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MTV Icon was an annual tribute show held by MTV
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, running from 2001 to 2004. Each year bands inspired by the Icon at hand performed some of the Icon's songs.

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MTV Icon was an annual tribute show held by MTV
MTV

MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
, running from 2001 to 2004. Each year bands inspired by the Icon at hand performed some of the Icon's songs.

=MTV Icons= 2001 - Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson

Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Born in Gary, Indiana and raised in Encino, Los Angeles, California, she is the youngest child of the Jackson family of musicians....

2002 - Aerosmith
Aerosmith

Aerosmith is an United States hard rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston, Massachusetts" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band"....

2003 - Metallica
Metallica

Metallica is an American heavy metal music band that formed in 1981 in Los Angeles. Founded when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in a local newspaper, Metallica's line-up has primarily consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, and lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, while going through a number of bassists....

2004 - The Cure
The Cure

The Cure are an English Rock music band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several lineup changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member....



Janet Jackson


Setlist

"Ms. Jackson
Ms. Jackson

"Ms. Jackson" is a song by OutKast and the second single from their fourth album Stankonia. It topped the U.S. charts for the week of February 17, 2001, and won a Grammy Awards of 2002#Rap for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group....
"
  • Performed by Outkast
    OutKast

    OutKast is an United States hip hop music duet based out of East Point, Georgia, a city south of Atlanta, Georgia, Georgia . The duo was originally known as The OKB but later changed its name to OutKast....


"Let's Wait Awhile
Let's Wait Awhile

"Let's Wait Awhile" is the fifth single from Janet Jackson's third studio album, Control ....
"
  • Performed by Destiny's Child
    Destiny's Child

    Destiny's Child was an contemporary R&B and pop music girl group comprising lead singer Beyonc? Knowles alongside Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams ....


"Love Will Never Do (Without You)
Love Will Never Do (Without You)

"Love Will Never Do " is a song by United States contemporary R&B/pop music singer Janet Jackson....
"
  • Performed by Macy Gray
    Macy Gray

    Macy Gray is an American contemporary R&B and soul music singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor, famed for her distinctive raspy voice and a singing style heavily influenced by Billie Holiday and Betty Davis as well as Keith Harris as Orville the Duck....


"That's the Way Love Goes
That's the Way Love Goes

"That's the Way Love Goes" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson from her fifth studio album, janet. . Released as the album's lead single in April 1993, the Grammy Award-winning song became Jackson's longest-running number-one single ever in the United States, staying atop the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks....
"
  • Performed by *NSync
    'N Sync

    N Sync was an American pop music group. The group's launch to fame was financed by the boy band mogul Lou Pearlman. Since 1995, 'N Sync has sold over 56 million records worldwide....


"Dance Medley (Miss You Much
Miss You Much

"Miss You Much" is the lead single from United States contemporary R&B/pop music singer Janet Jackson's fourth studio album, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 ....
 / Alright
Alright (Janet Jackson song)

"Alright" is the fourth single from United States contemporary R&B/pop music singer Janet Jackson's fourth studio album, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 ....
 / The Pleasure Principle
The Pleasure Principle (song)

"The Pleasure Principle" is the sixth single from Janet Jackson's third studio album, Control ....
 / Rhythm Nation
Rhythm Nation

"Rhythm Nation" is the second single from United States contemporary R&B/pop music singer Janet Jackson's fourth studio album, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 ....
)"
  • Performed by Pink, Usher
    Usher (entertainer)

    Usher Raymond IV , known simply as Usher, is an American contemporary R&B-pop music singer-songwriter and actor. He rose to fame in the 1990s, releasing the multi-platinum album My Way and 8701 ....
    , and Mưa
    Mya

    Mya may refer to* M?a, an American R&B/pop singer and actress* Midwest Young Artists, a comprehensive youth music program* Mya , a Italian Tv channel...


