Directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller   Written by Tommy Cody   Frank DeCaro   Speedy   Ed Crasnick   Darrel Heath   Suli McCullough   Jeffrey Ross   Michael Anthony Snowden   Chris Spencer   Rachel Mordecai   Darry Logan   Caprice Crane   Sean O'Connell   Fred Flores   Cast Jamie Foxx ... Self - Host Christina Aguilera ... Self - Presenter Staind ... Themselves - Performers Dream ... Themselves - Presenters *NSYNC ... Themselves - Performers Linkin Park ... Themselves - Performers Tenacious D ... Themselves - Presenters Outkast ... Themselves - Performers U2 ... Themselves - Performer Wes Borland ... Self Backstreet Boys ... Themselves - Presenters Sean 'Diddy' Combs ... Self - Presenter (as P. Diddy) Nikka Costa ... Self - Presenter Sheryl Crow ... Self Andy Dick ... Self / Daphne Aguilera DMX ... Self - Presenter Fred Durst ... Self Dale Earnhardt Jr. ... Self - Presenter Missy Elliott ... Self - Performer Eve ... Self - Pre-Show Performer Will Ferrell ... Self Nelly Furtado ... Self - Performer Ginuwine ... Self - Presenter Macy Gray ... Self - Presenter Rashad Haughton ... Self - Presenter Busta Rhymes ... Self - Presenter Janet Jackson ... Self - Presenter Michael Jackson ... Self - Performer Mick Jagger ... Self - Presenter Jay-Z ... Self - Performer Lil' Kim ... Self - Presenter Spike Jonze ... Self Jon Bon Jovi ... Self - Presenter Alicia Keys ... Self - Performer Jewel ... Self - Presenter Johnny Knoxville ... Self - Presenter Ananda Lewis ... Self - Presenter Jennifer Lopez ... Self - Performer Ludacris ... Self - Performer Moby ... Self - Presenter Mandy Moore ... Self - Presenter Mya ... Self - Presenter Nelly ... Self - Presenter Pink ... Self Marky Ramone ... Self - Presenter Dee Dee Ramone ... Self Johnny Ramone ... Self Kid Rock ... Self - Presenter Ja Rule ... Self - Performer Shakira ... Self - Presenter Jessica Simpson ... Self - Presenter Will Smith ... Self - Presenter Britney Spears ... Self - Performer Gwen Stefani ... Self Julia Stiles ... Self Ben Stiller ... Self - Presenter Trina ... Self - Performer Christopher Walken ... Self - Presenter Estella Warren ... Self - Presenter André 3000 ... Self - Presenter (as Outkast) Alien Ant Farm ... Themselves - Pre-Show Performers Milton Berle ... Self Michael Blakey ... Self Gisele Bündchen ... Self - Presenter Destiny's Child ... Themselves - Presenters Marty Dew ... Dancer Fatboy Slim ... Self Catarina Furtado   Buddy Hackett ... Self Diogo Infante   Wyclef Jean ... Self - Pre-Show Performer Mari Koda ... Jamie Foxx's dancer Trinidad Mann ... Performer Claudette Ortiz ... Self - Presenter / Pre-Show Performer (as City High) Daft Punk ... Themselves - Presenters Ralph Rieckermann   Robert Smigel ... Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Jenna Spellman ... Dancer Peter Navy Tuiasosopo ... Sumo Wrestler Nik Tyler ... Self - Audience Otgo Waller ... Britney Spear's Contortionist Produced by Beth Aala   Alex Coletti   Kenneth Dancyger   Jennifer Dowd   Kathy Flynn   Bobby Leigh   Peter Menzies   Ren Messer   Austin Reading   Original Music by Michael Blakey

Additional Info Premiere: September 06, 2001 Country: Distributor: MTV Networks Websites: Production Companies Music Television (MTV) Distributors Music Television (MTV) Filming Locations Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts - Columbus Avenue & 61st Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA Radio City Music Hall - 1260 6th Avenue, Rockefeller Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA Rating Stats Overall Rating 4.6 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #10,752 / 21,551 Site Ranking #10,748 AEW Dark: Season 5 (2023) #10,749 AEW Dark: Season 2 (2020) #10,750 Isis Rising: Curse Of The Lady Mummy (2013) #10,751 Return To Frogtown (1993) #10,752 2001 MTV Video Music Awards (2001) #10,753 Operation Delta Force 2: Mayday (1997) #10,755 Secrets Of A Call Girl (1973) #10,756 The Stylist (2016) #10,757 The Legend Of The Roller Blade Seven (1993)