2001 MTV Video Music Awards

Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink (featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott) – "Lady Marmalade"

• Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott – "Get Ur Freak On"
• Eminem (featuring Dido) – "Stan"
• Fatboy Slim – "Weapon of Choice"
• Janet Jackson – "All for You"
• U2 – "Beautiful Day"

Moby (featuring Gwen Stefani) – "South Side"

• Eminem (featuring Dido) – "Stan"
• Lenny Kravitz – "Again"
• Nelly – "Ride wit Me"
• Robbie Williams – "Rock DJ"

Eve (featuring Gwen Stefani) – "Let Me Blow Ya Mind"

• Dido – "Thank You"
• Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott – "Get Ur Freak On"
• Janet Jackson – "All for You"
• Jennifer Lopez – "Love Don't Cost a Thing"
• Madonna – "Don't Tell Me"

'N Sync – "Pop"

• Destiny's Child – "Survivor"
• Incubus – "Drive"
• Dave Matthews Band – "I Did It"
• U2 – "Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix)"

Alicia Keys – "Fallin'"

• Coldplay – "Yellow"
• Nikka Costa – "Like a Feather"
• David Gray – "Babylon"
• Sum 41 – "Fat Lip"

'N Sync – "Pop"

• Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink (featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott) – "Lady Marmalade"
• Backstreet Boys – "The Call"
• Destiny's Child – "Survivor"
• Britney Spears – "Stronger"

Limp Bizkit – "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)"

• Aerosmith – "Jaded"
• Linkin Park – "Crawling"
• Staind – "It's Been Awhile"
• Weezer – "Hash Pipe"

Destiny's Child – "Survivor"

• 112 – "Peaches & Cream"
• Sunshine Anderson – "Heard It All Before"
• R. Kelly – "I Wish"
• Jill Scott – "Gettin' In the Way"

Nelly – "Ride wit Me"

• Eminem (featuring Dido) – "Stan"
• Ja Rule (featuring Lil' Mo and Vita) – "Put It on Me"
• Jay-Z – "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)"
• Snoop Dogg (featuring Master P, Nate Dogg, Butch Cassidy and Tha Eastsidaz) – "Lay Low"

OutKast – "Ms. Jackson"

• The Black Eyed Peas (featuring Macy Gray) – "Request + Line"
• City High – "What Would You Do?"
• Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott – "Get Ur Freak On"
• Eve (featuring Gwen Stefani) – "Let Me Blow Ya Mind"

'N Sync – "Pop"

• Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink (featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott) – "Lady Marmalade"
• Fatboy Slim – "Weapon of Choice"
• Janet Jackson – "All for You"
• Jennifer Lopez – "Love Don't Cost a Thing"

Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink (featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott) – "Lady Marmalade" (from Moulin Rouge!)

• Destiny's Child – "Independent Women Part I" (from Charlie's Angels)
• DMX – "No Sunshine" (from Exit Wounds)
• K-Ci & JoJo – "Crazy" (from Save the Last Dance)
• U2 – "Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix)" (from Lara Croft: Tomb Raider)

Fatboy Slim – "Weapon of Choice"

• Common (featuring Macy Gray) – "Geto Heaven (remix)"
• Gorillaz – "Clint Eastwood"
• 'N Sync – "Pop"
• R.E.M. – "Imitation of Life"
• Robbie Williams – "Rock DJ"

Fatboy Slim – "Weapon of Choice" (Director: Spike Jonze)

• Eminem (featuring Dido) – "Stan" (Directors: Dr. Dre and Phillip Atwell)
• Linkin Park – "Crawling" (Directors: Brothers Strause)
• OutKast – "Ms. Jackson" (Director: F. Gary Gray)
• R.E.M. – "Imitation of Life" (Director: Garth Jennings)

Fatboy Slim – "Weapon of Choice" (Choreographers: Michael Rooney, Spike Jonze and Christopher Walken)

• Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink (featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott) – "Lady Marmalade" (Choreographer: Tina Landon)
• Janet Jackson – "All for You" (Choreographers: Shawnette Heard, Marty Kudelka and Roger Lee)
• Madonna – "Don't Tell Me" (Choreographer: Jamie King)

Robbie Williams – "Rock DJ" (Special Effects: Carter White FX, Audio Motion and Clear Post Production)

• Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott – "Get Ur Freak On" (Special Effects: Glenn Bennett)
• Fatboy Slim – "Weapon of Choice" (Special Effects: Ben Gibbs)
• U2 – "Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix)" (Special Effects: Pixel Envy and Chris Watts)

