Editing 2000s (section)

== Popular culture ==
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File:PS2-Versions.jpg|The [[sixth generation of video game consoles|sixth]] and [[seventh generation of video game consoles]] like [[PlayStation 2]] (pictured), [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]], and the [[GameCube]] were a hit in the 2000s. Sleeper hits like ''[[Katamari Damacy]]'' and ''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]'' were released on the PlayStation 2, and more popular games like ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'' and ''[[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3]]'' were released on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
File:Nintendo DS Default.PNG|[[Nintendo]]'s [[Nintendo DS]] (pictured) and [[Game Boy Advance]] were the best-selling portable systems of the decade. Games released for the Nintendo DS in the 2000s included ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]],'' ''[[Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!]]'', ''[[Nintendogs]]'', ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl|''Pokémon Diamond'' and ''Pearl'']], and ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]]''.
File:The Friends Stage.jpg|Stage 24 at Warner Bros. studio, named after the television show ''Friends.'' The final episode of ''[[Friends (season 10)|Friends]]'' aired in 2004 with over 52 million viewers in the United States, and the character of [[Joey Tribbiani|Joey]] remained on television in his own spin-off until 2006.
File:The Sopranos promotional logo.svg|''[[The Sopranos]]'' and ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'' were popular on HBO and even crossed over. TV shows of varying genres such as ''[[Breaking Bad]],'' ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'', ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'', ''[[Sex and the City]]'', ''[[The Wire]]'', ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'', ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'', ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'', ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'', ''[[Six Feet Under (TV series)|Six Feet Under]],'' and ''[[Arrested Development]]'' were popular in the 2000s.
File:IPod 5G, nano 2G, shuffle 2G.jpg|The [[iPod]] became a hit in the 2000s. iPods were digital music players that had click wheels and stored songs, the first iteration releasing in 2001.
File:Disco Wii (davanti) - Wii Sports.JPG|''[[Wii Sports]]'' was the best-selling game of the decade. The [[Wii]] was popular in the late 2000s and early 2010s. Games for the console released in the decade included ''[[Wii Sports Resort]]'', ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]], [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]], [[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]], [[Mario Kart Wii]], [[Wii Play]],'' and ''[[Wii Fit]]''
File:IFA 2005 Panasonic Blu-ray Discs Single and Dual Layer BD-RE (Cartridge) (by HDTVTotalDOTcom).jpg|By the early 2000s, [[DVD]]s had begun to eclipse the use of [[videotape]]s, which in some regards were still somewhat prevalent.
File:Shrek lass nach - panoramio.jpg|With the advancements and rise in computer technologies, computer-animated films like ''[[Shrek]]'', ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'', ''[[Finding Nemo]]'', ''[[The Incredibles]]'', ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]'', ''[[Ratatouille (film)|Ratatouille]]'', ''[[Kung Fu Panda (film)|Kung Fu Panda]]'', and [[Bolt (2008 film)|''Bolt'']] were produced by [[DreamWorks Animation]], and [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Disney]]-[[Pixar]] took over the dying traditionally animated movie industry.
File:Motorola RAZR V3i 03.JPG|Flip phones (such as the [[Motorola Razr V3i]] pictured here) and keyboard phones were commonplace throughout the 2000s, like [[BlackBerry]] and [[Motorola]] phones. By the very late 2000s and mostly 2010s, bar-shaped full-touchscreen [[Smartphone|smartphones]] had replaced flip-phones and keyboard phones.
