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. Awards were 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
- 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 honored those incredibly successful recording-artists who had sold over 100 million albums during their career. This was the third year that this award was presented; the first was in 2001.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