MTV Europe Top 100 Videos of 2001
MTV Europe's Year-End Top 100 Countdown of music videos from 2001.
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- DirectorDave MeyersStarsJanet Jackson
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsCris JuddJennifer LopezKarina MichelMusic video for Jennifer Lopez's hit single, Play.
- DirectorNicholas BrooksLaura KellyStarsRoland BanksMelissa BinzerSeth 'Shifty Shellshock' BinzerA music video for Crazy Town's song 'Butterfly'.
- DirectorPaul HunterStarsChristina AguileraMissy ElliottLil' KimThe music video for "Lady Marmalade", made to promote the song as well as the film Moulin Rouge! (2001).
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsNelly FurtadoMusic video for Nelly Furtado's song, 'I'm Like a Bird'.
- DirectorDarren GrantStarsDestiny's ChildBeyoncéKelly RowlandMusic video for the song "Survivor" by Destiny's Child.
- DirectorStephen ScottStarsSusan AceronKate KeltonRik Rok
- DirectorWayne IshamStarsChristina AguileraRicky Martin
- DirectorJoseph KahnStarsBonoThe EdgeAdam ClaytonU2 seek help from Lara Croft to defeat an evil manifestation of U2 .
- DirectorMatthew RolstonStarsDestiny's ChildBeyoncéStevie NicksOfficial music video for "Bootylicious" by Destiny's Child.
- DirectorNick GoffeyDominic HawleyStarsMaxi Jazz
- DirectorHerb RittsStarsCarmit BacharJordi CaballeroJennifer LopezMusic video for Jennifer Lopez`s hit single, Ain't It Funny.
- DirectorPete CandelandJamie HewlettStarsDamon AlbarnGorillazDel the Funky HomosapienOfficial music video for Gorillaz' song "Clint Eastwood" ft. Del the Funky Homosapien.
- DirectorStephane SednaouiStarsJamiroquaiJay Kay
- DirectorDawn ShadforthStarsKylie MinogueKylie drives a car and sexily cavorts in her iconic white dress.
- DirectorMax GiwaDania PasquiniStarsCraig David
- DirectorHerb RittsStarsBritney SpearsBrice DurandMusic video for Britney Spears's song, 'Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know'.
- DirectorGarth JenningsStarsR.E.M.Michael StipePromo video for R.E.M.: Imitation of Life.
- DirectorSophie MullerStarsNelly FurtadoThe music video for the normal version of "Turn Off the Light" begins in a swamp where Furtado is sitting on the edge of a log and people are swimming in the swamp. She begins to sing the first verse and when the chorus commences the people in the swamp pull her in and they start dancing in the swamp.
- DirectorJoseph KahnStarsD12Eminem
- DirectorDave MeyersStarsMary J. BligeMary J. Blige performs in the music video "Family Affair" from the album "No More Drama" recorded for MCA Records. The video begins with Mary J. Blige going to a club. There she sings and dances with a group of backup dancers. Later she sings in a lounge room.
- DirectorRashidi Natara HarperStarsWyclef Jean
- DirectorYannis MangematinStarsModjo
- DirectorNick WickhamStarsAndrea CorrSharon CorrCaroline Corr
- DirectorTraktorAn infectious cassette tape drives a market town insane.
- DirectorNigel DickStarsCharlie ColinRob HotchkissPat MonahanThe band performs on stage accompanied by an orchestra below. People come in to watch.
- DirectorStephane SednaouiStarsDepeche ModeAndrew FletcherDave Gahan"Dream On" is a song by the British musical group Depeche Mode. It was released as the first single from the album Exciter.
- DirectorDave MeyersStarsDidoIn the video, Dido has not paid her bills, and the government comes to tear down her house. The construction workers put an eviction notice on her door and move her belongings out. Dido, who seems oblivious to the fact that her house has been barricaded, is seen simply singing the song. During the first chorus of the song, Dido has a cup of tea whilst moving, and demolishing all the stuff outside her house into the van. In the end, she is escorted out of her home and is forced to walk the streets with a backpack and suitcases.
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsAerosmithSteven TylerJoe PerryA girl loses the ability to feel due to losing touch with reality.
