2004 MTV Video Music Awards Japan

2004 MTV Video Music Awards Japan
Date	May 23, 2004
Venue(s)	Tokyo Bay NK Hall, Urayasu, Chiba
Country	Japan
Host(s)	Tomomitsu Yamaguchi
Network	MTV Japan

The MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2004 were hosted by entertainer and singer Tomomitsu Yamaguchi at Tokyo Bay NK Hall in Urayasu, Chiba.

Nominations

Winners are in bold text^[1].

Video of the Year

• Missy Elliott — "Pass That Dutch"
• Mr. Children — "Kurumi"
• Mika Nakashima — "Seppun"
• Outkast — "Hey Ya!"
• Radiohead — "There There"

Album of the Year

• Missy Elliott — This Is Not a Test!
• Exile — Exile Entertainment
• Linkin Park — Meteora
• Mika Nakashima — Love
• Outkast — Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Best Male Video

• Ken Hirai — "Style"
• Pharrell featuring Jay-Z — "Frontin'"
• Sean Paul — "Get Busy"
• Justin Timberlake — "Rock Your Body"
• Zeebra — "Touch The Sky"

Best Female Video

• Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z — "Crazy in Love"
• BoA — "Double"
• Ayumi Hamasaki — "Because of You"
• Mika Nakashima — "Yuki no Hana"
• Britney Spears featuring Madonna — "Me Against the Music"

Best Group Video

• The Black Eyed Peas — "Where Is the Love?"
• Blue — "Guilty"
• Dragon Ash — "Morrow"
• Kick The Can Crew — "Saga Continue"
• Rip Slyme — "Joint"

Best New Artist

• Evanescence — "Bring Me to Life"
• Good Charlotte — "The Anthem"
• Halcali — "Strawberry Chips"
• Orange Range — "Shanghai Honey"
• Stacie Orrico — "Stuck"

Best Rock Video

• 175R — "Sora ni Utaeba"
• Dragon Ash — "Morrow"
• Good Charlotte — "The Anthem"
• Linkin Park — "Somewhere I Belong"
• Metallica — "St. Anger"

Best Pop Video

• Blue — "Guilty"
• Ayumi Hamasaki — "No Way to Say"
• Ketsumeishi — "Natsu no Omoide"
• Orange Range — "Shanghai Honey"
• Outkast — "Hey Ya!"

Best R&B Video

• Namie Amuro — "Put 'Em Up"
• Mary J. Blige featuring Method Man — "Love @ 1st Sight"
• Double — "Destiny"
• Crystal Kay — "Candy"
• Alicia Keys — "You Don't Know My Name"

Best Hip Hop Video

• 50 Cent — "21 Questions"
• Missy Elliott — "Pass That Dutch"
• Jay-Z featuring Pharrell — "Change Clothes"
• Rhymester — "The Great Amateurism"
• Zeebra — "Touch The Sky"

Best Dance Video

• BoA — "Double"
• Fire Ball — "Da Bala"
• Kylie Minogue — "Slow"
• Shinichi Osawa featuring Kj — "Shinin"
• Sean Paul — "Get Busy"

Breakthrough Video

• The Black Eyed Peas — "Where Is the Love?"
• Halcali — "Giri Giri Surf Rider"
• Mika Nakashima — "Love Addict"
• Orange Range — "Shanghai Honey"
• Sean Paul — "Get Busy"

Best Video from a Film

• Evanescence — "Bring Me to Life" (from Daredevil)
• Korn — "Did My Time" (from Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life)
• Nelly, P. Diddy and Murphy Lee — "Shake Ya Tailfeather" (from Bad Boys 2)
• Pink featuring William Orbit — "Feel Good Time" (from Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle)
• Quruli — "Highway" (from Josee, the Tiger and the Fish)

Best Collaboration

• Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z — "Crazy in Love"
• Ken Hirai and Kyu Sakamoto — "Miagete Goran Yoru no Hoshi o"
• M-Flo Loves Crystal Kay — "Reeewind!"
• M-Flo Loves Crystal Kay — "I Like It"
• Brintey Spears featuring Madonna — "Me Against the Music"
• Voice of Love Posse — "Voice of Love"

Best Live Performance

• Mary J. Blige
• Missy Elliott
• Good Charlotte
• Ayumi Hamasaki
• M-Flo

Best buzz ASIA

Japan

• AI — "After the Rain"
• Namie Amuro — "Put 'Em Up"
• Chemistry — "Ashita e Kaeru"
• Ken Hirai — "Style"
• Hyde — "Horizon"
• Crystal Kay — "Can't be Stopped"
• Kick the Can Crew — "Vacation"
• Rip Slyme — "Joint"
• Hitomi Yaida — "Hitori Jenga"

South Korea

• Bada — "Music"
• Drunken Tiger — "Thumb"
• Eugene — "The Best"
• Jaurim — "Hey Guyz"
• Koo Jun Yup — "Escape"
• M — "Just One Night"
• Wheesung — "With Me"
• Yoon Band — "I Will Forget"
• Yoon Gun — "By Chance"

Taiwan

• 5566 — "Waiting"
• A-Mei — "Brave"
• Jay Chou — "In Name of Father"
• Elva Hsiao — "Password to Love"
• Vivian Hsu — "Mask"
• Mayday — "God of Gambling"
• David Tao — "Black Orange"
• Leehom Wang — "Last Night"
• Faye Wong — "Will Be Loving"

Special awards

Best Director

• The White Stripes — "The Hardest Button To Button" (directed by Michael Gondry)

Best Special Effects

• The Chemical Brothers — "Get Yourself High"

Best Style

• Mika Nakashima — "Kissing"

Best Website

• Kick the Can Crew (www.kickthecancrew.com)

Most Impressive Performance

• Mary J. Blige

Inspiration Award

• Janet Jackson

Legend Award

• Ozzy Osbourne

Live performances

• Ayumi Hamasaki — "Because of You"
• The Darkness — "I Believe in a Thing Called Love"
• Good Charlotte — "Walk Away"
• Janet Jackson
• Mika Nakashima
• Missy Elliott — "Pass That Dutch"
• Namie Amuro — "Alarm"
• N.E.R.D — "She Wants to Move"
• Outkast
• Orange Range
• Zeebra — "Touch the sky"

References

1. ^ http://www.mtvjapan.com/vmaj/2007/videos/2004.html