Brit Awards 2004

Brit Awards 2004
Brit Awards 2004
Date	17 February 2004
Venue	Earls Court
Hosted by	Cat Deeley
Most awards	The Darkness (3)
Most nominations	The Darkness (4)
Television/radio coverage
Network	ITV

Brit Awards 2004 was the 24th edition of the annual Brit Awards, a pop music award ceremony in the United Kingdom run by the British Phonographic Industry. The event took place on 17 February 2004 at Earls Court in London. The awards were marked by a set of victories by the rock band The Darkness who won the first British Rock Act award presented at the BRIT Awards.^[1] The show was broadcast by the ITV, and attracted 6.18 million viewers.

Performances

Artist(s)	Song(s)
Beyoncé	"Crazy in Love"
The Black Eyed Peas	"Shut Up"
Busted	"Teenage Kicks"
Jamie Cullum Katie Melua	"The Love Cats"
The Darkness	"I Believe in a Thing Called Love" "Growing on Me"
Duran Duran	"Hungry Like the Wolf"
50 Cent	"In da Club"
Alicia Keys Gwen Stefani Missy Elliott	"Kiss"
Muse	"Hysteria"
Outkast	"Hey Ya!"

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 12 January 2004.

British Album of the Year (presented by Scarlett Johansson)	British Single of the Year (presented by Neil Fox)
The Darkness – Permission to Land Blur – Think Tank The Coral – Magic and Medicine Daniel Bedingfield – Gotta Get thru This Dido – Life for Rent	Dido – "White Flag" Gareth Gates – "Spirit in the Sky" Jamelia – "Superstar" Mis-Teeq – "Scandalous" Rachel Stevens – "Sweet Dreams My LA Ex"
British Male Solo Artist (presented by Kerry Katona)	British Female Solo Artist (presented by Ronan Keating)
Daniel Bedingfield Badly Drawn Boy David Bowie Dizzee Rascal Will Young	Dido Amy Winehouse Annie Lennox Jamelia Sophie Ellis-Bextor
British Group (presented by Ronan Keating)	British Breakthrough Act (presented by Chris Moyles)
The Darkness Busted The Coral Radiohead Sugababes	Busted The Darkness Dizzee Rascal Jamie Cullum Lemar
British Dance Act (presented by Dermot O'Leary)	British Pop Act (presented by Leigh Francis)
Basement Jaxx Goldfrapp Groove Armada Kosheen Lemon Jelly	Busted The Black Eyed Peas (United States) Christina Aguilera (United States) Daniel Bedingfield Justin Timberlake (United States)
British Urban Act (presented by N.E.R.D)	British Rock Act (presented by Jamelia)
Lemar Amy Winehouse Big Brovaz Dizzee Rascal Mis-teeq	The Darkness Feeder Muse Primal Scream Stereophonics
Outstanding Contribution to Music (presented by Justin Timberlake)	International Album (presented by Gwen Stefani and Tony Kanal)
Duran Duran	Justin Timberlake – Justified Beyoncé – Dangerously in Love Christina Aguilera – Stripped Outkast – Speakerboxxx/The Love Below The White Stripes – Elephant
International Male Solo Artist (presented by Shania Twain)	International Female Solo Artist (presented by LL Cool J)
Justin Timberlake 50 Cent Beck Damien Rice Sean Paul	Beyoncé Alicia Keys Christina Aguilera Kylie Minogue Missy Elliott
International Group (presented by Lionel Richie)	International Breakthrough Act (presented by Alicia Keys)
The White Stripes The Black Eyed Peas Kings of Leon Outkast The Strokes	50 Cent Evanescence Kings of Leon Sean Paul The Thrills

Multiple nominations and awards

Three-time winner The Darkness as most nominations and awards

Artists that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Artist
4	The Darkness
3 (6)	Busted
	Christina Aguilera
	Daniel Bedingfield
	Dido
	Dizzee Rascal
	Justin Timberlake
2 (12)	50 Cent
	Amy Winehouse
	Beyoncé
	The Black Eyed Peas
	The Coral
	Jamelia
	Kings of Leon
	Lemar
	Mis-Teeq
	Outkast
	Sean Paul
	The White Stripes

Artists that received multiple awards
Awards	Artist
3	The Darkness
2 (3)	Busted
	Dido
	Justin Timberlake

References

^ "Brits 2004: The winners". bbc.co.uk.

External links

Brit Awards 2004 at Brits.co.uk

[1] "Brits 2004: The winners". bbc.co.uk.

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