this decades saw the fragmentation of
pop music the continuing admiration of
rock especially in D garage and pop punk
as well as the popularity and interest
in dance and electronic music
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
musical acts of the 2000s for our series
on the top ten musical acts per decade
we’ve based our choices on a mix of an
act success popularity and overall
musical legacy
this is part of a series of videos
spanning the decades of music from the
1950s to the 2000s my love don’t cost a
thing
number 10 Justin Timberlake
leaving his boy band NSYNC behind JT had
a tremendous decade in the 2000s
for starters 2002’s justified hit the
Billboard 200 second spot while 2006 is
future sex love sounds landed at number
one
it was after he found a unique singular
voice added a hip-hop edge to a style
and showed off amazing dance moves
reminiscent of Michael Jackson that he
really established himself as one of the
most successful solo artists to come out
of the last decades boyband craze number
nine Green Day only Road the only one
that I
we all love the punk edge they had in
the 90s particularly on Dookie
but Green Day proved to be a driving
force in rock music during the next
decade – thanks to American Idiot don’t
wanna be an American
don’t want a nation I’d other new media
this mega blockbuster album sold over 15
million copies around the planet and was
a huge hit with the critics after songs
like Boulevard of broken dreams
and wake me up when September ends
brought some life back into rock radio
they earned a number-one record with
their follow-up 21st Century Breakdown
number eight Lady gaga roma-roma-ma Gaga
Waldoboro man Stephanie Joanne Angelina
Germanotta and the popularity of her
music during the Nadi’s simply can’t be
denied even with just one album test
and one EP out that decade
me
she reimagined what the 21st century
female pop singer could look and be like
bringing eccentricity tore style and a
queen and David Bowie influenced sound
to her music Lady Gaga also paved the
way for the likes of Katy Perry and
Ke$ha on the music charts
number seven Linkin Park it starts with
I don’t know why it doesn’t even matter
how hard you try this band was one of
the decades most important acts when it
came to the success and mainstream
recognition of new metal and rap metal
in the early 2000s
Pisan point their first record Hybrid
Theory became the 21st century’s
best-selling debut after selling over 25
million around the world
three years later their sophomore effort
meteora topped the Billboard 200
as did minutes to midnight four years
after that
meanwhile songs like in the end numb and
what I’ve done became popular mainstays
and mainstream rock radio
number six Britney Spears before turning
20 this pop starlet had sold over 30
million albums and she has her debut
baby one more time
to thank for that as it became the
biggest selling album by a teenage solo
artist for second record oops I did it
again
was another chart topper and commercial
success
but it’s really Britney Spears catchy
pop songs a game-changing music video
repertoire and the way she is
transitioned from innocent teen to a
sexually expressive artist throughout
the decade that solidified her place in
pop culture and influenced a generation
maile eat your heart out
number five Coldplay stars shine the
thoughtful often mellow music this band
produced during the early 21st century
was the cornerstone of rock music in the
UK and the US with songs like yellow it
was all yellow clocks
and viva la vida becoming modern-day
classics during the decade
Coldplay wasn’t only a critically
acclaimed act but also a massive
commercial success
2005’s X&Y was that year’s best-selling
album as was 2008 Viva la Vida or death
and all his friends
if you’re having girl problems I feel
bad for you son I got ninety number four
JZ patrol patrol Falls they wanted to
make so much ass disclosed not only is
jay-z a successful entrepreneur he’s
also got musical street cred to boot his
2001 album The Blueprint caged has been
cited by many critics as one of the best
albums of the decade that’s the end
thanks to his skills as a rapper and
emcee as well as his catchy beats Shawn
Carter also has the most Billboard 200
chart topping records ever with 13 and I
know anything necessary for us don’t let
the necessary occur yep
hold on eating aside to say this me in
my girlfriend he’s also sold over 75
million albums and garnered a whopping
17 Grammys in his life girlfriend he
also happens to be married to our next
musical artist number three Beyonce
former lead singer of the popular
Destiny’s Child beyoncé more truly
found her voice and her superstardom as
a solo artist
and it was during this decade that she
really shines
right now
with songs about love and female