File:Nokia1100.jpg|Over 250 million [[Nokia 1100]]s were sold since its launch in late 2003 up through 2009, making it the [[List of best-selling mobile phones|world's best-selling mobile phone]] and the best-selling consumer electronics device in the world at the time. Home telephones such as [[Landline]]s and [[Cordless telephone]]s were also used in the 2000s.
File:Dave Chappelle (cropped).jpg|Comedian [[Dave Chappelle]] rose to fame during the mid-2000s with his satirical sketch show ''[[Chappelle's Show]]'' (2003–2006). Other popular comedy shows during the mid-2000s included ''[[The Bernie Mac Show]]'' and ''[[Everybody Hates Chris]]''.
File:Justin Bieber.jpg|Wings haircuts and cardigan sweaters were popular during the mid-to-late part of the 2000s (and into the early 2010s), modeled here by singer [[Justin Bieber]] in 2009.
File:Britney Spears.jpg|Low-rise jeans and crop-tops were popular and worn by women in the 2000s, as shown here by pop star [[Britney Spears]] in 2003.
File:Ms. magazine Cover - Winter 2004-2005.jpg|[[September 11 attacks|9/11]] damaged popular culture in the early 2000s. It caused greater sensitivity in media imagery. Following its use in radio and TV broadcasts after the event, [[Enya]]'s ''[[Only Time]]'' became a commercial hit; and pictured above is a ''[[Ms. (magazine)|Ms.]]'' magazine cover showcasing "9/11 widows".
File:Beijing 2008 Olympic cauldron lighting (cropped).JPG|Five [[Olympic Games]] were held in the 2000s, [[2000 Summer Olympics|Sydney in 2000]], [[2002 Winter Olympics|Salt Lake City in 2002]], [[2004 Summer Olympics|Athens in 2004]], [[2006 Winter Olympics|Turin in 2006]] and [[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing in 2008]].
File:Harry Potter Book and Wand.jpg|[[Warner Bros.]]' ''[[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' were the highest-grossing fantasy film series during the decade, based on [[J. K. Rowling]]'s and [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s novel series respectively. The final ''Harry Potter'' book released in 2007.
File:Borat in Cologne.jpg|Mockumentaries grew in the 2000s, with mockumentary films such as ''[[Borat]]'' in 2006, and the popular documentaries ''[[Super Size Me]]'' and ''[[Fahrenheit 9/11]]'' in 2004.
File:Early iPod interface.png|The [[Y2K aesthetic]] was popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s, named after the [[Year 2000 problem|Y2K bug scare]] that caused concern between 1999 and 2000. This period was defined by then-new technology such as the 2001 [[iPod Classic]], [[digital camera]]s, and fashion such as shiny metallic clothing.
File:AAAMM Big Tech.svg|The 2000s saw the rise of the [[Big Tech]] companies like [[Alphabet Inc.|Alphabet]] ([[Google]]), [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]], [[Apple Inc.|Apple]], [[Meta Platforms|Meta]] (then Facebook), and [[Microsoft]], all headquartered in the [[West Coast of the United States]].
File:Leon hot air balloon festival 2010.jpg|''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' and other cartoons like ''[[Family Guy]]'', ''[[American Dad!]]'', ''[[Futurama]]'', ''[[King of the Hill]], [[South Park]]'', ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]],'' ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', [[Teen Titans (TV series)|''Teen Titans'']], ''[[Invader Zim]], [[Avatar: The Last Airbender]],'' and ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'' were popular in the 2000s.
File:George-W-Bush.jpeg|[[George W. Bush]] was [[president of the United States]] for a majority of the 2000s (2001–2009), during the [[History of the United States (1991-2008)|Post-Cold War era]]. [[Illinois]] Senator [[Barack Obama]] was elected president in [[2008 United States presidential election|2008]].
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=== Film ===
{{See also|2000s in film}}

