2004 MTV Europe Music Awards

The 2004 MTV Europe Music Awards were held at Tor di Valle Racecourse, Rome, Italy.

2004 MTV Europe Music Awards
Date	18 November 2004
Location	Tor di Valle, Rome, Italy
Hosted by	Xzibit
Television/radio coverage
Network	MTV Networks International (Europe)

Award presenters on the night included Jamelia, Alicia Keys, N.E.R.D, Naomi Campbell, Andre 3000, Kid Rock and Kanye West.

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Best Song	Best Video
Outkast — "Hey Ya!" Anastacia — "Left Outside Alone" Britney Spears — "Toxic" Maroon 5 — "This Love" Usher (featuring Lil' Jon and Ludacris) — "Yeah!"	Outkast — "Hey Ya!" Jay-Z — "99 Problems" The Cure — "The End of The World" The Streets — "Fit But You Know It" The White Stripes — "The Hardest Button to Button"
Best Album	Best New Act
Usher — Confessions Beyoncé — Dangerously in Love Dido — Life For Rent Outkast — Speakerboxxx/The Love Below The Black Eyed Peas — Elephunk	Outkast Beastie Boys D12 Maroon 5 The Black Eyed Peas
Best Female	Best Male
Britney Spears Alicia Keys Anastacia Avril Lavigne Beyoncé	Usher Jay-Z Justin Timberlake Nelly Robbie Williams
Best Group	Best New Act
Outkast Beastie Boys D12 Maroon 5 The Black Eyed Peas	Maroon 5 Franz Ferdinand Jamelia Keane The Rasmus
Best Rock	Best Alternative
Linkin Park Good Charlotte Green Day Red Hot Chili Peppers The Darkness	Muse Björk Franz Ferdinand The Hives The Prodigy
Best R&B	Best Hip-Hop
Alicia Keys Beyoncé Kelis Outkast Usher	D12 Beastie Boys Jay-Z Kanye West Nelly
Best Pop	Free Your Mind
The Black Eyed Peas Anastacia Avril Lavigne Britney Spears Robbie Williams	La Strada

Regional nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Best Dutch & Belgian Act	Best French Act
Kane Novastar Soulwax The Sheer Tiësto	Jenifer Calogero Corneille IAM Luke
Best German Act	Best Italian Act
Beatsteaks Die Ärzte Die Toten Hosen Rammstein Sportfreunde Stiller	Tiziano Ferro Articolo 31 Caparezza Elisa Linea 77
Best Nordic Act	Best Polish Act
The Hives Maria Mena Sahara Hotnights Saybia Sondre Lerche	Sistars Ania Dabrowska Reni Jusis Sidney Polak Trzeci Wymiar
Best Portuguese Act	Best Romanian Act
Da Weasel Clã Gomo Mesa Toranja	Ombladon (featuring Raku) Activ Cargo Firma O-Zone
Best Russian Act	Best Spanish Act
Zveri Dolphin Glukoza Leningrad Via Gra	Enrique Bunbury Alex Ubago Bebe David Bisbal Estopa
Best UK & Ireland Act
Muse Franz Ferdinand Jamelia Natasha Bedingfield The Streets

Performances

Pre show

• Carmen Consoli
• Hoobastank — "The Reason"
• The Cure
• Elisa

Main show

• Eminem — "Like Toy Soldiers / Just Lose It"
• Franz Ferdinand — "Take Me Out"
• Maroon 5 — "This Love"
• Usher and Alicia Keys — "My Boo"
• Beastie Boys — "An Open Letter to NYC"
• Gwen Stefani — "What You Waiting For?"
• Anastacia — "Left Outside Alone"
• Nelly (featuring Pharrell) — "Flap Your Wings / Play It Off"
• The Hives — "Two-Timing Touch and Broken Bones"
• Tiziano Ferro — "Sere Nere"

Appearances

• Kylie Minogue — presented Best Album
• Paolo Di Canio and Alessandro Del Piero — presented Best Rock
• Kid Rock — introduced Franz Ferdinand
• Brian Molko and Amy Lee — presented Best Alternative
• Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne — presented Best Group
• Elisha Cuthbert and Kanye West — presented Best Video
• Sarah Michelle Gellar — introduced Anastacia
• Jamelia and N.E.R.D — presented Best R&B
• Brian McFadden, Nick Carter and A. J. McLean — presented Best Pop
• Robert Smith — introduced Gwen Stefani
• Alicia Keys — presented Free Your Mind Award
• Duran Duran — presented Best New Act
• Natasha Bedingfield, Chester Bennington and Joe Hahn — presented Best Female
• Naomi Campbell — presented Best Male
• Sarah Michelle Gellar — presented Best Song

See also

• 2004 MTV Video Music Awards