In 2004 , West had his first of a number of public incidents during his attendance at music award events . At the American Music Awards of 2004 , West stormed out of the auditorium after losing Best New Artist to country singer Gretchen Wilson . He later commented , " I felt like I was definitely robbed ... I was the best new artist this year . " After the 2006 Grammy nominations were released , West said he would " really have a problem " if he did not win the Album of the Year , saying , " I do n't care what I do , I do n't care how much I stunt – you can never take away from the amount of work I put into it . I do n't want to hear all of that politically correct stuff . " On November 2 , 2006 , when his " Touch the Sky " failed to win Best Video at the MTV Europe Music Awards , West went onto the stage as the award was being presented to Justice and Simian for " We Are Your Friends " and argued that he should have won the award instead . Hundreds of news outlets worldwide criticized the outburst . On November 7 , 2006 , West apologized for this outburst publicly during his performance as support act for U2 for their Vertigo concert in Brisbane . He later spoofed the incident on the 33rd-season premiere of '' Saturday Night Live '' in September 2007
American Music Awards of 2004
American Music Awards of 2004
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