2001 MTV Europe Music Awards explained

2001 MTV Europe Music Awards
Date:8 November 2001
Location:The Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany
Host:Sacha Baron Cohen as Ali G
Network:MTV Networks International (Europe)
Previous:2000
Next:2002

The 2001 MTV Europe Music Awards were held in The Festhalle, Frankfurt. The ceremony attracted the largest television audience for the awards until 2007 and was one of the first entertainment broadcasts following the September 11 attacks in New York City.

Performances included Blink-182 with "First Date", Depeche Mode with "Never Let Me Down Again", Rammstein with "Ich Will" and Kylie Minogue with "Can't Get You Out of My Head". Jay-Z performed his track "Girls, Girls, Girls" and Craig David took to the stage with a version of "Walking Away" that sampled U2's "One".

The presenter line up included actress Christina Ricci, girl group Atomic Kitten, Nelly Furtado, Sugababes and Claudia Schiffer.

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Best SongBest Video
Gorillaz (featuring Del tha Funkee Homosapien) — "Clint Eastwood" The Avalanches — "Since I Left You"
Best Album
Limp Bizkit — Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water
Best FemaleBest Male
Jennifer Lopez
  • Dido
  • Janet Jackson
  • Madonna
  • Mariah Carey
Robbie Williams
Best GroupBest New Act
Limp Bizkit Dido
Best PopBest Dance
Anastacia Gorillaz
Best RockBest R&B
Blink-182 Craig David
Best Hip-HopWeb Award
Eminem Limp Bizkit (www.limpbizkit.com)
Free Your Mind
Treatment Action Campaign

Regional nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Best Dutch ActBest French Act
Kane Manu Chao
Best German ActBest Italian Act
Samy Deluxe Elisa
Best Nordic ActBest Polish Act
Safri Duo Kasia Kowalska
Best Russian ActBest Spanish Act
Alsou La Oreja de Van Gogh
Best UK & Ireland Act
Craig David

Performances

Appearances

See also

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