empowerment as well as a 3.6 octave
vocal range and a larger-than-life stage
personality
mrs. Carter has influenced many future
pop stars left everything you own in a
box to the left in the closet that’s my
stuff yes hip-hop but please don’t touch
her numerous Grammy wins chart-topping
albums and smashes like crazy and loved
irreplaceable
and single ladies put a ring on it
have cemented her place in music history
number two Radiohead to say this Thom
Yorke led band has had an impact on
music would be an understatement
while we were first introduced to them
with their alt-rock work in the 90s it’s
their output in the naughties that
really lands them here
by changing up their guitar-driven style
and incorporating electronic music to
their sound Radiohead showed us that
experimentation in rock not only worked
it worked well examples include the
critically lauded kid a
and the top two album amnesia
the band also made waves for the
self-release of 2007’s in rainbows which
topped the Billboard 200 Albums Chart
before we unveil our pick for top
musical act of the 2000s here are a few
honorable mentions
love someone
older
Slim Shady please stand up number one
Eminem y’all act like you never seen a
white person before jaws on the floor
like panic on me just burst in the door
he was a Missouri born white guy who
grew up in Detroit and wanted to be the
best rapper in the world just follow me
we need a little
and by the end of the 2000s Eminem was
the biggest selling artist of the decade
back to reality oh there goes gravity oh
there goes rabbit show he’s owned
managed multiple Grammy wins involvement
with several musical projects and an
alter ego named Slim Shady Marshall
Mathers has earned critical praise with
half a dozen chart-topping efforts
what’s more is that he found success
outside his home country and even earned
an Oscar for lose yourself but it’s due
to incredible material on albums like
the Marshall Mathers LP anyways I hope
you get this man hit me back to the chat
so the yours so biggest fan it stands
and The Eminem Show that really put him
above the rest
but sometimes man it just seems
everybody only wants to disgust me
so this must mean I’m disgusting but
it’s just me I’m just saying do you
agree with our list who’s your favorite
musical act of the 2000s for more music
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
pop music the continuing admiration of
rock especially in D garage and pop punk
as well as the popularity and interest
in dance and electronic music
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
musical acts of the 2000s for our series
on the top ten musical acts per decade
we’ve based our choices on a mix of an
act success popularity and overall
musical legacy
this is part of a series of videos
spanning the decades of music from the
1950s to the 2000s my love don’t cost a
thing
number 10 Justin Timberlake
leaving his boy band NSYNC behind JT had
a tremendous decade in the 2000s
for starters 2002’s justified hit the
Billboard 200 second spot while 2006 is
future sex love sounds landed at number
one
it was after he found a unique singular
voice added a hip-hop edge to a style
and showed off amazing dance moves
reminiscent of Michael Jackson that he
really established himself as one of the
most successful solo artists to come out
of the last decades boyband craze number
nine Green Day only Road the only one
that I
we all love the punk edge they had in
the 90s particularly on Dookie
but Green Day proved to be a driving
force in rock music during the next
decade – thanks to American Idiot don’t
wanna be an American
don’t want a nation I’d other new media
this mega blockbuster album sold over 15
million copies around the planet and was
a huge hit with the critics after songs
like Boulevard of broken dreams
and wake me up when September ends
brought some life back into rock radio
they earned a number-one record with
their follow-up 21st Century Breakdown
number eight Lady gaga roma-roma-ma Gaga
Waldoboro man Stephanie Joanne Angelina
Germanotta and the popularity of her
music during the Nadi’s simply can’t be
denied even with just one album test
and one EP out that decade
me
she reimagined what the 21st century
female pop singer could look and be like
bringing eccentricity tore style and a
queen and David Bowie influenced sound
to her music Lady Gaga also paved the
way for the likes of Katy Perry and
Ke$ha on the music charts
number seven Linkin Park it starts with
I don’t know why it doesn’t even matter
how hard you try this band was one of
the decades most important acts when it
came to the success and mainstream
recognition of new metal and rap metal
in the early 2000s
Pisan point their first record Hybrid
Theory became the 21st century’s
