Timeline of trends in music (2000-present)

The decade as a whole

• Legal music downloads take off as Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store sells more than 1 billion songs in 3 years, as of 2006.
• Grunge rock becomes extinct, but Post-grunge rock and other offspring of it remain in the mainstream.^{[citation needed]}
• Psychedelic trance replaces Goa trance and gains popularity.
• Teen pop of the late 90s variety peaks and falls within first three years of decade, with a few exceptions.
• Nu metal hits peak around 2000-2001, declines by end of 2004 but still exists in the present as of 2006.
• Rock music places itself in mainstream music again, with bands such as the Foo Fighters, The Darkness, Jet, Wolfmother, and with veteran acts The Rolling Stones and Bon Jovi still being very popular, and slowly increasing in popularity.
• The popularity of Hip hop in America rises to astronomical heights, beginning to surpass rock and roll; crunk, bling become household words by 2003.
• Reality TV shows such as Pop Idol and American Idol create a new generation of pop stars.
• Punk makes a revival in a pop punk form, in 2002 with Simple Plan, Sum 41, and Good Charlotte, older acts such as blink-182 and Green Day continue the act in 2004 and beyond.
• Pop punk, New Wave Revival bands, and emo groups rise in popularity throughout decade. Pop Punk peaks around 2002-2003, with acts such as Sum 41, Good Charlotte, New Found Glory, and Simple Plan. Emo music peaks around 2005-2006 with artists such as Panic! At the Disco, Taking Back Sunday, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Dashboard Confessional, Hawthorne Heights, and many others.
• Underground hip hop artists such as Atmosphere and Mos Def being widely popular in certain circles.
• New Wave and Synth-pop return with The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party and other bands. This style of music is sometimes referred to as NuPop or indie.
• Indie Rock becomes more mainstream in the U.S. and Britain with the emergence of bands like Bloc Party, Death Cab for Cutie, The Bravery, Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs, The Strokes, Gnarls Barkley, Interpol, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The White Stripes
• Classic Rock enters the mainstream by music downloads and greatest hits/best of CD releases, as well as numerous radio airplays.
• In non-English speaking countries British and American artists begin to take over the market, with fewer native language singles released by the year.
• Individuality in music increases as the decade rolls along, especially in 2002, 2004, and 2006 as singer-songwriters and solo artists enter the music industry.

2000 in music

• International trends
  • Pop albums dominate the charts and set records for sales - Backstreet Boys (Black & Blue), Madonna (Music), *NSYNC (No Strings Attached), Britney Spears (Oops!... I Did It Again), Nelly (Country Grammar), Christina Aguilera (Christina Aguilera), Creed (Human Clay), Destiny's Child (The Writing's on the Wall), Faith Hill (Breathe), Bon Jovi (Crush), 98 Degrees (Revelation) and No Doubt (Return of Saturn) Mariah Carey (Rainbow) release top-selling albums.
• Music of Finland
  • Bomfunk MC's ("Freestyler"), HIM and TikTak succeed in bringing Finnish rock to the fringes of the mainstream in Europe.
• Music of the United States
  • O Brother Where Art Thou (soundtrack) is a surprise success, bringing bluegrass to the fringes of the mainstream.
  • Nu Metal becomes a standard.
  • Grunge rock dies, but the more commercial post-grunge remains strong as of 2005.
  • No Strings Attached by NSYNC sells over 2.41 million copies and goes double platinum in its first week of release, the highest debut week total in US History. As of 2005, no album has even sold over 2 million in a week, much less 2.5 million.
  • Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP was the fastest selling hip-hop album in the United States.
  • Political rock band Rage Against the Machine breaks up after three albums and talk of a fourth live album.
  • Madonna makes another comeback album with Music, which hits number one on the U.S. album charts and becomes her number one album since Like A Prayer.
  • Billy Corgan, lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the ever popular 90's explosion, The Smashing Pumpkins, announces at the last stop of their tour, that it would be "The last time we see you as a group," as cited by Corgan.
  • Britney Spears sets the record for highest first-week sales for females in the history of music with 1.3 million copies of Oops!...I Did It Again sold, a record which still stands today.

