Events in Music History in January 2001

Vanilla Ice in Jail

Jan 4 Rapper Vanilla Ice spends night in jail after allegedly ripping out some of his wife's hair during a row

  • Jan 9 Apple announced iTunes at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, for organizing and playing digital music and videos

"Lizzie McGuire" Premieres

Jan 12 Disney Channel TV series "Lizzie McGuire" premieres starring Hilary Duff

"Love Don't Cost A Thing"

Jan 14 Jennifer Lopez scored her first UK No.1 single with 'Love Don't Cost A Thing'

"Miss Saigon"

Jan 28 Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil's musical "Miss Saigon", based on Giacomo Puccini's "Madama Butterfly, and starring Jonathan Pryce and Lea Salonga closes at Broadway Theater, NYC, after 4,092 performances and 3 Tony Award wins