what kind of decade was it well a back
and forth in popularity between pop rock
and hip hop define the first 10 years of
the millennium yep that’s the kind of
decade it was in music the 1990s ended
with everyone in a party mood teen pop
acts like Britney Spears Backstreet Boys
and NSYNC were at the top of the charts
at the beginning of the millennium
starting off the decade with a bang
rat metal band Rage Against the Machine
caused the New York Stock Exchange to
close during the filming of their music
video sleep now in the fire in January
2000 a resurgence in hard rock began
that year as well with acts such as
Linkin Park and eventually Nickelback
gaining widespread mainstream acceptance
in terms of hip-hop rapper jay-z also
started seeing more mainstream success
at the turn of the millennium Eminem
also continued his success in this
decade eventually becoming the biggest
hip hop act of the 2000s October 2001
was the release of what would ultimately
be Michael Jackson’s final album
invincible and some sad news the quiet
Beatle George Harrison passed away from
lung cancer on November 29th 2001 the
debut album from New York garage rock
band The Strokes is this it also came in
2001
the group of the year for 2001 was
Destiny’s Child
don’t fail me baby by late 2002 Justin
Timberlake of NSYNC Fame had his own
debut solo album justified teen pop rock
exploded in 2002 when Avril Lavigne
burst onto the scene with her debut
single complicated this was also the
year emo music broke into the mainstream
with the help of bands like Jimmy Eat
World and Dashboard Confessional Jack
White and the White Stripes continue to
nurture the GarageBand genre and were
one of 2002’s most acclaimed bands in
2003 Madonna symbolically passed the
torch to pop princesses Britney Spears
and Christina Aguilera when she kissed
them during a performance at the MTV
Video Music Awards
the Black Eyed Peas are another
definitive act of the 2000s and they had
their first huge hit in 2003 with
where’s the love
2004 was the year of the wardrobe
malfunction the song as early as 2004
the synth pop and or post-punk revival
started laying its roots bands like The
Killers Franz Ferdinand Bloc Party and
the Arctic Monkeys were some of the key
players in these genres being influenced
by the 1980s and such acts as the Cure
pop punk regained momentum in 2005 with
acts like the all-american rejects and
Fall Out Boy merging to great popularity
in sugar will go a death slinger
on the other hand hip hop music was on
the wane in 2005 though it was quickly
revitalized by such acts as Kanye West
hey you go did 2005 was also the year
Destiny’s Child officially broke up this
cleared the way for Beyonce to become an
R&B icon eventually selling over 20
million solo records 2006 and 2007 saw
the rise of children’s themed music
which included acts like the Jonas
Brothers Hannah Montana and high school
musical Britney Spears had been on a
downward spiral for years but 2007 was
the year of her attempted comeback with
the album blackout 2008 was the year of
the rick roll
[Music]
after a 15-year wait guns and roses
finally released their sixth studio
album Chinese Democracy in 2008 the year
in rock was not complete without a CD
C’s first album in nine years
black ice Coldplay became a force to be
reckoned with in 2008 with their fourth
album Viva la Vida or death and all his
friends kuku booty what up 2008 also saw
the release of Lady Gaga’s first album
which spawned such hits as Just Dance
pokerface
and paparazzi
while hip-hop artist Lil Wayne had
achieved moderate mainstream success
earlier in the decade it was the 2008
release of his album the Carter 3 that
won a McGraw me Awards for Best Rap
Album of the year 2008-2009 also saw the
popularization of auto-tune a vocal
distortion technique that sounds cool
it’s amazing 2009 was not without
controversy Kanye West also made news
when he ambushed Taylor Swift onstage at
the MTV Video Music Awards I’m really
happy for you I’m let you finish but
Beyonce had one of the best videos of
all time also in 2009 an American Idol
runner-up Adam Lambert made headlines
when the openly gay star kissed a male
keyboardist on stage at the American
Music Awards the biggest news story in
2009 was without a doubt Michael Jackson
in March he announced a 50 show tour at
London’s o2 arena that would have marked
his comeback but on June 25th the King
of Pop passed away at the age of 50
