Radio 2001: the albums whose songs were on the radio in 2001

In 2001 the radio played Gorillaz's Clint Eastwood, Alicia Keys's Fallin', Destiny's Child's Survivor and Bootylicious, Jennifer Lopez's Love Don't Cost a Thing, Train's Drops of Jupiter, Staind's It's Been Awhile, Alien Ant Farm's Smooth Criminal, Incubus's Wish You Were Here and Puddle of Mudd's Control. Usher, Mary J. Blige, Janet Jackson, Missy Elliott, Aaliyah, Eve, Ja Rule and Jay-Z had the American charts, Tim McGraw had Grown Men Don't Cry on country radio, the Strokes and the White Stripes brought the guitars back, and in Britain Hear'Say's Pure and Simple, Blue's All Rise, Robbie Williams's Somethin' Stupid, Basement Jaxx's Where's Your Head At and So Solid Crew's 21 Seconds were played beside Afroman's Because I Got High.

From Canada came Nickelback's How You Remind Me and Sum 41's Fat Lip, from Australia Kylie Minogue's Can't Get You Out of My Head and Kasey Chambers's Barricades & Brickwalls, from Ireland Westlife's Queen of My Heart. From elsewhere English-language radio played Shakira's Whenever, Wherever, Daft Punk's One More Time, Enrique Iglesias's Hero, Safri Duo's Played-A-Live and Röyksopp's Eple.

The list has 47 albums that came out in 2001, chosen from memory of what was played, not from a chart. It leaves out the hits of 2001 whose albums came out the year before, Shaggy's It Wasn't Me, Lifehouse's Hanging by a Moment, Linkin Park's In the End, Dido's Thank You and Nelly Furtado's I'm Like a Bird among them. About 42 hours of music, 5 days of a few albums each.

By genre

• Rock 23%
• Pop 22%
• Electronic 13%
• Other 42%

The genres named most: pop, hip hop, alternative rock, rock, contemporary r&b, country.

The colours of the covers

A stripe for each cover, in the colour Tidal picks from it, sorted by hue; the greys at the end.

Where the music comes from

Music from 10 countries: United States 28, United Kingdom 9, Australia 2, Canada 2, Colombia 1 and 5 more. The deeper the colour, the more albums: one, two to four, five to nine, ten and more.

The 2000s

• AaliyahAaliyah · 2001
• The Good TimesAfroman · 2001
• Songs in A MinorAlicia Keys · 2001
• ANThologyAlien Ant Farm · 2001
• RootyBasement Jaxx · 2001
• Take Off Your Pants and Jacketblink-182 · 2001
• All RiseBlue · 2001
• BritneyBritney Spears · 2001
• DiscoveryDaft Punk · 2001
• SurvivorDestiny's Child · 2001
• EscapeEnrique Iglesias · 2001
• ScorpionEve · 2001
• Echo ParkFeeder · 2001
• GorillazGorillaz · 2001
• PopstarsHear'Say · 2001
• Morning ViewIncubus · 2001
• All for YouJanet Jackson · 2001
• Pain Is LoveJa Rule · 2001
• The BlueprintJay-Z · 2001
• J.LoJennifer Lopez · 2001
• Bleed AmericanJimmy Eat World · 2001
• Barricades & BrickwallsKasey Chambers · 2001
• FeverKylie Minogue · 2001
• I'm Already ThereLonestar · 2001
• No More DramaMary J. Blige · 2001
• InvincibleMichael Jackson · 2001
• Miss E... So AddictiveMissy Elliott · 2001
• Lickin' on Both SidesMis-Teeq · 2001
• Silver Side UpNickelback · 2001
• Celebrity*NSYNC · 2001
• MissundaztoodP!nk · 2001
• Come CleanPuddle of Mudd · 2001
• Swing When You're WinningRobbie Williams · 2001
• Melody A.M.Röyksopp · 2001
• Episode IISafri Duo · 2001
• Laundry ServiceShakira · 2001
• They Don't KnowSo Solid Crew · 2001
• Break the CycleStaind · 2001
• Is This ItThe Strokes · 2001
• All Killer No FillerSum 41 · 2001
• ToxicitySystem of a Down · 2001
• Set This Circus DownTim McGraw · 2001
• Drops of JupiterTrain · 2001
• The Invisible BandTravis · 2001
• 8701Usher · 2001
• World of Our OwnWestlife · 2001
• White Blood CellsThe White Stripes · 2001