'''Live-action films'''[[File:Avatar Flight of Passage (33825582954).jpg|260px|thumb|The highest-grossing film of the decade was ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]'' (2009)]]

The usage of [[computer-generated imagery]] became more widespread in films during the 2000s. Documentary and [[mockumentary]] films, such as ''[[March of the Penguins]]'', ''[[Borat]]'', and ''[[Super Size Me]]'', were popular in the 2000s. 2004's ''[[Fahrenheit 9/11]]'' by [[Michael Moore]] is the highest-grossing documentary of all time. Online films became popular, and conversion to [[digital cinema]] started. Critically acclaimed movies released in the decade including highlights such as ''[[Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind]]'' and ''[[Lost in Translation (film)|Lost in Translation]]''.

Other films from the 2000s that gained popularity included ''[[300 (film)|300]]'', ''[[Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy]]'', ''[[Napoleon Dynamite]]'', ''[[Saw (film)|Saw]]'', ''[[Zoolander]]'', ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'' (the first  ''[[Three Flavours Cornetto]]'' film), ''[[Elf (film)|Elf]]'', ''[[Love Actually]]'', ''[[The Room (2003 film)|The Room]]'', and ''[[Billy Elliot]]''. It also saw [[Musical film|Musical films]] becoming widely successful such as ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]'', ''[[8 Mile (film)|8 Mile]]'', ''[[Chicago (2002 film)|Chicago]]'', ''[[Dreamgirls (film)|Dreamgirls]]'', ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'', and ''[[Mamma Mia! (film)|Mamma Mia!]]''. 

December 2009's ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]'', an American science fiction film written and directed by [[James Cameron]], made extensive use of cutting edge [[motion capture]] filming techniques, and was released for traditional viewing, [[3D film|3D]] viewing (using the [[RealD 3D]], [[Dolby 3D]], [[XpanD 3D]], and [[IMAX 3D]] formats). It was also released in "[[4D film|4D]]" in select South Korean theaters.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sunhee |first1=Han |title='Avatar' goes 4D in Korea |url=https://variety.com/2010/more/news/avatar-goes-4d-in-korea-1118014803/ |website=Variety |date=February 5, 2010 |access-date=30 December 2021 |archive-date=February 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210010141/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118014803.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[3D film]]s became more and more successful throughout the 2000s, culminating in the unprecedented success of 3D presentations of ''Avatar''.
* [[Roger Ebert]], described by ''[[Forbes]]'' as "the most powerful [[Pundit (expert)|pundit]] in America",<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/2007/09/21/pundit-americas-top-oped-cx_tvr_0924pundits.html |title=The Top Pundits in America |access-date=December 9, 2008 |author=Riper, Tom Van |date=September 24, 2007 |work=Forbes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140412165345/http://www.forbes.com/2007/09/21/pundit-americas-top-oped-cx_tvr_0924pundits.html |archive-date=April 12, 2014}}</ref> was skeptical of the resurgence of [[3-D film|3D effects in film]], which he found unrealistic and distracting.<ref>{{cite news |first=Roger |last=Ebert |url=http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2008/08/dminus_for_3d.html |title=D-minus for 3-D |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]: Blogs |date=August 16, 2008 |access-date=October 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207230520/http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2008/08/dminus_for_3d.html |archive-date=February 7, 2013}}</ref>
* In August 2004, American horror author [[Stephen King]], in a column, criticized what he saw as a growing trend of leniency towards films from critics. His main criticism was that films, citing ''[[Spider-Man 2]]'' as an example, were constantly given four star ratings that they did not deserve: "Formerly reliable critics who seem to have gone remarkably soft – not to say softhearted and sometimes softheaded – in their old age."<ref>[[King, Stephen]], [https://ew.com/article/2007/02/01/stephen-king-summer-films-four-star-follies/ "The Four-Star Follies"], August 20, 2004. Retrieved January 31, 2008. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526140558/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C681657%2C00.html|date=May 26, 2013}}</ref>

''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'', a 2003 epic fantasy-drama film directed by [[Peter Jackson]] based on the second and third volumes of [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', was nominated for eleven [[Academy Award]]s and won all the categories for which it was nominated.<ref name="Oscars2004">{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/76th-winners.html |title=The 76th Academy Awards (2004) Nominees and Winners |access-date=November 20, 2011 |work=oscars.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929190645/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/76th-winners.html |archive-date=September 29, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The film is tied for largest number of awards won with ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'' (1959) and ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' (1997).

