2004 MTV Video Music Awards

[Ghisy]

Best Video Of The Year:
OutKast "Hey Ya!"
Usher Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris "Yeah!"
Britney Spears "Toxic"
D12 "My Band"
Jay-Z "99 Problems"

Best Male Video:
Usher Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris "Yeah!"
Jay-Z "99 Problems"
Justin Timberlake "Senorita"
Kayne West Featuring Syleena Johnson "All Falls Down"
Prince "Musicology"

Best Female Video:
Britney Spears "Toxic"
or
Christina Aguilera "The Voice Within"
Beyonce "Naughty Girl"
Alicia Keys "If I Ain't Got You"
Jessica Simpson "With You"

Best Group Video:
No Doubt "It's My Life"
D12 "My Band"
Hoobastank "The Reason"
Maroon5 "This Love"
Good Charlotte "Hold On"

Best Rap Video:
Jay-Z "99 Problems"
D12 "My Band"
50 Cent "P.I.M.P."
Ludacris "Stand Up"
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz "Get Low"

Best R&B Video:
Usher "Burn"
Alicia Keys "If I Ain't Got You"
Brandy Featuring Kanye West "Talk About Our Love"
Beyonce "Me, Myself And I"
R. Kelly "Step In The Name Of Love"

Best Hip-Hop Video:
OutKast "Hey Ya!"
Black Eyed Peas "Hey Mama"
Kanye West Featuring Syleena Johnson "All Falls Down"
Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee "Shake Ya Tailfeather"
Chingy Featuring Ludacris & Snoop Dogg "Holidae In"

Best Dance Video:
Usher Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris "Yeah!"
Black Eyed Peas "Hey Mama"
Beyonce "Naughty Girl"
Britney Spears "Toxic"
Missy Elliott "I'm Really Hot"

Best Rock Video:
Jet "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
The Darkness "I Believe In A Thing Called Love"
Hoobastank "The Reason"
Evanescence "My Immortal"
Linkin Park "Breaking The Habit"

Best Pop Video:
Britney Spears "Toxic"
or
Hilary Duff "Come Clean"
Jessica Simpson "With You"
No Doubt "It's My Life"
Avril Lavigne "Don't Tell Me"

Best New Artist In A Video:
Jet "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
Maroon5 "This Love"
JoJo "Leave (Get Out)" (although I think she's gonna be a one-hit-wonder because her album is kinda sucky)
Kanye West Featuring Syleena Johnson "All Falls Down"
Yellowcard "Ocean Avenue"
The Darkness "I Believe In A Thing Called Love"

MTV2 Award:
Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Maps"
Elephant Man "Pon De River"
Yellowcard "Ocean Avenue"
Twista Featuring Kanye West & Jamie Foxx "Slow Jamz"
Franz Ferdinand "Take Me Out"
Modest Mouse "Float On"

Best Choreography In A Video:
Usher Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris "Yeah!"
Black Eyed Peas "Hey Mama"
Missy Elliott "I'm Really Hot"
Beyonce "Naughty Girl"
Sean Paul "Like Glue"

Breakthrough Video:
Franz Ferdinand "Take Me Out"
Modest Mouse "Float On"
Kanye West Featuring Syleena Johnson "All Falls Down"
New Found Glory "All Downhill From Here"
White Stripes "Tha Hardest Button To Button"
Steriogram "Walkie Talkie Man"

Haven't seen any of those...

Best Direction In A Video:
Jay-Z "99 Problems"
No Doubt "It's My Life"
OutKast "Hey Ya!"
White Stripes "The Hardest Button To Button"
Steriogram "Walkie Talkie Man"

Best Special Effects In A Video:
Incubus "Megalomaniac"
OutKast "Hey Ya!"
White Stripes "The Hardest Button To Button"
Modest Mouse "Float On"
Steriogram "Walkie Talkie Man"

no idea...

Best Art Direction In A Video:
Steriogram "Walkie Talkie Man"
No Doubt "It's My Life"
OutKast "Hey Ya!"
Alicia Keys "You Don't Know My Name"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Maps"

no idea...

Best Editing In A Video:
Jay-Z "99 Problems"
White Stripes "The Hardest Button To Button"
Jet "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
Simple Plan "Perfect"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Maps"

no idea...

Best Cinematography In A Video:
Jay-Z "99 Problems"
No Doubt "It's My Life"
Beyonce "Naughty Girl"
Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Maps"
Christina Aguilera "The Voice Within"

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I'm so happy for Alicia  

[Vultch]

Jet sucks.
that is all.

