Hosts: Yaning (CCTV), Li Xia, (MTV Global Music Television), Belinda

List of winners of the 3rd CCTV-MTV Music Festival in 2001: Award Name Winners People and Works The Mainland's Most Promising Singer Siqingerile Hong Kong's Best Male Singer of the Year Aaron Kwok Asia's Most Popular Group Shinhwa Mainland's Best Group of the Year Yuquan Mainland's Best Folk Song Zhang Yan's International Breakthrough Creative Award Chen Mei's Mainland's Best of the Year Singles Xie Xiaodong's "Believe" and Han Hong's "Sichuan Journey" Taiwan's Most Promising Singer of the Year Stefanie Sun Hong Kong's Most Promising Singer Edison Chen Mainland Music Special Contribution Award Mao Amin Mainland's New Band of the Year Dada Band Taiwan's Best Single of the Year Wang Leehom "Descendants of the Dragon" Music Festival Newcomer Award Zhang Yao Best Male Singer of the Year in Taiwan Five Hundred Mainland China Best Music Television Award Olympic Stars (Wang Tao, Mo Huilan, Fu Yubin, etc.) "Starting for the Olympics" Best of the Year in Hong Kong Female singer Sammi Cheng, the most outstanding female singer of the year in Asia, Coco Lee, the best female singer of the year in Taiwan, Annie Lam, the best single in Hong Kong, Gigi Leung's "Firework", the best international group of the year, A1 (Yogurt Boy), the mainland's annual dynamic golden song award, Sun Yue, Lin Yilun Mainland's most popular male singer of the year Sun Nan Mainland's most popular female singer of the year Na Ying International Lifetime Achievement Award BEE GEES Asia's Most Outstanding Male Singer Jacky Cheung