2001 in music

• International trends
  • Napster's popularity peaks.
  • Apple Computer introduces the first generation iPod.
• Music of Canada
  • With the opening of the first urban-format radio station in Canada (CFXJ Flow 93.5 in Toronto), Canadian hip hop finally enters the mainstream en masse.
• Music of the United States
  • Important releases from System of a Down (Toxicity) and Tool (Lateralus) define the burgeoning hard rock scene; Linkin' Park's Hybrid Theory is the top-selling album of the year in the United States.
  • Nu metal hits its peak of viability with the success of Papa Roach, Linkin Park, Korn, and Limp Bizkit.
• Aaliyah and 8 friends including a pilot died in a plane crash in August 25 after shooting the music video for Rock the boat.The song became number 1 in the UK after her death.

2002 in music

• International trends
  • Electroclash becomes extremely popular in the US, Germany, Australia and the UK. Artists such as Felix da Housecat, the Scissor Sisters, and Peaches are played constantly in nightclubs similar to Larry Tee's Club Luxx.
  • Shakira starts to sing in English, with the single Whenever, Wherever and her album laundry Service achieving top ten status in the US, UK and Australia.
  • A movement starts in the UK in an attempt to hype several garage rock and alternative country into the mainstream. Although artists such as The Vines (Highly Evolved), The Strokes (Is This It), The White Stripes (White Blood Cells), The Hives (Veni Vidi Vicious), Wilco (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot) and Ryan Adams (Gold, Demolition) achieve sales unheard of for such bands in recent years, they still fall short of having any significant mainstream impact outside of the UK.

• Music of the United States
  • Eminem's album The Eminem Show dominates the charts.
  • Traditional-styled R&B groups such as Dru Hill and Jagged Edge experience decreasing sales and popularity.
  • Boy bands begin to die out. Girl groups such as No Secrets and Destiny's Child peak.
  • Tolkien novelty hip hop act Lords of The Rhymes release the video "Lords of the Rhymes" on Atomfilms.com the month The Two Towers comes out; downloads of songs on their site exceed 300,000 by 2005.
  • Avril Lavigne starts the "sk8er girl" trend and brings back the alternative rock sound, especially in the teen pop genre.
  • Punk pop starts to soar up the charts as Avril Lavigne releases Let Go simultaneously with Good Charlotte's The Young and the Hopeless and Simple Plan's No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls.
  • Rap/Sung collaborations reach an all time high in popularity, through singles such as Jennifer Lopez and Ja Rule's "Ain't It Funny", Ashanti and Ja Rule's "Always On Time", and most definitely with Nelly and Kelly Rowland's "Dilemma". All of these singles reached number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, with "Dilemma" spending eight weeks in the top position. Another rise of this trend takes place again in 2006.^{[citation needed]}

