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{{Short description|British music awards ceremony}}
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{{Infobox award
| name =  Brit Awards 2004
| image = Brits 2004.jpg
| date = 17 February 2004
| venue = [[Earls Court Exhibition Centre|Earls Court]]
| host = [[Cat Deeley]]
| most_awards = [[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]] (3)
| most_nominations = [[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]] (4)
| network = [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
| previous = [[Brit Awards 2003|2003]]
| main = [[Brit Awards]]
| next = [[Brit Awards 2005|2005]]
}}

'''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 Exhibition Centre|Earls Court]] in [[London]]. The awards were marked by a set of victories by the rock band [[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]] who won the first British Rock Act award presented at the BRIT Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3497315.stm|title=Brits 2004: The winners|work=bbc.co.uk}}</ref> The show was broadcast by the ITV, and attracted 6.18 million viewers.

==Performances==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Artist(s)
!Song(s)
|-
| [[Beyoncé]]
| "[[Crazy in Love]]"
|-
| [[The Black Eyed Peas]]
| "[[Shut Up (The Black Eyed Peas song)|Shut Up]]"
|-
| [[Busted (band)|Busted]]
| "[[Teenage Kicks]]"
|-
| [[Jamie Cullum]]<br /> [[Katie Melua]]
| "[[The Love Cats (song)|The Love Cats]]"
|-
| [[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]]
| "[[I Believe in a Thing Called Love]]"<br />"[[Growing on Me]]"
|-
| [[Duran Duran]]
| "[[Hungry Like the Wolf]]"
|-
| [[50 Cent]]
| "[[In da Club]]"
|-
| [[Alicia Keys]]<br />[[Gwen Stefani]]<br />[[Missy Elliott]]
| "[[Kiss (Prince song)|Kiss]]"
|-
| [[Muse (band)|Muse]]
| "[[Hysteria (Muse song)|Hysteria]]"
|-
| [[Outkast]]
| "[[Hey Ya!]]"
|-
|}

==Winners and nominees==
The nominations were announced on 12 January 2004.

