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. 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
References
External links World Music Awards 2004 at IMDb