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            List of years in music       (table)
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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2001.

3.2 billion units were sold with a value of US$33.7 billion. DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD first rose to prominence in 2001, with approximately 600 titles available in these formats.[1] Portable music grew in popularity after Apple Inc. released the iTunes media library on January 9[2] and the first iPod music player device on October 23.[3] Worldwide, the best-selling albums were Hybrid Theory (2000) by Linkin Park, No Angel (1999) by Dido, and Survivor (2001) by Destiny's Child.[4] The best-selling non-English album was Cieli di Toscana (error: {{nihongo}}: Japanese or romaji text required (help); 2001) by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, which topped the charts in the Netherlands and Sweden[5] and was the 23rd best-selling album globally.[4]

Specific locations[]

  • 2001 in British music
  • 2001 in Norwegian music
  • 2001 in South Korean music

Specific genres[]

  • 2001 in classical music
  • 2001 in country music
  • 2001 in heavy metal music
  • 2001 in hip hop music
  • 2001 in Latin music
  • 2001 in jazz

Awards[]

ARIA Music Awards[]

  • ARIA Music Awards of 2001

Country Music Association Awards[]

  • 2001 Country Music Association Awards

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

Mercury Music Prize[]

  • Stories from the City, Stories from the SeaPJ Harvey wins.

MTV Video Music Awards[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. The Recording Industry World Sales (Report). 2002. http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/worldsales2001.pdf. Retrieved 2022-12-03. 
  2. "Apple Introduces iTunes — World's Best and Easiest To Use Jukebox Software". Apple Newsroom. Retrieved 2022-11-20. {{cite web}}:
  3. "Apple Presents iPod". Apple Inc. October 23, 2001. Retrieved February 18, 2019. {{cite web}}:
  4. 4.0 4.1 "2000–2005 Top 50 Albums [XLS]". IFPI. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2022-12-03. {{cite web}}:
  5. "Cieli di Toscana chart performance". australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2022-12-03. {{cite web}}:
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