⇦ 2000

2002 ⇨

The Best Music of 2001

Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 2001. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.

For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 2001, check out this list.

Albums (?)		Wikipedia
Aaliyah	Aaliyah	☆
Alicia Keys	Songs in A Minor	☆
Andrew W.K.	I Get Wet	☆
Aphex Twin	Drukqs	☆
Basement Jaxx	Rooty	☆
Björk	Vespertine	☆
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club	B.R.M.C.	☆
Blink-182	Take Off Your Pants and Jacket	☆
Bob Dylan	Love And Theft	☆
Britney Spears	Britney	☆
Buddy Guy	Sweet Tea	☆
Cake	Comfort Eagle	☆
Crystal Method	Tweekend	☆
Daft Punk	Discovery	☆
Dave Matthews Band	Everyday	☆
Destiny's Child	Survivor	☆
Diana Krall	The Look of Love	☆
Drive-By Truckers	Southern Rock Opera	☆
Fugazi	The Argument	☆
Garbage	Beautiful Garbage	☆
Gillian Welch	Time (The Revelator)	☆
Gorillaz	Gorillaz	☆
Howard Shore	The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	☆
Incubus	Morning View	☆
India.Arie	Acoustic Soul	☆
Janet Jackson	All For You	☆
Jay-Z	The Blueprint	☆
Jennifer Lopez	J.Lo	☆
Jimmy Eat World	Bleed American	☆
John Mayer	Room for Squares	☆
John Williams	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Soundtrack	☆
Kylie Minogue	Fever	☆
Lenny Kravitz	Lenny	☆
Lucinda Williams	No Filler	☆
Mary J. Blige	No More Drama	☆
Michelle Branch	The Spirit Room	☆
Missy Elliott	Miss E... So Addictive	☆
Muse	Origin of Symmetry	☆
Nas	Stillmatic	☆
New Order	Get Ready	☆
Nickelback	Silver Side Up	☆
Nightwish	From Wishes To Eternity	☆
Nightwish	Wishmaster	☆
No Doubt	Rock Steady	☆
NSYNC	Celebrity	☆
Of Montreal	Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse	☆
Old 97's	Satellite Rides	☆
Opeth	Blackwater Park	☆
Original Broadway Cast	The Producers	☆
P.O.D.	Satellite	☆
Pennywise	Land of the Free?	☆
Pink	Missundaztood	☆
Radiohead	Amnesiac	☆
Rammstein	Mutter	☆
Rob Zombie	The Sinister Urge	☆
Ryan Adams	Gold	☆
Shakira	Laundry Service	☆
Slipknot	Iowa	☆
Stereolab	Sound-Dust	☆
Stone Temple Pilots	Shangri-La Dee Da	☆
System of a Down	Toxicity	☆
The Shins	Oh, Inverted World	☆
The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La	Born into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward	☆
The Strokes	Is This It	☆
The White Stripes	White Blood Cells	☆
Tool	Lateralus	☆
Train	Drops of Jupiter	☆
Usher	8701	☆
Weezer	Green Album	☆
Wilco	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot	☆
Wu-Tang Clan	Iron Flag	☆
Zero 7	Simple Things	☆

