How are you?
Following the last week, I am going to start my 61st
lecture.
The lecture topic for this week is “Pop Music in 2000s”. It
is a summary of the contents of “61st ACJ Music Academy, History of Pop Music:
6. 2000s”, which was introduced on September 10, 2016.
Unlike the
previous period, the 2000s was a period when many musical styles were not
created or didn’t appear except for some genres such as Emo. Teen Pop continued
its popularity in this period as singers such as Backstreet Boys, Britney
Spears and Christina Aguilera dominated the music charts at the beginning of
this period. The music genre that was absolutely popular for most of this
period was Hip hop, but Rock music was still popular, especially alternative
rock, post grunge, nu metal, pop punk and emo. Country music was still a
popular music genre at this period.
Hip hop was
most popular pop music genre in the early 2000s. Eminem, the most famous of the
few successful white rappers of this period, enjoyed tremendous popularity and
commercial success. According to the Billboard charts, the two albums released
by Eminem were included in the five best-selling albums in the 2000s. After the
release of the album “Relapse,” Eminem was recorded as the best-selling rapper
of all time and became a leader in album sales at this period across all
musical genres.
Eminem
In case of
Rock, in 2002, Avril Lavigne became the most famous artist, who entered a new
musical genre called Pop punk to the mainstream in the pop music field, with
her hits such as "Complicated" and "Sk8er Boi".
Avril Lavigne
In the early
2000s, people started to focus their interest in Rap Metal and Rap Rock, a
style similar to the genre called Nu Metal, which appeared as a new wave in the
Metal field. Nu Metal's popularity began in the late 1990s, and the genre began
to be introduced by early music of the bands such as Korn, Deftones, Limp
Bizkit, Slipknot and Coal Chamber.
With the
success of Korn's third studio album, “Follow The Leader,” Nu Metal entered the
mainstream. Rap Rock
gained popularity with artists such as System of a Down, Evanescence, Stained,
Papa Roach and Disturbed.
Korn
Evanescence
Emo entered
the mainstream in the early 2000s when Jimmy Eat World's album “Bleed American”
recorded platinum sales. The new Emo gained more popularity among adolescents
than before, while the use of the term “Emo” expanded beyond the field of
music, being linked to other cultures such as fashion and hairstyles. Artists
who were popular in the Emo genre at this period were Fall Out Boy, My Chemical
Romance, Paramore and Panic! At The Disco.
Jimmy Eat World
Paramore
During this
period, the girl groups continued popularity along with The Pussycat Dolls and
Destiny's Child. Pop rock artist Pink released her debut album "Can't Take
Me Home" in 2000, and at this period, she sold over 70 million single
albums including "Get the Party Started", "Stupid Girls”, and
"So What".
The Pussycat Dolls
Pink
Lady Gaga appeared at this period and revived the
popularity of Electronic music that had not been a popular genre since 2000.
Her debut album, “The Fame (2008),” ranked no.1 in Canada, Austria, Germany,
the UK and Ireland, and no.1 on the Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart. The
songs "Just Dance" and "Poker Face" included in this album
became worldwide hits and ranked no.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Lady Gaga
Country music
continued its popularity during this period as well, and one of the most
successful new artists during this period was Carrie Underwood. In 2005,
Underwood became the first American idol Winner among singers whose main genre
is country rather than Pop, Rap, or Rhythm and Blues.
Carrie Underwood
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Next week, I will start another topic entitled “The History
of Rock”, which will last 12 weeks.
Thank you.
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