2000s in music

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Over the course of the decade, while people remained faithful to the fads and genres of music popular in the 1990s, the way in which people listened to music changed significantly and continues to evolve. The CD, the standard recorded music medium of the late 1980s through 2000s, has declined in popularity as MP3 players such as the iPod have become popular and alternative sources of music come from the Internet with downloading and social networking sites ^[1]. In addition, 2008 showed a comeback for vinyl, with vinyl sales at about 1.9 million units, more than any year since 1991.^[2] The use of the Internet for music has increased widely in the 2000s. However, the rise in popularity of illegal downloading of copyrighted music and other material led to tension between the music industry and the public, as well as causing the charts to not accurately define the popularity of certain musicians or works.^[3]

Contents 1 United States, United Kingdom and Canada 1.1 Hip Hop, Urban Pop and R&B 1.2 Rock 1.3 Pop 1.4 Country 1.5 Adult Contemporary 1.6 Dance Music 2 Europe 2.1 Dance 2.2 Rock 2.3 Pop 3 New Zealand and Australia 3.1 Hip Hop and R&B 3.2 Rock 3.3 Pop 4 Latin America/Caribbean 5 Asia 5.1 Japan 6 See also 7 References

[edit] United States, United Kingdom and Canada

[edit] Hip Hop, Urban Pop and R&B

Hip-hop becomes the choice of music for urban youth, ^[4] at times being more popular than pop and rock. In fact, in the year 2004 alone, every single to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart was by a R&B, hip-hop, or reggae artist.^[5].

• Artists such as OutKast, T.I., Kanye West, Ja Rule, The Game, 50 Cent, Nas, Jay-Z, DMX, Missy Elliott, Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, Ludacris, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg, and Eminem were the dominant hip hop artists that have represented the hip hop genre in this decade thus far. Distinct regional differences also developed outside the hip hop/rap strongholds of the 90s, [[New York City and Los Angeles ^[6]

• Alternative hip hop, almost unknown in the mainstream, except for a few crossover acts such as Atmosphere, The Roots and Gym Class Heroes evolves throughout the decade, in response to the gangsta rap that dominates the mainstream. Instead of being about money, sex, and image, alternative hip-hop is philosophical, positive, and complex, and could be said to be related to both the old school hip-hop culture of the 1980s and early 1990s and the indie rock and hipster subcultures.

• Urban pop, teen pop and adult contemporary with R&B and soul influences, replaces the boy band and diva music of the late 1990s, beginning in 2001. Popular artists include Destiny's Child, JoJo, Rihanna, Ciara, Chris Brown, T-Pain, Akon, Beyoncé Knowles, and Fergie.

• The production of Timbaland is featured in several hits of the second half of the decade with resulting successes like Nelly Furtado and, briefly, One Republic, along with Timbaland.

• Several R&B artists of the '90s still kept chart-topping success in mainstream over the 2000s. Artists like Mariah Carey, Beyoncé Knowles, Jennifer Lopez and Usher have released a series of #1's.

• The Black Eyed Peas create steady impact on the music of the 2000s and release four albums, three of which are successful and cover many genres. Popular songs of the Black Eyed Peas are "My Humps", "Boom Boom Pow" and "Don't Phunk With My Heart".

• Southern hip-hop becomes mainstream in the mid 2000s. Commercial hip-hop, also known as "ringtone rap" becomes prominent in popular music from 2005 to early 2008.

[edit] Rock

• Rock has remained popular, despite the increasing popularity of Hip-hop, with both genres about equally popular among youth.

• Throughout the decade, the post-grunge and alternative rock sound remained popular on adult alternative, modern rock, and pop radio stations alike. Though many Post-Grunge bands fade out of mainstream popularity, some bands such as Nickelback have continued success and the style itself remains popular and newer artists have success with the genre.

• In the metal world, a new wave of Metal began along with a renewed interest in the genre in the mainstream, Metalcore achieved popularity. Bands such as Avenged Sevenfold, Killswitch Engage, As I Lay Dying, Trivium, Bullet For My Valentine, All That Remains, Lamb of God and many others achieved success in the 2000s. Older Metal acts such as Slayer and Metallica have success in the decade.

• Combining elements of Metalcore, Hardcore, and Pop Punk, the genre of Post-Hardcore increased heavily in popularity throughout the middle to the end of the decade. Bands like Escape The Fate, Silverstein, Enter Shikari, Blessthefall, Alexisonfire, and Senses Fail helped to popularize the genre.