''[[The Passion of the Christ]]'', a 2004 American film directed by [[Mel Gibson]] and starring [[Jim Caviezel]] as [[Jesus Christ]], was highly controversial<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/passion-of-the-christ-15-years-mel-gibson-jim-cavieziel-movie-reaction-christianity-a8788381.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/passion-of-the-christ-15-years-mel-gibson-jim-cavieziel-movie-reaction-christianity-a8788381.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=The blood, the outrage and The Passion of the Christ: Mel Gibson's biblical firestorm, 15 years on |last=Chilton |first=Louis |date=February 25, 2019 |work=The Independent |access-date=January 10, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and received mixed reviews; however, it was a major commercial hit, grossing in excess of $600 million worldwide during its theatrical release.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Passion-of-the-Christ-The#tab=summary |title=The Passion of the Christ (2004) |website=The Numbers |access-date=January 10, 2020 |archive-date=October 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023090521/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Passion-of-the-Christ-The#tab=summary |url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[superhero film]] genre experienced renewed and intense interest throughout the 2000s. With high ticket and DVD sales, several new superhero films were released every year. Greatest superhero films including ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'', ''[[Spider-Man (2002 film)|Spider-Man]]'' and its sequel ''[[Spider-Man 2]]'', ''[[Batman Begins]]'' and its sequel ''[[The Dark Knight]]'', and ''[[Iron Man (2008 film)|Iron Man]]'' (which started the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]]). Some media commentators attributed the increased popularity of such franchises to the social and political climate in Western society since the [[September 11th attacks]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://io9.com/5837450/where-would-superheroes-be-without-911 |title=Where would superheroes be without 9/11? |author=Charlie Jane Anders |work=io9 |date=September 7, 2011 |access-date=May 30, 2014 |archive-date=May 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529223142/http://io9.com/5837450/where-would-superheroes-be-without-911 |url-status=live}}</ref> although others argued advances in special effects technology played a more significant role.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/aug/31/marvel-superheroes-true-believers |title=How Marvel's superheroes found the magic to make us all true believers |first=Jeffrey A. |last=Brown |work=[[The Observer]] |date=August 31, 2013 |access-date=May 18, 2014}}</ref>

'''Animated films'''

Computer animated films became hugely popular following the release of ''[[Toy Story]]'' in the mid-1990s, as the production of traditional 2D animated films slowly started to decline, with several either underperforming or bombing at the box office. 

[[Pixar]] and [[DreamWorks Animation]] proved themselves to be the most successful, yet rivaling, studios throughout the 2000s. Pixar enjoyed the critical and commercial successes of their [[List of Pixar films|features]] ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'', ''[[Finding Nemo]]'', ''[[The Incredibles]]'', ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]'', ''[[Ratatouille (film)|Ratatouille]]'', ''[[WALL-E]]'', and ''[[Up (2009 film)|Up]]'', while DreamWorks found its big break following the success of ''[[Shrek]]'' (which won the first [[Academy Award for Best Animated Feature]] in 2002), leading to them producing and releasing other films like ''[[Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron]]'', ''[[Shrek 2]]'', ''[[Madagascar (2005 film)|Madagascar]]'', ''[[Kung Fu Panda (film)|Kung Fu Panda]]'', and ''[[Monsters vs. Aliens]]''. [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Disney Animation]], meanwhile, saw several of its traditional 2D animated films underperforming, with the exception of films like ''[[The Emperor's New Groove]]'', ''[[Lilo & Stitch]]'', and ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'', leading to the studio beginning work on computer animated films, as they would continue to do so into the next two decades.

Other successful films included ''[[Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius]]'', ''[[Ice Age (2002 film)|Ice Age]]'' and its first two sequels, ''[[The Wild Thornberrys Movie]]'', ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]'', ''[[The Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express]]'', ''[[Hoodwinked!]]'', ''[[Monster House (film)|Monster House]]'', ''[[Happy Feet]]'', ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'', ''[[Horton Hears a Who! (film)|Horton Hears a Who!]]'', and ''[[Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (film)|Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs]]''.

[[Stop motion]] animated films in that decade which mostly use live-action or computer animation methods included ''[[Chicken Run]]'', ''[[Team America: World Police]]'', ''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]'', ''[[Corpse Bride]]'', ''[[Flushed Away]]'', ''[[Coraline (film)|Coraline]]'', ''[[Fantastic Mr. Fox (film)|Fantastic Mr. Fox]]'', ''[[Mary and Max]]'', and ''[[A Town Called Panic (film)|A Town Called Panic]]''. [[Anime]] films in the 2000s included ''[[Spirited Away]]'', ''[[Tokyo Godfathers]]'', ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (film)|Howl's Moving Castle]]'', ''[[Paprika (2006 film)|Paprika]]'', and ''[[Ponyo]]''. [[Independent film|Independent]] animated works in that decade included ''[[Waking Life]]'', ''[[The Triplets of Belleville]]'', ''[[A Scanner Darkly (film)|A Scanner Darkly]]'', ''[[Persepolis (film)|Persepolis]]'', ''[[Sita Sings the Blues]]'', ''[[Waltz with Bashir]]'', and ''[[The Secret of Kells]]''.

