2001 in music

See also: 2000 in music, other events of 2001, 2002 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

• February - Rush records Vapor Trails, which will be a blockbuster album on May 14, 2002
• February 9 - Don Felder files a lawsuit against the Eagles after being kicked out of the band
• February 13 - Peter Frampton receives the Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award
• February 25 - N'Sync is featured on an episode of The Simpsons entitled "New Kids On The Blecch"
• March 1 - Collin Raye is awarded the Artist Humanitarian Award from Country Radio Broadcasters Inc. The award was given in recognition of Raye's work on behalf of a number of different charitable organizations including Child help USA, USA Weekend's Make a Difference Day and the Native American organization Hecel Oyakapi.
• Concert For New York: A Tribute To Heroes airs on VH1, with performances by Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Billy Joel and others.
• March 14 - The Court of Appeals in Rome finds Michael Jackson "not guilty" of plagiarism, reversing a decision made in 1999 by a lower court. Italian songwriter Albano Carrisi had claimed that Jackson's "Will You Be There" was a copy of his song "I Cigni Di Balaka."
• April 4 - Original Zombies lead singer Colin Blunstone and keyboardist Rod Argent, reunite for a two part performance at London's Jazz Cafe. This was the first time the two band members performed together in over 30 years.
• May - Bad Religion leaves Atlantic Records, signs a contract with Epitaph Records.
• Mariah Carey makes a number of unusual public appearances, including an unscheduled visit to MTV's Total Request Live. Rumors fly that the star had a mental breakdown.
• Area One music festival brings together a variety of acts including Moby, Incubus, Outkast, New Order, Nelly Furtado, The Roots, Rinocerose, Paul Oakenfold, and Carl Cox.
• Napster's popularity peaks
• Tool returns
• Audioslave forms
• Zebra forms again
• Revolution forms
• Zwan forms

Albums Released

• Just Push Play - Aerosmith
• 10,000 Hz Legend - Air
• ANThology - Alien Ant Farm
• Underground Network - Anti-Flag
• End Is Forever - The Ataris
• Relationship of Command - At the Drive-In
• The Process Of Belief - Bad Religion
• Lions - The Black Crowes
• Take Off Your Pants And Jacket - Blink-182
• Wake Up And Smell The Coffee - The Cranberries
• Weathered - Creed
• The Sickness - The Disturbed
• Sing Loud, Sing Proud - Dropkick Murphys
• Sinner - Drowning Pool
• Suburban Blight - F-Minus
• Standards and Practices - Face to Face
• We Love Gas - Face to Face
• Lars Frederiksen & The Bastards - Lars Frederiksen
• Break This Fall - Filmmaker
• The Argument - Fugazi
• International SuperHits! - Green Day
• International SuperVideos! - Green Day (DVD Relese)
• Warning: - Green Day
• Covered With Ants - Guttermouth
• Live Insurrection - Rob Halford
• Everynight Fire Works - Hey Mercedes
• Scattered, Smothered and Covered - Hootie & the Blowfish
• Morning View - Incubus
• Jimmy Eat World - Jimmy Eat World
• Arrival - Journey
• The Essential Journey - Journey
• Demolition - Judas Priest
• Cocky - Kid Rock
• Lenny - Lenny Kravitz
• Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park
• V / Ecstatic Fanatic - Live
• Atomic - Lit
• Wonders of the World - Long Beach Dub Allstars
• Word Of Mouf - Ludacris
• Greatest Hits - Tim McGraw
• The World Needs A Hero - Megadeth
• Destination Unknown - Mest
• God Says No - Monster Magnet
• The Big Combo - New Bomb Turks
• Silver Side Up - Nickelback
• Rock Steady - No Doubt
• Surfer - NOFX
• Conspiracy Of One - The Offspring
• Down To Earth - Ozzy Osbourne
• Land Of The Free? - Pennywise
• Anyone's For Doomsday - Powerman 5000
• Freaked Out and Small - Presidents of the United States of America
• Come Clean - Puddle Of Mudd
• Renegades - Rage Against the Machine
• Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Revolving Around The World - Revolution
• My Heart Is In Your Hands - Revolution
• The Better Youth Years - 7 Seconds
• Laundry Service - Shakira
• God Hates Us All - Slayer
• IOWA - Slipknot
• Pretty Together - Sloan
• Greatest Hits (2-Disc) - The Smashing Pumpkins
• Spy Kids 1 - Soundtrack
• Break The Cycle - Staind
• Sound-Dust - Stereolab
• Start Static - Sugarcult
• All Killer No Filler - Sum 41
• Toxicity-- System of a Down
• Gift - Taproot
• From Chaos - 311
• Full Collapse - Thursday
• Lateralus - Tool
• Communication & Conviction: Last Seven Years - The Tossers
• Fuel For Life - The Turbo AC's
• Product Of Television - UP SyNDROME
• Uptown Sinclair - Uptown Sinclair
• Look What I Almost Stepped In! - The Vandals
• Weezer (2001) - Weezer
• White Blood Cells - The White Stripes
• The Sinister Urge - Rob Zombie

