" – presented the MTV2 Award
- Mandy Moore and Marilyn Manson – introduced The Polyphonic Spree
- JoJo – introduced American gold medalists Kaitlin Sandeno, Kerri Walsh, Misty May and Carly Patterson, and presented Viewer's Choice with them
- Gwyneth Paltrow – presented Video of the Year
- John Mellencamp and Amy Lee – introduced OutKast
- Also, MTV VJs Sway, La La, Damien Fahey and Vanessa Minnillo emceed and interviewed celebrities backstage before several commercial breaks
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