Fatboy Slim – "Weapon of Choice" (Art Director: Val Wilt)

• Aerosmith – "Jaded" (Art Director: Laura Fox)
• Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink (featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott) – "Lady Marmalade" (Art Director: Bernadette Dus)
• Gorillaz – "Clint Eastwood" (Art Directors: Pete Candeland and Jamie Hewlett)

Fatboy Slim – "Weapon of Choice" (Editor: Eric Zumbrunnen)

• Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott – "Get Ur Freak On" (Editor: Scott Richter)
• 'N Sync – "Pop" (Editor: Chrome)
• U2 – "Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix)" (Editor: Joseph Kahn)

Fatboy Slim – "Weapon of Choice" (Director of Photography: Lance Acord)

• Aerosmith – "Jaded" (Director of Photography: Thomas Kloss)
• Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott – "Get Ur Freak On" (Director of Photography: James Hawkinson)
• Eminem (featuring Dido) – "Stan" (Director of Photography: Dariusz Wolski)

Mudvayne – "Dig"

• Craig David – "Fill Me In"
• Gorillaz – "Clint Eastwood"
• India.Arie – "Video"
• Jurassic 5 – "Quality Control"
• Alicia Keys – "Fallin'"

'N Sync – "Pop"

• Backstreet Boys – "The Call"
• Destiny's Child – "Independent Women Part I"
• Eve (featuring Gwen Stefani) – "Let Me Blow Ya Mind"
• Limp Bizkit – "My Way"
• Nelly – "Ride wit Me"

Paul Mac – "Just the Thing"

• Aneiki – "Pleased to Meet You"
• The Avalanches – "Since I Left You"
• Fatt Dex (featuring MC Trey) – "Creepin'"
• Superheist – "Step Back"

Charlie Brown Jr. – "Rubão, o Dono do Mundo"

• Ana Carolina – "Quem de Nós Dois"
• Adriana Calcanhotto – "Devolva-Me"
• Wanessa Camargo – "O Amor Não Deixa"
• Catedral – "Eu Amo Mais Você"
• Patrícia Coelho – "O Meu Sangue Ferve por Você"
• Cogumelo Plutão – "Esperando na Janela"
• Falamansa – "Rindo à Toa/Xote dos Milagres"
• Jota Quest – "O Que Eu Também Não Entendo"
• KLB – "Ela Não Está Aqui"
• Maurício Manieri – "Primavera"
• Mary's Band – "Happy Birthday"
• Os Paralamas do Sucesso – "Aonde Quer Que Eu Vá"
• O Rappa – "O Que Sobrou do Céu"
• Rumbora – "O Mapa da Mina"
• Sandy & Junior – "A Lenda"
• Skank – "Balada do Amor Inabalável"
• Tihuana – "Que Vês?"
• Twister – "40 Graus"
• Jay Vaquer – "A Miragem"[1]

Asha Bhosle, Sonu Nigam and Sukhwinder Singh – "Kambakth Ishq"

• Sunidhi Chauhan, Jaspinder Narula and Shankar Mahadevan – "Bumbro"
• Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan – "Aaja Mahiya"
• Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan, Sukhwinder Singh and Srinivas – "Mitwa"
• Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu and Udit Narayan – "Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hain Dil Se"

Sultan Khan and K. S. Chithra – "Piya Basanti"

• Lucky Ali – "Tere Mere Saath"
• Colonial Cousins – "Guiding Star"
• Falguni Pathak – "Meri Chunar Udd Jaye"
• Shubha Mudgal – "Mann Ke Manjeere"

Hikaru Utada – "Can You Keep a Secret?"

• Chemistry – "Pieces of a Dream"
• Gospellers – "Towa Ni"
• L'Arc-en-Ciel – "Stay Away"
• Misia – "Rhythm Reflection"

g.o.d – "Lie"

• Cho Sung Mo – "Do You Know?"
• Lee Seung-Hwan – "Of You, for You"
• Park Ji-yoon – "Adult Ceremony"
• Position – "I Love You"

Alejandro Sanz – "El Alma al Aire"

• Control Machete (featuring Ely Guerra) – "Amores Perros (De Perros Amores)"
• Genitallica – "Imagina"
• La Ley – "Fuera de Mí"
• Paulina Rubio – "Y Yo Sigo Aquí"

Dracma – "Hijo de Puta"

