2001 in music
Who ruled 2001? Destiny's Child was Artist of the Year on the Billboard Hot 100 and Atomic Kitten on the UK Singles Chart. Every #1 song of 2001, the biggest songs and the top artists.
Billboard Hot 100
Artist of the Year 2001
8 crowns · 24 weeks among the top five artists · Era Power 135
| # | Artist | Era Power | Crowns | Top-five weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Destiny's Child | 135 | 8 | 24 |
| 2 | Jennifer Lopez | 115 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Lifehouse | 106 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Janet | 102 | 9 | 19 |
| 5 | Nelly | 93 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Usher | 93 | 11 | 26 |
| 7 | 112 | 88 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Ja Rule | 88 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Train | 82 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Alicia Keys | 81 | 10 | 20 |
| First week at #1 | Song | Artist | Weeks at #1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2001 | Independent Women Part I | Destiny's Child | 4 |
| Feb 3, 2001 | It Wasn't Me | Shaggy feat. Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent | 2 |
| Feb 17, 2001 | Ms. Jackson | OutKast | 1 |
| Feb 24, 2001 | Stutter | Joe feat. Mystikal | 4 |
| Mar 24, 2001 | Butterfly | Crazy Town | 2 |
| Mar 31, 2001 | Angel | Shaggy feat. Rayvon | 1 |
| Apr 14, 2001 | All For You | Janet | 7 |
| Jun 2, 2001 | Lady Marmalade | Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & P!nk | 5 |
| Jul 7, 2001 | U Remind Me | Usher | 4 |
| Aug 4, 2001 | Bootylicious | Destiny's Child | 2 |
| Aug 18, 2001 | Fallin | Alicia Keys | 6 |
| Sep 8, 2001 | I'm Real | Jennifer Lopez feat. Ja Rule | 5 |
| Nov 3, 2001 | Family Affair | Mary J. Blige | 6 |
| Dec 15, 2001 | U Got It Bad | Usher | 1 |
| Dec 22, 2001 | How You Remind Me | Nickelback | 2 |
| # | Song | Artist | Peak | Weeks | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hanging By A Moment | Lifehouse | #2 | 54 | 110.1 |
| 2 | How You Remind Me | Nickelback | #1 | 49 | 106.4 |
| 3 | Family Affair | Mary J. Blige | #1 | 41 | 94.2 |
| 4 | Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me) | Train | #5 | 53 | 89.9 |
| 5 | Wherever You Will Go | The Calling | #5 | 45 | 82.7 |
| 6 | U Got It Bad | Usher | #1 | 32 | 80.4 |
| 7 | It's Been Awhile | Staind | #5 | 46 | 79.4 |
| 8 | I'm Real | Jennifer Lopez feat. Ja Rule | #1 | 31 | 79.2 |
| 9 | Fallin | Alicia Keys | #1 | 34 | 78.9 |
| 10 | In The End | Linkin Park | #2 | 39 | 75.2 |
UK Singles Chart
| # | Artist | Era Power | Crowns | Top-five weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atomic Kitten | 81 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Shaggy | 77 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | S Club 7 | 76 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | Jennifer Lopez | 68 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Hearsay | 66 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Destiny's Child | 65 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Wheatus | 65 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Blue | 65 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Westlife | 64 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | Steps | 63 | 1 | 7 |
| # | Song | Artist | Peak | Weeks | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murder On The Dancefloor | Sophie Ellis-Bextor | #2 | 38 | 68.4 |
| 2 | Teenage Dirtbag | Wheatus | #2 | 45 | 60.7 |
| 3 | Hey Baby | DJ Otzi | #1 | 32 | 54.0 |
| 4 | Whole Again | Atomic Kitten | #1 | 30 | 53.3 |
| 5 | Can't Get You Out Of My Head | Kylie Minogue | #1 | 30 | 50.4 |
| 6 | It Wasn't Me | Shaggy feat. Rikrok | #1 | 31 | 46.8 |
| 7 | Don't Stop Movin | S Club 7 | #1 | 23 | 41.3 |
| 8 | Gotta Get Thru This | Daniel Bedingfield | #1 | 19 | 40.7 |
| 9 | Pure and Simple | Hearsay | #1 | 28 | 37.0 |
| 10 | Because I Got High | Afroman | #1 | 22 | 36.4 |
Artist of the Year and the rankings are the ChartReign Power model: the artist with the most chart power over the year, not the most #1s. Crowns are weeks crowned Artist of the Week. How it works