"Nasty
Nasty (song)

"Nasty" is the second single from Janet Jackson's third studio album, Control . Released in 1986, the single peaked at three on Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, and remains one of Jackson's signature songs....
"
  • Performed by Buckcherry
    Buckcherry

    Buckcherry is a Grammy Award-nominated Los Angeles, California hard rock band formed in 1995. The band released two albums, their Buckcherry in 1999 and 2001's Time Bomb , before dissolving in the summer of 2002....


"All for You
All for You (song)

"All for You" is a song by American contemporary R&B-pop music singer Janet Jackson from her seventh studio album, All for You . Released as the album's lead single in March 2001, the song went on to top the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks, and also reached the top five and the top ten of the majority of the charts....
"
  • Performed by Janet Jackson
    Janet Jackson

    Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Born in Gary, Indiana and raised in Encino, Los Angeles, California, she is the youngest child of the Jackson family of musicians....

Aerosmith

The tribute show to Aerosmith was held in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
.

Setlist

"Walk This Way
Walk This Way

"Walk This Way" is a song by United States hard rock rock band Aerosmith. It was written by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry . It was originally released as the second single from their 1975 album Toys in the Attic ....
"
  • Performed by Nelly
    Nelly

    Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr. , better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American rapping, singing, actor and entrepreneur. He has performed with the rap group St....
    , Ja Rule
    Ja Rule

    Jeffrey Atkins , better known by his stage name Ja Rule, is an United States rapper and actor signed to The Inc. and Universal Records, formerly of Def Jam Recordings....
    , DJ Clue
    DJ Clue

    Ernesto Shaw , better known as DJ Clue?, is a Mixtape Disc Jockey known for his involvement in the Mixtape circuit and for being one of the first DJ's not to mix songs in his mixtapes....
    , & Sum 41
    Sum 41

    Sum 41 is a Canadian Rock music Musical ensemble from Ajax, Ontario. The current members are Deryck Whibley , Cone McCaslin , and Steve Jocz ....


"Janie's Got a Gun
Janie's Got a Gun

"Janie's Got a Gun" is a song performed by United States hard rock band Aerosmith and written by Steven Tyler and Tom Hamilton . It was released as the second single from Pump in 1989....
"
  • Performed by Pink


"Dude (Looks Like a Lady)
Dude (Looks Like a Lady)

"Dude " is a song by Boston hard rock band Aerosmith. It was released as the first of 3 singles from the Permanent Vacation album in 1987 in music....
"
  • Performed by Shakira
    Shakira

    Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll known simply as Shakira, is a Colombian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer and philanthropist who emerged as a Prodigy in the music scene of Latin America in the mid-1990s....


"Mama Kin
Mama Kin

"Mama Kin" is a song written by Steven Tyler and recorded by United States hard rock band Aerosmith....
 / Last Child
Last Child

"Last Child" is a song performed by United States hard rock band Aerosmith. It was written by Steven Tyler and Brad Whitford. It was released as the first single from the band's hard rock album Rocks in 1976 in music....
"
  • Performed by Kid Rock
    Kid Rock

    Robert James Ritchie , known by his stage name Kid Rock, is a rapper turned singer/songwriter with five Grammy nominations. He was born in Romeo, Michigan on January 17, 1971....


"Dream On
Dream On (Aerosmith song)

"Dream On" is the first single by Aerosmith from their 1973 debut album, Aerosmith . Written by lead singer Steven Tyler, this blues-influenced power ballad became their first major hit....
"
  • Performed by Train
    Train (band)

    Train is a Grammy Award-winning rock music band formed in San Francisco, California. To date, three of their albums have peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 and have sold a total of over 4 million albums in the US....


"Sweet Emotion
Sweet Emotion

"Sweet Emotion" is a song by United States Rock music band Aerosmith. It was released in 1975 as the first single from the band's breakthrough smash Toys in the Attic ....
"
  • Performed by Papa Roach
    Papa Roach

    Papa Roach is a four-piece alternative rock band from Vacaville, California. They broke into the mainstream with their three times platinum major-label debut album Infest ....