- DirectorCameron CaseyStarsRayvonShaggy
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsBackstreet BoysNick CarterHowie DoroughThe story of this music video revolves around an unfaithful boyfriend. Once at a club, he meets another woman and cheats on his girlfriend with her. He calls up his girlfriend and tells her that he will be late asking her not to stay up and wait for him while he was actually going to the woman's place. The woman takes him on a wild ride until in the end he comes to discover that his girlfriend knew about his unfaithfulness and had plotted all of this. The unfaithful boyfriend is portrayed by the members of Backstreet Boys.
- DirectorChris RobinsonStarsAlicia KeysMusic video for Alicia Keys song"Fallin'".
- DirectorKazuhisa TakenouchiStarsDaft PunkMusic video for Daft Punk' 2001 single "Digital Love" which serves as a sequel to "Aerodynamic". The guards send a distress signal. After hearing this, an astronaut drifts into a daydream where he dances with the band's bass player.
- DirectorJonathan DaytonValerie FarisStarsAndy DunlopFran HealyDougie PayneThe band Travis attend a dinner party at a mansion and get into a food fight with the residents.
- DirectorDave MeyersStarsMissy ElliottNate DoggEveThe official music video for Missy Elliott's song "Get Ur Freak On" features cameos from several celebrity hip hop artists.
- DirectorOlly ReidStarsRobbie WilliamsAnimated music video for Robbie Williams' 2001 single "Let Love Be Your Energy". It features a CGI Robbie Williams always on the run in search of love. There is a second, raunchier version of the video depicting animated nudity and sex.
- DirectorPhilippe AndreStarsJoshua DovKelly HutchinsonNew York at night. A 20 years old girl is looking for love in the big city. She struggles around the streets carrying a huge red plastic heart and attempts to make conversation with passing strangers. Her big heart is thrown back in her face as all those that pass her by respond with an odd glare. The accumulation of all the rejection makes her heart shrink down to a tiny size. A handsome guy then approaches her to ask her out for a coffee.
- DirectorPhilip G. AtwellStarsEveGwen StefaniDr. Dre
- DirectorPhil GriffinStarsAtomic KittenNatasha HamiltonKerry KatonaPromo video from the Atomic Kitten's debut single from their debut album, "Right Now" (2000). The three girls sing in a totally white background with different outfits.
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsChristopher WalkenA businessman, overhearing the song on the maid's radio, takes to dancing in the hotel lobby.
- DirectorGregg MasuakStarsEmma BuntonYoung moody blonde plays it independent and walks far-off on a lonely country road. Boyfriend finally gives in, oh, see the happy reunion. But then she grabs the ignition keys, drives off with his truck and leaves him stranded.
- DirectorBob GiraldiStarsRicky Martin
- DirectorColin StrauseGreg StrauseStarsChester BenningtonJoseph HahnLinkin ParkLinkin Park performs in the music video "Crawling" from the album "Hybrid Theory" recorded for Warner Brothers Records. A woman struggling in an abusive relationship symbolically shuts herself off from the world. She is surrounded by crystals while the band plays surrounded by the same crystal structure.
- DirectorPete CandelandJamie HewlettStarsDamon AlbarnGorillazMiho HatoriThe video begins with band members getting in their jeep and the Gorillaz logo. Murdoch starts the car and begins to drive along a winding highway, while at the same time performing tricks such as driving on the rear or right wheels. Soon the highway turns into a dead loop - just at the chorus that Noodle performs, and then the bridge ends completely, which, however, does not scare Murdoch. He turns on a turbo mode, and the jeep flies through the gap. The clip, created by Jamie Hewlett and Pete Candeland, was animated using both 2D and 3D animations.
- DirectorBrendan MalloyEmmett MalloyThe MalloysStarsBlink-182Travis BarkerTom DeLongeMusic video for Blink 182's song, The Rock Show.
- DirectorDave MeyersStarsAndré 3000Big BoiLayzie Bone
- DirectorDavid SladeStarsStereophonicsStuart CableKelly Jones
- DirectorJake & JimStarsGeri HornerOfficial music video of It's Raining Men by Geri Halliwell.
