2001 MTV Video Music Awards


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 also the last awards show to be held prior to the September 11 attacks, which occurred five days later, and it featured the World Trade Center towers in Limp Bizkit's winning rock video.
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 portrayed a fictional cousin of Christina Aguilera, Daphne Aguilera, who, in a skit, "attacked" Aguilera in the audience. The show also featured memorials for Aaliyah and Joey Ramone. 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. NSYNC's "Pop" took home four awards. Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa, Pink and Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott took home two awards, including the Video of the Year award, for 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"
Moby – "South Side"
Eve – "Let Me Blow Ya Mind"
'N Sync – "Pop"
Alicia Keys – "Fallin'"
'N Sync – "Pop"
Limp Bizkit – "Rollin' "
'''Destiny's Child – "Survivor"
Nelly – "Ride wit Me"
OutKast – "Ms. Jackson"
'N Sync – "Pop"
Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink – "Lady Marmalade"
Fatboy Slim – "Weapon of Choice"
Fatboy Slim – "Weapon of Choice"
Fatboy Slim – "Weapon of Choice"
Robbie Williams – "Rock DJ"
Fatboy Slim – "Weapon of Choice"
Fatboy Slim – "Weapon of Choice"
Fatboy Slim – "Weapon of Choice"
Mudvayne – "Dig"
'N Sync – "Pop"

[MTV Australia]

Paul Mac – "Just the Thing"
Charlie Brown Jr. – "Rubão, o Dono do Mundo"
Asha Bhosle, Sonu Nigam and Sukhwinder Singh – "Kambakth Ishq"
Sultan Khan and K. S. Chithra – "Piya Basanti"
Hikaru Utada – "Can You Keep a Secret?"
g.o.d – "Lie"
Alejandro Sanz – "El Alma al Aire"
Dracma – "Hijo de Puta"
Catupecu Machu – "Y Lo Que Quiero Es Que Pises sin el Suelo"
Jolin Tsai – "Fall in Love with a Street"
t.A.T.u. – "Ya Soshla S Uma"
Kyla – "Hanggang Ngayon"
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Performances

Pre-show

Pre-show