Top Hits

• "Aera Codes" - Ludacris
• "Ain't Nothing 'Bout You" - Brooks and Dunn
• "Bout Dat" - Master P
• "Chop Suey!" - System of a Down
• "Control" - Puddle Of Mudd
• "Crawling" - Linkin Park
• "Danger (Been So Long)" - Mystikal
• "Forever" - Kid Rock
• "Hash Pipe" - Weezer
• "Hey Baby" - No Doubt
• "I Cry" - Ja Rule
• "I Hope You Dance" - Lee Ann Womack
• "In The End" - Linkin Park
• "Island In The Sun" - Weezer
• "Jupiter" - Presidents of the United States of America
• "Last Nite" - The Strokes
• "Million Miles Away" - The Offspring
• "My Baby" - Lil Romeo
• "My Way" - Limp Bizkit
• "One Step Closer" - Linkin Park
• "Original Prankster" - The Offspring
• "Put It On Me" - Ja Rule
• "Revolving Around The World" - Revolution
• "The Rock Show" - Blink-182
• "Sorrow" - Bad Religion
• "Souljas" - Master P
• "Spy Kids Theme" - Fonda
• "Suerte" - Shakira
• "Survivor" - Destiny's Child
• "That Smut" - Smut Peddlers
• "Too Little Too Late" - Barenaked Ladies
• "Want You Bad" - The Offspring
• "Whenever Wherever" - Shakira
• "Wish You Were Here" - Incubus

Top 10 Selling Albums of the Year

1. Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
2. Shaggy - Hotshot
3. NSYNC - No Strings Attached
4. Enya - A Day Without Rain
5. Staind - Break The Cycle
6. Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor
7. Destiny's Child - Survivor
8. Creed - Weathered
9. Soundtrack - O Brother, Where Art Thou?
10. Various Artists - Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 6

Deaths

• February 13 - George Simon, Music critic and original Glenn Miller Band drummer, pneumonia
• February 19 - Charles Trenet, French singer, songwriter
• February 21 - Ronnie Hilton
• February 21 - Malcolm Yelvington
• February 22 - John Fahey, guitarist, indie label owner
• March 18 - John Phillips, cofounder of Popular Music group The Mamas and the Papas
• March 28 - Moe Koffman (73), Canadian Jazz singer
• April 15 - Joey Ramone, lead singer for The Ramones
• June 21 - John Lee Hooker, 83, Blues musician
• June 30 - Chet Atkins, 77, country musician
• July 27 - Leon Wilkeson, 49, Bassist for Lynyrd Skynyrd
• August 25 - Aaliyah, 22, American singer and actress
• September 22 - Isaac Stern, 81, violinist
• November 29 - George Harrison, 58, musician and former member of The Beatles
• December 13 - Chuck Schuldiner, 34, vocalist and guitarist with Death
• December 16 - Stuart Adamson, Big Country

Awards

• The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Aerosmith, Solomon Burke, The Flamingos, Michael Jackson, Queen, Paul Simon, Steely Dan and Ritchie Valens
• Inductees of the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame include Larry Norman, and Elvis Presley

Grammy Awards

• Grammy Awards of 2001

Juno Awards

• Juno Awards of 2001
  • March 4 - Bruce Cockburn is inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame

Eurovision Song Contest

• Eurovision Song Contest 2001