2001 MTV Video Music Awards

2001 MTV Video Music Awards
Date	September 6, 2001
Venue(s)	Metropolitan Opera House, New York City
Host(s)	Jamie Foxx
Network	MTV

The 2001 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 6, 2001, honoring the best music videos from June 10, 2000, to June 8, 2001. The show was hosted by Jamie Foxx at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. This was the last awards show to be held prior to the attacks on the World Trade Center 5 days later.

Highlights of the show included a surprise appearance by Michael Jackson at the end of *NSYNC's performance and a controversial performance from Britney Spears, in which she danced 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. Andy Dick's character Daphne Aguilera attacked her "cousin" Christina Aguilera in the audience (obviously it was all a rehearsed joke). 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 before the ceremony aired. 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. Christina Aguilera, Lil'Kim, Mýa and Pink took home two awards, including the Video of the Year award, for the video of their collaborative rendition of "Lady Marmalade".

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

Moby (featuring Gwen Stefani) — "South Side"

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

Best Female Video

Eve (featuring Gwen Stefani) — "Let Me Blow Ya Mind"

• Dido — "Thank You"
• Missy Elliott — "Get Ur Freak On"
• Janet Jackson — "All for You"
• Jennifer Lopez — "Love Don't Cost a Thing"
• Madonna — "Don't Tell Me"

Best Group Video

'N Sync — "Pop"

• Dave Matthews Band — "I Did It"
• Destiny's Child — "Survivor"
• Incubus — "Drive"
• U2 — "Elevation (Tomb Raider Remix)"

Best New Artist in a Video

Alicia Keys — "Fallin'"

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

Best Pop Video

'N Sync — "Pop"

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

Best Rock Video

Limp Bizkit — "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)"

• Aerosmith — "Jaded"
• Linkin Park — "Crawling"
• Staind — "It's Been Awhile"
• Weezer — "Hash Pipe"

Best R&B Video

Destiny's Child — "Survivor"

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

Best Rap Video

Nelly — "Ride wit Me"

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

Best Hip-Hop Video

OutKast — "Ms. Jackson"

• The 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"

Best Dance Video

'N Sync — "Pop"

• 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"

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 & JoJo — "Crazy" (from Save the Last Dance)
• U2 — "Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix)" (from Lara Croft: Tomb Raider)

Breakthrough Video

Fatboy Slim — "Weapon of Choice"

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

Best Direction in a Video

Fatboy Slim — "Weapon of Choice" (Directors: Spike Jonze)

• Eminem (featuring Dido) — "Stan" (Directors: Dr. Dre and Phillip Atwell)
• 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

Fatboy Slim — "Weapon of Choice" (Choreographers: Michael Rooney, Spike Jonze and Christopher Walken)

• Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink — "Lady Marmalade" (Choreographer: Tina Landon)
• Janet Jackson — "All for You" (Choreographers: Shawnette Heard, Marty Kudelka and Roger Lee)
• Madonna — "Don't Tell Me" (Choreographer: Jamie King)

Best Special Effects in a Video

Robbie Williams — "Rock DJ" (Special Effects: Carter White FX, Audio Motion and Clear Post Production)

• Missy Elliott — "Get Ur Freak On" (Special Effects: Glenn Bennett)
• Fatboy Slim — "Weapon of Choice" (Special Effects: Ben Gibbs)
• U2 — "Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix)" (Special Effects: Pixel Envy and Chris Watts)

Best Art Direction in a Video

Fatboy Slim — "Weapon of Choice" (Art Director: Val Wilt)

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

Best Editing in a Video

Fatboy Slim — "Weapon of Choice" (Editor: Eric Zumbrunnen)

• Missy Elliott — "Get Ur Freak On" (Editor: Scott Richter)
• 'N Sync — "Pop" (Editor: Chrome)
• U2 — "Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix)" (Editor: Joseph Kahn)

Best Cinematography in a Video

Fatboy Slim — "Weapon of Choice" (Director of Photography: Lance Acord)

• 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)

MTV2 Award

Mudvayne — "Dig"

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

Viewer's Choice

'N Sync — "Pop"

• 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"

International Viewer's Choice Awards

MTV Australia

Paul Mac — "Just the Thing"

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

MTV Brasil

Charlie Brown Jr. — "Rubão, o Dono do Mundo"

• Ana Carolina — "Quem de Nós Dois"
• Adriana Calcanhotto — "Devolva-Me"
• Wanessa Camargo — "O Amor Não Deixa"
• Catedral — "Eu Amo Mais Você"
• 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 Nigam 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)

Sultan Khan and K. S. Chithra — "Piya Basanti"

• Lucky Ali — "Tere Mere Saath"
• Colonial Cousins — "Guiding Star"
• Falguni Pathak — "Meri Chunar Udd Jaye"
• Shubha Mudgal — "Mann Ke Manjeere"

MTV Japan

Hikaru Utada — "Can You Keep a Secret?"

• Chemistry — "Pieces of a Dream"
• Gospellers — "Towa Ni"
• L'Arc-en-Ciel — "Stay Away"
• Misia — "Rhythm Reflection"

MTV Korea

g.o.d. — "Lie"

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

MTV Latin America (North)

Alejandro Sanz — "El Alma al Aire"

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

MTV Latin America (Central)

Dracma — "Hijo de Puta"

• Chancho en Piedra — "Eligiendo una Reina"
• 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

Jolin Tsai — "Fall in Love with a Street"

• Jacky Cheung — "Complain for Reason"
• 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"
• Nicholas Tse — "Jade Butterfly"
• Leehom Wang — "Son of Dragon"
• Zhang Hui Mei — "One Night Stand"

MTV Russia

t.A.T.u. — "Ya Soshla S Uma"

• Alsou — "Before You Love Me"
• Mumiy Troll — "Moya Pevitsa"

MTV Southeast Asia

Kyla — "Hanggang Ngayon"

• Black Maria — "Veto"
• Dome — "Pa Lao"
• 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'"
• *NSYNC (featuring Michael Jackson) — "Pop"
• Daphne Aguilera — "Naughty Baby Did a No-No" (joke performance)
• Jay-Z — "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
• Michael Jackson

External links

• Official MTV site
• http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1448719/20010907/n_sync.jhtml