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The No. 1s of

2001

Pick a day for its No. 1 song, film, and book — or scan every reign of 2001 below.

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No. 1 songs · Billboard Hot 100

  1. Independent Women Part I
    Destiny's Child
    Jan 6, 2001
    4 weeks
  2. It Wasn't Me
    Shaggy Feat. Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent
    Feb 3, 2001
    2 weeks
  3. Ms. Jackson
    OutKast
    Feb 17, 2001
    1 week
  4. Stutter
    Joe Featuring Mystikal
    Feb 24, 2001
    4 weeks
  5. Butterfly
    Crazy Town
    Mar 24, 2001
    1 week
  6. Angel
    Shaggy Featuring Rayvon
    Mar 31, 2001
    1 week
  7. Butterfly
    Crazy Town
    Apr 7, 2001
    1 week
  8. All For You
    Janet
    Apr 14, 2001
    7 weeks
  9. Lady Marmalade
    Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & P!nk
    Jun 2, 2001
    5 weeks
  10. U Remind Me
    Usher
    Jul 7, 2001
    4 weeks
  11. Bootylicious
    Destiny's Child
    Aug 4, 2001
    2 weeks
  12. Fallin'
    Alicia Keys
    Aug 18, 2001
    3 weeks
  13. I'm Real
    Jennifer Lopez Featuring Ja Rule
    Sep 8, 2001
    3 weeks
  14. Fallin'
    Alicia Keys
    Sep 29, 2001
    3 weeks
  15. I'm Real
    Jennifer Lopez Featuring Ja Rule
    Oct 20, 2001
    2 weeks
  16. Family Affair
    Mary J. Blige
    Nov 3, 2001
    6 weeks
  17. U Got It Bad
    Usher
    Dec 15, 2001
    1 week
  18. How You Remind Me
    Nickelback
    Dec 22, 2001
    2 weeks

No. 1 films · U.S. weekend box office

  1. Cast Away
    Jan 7, 2001
    1 weekend
  2. Save the Last Dance
    Jan 14, 2001
    2 weekends
  3. The Wedding Planner
    Jan 28, 2001
    2 weekends
  4. Hannibal
    Feb 11, 2001
    3 weekends
  5. The Mexican
    Mar 4, 2001
    2 weekends
  6. Exit Wounds
    Mar 18, 2001
    1 weekend
  7. Heartbreakers
    Mar 25, 2001
    1 weekend
  8. Spy Kids
    Apr 1, 2001
    3 weekends
  9. Bridget Jones's Diary
    Apr 22, 2001
    1 weekend
  10. Driven
    Apr 29, 2001
    1 weekend
  11. The Mummy Returns
    May 6, 2001
    2 weekends
  12. Shrek
    May 20, 2001
    1 weekend
  13. Pearl Harbor
    May 27, 2001
    2 weekends
  14. Swordfish
    Jun 10, 2001
    1 weekend
  15. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
    Jun 17, 2001
    1 weekend
  16. The Fast and the Furious
    Jun 24, 2001
    1 weekend
  17. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
    Jul 1, 2001
    1 weekend
  18. Cats & Dogs
    Jul 8, 2001
    1 weekend
  19. Legally Blonde
    Jul 15, 2001
    1 weekend
  20. Jurassic Park III
    Jul 22, 2001
    1 weekend
  21. Planet of the Apes
    Jul 29, 2001
    1 weekend
  22. Rush Hour 2
    Aug 5, 2001
    1 weekend
  23. American Pie 2
    Aug 12, 2001
    3 weekends
  24. Jeepers Creepers
    Sep 2, 2001
    1 weekend
  25. The Musketeer
    Sep 9, 2001
    1 weekend
  26. Hardball
    Sep 16, 2001
    2 weekends
  27. Don't Say a Word
    Sep 30, 2001
    1 weekend
  28. Training Day
    Oct 7, 2001
    2 weekends
  29. From Hell
    Oct 21, 2001
    1 weekend
  30. K-PAX
    Oct 28, 2001
    1 weekend
  31. Monsters, Inc.
    Nov 4, 2001
    5 weekends
  32. Ocean's Eleven
    Dec 9, 2001
    1 weekend
  33. Vanilla Sky
    Dec 16, 2001
    1 weekend
  34. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
    Dec 23, 2001
    2 weekends

No. 1 books · NYT fiction best sellers

  1. The Bear and the Dragon
    Tom Clancy
    Jan 7, 2001
    1 week
  2. From the Corner of His Eye
    Dean Koontz
    Jan 14, 2001
    3 weeks
  3. A Day Late and a Dollar Short
    Terry McMillan
    Feb 4, 2001
    3 weeks
  4. A Painted House
    John Grisham
    Feb 25, 2001
    4 weeks
  5. 1st to Die
    James Patterson
    Mar 25, 2001
    2 weeks
  6. Dreamcatcher
    Stephen King
    Apr 8, 2001
    3 weeks
  7. A Common Life
    Jan Karon
    Apr 29, 2001
    1 week
  8. On the Street Where You Live
    Mary Higgins Clark
    May 6, 2001
    4 weeks
  9. Chosen Prey
    John Sandford
    Jun 3, 2001
    3 weeks
  10. "P" Is for Peril
    Sue Grafton
    Jun 24, 2001
    2 weeks
  11. Seven Up
    Janet Evanovich
    Jul 8, 2001
    1 week
  12. Leap of Faith
    Danielle Steel
    Jul 15, 2001
    2 weeks
  13. The Fourth Hand
    John Irving
    Jul 29, 2001
    1 week
  14. Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
    James Patterson
    Aug 5, 2001
    4 weeks
  15. Valhalla Rising
    Clive Cussler
    Sep 2, 2001
    4 weeks
  16. Black House
    Stephen King and Peter Straub
    Sep 30, 2001
    2 weeks
  17. The Corrections
    Jonathan Franzen
    Oct 14, 2001
    2 weeks
  18. Isle of Dog
    Patricia Cornwell
    Oct 28, 2001
    1 week
  19. Midnight Bayou
    Nora Roberts
    Nov 4, 2001
    1 week
  20. The Kiss
    Danielle Steel
    Nov 11, 2001
    1 week
  21. Desecration
    Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
    Nov 18, 2001
    3 weeks
  22. Skipping Christmas
    John Grisham
    Dec 9, 2001
    4 weeks