2001 MTV Video Music Awards

The 2001 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 6, 2001, honoring the best music videos from July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001. The show was hosted by Jamie Foxx at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.

Highlights of the show included a surprise appearance by Michael Jackson at the end of N'SYNC's performance and a controversial performance from Britney Spears, in which she danced seductively to "I'm a Slave 4 U", while utilizing a host of live animals, including a large albino snake draped over her shoulders. Macy Gray wore a dress with a promotional message, instructing viewers to buy her new album. The show also featured memorials for Aaliyah and Joey Ramone. Punk rock legend Ramone succumbed to cancer earlier in the year; Actress/R&B singer Aaliyah was killed in a plane crash mere days before the ceremony. Many of the night's winners dedicated awards to the two fallen musicians over the course of the telecast.

Fatboy Slim took home six Moonmen, the most of the evening, for his "Weapon of Choice" video, which featured the dancing talents of actor Christopher Walken. N'SYNC's "Pop" took home four awards. Notably, Gwen Stefani won two awards for her collaborations with Eve and Moby.

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Video of the Year

• Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink — "Lady Marmalade"
• Missy Elliott — "Get Ur Freak On"
• Eminem (featuring Dido) — "Stan"
• Fatboy Slim — "Weapon of Choice"
• Janet Jackson — "All for You"
• U2 — "Beautiful Day"

Best Male Video

• Eminem (featuring Dido) — "Stan"
• Lenny Kravitz — "Again"
• Moby (featuring Gwen Stefani) — "South Side"
• Nelly — "Ride wit Me"
• Robbie Williams — "Rock DJ"

Best Female Video

• Dido — "Thank You"
• Missy Elliott — "Get Ur Freak On"
• Eve (featuring Gwen Stefani) — "Let Me Blow Ya Mind"
• Janet Jackson — "All for You"
• Jennifer Lopez — "Love Don't Cost a Thing"
• Madonna — "Don't Tell Me"

Best Group Video

• Dave Matthews Band — "I Did It"
• Destiny's Child — "Survivor"
• Incubus — "Drive"
• 'N Sync — "Pop"
• U2 — "Beautiful Day"

Best New Artist in a Video

• Coldplay — "Yellow"
• Nikka Costa — "Like a Feather"
• David Gray — "Babylon"
• Alicia Keys — "Fallin'"
• Sum 41 — "Fat Lip"

Best Pop Video

• Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink — "Lady Marmalade"
• Backstreet Boys — "The Call"
• Destiny's Child — "Survivor"
• 'N Sync — "Pop"
• Britney Spears — "Stronger"

Best Rock Video

• Aerosmith — "Jaded"
• Limp Bizkit — "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)"
• Linkin Park — "Crawling"
• Staind — "It's Been Awhile"
• Weezer — "Hash Pipe"

Best R&B Video

• 112 — "Peaches & Cream"
• Sunshine Anderson — "Heard It All Before"
• Destiny's Child — "Survivor"
• R. Kelly — "I Wish"
• Jill Scott — "Gettin' in the Way"

Best Rap Video

• Eminem (featuring Dido) — "Stan"
• Ja Rule (featuring Lil' Mo and Vita) — "Put It on Me"
• Jay-Z — "I Just Wanna Luv U (Give It 2 Me)"
• Nelly — "Ride wit Me"
• Snoop Dogg (featuring Master P, Nate Dogg, Butch Cassidy and Tha Eastsidaz) — "Lay Low"

Best Hip-Hop Video

• Black Eyed Peas (featuring Macy Gray) — "Request Line"
• City High — "What Would You Do?"
• Missy Elliott — "Get Ur Freak On"
• Eve (featuring Gwen Stefani) — "Let Me Blow Ya Mind"
• OutKast — "Ms. Jackson"

Best Dance Video

• Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink — "Lady Marmalade"
• Fatboy Slim — "Weapon of Choice"
• Janet Jackson — "All for You"
• Jennifer Lopez — "Love Don't Cost a Thing"
• 'N Sync — "Pop"

Best Video from a Film

• Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink — "Lady Marmalade" (from Moulin Rouge!)
• Destiny's Child — "Independent Women Part I" (from Charlie's Angels)
• DMX — "No Sunshine" (from Exit Wounds)
• K-Ci and JoJo — "Crazy" (from Save the Last Dance)
• U2 — "Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix)" (from Lara Croft: Tomb Raider)

Breakthrough Video

• Common (featuring Macy Gray) — "Geto Heaven (remix)"
• Fatboy Slim — "Weapon of Choice"
• Gorillaz — "Clint Eastwood"
• R.E.M. — "Imitation of Life"
• 'N Sync — "Pop"
• Robbie Williams — "Rock DJ"

