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The 2000s (pronounced "two-thousands"; shortened to the ' 00s and known as the aughts or noughties) was a decade that began on January 1, 2000, and ended on December 31, 2009. The early part of the decade saw the long predicted breakthrough of economic giants in Asia, like India and China, which had double-digit growth during nearly the whole ...
In a discussion of potential names for the 2000s, American author and journalist Walter Isaacson suggested the “Decade of Disruptions,” a reference to a series of particularly turbulent events. On September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked the United States, sparking lengthy wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Amid the military conflicts, a global ...
- Damian Marley, ‘Welcome to Jamrock’ The biggest hit by Bob Marley's youngest son concerns the distance between Jamaica's legend and legacy (echoed by the song's scratchy Eighties-era groove) and its violent reality.
- Gorillaz, ‘Feel Good Inc.’ Somehow the Gorillaz needed a cartoon band to smuggle this seamless merger of Damon Albarn's melancholy Britpop and De La Soul's head-bobbing hip-hop into the mainstream.
- Amy Winehouse, ‘Back to Black’ The melodrama was vintage Sixties girl-group-style, with gorgeous Spectorian wall of sound production by Mark Ronson. The sensibility was a bit more up-to-date.
- Fleet Foxes, ‘White Winter Hymnal’ A single brief verse (repeated three times) about a snowy epiphany, some exquisite close harmonies, wordless falsetto doubled by understated surf guitar.
From executive producers Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog, CNN's Original Series "The 2000s" explores the decade that gave us Facebook, the iPhone and other cultural and political...
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks. People all over the United States remember where they were when news broke that a plane had flown into the World Trade Center in New York City.
- Iraq War. The intelligence that led to the U.S.- led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 remains a controversy, but the invasion changed the decade in a way that its predecessor, the Gulf War, didn't.
- Boxing Day Tsunami. The wave struck on Dec. 26, 2004, with a catastrophic force usually confined to apocalyptic action flicks. The second-largest earthquake ever recorded, with at least a 9.1 magnitude, ripped the floor of the Indian Ocean west of Indonesia.
- Global Recession. In December 2007, the U.S. experienced its worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. The recession showed that globalization means that countries aren't immune to the effects of foreclosures, rising unemployment rates, controversial bank bailouts, and a weak gross domestic product.
This article is an overview of the major events and trends in popular music in the 2000s. In American culture, various styles of the late 20th century remained popular, such as rock, pop, metal, hip hop, R&B, EDM, country and indie.
Dec 7, 2009 · Best of the 2000s: The Decade In Charts and More. From the monster-selling albums to the iconic new stars, the most blogged-about controversies to the most life-changing technologies, take a...