• Later in the decade, bands like A Day To Remember and Four Year Strong combined the genres of Metalcore and Hardcore with Pop Punk.

• Pop Punk had continued success throughout the decade with bands like Blink-182 and Green Day successful in the early to middle of the decade. New Pop Punk bands such as All Time Low, Hit the Lights, and Every Avenue emerged at the end of the decade and continued to keep the genre mainstream.

• The popularity of nu metal music carried over from the late 1990s into the early 2000s, but died out from the middle towards the end of the decade.

• Emo music, an indie rock genre of the late 1990s that influenced some pop punk bands of the early 2000s, has proven difficult to define as the label is given more for who listens to the music than for any key element in the music itself. Emo sprouted from this pop-punk popularity, with such bands as Dashboard Confessional, Hawthorne Heights, Taking Back Sunday, and The Used breaking out in 2003 and 2004. This has since been followed by Fall Out Boy (From Under the Cork Tree) enjoying widespread success from 2005-2008. My Chemical Romance, with their 2004 breakthrough album Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, has further blurred these lines, for while to many they define emo, they do not identify as emo, to the point of calling emo "bullshit" ^[7]. The band took more of a concept album approach for their 2006 album The Black Parade.

• The 2000s saw the revival and influence of New Wave music, post-punk, and synthpop music, as there is an increase in interest in both technology and 1980s music. Artists including Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, The Bravery, Bloc Party, Metro Station, 3OH!3, The Veronicas, Lights, The Postal Service, Hellogoodbye, and MGMT become popular toward the end of the decade as nu metal and similar modern rock loses popularity.

• Coldplay's atmospheric pop arena rock (which draws comparison to U2 or Radiohead) proved commercially successful.

• Indie Rock bands like The Libertines, Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party, The Strokes, Kings of Leon, The White Stripes, Radiohead, Snow Patrol and Interpol become extremely popular for the resurgence of garage rock. Indie music itself becomes popular due to the increased commercialization of alternative.

• Older rock artists such as AC/DC, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, The Eagles, U2, and The Rolling Stones continue to see success in their music careers by charting hit singles, recording platinum and multi-platinum albums, exploring different musical styles, winning numerous awards, and embarking on record-breaking world tours.

• Older alternative Rock groups such as The Smashing Pumpkins, Jane's Addiction, Pixies, and My Bloody Valentine reform, some releasing new material with commercial success.

• Supergroups Audioslave and Velvet Revolver formed and released albums with commercial success. Similar groups such as Alter Bridge also enjoy success.

• Amy Winehouse spawns hits including Rehab, despite her controversial drug use. Her style mixes elements of 1960s soul with R&B and jazz.

• Progressive rock sees a resurgence in the form of neo-progressive rock, with such bands as Muse and The Mars Volta seeing increased popularity.

[edit] Pop

• Boy bands continue their popularity during the beginning of the decade but their popularity fades before the middle of the decade. Some members of these bands go on to have successful solo careers, such as Justin Timberlake. A new strain of boy bands, such as V Factory, Varsity Fanclub, Click Five, NLT, and the Jonas Brothers take place around 2009.

• In 2002, a new "teen pop rock" movement began. Michelle Branch was arguably the first artist to take this new direction in pop music, with her contemporaries such stars as, Avril Lavigne and Vanessa Carlton not far behind with their own success. American Idol winners become a big part of the American pop sound, but only one winner became a staple. Kelly Clarkson experienced huge success and tons of hit radio singles with her pop-rock sound. The younger sibling of Jessica Simpson, Ashlee Simpson, experienced a breakthrough success with her teen pop-rock sound as well. Other artists reflecting the genre are Lindsay Lohan, Hilary Duff and later Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift.

• Children's music rises significantly in sales, especially with Disney (High School Musical, Hannah Montana, The Jonas Brothers and The Cheetah Girls among others). Both High School Musical and Hannah Montana albums were among the best-sellers of 2006 and 2007 and reached the number 1 position.

