2003 World Music Awards
The 2003 World Music Awards (15th annual World Music Awards) were held on 12 October 2003 in Monaco. Awards are given based on worldwide sales figures for that year. Big winners of the night was 50 Cent, who took home four awards and t.A.T.u. with three awards winning.
Winners
Chopard Diamond Award
The Chopard Diamond award (or simply the Diamond award) is given by the World Music Awards to artists who have sold over 100 million albums during their career. This award is occasionally confused with the previously created RIAA certification of "Diamond," which represents the sale of over ten million copies of an album in the U.S., and was created in 1999, whereas the Chopard Diamond award was created in 2001.
Act of 2003
- World's Best Selling Artist of the year: 50 Cent
Pop
- World's Best Selling Pop Male Artist: 50 Cent
- World's Best Selling Pop Female Artist: Norah Jones
- World's Best Selling Pop Group Artist: t.A.T.u.
Pop/Rock
- World's Best Selling Pop/Rock Artist: Eminem
Rock
- World's Best Selling Rock Group: Linkin Park
Dance
- World's Best Selling Dance Artist: Justin Timberlake
- World's Best Selling Dance Group: t.A.T.u.
Adult
- World's Best Selling Adult Contemporary Artist: Norah Jones
R&B
- World's Best Selling R&B Artist: 50 Cent
Rap/Hip-Hop
- World's Best Selling Rap/Hip-Hop Artist: 50 Cent
Latin
- World's Best Selling Latin female artist: Shakira
- World's Best Selling Latin male artist: David Bisbal
Duo
- World's Best Selling Duo: t.A.T.u.
New
- World's Best Selling New Artist: 50 Cent
National Awards
- World's Best American Female Artist: Pink
- World's Best American Male Artist: Eminem
- World's Best British Male Artist: Robbie Williams
- World's Best British Female Artist: Dido
- World's Best Canadian Artist: Avril Lavigne
- World's Best Chinese Artist ：Nicholas Tse
- World's Best Dutch Artist: Do
- World's Best French Male Artist: Patrick Bruel
- World's Best French Female Artist: Lorie
- World's Best Greek Artist: Yannis Kotsiras
- World's Best Italian Male Artist: Eros Ramazzotti
- World's Best Italian Female Artist: Laura Pausini
- World's Best Indian Artist: Panjabi MC
- World's Best Irish Male Artist: Ronan Keating
- World's Best Irish Female Artist: Enya
- World's Best German Artist: Herbert Grönemeyer
- World's Best Middle Eastern Artist: Samira Said
- World's Best Scandinavian Artist: Roxette
- World's Best Swiss Artist: DJ Bobo
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