2004 Tyler's Choice Music Awards

(Boldface = winner; Italics = runner-up)

Best Song by a Male Vocalist

• "Cinnamon Girl" - Prince (Prince)
• "Collide" - Howie Day (Martin Glover)
• "Daughters" - John Mayer (Jack Joseph Puig)
• "Jesus Walks" - Kanye West (Kanye West)
• "Live Like You're Dying" - Tim McGraw (Byron Gallimore, Tim McGraw & Darran Smith)
• "You Raise Me Up" - Josh Groban (David Foster)
  (Honourable Mentions: "I Don't Want to Be" - Gavin DeGraw, "Let's Misbehave" - Elvis Costello, "Love's Divine" - Seal, "You and I Both" - Jason Mraz)

Best Song by a Female Vocalist

• "The First Cut is the Deepest" - Sheryl Crow (John Shanks)
• "If I Ain't Got You" - Alicia Keys (Alicia Keys)
• "My Happy Ending" - Avril Lavigne (Butch Walker)
• "Oceania" - Björk (Björk & Mark Bell)
• "Sunrise" - Norah Jones (Norah Jones & Arif Mardin)
• "You Had Me" - Joss Stone (Michael Mangini, Steve Greenberg & Betty Wright)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Breakaway" - Kelly Clarkson, "Nobody's Home" - Avril Lavigne, "What You Waiting For?" - Gwen Stefani, "With You" - Jessica Simpson)

Best Song by a Duo, Group or Band

• "American Idiot" - Green Day (Rob Cavallo & Green Day)
• "Here We Go Again" - Ray Charles & Norah Jones (John R. Burk)
• "Let's Get it Started" - Black Eyed Peas (Will.i.am)
• "This Love" - Maroon 5 (Matt Wallace & Mark Endert)
• "Whiskey Lullaby" - Brad Paisley, ft. Alison Krauss (Frank Rogers)
• "Yeah!" - Usher, ft. Lil' Jon & Ludacris (Lil' Jon)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Float On" - Modest Mouse, "Roses" - OutKast, "Vertigo" - U2, "When I Look to the Sky" - Train)

Best Album

• American Idiot - Green Day (Rob Cavallo & Green Day)
• The College Dropout - Kanye West (Kanye West)
• The Diary of Alicia Keys - Alicia Keys (Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Kerry Brothers & Timbaland)
• Genius Loves Company - Ray Charles & various artists (John Burk & Phil Ramone)
• Musicology - Prince (Prince)
  (Honourable Mentions: Confessions - Usher, Feels Like Home - Norah Jones, Songs About Jane - Maroon 5, Under My Skin - Avril Lavigne, Van Lear Rose - Loretta Lynn)

Best Music Video

• "American Idiot" - Green Day (Samuel Bayer, director; Tim Lynch, producer)
• "It's My Life" - No Doubt (David LaChappelle, director; Ron Mohrhoff, producer)
• "Take Me Out" - Franz Ferdinand (Jonas Odell, director; Julia Parfitt, producer)
• "This Love" - Maroon 5 (Sophie Muller, director)
• "Vertigo" - U2 (Alex and Martin, directors; Gracie Bodie, producer)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" - Jet, "Flawless (Go to the City)" - George Michael, "Roses" - OutKast, "Toxic" - Britney Spears, "Walkie Talkie Man" - Steriogram)

Best Country Song

• "In My Daughter's Eyes" - Martina McBride (Martina McBride & Paul Worley)
• "Live Like You're Dying" - Tim McGraw (Byron Gallimore, Tim McGraw & Darran Smith)
• "Portland, Oregon" - Loretta Lynn & Jack White (Jack White)
• "Redneck Woman" - Gretchen Wilson (Mark Wright & Joe Scaife)
• "Whiskey Lullaby" - Brad Paisley, ft. Alison Krauss (Frank Rogers)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Feels Like Today" - Rascal Flatts, "Miss Being Mrs." - Loretta Lynn, "(Save a Horse) Ride a Cowboy" - Big & Rich, "Suds in the Bucket" - Sara Evans, "When the Sun Goes Down" - Kenny Chesney, ft. Uncle Kracker)

