2004 MTV Video Music Awards

Nominations

Video of the Year

• D12 – "My Band"
• Jay-Z – "99 Problems"
• Britney Spears – "Toxic"
• Usher – "Yeah!"

  Best Male Video

• Jay-Z – "99 Problems"
• Prince – "Musicology"
• Justin Timberlake – "Señorita"
• Kanye West – "All Falls Down"

  Best Female Video

• Christina Aguilera – "The Voice Within"
• Alicia Keys – "If I Ain't Got You"
• Jessica Simpson – "With You"
• Britney Spears – "Toxic"

  Best Group Video

• D12 – "My Band"
• Good Charlotte – "Hold On"
• Hoobastank – "The Reason"
• Maroon 5 – "This Love"

  Best New Artist in a Video

• The Darkness – "I Believe in a Thing Called Love"
• Jet – "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
• JoJo – "Leave "
• Kanye West – "All Falls Down"
• Yellowcard – "Ocean Avenue"

  Best Pop Video

• Hilary Duff – "Come Clean"
• Avril Lavigne – "Don't Tell Me"
• Jessica Simpson – "With You"
• Britney Spears – "Toxic"

  Best Rock Video

• The Darkness – "I Believe in a Thing Called Love"
• Evanescence – "My Immortal"
• Hoobastank – "The Reason"
• Linkin Park – "Breaking the Habit"

  Best R&B Video

• Beyoncé – "Me, Myself and I"
• Brandy – "Talk About Our Love"
• R. Kelly – "Step in the Name of Love "
• Usher – "Burn"

  Best Rap Video

• 50 Cent – "P.I.M.P. "
• D12 – "My Band"
• Lil Jon and The East Side Boyz – "Get Low"
• Ludacris – "Stand Up"

  Best Hip-Hop Video

• The Black Eyed Peas – "Hey Mama"
• Chingy – "Holidae Inn"
• Nelly – "Shake Ya Tailfeather"
• Kanye West – "All Falls Down"

  Best Dance Video

• Beyoncé – "Naughty Girl"
• The Black Eyed Peas – "Hey Mama"
• Missy Elliott – "I'm Really Hot"
• Britney Spears – "Toxic"

  Breakthrough Video

• Modest Mouse – "Float On"
• New Found Glory – "All Downhill from Here"
• Steriogram – "Walkie Talkie Man"
• Kanye West – "All Falls Down"
• The White Stripes – "The Hardest Button to Button"

  Best Direction in a Video

• No Doubt – "It's My Life"
• OutKast – "Hey Ya!"
• Steriogram – "Walkie Talkie Man"
• The White Stripes – "The Hardest Button to Button"

  Best Choreography in a Video

• Beyoncé – "Naughty Girl"
• Missy Elliott – "I'm Really Hot"
• Sean Paul – "Like Glue"
• Usher – "Yeah!"

  Best Special Effects in a Video

• Incubus – "Megalomaniac"
• Modest Mouse – "Float On"
• Steriogram – "Walkie Talkie Man"
• The White Stripes – "The Hardest Button to Button"

  Best Art Direction in a Video

• Alicia Keys – "You Don't Know My Name"
• No Doubt – "It's My Life"
• Steriogram – "Walkie Talkie Man"
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs – "Maps"

  Best Editing in a Video

• Jet – "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
• Simple Plan – "Perfect"
• The White Stripes – "The Hardest Button to Button"
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs – "Maps"

  Best Cinematography in a Video

• Christina Aguilera – "The Voice Within"
• Beyoncé – "Naughty Girl"
• No Doubt – "It's My Life"
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs – "Maps"

  Best Video Game Soundtrack

• Madden NFL 2004
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• SSX 3

• MTV2 Award

• Elephant Man – "Pon Di River"
• Franz Ferdinand – "Take Me Out"
• Modest Mouse – "Float On"
• Twista – "Slow Jamz"
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs – "Maps"

  Viewer's Choice

• Christina Aguilera – "The Voice Within"
• Good Charlotte – "Hold On"
• Simple Plan – "Perfect"
• Yellowcard – "Ocean Avenue"

  Performances

Pre-show

• Jadakiss – "Why"
• Ashlee Simpson – "Pieces of Me"
• New Found Glory – "All Downhill from Here"

  Main show

• Usher – "Confessions Part II"/"Yeah!"
• Jet – "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
• Hoobastank – "The Reason"
• Yellowcard – "Ocean Avenue"
• Kanye West – "Jesus Walks"/"All Falls Down"/"Through the Fire"
• Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz – "Get Low"
• Ying Yang Twins – "Salt Shaker"
• Petey Pablo – "Freek-a-Leek"
• Terror Squad – "Lean Back"
• Jessica Simpson – "With You"/"Angels"
• Nelly – "Tilt Ya Head Back"
• Alicia Keys – "If I Ain't Got You"/"Higher Ground"
• The Polyphonic Spree – "Hold Me Now"
• OutKast – "Prototype"/"The Way You Move"/"Ghettomusick"/"Hey Ya!"

  Appearances

Pre-show

• Kurt Loder and SuChin Pak – announced the winners of the professional categories and Breakthrough Video

  Main show

• Jennifer Lopez – opened the show and introduced Usher
• Will Smith – introduced Shaquille O'Neal and presented Best Pop Video with him
• Hilary Duff and Matthew Lillard – presented Best Rap Video
• Shakira – introduced Jet, Hoobastank and Yellowcard
• Jon Stewart – appeared in several vignettes explaining the Viewer's Choice award voting procedures
• Omarion and Eva Mendes – presented Best Female Video
• Marc Anthony – introduced Kanye West
• Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott – presented Best Male Video
• Carson Daly – introduced the Kerry and Bush sisters and the next pair of presenters
• The Kerry and Bush sisters – urged viewers to vote on the next elections and reminded them to donate to the Red Cross to help the victims of Hurricane Charley
• Lenny Kravitz and Naomi Campbell – presented Best R&B Video
• Dave Chappelle – performed a short comic monologue and introduced Lil Jon, Petey Pablo, and the Terror Squad; later he also presented Jay-Z with a gift for his retirement
• Gwen Stefani and Owen Wilson – presented Best Rock Video
• Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen – introduced Jessica Simpson
• D12 and Good Charlotte – presented Best Video Game Soundtrack
• Rev. Al Sharpton – appeared during one of Jon Stewart's vignettes
• Jimmy Fallon, Queen Latifah and Wayne Coyne – presented Best Hip-Hop Video
• Will Forte – played "Gary," the announcer with whom Fallon had a verbal spat while trying to present an award, and introduced Wayne Coyne
• Xzibit and Ludacris – introduced Nelly and Christina Aguilera
• P. Diddy and Mase – presented Best Dance Video
• Christina Milian and LL Cool J – introduced Alicia Keys
• Paris Hilton and Nick Lachey – presented Best Group Video
• Ashlee Simpson and Tony Hawk – presented Best New Artist in a Video
• Alicia Keys – paid tribute to Ray Charles
• Beastie Boys and "Sasquatch" – presented the MTV2 Award
• Mandy Moore and Marilyn Manson – introduced The Polyphonic Spree
• JoJo – introduced American gold medalists Kaitlin Sandeno, Kerri Walsh, Misty May and Carly Patterson, and presented Viewer's Choice with them
• Gwyneth Paltrow – presented Video of the Year
• John Mellencamp and Amy Lee – introduced OutKast
• * Also, MTV VJs Sway, La La, Damien Fahey and Vanessa Minnillo emceed and interviewed celebrities backstage before several commercial breaks