• Chancho en Piedra – "Eligiendo una Reina"
• La Ley – "Fuera de Mí"
• Paulina Rubio – "Y Yo Sigo Aquí"
• Stereo 3 – "Atrévete a Aceptarlo"

Catupecu Machu – "Y Lo Que Quiero Es Que Pises sin el Suelo"

• Natalia Oreiro – "Tu Veneno"
• Fito Páez – "El Diablo de Tu Corazón"
• Paulina Rubio – "Y Yo Sigo Aquí"
• Alejandro Sanz – "El Alma al Aire"

Jolin Tsai – "Fall in Love with a Street"

• Jacky Cheung – "Complain for Reason"
• Gigi Leung – "The Price of Love"
• Liang Jing Ru – "Courage"
• Karen Mok – "Lazy to Bother"
• Sticky Rice – "Taekwondo"
• Stefanie Sun – "The Happiness That I Need"
• Nicholas Tse – "Jade Butterfly"
• Leehom Wang – "Son of Dragon"
• Zhang Hui Mei – "One Night Stand"

t.A.T.u. – "Ya Soshla S Uma"

• Alsou – "Before You Love Me"
• Mumiy Troll – "Moya Pevitsa"

Kyla – "Hanggang Ngayon"

• Black Maria – "Veto"
• Dome – "Pa Lao"
• Naif – "Posessif"

U2

Spears' iconic performance with an albino Burmese python. The performance garnered negative criticism from PETA.

• Alien Ant Farm – "Smooth Criminal"
• City High (featuring Eve) – "What Would You Do?"/"Caramel"

• Jennifer Lopez (featuring Ja Rule) – "Love Don't Cost a Thing"/"I'm Real (Murder Remix)"
• Linkin Park and The X-Ecutioners – "One Step Closer"
• Alicia Keys – "Für Elise"/"Fallin'"
• NSYNC (featuring Michael Jackson) – "Pop"
• Jay-Z – "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)"
• Staind – "Fade"
• Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott (featuring Nelly Furtado, Ludacris and Trina) – "Get Ur Freak On (remix)"/"One Minute Man"
• U2 – "Elevation"/"Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of"
• Britney Spears – "I'm a Slave 4 U"

• Chris Connelly and Gideon Yago – announced the winners of the professional categories and Breakthrough Video

• Bond – performed during Jamie Foxx's opening number
• Backstreet Boys – presented Best Hip-Hop Video
• Will Ferrell – parodied the Tim Commerford incident from the 2000 VMAs
• Destiny's Child – presented Best Direction in a Video
• Janet Jackson – introduced a tribute to Aaliyah
• Missy Elliott, Timbaland, Ginuwine and Rashad Haughton – paid tribute to late singer Aaliyah
• Jessica Simpson, Mandy Moore and Dream – presented Best Dance Video
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. – introduced Linkin Park
• Julia Stiles and Chris Kattan – performed an "interpretive dance" to the Viewer's Choice Award nominees
• Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink – presented Best Male Video
• Will Smith – presented Best Female Video
• Nelly, Macy Gray and Mary J. Blige – presented Best New Artist in a Video
• Christopher Walken – introduced 'N Sync
• Moby, Eve and Gwen Stefani – presented the MTV2 Award
• Andy Dick (as "Daphne Aguilera") – performed a snippet of "Naughty Baby Did a No-No" (Viewer's Choice Award vignette)
• Tenacious D – presented Best Group Video
• Usher and Estella Warren – presented Best R&B Video
• DMX and Mark Wahlberg – introduced Staind
• P. Diddy and Ben Stiller – presented Best Rap Video
• Triumph the Insult Comic Dog – appeared in a vignette about the Viewer's Choice Award
• Nikka Costa and Sheryl Crow – presented Best Pop Video
• Shakira and Busta Rhymes – introduced Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, Ludacris, Nelly Furtado and Trina
• Jon Bon Jovi and Jewel – presented Best Video from a Film
• Carson Daly – presented the Video Vanguard Award
• Ramones (Johnny, Marky and C.J.) – received a tribute from U2 during their Video Vanguard acceptance speech
• Johnny Knoxville and Snoop Dogg – presented Best Rock Video
• Ananda Lewis – presented Viewer's Choice with the winners of MTV's "Last Fans Standing" contest
• OutKast – introduced Britney Spears
• Kid Rock and Mick Jagger – presented Video of the Year
• Bhagavan Antle was on stage with a tiger during Britney Spears' live performance of I'm a Slave 4 U.[2]