[eclv]

Some of these peoples' outfits gotta go!!

Why is J Lo wearing that floppy hat indoors? Um, are we hiding or drawing more attention to ourself?

I didn't see all of it but what I have seen hasn't been too great. Poor Kerry sisters.

[Dancernl]

Poor Kerry sisters.

yeah, but what did they expect when Jeb Bush is the governor of Florida?  The reaction I got from a lot of people was that they hated that whole segment.  It appears that (on my campus anyway) the sentiment among college students and Americans aged 18-25 are sick and tired of celebrities telling them to vote on shows like the VMAs or Good Morning America.  I personally didn't like it either, especially all that vote or die crap.

[keith]

That show was a mess.

[nessaRox]

Hope its JET!!!!!!!!!

[TSE]

Poor Kerry sisters.

It was mixed, and the Bush sisters got nothin' so they had to have felt better than them.

[LimeTwister]

i had to stop watching an hour in...it was horrid...

and you'd think the biggest music tv corp.  could have had better audio situation.

[Jophess]

I thought the in between stuff was crap, but some of the performances were decent. But Puff Daddy just went ON and ON about voting, and then the short interlude with "Breathe, Shake, Something" was just bull.

Jessica Simpson - Awesome, "With You" was good, "Angels" was amazing! This girl has raaaaange. And the fact that she can hit such high notes LIVE is awesome.

Christina/Nelly - Pretty good. Christina sounded good, Nelly was okay.

Alicia Keys/Stevie Wonder/Lenny Kravitz - AMAZING. Stevie rocked my socks off as always. Three musical geniuses on one stage! Awesome! Okay, so calling Lenny a musical genius is a stretch, but he's rocking. Great performance. Great energy.

Usher - He sounded good. Good energy. Usher rocks.

*is happy they didn't make Ashlee perform* She didn't have to perform right? if she did *is glad that he missed it*

[rosieposy87]

WTF has happened to Jessica Simpson!? Her performance was AWFUL! Me and my brother were just sitting there wincing. I mean, its obvious she has a really good vocal talent but somebody TRAIN it! When she can't get the note she starts singing like a) some strange jazz singer or b) like her voice has suddenly turned electronic and its hideous. I am also MORE than angry about the fact that she slaughtered one of the most legendary songs here- Angels by Robbie Williams- she murdered it! Luckily, everyone who saw the VMAs here will now hate her for covering one of the most famous songs of our generation.

[Tia]

she slaughtered one of the most legendary songs here- Angels by Robbie Williams- she murdered it!

That she did. I just saw the video on Launch and it makes me wanna  :2guns: her!! :evil:

[kev222]

Yeah, her version is shite :?

-Kev

[Grakthis]

WTF has happened to Jessica Simpson!? Her performance was AWFUL! Me and my brother were just sitting there wincing. I mean, its obvious she has a really good vocal talent but somebody TRAIN it! When she can't get the note she starts singing like a) some strange jazz singer or b) like her voice has suddenly turned electronic and its hideous. I am also MORE than angry about the fact that she slaughtered one of the most legendary songs here- Angels by Robbie Williams- she murdered it! Luckily, everyone who saw the VMAs here will now hate her for covering one of the most famous songs of our generation.

Agreed.  Her version of the Robbie WIlliam's song isn't half as good as Robbie's.

BUT realize that 90% of the AMerican population wouldn't even know the song if it weren't for Jessica.  So if she prompted just a few people to check out the original, than it's a good thing.

[BWilli]

WTF has happened to Jessica Simpson!? Her performance was AWFUL! Me and my brother were just sitting there wincing. I mean, its obvious she has a really good vocal talent but somebody TRAIN it! When she can't get the note she starts singing like a) some strange jazz singer or b) like her voice has suddenly turned electronic and its hideous. I am also MORE than angry about the fact that she slaughtered one of the most legendary songs here- Angels by Robbie Williams- she murdered it! Luckily, everyone who saw the VMAs here will now hate her for covering one of the most famous songs of our generation.

Agreed.  Her version of the Robbie WIlliam's song isn't half as good as Robbie's.

BUT realize that 90% of the AMerican population wouldn't even know the song if it weren't for Jessica.  So if she prompted just a few people to check out the original, than it's a good thing.

I've known about the song since Robbie Williams sang it and I like his version...I have the CD it's on....I can't stand her version though.....I believe someone else sang it before Robbie did, but I'm not sure who....