- DirectorMarc KlasfeldStarsAlien Ant FarmTerry CorsoMike CosgroveThe music video to Alien Ant Farm's cover of Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal".
- DirectorDon CameronStarsShirley MansonButch VigDuke EriksonVideo promo for "Androgyny" by alternative rock group Garbage, the lead single from their third studio album, Beautiful Garbage.
- StarsRui Da SilvaCassandra FoxPromo video of the Da Silva's single, featuring British singer Cassandra Fox. She walks up by the stairs of a night club to meet her friends and move in the dancefloor.
- DirectorJohn HillcoatStarsDepeche ModeAndrew FletcherDave Gahan"I Feel Loved" is a song by English electronic group Depeche Mode. It was released as the second single from the album Exciter.
- DirectorPaul HunterStarsMichael JacksonChris TuckerMarlon BrandoA beautiful girl walks down the street and gains the attention of Michael Jackson and Chris Tucker. They follow her and get in trouble.
- DirectorFred DurstStarsLimp BizkitWes BorlandVance BurberryMusic video for Limp Bizkit: My Way.
- DirectorNigel DickStarsAnastaciaThe video for "Cowboys and Kisses" was filmed on January 8-9, 2001, at the Camarillo Airport in Camarillo, California. It is Anastacia's second video to be directed by Nigel Dick, who also director her debut song "I'm Outta Love". In the video, Anastacia is shown driving to an airplane hangar, while a strange unknown man, who is wearing the same ring as Anastacia, is watching her on the TV screen. At the airport, she is lip-synching the song together with her background singers. While Anastacia is dressed like a cowgirl, the background singers play operators. The unknown man looks at Anastacia and browses through some files about her. At the end, Anastacia sings on an airplane, where-after the stranger turns off his TV and Anastacia drives away.
- DirectorAndy HutchStarsDivya DuttaThe music video is a tribute to old 1960s and 1970s Indian Bollywood films.
- DirectorSuper AmericaStarsRonan Keating
- DirectorDave MeyersStarsErykah BaduCorbin BleuPhilip Bolden
- DirectorVaughan ArnellStarsLisa SeiffertRobbie Williams
- DirectorNumero 6StarsMani HoffmanA young "potato" man makes up the song "Starlight" in his bedroom. His song gains popularity among a race of aliens.
- DirectorMax GiwaDania PasquiniStarsJ. BrownSean ConlonFive
- DirectorDiane MartelStarsEve
- DirectorJames BrownJames BrownStarsMaxi Jazz
- DirectorMarc KlasfeldStarsNellySt. LunaticsNelly performs in the music video "Ride wit Me" from the album "Country Grammar" recorded for Universal Records. Several of Nelly's friends arrive at a country diner. Dissatisfied they call Nelly who then drives a semi truck carrying dancing women. They avoid a police pursuit before arriving at the country diner.
- DirectorUlf BuddensieckStarsBushRobin GoodridgeDave ParsonsMusic video for Bush's The People That We Love from the album Golden State.
- DirectorTerry HellerStarsIndia ArieIndia.Arie performs in the music video "Video" from the album "Acoustic Soul" recorded for Motown Records. The video begins at a country house with India Arie walking out upon the porch. She begins to sing and picks up an acoustic guitar. Later she goes shopping with her friends and rides a bike.
- DirectorStuart GoslingStarsWestlifeRobert BathurstCrispin Bonham-CarterOfficial music video for "Uptown Girl" by Westlife.
- DirectorNathan 'Karma' CoxJoseph HahnStarsChester BenningtonBrad DelsonPhoenix FarrellA music video for Linkin Park's song 'In the End'.
- DirectorDavid LaChapelleStarsCameoMariah CareyThe video begins with Cameo driving all over a racetrack, while Carey, dressed in revealing clothing, is shown singing in various "car girl" positions at the track on a hot summer day. She flags down cars as the "flag girl" and dances as a "tire girl" in a kaleidoscope-inspired sequence, before jumping out of a pop out cake to the roars of the crowd below. Several other scenes of Carey in a pink jumpsuit while riding on top of a race-car are shown, during which Cameo continues the race.
