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Looking back at 2001
12.30.2001 00:31
The best of the year from Billboard magazine

TOPPING THE CHARTS
BPI Communications
and SoundScan

The following music charts appear in this week's special year-end issue of Billboard magazine. The charts were compiled by computer from Billboard's weekly and biweekly charts during the eligibility period, which was Dec. 2, 2000, through Nov. 24, 2001.

Top 20 Singles

1. Hanging By A Moment, Lifehouse

2. Fallin', Alicia Keys

3. All For You, Janet

4. Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me), Train

5. I'm Real, Jennifer Lopez (featuring Ja Rule)

6. If You're Gone, matchbox twenty

7. Let Me Blow Ya Mind, Eve (featuring Gwen Stefani)

8. Thank You, Dido

9. Again, Lenny Kravitz

10. Independent Women Part I, Destiny's Child

11. Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!), Blu Cantrell

12. It Wasn't Me, Shaggy (featuring Ricardo RikRok Ducent)

13. Stutter, Joe (featuring Mystikal)

14. It's Been Awhile, Staind

15. U Remind Me, Usher

16. Where The Party At, Jagged Edge With Nelly

17. Angel, Shaggy (featuring Rayvon)

18. Ride Wit Me, Nelly (featuring City Spud)

19. Follow Me, Uncle Kracker

20. Peaches & Cream, 112

Top 20 Albums

1. 1, The Beatles

2. Hotshot, Shaggy

3. Black & Blue, Backstreet Boys

4. Now 5, Various Artists

5. Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water, Limp Bizkit

6. (Hybrid Theory), Linkin Park

7. Break The Cycle, Staind

8. A Day Without Rain, Enya

9. Celebrity, 'N Sync

10. Country Grammar, Nelly

11. Human Clay, Creed

12. Survivor, Destiny's Child

13. Songs In A Minor, Alicia Keys

14. Lovers Rock, Sade

15. Now 6, Various Artists

16. Stankonia, OutKast

17. No Angel, Dido

18. Greatest Hits, Lenny Kravitz

19. TP-2.com, R. Kelly

20. Everyday, Dave Matthews Band

Top Pop Artist

1. Destiny's Child

2. Shaggy

3. Jennifer Lopez

4. Nelly

5. Lifehouse

Adult Contemporary

1. I Hope You Dance, Lee Ann Womack

2. This I Promise You, 'N Sync

3. If You're Gone, matchbox twenty

4. Thank You, Dido

5. The Way You Love Me, Faith Hill

Mainstream Rock Tracks

1. It's Been Awhile, Staind

2. Awake, Godsmack

3. Hemorrhage (In My Hands), Fuel

4. Schism, Tool

5. Loser, 3 Doors Down

Modern Rock Tracks

1. Drive, Incubus

2. It's Been Awhile, Staind

3. Hanging By A Moment, Lifehouse

4. Schism, Tool

5. Crawling, Linkin Park

Country Singles and Tracks

1. Ain't Nothing 'Bout You, Brooks & Dunn

2. It's A Great Day To Be Alive, Travis Tritt

3. Don't Happen Twice, Kenny Chesney

4. You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This, Toby Keith

5. I'm Already There, Lonestar

Top Country Albums

1. Greatest Hits, Tim McGraw

2. Soundtrack: O Brother, Where Art Thou?

3. Soundtrack: Coyote Ugly

4. Breathe, Faith Hill

5. Fly, Dixie Chicks

6. I Hope You Dance, Lee Ann Womack

7. Greatest Hits, Kenny Chesney

8. Set This Circus Down, Tim McGraw

9. Born To Fly, Sara Evans

10. One Voice, Billy Gilman

Top Country Artists

1. Tim McGraw

2. Toby Keith

3. Kenny Chesney

4. Travis Tritt

5. Lonestar

R&B/Hip-Hop Singles

1. Fiesta, R. Kelly (featuring Jay-Z)

2. Missing You, Case

3. Love, Musiq Soulchild

4. Where The Party At, Jagged Edge (with Nelly)

5. Stutter, Joe (featuring Mystikal)

R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

1. TP-2.Com, R. Kelly

2. Hotshot, Shaggy

3. Songs In A Minor, Alicia Keys

4. Aijuswanaseing (I JUST WANT TO SING), Musiq Soulchild

5. Lovers Rock, Sade

R&B/Hip-Hop Artists

1. R. Kelly

2. Jay-Z

3. Musiq Soulchild

4. Ja Rule

5. Jagged Edge

Rap Singles

1. My Baby, Lil' Romeo

2. What Would You Do? City High

3. Ms. Jackson, OutKast

4. Bow Wow (That's My Name), Lil Bow Wow

5. It Wasn't Me, Shaggy (featuring Ricardo RikRok Ducent)

Dance Music -- Club Play Singles

1. Keep Control, Sono

2. One More Time, Daft Punk

3. All For You, Janet

4. Are You Satisfied, Victor Calderone (featuring Deborah Cooper)

5. The Underground, Celeda

Latin Tracks

1. Abrazame Muy Fuerte, Juan Gabriel

2. Azul, Cristian

3. Te Quise Olvidar, MDO

4. O Me Voy O Te Vas, Marco Antonio Solis

5. Por Amarte Asi, Cristian

Top Latin Albums

1. Paulina, Paulina Rubio

2. Mi Reflejo, Christina Aguilera

3. Historia De Un Idolo VOL. 1, Vicente Fernandez

4. Shhh! A.B. Quintanilla y Los Kumbia Kings

5. Despreciado, Lupillo Rivera

Contemporary Jazz Albums

1. Tourist, St. Germain

2. Individuality (Can I Be Me?), Rachelle Ferrell

3. Life In The Tropics, The Rippingtons (featuring Russ Freeman).

4. Shake It Up, Boney James/Rick Braun

5. Unconditional, Kirk Whalum

Classical Albums

1. Verdi, Andrea Bocelli

2. The Three Tenors Christmas, Carreras-Domingo-Pavarotti (Mercurio)

3. Sacred Arias, Andrea Bocelli

4. Appalachian Journey, Yo-Yo Ma/Edgar Meyer/Mark O'Connor

5. Billy Joel: Fantasies & Delusions, Richard Joo

Soundtracks

1. O Brother, Where Art Thou?

2. Coyote Ugly

3. Save The Last Dance

4. Moulin Rouge

5. Charlie's Angels

Gospel Albums

1. Live In London And More . . . Donnie McClurkin

2. Mountain High . . . Valley Low, Yolanda Adams

3. Thankful, Mary Mary

4. Wow Gospel 2001: The Year's 30 Top Gospel Artists And Songs, Various Artists

5. The Experience, Yolanda Adams


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