• Dance music, particularly electropop becomes increasingly popular in 2008 and 2009, with pop princesses Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Hilary Duff, Rihanna, and Kelly Clarkson leading the way. Hilary Duff was claimed to be the start of the craze. Furthermore, Madonna's dance hits hits such as "Hung Up" (#1 in 45 countries) and "4 minutes" (#1 in 32 countries) become huge dance hits. (See Hip Hop, Urban Pop and R&B above for more information.) Pop duos Aly & A.J. and The Veronicas explore electropop in their second albums, "Insomniatic" and "Hook Me Up" respectively. Kelly Clarkson scores hits with "My Life Would Suck Without You" and "I Do Not Hook Up". Lady GaGa is known as the "electropop princess" for her songs "Poker Face" and "Just Dance". Dance-Pop singer Hilary Duff switches over to dance-pop-electropop in her album Dignity. Auto-Tune becomes popular in many mainstream songs in late 2008 and 2009.

• The musical style of the 1980s influenced pop music to some extent in the later stages of the decade, as seen in Rihanna's hit "S.O.S." (a sampling of Soft Cell's "Tainted Love"), "She's Like The Wind" by "Lumidee" and Flo Rida's "Right Round", a reworking of the Dead or Alive hit "You Spin Me Right Round". Other hits include Puff Daddy's I'll Be Missing You, a reworking of Every Breath You Take by The Police, Aaron Carter's cover of Bow Wow Wow's I Want Candy, and Britney Spears' covers of My Prerogative and I Love Rock 'n' Roll. KoRn had a hit with their cover of Cameo's Word Up!. Alien Ant Farm successfully covered Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal. Bowling for Soup have a hit with 1985.

• Interest in 1960s pop also spawned a few hits with Smash Mouth successfully covering I'm A Believer by The Monkees and Britney Spears covering Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones. Sean Kingston sampled Ben E. King's Stand By Me for his hit Beautiful Girls. Through the film Across the Universe, Joe Cocker successfully covered The Beatles' Come Together.

• Ethnic music, especially in near tropical locations is mainstream for most of the mid to late '00s, especially with hits by Shakira and M.I.A. and the rise of reggaeton and Reggae/Pop/Dance artists like Sean Paul, Sean Kingston and Rihanna early in the mid to late 2000s.

• Early in the decade, the A*Teens spawn a disco revival with their hit album The ABBA Generation. Mainly, Disco wanes and waxes throughout the decade. Major disco songs come out such as Shena's "Can't Stop The Rain", Albino Superstars' "Team Disco", and many others. Record labels such as Hed Kandi and Fierce Angel have certain series' of CD's like Nu Disco, Fierce Disco, Disco Heaven, Disco Kandi, and Twisted disco all throughout the decade which popularize the genre further more.

• Auto-Tune is common in the later part of the decade, especially in 2009 with artists such as T-Pain beginning the craze. Even some post-hardcore and metalcore bands use the effect such as Attack Attack!.

[edit] Country

Country slipped in mainstream popularity in the early 2000s, due partly to the public retirement of Garth Brooks. However, the upper part of the Billboard album charts generally has many country albums, including some that go more than double platinum, indicating that the genre has a strong niche in the music industry. Throughout the early-mid 2000's country-pop music begins decreasing in popularity.

The genre grows during the mid 2000s from artists such as Carrie Underwood, who became the first American Idol winner to go into country instead of Pop or R&B. Artists that were popular during the decade were mostly artists who were already successful in the 90s, but the artists include: Dixie Chicks, Toby Keith,Taylor Swift, Gretchen Wilson, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, and Kenny Chesney among others.

In the late 2000s the genre sees a new revival of country-pop with the popularity of Taylor Swift. Many major artists begin releasing or recording new albums in 2008/2009 such as Shania Twain, Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, and Martina McBride.

[edit] Adult Contemporary

Adult Contemporary Music (also known as "soft rock" or "lite-rock"), began to somewhat decrease in popularity starting in the late '90s (due to the increasing popularity of Top 40 music) into January 2000 until September 11th, 2001. After 9/11, popularity for Adult Contemporary Music (as well as Contemporary Christian Music crossovers) increased tri-fold during the grieving process, when the 25-44 Conservative Female Demographic favored listening to songs with appropriate, positive and uplifting lyrics containing love and hope. Upon the eventual return back to normalcy after 9/11, the popularity of Adult Contemporary music held steady until about 2003, when Billboard began to change their chart formats. This led to Adult Contemporary stations to program their music "not-as-soft" or "cheesy" as they used to, and ended up substituting the words "soft-rock" with "lite-rock", which has a more modern-edged connotation. Yet, AC stations remained careful to not cross the Adult Top 40 format line. Because of all these changes, AC Stations slowly increased in popularity.