"Movin' Out'
Movin' Out (Aerosmith song)

"Movin' Out" is a song from Aerosmith 1973 Aerosmith . Steven Tyler has said that this was the first song they wrote as a band. Joe Perry played a guitar lick while sitting on a waterbed and Steven immediately wrote words to match....
"
  • Performed by Aerosmith


"Toys in the Attic
Toys in the Attic (song)

"Toys in the Attic" is a song by United States hard rock band Aerosmith. Written by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry , it is the first song and title track from the band's third album Toys in the Attic , their bestselling studio album in the United States....
"
  • Performed by Aerosmith


"Cryin'
Cryin'

"Cryin" is a song by United States hard rock band Aerosmith. It was written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry , and Taylor Rhodes. It was released in the summer of 1993 in music as the fourth single from the hugely successful album Get a Grip....
"
  • Performed by Aerosmith


"Girls of Summer
Girls of Summer

"Girls of Summer" is a single by United States hard rock band Aerosmith. The song was written by lead singer Steven Tyler, guitarist Joe Perry and professional songwriter Marti Frederiksen....
"
  • Performed by Aerosmith


"Train Kept A-Rollin'
Train Kept A-Rollin'

"Train Kept A-Rollin" is a song written by Tiny Bradshaw, Howard Kay, and Lois Mann. Bradshaw first recorded the song in 1951- his best known recording....
"
  • Performed by Aerosmith

Metallica

The tribute show to Metallica was held in Universal City.

Setlist

"Metallica Medley (For Whom the Bell Tolls / Enter Sandman
Enter Sandman

"Enter Sandman" is a song by American Heavy metal music band Metallica, featured as the opening track and lead Single from their eponymous 1991 album Metallica ....
 / Master of Puppets
Master of Puppets (song)

"Master of Puppets" is a song by thrash metal band Metallica. It is the title track of their Master of Puppets.It shares a similar album structure with Ride the Lightning in having the title track as the second track, preceded by Battery ....
)"
  • Performed by Sum 41


"Nothing Else Matters
Nothing Else Matters

"Nothing Else Matters" is a song by heavy metal music band Metallica. It was first released in 1991 on the self-titled Metallica . The song reached #11 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks Charts in 1992....
"
  • Performed by Staind
    Staind

    Staind is an United States rock music band from Springfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, including lead singer/guitarist Aaron Lewis, lead guitarist Mike Mushok, bassist/vocalist Johnny April and drummer Jon Wysocki....


"Fuel
Fuel (song)

"Fuel" is the opening song from Metallica's ReLoad album. It stems from the thrill of fast driving and street racing. The song could also be applied to the fact that people like to drive their lives too fast....
"
  • Performed by Avril Lavigne
    Avril Lavigne

    Avril Lavigne Whibley , better known by her birth name Avril Lavigne , is a Canadian pop-punk singer-songwriter, fashion designer, and actress....


"Sad But True
Sad But True

"Sad but True" is a Heavy metal music song recorded by Metallica for their fifth studio album Metallica . The song was released as the album's fifth single in mid-1992....
"
  • Performed by Snoop Dogg
    Snoop Dogg

    Cordozar Calvin Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg , is a Grammy Award-nominated American rapper, record producer, and actor....


"One
One (Metallica song)

"One" is a Grammy Award winning song by Heavy metal music band Metallica. One of Metallica's most famous songs, "One" appeared as the fourth track of ?And Justice for All and was released as the third single from the same album....
"
  • Performed by Korn
    Korn

    'Korn' is an American rock music band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The band's catalogue consists of nine consecutive debuts in the top ten of the Billboard 200, including a compilation album, Greatest Hits, Vol....


