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 are given based on worldwide sales figures for that year.

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 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.
 * 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