# 2001 MTV Europe Music Awards

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 Song | Best Video |
| Gorillaz (featuring Del tha Funkee Homosapien) — "Clint Eastwood" Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink — "Lady Marmalade" Crazy Town — "Butterfly" Destiny's Child — "Survivor" Eminem (featuring Dido) — "Stan" | The Avalanches — "Since I Left You" Fatboy Slim (featuring Bootsy Collins) — "Weapon of Choice" Gorillaz (featuring Del tha Funkee Homosapien) — "Clint Eastwood" Outkast — "Ms. Jackson" Robbie Williams — "Supreme" |
| Best Album | |
| Limp Bizkit — Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water Dido — No Angel Madonna — Music Travis — The Invisible Band U2 — All That You Can't Leave Behind | |
| Best Female | Best Male |
| Jennifer Lopez Dido Janet Jackson Madonna Mariah Carey | Robbie Williams Craig David Eminem Ricky Martin Shaggy |
| Best Group | Best New Act |
| Limp Bizkit Destiny's Child Gorillaz R.E.M. U2 | Dido Craig David Gorillaz Nelly Furtado Wheatus |
| Best Pop | Best Dance |
| Anastacia Atomic Kitten Britney Spears NSYNC Shaggy | Gorillaz Basement Jaxx Daft Punk Faithless Roger Sanchez |
| Best Rock | Best R&B |
| Blink-182 Crazy Town Limp Bizkit Linkin Park U2 | Craig David Destiny's Child Janet Jackson Outkast Wyclef Jean |
| Best Hip-Hop | Web Award |
| Eminem D12 Missy Elliott Outkast P. Diddy | Limp Bizkit (www.limpbizkit.com) Daft Punk (www.daftpunk.com) Depeche Mode (www.depechemode.com) Gorillaz (www.gorillaz.com) U2 (www.u2.com) |
| Free Your Mind ||
| Treatment Action Campaign ||

## Regional nominations

Winners are in bold text.
| Best Dutch Act | Best French Act |
| Kane Anouk Bastian Brainpower Johan | Manu Chao Daft Punk Demon St. Germain The Supermen Lovers |
| Best German Act | Best Italian Act |
| Samy Deluxe Die Ärzte Echt No Angels Rammstein | Elisa Marlene Kuntz Neffa Valeria Rossi Tiromancino |
| Best Nordic Act | Best Polish Act |
| Safri Duo Briskeby Emmi Eskobar Titiyo | Kasia Kowalska Fiolka Reni Jusis Myslovitz Smolik |
| Best Russian Act | Best Spanish Act |
| Alsou Bi-2 Mumiy Troll t.A.T.u. Zemfira | La Oreja de Van Gogh Jarabe de Palo Los Piratas Najwa Alejandro Sanz |
| Best UK & Ireland Act | |
| Craig David Artful Dodger Feeder Gorillaz S Club 7 | |

## Performances

* Kylie Minogue — "Can't Get You Out of My Head"
* Dido — "Hunter"
* Basement Jaxx — "Where's Your Head At"
* Blink-182 — "First Date"
* Craig David — "Walking Away"
* Mary J. Blige — "Family Affair"
* Jay-Z — "Izzo (H.O.V.A.) / Girls, Girls, Girls"
* Depeche Mode — "Never Let Me Down Again"
* Fred Durst, Wes Scantlin and Jimmy Page — "Thank You"
* Rammstein — "Ich Will"
* R.E.M. — "Imitation Of Life"
* Travis — "Side"

## Appearances

* Ben Stiller and Claudia Schiffer — presented Best Group
* Heidi Klum and Boris Becker — presented Best R&B
* Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Bomfunk MC's — presented Best Dance
* Emma Bunton and Eddy Grant — presented Best Male
* Kelis and Gavin Rossdale — presented Best Female
* Pink and Pedro Almodóvar — presented Best Video
* Sugababes and Roger Sanchez — presented The Web Award
* Alicia Keys and Brendan B. Brown — presented Best Song
* Xavier Naidoo and Nelly Furtado — presented Best Hip-Hop
* Nina Persson and Herbert Gronemeyer — presented Best Pop
* Joshua Jackson — presented Free Your Mind Award
* Shaggy and Andrea Corr — presented Best New Act
* Atomic Kitten and Ronan Keating — presented Best Rock
* Christina Ricci — presented Best Album