2004 MTV Video Music Awards

OutKast – "Hey Ya!"

• D12 – "My Band"
• Jay-Z – "99 Problems"
• Britney Spears – "Toxic"
• Usher (featuring Ludacris and Lil Jon) – "Yeah!"

Usher (featuring Ludacris and Lil Jon) – "Yeah!"

• Jay-Z – "99 Problems"
• Prince – "Musicology"
• Justin Timberlake – "Señorita"
• Kanye West (featuring Syleena Johnson) – "All Falls Down"

Beyoncé – "Naughty Girl"

• Christina Aguilera – "The Voice Within"
• Alicia Keys – "If I Ain't Got You"
• Jessica Simpson – "With You"
• Britney Spears – "Toxic"

No Doubt – "It's My Life"

• D12 – "My Band"
• Good Charlotte – "Hold On"
• Hoobastank – "The Reason"
• Maroon 5 – "This Love"

Maroon 5 – "This Love"

• The Darkness – "I Believe in a Thing Called Love"
• Jet – "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
• JoJo – "Leave (Get Out)"
• Kanye West (featuring Syleena Johnson) – "All Falls Down"
• Yellowcard – "Ocean Avenue"

No Doubt – "It's My Life"

• Hilary Duff – "Come Clean"
• Avril Lavigne – "Don't Tell Me"
• Jessica Simpson – "With You"
• Britney Spears – "Toxic"

Jet – "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"

• The Darkness – "I Believe in a Thing Called Love"
• Evanescence – "My Immortal"
• Hoobastank – "The Reason"
• Linkin Park – "Breaking the Habit"

Alicia Keys – "If I Ain't Got You"

• Beyoncé – "Me, Myself and I"
• Brandy (featuring Kanye West) – "Talk About Our Love"
• R. Kelly – "Step in the Name of Love (remix)"
• Usher – "Burn"

Jay-Z – "99 Problems"

• 50 Cent (featuring Snoop Dogg and G-Unit) – "P.I.M.P. (remix)"
• D12 – "My Band"
• Lil Jon and The East Side Boyz (featuring Ying Yang Twins) – "Get Low"
• Ludacris (featuring Shawnna) – "Stand Up"

OutKast – "Hey Ya!"

• The Black Eyed Peas – "Hey Mama"
• Chingy (featuring Ludacris and Snoop Dogg) – "Holidae Inn"
• Nelly (featuring P. Diddy and Murphy Lee) – "Shake Ya Tailfeather"
• Kanye West (featuring Syleena Johnson) – "All Falls Down"

Usher (featuring Ludacris & Lil Jon) – "Yeah!"

• Beyoncé – "Naughty Girl"
• The Black Eyed Peas – "Hey Mama"
• Missy Elliott – "I'm Really Hot"
• Britney Spears – "Toxic"

Franz Ferdinand – "Take Me Out"

• Modest Mouse – "Float On"
• New Found Glory – "All Downhill from Here"
• Steriogram – "Walkie Talkie Man"
• Kanye West (featuring Syleena Johnson) – "All Falls Down"
• The White Stripes – "The Hardest Button to Button"

Jay-Z – "99 Problems" (Director: Mark Romanek)

• No Doubt – "It's My Life" (Director: David LaChapelle)
• OutKast – "Hey Ya!" (Director: Bryan Barber)
• Steriogram – "Walkie Talkie Man" (Director: Michel Gondry)
• The White Stripes – "The Hardest Button to Button" (Director: Michel Gondry)

The Black Eyed Peas – "Hey Mama" (Choreographer: Fatima Robinson)

• Beyoncé – "Naughty Girl" (Choreographers: Frank Gatson and LaVelle Smith Jnr)
• Missy Elliott – "I'm Really Hot" (Choreographer: Hi-Hat)
• Sean Paul – "Like Glue" (Choreographer: Tanisha Scott)
• Usher (featuring Ludacris and Lil Jon) – "Yeah!" (Choreographer: Devyne Stephens)

OutKast – "Hey Ya!" (Special Effects: Elad Offer, Chris Eckardt and Money Shots)

• Incubus – "Megalomaniac" (Special Effects: Jake Banks, Matt Marquis and Stardust Studios)
• Modest Mouse – "Float On" (Special Effects: Christopher Mills and Revolver Film Company)
• Steriogram – "Walkie Talkie Man" (Special Effects: Angus Kneale, Jamie Scott and The Mill)
• The White Stripes – "The Hardest Button to Button" (Special Effects: Richard de Carteret, Angus Kneale and Dirk Greene)

OutKast – "Hey Ya!" (Art Director: Eric Beauchamp)

• Alicia Keys – "You Don't Know My Name" (Art Director: Rob Buono)
• No Doubt – "It's My Life" (Art Director: Kristen Vallow)
• Steriogram – "Walkie Talkie Man" (Art Director: Lauri Faggioni)
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs – "Maps" (Art Director: Jeff Everett)

Jay-Z – "99 Problems" (Editor: Robert Duffy)

