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Subject: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: HazelBlue99 on 06/28/17 at 11:31 pm

This is how I would personally rank the 2000s years in order of best to worse. In all honesty, i'm generally not a fan of 2000s music, however I do have a preference as to which years I prefer over others.

1. 2001
2. 2000
3. 2003
4. 2007
5. 2004
6. 2008
7. 2005
8. 2002
9. 2009
10. 2006

The release of System of a Down's Toxicity, as well as "Hanging By a Moment", "Smooth Criminal" and "The Middle", is enough for me to personally consider 2001 to be my favourite year for music in the 2000s. :)

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: HeyJealousy on 06/29/17 at 12:05 am

Whoa, whoa, Smooth Criminal was released in 2001???? The MJ song???? Are you sure you're not thinking of Smooth by Santana?

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: HazelBlue99 on 06/29/17 at 12:06 am


Whoa, whoa, Smooth Criminal was released in 2001???? The MJ song???? Are you sure you're not thinking of Smooth by Santana?


No, I was thinking of the Alien Ant Farm cover of the song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDl9ZMfj6aE

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: #Infinity on 06/29/17 at 12:09 am

1. 2000 - The Y2K teen pop movement was still in its zenith, and was better than ever. Vibrant, melodious, upbeat, cheerful, excellently produced pop songs were abound, and pop rock fared mostly well, too.

2. 2002 - The United States was unusually drawn towards trance/club music this year, being one of only two years Kylie Minogue saw serious chart success here (the other was 1988), not to mention surprise hits by acts like DJ Sammy, Dirty Vegas, Paulina Rubio, and Enrique Iglesias (particularly "Escape"). On top of that, there was some excellent music by pop rock and adult contemporary acts like Avril Lavigne, John Mayer, Norah Jones, Indie Arie, and Michelle Branch. The Neptunes were at their finest this year, bringing lots of catchy rhythms to urban and pop. Things weren't perfect at the start of this year, but summer, autumn, and winter 2002 were fantastic.

3. 2001 - A great year for music for a lot of the same reasons as 2000, though the last third is brought down a little by pop rap starting to erode bubblegum pop's success and over saturating the market.

4. 2004 - This was the year crunk music was actually danceable and instead of the joke it was soon to become. This was the last full year pop rock was still consistently great, before it started to get more mundane later on. Rap was still everywhere, but the genre was starting to expand a little creatively, so for the most part it was pretty fresh. Only the UK got gems like "Some Girls," "Left Outside Alone," and "She Wants to Move," but there was no shortage of 2000s classics in the United States either, among them "If I Ain't Got You," "This Love," "Let's Get It Started," and "Breaking the Habit."

5. 2005 - A great deal of the decade's best music came out of this year, but unfortunately, so did a lot of its worst. For every "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor," "Galvanize," "B.Y.O.B.," "I Said Never Again (But Here We Are)," and "Biology," there was a "Slow Down," "My Humps," "Laffy Taffy," "Grillz," and "Grind with Me." Rachel Stevens' Come and Get It is one of my favorite pop albums of all time, and even Kate Bush delivered a solid comeback with Aerial, but the declining quality of American pop rock and sudden spike in juvenile crap in pop, hip hop, and r&b make this year extremely uneven.

6. 2009 - This gets a decided advantage over other late 2000s years because snap music had declined (though a few songs still sucked hard, like "Break Up"), and the electropop movement finally breathed new life into a then-worn out industry. In retrospect, however, it mostly lacks the sheer classics and masterpieces that the early 2000s churned out.

7. 2003 - A fairly nondescript year for music, with not a whole lot of terrible material, but also not as many standouts as the years within its vicinity.

8. 2006 - Britain had a pretty good year for music, which is why this isn't even lower, but no year this decade was more polluted by bratty, unmusical garbage in the United States than 2006, and the rock music, for the most part, wasn't strong enough to redeem it.

9. 2007 - This was when 2000s music started to get really apathetic, though a scattered selection of awesome songs redeem it...somewhat. The UK listened to a lot of pop-rock music this year that, aside from certain acts like Take That and MIKA, was just not interesting to me in the least.

10. 2008 - Incredibly tasteless compositions, stagnant production, continued childishness, rap still being caught in a rut, and a severe lack of true standouts both in singles and albums make this one of my least favorite years for music ever.

