i'm reluctant to start a thread on the 2004 MTV European Music Awards...

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but i noticed a couple of things that are 'interesting' here.

1) Four of the acts nominated for Best Group are based in hip-hop - a first?

2) No Best Dance Act, so not just the BPI thinking it's now too difficult to maintain, even tho they could've given it to Basement Jaxx easily enough whilst also nominating Scissor Sisters, Eric Prydz, Prodigy (assume the album went in at #1 in many European countries) and Armand Van Helden in addition.

3) isn't it weird thinking of Muse as one of Britain's best-selling/most popular rock bands internationally?

Best group
OutKast
Also nominated:
Beastie Boys
The Black Eyed Peas
D12
Maroon 5

Best song
Outkast, Hey Ya!
Also nominated:
Anastacia, Left Outside Alone
Britney Spears, Toxic
Maroon 5, This Love
Usher feat Ludacris, Yeah!

Best female
Britney Spears
Also nominated:
Alicia Keys
Anastacia
Avril Lavigne
Beyonce

Best male
Usher
Also nominated:
Jay-Z
Justin Timberlake
Nelly
Robbie Williams

Best hip-hop
D12
Also nominated:
Beastie Boys
Jay-Z
Kanye West
Nelly

Best new act
Maroon 5
Also nominated:
Franz Ferdinand
Jamelia
Keane
The Rasmus

Best R&B
Alicia Keys
Also nominated:
Beyonce
Kelis
OutKast
Usher

Best album
Usher, Confessions
Also nominated:
Beyonce, Dangerously In Love
The Black Eyed Peas, Elephunk
Dido, Life For Rent
Outkast, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Best alternative act
Muse
Also nominated:
Franz Ferdinand
Bjork
The Hives
The Prodigy

Best rock
Linkin Park
Also nominated:
The Darkness
Good Charlotte
Green Day
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Best pop
The Black Eyed Peas
Also nominated:
Anastacia
Avril Lavigne
Britney Spears
Robbie Williams

Best video
OutKast, Hey Ya!
Also nominated:
The Cure, The End Of The World
Jay-Z, 99 Problems
The Streets, Fit But You Know It
The White Stripes, The Hardest Button To Button

Best UK and Ireland act
Muse
Also nominated:
Franz Ferdinand
Natasha Bedingfield
Jamelia
The Streets

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Friday, 19 November 2004 13:29 (twenty-one years ago)

HAHAHAHAHA

Best hip-hop
D12

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

'Bout bloody time Britney won an award this year too, but this is some vile comedic shit. Will Kanye vow never to return to this one?

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Friday, 19 November 2004 13:37 (twenty-one years ago)

B.E.P. being nominated in Best Pop but not Best Hip-Hop also funny.

I didn't see any of this year's awards, which is a first (sign o' times? or just because i don't have MTV?)

It feels like they were really struggling/lacking that 'big name' quality this year. Nobody that big has done anything much in the twelve months have they?

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Friday, 19 November 2004 13:40 (twenty-one years ago)

BEP are nu-metal these days.

Who is "that big"? You don't mean Radiohead, do you?

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Friday, 19 November 2004 13:47 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't understand this whole alternative category/rock category business. I would have put Muse in the latter probably, but then again, I guess I haven't really been paying attention.

― NickB (NickB), Friday, 19 November 2004 13:57 (twenty-one years ago)

3) isn't it weird thinking of Muse as one of Britain's best-selling/most popular rock bands internationally?

Not as wierd as when it was Bush.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Friday, 19 November 2004 14:10 (twenty-one years ago)

also, George Michael snubbed shockah

i suddenly imagined these awards (and others) five years from now - who would be winning and for what - and felt depressed about the idea that these things just plough on regardless out of custom rather than actual worth.

― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Friday, 19 November 2004 14:11 (twenty-one years ago)

1) Who is "The Rasmus"?
2) Is Anastacia American? Judging from these categories she would appear to be huge in Europe, but she hasn't had any real hits over here, has she?

― Chuckling at the Tomkat's Marquee (Ben Boyer), Friday, 19 November 2004 22:53 (twenty-one years ago)

I don't know where your "here" is, but yes she is American. The Rasmus are a Finnish rock band whose singer wears feathers in his hair.

― JoB (JoB), Friday, 19 November 2004 23:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Best Italian act: Tiziano Ferro.

AAARGH!

― Marco Damiani (Marco D.), Saturday, 20 November 2004 11:00 (twenty-one years ago)

The only thing at all interesting about this show was that I learned that I'd gladly listen to a full version of "Toxic" for tenor, piano, and violin.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Saturday, 20 November 2004 11:50 (twenty-one years ago)

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