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, that took place on December 4, 2004, at the

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. Solo artists

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lead the nominees with three nominations each. Although each of them received the daesang awards, boyband

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was the only artist/group to receive two awards by the end of the ceremony.

Background

The award ceremony, previously known as the Mnet Music Video Festival, merged with the KMTV Korean Music Awards and was renamed accordingly. The grand awards (or daesang) were Best Popular Music Video and Music Video of the Year. For the second time, the event took place at the

, and Shin Dong-yup and

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hosted the event together again, the first was during the fourth MKMF."2004 MKMF part 1"
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became the first Taiwanese singer to perform on the event.

Criteria

The following criteria for winners include:

Winners and nominees

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Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. ;Special awards * Best Asia Hip Hop Artist:

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* Mobile Popularity Award:

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– "Memory Loss" (기억상실) * Judges Choice Awards:

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– "Nocturne" (야상곡) * Best Asia Pop Artist:

* Blue Award:

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– "Paper Airplane" * Overseas Viewers' Award:

– "Brand New" * Mnet PD's Choice Award:

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(posthumous award for Kim Sung Jae) * Best Asia Pop Artist:

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Multiple awards

Artist(s) with multiple wins

The following artist(s) received two or more wins (excluding the special awards):

Artist(s) with multiple nominations

The following artist(s) received two or more nominations:

Performers and presenters

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Performers

Presenters

References

External links

Mnet Asian Music Awards
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Mnet Music Video Festival, 2004