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The 2000s in rock radio in the United States saw a continued blurring of the playlists among mainstream rock and alternative rock stations. Every track that was ranked by Billboard as the number-one song of the year on its Mainstream Rock Tracks chart during the decade was also a top-five hit on the Alternative Songs chart, most of which topped both charts.
In the 2000s, each chart's "week ending" date was the Saturday of the following two weeks. The data were compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based collectively on each single's weekly physical ( CD , vinyl and cassette ) and digital sales, airplay , and streaming .
Rata Blanca, Argentine power metal/hard rock band; The ReAktion Chilean alternative Rock, Nu metal; Redbone The Vegas Brothers formed the Mexican-American/Native American funk rock band, Redbone; Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta, Bosnian Rainbows (emo-punk, progressive rock) Draco Rosa, singer, musician, songwriter
Avril Lavigne had six number-one songs on Pop Rock General in the 2000s, including the top song of 2007, "Girlfriend". The Black Eyed Peas had eight number-one songs during the decade, twice scoring back-to-back chart toppers in 2006 and 2009.
In the first half of this decade, 89 rock stars have died as a result of cancer, surpassing the 79 cancer-related deaths in the 2000s. Comparatively, there have only been 12 overdose-related ...
Nas is regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time. [23]Hip hop dominated popular music in the early 2000s. [24] [25] Artists such as Eminem, Outkast, Black Eyed Peas, T.I., 50 Cent, Kanye West, Nelly, Common, Nas, Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, Puff Daddy, Snoop Dogg, Missy Elliott, M.I.A., Lil' Kim, Gorillaz, Jeezy, Lil Wayne, Timbaland, The Game, Cam'ron and Ludacris were among the dominant ...
A new book offers a raw and nostalgic look at the early-2000s, with behind-the-scenes portraits depicting musicians from Interpol to Kasabian, Peaches to PJ Harvey.
From rock 'n' roll hair bands to the debut of Whitney Houston and the launch of a little-known network named MTV, there was no shortage of history-making tunes, stars and movements that would pave ...