best-selling debut after selling over 25
million around the world
three years later their sophomore effort
meteora topped the Billboard 200
as did minutes to midnight four years
after that
meanwhile songs like in the end numb and
what I’ve done became popular mainstays
and mainstream rock radio
number six Britney Spears before turning
20 this pop starlet had sold over 30
million albums and she has her debut
baby one more time
to thank for that as it became the
biggest selling album by a teenage solo
artist for second record oops I did it
again
was another chart topper and commercial
success
but it’s really Britney Spears catchy
pop songs a game-changing music video
repertoire and the way she is
transitioned from innocent teen to a
sexually expressive artist throughout
the decade that solidified her place in
pop culture and influenced a generation
maile eat your heart out
number five Coldplay stars shine the
thoughtful often mellow music this band
produced during the early 21st century
was the cornerstone of rock music in the
UK and the US with songs like yellow it
was all yellow clocks
and viva la vida becoming modern-day
classics during the decade
Coldplay wasn’t only a critically
acclaimed act but also a massive
commercial success
2005’s X&Y was that year’s best-selling
album as was 2008 Viva la Vida or death
and all his friends
if you’re having girl problems I feel
bad for you son I got ninety number four
JZ patrol patrol Falls they wanted to
make so much ass disclosed not only is
jay-z a successful entrepreneur he’s
also got musical street cred to boot his
2001 album The Blueprint caged has been
cited by many critics as one of the best
albums of the decade that’s the end
thanks to his skills as a rapper and
emcee as well as his catchy beats Shawn
Carter also has the most Billboard 200
chart topping records ever with 13 and I
know anything necessary for us don’t let
the necessary occur yep
hold on eating aside to say this me in
my girlfriend he’s also sold over 75
million albums and garnered a whopping
17 Grammys in his life girlfriend he
also happens to be married to our next
musical artist number three Beyonce
former lead singer of the popular
Destiny’s Child beyoncé more truly
found her voice and her superstardom as
a solo artist
and it was during this decade that she
really shines
right now
with songs about love and female
empowerment as well as a 3.6 octave
vocal range and a larger-than-life stage
personality
mrs. Carter has influenced many future
pop stars left everything you own in a
box to the left in the closet that’s my
stuff yes hip-hop but please don’t touch
her numerous Grammy wins chart-topping
albums and smashes like crazy and loved
irreplaceable
and single ladies put a ring on it
have cemented her place in music history
number two Radiohead to say this Thom
Yorke led band has had an impact on
music would be an understatement
while we were first introduced to them
with their alt-rock work in the 90s it’s
their output in the naughties that
really lands them here
by changing up their guitar-driven style
and incorporating electronic music to
their sound Radiohead showed us that
experimentation in rock not only worked
it worked well examples include the
critically lauded kid a
and the top two album amnesia
the band also made waves for the
self-release of 2007’s in rainbows which
topped the Billboard 200 Albums Chart
before we unveil our pick for top
musical act of the 2000s here are a few
honorable mentions
love someone
older
Slim Shady please stand up number one
Eminem y’all act like you never seen a
white person before jaws on the floor
like panic on me just burst in the door
he was a Missouri born white guy who
grew up in Detroit and wanted to be the
best rapper in the world just follow me
we need a little
and by the end of the 2000s Eminem was
the biggest selling artist of the decade
back to reality oh there goes gravity oh
there goes rabbit show he’s owned
managed multiple Grammy wins involvement
with several musical projects and an
alter ego named Slim Shady Marshall
Mathers has earned critical praise with
half a dozen chart-topping efforts
what’s more is that he found success
outside his home country and even earned
an Oscar for lose yourself but it’s due
to incredible material on albums like
the Marshall Mathers LP anyways I hope
you get this man hit me back to the chat
so the yours so biggest fan it stands
and The Eminem Show that really put him
above the rest
but sometimes man it just seems
everybody only wants to disgust me
so this must mean I’m disgusting but
it’s just me I’m just saying do you
agree with our list who’s your favorite
musical act of the 2000s for more music
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
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