'''Award winners'''

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| '''Academy Award for Best Picture winners'''
| ''[[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lyman |first1=Rick |title=Oscar Spreads the Wealth, but 'Gladiator' Takes Top Prize; Julia Roberts Is Named Best Actress, And Russell Crowe Is Chosen Best Actor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/26/movies/oscar-spreads-wealth-but-gladiator-takes-top-prize-julia-roberts-named-best.html |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 26, 2001 |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812144304/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/26/movies/oscar-spreads-wealth-but-gladiator-takes-top-prize-julia-roberts-named-best.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lyman |first1=Rick |title='Beautiful Mind' Wins; Best Actress Goes to Halle Berry |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/25/movies/beautiful-mind-wins-best-actress-goes-to-halle-berry.html?rref=collection%2Fbyline%2Frick-lyman&action=click&contentCollection=undefined&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=search&contentPlacement=5&pgtype=collection |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 25, 2002 |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812143809/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/25/movies/beautiful-mind-wins-best-actress-goes-to-halle-berry.html?rref=collection%2Fbyline%2Frick-lyman&action=click&contentCollection=undefined&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=search&contentPlacement=5&pgtype=collection |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[Chicago (2002 film)|Chicago]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lyman |first1=Rick |title='Chicago' Is Big Oscar Winner, but 'Pianist' Surprises; Hollywood Glamour Still Stars at Ceremony, but Security and War Play Supporting Roles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/24/movies/chicago-big-oscar-winner-but-pianist-surprises-hollywood-glamour-still-stars.html |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 24, 2003 |archive-date=August 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809132501/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/24/movies/chicago-big-oscar-winner-but-pianist-surprises-hollywood-glamour-still-stars.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Waxman |first1=Sharon |title='Lord of the Rings' Dominates the Oscars; Final Film of Trilogy Sweeps 11 Categories; Sean Penn and Charlize Theron Get Top Acting Awards |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/01/arts/lord-rings-dominates-oscars-final-film-trilogy-sweeps-11-categories-sean-penn.html |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 1, 2004 |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812140417/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/01/arts/lord-rings-dominates-oscars-final-film-trilogy-sweeps-11-categories-sean-penn.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[Million Dollar Baby]]''<ref>{{cite news |author1=Waxman, Sharon |author2=Halbfinger, David M. |title='Million Dollar Baby' Dominates Oscars |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/28/movies/oscars/million-dollar-baby-dominates-oscars.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=697A7169B66FEC4C5C0084E4E3053163&gwt=pay |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 28, 2005 |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812141704/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/28/movies/oscars/million-dollar-baby-dominates-oscars.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=697A7169B66FEC4C5C0084E4E3053163&gwt=pay |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[Crash (2004 film)|Crash]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kilday |first1=Gregg |title='Crash' takes best pic in upset |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/crash-takes-best-pic-upset-138262 |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=March 6, 2006 |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812143131/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/crash-takes-best-pic-upset-138262 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[The Departed (film)|The Departed]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kilday |first1=Gregg |title=Scorsese cuffs Oscar; 'Departed' named best pic |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/scorsese-cuffs-oscar-departed-named-130836 |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=February 26, 2007 |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812143624/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/scorsese-cuffs-oscar-departed-named-130836 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[No Country for Old Men (film)|No Country for Old Men]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kilday |first1=Gregg |title='No Country' takes top Oscar honors |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/no-country-takes-top-oscar-105541 |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=February 25, 2008 |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812143007/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/no-country-takes-top-oscar-105541 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kilday |first1=Gregg |title='Slumdog' tops Oscars |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/slumdog-tops-oscars-79663 |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=February 22, 2009 |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812143529/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/slumdog-tops-oscars-79663 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[The Hurt Locker]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kilday |first1=Gregg |title='The Hurt Locker' tops Oscars with six |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hurt-locker-tops-oscars-six-21375 |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=March 7, 2010 |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812143232/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hurt-locker-tops-oscars-six-21375 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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| '''''Palme d'Or'' winners at the Cannes Film Festival'''