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: bchris02 on 06/29/17 at 12:11 am

2009
2003
2001
2007
2002
2000
2008
2004
2005
2006

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: bchris02 on 06/29/17 at 12:14 am


6. 2009 - This gets a decided advantage over other late 2000s years because snap music had declined (though a few songs still sucked hard, like "Break Up"), and the electropop movement finally breathed new life into a then-worn out industry. In retrospect, however, it mostly lacks the sheer classics and masterpieces that the early 2000s churned out.


I would say 2009 had some of the most memorable classics of the entire decade.  Anything by Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Ke$ha, the Black Eyed Peas, or Beyonce dominated that year.  For the first time in a while, music was fresh and different.  There really hadn't been a year like it since the early 2000s.

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: TheReignMan99 on 06/29/17 at 12:16 am

For me, I rank them like this:

1. 2004
2. 2003
3. 2007
4. 2005
5. 2006
6. 2009
7. 2002
8. 2001
9. 2008
10. 2000

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: #Infinity on 06/29/17 at 12:21 am


I would say 2009 had some of the most memorable classics of the entire decade.  Anything by Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Ke$ha, the Black Eyed Peas, or Beyonce dominated that year.  For the first time in a while, music was fresh and different.  There really hadn't been a year like it since the early 2000s.


It was undoubtedly a breath of fresh air at the time, but I just think that for the most part, my favorite songs from the early and mid 2000s are stronger. I still love "Alejandro" from The Fame Monster, but even "Poker Face," I Gotta Feeling," "Tik Tok" and "Empire State of Mind" pale in comparison to "Absolutely Everybody," "Never Had a Dream Come True," "Fallin'," "Rock DJ," "Some Girls," "Superman (It's Not Easy)," and...well, quite frankly a great deal of popular music from earlier in the decade, before the rotten stench of snap music and sleep-inducing junk like "No Air," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Who Knew," "With You," and "Bubbly" made just about any subsequent step up seem like a godsend.

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: #Infinity on 06/29/17 at 12:22 am


For me, I rank them like this:

1. 2004
2. 2003
3. 2007
4. 2005
5. 2006
6. 2009
7. 2002
8. 2001
9. 2008
10. 2000


Why are the early 2000s so low here? Is it more due to the nu-metal or the mainstream pop?

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: TheReignMan99 on 06/29/17 at 12:28 am


Why are the early 2000s so low here? Is it more due to the nu-metal or the mainstream pop?

Well, I'll start off by saying that I don't hate any 2000s year when it comes to music (but I had to rank 'em).

I think that nu-metal is decent but the early '00s didn't connect with me because of my age....I was a mid to late '00s kid and for the most part I prefer the music from that time over the early 2000s.

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: #Infinity on 06/29/17 at 12:31 am


Well, I'll start off by saying that I don't hate any 2000s year when it comes to music (but I had to rank 'em).

I think that nu-metal is decent but the early '00s didn't connect with me because of my age....I was a mid to late 00s kid and for the most part I prefer the music from that time over the early 2000s.


Oh, okay. I'm kind of unique in that I've pretty much always mostly preferred music from before my teenage years over those that were popular in middle school and high school for me, but I suppose I do feel about the 90s the way you do about the 2000s...the early 90s are easily my least favorite sub-era of that stretch of years, despite plenty of good music still being released then as well.

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: TheReignMan99 on 06/29/17 at 12:34 am


Oh, okay. I'm kind of unique in that I've pretty much always mostly preferred music from before my teenage years over those that were popular in middle school and high school for me, but I suppose I do feel about the 90s the way you do about the 2000s...the early 90s are easily my least favorite sub-era of that stretch of years, despite plenty of good music still being released then as well.

LOL...I gotcha.

I know that I'm in the minority when it comes to liking early '90s music (and fashion) :(.

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: HazelBlue99 on 06/29/17 at 12:40 am


I know that I'm in the minority when it comes to liking early '90s music (and fashion) :(.


If there's any correlation, I like the Grunge/alternative rock music released in the Early 90s. :P

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: TheReignMan99 on 06/29/17 at 12:44 am


If there's any correlation, I like the Grunge/alternative rock music released in the Early 90s. :P

That's something, lol :P.