and forth in popularity between pop rock
and hip hop define the first 10 years of
the millennium yep that’s the kind of
decade it was in music the 1990s ended
with everyone in a party mood teen pop
acts like Britney Spears Backstreet Boys
and NSYNC were at the top of the charts
at the beginning of the millennium
starting off the decade with a bang
rat metal band Rage Against the Machine
caused the New York Stock Exchange to
close during the filming of their music
video sleep now in the fire in January
2000 a resurgence in hard rock began
that year as well with acts such as
Linkin Park and eventually Nickelback
gaining widespread mainstream acceptance
in terms of hip-hop rapper jay-z also
started seeing more mainstream success
at the turn of the millennium Eminem
also continued his success in this
decade eventually becoming the biggest
hip hop act of the 2000s October 2001
was the release of what would ultimately
be Michael Jackson’s final album
invincible and some sad news the quiet
Beatle George Harrison passed away from
lung cancer on November 29th 2001 the
debut album from New York garage rock
band The Strokes is this it also came in
2001
the group of the year for 2001 was
Destiny’s Child
don’t fail me baby by late 2002 Justin
Timberlake of NSYNC Fame had his own
debut solo album justified teen pop rock
exploded in 2002 when Avril Lavigne
burst onto the scene with her debut
single complicated this was also the
year emo music broke into the mainstream
with the help of bands like Jimmy Eat
World and Dashboard Confessional Jack
White and the White Stripes continue to
nurture the GarageBand genre and were
one of 2002’s most acclaimed bands in
2003 Madonna symbolically passed the
torch to pop princesses Britney Spears
and Christina Aguilera when she kissed
them during a performance at the MTV
Video Music Awards
the Black Eyed Peas are another
definitive act of the 2000s and they had
their first huge hit in 2003 with
where’s the love
2004 was the year of the wardrobe
malfunction the song as early as 2004
the synth pop and or post-punk revival
started laying its roots bands like The
Killers Franz Ferdinand Bloc Party and
the Arctic Monkeys were some of the key
players in these genres being influenced
by the 1980s and such acts as the Cure
pop punk regained momentum in 2005 with
acts like the all-american rejects and
Fall Out Boy merging to great popularity
in sugar will go a death slinger
on the other hand hip hop music was on
the wane in 2005 though it was quickly
revitalized by such acts as Kanye West
hey you go did 2005 was also the year
Destiny’s Child officially broke up this
cleared the way for Beyonce to become an
R&B icon eventually selling over 20
million solo records 2006 and 2007 saw
the rise of children’s themed music
which included acts like the Jonas
Brothers Hannah Montana and high school
musical Britney Spears had been on a
downward spiral for years but 2007 was
the year of her attempted comeback with
the album blackout 2008 was the year of
the rick roll
[Music]
after a 15-year wait guns and roses
finally released their sixth studio
album Chinese Democracy in 2008 the year
in rock was not complete without a CD
C’s first album in nine years
black ice Coldplay became a force to be
reckoned with in 2008 with their fourth
album Viva la Vida or death and all his
friends kuku booty what up 2008 also saw
the release of Lady Gaga’s first album
which spawned such hits as Just Dance
pokerface
and paparazzi
while hip-hop artist Lil Wayne had
achieved moderate mainstream success
earlier in the decade it was the 2008
release of his album the Carter 3 that
won a McGraw me Awards for Best Rap
Album of the year 2008-2009 also saw the
popularization of auto-tune a vocal
distortion technique that sounds cool
it’s amazing 2009 was not without
controversy Kanye West also made news
when he ambushed Taylor Swift onstage at
the MTV Video Music Awards I’m really
happy for you I’m let you finish but
Beyonce had one of the best videos of
all time also in 2009 an American Idol
runner-up Adam Lambert made headlines
when the openly gay star kissed a male
keyboardist on stage at the American
Music Awards the biggest news story in
2009 was without a doubt Michael Jackson
in March he announced a 50 show tour at
London’s o2 arena that would have marked
his comeback but on June 25th the King
of Pop passed away at the age of 50
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