In the late 2000s, artists like Coldplay, Daughtry and Gavin Rossdale were finding more success crossing over onto the Adult Contemporary charts.

On the female side, artists like Alicia Keys, Colbie Caillat, and Leona Lewis continued to find crossover success on the Adult Contemporary charts as well. AC veterans such as Celine Dion, Rod Stewart, Phil Collins, The Eagles, Alanis Morissette and Sheryl Crow continued to release music only on the Adult Contemporary formats.

[edit] Dance Music

Dance music had its ups and downs in the 2000s. Singles like Heaven (DJ Sammy song) in 2002 and Everytime We Touch (Cascada song) in 2006 became some of the biggest dance hits of the decade. In 2007 and later, dance music had begun to make a comeback with hits by pop singer Rihanna like "Don't Stop the Music" and "Disturbia". Kylie Minogue also had numerous dance club play hits in the early 2000s and received four nominations for best dance recording at the US Grammys. Her biggest hit was her 2001 release, Can't Get You Out Of My Head. In 2008, Electro-pop and Nu-Disco make a increase in popularity. Trance is making a revival in Top 40.

[edit] Europe

[edit] Dance

• Electro, as well as music that combines it with House becomes mainstream in the dance music scene in the middle of the decade, replacing the mainstream of more jazzy and Latin influenced sounds from the beginning of the decade.

• Dubstep and Bassline House achieve more mainstream success within the dance music scene, with artists like Skream and T2 becoming well-known.

• Dance singers like Kate Ryan and September become popular around the world.

[edit] Rock

• Post-Britpop bands such as Coldplay, Keane and Muse top the album charts during the decade.

• British Indie rock and indie pop returns to popularity in the mid-late 2000s with artists such as Franz Ferdinand, Amy Winehouse, Kaiser Chiefs, Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party, The Libertines, Editors, Lily Allen, Kate Nash and The Ting Tings achieving great chart success.

[edit] Pop

• Boybands do not completely die out, but rather evolve into teen pop-rock/pop punk acts, with artists such as Busted and McFly.

• Take That reunite in 2005 and recreate their earlier success, which once again sparks a flurry of other 90's pop bands following suite. Bands such as Boyzone also find success, whilst others such as the Spice Girls, 5ive and East 17 fail and once again disband.

• Animated musicians become popular, with the likes of Crazy Frog, Gorillaz, and Schnappi, das kleine Krokodil.

• Girl groups Sugababes and Girls Aloud span successful careers throughout most of the decade.

• British female soul artists such as Amy Winehouse, Jodie Aysha, Corinne Bailey Rae, Adele, Duffy and Leona Lewis achieve chart success in the late 2000s.

• Reality talent shows which gave people the opportunity of a singing career became very popular with UK TV audiences. Shows included Popstars, Pop Idol, Fame Academy and The X Factor

• 1980s female pop stars Madonna and Kylie Minogue both have a big presence on the European music scene both having numerous hits in the 2000s which include for Madonna "Hung Up", "4 Minutes" and "Music" and for Kylie "Spinning Around", "Can't Get You Out Of My Head", "Slow" and "In My Arms". Madonna and Minogue today remains the most played female artist in UK radio history.

• Tokio Hotel and Cinema Bizarre have become very big in both Europe and North America, with fashion styles that attract many young adults.

[edit] New Zealand and Australia

[edit] Hip Hop and R&B

Hip Hop and R&B is very popular among teenagers in these two countries, but especially within New Zealand. The Maori and Island cultures in NZ has seen the rise in the mid 2000's of this type of music, mainly because of the African-American influence relating in many ways to the Maori and Pacific Island culture and way of life. By 2003, in NZ the teen pop era had ended and by 2004, a Hip Hop Breakthrough had begun with unknown talent quickly becoming top artists. Popular artists include Scribe, Young Sid, Tyree, Smashproof, PNC, and Hip Hop (Deceptikonz, and Savage, these remain as the most popular Hip Hop artists amongst youth. Top R&B artists include, Aaradhna, Che Fu Adeaze, and Nesian Mystic.