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: HeyJealousy on 06/29/17 at 1:23 am

I will rank by eras....

1: 2001-2003

2: 2000 (Y2K)

3: 2004-2006

4: 2007-2009

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: Sir Rothchild on 06/29/17 at 8:40 am

This is counting from my interests and what I listen to.

From best to worst:
1. 2005
2. 2004
3. 2002
4. 2007
5. 2001
6. 2003
7. 2000
8. 2008
9. 2006
10. 2009

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: mxcrashxm on 06/29/17 at 9:55 am

2004
2000
2001
2005
2002
2003
2008
2009
2007
2006

This was difficult for me to rank because I actually like most of the music from this decade including the teen pop/R&B and excluding the majority of snap rap.

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: Sir Rothchild on 06/29/17 at 10:01 am


2004
2000
2001
2005
2002
2003
2008
2009
2007
2006

This was difficult for me to rank because I actually like most of the music from this decade including the teen pop/R&B and excluding the majority of snap rap.


Same here. I just ranked the 2000s based on my favorite bands and what albums they released that year. I chose 2005 as the best because that's when System of a Down's Hypnotize and Mezmerize albums were released, along with Korn's See You On The Other Side.

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: SpyroKev on 06/29/17 at 5:46 pm

I'm too bias for this thread.

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: mach!ne_he@d on 06/30/17 at 11:59 am

This was actually pretty tough.

1. 2000
2. 2003
3. 2002
4. 2004
5. 2001
6. 2005
7. 2007
8. 2006
9. 2008
10. 2009

Just for the record, my low rankings for 2008 and 2009 doesn't really have anything to do with the quality of music from those years. It's just that I stopped paying attention to pop culture as much after 2007, and thus don't have much connection or recollection of the top songs from those years.

My main years of consuming popular music were roughly 1998 to 2005, so that's obviously reflected by the way I ranked the years.

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: 2001 on 06/30/17 at 1:33 pm

If we're not including the bad music that came out those years, and just going by the sheer volume of music I enjoyed that came out on those years, I'd say

1. 2002
2. 2004
3. 2009
4. 2007
5. 2001
6. 2000
7. 2005
8. 2008
9. 2003
10. 2006

Good music can come out any year if you look hard enough.  :)

Now, if we're including all that music that made you want to rip your ears out, and made finding good music very difficult, it would be much more consistent

1. 2002
2. 2001
3. 2000
4. 2009
5. 2004
6. 2003
7. 2008
8. 2005
9. 2007
10. 2006

2005-2007/8 had so much bad music! Thankfully, distance has made it easy to forget and I don't have to subject myself to listening to that stuff. ;D

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: Sir Rothchild on 06/30/17 at 1:42 pm


If we're not including the bad music that came out those years, and just going by the sheer volume of music I enjoyed that came out on those years, I'd say

1. 2002
2. 2004
3. 2009
4. 2007
5. 2001
6. 2000
7. 2005
8. 2008
9. 2003
10. 2006

Good music can come out any year if you look hard enough.  :)

Now, if we're including all that music that made you want to rip your ears out, and made finding good music very difficult, it would be much more consistent

1. 2002
2. 2001
3. 2000
4. 2009
5. 2004
6. 2003
7. 2008
8. 2005
9. 2007
10. 2006

2005-2007/8 had so much bad music! Thankfully, distance has made it easy to forget and I don't have to subject myself to listening to that stuff. ;D


What do you consider as bad music?

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: 80sfan on 06/30/17 at 2:02 pm

2007 and 2009 sucked!

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: TheReignMan99 on 06/30/17 at 2:06 pm


2007 and 2009 sucked!

You suck! >:( >:( >:(

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: 80sfan on 06/30/17 at 2:13 pm


You suck! >:( >:( >:(


:-[  :-[  :-[

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: TheReignMan99 on 06/30/17 at 2:25 pm


:-[  :-[  :-[

Good...you should feel bad! >:( >:( ;)

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: mqg96 on 06/30/17 at 8:41 pm

I can't rank all of them to my best knowledge, but I'll do top 5.

