'2004 MTV Video Music Awards'

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The '2004 MTV Video Music Awards' to Air Live From Miami on Sunday, August 29th at 8:00 pm ET/PT

NEW YORK, July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- MTV: Music Television today announced that mega-chart toppers Usher, Kanye West, and Jessica Simpson will all perform at the "2004 MTV Video Music Awards." Hoobastank, Yellowcard, & Jet will also team up for a super-sized rock performance. This is the first in a rapidly growing list of performers and celebrity guests to be announced for the star-studded event. Each is also nominated for a 2004 VMA. For the first time in the show's 20-year history, the "2004 MTV Video Music Awards" will air live from Miami, FL on Sunday, August 29th at 8pm ET/PT.

We've brought in the heavy hitters," said Van Toffler, President, MTV & MTV2. "These artists put on incredible live shows, which combined with the heat of Miami, some surprise collaborations, and a stage like no other seen on television will make for an unforgettable night."

The diverse line-up of performers appearing at this year's show has each achieved recognizable success among music fans and the MTV audience. Usher's fourth and most recent album CONFESSIONS debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album charts, setting an astonishing seven Soundscan sales records and selling 1.1 million albums the first week. Usher has also had considerable success on MTV with his video "Burn," which is nominated for Best R&B Video, and his video "Yeah" featuring Lil' Jon and Ludacris which is nominated for four awards including nods for Video of the Year, Best Male Video, Best Dance Video and Best Choreography. Kanye West has also achieved tremendous success on MTV with his video "All Falls Down" which is nominated for four moonmen this year including Breakthrough Video, Best New Artist In A Video, Best Hip Hop Video and Best Male Video. The single and video are off of Kanye's debut album College Drop Out which has received critical acclaim and earned Kanye new fans around the globe.

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MTV Adds More Celebs to Video Music Awards

NEW YORK - MTV continues to add celebrities to the 2004 Video Music Awards. The newest additions read like a veritable list of who's funny, who's in the tabloids and who can flip around two and a half times in midair on a skateboard.

Dave Chappelle, Paris Hilton, Tony Hawk, Lenny Kravitz, Ludacris, LL Cool J, Jon Stewart, Ashlee Simpson and Sean "P. Diddy" Combs will appear, MTV said Monday.

MTV also announced that hip-hop artists Lil' Jon, Petey Pablo, the Ying Yang Twins and Terror Squad featuring Fat Joe will perform. Already slated to perform are Usher, Kanye West, Yellowcard, Jet, Hoobastank and Jessica Simpson.

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