2000s in music

[5] In Britain, Britpop, post punk revival, and alternative rock were at the height of their popularity with acts such as Coldplay, The Libertines, Oasis, Travis, Dido, Blur, The Hives, Björk, and Radiohead, which still continued at the top of the major charts in the rest of the world since the 1990s.

[26] By 1999, more 2000s styled glam started coming in, along with dirty south and crunk, with artists such as Mannie Fresh, Cam'ron, Lil Jon, Ludacris, Trina, Three 6 Mafia, Ying Yang Twins, Bubba Sparxxx, Neptunes, and Jay-Z.

[44] Alternative hip hop, almost unknown in the mainstream, except for a few crossover acts, evolved throughout the decade with the help of artists such as Mos Def, Lupe Fiasco, The Roots, MF Doom, Aesop Rock, and Common, who achieved unheard-of success for their field.

[50][51] The trend kicked off the brief musical careers of Ryan Cabrera, Ashley Parker Angel, Teddy Geiger, Evan and Jaron, The Click Five, Jet, and Snow Patrol throughout the early and mid-2000s.

Artists include Foo Fighters, Creed, Alter Bridge, Nickelback, Lifehouse, Hoobastank, 3 Doors Down, Puddle of Mudd, Our Lady Peace, Switchfoot, Shinedown, Three Days Grace, Staind, Seether, and Daughtry.

[76][77][78] These bands took post-grunge into the 21st century with considerable commercial success, at times abandoning the angst and anger of the original movement for more conventional anthems, narratives, ballads and romantic songs.

[80] The success of Korn's third studio album, Follow the Leader and Limp Bizkit's Significant Other and Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water, brought nu metal to the mainstream.

[83] Since then, many bands have changed to other genres of music, such as post-grunge (Staind),[84] heavy metal (Slipknot, Disturbed, Drowning Pool),[85] and alternative rock (Linkin Park, Papa Roach).

[101] Later in the decade, the term "emo" was applied by critics and journalists to a variety of artists, including multi-platinum acts such as Fall Out Boy[103] and My Chemical Romance[104] and disparate groups such as Paramore[103] and Panic!

Other popular "The" bands were The Hives, The Vines, and The Darkness; as well as Jet, whose 2003 smash-hit "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" catapulted to the top of the charts and was frequently used in commercials primarily for music products such as the Apple iPod.

[120] The late 2000s also saw more indie rock bands such as MGMT, Spoon, Interpol, Tegan and Sara, Wilco, The Decemberists, The White Stripes, The Strokes, Animal Collective, Bright Eyes, Rilo Kiley, She & Him, The New Pornographers, Feist, Cat Power, Grizzly Bear, Arcade Fire, The Shins, The Killers, and Vampire Weekend gain popularity around the world, including in the United States, thanks to the rise of independent internet music blogs.

[163] In the late 2000s, artists like Coldplay, Daughtry, The Fray, Gavin Rossdale Sara Bareilles, Colbie Caillat, Diana Krall, Norah Jones, Kelly Clarkson, Alicia Keys, and Leona Lewis were finding more success crossing over onto the Adult Contemporary charts.

[165] AC veterans such as Celine Dion, Rod Stewart, Phil Collins, The Eagles, Cyndi Lauper, Alanis Morissette and Sheryl Crow continued to release music only on the Adult Contemporary formats.

The year 2001, in particular its summer, has been described as a golden age for contemporary R&B and urban soul music, with artists such as Janet Jackson, Jill Scott, Mariah Carey and Destiny's Child, who paved the way for Alicia Keys, Blu Cantrell, and the revival of Aaliyah.

[194] Other emerging acts from the early 2000s include Ashanti, Rihanna, Trey Songz, Cupid, DJ Casper, Ne-Yo, Sisqó, Chris Brown, Bobby V, Keyshia Cole, Pretty Ricky, B2K, Jaheim, Musiq Soulchild, Fantasia, and Ciara.

Its band members – cousins Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry and Jeff Cook; and drummer Mark Herndon – remained active performers and recorded a successful series of albums containing gospel and traditional old-time songs.

[235] In addition, a number of new vocalists have achieved popularity with a mix of traditional jazz and pop/rock forms, such as Diana Krall, Norah Jones, Cassandra Wilson, Kurt Elling, and Jamie Cullum.

The week of April 15, 2000, Krall's album When I Look in Your Eyes reached number one, followed by Al Jarreau's Tomorrow Today and Kenny G's Classics in the Key of G.[236] Norah Jones was named the top jazz artist of the 2000–2009 decade by Billboard.

[245] Relient K's work in the pop punk/pop rock scene earned them three albums certified gold – The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek, Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do, and Mmhmm – and a Grammy nomination.

[251] In the early and mid-2000s, British Indie rock groups such as The Libertines, Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party and Kaiser Chiefs witnessed commercial and chart success not seen by guitar music since Britpop in the 1990s.

[260] The eponymous debut album of Gorillaz, created by Damon Albarn in 2001, sold over seven million copies and earned them an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records as the Most Successful Virtual Band.