1. 2009
2. 2000
3. 2007
4. 2001
5. 2003

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: Longaotian00 on 08/19/17 at 3:44 am

1. 2002
2. 2001
3. 2000
4. 2007 (by far the best year outside of the early 00s)
5. 2003
6. 2005
(After this it gets hard to decide because of the amount of trash music in the following years...)
I guess:
7.  2006
8.  2009
9.  2008  >:(
10.2004  >:(

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: TheReignMan99 on 08/19/17 at 10:36 am


1. 2002
2. 2001
3. 2000
4. 2007 (by far the best year outside of the early 00s)
5. 2003
6. 2005
(After this it gets hard to decide because of the amount of trash music in the following years...)
I guess:
7.  2006
8.  2009
9.  2008  >:(
10.2004  >:(

Another early '00s fan boy, lol >:(

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: bchris02 on 08/21/17 at 1:33 am

2009
2003
2007
2004
2001
2002
2000
2008
2005
2006

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: Fearsword on 08/21/17 at 7:39 am

1-2009
2-2000
3-2008
4-2002
5-2001
6-2007
7-2006
8-2005
9-2004
10-2003

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: Slim95 on 08/21/17 at 5:13 pm

Honestly I would literally rank it from 2000 to 2009 as each year got slightly worse. So 2000 was the best and 2009 was the worst and everything else in the middle goes in order. They were all decent years for music except for '08 and '09.

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: ZeldaFan20 on 08/23/17 at 10:37 am

1. 2000 - Solid

2. 2002 - Pretty Solid

3. 2004 - Great

4. 2001 - Great

5. 2009 - Good

6. 2003 - Good

7. 2005 - Decent

8. 2008 - Meh...

9. 2006 - Meh...

10. 2007 - Bad...

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: Rainbowz on 11/11/17 at 10:32 am

2003
2007
2000
2008
2001
2005
2009
2006
2004
2002


I was born in 2002 but I honestly didn’t really like most of the song released that year. 2003 IMO was a huge improvement and probably my most favorite early 2000’s year for music.

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: 2001 on 11/11/17 at 10:52 am


2003
2007
2000
2008
2001
2005
2009
2006
2004
2002


I was born in 2002 but I honestly didn’t really like most of the song released that year. 2003 IMO was a huge improvement and probably my most favorite early 2000’s year for music.


What? 2002 was the best! Avril Lavigne was life ;D

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: TheEarly90sFan on 11/11/17 at 11:00 am

2008
2009
2002
2001
1999
2000
2004
2005
2003
2006
2007
2010

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: Rainbowz on 11/11/17 at 11:31 am


2008
2009
2002
2001
1999
2000
2004
2005
2003
2006
2007
2010

2010 isn’t apart of the 2000’s lol

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: Rainbowz on 11/11/17 at 11:33 am


What? 2002 was the best! Avril Lavigne was life ;D

I did like her song complicated but sk8er boi was a meh for me lol

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: TheEarly90sFan on 11/11/17 at 11:57 am


2010 isn’t apart of the 2000’s lol


I don't measure time in decades.

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: Longaotian00 on 11/11/17 at 2:35 pm


2003
2007
2000
2008
2001
2005
2009
2006
2004
2002


I was born in 2002 but I honestly didn’t really like most of the song released that year. 2003 IMO was a huge improvement and probably my most favorite early 2000’s year for music.


What! You literally put 2002 last :-\\. I think that year was far better than some of the other years like 2008 8-P

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: Longaotian00 on 11/11/17 at 2:37 pm


2010 isn’t apart of the 2000’s lol


Neither is 1999, which he included.

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: Longaotian00 on 11/11/17 at 2:40 pm

This isn't my opinion, this is the definitive ranking for the 2000s in terms of music ;D

2002
2001
2000
2003
2007
2005
2009
2006
2004
2008

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: Slim95 on 11/11/17 at 2:50 pm


I don't measure time in decades.

When we're doing ratings like this please put the actual 2000s years (2000 -2009) I hate when decadology comes in when we're rating years of a decade.

Subject: Re: How would you rank the 2000s for Music?

Written By: 2000snightmarejoe on 12/01/17 at 5:03 pm

Awesome. All of the bands that I listen to are from the 2000's, well BVB is an exception, and some of MCR, but the point is it must be that great, bc Hawthorne Heights, Good Charlotte etc. were very popular. It's less Techno. than the 2010's, which I appreciate, as I like music from actual instruments! It may be over, but I'm sure there's loads for me to discover  :D

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