Best Dance/Electronic Song

• "Get Yourself High" - The Chemical Brothers (The Chemical Brothers)
• "Good Luck" - Basement Jaxx, ft. Lisa Kekaula (Basement Jaxx)
• "Hey Mama" - Black Eyed Peas (Will.i.am)
• "Slow" - Kylie Minogue (Dan Carey & Emiliana Torrini)
• "Toxic" - Britney Spears (Bloodshy & Avant)
  (Honourable Mentions: "All Nite (Don't Shop)" - Janet Jackson, "Comfortably Numb" - Scissor Sisters, "Dip it Low" - Christina Milian, "Flawless (Go to the City)" - George Michael, "Turn Me On" - Kevin Lyttle)

Best Pop Song

• "Daughters" - John Mayer (Jack Joseph Puig)
• "Here We Go Again" - Ray Charles & Norah Jones (John R. Burk)
• "It's My Life" - No Doubt (Nellee Hooper & No Doubt)
• "Sunrise" - Norah Jones (Norah Jones & Arif Mardin)
• "This Love" - Maroon 5 (Matt Wallace & Mark Endert)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Heaven" - Los Lonely Boys, "Oceania" - Björk, "My Immortal" - Evanescence, "The Reason" - Hoobastank, "She Will Be Loved" - Maroon 5)

Best Rap Song

• "99 Problems" - Jay-Z (Rick Rubin)
• "Drop It Like It's Hot" - Snoop Dogg & Pharrell (The Neptunes)
• "Let's Get it Started" - Black Eyed Peas (Will.i.am)
• "Through the Wire" - Kanye West (Kanye West)
• "Yeah!" - Usher, ft. Lil' Jon & Ludacris (Lil' Jon)
  (Honourable Mentions: "All Falls Down" - Kanye West, ft. Syleena Johnson, "Jesus Walks" - Kanye West, "Just Lose It" - Eminem, "Roses" - OutKast, "Splash Waterfalls" - Ludacris)

Best Rock Song

• "American Idiot" - Green Day (Rob Cavallo & Green Day)
• "Float On" - Modest Mouse (Dennis Herring)
• "Somebody Told Me" - The Killers (The Killers)
• "Somewhere Only We Know" - Keane (Andy Green, James Sanger & Keane)
• "Vertigo" - U2 (Steve Lillywhite)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" - Jet, "Here Without You" - 3 Doors Down, "Mad World" - Gary Jules, "Numb" - Linkin Park, "Slither" - Velvet Revolver)

Best Songwriting

• "Daughters" - John Mayer (John Mayer)
• "If I Ain't Got You" - Alicia Keys (Alicia Keys)
• "The Reason" - Hoobastank (Daniel Estrin & Douglas Robb)
• "She Will Be Loved" - Maroon 5 (Adam Levine & James Valentine)
• "Somewhere Only We Know" - Keane (Tim Rice-Oxley, Tom Chaplin & Richard Hughes)
• "Whiskey Lullaby" - Brad Paisley, ft. Alison Krauss (Bill Anderson & Jon Randall)
  (Honourable Mentions: "Jesus Walks" - Kanye West, "Live Like You're Dying" - Tim McGraw, "My Immortal" - Evanescence, "Yeah!" - Usher, ft. Lil' Jon & Ludacris)

Best Original Score

• Angels in America (Thomas Newman)
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Jon Brion)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (John Williams)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Howard Shore)
• Spider-Man 2 (Danny Elfman)
• Wicked (Stephen Schwartz)

Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media

• Cold Mountain: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture (T-Bone Burnett)
• Garden State: Music from the Motion Picture (Zach Braff)
• Shrek 2: Motion Picture Soundtrack (Andrew Adamson, Christopher Douridas & Michael Ostin)
• Spider-Man 2: Music from and Inspired By (Laura Wasserman)
• Wicked (Stephen Schwartz)

Best Song Written for Visual Media

• "Accidentally in Love" - Shrek 2 (Counting Crows)
• "Belleville Rendezvous" - The Triplets of Belleville (Benoît Charest & Sylvain Chomet)
• "Defying Gravity" - Wicked (Stephen Schwartz)
• "Into the West" - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Fran Walsh, Howard Shore & Annie Lennox)
• "You Must Be My Ain True Love" - Cold Mountain (Sting)

Best New Artist

• Gavin DeGraw
• Joss Stone
• Kanye West
• Los Lonely Boys
• Maroon 5
  (Honourable Mentions: Ashlee Simpson, Delta Goodrem, Gretchen Wilson, Modest Mouse, Switchfoot)