The Sanremo Music Festival 2001 (), officially the 51st Italian Song Festival (), was the 51st annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 26 February and 3 March 2001 and broadcast by (RAI). The show was presented by Raffaella CarrÃÂ, assisted by Megan Gale, Massimo Ceccherini and Enrico Papi.
The quality jury consisted of Gino Paoli (who served as president), Iva Zanicchi, Margherita Buy, Francesca Archibugi, Omar Calabrese, Piero Chiambretti, Saverio Marconi, Alberto Testa, Giovanni Veronesi and Piero Vivarelli. The winner of the Big Artists section was Elisa with the song "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)", which also won the Critics Award. The group Gazosa won the Newcomers section with the song "Stai con me (Forever)".
After every night, Enrico Papi and Raffaella CarrÃÂ hosted Dopo il festival tutti da me, a talk show about the Festival with the participation of singers and journalists.