"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)

"Welcome Home " is the second single and fourth song from Metallica's 1986 album Master of Puppets. It was inspired by Ken Kesey's novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ....
"
  • Performed by Limp Bizkit
    Limp Bizkit

    Limp Bizkit is an United States nu metal band from Jacksonville, Florida, Florida. The band achieved success with over 50 million albums sold worldwide....


"Old School Medley (Hit the Lights
Kill 'Em All

Kill 'Em All is the debut album by American heavy metal music band Metallica. The album was recorded in only two weeks on a small budget. Only 1500 copies were initially printed, however it has now been certified 3x Platinum by the RIAA, selling over 3 million copies in the U.S....
 / Enter Sandman / Blackened / Creeping Death
Creeping Death

"Creeping Death" is a song by Metallica and is the seventh track on their 1984 in music album Ride the Lightning. Written from the perspective of the Angel of Death, it describes the Plague of the Firstborn ....
 / Battery
Battery (song)

"Battery" is the opening track of Metallica's 1986 in music album Master of Puppets. As with the opening track from Ride the Lightning , Battery begins with a slow, clean guitar part....
)"
  • Performed by Metallica


"Frantic
Frantic (song)

"'Frantic'" is the opening track and second Single by Heavy metal music band Metallica off their 2003 album St. Anger. This song, like many others on St....
"
  • Performed by Metallica

The Cure

The tribute show to The Cure was held in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, England
England

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.

Setlist

"A Letter to Elise
A Letter to Elise

"A Letter to Elise" is the third and final single taken from the album Wish from The Cure in 1992.The b-side "The Big Hand" was planned as an A-Side single early in 1993 but the idea was scrapped, largely due to Boris Williams not wanting it to appear on the album but having no qualms about it appearing as a B-side ....
"
  • Performed by Blink-182
    Blink-182

    Blink-182 is an United States Rock music trio formed in 1992 in Poway, California that predominantly plays pop punk music. The band, then known simply as "Blink", was originally composed of Tom DeLonge , Mark Hoppus and Scott Raynor ....


"Just Like Heaven
Just like Heaven (song)

"Just Like Heaven" is a song by the British alternative rock band The Cure. The group largely wrote the song during recording sessions in Southern France in 1987....
"
  • Performed by AFI
    AFI (band)

    AFI is an American hardcore punk band from Ukiah, California, California, formed in 1991. They have consisted of the same lineup since 1998, lead vocalist Davey Havok, drummer and backup vocalist Adam Carson, with bassist Hunter Burgan and guitarist Jade Puget, who both play keyboard and contribute backup vocals....


"Boys Don't Cry
Boys Don't Cry (song)

"Boys Don't Cry" was the second single to be released by The Cure, released in June 1979. It was released in the UK as a stand-alone single but was included as the title track on Boys Don't Cry , the American equivalent to Three Imaginary Boys....
"
  • Performed by Razorlight
    Razorlight

    Razorlight are an England-Sweden indie rock band formed in 2002. They are primarily known in their home countries, having topped the charts with the 2006 single America and its parent Razorlight , their second....


"If Only Tonight We Could Sleep..."
  • Performed by Deftones
    Deftones

    Deftones is an American rock music musical ensemble from Sacramento, California formed in 1988, consisting of Chino Moreno , Stephen Carpenter , Chi Cheng , Frank Delgado , and Abe Cunningham ....


"Taking Off"
  • Performed by The Cure


"10:15 Saturday Night
10:15 Saturday Night

"10:15 Saturday Night" is a song by British post-punk band, The Cure. It was the b-side to their single "Killing an Arab," as well as the opening track of their debut album, Three Imaginary Boys....
"
  • Performed by The Cure

See also

MTV Youth Icon of the Year
MTV Youth Icon of the Year

MTV Youth Icon of the year is an annual award presented by MTV India. It was first presented in 2003. It is determined by popular vote....
 (Annual award in India)

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