2004 Billboard Music Awards

Here are the finalists and winners at the 2004 Billboard Music Awards.^[1][2]

Winners and nominees

Artist of the year

• Alicia Keys
• Maroon5
• OutKast
• Usher

Female artist of the year

• Alicia Keys
• Beyonce
• Britney Spears
• Norah Jones

Male artist of the year

• Toby Keith
• Usher
• Twista
• Kanye West

Duo/group artist of the year

• Hoobastank
• Linkin Park
• Maroon5
• OutKast

Billboard 200 album of the year

• "Closer," Josh Groban (143 Records/Reprise)
• "The Diary of Alicia Keys," Alicia Keys (J Records)
• "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below," OutKast (LaFace)
• "Confessions," Usher (Arista)

Hot 100 artist of the year

• Alicia Keys
• Maroon5
• OutKast
• Usher

Hot 100 songwriter of the year

• R. Kelly
• Alicia Keys
• Lil Jon
• Kanye West

Hot 100 single of the year

• "If I Ain't Got You," Alicia Keys
• "This Love," Maroon5
• "Burn," Usher
• "Yeah!" Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris

Top selling single of the year

• "Solitaire/The Way," Clay Aiken
• "Dreams," Diana DeGarmo
• "F**k It (I Don't Want You Back)," Eamon
• "I Believe," Fantasia

Female new artist of the year

• Ciara
• JoJo
• Ashlee Simpson
• Gretchen Wilson

Male new artist of the year

• J-Kwon
• Ruben Studdard
• Kanye West
• Mario Winans

R&B/hip-hop album of the year

• "The Black Album," Jay-Z (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
• "The Diary of Alicia Keys," Alicia Keys (J Records)
• "Confessions," Usher (Arista)
• "The College Dropout," Kanye West (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam))

R&B/hip-hop albums artist of the year

• Jay-Z
• R. Kelly
• Alicia Keys
• Usher

R&B/hip-hop artist of the year

• R. Kelly
• Alicia Keys
• Usher
• Kanye West

R&B/hip-hop single of the year

• "Diary," Alicia Keys featuring Tony! Toni! Tone!
• "If I Ain't Got You," Alicia Keys
• "Burn," Usher
• "Yeah!" Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris

Female R&B/hip-hop artist of the year

• Beyonce
• Ciara
• Alicia Keys
• Monica

New R&B/hip-hop artist of the year

• G-Unit
• Anthony Hamilton
• Ruben Studdard
• Kanye West

R&B/hip-hop singles artist of the year

• R. Kelly
• Alicia Keys
• Usher
• Kanye West

Rap artist of the year

• Jay-Z
• Ludacris
• Twista
• Kanye West

Modern rock artist of the year

• Incubus
• Jet
• Linkin Park
• Three Days Grace

Female country artist of the year

• Sara Evans
• Martina McBride
• Shania Twain
• Gretchen Wilson

New country artist of the year

• Big & Rich
• Josh Gracin
• Josh Turner
• Gretchen Wilson

Mainstream top 40 artist of the year

• Maroon5
• OutKast
• Britney Spears
• Usher

Mainstream top 40 single of the year

• "The Reason," Hoobastank
• "Leave (Get Out)," JoJo
• "This Love," Maroon5
• "Yeah!" Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris

Digital artist of the year

• Black Eyed Peas
• Maroon5
• OutKast
• Usher

Digital track of the year

• "Let's Get It Started," Black Eyed Peas
• "The Reason," Hoobastank
• "This Love," Maroon5
• "Hey Ya!" OutKast

References