MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2004

The annual MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2004 took place on October 21, 2004 in Miami at the Jackie Gleason Theater for the third time in a row.

MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica 2004
Date	October 21, 2004
Location	Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami
Country	United States
Hosted by	Paulina Rubio
Act(s)	Alex Ubago Beastie Boys The Black Eyed Peas Cartel de Santa Diego Torres DJ Toy Juanes Julieta Venegas La Ley Lenny Kravitz Paulina Rubio Pitbull The Rasmus Tiziano Ferro

Paulina Rubio was the first woman to host the awards.

Nominations

Winners in bold.

Artist of the Year

• Alejandro Sanz
• Café Tacuba
• Diego Torres
• Julieta Venegas
• La Oreja de Van Gogh

Video of the Year

• Alejandro Sanz — "No Es Lo Mismo"
• Babasónicos — "Putita"
• Café Tacuba — "Eres"
• Julieta Venegas — "Andar Conmigo"
• Molotov — "Hit Me"

Best Solo Artist

• Alejandro Sanz
• Álex Ubago
• Diego Torres
• Julieta Venegas
• Tiziano Ferro

Best Group or Duet

• Babasónicos
• Café Tacuba
• Cartel de Santa
• La Ley
• La Oreja de Van Gogh

Best Pop Artist

• Alejandro Sanz
• Álex Ubago
• Diego Torres
• Julieta Venegas
• Paulina Rubio

Best Rock Artist

• Babasónicos
• Bersuit Vergarabat
• Fobia
• La Ley
• Vicentico

Best Alternative Artist

• Café Tacuba
• Cartel de Santa
• Control Machete
• Kinky
• Miranda!

Best Independent Artist

• Capri
• Los Látigos
• Pornomotora
• Telefunka
• Tolidos

No public voting

Best Pop Artist — International

• Avril Lavigne
• Beyoncé
• Hilary Duff
• Joss Stone
• Nelly Furtado

Best Rock Artist — International

• Blink 182
• Evanescence
• Maroon 5
• No Doubt
• The Rasmus

Best Hip-Hop/R&B Artist — International

• 50 Cent
• Beastie Boys
• The Black Eyed Peas
• Outkast
• Usher

Best New Artist — International

• Franz Ferdinand
• Joss Stone
• Maroon 5
• The Rasmus
• Yellowcard

Best Artist — Mexico

• Aleks Syntek
• Belinda
• Café Tacuba
• Cartel de Santa
• Julieta Venegas

Best New Artist — Mexico

• Belinda
• Kalimba
• La 5ª Estación *
• Lu
• María Barracuda

*La 5ª Estación originated in Spain but it's considered a Mexican band as they were launched there

Best Artist — Central

• Cabas
• La Ley
• Los Bunkers
• Lucybell
• TK

Best New Artist — Central

• Cementerio Club
• De Saloon
• Lulu Jam
• Pali
• Pornomotora

Best Artist — Argentina

• Babasónicos
• Bersuit Vergarabat
• Catupecu Machu
• Diego Torres
• Vicentico

Best New Artist — Argentina

• Airbag
• Callejeros
• Capri
• Gazpacho
• Leticia Brédice

Performances

• Diego Torres, La Ley and Julieta Venegas — "Yeah!" / "Hey Ya!" / "Hey Mama"
• The Black Eyed Peas — "Let's Get It Started"
• The Rasmus — "Guilty"
• Alex Ubago — "Aunque No Te Pueda Ver"
• Tiziano Ferro — "Tardes Negras"
• Juanes — "Nada Valgo Sin Tu Amor"
• Julieta Venegas and Cartel de Santa — "Lento"
• Lenny Kravitz — "Calling All Angels"
• Paulina Rubio, DJ Toy and Pitbull — "Dame Otro Tequila" / "Culo"
• Molotov — "Amateur" and "Gimme Tha Power"
• Beastie Boys — "Ch-Check It Out" and "Sabotage"

Appearances

• Bono — introduced the audience to the show
• Molotov — presented Best Solo Artist
• La Ley — introduced The Rasmus
• Belinda and Natalia Lafourcade — introduced Alex Ubago and Tiziano Ferro
• Adrián and Marcelo (from Babasónicos) and Pirry — introduced Juanes
• Xzibit, Silvina Luna, María Eugenia Ritó and Rocío Guirao Díaz — presented Best Hip-Hop/R&B Artist—International
• Benjamín Vicuña, Kalimba and Ana de la Reguera — introduced Julieta Venegas and Cartel de Santa
• Miguel Rodarte and Nicole Neumann — presented Best Rock Artist
• Shakira — introduced Lenny Kravitz
• Diego Torres — introduced Paulina Rubio and Pitbull
• Gastón Pauls and Florencia de la V — presented Best Artist—Argentina
• Leticia Brédice — introduced Molotov
• Lenny Kravitz — presented Artist of the Year

Memorable Moments

• Host Paulina Rubio showed her behind.