2004 World Music Awards
# 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