| ''[[Dancer in the Dark]]''<ref>{{cite news |author1=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Dancer's surprise win at Cannes |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/758280.stm |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=May 21, 2000 |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812145302/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/758280.stm |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[The Son's Room]]''<ref>{{cite news |author1=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Italian film wins Palme d'Or |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1341005.stm |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=May 20, 2001 |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812145152/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1341005.stm |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[The Pianist (2002 film)|The Pianist]]''<ref>{{cite news |author1=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Polanski wins Palme d'Or |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/26/cannes.finish/index.html |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[CNN.com]] |publisher=Cable News Network LP, LLLP |date=May 27, 2002 |location=[[Cannes]], France |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812142959/http://edition.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/26/cannes.finish/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[Elephant (2003 film)|Elephant]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mitchell |first1=Elvis |author-link1=Elvis Mitchell |title=CANNES FILM FESTIVAL; Van Sant's 'Elephant' Receives Palme d'Or |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/26/movies/cannes-film-festival-van-sant-s-elephant-receives-palme-d-or.html |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 26, 2003 |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812144315/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/26/movies/cannes-film-festival-van-sant-s-elephant-receives-palme-d-or.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[Fahrenheit 9/11]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Scott |first1=A. O. |author-link1=A. O. Scott |title='Fahrenheit 9/11' Wins Top Prize at Cannes |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/22/movies/fahrenheit-911-wins-top-prize-at-cannes.html |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 22, 2004 |location=[[Cannes]], France |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415131615/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/22/movies/fahrenheit-911-wins-top-prize-at-cannes.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[L'Enfant (film)|L'Enfant]]''<ref>{{cite news |author1=Dargis, Manohla |author2=Scott, A. O. |author-link1=Manohla Dargis |author-link2=A. O. Scott |title=Two Belgians Win Top Prize at Cannes for Second Time |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/22/world/europe/two-belgians-win-top-prize-at-cannes-for-second-time.html |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 22, 2005 |location=[[Cannes]], France |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812174429/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/22/world/europe/two-belgians-win-top-prize-at-cannes-for-second-time.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[The Wind That Shakes the Barley (film)|The Wind That Shakes the Barley]]''<ref>{{cite news |author1=Dargis, Manohla |author2=Scott, A. O. |author-link1=Manohla Dargis |author-link2=A. O. Scott |title=Ken Loach's 'Wind That Shakes the Barley' Wins Top Prize at Cannes |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/29/movies/29cann.html |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 29, 2006 |location=[[Cannes]], France |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812173548/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/29/movies/29cann.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days]]''<ref>{{cite news |author1=Dargis, Manohla |author2=Scott, A. O. |author-link1=Manohla Dargis |author-link2=A. O. Scott |title=In Cannes, a Romanian Takes Home the Fronds |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/28/movies/28prix.html |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 28, 2007 |location=[[Cannes]], France |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812173725/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/28/movies/28prix.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[The Class (2008 film)|The Class]]''<ref>{{cite news |author1=Dargis, Manohla |author2=Scott, A. O. |author-link1=Manohla Dargis |author-link2=A. O. Scott |title=At Glittery Cannes, a Gritty Palme d'Or |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/26/movies/26cann.html |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 26, 2008 |location=[[Cannes]], Frances |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812173835/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/26/movies/26cann.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[The White Ribbon]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dargis |first1=Manohla |author-link1=Manohla Dargis |title=Violence Reaps Rewards at Cannes Festival |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/25/movies/25cannes.html |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 24, 2009 |location=[[Cannes]], France |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812174317/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/25/movies/25cannes.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| '''César Award for Best Film winners'''
