2004 World Music Awards

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.

Winners

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

Rock

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

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]

Outstanding Contribution to the Music Industry Award

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

References

  1. "Usher, OutKast rule World Music Awards". Billboard. September 16, 2004. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-02-10. Retrieved 2008-02-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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