# 2001 Billboard Music Awards

Here are the finalists and winners at the 2001 Billboard Music Awards.

## Artist of the Year

* Destiny’s Child
* Jennifer Lopez
* Nelly
* Shaggy

## Female Artist of the Year

* Dido
* Alicia Keys
* Jennifer Lopez
* Janet Jackson

## Male Artist of the Year

* Ja Rule
* Lenny Kravitz
* Nelly
* Shaggy

## Artist of the Year – Duo/Group

* 112
* Destiny’s Child
* Lifehouse
* Train

## New Artist of the Year

* Dream
* Alicia Keys
* Lifehouse
* Linkin Park

## Album of the Year

* Backstreet Boys – Black & Blue
* The Beatles – 1
* Shaggy – Hotshot
* Various artists – Now That’s What I Call Music! Vol. 5

## Albums Artist of the Year

* Backstreet Boys
* The Beatles
* NSYNC
* Shaggy

## Male Albums Artist of the Year

* Ja Rule
* Tim McGraw
* Nelly
* Shaggy

## Female Albums Artist of the Year

* Enya
* Alicia Keys
* Sade
* Britney Spears

## Duo/Group Albums Artist of the Year

* Backstreet Boys
* The Beatles
* Limp Bizkit
* ’NSYNC

## Hot 100 Single of the Year

* Janet Jackson – "All for You"
* Alicia Keys – "Fallin'"
* Lifehouse – "Hanging by a Moment"
* Train – "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)"

## Hot 100 Singles Artist of the Year

* Destiny’s Child
* Janet Jackson
* Jennifer Lopez
* Matchbox Twenty

## Male Hot 100 Singles Artist of the Year

* Ja Rule
* Jay-Z
* Nelly
* Shaggy

## Female Hot 100 Singles Artist of the Year

* Faith Hill
* Janet Jackson
* Alicia Keys
* Jennifer Lopez

## Hot 100 Singles Artist of the Year – Duo/Group

* 112
* Destiny’s Child
* Lifehouse
* Matchbox Twenty

## R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year

* Ja Rule
* Jay-Z
* R. Kelly
* Musiq Soulchild

## Male R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year

* Ja Rule
* Jay-Z
* R. Kelly
* Musiq Soulchild

## Female R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year

* Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
* Eve
* Alicia Keys
* Jill Scott

## R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year – Duo/Group

* 112
* Destiny’s Child
* Jagged Edge
* Outkast

## New R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the Year

* Jaheim
* Alicia Keys
* Ludacris
* Musiq Soulchild

## R&B/Hip-Hop Album of the Year

* R. Kelly – TP-2.com
* Alicia Keys – Songs in A Minor
* Shaggy – Hot Shot
* Musiq Soulchild – Aijuswanaseing (I Just Want to Sing)

## R&B/Hip-Hop Single of the Year

* Case – "Missing You"
* Jagged Edge w/ Nelly – "Where the Party At"
* R. Kelly f/ Jay-Z – "Fiesta"
* Musiq Soulchild – "Love"

## Country Artist of the Year

* Kenny Chesney
* Toby Keith
* Tim McGraw
* Travis Tritt

## Male Country Artist of the Year

* Kenny Chesney
* Toby Keith
* Tim McGraw
* Travis Tritt

## Female Country Artist of the Year

* Sara Evans
* Jo Dee Messina
* Jamie O’Neal
* Lee Ann Womack

## Country Artist of the Year – Duo/Group

* Brooks & Dunn
* Diamond Rio
* Dixie Chicks
* Lonestar

## New Country Artist of the Year

* Jamie O’Neal
* Trick Pony
* Blake Shelton
* Cyndi Thomson

## Country Album of the Year

* Faith Hill – Breathe
* Tim McGraw – Greatest Hits
* Various artists – "Coyote Ugly" soundtrack
* Various artists – "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtrack

## Country Single of the Year

* Brooks & Dunn – "Ain’t Nothing ’Bout You"
* Kenny Chesney – "Don’t Happen Twice"
* Toby Keith – "You Shouldn’t Kiss Me Like This"
* Travis Tritt – "It’s a Great Day to Be Alive"

## Modern Rock Artist of the Year

* Fuel
* Incubus
* Linkin Park
* Staind

## Modern Rock Single of the Year

* Incubus – "Drive"
* Lifehouse – "Hanging by a Moment"
* Staind – "It’s Been Awhile"
* Tool – "Schism"

## Rock Artist of the Year

* 3 Doors Down
* Godsmack
* Linkin Park
* Staind

## Rock Single of the Year

* Fuel – "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)"
* Godsmack – "Awake"
* Staind – "It’s Been Awhile"
* Tool – "Schism"

## Rap Artist of the Year

* City High
* Lil’ Bow Wow
* Lil’ Romeo
* Outkast

## Rap Single of the Year

* City High – "What Would You Do?"
* Lil’ Bow Wow – "Bow Wow (That’s My Name)"
* Lil’ Romeo – "My Baby"
* Outkast – "Ms. Jackson"

## Special awards

* Century Award: John Mellencamp
* Artist Achievement Award: Janet Jackson
* Biggest one-week sales for an album in 2001: NSYNC, Celebrity (Jive)
* Special award for first four albums debuting at No. 1: DMX