Best Direction in a Video

• Eminem (featuring Dido) — "Stan" (Directors: Dr. Dre and Phillip Atwell)
• Fatboy Slim — "Weapon of Choice" (Director: Spike Jonze)
• Linkin Park — "Crawling" (Directors: Brothers Strause)
• OutKast — "Ms. Jackson" (Director: F. Gary Gray)
• R.E.M. — "Imitation of Life" (Director: Garth Jennings)

Best Choreography in a Video

• Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink — "Lady Marmalade" (Choreographer: Tina Landon)
• Fatboy Slim — "Weapon of Choice" (Choreographer: Michael Rooney)
• Janet Jackson — "All for You" (Choreographer: Shaunette Heard)
• Madonna — "Don't Tell Me" (Choreographer: Jamie King)

Best Special Effects in a Video

• Missy Elliott — "Get Ur Freak On" (Special Effects: Chris Davis)
• Fatboy Slim — "Weapon of Choice" (Special Effects: Norbert Phillips)
• U2 — "Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix)" (Special Effects: Pixel Envy)
• Robbie Williams — "Rock DJ" (Special Effects: Carter White, Audio Motion and Clear Post Production)

Best Art Direction in a Video

• Aerosmith — "Jaded" (Art Director: Laura Fox)
• Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink — "Lady Marmalade" (Art Director: Bernadette Dus)
• Fatboy Slim — "Weapon of Choice" (Art Director: Val Wilt)
• Gorillaz — "Clint Eastwood" (Art Directors: Pete Candeland and Jamie Hewlett)

Best Editing in a Video

• Missy Elliott — "Get Ur Freak On" (Editors: Glen Bennett and Chris Davis)
• Fatboy Slim — "Weapon of Choice" (Editor: Eric Zumbrunnen)
• 'N Sync — "Pop" (Editors: Hal Honnesburg and Lance Perreta)
• U2 — "Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix)" (Editor: Joseph Kahn)

Best Cinematography in a Video

• Aerosmith — "Jaded" (Director of Photography: Thomas Kloss)
• Missy Elliott — "Get Ur Freak On" (Director of Photography: James Hawkinson)
• Eminem (featuring Dido) — "Stan" (Director of Photography: Darek Wolski)
• Fatboy Slim — "Weapon of Choice" (Director of Photography: Lance Acord)

MTV2 Award

• Craig David — "Fill Me In"
• Gorillaz — "Clint Eastwood"
• India.Arie — "Video"
• Jurassic 5 — "Quality Control"
• Alicia Keys — "Fallin'"
• Mudvayne — "Dig"

Viewer's Choice

• Backstreet Boys — "The Call"
• Destiny's Child — "Independent Women Part I"
• Eve (featuring Gwen Stefani) — "Let Me Blow Ya Mind"
• Limp Bizkit — "My Way"
• Nelly — "Ride wit Me"
• 'N Sync — "Pop"

International Viewer's Choice Awards

MTV Australia

• Aneiki — "Pleased to Meet You"
• The Avalanches — "Since I Left You"
• Fatt Dex (featuring MC Trey) — "Creepin'"
• Paul Mac — "Just the Thing"
• Superheist — "Step Back"

MTV Brasil

• Ana Carolina — "Quem de Nós Dois"
• Adriana Calcanhotto — "Devolva-Me"
• Wanessa Camargo — "O Amor Não Deixa"
• Catedral — "Eu Amo Mais Você"
• Charlie Brown Jr. — "Rubão, o Dono do Mundo"
• Patrícia Coelho — "O Meu Sangue Ferve por Você"
• Cogumelo Plutão — "Esperando na Janela"
• Falamansa — "Rindo à Toa/Xote dos Milagres"
• Jota Quest — "O Que Eu Também Não Entendo"
• KLB — "Ela Não Está Aqui"
• Maurício Manieri — "Primavera"
• Mary's Band — "Happy Birthday"
• Os Paralamas do Sucesso — "Aonde Quer Que Eu Vá"
• O Rappa — "O Que Sobrou do Céu"
• Rumbora — "O Mapa da Mina"
• Sandy & Junior — "A Lenda"
• Skank — "Balada do Amor Inabalável"
• Tihuana — "Que Vês?"
• Twister — "40 Graus"
• Jay Vaquer — "A Miragem"

MTV India (Hindi film category)

• Asha Bhosle, Sonu Niigaam and Sukhwinder Singh — "Kambakth Ishq"
• Sunidhi Chauhan, Jaspinder Narula and Shankar Mahadevan — "Bumbro"
• Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan — "Aaja Mahiya"
• Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, Sukhwinder Singh and Srinivas — "Mitwa"
• Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu and Udit Narayan — "Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hain Dil Se"

MTV India (Hindi pop category)