2003 in music

• Music of the United States
  • Lil Jon's "crunk" style of Southern hip hop becomes nationally popular.
  • Garage rock from The White Stripes, The Vines, and The Hives rises to popularity.
  • Beyonce rules the airwaves in 2003 with her singles "Crazy In Love" and "Baby Boy", which top the Hot 100 for 8 weeks and 9 weeks, respectively. Her album goes over 4x platinum and earns her 5 Grammy Awards.
  • Apple Computer introduces the iTunes Music Store, the first ever legal internet music store that received popular acclaim. As of 2006, it has sold more than 1 billion songs.
  • New teen pop artists, especially ones from movies produced by Disney and Warner Brothers such as Hilary Duff and the Cheetah Girls flourish. Another burst of teen pop artists takes place circa 2006.
  • After a controversial performance together, Britney Spears and Madonna duet together on the song Me Against The Music, the first single off Spears' fourth album, In The Zone
  • Britney Spears sets the record as the first artist in music history to debut at number one on the Billboard Album Charts four times in a row.
• Music of the United Kingdom
  • The word grime is coined all over the music press. An offshoot of UK Garage, grime took the broken rhythm template from the genre and took it to new sonic heights, at the same time taking cues from the Garage Rap style of So Solid Crew or More Fire Crew. Although The Streets' Original Pirate Material album had already been very successful on a mainstream and critical level a year earlier while already sharing much of the same trademarks, it was the sudden rise of East London MC Dizzee Rascal that truly put the term in vogue. His debut album Boy in Da Corner won the prestigious Mercury Prize, beating strong competition such as Radiohead's Hail to the Thief, Coldplay's A Rush Of Blood To The Head or The Darkness' Permission To Land, selling around 150 000 copies in the UK alone and spawning the hit singles "I Luv U", "Fix Up, Look Sharp" and "Jus' A Rascal". In his wake, artists like Wiley (a member of the Roll Deep crew, of which Dizzee was once a member), Kano or Lady Sovereign start getting some media coverage, readily prompting claims that grime was becoming to 2003 what Drum & Bass had been to British music roughly a decade earlier. But despite not only strong media coverage as well as fierce underground support, real mainstream recognition was still eluding the scene by the mid-2000's.
• Music of Australia
  • Australian artist Delta Goodrem releases her debut album Innocent Eyes, which stayed at #1 on the Australian ARIA charts for a record 29 weeks. The album was eventually certified 14x Platinum. The album broke a record for having all 5 singles reach #1.
  • The first series of Australian Idol aired on Network Ten, with winner Guy Sebastian's debut album Just As I Am shipping 6x Platinum. The following year, runner-up Shannon Noll released his debut album That's What I'm Talking About which went 4x Platinum. Noll has since outsold Sebastian.^{[citation needed]}
• Music of Germany
  • While British dance and electronic music starts entering a crisis from which has not really recovered by the middle of the decade, Germany (especially the city of Berlin) becomes the new hotbed of the genre. Among the most important artists, people like Ellen Allien, Michael Mayer, Superpitcher, Dominik Eulberg, M.A.N.D.Y. or Tiefschwarz bring the sound of techno, minimal and a hybrid called electro house to the forefront. Tiefschwarz in particular become quite trendy due to a quite large number of remixes which get played by a majority of the big and most important DJs in the business.

2004 in music

• Music of the United States
  • After an extended absence, female R&B group Destiny's Child released the new album Destiny Fulfilled, following solo releases from all three members.
  • Gwen Stefani of the ska-pop group No Doubt goes solo. Her album Love. Angel. Music. Baby goes double platinum.
  • Green Day resolidify their viability with the blockbuster American Idiot after years of declining popularity.
  • Usher has the #1 song of the year, "Yeah!" with Lil' Jon and Ludacris. It spends twelve weeks at #1. He also has three more #1 hits this year with "Confessions Pt. 2", "Burn", and "My Boo", a duet with Alicia Keys. His singles "Lovers And Friends" and "Caught Up" also become top 10 hits, peaking at #3 and #7, respectively. His album goes on to sell nine million copies by 2005.
  • Ashlee Simpson, younger sister of pop star Jessica Simpson, releases her successful debut album, Autobiography. Ashlee's reputation takes a nosedive after it is discovered that she used a back-up track (lipsynch) during her performance on Saturday Night Live.
  • The popular band Phish announce their split.
  • Apple Computer introduces the iPod Mini, the most popular variation of its best-selling iPod. It becomes the world's best selling DAP and still is, as of 2006.
  • A massive 1980s comeback in music take place, especially in artists such as Franz Ferdinand and Interpol.
  • Alternative rock enters mainstream after a five year break.^{[citation needed]}

• Music of the United Kingdom
  • New Wave makes a comeback with Franz Ferdinand.
  • After 7 years without a record deal Morrissey releases his 7th solo album You Are the Quarry and reaches #2 in the British music charts.
  • U2 release their highly successful How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb album.

• Music of Australia
  • Delta Goodrem releases her second album Mistaken Identity after a brief battle with cancer. The album debuted at #1 and went 5x Platinum.
  • Missy Higgins and rock band Jet release their multi platinum debut albums. Jet also achieve international success, with their single Are You Gonna Be My Girl? reaching the top 30 of the Billboard Hot 100.
  • Australian Idol runner up Anthony Callea released his hit single The Prayer, which has gone on to be the biggest selling Australian single of all time. His self titled album proved to be a sucess as well.