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Songs (?)		Wikipedia
Aaliyah	More Than a Woman	☆
Aaliyah	Rock the Boat	☆
Aerosmith	Jaded	☆
Alan Jackson	Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)	☆
Alicia Keys	Fallin'	☆
Alicia Keys	A Woman's Worth	☆
Alicia Keys	How Come You Don't Call Me	☆
Alien Ant Farm	Smooth Criminal	☆
Andrew W.K.	Party Hard	☆
Basement Jaxx	Where's Your Head At	☆
Basement Jaxx	Do Your Thing	☆
Ben Folds	Rockin' the Suburbs	☆
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club	Red Eyes And Tears	☆
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club	Whatever Happened To My Rock 'n' Roll (Punk Song)	☆
Blake Shelton	Austin	☆
Blink-182	First Date	☆
Blink-182	The Rock Show	☆
Blu Cantrell	Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops)	☆
Bob Dylan	Mississippi	☆
Britney Spears	I'm a Slave 4 U	☆
Brooks & Dunn	Ain't Nothin 'Bout You	☆
Brooks & Dunn	Only in America	☆
Bruce Springsteen	The Rising	☆
Buddy Guy	Done Got Old	☆
Cake	Short Skirt/Long Jacket	☆
Calexico	Crystal Frontier	☆
Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink	Lady Marmalade	☆
City High	What Would You Do?	☆
Daft Punk	Digital Love	☆
Daft Punk	Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger	☆
Dave Matthews Band	The Space Between	☆
Dave Matthews Band	Everyday	☆
Destiny's Child	Survivor	☆
Destiny's Child	Bootylicious	☆
Destiny's Child	Emotion	☆
Drowning Pool	Bodies	☆
Enrique Iglesias	Hero	☆
Eve feat. Gwen Stefani	Let Me Blow Ya Mind	☆
Faith Hill	There You'll Be	☆
Fischerspooner	Emerge	☆
Five for Fighting	Superman (It's Not Easy)	☆
Fugazi	Cashout	☆
Gillian Welch	Everything is Free	☆
Gorillaz	Clint Eastwood	☆
Gorillaz	19-2000	☆
India.Arie	Video	☆
Janet Jackson	All For You	☆
Jay-Z	Izzo (H.O.V.A.)	☆
Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule	I'm Real (Murder Mix)	☆
Jimmy Eat World	The Middle	☆
Jimmy Eat World	Sweetness	☆
Jimmy Eat World	Bleed American	☆
John Mayer	No Such Thing	☆
John Mayer	Why Georgia	☆
John Mayer	Your Body Is A Wonderland	☆
Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow	Picture	☆
Kylie Minogue	Can't Get You Out of My Head	☆
Kylie Minogue	Love at First Sight	☆
Kylie Minogue	Come Into My World	☆
Kylie Minogue	In Your Eyes	☆
Lonestar	I'm Already There	☆
Ludacris	Rollout (My Business)	☆
Manu Chao	Me Gustas Tú	☆
Mary J Blige	No More Drama	☆
Mary J. Blige	Family Affair	☆
Michael Andrews feat. Gary Jules	Mad World	☆
Michelle Branch	Everywhere	☆
Michelle Branch	All You Wanted	☆
Missy Elliott	Get Ur Freak On	☆
Missy Elliott featuring Ludacris & Trina	One Minute Man	☆
Nickelback	How You Remind Me	☆
No Doubt	Hella Good	☆
No Doubt and Bounty Killer	Hey Baby	☆
No Doubt featuring Lady Saw	Underneath It All	☆
Opeth	Blackwater Park	☆
Outkast	The Whole World	☆
P.O.D.	Alive	☆
Patty Loveless	The Boys are Back in Town	☆
Pink	Get The Party Started	☆
Pink	Just Like A Pill	☆
Pink	Don't Let Me Get Me	☆
Puddle of Mudd	Blurry	☆
Radiohead	Knives Out	☆
Radiohead	Pyramid Song	☆
Rammstein	Sonne	☆
Relient K	Sadie Hawkins Dance	☆
Ricky Martin with Christina Aguilera	Nobody Wants to Be Lonely	☆
Shakira	Whenever, Wherever	☆
Shakira	Underneath Your Clothes	☆
Sophie Ellis-Bextor	Murder on the Dancefloor	☆
Staind	It's Been Awhile	☆
Sugar Ray	When It's Over	☆
Sum 41	Fat Lip	☆
Sum 41	In Too Deep	☆
System Of A Down	Chop Suey!	☆
System of a Down	Aerials	☆
System Of A Down	Toxicity	☆
System of a Down	Psycho	☆
Tenacious D	Tribute	☆
The Shins	New Slang	☆
The Strokes	Last Nite	☆
The Strokes	Someday	☆
The Strokes	Hard to Explain	☆
The White Stripes	Fell In Love With A Girl	☆
The White Stripes	We're Going to Be Friends	☆
The White Stripes	Hotel Yorba	☆
The White Stripes	Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground	☆
Tool	Schism	☆
Tool	Parabol/Parabola	☆
Tool	The Grudge	☆
Tori Amos	Raining Blood	☆
Train	Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)	☆
Usher	U Got It Bad	☆
Usher	U Remind Me	☆
Weezer	Hash Pipe	☆
Weezer	Island in the Sun	☆
Wilco	I'm The Man Who Loves You	☆
Wilco	Jesus, Etc.	☆
Wilco	Heavy Metal Drummer	☆
Wilco	Pot Kettle Black	☆
Wilco	Kamera	☆

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2002 ⇨