title: 2004 World Music Awards
text: # 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
  