• Jet – "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" (Editor: Megan Bee)
• Simple Plan – "Perfect" (Editor: Declan Whitebloom)
• The White Stripes – "The Hardest Button to Button" (Editors: Charlie Johnston, Geoff Hounsell and Andy Grieve)
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs – "Maps" (Editor: Anthony Cerniello)

Jay-Z – "99 Problems" (Director of Photography: Joaquín Baca-Asay)

• Christina Aguilera – "The Voice Within" (Director of Photography: Jeff Cronenweth)
• Beyoncé – "Naughty Girl" (Director of Photography: James Hawkinson)
• No Doubt – "It's My Life" (Director of Photography: Jeff Cronenweth)
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs – "Maps" (Director of Photography: Shawn Kim)

Tony Hawk's Underground (Activision)

• Madden NFL 2004 (Electronic Arts)
• Need for Speed: Underground (Electronic Arts)
• SSX 3 (Electronic Arts)
• True Crime: Streets of LA (Activision)

Yellowcard – "Ocean Avenue"

• Elephant Man – "Pon Di River"
• Franz Ferdinand – "Take Me Out"
• Modest Mouse – "Float On"
• Twista (featuring Kanye West and Jamie Foxx) – "Slow Jamz"
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs – "Maps"

Linkin Park – "Breaking the Habit"

• Christina Aguilera – "The Voice Within"
• Good Charlotte – "Hold On"
• Simple Plan – "Perfect"
• Yellowcard – "Ocean Avenue"

• Jadakiss (featuring Anthony Hamilton) – "Why"
• Ashlee Simpson – "Pieces of Me"
• New Found Glory – "All Downhill from Here"

• Usher (featuring Ludacris and Lil Jon) – "Confessions Part II"/"Yeah!"
• Jet – "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
• Hoobastank – "The Reason"
• Yellowcard – "Ocean Avenue"
• Kanye West (featuring Chaka Khan and Syleena Johnson) – "Jesus Walks"/"All Falls Down"/"Through the Fire"
• Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz – "Get Low"
• Ying Yang Twins – "Salt Shaker"
• Petey Pablo – "Freek-a-Leek"
• Terror Squad (featuring Fat Joe) – "Lean Back"
• Jessica Simpson – "With You"/"Angels"
• Nelly (featuring Christina Aguilera) – "Tilt Ya Head Back"
• Alicia Keys (featuring Lenny Kravitz and Stevie Wonder) – "If I Ain't Got You"/"Higher Ground"
• The Polyphonic Spree – "Hold Me Now"
• OutKast – "Prototype"/"The Way You Move"/"Ghettomusick"/"Hey Ya!"

• Kurt Loder and SuChin Pak – announced the winners of the professional categories and Breakthrough Video

• Jennifer Lopez – opened the show and introduced Usher
• Will Smith – introduced Shaquille O'Neal and presented Best Pop Video with him
• Hilary Duff and Matthew Lillard – presented Best Rap Video
• Shakira – introduced Jet, Hoobastank and Yellowcard
• Jon Stewart – appeared in several vignettes explaining the Viewer's Choice award voting procedures
• Omarion and Eva Mendes – presented Best Female Video
• Marc Anthony – introduced Kanye West
• Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott – presented Best Male Video
• Carson Daly – introduced the Kerry and Bush sisters and the next pair of presenters
• The Kerry (Alexandra and Vanessa) and Bush (Barbara and Jenna) sisters – urged viewers to vote on the next elections and reminded them to donate to the Red Cross to help the victims of Hurricane Charley
• Lenny Kravitz and Naomi Campbell – presented Best R&B Video
• Dave Chappelle – performed a short comic monologue and introduced Lil Jon, Petey Pablo, and the Terror Squad; later he also presented Jay-Z with a gift for his retirement
• Gwen Stefani and Owen Wilson – presented Best Rock Video
• Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen – introduced Jessica Simpson
• D12 and Good Charlotte (Benji and Joel Madden) – presented Best Video Game Soundtrack
• Rev. Al Sharpton – appeared during one of Jon Stewart's vignettes
• Jimmy Fallon, Queen Latifah and Wayne Coyne – presented Best Hip-Hop Video
• Will Forte – played "Gary," the announcer with whom Fallon had a verbal spat while trying to present an award, and introduced Wayne Coyne
• Xzibit and Ludacris – introduced Nelly and Christina Aguilera
• P. Diddy and Mase – presented Best Dance Video
• Christina Milian and LL Cool J – introduced Alicia Keys
• Paris Hilton and Nick Lachey – presented Best Group Video
• Ashlee Simpson and Tony Hawk – presented Best New Artist in a Video
• Alicia Keys – paid tribute to Ray Charles
• Beastie Boys and "Sasquatch" – presented the MTV2 Award
• Mandy Moore and Marilyn Manson – introduced The Polyphonic Spree
• JoJo – introduced American gold medalists Kaitlin Sandeno, Kerri Walsh, Misty May and Carly Patterson, and presented Viewer's Choice with them
• Gwyneth Paltrow – presented Video of the Year
• John Mellencamp and Amy Lee – introduced OutKast
  • Also, MTV VJs Sway, La La, Damien Fahey and Vanessa Minnillo emceed and interviewed celebrities backstage before several commercial breaks