| ''[[The Taste of Others]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Cesar Awards – French film industry awards Edition 2001 |url=http://en.unifrance.org/festivals-and-markets/620/cesar-awards-french-film-industry-awards/2001 |website=[[UniFrance]] |publisher=UniFrance Film International |access-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812210833/http://en.unifrance.org/festivals-and-markets/620/cesar-awards-french-film-industry-awards/2001 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[Amélie]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Cesar Awards – French film industry awards Edition 2002 |url=http://en.unifrance.org/festivals-and-markets/620/cesar-awards-french-film-industry-awards/2002 |website=[[UniFrance]] |publisher=UniFrance Film International |access-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812173248/http://en.unifrance.org/festivals-and-markets/620/cesar-awards-french-film-industry-awards/2002 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''The Pianist''<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Susman |first1=Gary |title=British, French name ''Pianist'' best picture |url=https://ew.com/article/2003/02/24/british-french-name-pianist-best-picture/ |access-date=August 12, 2017 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=February 24, 2003 |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812211354/http://ew.com/article/2003/02/24/british-french-name-pianist-best-picture/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[The Barbarian Invasions]]''<ref>{{cite news |title=Arcand wins France's top movie prizes |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/arcand-wins-frances-top-movie-prizes/article994399/ |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |agency=[[The Canadian Press]] |date=February 23, 2004 |location=[[Paris]], France |archive-date=September 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901125121/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/arcand-wins-frances-top-movie-prizes/article994399/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[Games of Love and Chance]]''<ref>{{cite news |title=Low-budget French film wins Cesar |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4301563.stm |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=February 27, 2005}}</ref>
| ''[[The Beat That My Heart Skipped]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=James |first1=Alison |title='Heart' beats for Cesars |url=https://variety.com/2006/film/news/heart-beats-for-cesars-1117938899/ |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=February 26, 2006 |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812204706/http://variety.com/2006/film/news/heart-beats-for-cesars-1117938899/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[Lady Chatterley (film)|Lady Chatterley]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leffler |first1=Rebecca |title='Lady Chatterley' tops French Cesar awards |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lady-chatterley-tops-french-cesar-130807 |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=February 25, 2007 |location=[[Paris, France]] |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812174317/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lady-chatterley-tops-french-cesar-130807 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[The Secret of the Grain]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leffler |first1=Rebecca |title='Vie en Rose' wins big at Cesars, 'Grain' earns best pic |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/vie-en-rose-wins-big-105486 |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=February 24, 2008 |location=[[Paris]], France |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812174409/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/vie-en-rose-wins-big-105486 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[Séraphine (film)|Séraphine]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leffler |first1=Rebecca |title=Cesars hail 'Seraphine' best pic |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cesars-hail-seraphine-pic-80014 |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=February 27, 2009 |location=[[Paris]], France |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812174605/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cesars-hail-seraphine-pic-80014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[A Prophet]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leffler |first1=Rebecca |title='A Prophet' scores nine Cesar Awards |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/prophet-scores-nine-cesar-awards-21149 |access-date=August 12, 2017 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=February 27, 2010 |location=[[Paris]], France |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812174310/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/prophet-scores-nine-cesar-awards-21149 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| '''''Golden Lion'' winners at the Venice Film Festival'''
| ''[[The Circle (2000 film)|The Circle]]''
| ''[[Monsoon Wedding]]''
| ''[[The Magdalene Sisters]]''
| ''[[The Return (2003 film)|The Return]]''
| ''[[Vera Drake]]''
| ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]''
| ''[[Still Life (2006 film)|Still Life]]''
| ''[[Lust, Caution]]''
| ''[[The Wrestler (2008 film)|The Wrestler]]''
| ''[[Lebanon (2009 film)|Lebanon]]''
|-
| '''[[Empire Award for Best Film]]'''
| ''[[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]]''
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''<ref>{{cite journal |title=Empire Awards 2002: Best Film |journal=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |issue=#154 |date=April 2002 |page=56 |publisher=[[Bauer Media Group|Bauer Consumer Media]] |url=http://scrapbook.theonering.net/scrapbook/events/awards/view/3694 |access-date=October 11, 2011 |archive-date=April 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402142203/http://scrapbook.theonering.net/scrapbook/events/awards/view/3694 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.empireonline.com/awards2003/winners/film.asp |title=Best Film |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |publisher=[[Bauer Media Group|Bauer Consumer Media]] |year=2003 |access-date=October 11, 2011 |archive-date=October 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014082213/http://www.empireonline.com/awards2003/winners/film.asp |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.empireonline.com/awards2004/winners/film.asp |title=Best Film |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |publisher=[[Bauer Media Group|Bauer Consumer