2004 MTV Video Music Award Nominees - Jay-Z, Beyonce, No Doubt Lead Pack
 

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"
Kanye West featuring Syleena Johnson, "All Falls Down"
Prince, "Musicology"

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

Best Group Video
No Doubt, "It's My Life"
D12, "My Band"
Hoobastank, "The Reason"
Maroon 5, "This Love"
Good Charlotte, "Hold On"

Best Rap Video
Jay-Z, "99 Problems"
D12, "My Band"
50 Cent featuring Snoop Dogg & G-Unit, "P.I.M.P." Remix
Ludacris, "Stand Up"
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz featuring Ying Yang Twins, "Get Low"

Best R&B Video
Usher, "Burn"
Alicia Keys, "If I Ain't Got You"
Brandy featuring Kanye West, "Talk About Our Love"
Beyoncé, "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 featuring P. Diddy and Murphy Lee, "Shake Ya Tailfeather"
Chingy featuring Ludacris and Snoop Dogg, "Holidae In"

Best Dance Video
Usher featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris, "Yeah!"
Black Eyed Peas, "Hey Mama"
Beyoncé, "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"
Jessica Simpson, "With You"
Hilary Duff, "Come Clean"
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"
Maroon 5, "This Love"
JoJo, "Leave (Get Out)"
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 and 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"
Beyoncé, "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, "The Hardest Button to Button"
Steriogram, "Walkie Talkie Man"

Best Direction In A Video
Jay-Z, "99 Problems" (Director: Mark Romanek)
No Doubt, "It's My Life" (Director: David LaChapelle)
Outkast, "Hey Ya!" (Director: Bryan Barber)
White Stripes, "The Hardest Button to Button" (Director: Michel Gondry)
Steriogram, "Walkie Talkie Man" (Director: Michel Gondry)

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"

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"

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"

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

<center><font color="#0080FF" face="Arial" Size="2">that's awesome seeing yellowcard, new found glory and modest mouse being nominated. :love:</font>

What a load of shite. How some of that can even acheive a nomination is a joke.

Lame.

I stopped reading there

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It's just always the same. Britney and christina and Justin no matter what they put out, have to have a nom..this is fucking mtv. I remember back in the day, the mtv awards were mostly centered on rock perfromances by good rock bands..and the rest wasn't so bad either.
But now it's shit. The only rock you get is fucking Hoobastank and Simple Plan, give me a break. While they cater to all the teenyboppers and fucking lame ass wiggers who wanna think D12 has any sort of talent going for them.
Notice how most of the rock bands come out with the creative and new interesting videos...yet britney gets a best vid nom for what? Kissing a dude on scren, and dancing all sulty and seductively? Give me a break. Same thing goes for mainstream hip-hop.

That's why it's no longer interesting to watch. So much fluff.

I wish I could morph back to 1992 right about now. :'(

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Agreed. I'm cool from 1991-1996.

Well, here's how I think they pick Best Video of the Year category.

They picked Outkast and Usher because they have had the two biggest singles since the last VMAs.

They picked D12 because Eminem is in the group, and Eminem has been nominated for every Video of the Year since 2000 (and he's won it twice).

They picked Toxic because the video got alot of buzz about how provocative it was. That is basically it. :roll:

And Jay-Z's 99 Problems caused alot of controversy because Jay gets shot in the video. Not to mention it was Jay's last video.

That's how they pick them sadly.

Weak.

Mtv Video Music Awards have lost there touch in my opinion big time :(

super weak

I'm pulling for Prince.

Im glad to see Jay-Z nominated. That "99 Problems" was refreshing, Im tired of seeing all the 1/2 naked girls in the video. Jay took it back to simpler times.