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The Defining Artists of the 2000s

The following artists released some of the best music of the 2000s. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.

Christina Aguilera   Drive-By Truckers   The Killers   Ludacris   Arctic Monkeys   Madonna   PJ Harvey   Weezer   NSYNC   Gwen Stefani   Oasis   Florence and The Machine   Panic At The Disco   Maroon 5   Daft Punk   The Flaming Lips   Moby   Nas   Audioslave   Fall Out Boy   Basement Jaxx   Blink-182   Bob Dylan   John Mayer   T.I.   Queens of the Stone Age   Interpol   50 Cent   Iron Maiden   Nelly   Mary J. Blige   Jennifer Lopez   The Chemical Brothers   Sheryl Crow   Janet Jackson   Arcade Fire   Alice In Chains   My Chemical Romance   Coldplay   Miranda Lambert   Tool   Aaliyah   M.I.A.   Red Hot Chili Peppers   Black Eyed Peas   Nine Inch Nails   Kanye West   Wu-Tang Clan   Air   The Strokes   Missy Elliott   Alison Krauss   The Black Keys   The White Stripes   Avril Lavigne   LCD Soundsystem   Lil Wayne   Foo Fighters   Warren Zevon   Counting Crows   Lily Allen   The Shins   Wilco   Amy Winehouse   The xx   My Morning Jacket   Sleater-Kinney   Lenny Kravitz   Adele   Yeah Yeah Yeahs   Justin Timberlake   Radiohead   Brandi Carlile   Death Cab for Cutie   Mariah Carey   MGMT   Animal Collective   Lady Gaga   Phoenix   The Roots   Green Day   Sufjan Stevens   Beck   Mastodon   Franz Ferdinand   Alicia Keys   TV on the Radio   Robyn   Kelly Clarkson   Björk   Kings of Leon   Usher   Gorillaz   Pink   U2   Shakira   Linkin Park   Eminem   Muse   Norah Jones   Johnny Cash   Matchbox Twenty   No Doubt   The Libertines   Carrie Underwood   D'Angelo   Katy Perry   Garbage   Britney Spears   Jay-Z   System of a Down   Pearl Jam   Ryan Adams   Modest Mouse   Spoon   Bright Eyes   Destiny's Child   Outkast   Beyoncé   The Chicks   Nelly Furtado   Taylor Swift   Dave Matthews Band   Rihanna   Feist   Kylie Minogue  

Of the 126 artists listed above, 18% have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

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The Defining Albums of the 2000s

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000)

At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)

The Avalanches - Since I Left You (2000)

NSYNC - No Strings Attached (2000)

Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker (2000)

Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)

Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R (2000)

PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea (2000)

OutKast - Stankonia (2000)

The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (2000)

Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica (2000)

Radiohead - Kid A (2000)

Patsy Cline - The Ultimate Collection (2000)

U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000)

Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out (2000)

Common - Like Water For Chocolate (2000)

D'Angelo - Voodoo (2000)

Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000)

Madonna - Music (2000)

Deftones - White Pony (2000)

Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (2000)

Muddy Waters - The Anthology: 1947-1972 (2001)

System of a Down - Toxicity (2001)

Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)

Pink - Missundaztood (2001)

The Shins - Oh, Inverted World (2001)

Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor (2001)

Manu Chao - Próxima Estación: Esperanza (2001)

Bob Dylan - Love And Theft (2001)

Shakira - Laundry Service (2001)

Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)

ABBA - The Definitive Collection (2001)

Aaliyah - Aaliyah (2001)

Daft Punk - Discovery (2001)

Destiny's Child - Survivor (2001)

The Strokes - Is This It (2001)

Drive-By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera (2001)

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2001)

Björk - Vespertine (2001)

Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) (2001)

Basement Jaxx - Rooty (2001)

The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (2001)

Missy Elliott - Miss E... So Addictive (2001)

Jay-Z - The Blueprint (2001)

Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People (2002)

Beck - Sea Change (2002)

Neko Case - Blacklisted (2002)

The Mountain Goats - Tallahassee (2002)

The Libertines - Up The Bracket (2002)

Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head (2002)

Missy Elliott - Under Construction (2002)

The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (2002)

Spoon - Kill the Moonlight (2002)

Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights (2002)

Bruce Springsteen - The Rising (2002)

Avril Lavigne - Let Go (2002)

50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2003)

OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003)

The Postal Service - Give Up (2003)

The White Stripes - Elephant (2003)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell (2003)

Four Tet - Rounds (2003)

Alicia Keys - The Diary Of Alicia Keys (2003)

Sam Cooke - Portrait of a Legend: 1951-1964 (2003)

Jay-Z - The Black Album (2003)

Brian Wilson - SMiLE (2004)

Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)

My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004)

Usher - Confessions (2004)

Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)

Daddy Yankee - Barrio fino (2004)

Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand (2004)

Green Day - American Idiot (2004)

Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)

The Killers - Hot Fuss (2004)

Feist - Let It Die (2004)

Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (2004)

Kanye West - The College Dropout (2004)

The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday (2005)

Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (2005)

M.I.A. - Arular (2005)

Gorillaz - Demon Days (2005)

Kanye West - Late Registration (2005)

Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree (2005)

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II (2005)

Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)

Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (2005)

Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (2005)

My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)

Ghostface Killah - Fishscale (2006)

Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006)

Mastodon - Blood Mountain (2006)

Beyoncé - B'Day (2006)

John Mayer - Continuum (2006)

Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)

My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade (2006)

TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)

Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury (2006)

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006)

J Dilla - Donuts (2006)

Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006)

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium (2006)

Amy Winehouse - Back To Black (2006)

Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2007)

LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver (2007)

M.I.A. - Kala (2007)

MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (2007)

Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3 (2007)

Radiohead - In Rainbows (2007)

Kanye West - Graduation (2007)

Paramore - Riot! (2007)

Burial - Untrue (2007)

Britney Spears - Blackout (2007)

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (2007)

The National - Boxer (2007)

TV on the Radio - Dear Science (2008)

The Roots - Rising Down (2008)

Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark (2008)

Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (2008)

Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak (2008)

Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009)

The xx - xx (2009)

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)

Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)

Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster (2009)

Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009)

Maxwell - BLACKsummers'night (2009)

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The Defining Songs of the 2000s

Missy Elliott - Work It (2000)

Coldplay - Yellow (2000)

Eminem - Stan (2000)

OutKast - Ms. Jackson (2000)

D'Angelo - Untitled (How Does it Feel) (2000)

Radiohead - Idioteque (2000)

The Strokes - Last Nite (2001)

Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott - Get Ur Freak On (2001)

Wilco - Heavy Metal Drummer (2001)

50 Cent - In Da Club (2002)

Eminem - Lose Yourself (2002)

Jay-Z - 99 Problems (2003)

The Killers - Mr. Brightside (2003)

OutKast - Hey Ya! (2003)

The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army (2003)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps (2003)

Britney Spears - Toxic (2003)

Beyoncé - Crazy in Love (2003)

Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone (2004)

Coldplay - Fix You (2005)

My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade (2006)

Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (2006)

Amy Winehouse - Back To Black (2006)

M.I.A. - Paper Planes (2007)

LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends (2007)

Kanye West - Stronger (2007)

Rihanna - Umbrella (2007)

Lady Gaga - Bad Romance (2009)

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