2005 in music

• International trends
  • Live 8 concerts held twenty years after Live Aid.
• Music of the United States
  • Britney Spears wins her first Grammy award with her smash single Toxic.
  • "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani becomes the most-downloaded online single ever released, becoming the first single to go platinum in online sales. The next single, "Cool", is only a moderate success. "Cool" did nonetheless go to #1 in Canada.
  • Popular post-grunge acts of the 1990s continue to sell, led by the success of Foo Fighters.
  • 'Emo', led by like Hawthorne Heights, Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance gains popularity.
  • The final album by deceased rapper Notorious B.I.G was released by Bad Boy Records. It featured many guest appearances, and contained over 20 songs and skits. It sold around 6 million copies.^{[citation needed]}
  • Mariah Carey becomes popular again after her highly publicised breakdown early in the decade, mainly due to the success of "We Belong Together." This becomes one of the most successful songs of the decade, spending 14 weeks at #1 on the Hot 100. The song also breaks several major airplay records.^{[citation needed]} On December 31, "Don't Forget About Us" reaches #1, becoming Mariah's 17th #1. This milestone places Mariah equal second in the list of artists with the most Hot 100 #1's. Second place is shared with Elvis Presley, and only The Beatles, with 20, have more #1 hits.
  • Midwestern pop rock outfit Fall Out Boy release the very popular "Sugar, We're Goin' Down." Their album From Under The Cork Tree goes platinum by October, continuing to strenthen the 'emo' trend.
  • Cream reunites for a series of four shows at the Royal Albert Hall on May 2, 3, 5, and 6. It is the first time Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, and Ginger Baker have played together since their 1993 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Cream also plays three shows at Madison Square Garden on October 24, 25, and 26.
  • Kelly Clarkson, winner of the first season of American Idol enjoys her biggest success in 2005, with four top-ten singles. She is named "Artist of the Year" at the American Music Awards. Her album remains a huge-seller, remaining in the Top 20 for over a year.
  • Madonna begins a massive worldwide comeback, Confessions On A Dancefloor debuts at #1 with sales of 350K. "Hung Up" becomes a massive download hit. The song reaches #1 on iTunes, and gives Madonna her 36th US Hot 100 Top 10 single, tying her with Elvis Presley as the act with the most US Top 10 singles. The hit also reaches #1 in more than 30 countries around the world, including the UK, Canada, France, Germany, and Australia.
  • Kate Bush returned to music after a 12-year absence with the hugely acclaimed Aerial album, which became a commercial success and one of the year's most critically-revered albums.
  • Rock bands such as U2, The Rolling Stones and Bon Jovi start touring again, to much critical acclaim.
  • Backstreet Boys make a big comeback with a new manager, Jay Orpin, and a successful single "Incomplete," which reached number 1 in Canada and Australia, and reached the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100.
  • Matisyahu brings Jewish-based reggae to the popular arena with his album Live at Stubb's.
  • System of a Down releases two albums (Mezmerize and Hypnotize) that both debut at #1 on the Billboard 200, a feat not accomplished since rapper DMX did it in 1998.
  • The Pussycat Dolls release their self-titled debut album PCD and become one of the most popular all-female groups since the Spice Girls.
  • Popular 90's nu-metal band Korn are still going in their 13th year, with the release of See You On The Other Side in December and their Family Values Tour festival, despite a guitarist leaving their band years before, and health problems with Jonathon Davis, their lead singer.
• Music of Australia
  • Pop group The Veronicas release their debut album The Secret Life Of... which has since produced 5 hit singles and has been certified 4x Platinum.
  • Rogue Traders, a electro pop rock band unveiled their new lineup, fronted by Neighbours star Natalie Bassingthwaighte. They scored one of the biggest songs of the year with Voodoo Child. Their album Here Come The Drums has produced a further 4 hit singles and has been certified 3x Platinum.
  • Australian Idol series one runner up Shannon Noll releases his second album Lift. The album debuts at #1 and has been certified 3x Platinum. The album provided Noll with 4 top ten hits over the next year.

