- 2001 MTV Video Music Awards
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show_name = 2001 MTV Video Music Awards
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produced by = MTV
country = USA
network = MTV
first_run =September 6 ,2001
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website = http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/past-vmas/2001/
starring =Jamie Foxx The 2001
MTV Video Music Awards aired live onSeptember 6 ,2001 , honoring the bestmusic videos fromJuly 1 ,2000 toJune 30 ,2001 . The show was hosted byJamie Foxx at theMetropolitan Opera House inNew York City .Highlights of the show included a surprise appearance by
Michael Jackson at the end ofN'SYNC 's performance and a controversial performance fromBritney Spears , in which she danced seductively while utilizing a host of live animals, including a large albino snake.Macy Gray wore a dress with a promotional message, instructing viewers to buy her new album. The show also featured memorials forAaliyah andJoey 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 actorChristopher Walken . N'SYNC's "Pop" took home four awards. Notably,Gwen Stefani won two awards for her collaborations with Eve andMoby .Nominations
Winners are in bold text.
Video of the Year
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Christina Aguilera ,Lil' Kim ,Mýa & Pink (featuringMissy Elliott ) — "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
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Eminem (featuring Dido) — "Stan"
*Lenny Kravitz — "Again"
*Moby (featuringGwen Stefani ) — "South Side"
* Nelly — "Ride Wit Me "
*Robbie Williams — "Rock DJ"Best Female Video
* Dido — "Thank You"
*Missy Elliott — "Get Ur Freak On "
* Eve (featuringGwen 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
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Dave Matthews Band — "I Did It "
*Destiny's Child — "Survivor"
* Incubus — "Drive"
*'N Sync — "Pop"
*U2 — "Beautiful Day "Best New Artist in a Video
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Coldplay — "Yellow"
*Nikka Costa — "Like a Feather"
* David Gray — "Babylon"
*Alicia Keys — "Fallin' "
*Sum 41 — "Fat Lip "Best Pop Video
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Christina Aguilera ,Lil' Kim ,Mýa & Pink (featuringMissy Elliott ) — "Lady Marmalade"
*Backstreet Boys — "The Call"
*Destiny's Child — "Survivor"
*'N Sync — "Pop"
*Britney Spears — "Stronger"Best Rock Video
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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
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Eminem (featuring Dido) — "Stan"
*Ja Rule (featuringLil' Mo and Vita) — "Put It on Me"
*Jay-Z — "I Just Wanna Luv U (Give It 2 Me) "
* Nelly — "Ride Wit Me "
*Snoop Dogg (featuringMaster P ,Nate Dogg , Butch Cassidy andTha Eastsidaz ) — "Lay Low"Best Hip-Hop Video
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Black Eyed Peas (featuringMacy Gray ) — "Request Line "
*City High — "What Would You Do?"
*Missy Elliott — "Get Ur Freak On "
* Eve (featuringGwen Stefani ) — "Let Me Blow Ya Mind "
*OutKast — "Ms. Jackson "Best Dance Video
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Christina Aguilera ,Lil' Kim ,Mýa & Pink (featuringMissy Elliott ) — "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
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Christina Aguilera ,Lil' Kim ,Mýa & Pink (featuringMissy Elliott ) — "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 "")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
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Eminem (featuring Dido) — "Stan" (Directors:Dr. Dre andPhillip 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
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Christina Aguilera ,Lil' Kim ,Mýa & Pink (featuringMissy Elliott ) — "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
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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
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Aerosmith — "Jaded" (Art Director: Laura Fox)
*Christina Aguilera ,Lil' Kim ,Mýa & Pink (featuringMissy Elliott ) — "Lady Marmalade" (Art Director: Bernadette Dus)
*Fatboy Slim — "Weapon of Choice" (Art Director: Val Wilt)
*Gorillaz — "Clint Eastwood" (Art Directors: Pete Candeland andJamie Hewlett )Best Editing in a Video
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Missy Elliott — "Get Ur Freak On " (Editors: Glen Bennett and Chris Davis)
*Fatboy Slim — "Weapon of Choice" (Editor: Eric Zumbrennen)
*N'SYNC — "Pop" (Editors: Hal Honnesburg and Lance Perreta)
*U2 — "Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix)" (Editor:Joseph Kahn )Best Cinematography in a Video
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Aerosmith — "Jaded" (Director of Photography: Thomas Kloss)
*Missy Elliott — "Get Ur Freak On " (Director of Photography: Darek Wolski)
*Eminem (featuring Dido) — "Stan" (Director of Photography: James Hawkinson)
*Fatboy Slim — "Weapon of Choice" (Director of Photography:Lance Acord )MTV2 Award
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Craig David — "Fill Me In "
*Gorillaz — "Clint Eastwood"
*India.Arie — "Video"
*Jurassic 5 — "Quality Control"
*Alicia Keys — "Fallin' "
*Mudvayne — "Dig"Viewer's Choice
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Backstreet Boys — "The Call"
*Destiny's Child — "Independent Women Part I "
* Eve (featuringGwen 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"
*O Rappa — "O Que Sobrou do Céu"
*Os Paralamas do Sucesso — "Aonde Quer Que Eu Vá"
*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 andSukhwinder Singh — "Kambakth Ishq"
*Sunidhi Chauhan ,Jaspinder Narula andShankar Mahadevan — "Bumbro"
*Alka Yagnik andUdit Narayan — "Aaja Mahiya"
*Alka Yagnik ,Udit Narayan ,Sukhwinder Singh andSrinivas — "Mitwa"
*Alka Yagnik ,Kumar Sanu andUdit 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 andK. 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 (featuringEly 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 Liang — "Love Price"
* 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"
* Wang Lee Hom — "Son of Dragon"
* Zhang Hui Mei — "One Night Stand"
* Jacky Zhang — "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
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U2 Performances
Pre-show
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Alien Ant Farm — "Smooth Criminal"
*City High (featuring Eve) — "What Would You Do?"/"Caramel"Main show
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Jennifer Lopez (featuringJa Rule ) — "Love Don't Cost a Thing"/"I'm Real (Murder Remix)"
*Linkin Park andThe X-Ecutioners — "One Step Closer"
*Alicia Keys — "Für Elise "/"Fallin' "
*N'SYNC (featuringMichael Jackson ) — "Pop"
* Daphne Aguilera — "Naughty Baby Did a No-No" (joke performance)
*Jay-Z (featuring choreography bySavion Glover ) — "Izzo (H.O.V.A.) "
*Staind — "Fade"
*Missy Elliott (featuringNelly Furtado ,Ludacris andTrina ) — "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
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Christina Aguilera
*Backstreet Boys
*Milton Berle
*Mary J. Blige
*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
* [http://www.mtv.com/ Official MTV site]
* [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1448719/20010907/n_sync.jhtml]
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