[edit] Rock

• Many new rock and alternative groups/bands form during the early years of this decade. Groups/bands such as The Vines and Jet become very popular amongst others around 2002–2003, paving the way for a mass of new groups midway through the decade such as, Evermore, Wolfmother and many others.
• Rock (popular artists include Powderfinger, Silverchair, Tim and Neil Finn, ACDC, Wolfmother, The Feelers, Airbourne and Atlas).

[edit] Pop

Pop was very popular among youth. This was mainly due to the American influence of artists like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. The teen pop era ended by 2003 but Pop and Rock remain the most widely played genres on mainstream radio stations within New Zealand and Australia.

• Podcasting becomes popular in the later years of this decade with many radio stations podcasting several sections of their shows.

• Delta Goodrem becomes a household name throughout Australia and across many countries with her debut album, Innocent Eyes, which went to #1 and stayed for 29 non-consecutive weeks, being certified 14x Platinum.

• A popular American television show, The O.C., popularises many New Zealand alternative rock bands by playing their music during the show. These bands include Kiwi Band, Evermore and Youth Group.

• The most successful Australian female artist, Kylie Minogue still has a presence on the Australian music scene with her recent album X charting at number one along with its lead single 2 Hearts becoming her 10th Australian number 1 single.

[edit] Latin America/Caribbean

• In 2002, New York-based group Aventura would reinvent bachata, thus making it a dominant Latin genre. However, it would come with a price as salsa and merengue would decline.

• By 2004, reggaeton would become a staple in music with acts such as Don Omar, Daddy Yankee and Wisin & Yandel leading the way.

• Pop rock begins to take shape in Latin music with acts such as Camila, Jesse & Joy, and Ha*Ash. Also, more established pop acts such as Pepe Aguilar, Luis Fonsi, and ex-OV7 member Kalimba would use pop rock in their repetoires.

• From 2004 to 2008, RBD would become the most dominant pop group in Latin America thanks to their exposure on the novela Rebelde.

• Rock music hits new highs in the 2000s with acts such as Mana, Juanes, and Julieta Venegas topping the charts in several countries.

• Shakira would also become a dominant pop star with reggaeton-crossover hits such as "La Tortura" and "Hips Don't Lie".

• Mexican music also hits new highs with the introduction of the Pasito Duranguense genre, as well as the dominance of Jenni Rivera and the resurgence of Mexican legend Vicente Fernandez.

[edit] Asia

• J-pop and K-pop becomes increasingly influenced by hip hop music and R&B, and they become popular all over Asia.

[edit] Japan

• J-Pop continues to be in the mainstream and stays as the most popular style of music in Japan. Japanese Pop´s popularity continues to expand through Asia and the rest of the world, with various Japanese artists debuting in the US. J-Pop starts to enjoy a relatively big global online fan base. It continues to influence worldwide styles of music, as Japanese culture has continuously become more popular around the world. Japan also remains as the second most powerful musical industry in the world, and the second largest music market, after the US.

• Ayumi Hamasaki becomes the most popular Japanese star of the 2000s overall, experiencing her biggest peak at this time, becoming known as "The Empress of Pop", and greatly influencing music, fashion and pop culture. Ken Hirai becomes the most popular male solo artist. 1990s divas like Namie Amuro and Utada Hikaru also remain extremely popular during this era, with the former having a second popularity boom in 2008. Starlet Koda Kumi also becomes insanely popular in this era, thanks to her fresh dance style and provocative dance moves. Boy bands are the most popular musical format at the moment, with girl bands like Morning Musume (very popular in the past) experiencing a decline in popularity. Famous boy bands like Mr. Children, EXILE, GLAY, TOKIO, Tohoshinki and most of the bands produced by the Johnny´s Proyect team become popular. Duets also become popular, such as m-flo.

• R&B is popular at the beginning of the era, with Hip-Hop also becoming more popular as time passes. At the end of the decade, Dance music and Techno become the most popular genres. Bubblegum pop remains popular during the entire decade.

• Popular hit songs include Step You, M, But, Freaky, Taboo, Flavor of Life, Evolution, Guuzen no Kakuritsu, Mirrorcle World, Mirotic, New Look, Do Me More, Black Diamond, Tsunami, Sekai ni Hitotsu dake no Hana, Ai Uta, Want Me, Want Me, Hide & Seek, Funky Town, Addicted to You and Fake Star.

[edit] See also

• 2000s
• 2000s in music industry
• Pop music

[edit] References