- DirectorJoseph KahnStarsAerosmithJessica BielTom HamiltonOfficial music video for "Fly Away from Here" by Aerosmith.
- DirectorStuart RideoutStarsPlanet Funk
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsVergi RodriguezRyan SabadoBritney SpearsOfficial music video for "I'm a Slave 4 U" by Britney Spears.
- DirectorDavid SladeStarsMatt Bellamy
- DirectorMatthew RolstonStarsDidoOfficial music video of Dido's song 'Hunter'.
- DirectorTim HopeStarsGuy BerrymanJon BucklandWill Champion
- Stars*NSYNCLance BassJC ChasezMusic video for *NSYNC's song, Pop.
- DirectorRob LeggattLeigh MarlingStarsSteve EliasThe video follows the story of two miners in a black-and-white world who find a passage into a dance studio situated in a colour world. The majority of the video consists of the miners dancing with two ballerinas, ending with one of the miners fading back into black-and-white. The video transforms the disparate and the out-of-place into something new and joyful, and it does that with the right blend of heart and surrealism.
- DirectorDave MeyersStarsMya
- DirectorBrendan MalloyEmmett MalloyThe MalloysStarsBlink-182Travis BarkerTom DeLongePromotional music video for the song "First Date" by Blink-182.
- DirectorHarvey GlazerStarsShaggy
- DirectorGil GreenNick QuestedStarsRay JBrandy NorwoodThe video follows a homeless woman wandering the streets being chastised by various people, including a waitress, a businessman, and a police officer. The video is intercut with scenes of Norwood and Ray J who follow the woman and taking photographs of each incident with a camera. A version of the video with the Stargate Remix was also released.
- DirectorFred DurstStarsJohnny AprilAaron LewisMike MushokMusic video for Staind's song, 'It's Been Awhile'.
- DirectorVinoodh MatadinInez van LamsweerdeStarsBjörkSurreal video featuring colorful streams of liquid slithering around Björk's face.
- DirectorJohan RenckStarsPhillip Horatio BushVideo promo for New Order: Crystal.
- DirectorPaul HunterStarsNikka CostaNikka Costa performs in the music video "Like a Feather" from the album "Everybody Got Their Something" recorded for Virgin Records. Nikka Cosa sings in front of large bight neon lights that display her name and geometric figures. She wears sunglasses, tight blue pants, and a matching blue top.
- DirectorMichael MooreStarsPeter BuckBertis DownsMike MillsThe song's video was shot at Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School in the Prospect Park area of Brooklyn, New York. It was directed by Michael Moore and filmed by four students from the host and other local schools: Chris, 17; Steve, 17; Andy, 18; Charlotte, 13; Roger, 18; and Juan, 17. In the video, Peter Buck and Mike Mills can be seen entering the Career Guidance office with their respective instruments in hand, only to leave armed with nothing more than a dustpan and brush. Bertis Downs makes an appearance as the school's announcer, only to have his microphone commandeered by one Michael Stipe.
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsBeyoncéDestiny's ChildKelly RowlandBeyoncé, Kelly and Michelle perform the song as their characters all deal with a relationship ending. Kelly's boyfriend is leaving, Beyoncé finds hers cheating on her, and Michelle's mother passes away.
- DirectorPaul FedorStarsMarilyn MansonMarilyn Manson's music video for his song "The Nobodies".
- DirectorDave MeyersStarsBryan AnthonyTravis FimmelCris JuddThe original video for "I'm Real" begins with Lopez driving down a highway on a motorcycle, passing various smiling children, who stop what they are doing and run after her. Lopez is also seen at a gas station, where she stops and proceeds to walk into the town. Several more people gaze at her as she walks through the town, and she is later seen eating ice cream with children, until she gets back onto her motorcycle and drives back down the highway. A string of children are running after her, and the music stops as she steps up onto a stage set on a hillside; where she goes into a dance break. For the rest of the video, Lopez continues to sing, dance and entertain the crowd on stage as the crowd watch in pleasure.
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