In this decade, grime was a genre invented in the UK, while chillwave became popular in the United States in the latter part of the decade. The decade was dominated by the garage rock revival and the birth of a new indie rock style. In 2004, the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 had 15 of its top 25 singles as contemporary R&B.
Previously established Pop Music artists such as Michael Jackson and Madonna made a comeback in the early 2000s with successful releases such as Invincible and Music.Ĭontemporary R&B was one of the most popular genres of the decade (especially in the early and mid-2000s), with artists like Usher, Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, and Rihanna. The popularity of teen pop carried over from the 1990s with acts such as *NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, and Christina Aguilera dominating the charts in the earlier years of the decade.
Terms like "contemporary", "nu", "revival", "alternative", and "post" are added to various genres titles in order to differentiate them from past styles, nu-disco and post-punk revival as notable examples. As the technology of computers and internet sharing developed, a variety of those genres started to fuse in order to see new styles emerging. In American culture, various styles of the late 20th century remained popular, such as in rock, pop, metal, hip hop, R&B, EDM, country and indie. This article is an overview of the major events and trends in popular music in the 2000s.
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