• Lucky Ali — "Tere Mere Saath"
• Colonial Cousins — "Guiding Star"
• Ustad Sultan Khan and K. S. Chithra — "Piya Basanti"
• Falguni Pathak — "Meri Chunar Udd Jaye"
• Shubha Mudgal — "Mann Ke Manjeere"

MTV Japan

• Chemistry — "Pieces of a Dream"
• Gospellers — "Towa Ni"
• Utada Hikaru — "Can You Keep a Secret?"
• L'Arc-en-Ciel — "Stay Away"
• Misia — "Rhythm Reflection"

MTV Korea

• Cho Sung Mo — "Do You Know?"
• g.o.d. — "Lie"
• Lee Seung Hwan — "Of You, for You"
• Park Ji-yoon — "Adult Ceremony"
• Position — "I Love You"

MTV Latin America (North)

• Control Machete (featuring Ely Guerra) — "Amores Perros (De Perros Amores)"
• Genitallica — "Imagina"
• La Ley — "Fuera de Mí"
• Paulina Rubio — "Y Yo Sigo Aquí"
• Alejandro Sanz — "El Alma al Aire"

MTV Latin America (Central)

• Chancho en Piedra — "Eligiendo una Reina"
• Dracma — "Hijo de Puta"
• La Ley — "Fuera de Mí"
• Paulina Rubio — "Y Yo Sigo Aquí"
• Stereo 3 — "Atrévete a Aceptarlo"

MTV Latin America (South)

• Catupecu Machu — "Y Lo Que Quiero Es Que Pises sin el Suelo"
• Natalia Oreiro — "Tu Veneno"
• Fito Páez — "El Diablo de Tu Corazón"
• Paulina Rubio — "Y Yo Sigo Aquí"
• Alejandro Sanz — "El Alma al Aire"

MTV Mandarin

• Gigi Leung — "The Price of Love"
• Liang Jing Ru — "Courage"
• Karen Mok — "Lazy to Bother"
• Sticky Rice — "Taekwondo"
• Stefanie Sun — "The Happiness That I Need"
• Jolin Tsai — "Fall in Love with a Street"
• Nicholas Tse — "Jade Butterfly"
• Leehom Wang — "Son of Dragon"
• Zhang Hui Mei — "One Night Stand"
• Jacky Cheung — "Complain for Reason"

MTV Russia

• Alsou — "Before You Love Me"
• t.A.T.u. — "Ya Soshla S Uma"
• Mumiy Troll — "Moya Pevitsa"

MTV Southeast Asia

• Black Maria — "Veto"
• Dome — "Pa Lao"
• Kyla — "Hanggang Ngayon"
• Naif — "Posessif"

Video Vanguard Award

• U2

Performances

Pre-show

Spears dancing with the snake.

• Alien Ant Farm — "Smooth Criminal"
• City High (featuring Eve) — "What Would You Do?"/"Caramel"

Main show

• Jennifer Lopez (featuring Ja Rule) — "Love Don't Cost a Thing"/"I'm Real (Murder Remix)"
• Linkin Park and The X-Ecutioners — "One Step Closer"
• Alicia Keys — "Für Elise"/"Fallin'"
• N'SYNC (featuring Michael Jackson) — "Pop"
• Daphne Aguilera — "Naughty Baby Did a No-No" (joke performance)
• Jay-Z (featuring choreography by Savion Glover) — "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)"
• Staind — "Fade"
• Missy Elliott (featuring Nelly Furtado, Ludacris and Trina) — "One Minute Man"/"Get Ur Freak On (remix)"
• U2 — "Elevation"/"Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of"
• Britney Spears — "I'm a Slave 4 U"

Appearances

• Christina Aguilera
• Backstreet Boys
• Milton Berle
• Mary J. Blige
• Britney Spears
• Jon Bon Jovi
• Busta Rhymes
• Nikka Costa
• Carson Daly
• Destiny's Child
• Sheryl Crow
• Daft Punk
• Andy Dick
• DMX
• Dream
• Dale Earnhardt Jr.
• Eve
• Will Ferrell
• Ginuwine
• Macy Gray
• Rashad Haughton
• Janet Jackson
• Mick Jagger
• Jewel
• Spike Jonze
• Chris Kattan
• Kid Rock
• Johnny Knoxville
• Ananda Lewis
• Lil'Kim
• Moby
• Mandy Moore
• Mudvayne
• Mýa
• Nelly
• OutKast
• P. Diddy
• Pink
• Dee Dee Ramone
• Johnny Ramone
• Marky Ramone
• Shakira
• Jessica Simpson
• Will Smith
• Snoop Dogg
• Julia Stiles
• Ben Stiller
• Gwen Stefani
• Tenacious D
• Timbaland
• Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
• Usher
• Mark Wahlberg
• Christopher Walken
• Estella Warren

External links

• Official MTV site
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