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• Pure Pop and Teen pop music re-enters the mainstream after a three year break, but is still the sound is still dominated by other genres. New teen pop artists such as Aly & AJ enter mainstream.
• Pop-punk peaks and gradually dies out and teen pop and singer songwriter, along with urban music gradually becomes the new face of Top 40 music. The Disney movie High School Musical abruptly brought the genre back.
• Many underground artists and singer-songwriters such as Gavin DeGraw and John Legend increase in popularity in both Europe and the United States. Individuality in music increases in popularity, along with an older chord structure.^{[citation needed]}
• Electronic Music continues its rise into mainstream music, especially in Europe where Röyksopp's "Curves" is massive hit.
• Reggaeton, a musical style most frequently associated with Daddy Yankee and Tego Calderon, gains popularity in the United States and many Latin American countries.
• Queen, with Paul Rodgers taking over lead vocals, tour the UK and the US.
• AFI made major success with "Miss Murder" the single then went platinum and #1 on many of the american rock charts
• A slight 1940s nostalgia is shown in many pop and R&B artists, such as Chris Brown, Christina Aguilera, and the Black Eyed Peas.
• Tool releases their greatly anticipated 10,000 Days album to commercial success, showing that Progressive metal can still survive in the mainstream.
• Emo/screamo bands, such as Underoath begin to become more exploited.^{[citation needed]}
• Billboard charts, particularly the Hot 100 experience a rapid turnover of number 1 hits, mainly due to the introduction of digital sales figures. 2006 also sees an increase in the number of high debuts on the Hot 100, with 14 songs debuting in the top 30 by August 2006.
• James Blunt's "You're Beautiful" hits #1 on the Hot 100, becoming the first British artist to top the Hot 100 since Elton John almost nine years earlier. Blunt is also the first non-urban or American idol-based artist to reach Number 1 since Nickelback in 2001. Canadian Daniel Powter, another non-urban, non-Idol artist, hits #1 a few weeks later with his single Bad Day.
• Hardcore artists begin to hit the alternative charts (Underoath's Define The Great Line selling 100,000 copies in its first week.)
• Chicago-based alternative band Smashing Pumpkins announce their reunification under lead singer Billy Corgan.
• The Red Hot Chili Peppers release their highly anticipated album "Stadium Arcadium", their first since 2002. The album, propelled by the highly successful first single "Dani California," reaches number 1 in more than twenty countries around the world.
• Madonna is expected to become the first female artist with the highest grossing concert tour in history of $200 million with her Confessions Tour according to Billboard magazine.
• R&B Singers such as Ginuwine and Donell Jones experience declining popularity.
• D4L and Dem Franchize Boyz usher in the subgenre of Snap Rap.
• Ex-Blink 182 artists form two new bands; Tom DeLonge (ex Blink-182 guitarist) with Angels and Airwaves, Mark Hoppus (ex Blink-182 bassist) & Travis Barker (ex Blink-182 drummer) with +44
• Shakira's Hips Don't Lie (featuring Wyclef Jean) tops the United World Charts for 16 weeks, a new record.
• Hardcore dance finaly finds its way into mainstream dance, after ten years of underground events, with chart releases from popular movements including Slammin Vinyl, HTID (Hardcore 'Til I Die), Euphoria, and Ministry of sound often frequenting the UK album charts for many weeks.

• Music of Australia
  • Former Australian Idol contestants Paulini(season one), Ricki Lee(season two), Kate DeAraugo (winner- season three) and Emily Williams(runner up- season three) came together to become the Young Divas. After the suprise sucess of a sell out tour and the platinum selling single This Time I Know It's For Real there was a demand for a second single. Their recording label instead comissioned an album. The self titled album contains cover versions of songs by former divas such as Gloria by Laura Branigan, It's Raining Men by The Weather Girls and Flashdance (What A Feeling). The album debuted at #4.

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