Editing 2001 in music (section)

===September===
*[[September 4]] – The second studio album from American band [[System of a Down]], ''[[Toxicity (album)|Toxicity]]'', is released worldwide. After the 9/11 attacks, the single "[[Chop Suey! (song)|Chop Suey!]]" is put on the [[Clear Channel memorandum|list of songs deemed inappropriate by Clear Channel]].
*[[September 5]] – A performance of [[John Cage]]'s ''[[As Slow as Possible]]'' on a specially-built organ in Sankt-Burchardi-Church in [[Halberstadt]], Germany, scheduled to last until the year 2640 begins with an 18-month pause.
*[[September 6]]  – At the [[2001 MTV Video Music Awards]], [[Britney Spears]] performs her new single [[I'm a Slave 4 U]] in a very revealing outfit and featuring a number of exotic animals including a white and live albino [[Burmese python]] on her shoulder, leading to a great deal of criticism from animal rights organisation [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]]. Nevertheless, [[MTV]] named the performance as the most memorable moment in [[MTV Video Music Awards|VMA history]].
*[[September 7]]-10 – The [[Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special]] tribute concerts are held at [[Madison Square Garden]] in New York City.
*[[September 10]] – [[Blink-182]] start shooting a video for "[[Stay Together for the Kids]]", featuring the band playing in a derelict house. When they try to finish the video the following day, the 9–11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City occur, and the band abandon the attempt and decide to shoot a different video for the song.
*[[September 11]] – 
**[[Bob Dylan]]'s [[Love and Theft (Bob Dylan album)|Love and Theft]] album was released on this day. 
**The [[September 11 attacks]] result in the cancellation or postponement of many musical events, due to the halting of many commercial flights and the somber mood of communities around the world:
***MTV and VH1 suspend regular programming to carry a newsfeed from CBS, and the [[Latin Grammy Awards of 2001|2001 Latin Grammy Awards]] broadcast is canceled. 
***[[Sting (musician)|Sting]], who had planned to stream a performance in Italy on the Internet, reduces the Webcast to one song, "[[Fragile (Sting song)|Fragile]]". 
***[[Enya]]'s "[[Only Time]]" becomes backdrop for [[CNN]].<ref name="billboard9/11">{{cite magazine|date=2001-09-22|title=As U.S. Mourns Attack, Entertainment Industry Unites|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|pages=1, 8}}</ref> 
***The [[MuchMusic Video Awards]] scheduled for September 23 are also canceled.<ref name="mmva's">{{cite web |url= http://www.chartattack.com/news/2001/09/13/muchmusic-cancel-video-awards/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130731093526/http://www.chartattack.com/news/2001/09/13/muchmusic-cancel-video-awards/ |url-status= dead |archive-date= July 31, 2013 |title=MuchMusic Cancel Video Awards |date=September 13, 2001 |publisher=[[ChartAttack]] |access-date=November 5, 2012}}</ref>
***[[Gerard Way]] witnesses the attacks and is inspired to start a band, which later becomes [[My Chemical Romance]].
**[[Mariah Carey]] releases her infamous soundtrack [[Glitter (soundtrack)|''Glitter'']] accompanied by the unsuccessful movie. The soundtrack's lead single, "[[Loverboy (Mariah Carey song)|Loverboy]]", reaches no. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
*[[September 14]] – [[Clear Channel Communications]] issues a [[2001 Clear Channel memorandum|controversial memorandum]] to its radio stations containing a list of 165 songs considered "lyrically questionable" in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. The list includes "[[Knockin' on Heaven's Door]]", all songs by [[Rage Against the Machine]] and [[John Lennon]]'s "[[Imagine (John Lennon song)|Imagine]]".
*[[September 21]] – ''[[America: A Tribute to Heroes]]'' airs uninterrupted on all major networks. The solemn concert, only 10 days after the September 11 attacks, included performances by [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[Tom Petty]], [[Celine Dion]], [[Neil Young]], [[Stevie Wonder]], [[Alicia Keys]], [[Dave Matthews]], [[Faith Hill]], [[Mariah Carey]], and others.
*[[September 25]] – [[XM Satellite Radio]] is launched.
*[[September 29]]
**The First International Accordion Festival begins at [[La Villita]] in San Antonio, Texas, celebrating the multicultural traditions of the accordion with artists performing German, Colombian, Irish, Argentinian tango, Cajun-zydeco, Dominican merengue and conjunto-Tejano music.<ref>Staff, "Hits of the Week", ''Houston Chronicle'' (September 29, 2001): Houston section, p.&nbsp;2.</ref>
**[[Jennifer Lopez]] weds back-up dancer [[Cris Judd]]. The marriage would end in June 2002.