[275] Popular electronic artists of the decade in other electronic genres included Fatboy Slim, the Chemical Brothers, the Prodigy, Groove Armada, Basement Jaxx, Daft Punk, Massive Attack, Röyksopp, Pendulum, Justice, Portishead, Björk, Goldfrapp, M83, Orbital, Boards of Canada, Autechre, Above & Beyond, Günther, Eric Prydz, DJ Shadow, Scooter, Underworld, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, the Crystal Method, deadmau5, the Knife, Fever Ray, Ladytron, Lamb, Zero 7 and David Guetta.

[313] Pop rock begins to take shape in Latin music with acts such as RBD, Camila, Kany García, Jesse & Joy, Belinda Peregrin and Ha*Ash.

This included bands like Café Tacvba (Mexico), Los Bunkers (Chile), and Babasónicos (Argentina), who infused rock with elements of regional music and experimental sounds.

By the mid-2000s, reggaetón had replaced salsa, merengue and cumbia as the main dance genre in nightclubs for young people all over Latin America, reaching popularity in parts of Spain and Italy as well.

The four members of F4 also had solo hits, such as Jerry Yen's "One Metre",[326] Vanness Wu's "My Friend"[327] (an adaptation of the Robert Burns poem "Auld Lang Syne"), Ken Chu's "Never Stopping",[328] and Vic Chou's "Make a wish".

[337] Taiwanese supergroup SuperBand, comprising Wakin Chau, Jonathan Lee, Chang Chen-yue, and Lo Ta-Yu, emerged in 2008 and went on to hold several concerts and release two studio EPs of new material, Northbound (2009) and Go South (2010), before finally resuming their individual solo careers in 2010.

Artists such as Lydia Canaan, Samira Said, Nancy Ajram, Nawal El Zoghbi, Latifa, Assala, Amal Hijazi and Haifa Wehbe have all come under fire at one time or another for the use of sexual innuendos in their music.

In 2000, events such as Homegrown[375] became a prominent fixture in Cape Town and a launching platform for international and local artists such as Counterstrike, SFR, Niskerone, Tasha Baxter, Anti Alias and Rudeone.

Around the same time, Christian rap started to gain popularity and that movement was spearheaded by Manyanda Nyasulu, DJ Kali, KBG, Double Zee, Liwu, C-Scripture, Asodzi, Erasto, and Sintha.

Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters performing in 2005. Foo Fighters are widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant rock bands of the 2000s. [ 7 ] The decade saw Foo Fighters win the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album a record-breaking three times; in 2001, 2004, and 2008.
Nas is regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time. [ 23 ]
American rapper Eminem is the most commercially successful artist of the decade. [ 33 ]
Soulja Boy 's 2007 debut single " Crank That " was considered the biggest dance fad since the Macarena . [ 36 ]
The Black Eyed Peas began utilizing Auto-Tune and electropop dance in their most successful album to date, The E.N.D. , which spawned five top ten hit singles. [ 41 ]
T-Pain was initially criticized for popularizing autotune , which is now considered an iconic trend of the decade. [ 43 ]
Blink-182 's song " All the Small Things " kickstarted a resurgence of interest in pop rock . [ 48 ]
American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson is the most successful winner of American Idol and a key artist in the power pop and pop rock movement of the 2000s. [ 55 ]
Good Charlotte received platinum status and gained a large fan base worldwide. [ 61 ]
Canadian Avril Lavigne was the biggest breakthrough of the 2000s worldwide with 40 million albums sold. [ 68 ]
Nickelback has sold over 50 million albums and was one of the biggest post-grunge bands of the decade. [ 75 ]
Three of System of a Down 's albums debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200. [ 81 ]
Aerosmith toured for every year of the 2000s except 2008. [ 90 ]
Bon Jovi 's Lost Highway Tour was the highest-grossing tour of 2008. [ 95 ]
My Chemical Romance is considered one of the most influential rock groups of the 2000s and a major act in the pop-punk and emo genres, despite the band rejecting the latter label. [ 102 ]
Image of a blonde female performer. She has a headset around her hand and is wearing sparkly silver and black lingerie, fishnet stockings and knee-high black boots. She stands in front of a black and golden couch.
Britney Spears was the best-selling women artist of the decade. [ 126 ]
Justin Timberlake was one of the best-selling men artists of the decade. [ 129 ]
Jennifer Lopez was the first actress and singer in history to have both a film and an album at No. 1 in the same week. [ 136 ]
Shakira was the best selling Latin female artist, also one of the best selling women of the decade. [ 138 ]
Madonna 's Sticky and Sweet Tour became the highest grossing female tour and the highest grossing solo tour of all-time making $408 million in 85 shows. [ 140 ]
Fergie 's The Dutchess sold over 6 million copies worldwide becoming one of the most successful albums of the era. [ 145 ]
Ashley Tisdale and Lucas Grabeel are members of the High School Musical , Disney 's most successful musical and soundtracks of the 2000s. [ 156 ]
Alicia Keys was the best selling female R&B performer of the 2000s. [ 164 ]
Beyoncé was one of the best selling female performers of the 2000s. [ 172 ]
Janet Jackson was awarded the American Music Awards ' Award of Merit in March 2001 for "her finely crafted, critically acclaimed and socially conscious, multi-platinum albums". [ 180 ]
Singer Mary J. Blige topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 2001 with her smash single, " Family Affair ", taken from hit album No More Drama . [ 191 ]
Mariah Carey's 2008 album E=MC² spawned her 18th chart-topper, " Touch My Body ", with which she surpassed Elvis Presley to become the solo artist with the most Hot 100 No. 1 songs in history. [ 198 ]
American Idol winner Carrie Underwood registered successful songs on country music charts. [ 206 ]
On September 23, 2004, the RIAA certified Up! at 11× Platinum, giving Shania Twain the distinction of being the only female artist to have three consecutive diamond albums released in the United States. [ 207 ]
Taylor Swift rose to fame in the late 2000s, with her unique country-pop style, spawning global hits like " Love Story " and " You Belong with Me ". [ 214 ]
Lady Gaga 's single, " Poker Face ", reached number one in the United States, Australia, Canada, and the UK. [ 223 ]
In 2003, Stephon Harris's album The Grand Unification Theory won the Martin E. Segal Award from Jazz at Lincoln Center . [ 234 ]
Sean Paul 's third album The Trinity debuted at number 5 on the Billboard 200, breaking records with its first-week sales for a reggae/dancehall artist, and eventually going Platinum in the United States. [ 239 ]
In 2005, The New York Times wrote, "Reggaetón has conquered parties, clubs and lately radio; Daddy Yankee 's hit " Gasolina " reached MTV and the playlists of many hip-hop stations." [ 241 ]
Coldplay is considered to be the most successful British rock act of the decade. [ 248 ]
Robyn onstage in an off-the-shoulder blue outfit
Robyn on tour in 2003.
Enya's 2000 album A Day Without Rain sold 15 million copies. [ 262 ]
O-Zone 's " Dragostea Din Tei " topped charts in France, Germany, and Austria for over three months, reached number 3 in the United Kingdom and number 72 on the US Pop 100. [ 266 ]
In 2008, Amy Winehouse tied the then record for the most wins by a female artist in a single night and became the first British woman to win five Grammys. [ 271 ]
Kylie Minogue is considered the biggest Australian pop act of the decade. [ 282 ]
Delta Goodrem released her debut album Innocent Eyes in 2003 which became a monster smash hit – it went to No. 1 and stayed for 29 non-consecutive weeks, being certified 14× Platinum for selling over 1 million copies, the second most of all time in Australia. [ 283 ]
Anika Moa 's debut studio album Thinking Room , released in 2001, reached number one on the New Zealand Albums Chart . [ 285 ]
In 2002, Grinspoon performed at the Australian Record Industry Association Awards. [ 290 ]
Australian electronic group The Avalanches released their debut album Since I Left You in 2000. [ 294 ]
Paulina Rubio 's Paulina remained on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart for 99 weeks. [ 306 ]
Luis Fonsi 's " Nada Es Para Siempre " received a nomination for Latin Pop Airplay Song of the Year at the 2006 Latin Billboard Music Awards . [ 312 ]
Lynda Thomas released successful rock singles in 2000 and 2001. [ 316 ]
In 2004, Daddy Yankee released his international hit single " Gasolina ", which is credited with introducing reggaeton to audiences worldwide, and making the music genre a global phenomenon. [ 317 ]
Jay Chou was a dominant force in Asian music for almost all of the 2000s and the first half of the next decade. [ 322 ]
Singer-songwriter-guitarist Tanya Chua was successful during the 2000s as a leading Mandopop artist. [ 324 ]
In Taiwan alone, 250,000 copies of S.H.E's Super Star were sold. [ 331 ]
Following her 1990's success, Namie Amuro remained popular during this era. [ 342 ]
Ayumi Hamasaki was one of the most popular Japanese stars of the 2000s, known as " The Empress of Japanese Pop ". [ 343 ]
In 2007, it took four hours for TVXQ to sell out 33,000 seats for a series of concerts in Seoul . [ 350 ]
BoA 's No. 1 was the fourth-best-selling record of 2002 in South Korea. [ 355 ]
During the decade, Flavour N'abania was able to find success by embracing older genres, such as highlife , and remixing them into something more modern. [ 366 ]
Haifa Wehbe released her second studio album Baddi Aech (Arabic: بدي عيش, English: "I Want to Live") in early 2005, following the success of lead single "Ya Hayat Albi." Released after the assassination of Lebanese politician Rafik Hariri , the title single of the album is about "freedom, considered to be among the most basic of human rights". [ 369 ]
Tasha Baxter 's breakthrough in the international music charts started with "In the Beginning" in 2002. [ 374 ]
Kiff No Beat is an Ivorian hip-hop group from Abidjan. It was formed in 2009, and composed of five members. [ 380 ]
In 2009, Phyzix released his debut studio album The Lone Ranger LP which contained the hit singles Cholapitsa and Gamba. [ 384 ]
Ramallah Underground have been considered the founders of Palestinian hip-hop. [ 388 ]
Black Muntu is an urban rap group with a massive following across Zambia. [ 396 ]