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FINALISTS & WINNERS |
The Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards honor the genres' most popular albums, songs, artists and contributors, as determined by the actual sales data from Nielsen SoundScan and radio airplay information from Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems that informs Billboard's weekly charts. Additionally, Billboard honors artists with the R&B and Hip-Hop Founders Awards which are determined by the Billboard editorial team.
2004 FINALISTS & WINNERS
*Winners marked with asterisk*
TOP R&B/HIP-HOP ALBUMS
Dangerously In Love • Beyonce • Columbia/Sony Music
The Black Album • Jay-Z • Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG
The Diary Of Alicia Keys • Alicia Keys • J/RMG
*Speakerboxxx/The Love Below • Outkast • LaFace/Zomba*
TOP R&B/HIP-HOP SINGLES
*Step In The Name Of Love • R. Kelly • Jive/Zomba*
Get Low • Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz Feat. Ying Yang Twins • BME/TVT
The Way You Move • Outkast Featuring Sleepy Brown • LaFace/Zomba
Damn! • YoungbloodZ Feat. Lil Jon • So So Def/Zomba
TOP R&B/HIP-HOP ARTISTS
Beyonce • Columbia/Sony Music
Jay-Z • Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG
*R. Kelly • Jive/Zomba*
Alicia Keys • J/RMG
TOP R&B/HIP-HOP ARTISTS - MALE
Chingy • Disturbing Tha Peace/Capitol
Jay-Z • Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG
*R. Kelly • Jive/Zomba*
Ludacris • Disturbing Tha Peace/Def Jam South/IDJMG
TOP R&B/HIP-HOP ARTISTS - FEMALE
Ashanti • Murder Inc./Def Jam/IDJMG
*Beyonce • Columbia/Sony Music*
Alicia Keys • J/RMG
Monica • J/RMG
TOP R&B/HIP-HOP ARTISTS - DUO OR GROUP
G-Unit • G-Unit/Interscope
Jagged Edge • Columbia/Sony Music
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz • BME/TVT
*Outkast • LaFace/Zomba*
TOP R&B/HIP-HOP ARTISTS - NEW
*Beyonce • Columbia/Sony Music*
Chingy • Disturbing Tha Peace/Capitol
Ruben Studdard • J/RMG
Kanye West • Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG
TOP R&B/HIP-HOP SINGLES ARTIST
Beyonce • Columbia/Sony Music
Jay-Z • Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG
*R. Kelly • Jive/Zomba*
Ludacris • Disturbing Tha Peace/Def Jam South/IDJMG
TOP R&B/HIP-HOP ALBUMS ARTIST
Jay-Z • Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG
R. Kelly • Jive/Zomba
Alicia Keys • J/RMG
*Outkast • LaFace/Zomba*
TOP RAP ALBUMS
Jackpot • Chingy • Disturbing Tha Peace/Capitol
Beg For Mercy • G-Unit • G-Unit/Interscope
The Black Album • Jay-Z • Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG
*Speakerboxxx/The Love Below • Outkast • LaFace/Zomba*
TOP R&B/ HIP-HOP SINGLES - SALES
*Superstar/Flying Without Wings • Ruben Studdard • J/RMG*
Walked Outta Heaven • Jagged Edge • Columbia/SUM
Let's Get Down • Bow Wow Feat.Baby • Columbia/SUM
F**k It (I Don't Want You Back) • Eamon • Jive/Zomba
TOP R&B/ HIP-HOP SINGLES - AIRPLAY
*Step In The Name Of Love • R. Kelly • Jive/Zomba*
You Don't Even Know My Name • Alicia Keys • J/RMG
Get Low • Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz Feat. Ying Yang Twins • BME/TVT
Damn! • YoungbloodZ Feat. Lil Jon • So So Def/Zomba
HOT RAP TRACKS
Right Thurr • Chingy • Disturbing Tha Peace/Capitol
*Get Low • Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz Feat. Ying Yang Twins • BME/TVT*
Stand Up • Ludacris Feat. Shawnna • Disturbing Tha Peace/Def Jam South/IDJMG
Damn! • YoungbloodZ Feat. Lil Jon • So So Def/Zomba
TOP SONGWRITERS
Christopher Bridges
Shawn Carter
*Robert Kelly*
Kanye West
TOP PRODUCERS
*Robert Kelly*
The Neptunes
Jonathan "Lil' Jon" Smith
Kanye West
TOP MAJOR LABEL
Interscope
*Island Def Jam Music Group*
Sony Music
Universal Motown Records Group
TOP INDEPENDENT LABEL
D.P.G.
Koch
*TVT*
VP
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