{| class="wikitable" style="width:95%"
|- bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="50%" | [[Brit Award for British Album of the Year|British Album of the Year]]<br /><small>(presented by [[Scarlett Johansson]])</small>
! width="50%" | [[Brit Award for British Single of the Year|British Single of the Year]]<br /><small>(presented by [[Neil Fox (broadcaster)|Neil Fox]])</small>
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]] – ''[[Permission to Land]]'''''
**[[Blur (band)|Blur]] – ''[[Think Tank (Blur album)|Think Tank]]''
**[[The Coral]] – ''[[Magic and Medicine]]''
**[[Daniel Bedingfield]] – ''[[Gotta Get Thru This (album)|Gotta Get thru This]]''
**[[Dido (singer)|Dido]] – ''[[Life for Rent]]''
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Dido (singer)|Dido]] – "[[White Flag (Dido song)|White Flag]]"'''
**[[Gareth Gates]] – "[[Spirit in the Sky]]"
**[[Jamelia]] – "[[Superstar (Jamelia song)|Superstar]]"
**[[Mis-Teeq]] – "[[Scandalous (Mis-Teeq song)|Scandalous]]"
**[[Rachel Stevens]] – "[[Sweet Dreams My LA Ex]]"
|-
! width="50%" | [[Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist|British Male Solo Artist]]<br /><small>(presented by [[Kerry Katona]])</small>
! width="50%" | [[Brit Award for British Female Solo Artist|British Female Solo Artist]]<br /><small>(presented by [[Ronan Keating]])</small>
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Daniel Bedingfield]]'''
**[[Badly Drawn Boy]]
**[[David Bowie]]
**[[Dizzee Rascal]]
**[[Will Young]]
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Dido (singer)|Dido]]'''
**[[Amy Winehouse]]
**[[Annie Lennox]]
**[[Jamelia]]
**[[Sophie Ellis-Bextor]]
|-
! width="50%" | [[Brit Award for British Group|British Group]]<br /><small>(presented by [[Ronan Keating]])</small>
! width="50%" | [[Brit Award for British Breakthrough Act|British Breakthrough Act]]<br /><small>(presented by [[Chris Moyles]])</small>
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]]'''
**[[Busted (band)|Busted]]
**[[The Coral]]
**[[Radiohead]]
**[[Sugababes]]
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Busted (band)|Busted]]'''
**[[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]]
**[[Dizzee Rascal]]
**[[Jamie Cullum]]
**[[Lemar]]
|-
! width="50%" | [[Brit Award for British Dance Act|British Dance Act]]<br /><small>(presented by [[Dermot O'Leary]])</small>
! width="50%" | [[Brit Award for British Pop Act|British Pop Act]]<br /><small>(presented by [[Leigh Francis]])</small>
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Basement Jaxx]]'''
**[[Goldfrapp]]
**[[Groove Armada]]
**[[Kosheen]]
**[[Lemon Jelly]]
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Busted (band)|Busted]]'''
**[[The Black Eyed Peas]] <small>(United States)</small>
**[[Christina Aguilera]] <small>(United States)</small>
**[[Daniel Bedingfield]]
**[[Justin Timberlake]] <small>(United States)</small>
|-
! width="50%" | [[Brit Award for British Urban Act|British Urban Act]]<br /><small>(presented by [[N.E.R.D]])</small>
! width="50%" | [[Brit Award for British Rock Act|British Rock Act]]<br /><small>(presented by [[Jamelia]])</small>
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Lemar]]'''
**[[Amy Winehouse]]
**[[Big Brovaz]]
**[[Dizzee Rascal]]
**[[Mis-teeq]]
| valign="top" |
*'''[[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]]'''
**[[Feeder (band)|Feeder]]
**[[Muse (band)|Muse]]
**[[Primal Scream]]
**[[Stereophonics]]
|-
! width="50%" | [[Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music|Outstanding Contribution to Music]]<br /><small>(presented by [[Justin Timberlake]])</small>
! width="50%" | [[Brit Award for International Album|International Album]]<br /><small>(presented by [[Gwen Stefani]] and [[Tony Kanal]])</small>
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Duran Duran]]'''
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Justin Timberlake]] – ''[[Justified (album)|Justified]]'''''
**[[Beyoncé]] – ''[[Dangerously in Love]]''
**[[Christina Aguilera]] – ''[[Stripped (Christina Aguilera album)|Stripped]]''
**[[Outkast]] – ''[[Speakerboxxx/The Love Below]]''
**[[The White Stripes]] – ''[[Elephant (album)|Elephant]]''
|-
! width="50%" | [[Brit Award for International Male Solo Artist|International Male Solo Artist]]<br /><small>(presented by [[Shania Twain]])</small>
! width="50%" | [[Brit Award for International Female Solo Artist|International Female Solo Artist]]<br /><small>(presented by [[LL Cool J]])</small>
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Justin Timberlake]]'''
**[[50 Cent]]
**[[Beck]]
**[[Damien Rice]]
**[[Sean Paul]]
| valign="top" |
*'''[[Beyoncé]]'''
**[[Alicia Keys]]
**[[Christina Aguilera]]
**[[Kylie Minogue]]
**[[Missy Elliott]]
|-
! width="50%" | [[Brit Award for International Group|International Group]]<br /><small>(presented by [[Lionel Richie]])</small>
! width="50%" | [[Brit Award for International Breakthrough Act|International Breakthrough Act]]<br /><small>(presented by [[Alicia Keys]])</small>
|-
| valign="top" |
*'''[[The White Stripes]]'''
**[[The Black Eyed Peas]]
**[[Kings of Leon]]
**[[Outkast]]
**[[The Strokes]]
| valign="top" |
*'''[[50 Cent]]'''
**[[Evanescence]]
**[[Kings of Leon]]
**[[Sean Paul]]
**[[The Thrills]]
|}

==Multiple nominations and awards==
[[File:TheDarkness2012.jpg|right|200px|upright|thumb|alt=|Three-category winners [[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]] received most nominations and awards]]
{{col-float}}
{| class="wikitable" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Artists that received multiple nominations
|-
! scope="col" style="width:55px;" |Nominations
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Artist
|-
|4
|[[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]]
|-
|rowspan="6"|3<br /><small>(6)</small>
|[[Busted (band)|Busted]]
|-
|[[Christina Aguilera]]
|-
|[[Daniel Bedingfield]]
|-
|[[Dido (singer)|Dido]]
|-
|[[Dizzee Rascal]]
|-
|[[Justin Timberlake]]
|-
|rowspan="12"|2<br /><small>(12)</small>
|[[50 Cent]]
|-
|[[Amy Winehouse]]
|-
|[[Beyoncé]]
|-
|[[The Black Eyed Peas]]
|-
|[[The Coral]]
|-
|[[Jamelia]]
|-
|[[Kings of Leon]]
|-
|[[Lemar]]
|-
|[[Mis-Teeq]]
|-
|[[Outkast]]
|-
|[[Sean Paul]]
|-
|[[The White Stripes]]
|}
{{col-float-break}}
{| class="wikitable" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Artists that received multiple awards
|-
! scope="col" style="width:55px;" |Awards
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Artist
|-
|3
|[[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|2<br /><small>(3)</small>
|[[Busted (band)|Busted]]
|-
|[[Dido (singer)|Dido]]
|-
|[[Justin Timberlake]]
|}
{{col-float-end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/2004 Brit Awards 2004 at Brits.co.uk]

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