Pepsi puts "a little twist on a great thing," introducing lemon-flavored Pepsi Twist and Diet Pepsi Twist. The product launch marks the return to lemon-flavored colas for Pepsi, which distributed Pepsi Light until the mid-1980s.

Pepsi unveils its FunWraps Factory, letting consumers personalize Pepsi cans with fun designs and unique messages. With a wide variety of sports, entertainment and holiday images to choose from, Pepsi drinkers begin creating their own can labels for just about any occasion.

Colombian singing sensation Shakira stars in a series of new commercials for Pepsi just as her debut English-language album hits stores in the U.S. At the same time, Pepsi agrees to sponsor the Latin pop star's worldwide concert tour.

PepsiStuff.com lets consumers redeem points from specially marked packages of Pepsi products for more than a half-million cool prizes, and proves to be the most popular online Pepsi promotion ever.

Pop superstar Britney Spears appears in her first Pepsi commercial during the 2001 Academy Awards. The high-energy spot also runs online, where more than 2 million fans click their way to Britney's own version of "The Joy of Pepsi."