2000s retrospective
Best Songs of the 2000s
The 2000s were the last pre-streaming decade — the iPod era when an album cost $9.99, a single cost $0.99, and you actually thought about what to put on a 1GB Mini. The result: every '00s pop song earns its hooks because it had to fight for one of fifteen slots on someone's playlist.
What defined this era
Crunk, indie, emo, and pop-punk all peaked in the same five-year window. Nothing like it before or since.
Artists at the center
- • Beyoncé
- • Outkast
- • Radiohead
- • Kanye West
- • Britney Spears
- • M.I.A.
- • Justin Timberlake
- • Amy Winehouse
- • The Strokes
- • Eminem
A listening note
The mid-2000s indie boom (2003–2007) is one of pop music's all-time peaks. Spend a week with Yeah Yeah Yeahs, LCD Soundsystem, and TV on the Radio.
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