Ranking   
NME 2001
Top 50 Albums of 2001
  1. The Strokes - Is This It (Rough Trade)
  2. Spiritualized - Let It Come Down (Spaceman)
  3. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (XL)
  4. Jay-Z - The Blueprint (Roc-A-Fella)
  5. Starsailor - Love Is Here (Chrysalis)
  6. Slipknot - Iowa (Roadrunner)
  7. Mercury Rev - All Is Dream (V2)
  8. Rufus Wainwright - Poses (DreamWorks)
  9. Andrew WK - I Get Wet (Mercury)
  10. Aphex Twin - Drukqs (Warp)
  11. Super Furry Animals - Rings Around The World (Epic)
  12. Elbow - Asleep In The Back (V2)
  13. Basement Jaxx - Rooty (XL)
  14. Air - 10,000 Hz Legend (Source/Virgin)
  15. Destiny's Child - Survivor (Columbia)
  16. Daft Punk - Discovery (Virgin)
  17. Pulp - We Love Life (Island)
  18. Roots Manuva - Run Come Save Me (Big Dada)
  19. Fugazi - The Argument (Dischord)
  20. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part (Mute)
  21. Stephen Malkmus - Stephen Malkmus (Domino)
  22. Sparklehorse - It's A Wonderful Life (Parlophone)
  23. Travis - The Invisible Band (Independiente)
  24. Low - Things We Lost In The Fire (Tugboat)
  25. Radiohead - Amnesiac (Parlophone)
  26. Missy Elliott - Miss E ...So Addictive (Elektra)
  27. Mark Lanegan - Field Songs (Beggars Banquet)
  28. Mogwai - Rock Action (Southpaw/PIAS)
  29. Clearlake - Lido (Dusty Company)
  30. The Charlatans - Wonderland (Universal)
  31. New Order - Get Ready (London)
  32. Bjork - Vespertine (One Little Indian)
  33. Kings Of Convenience - Quiet Is The New Loud (Source)
  34. REM - Reveal (Warner Bros)
  35. Boredoms - Visioncreationnewsun (Birdman)
  36. Beanie Sigel - The Reason (Roc-A-Fella)
  37. Turin Brakes - The Optimist LP (Source)
  38. Four Tet - Pause (Domino)
  39. Aaliyah - Aaliyah (Background/Virgin)
  40. N*E*R*D - In Search Of... (Virgin)
  41. Oxide & Neutrino - Execute (East West)
  42. Kurupt - Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey (Antra)
  43. The Beta Band - Hot Shots II (Regal)
  44. The Tyde - Once (Track And Field)
  45. Future Pilot AKA - Tiny Waves, Mighty Sea (Geographic)
  46. Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein (Def Jux)
  47. Sizzla - Rastafari Teach I Everything (Greensleeves)
  48. Gorillaz - Gorillaz (Parlophone)
  49. Zoot Woman - Living In A Magazine (Wall Of Sound)
  50. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - How I Long To Feel That Summer In My Heart (Mantra)
Top 50 Singles of 2001
  1. Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On (Elektra)
  2. Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head (Parlophone)
  3. The Strokes - The Modern Age EP (Rough Trade)
  4. Andrew WK - Party Hard (Mercury)
  5. The White Stripes - Hotel Yorba (XL)
  6. OutKast - Ms Jackson (Arista)
  7. The Strokes - Hard To Explain (Rough Trade)
  8. Starsailor - Good Souls (Chrysalis/EMI)
  9. Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood (Parlophone)
  10. MOP - Cold As Ice (Epic)
  11. Destiny's Child - Bootylicious (Columbia)
  12. Spiritualized - Stop Your Crying (Spaceman)
  13. Squarepusher - My Red Hot Car (Warp)
  14. Super Furry Animals - Juxtapozed With U (Epic)
  15. Roots Manuva - Witness [One Hope] (Bid Dada)
  16. Destiny's Child - Survivor (Columbia)
  17. Fischer-spooner - Emerge (International DeeJay Gigolos)
  18. New Order - Crystal (London)
  19. S Club 7 - Don't Stop Movin (Polydor)
  20. The Avalanches - Since I Left You (XL)
  21. Jay-Z - I Just Wanna Love You [Give It 2 Me] (Roc-A-Fella)
  22. Girls On Top - We Don't Give A Damn About Our Friends (Black Melody)
  23. Daft Punk - Digital Love (Virgin)
  24. Muse - Plug In Baby (Mushroom)
  25. The Coral - hadows Fall (Deltasonic)
  26. Jay-Z - Izzo [HOVA] (Roc-A-Fella)
  27. Mogwai - My Father, My King (Rock Action)
  28. The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist (XL)
  29. Ian Brown - FEAR (Polydoor)
  30. The Streets - Has It Come To This? (679)
  31. Radiohead - Pyramid Song (Parlophone)
  32. BjorkRoger Sanchez - Another Chance (Defected)
  33. Pulp - The Trees (Island)
  34. Basement Jaxx - Romeo (XL)
  35. Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag (Columbia)
  36. The Moldy Peaches - Who's Got The Crack? (Rough Trade)
  37. Elbow - Powderblue (V2)
  38. Aaliyah - We Need A Resolution (Virgin)
  39. Gonzales - Take Me To Broadway (Kitty Yo)
  40. Ash - Shining Light (Infectious)
  41. DJ Pied Piper And The Masters of Ceremonies - Do You Really Like It? (Relentless)
  42. The Charlatans - A Man Needs To Be Told (MCA)
  43. So Solid Crew - 21 Seconds (Relentless)
  44. Turin Breaks - Mind Over Money (Source UK)
  45. PJ Harvey - This Is Love (Island)
  46. Linkin Park - One Step Closer (WEA)
  47. Pharoahe Monch - Got You (Priority)
  48. Jennifer Lopez - Play (Epic)
  49. Bubba Sparxxx - Ugly (Interscope)
  50. Kings Of Tomorrow Feat Julie McKnight - Finally (Defected)