The 2000s

When it comes to the 2000s, many think of ashtray hairstyles, tank tops, Tommy Hilfiger sweatshirts, bare belly buttons with corresponding piercings, and low-waisted pants (often whites between tracksuit cloth and denim).

That’s all what the 2000s were, but also wearing short-sleeved T-shirts over other long-sleeved T-shirts. Finally, fashion. It is enough to remember that it was during this period that the NEXT program was broadcast on television to understand what we are talking about (at least in Spain, where I write from). And if we transfer all this to music, well, a bit of the same.

An excess of hair gel that, at least, seemed not to try to recover other previous old fashions. Thanks to the popularization of the Internet in all homes, the massive use of MSN Messenger, the appearance of the MySpace social network (which helped us get to know the Arctic Monkeys to the point of becoming the group that sold the most records in one first UK album after The Beatles). Everything was blonde highlights to give a youthful touch to people without age, while the scooters crossed many streets imitating the skater Tony Hawk. Golden earrings in the ears were the order of the day and, in music, genres like hip hop pop or singers like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera were the most popular and most followed by a good part of the girls.

The Matrix movie (released in 1999) and all the absurd hysteria of the Y2K effect helped a lot in introducing new ways of dressing, understanding commercial cinema and, with its soundtrack, also in later music. The Nu Metal began in the 90s and would die in the 2000s with its baseball caps with the NY logo, leaving great successes from the beginning of the decade with people like Limp Bizkit or Linkin Park. But that wasn’t all, that’s why in this label we share a series of articles dedicated to the best music of the decade year by year. Musical groups, emblematic songs and artists to discover despite the years. All that and more below.