

Aside from songs that were released in 2001, songs were counted as being from ’01 if they debuted on the Billboard charts (or if they hit No.
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This week, Billboard pays tribute to the music of the alternately smooth and tumultuous 2001, with a series of stories about and interviews with the makers of some of the year’s most memorable music - and first, with a list of our staff’s 100 favorite songs from the year.

But by year’s end, the industry had regained its footing, with many of its biggest artists leading the way both in charity efforts to help benefit the victims and first responders (as well as their families and communities), and in the music that helped uplift the nation during one of the worst crises in its then-225-year history. And then of course, a few weeks later, the music world ground to a halt - along with every other part of American life - by the catastrophic terrorist attacks of 9/11, with many left wondering how a return to pop frivolity would ever be possible after such a core-shaking event. One of the leading lights of popular music, 25-year-old R&B star Aaliyah, died in a plane crash in August, just a month after her career-defining self-titled third album was released.

Of course, for all the fun there was to be had in 2001 pop music, it was still a year largely defined by tragedy. The 100 Greatest Songs of 2000: Staff Picks
