2001 MTV Video Music Awards

2001 MTV Video Music Awards
2001 MTV Video Music Awards
Date	Thursday, September 6, 2001
Location	Metropolitan Opera House, New York City
Country	United States
Hosted by	Jamie Foxx
Most awards	Fatboy Slim (6)
Most nominations	Fatboy Slim (9)
Website	http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/past-vmas/2001/
Television/radio coverage
Network	MTV
Produced by	Alex Coletti ; Salli Frattini ; Dave Sirulnick
Directed by	Beth McCarthy-Miller

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.

Highlights of the show included a surprise appearance by Michael Jackson at the end of NSYNC's performance and an iconic performance from Britney Spears, in which she danced to "I'm a Slave 4 U" while utilizing a host of live animals, including an Albino python 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".

The World Trade Center towers that featured in Limp Bizkit's winning rock video were destroyed in the September 11 attacks five days later.