Media]] |year=2004 |access-date=October 11, 2011 |archive-date=October 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020152210/http://www.empireonline.com/awards2004/winners/film.asp |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[The Bourne Supremacy (film)|The Bourne Supremacy]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.empireonline.com/awards2005/winners/film.asp |title=Best Film |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |publisher=[[Bauer Media Group|Bauer Consumer Media]] |year=2005 |access-date=October 11, 2011 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924041806/http://www.empireonline.com/awards2005/winners/film.asp |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[King Kong (2005 film)|King Kong]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.empireonline.com/awards2006/winners/movie.asp |title=Best Film |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |publisher=[[Bauer Media Group|Bauer Consumer Media]] |year=2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616191517/http://www.empireonline.com/awards2006/winners/movie.asp |archive-date=June 16, 2013}}</ref>
| ''[[Casino Royale (2006 film)|Casino Royale]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.empireonline.com/awards/film.asp |title=Best Film |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |publisher=[[Bauer Media Group|Bauer Consumer Media]] |year=2007 |access-date=October 11, 2011 |archive-date=March 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308142737/http://www.empireonline.com/awards/film.asp |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[The Bourne Ultimatum (film)|The Bourne Ultimatum]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.empireonline.com/awards2008/winners/film.asp |title=Best Film |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |publisher=[[Bauer Media Group|Bauer Consumer Media]] |year=2008 |access-date=October 11, 2011 |archive-date=September 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925112603/http://www.empireonline.com/awards2008/winners/film.asp |url-status=live}}</ref>
| ''[[The Dark Knight]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.empireonline.com/awards2009/winners/film.asp |title=Best Film |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |publisher=[[Bauer Media Group|Bauer Consumer Media]] |year=2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106203739/http://www.empireonline.com/awards2009/winners/film.asp |archive-date=November 6, 2011}}</ref>
| ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Masters |first1=Tim |title=Sci-fi triumphs at Empire awards |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8591899.stm |access-date=July 5, 2018 |work=[[BBC News]] |publisher=BBC |date=March 28, 2010 |archive-date=February 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211202855/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8591899.stm |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| '''Best films of the ''Sight & Sound'' annual poll'''
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
| ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=The best films of 2005 |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk//sight-sound-magazine/best-films-of-2005 |website=[[Sight & Sound]] |date=February 27, 2017 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=August 12, 2017}}</ref>
| ''[[Caché (film)|Caché]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=The Films Of 2006: Top Ten |url=http://old.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/feature/49351 |website=[[Sight & Sound]] |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812211038/http://old.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/feature/49351 |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| ''[[4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=The films of 2007 |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk//sight-sound-magazine/best-films-2007 |website=[[Sight & Sound]] |date=February 27, 2017 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=August 12, 2017}}</ref>
| ''[[Hunger (2008 film)|Hunger]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=The films of 2008 |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk//sight-sound-magazine/best-films-2008 |website=[[Sight & Sound]] |date=February 27, 2017 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=August 12, 2017}}</ref>
| ''[[A Prophet]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=The films of 2009 |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk//sight-sound-magazine/best-films-2009 |website=[[Sight & Sound]] |date=February 27, 2017 |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=August 12, 2017}}</ref>
|}

=== Music ===
{{See also|2000s in music|2000s in the music industry}}
[[File:Dave Grohl (132997591).jpeg|thumb|330x330px|[[Dave Grohl]] of [[Foo Fighters]] performing in 2005. Foo Fighters are widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant [[Rock music|rock]] bands of the 2000s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gordon |first=Jeremy |date=February 1, 2021 |title=Foo Fighters Wanted to Rule Rock. 25 Years Later, They're Still Roaring. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/arts/music/foo-fighters-dave-grohl.html |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> The decade saw Foo Fighters win the [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Album]] a record-breaking three times; in 2001, 2004, and 2008.]]
In the 2000s, the Internet allowed consumers unprecedented access to music. The Internet also allowed more artists to distribute music relatively inexpensively and independently without the previously necessary financial support of a record label. Music sales began to decline following the year 2000, a state of affairs generally attributed to unlicensed uploading and downloading of sound files to the Internet, a practice which became more widely prevalent during this time. Business relationships called [[360 deal]]s—an arrangement in which a company provides support for an artist, and, in exchange, the artist pays the company a percentage of revenue earned not only from sales of recorded music, but also live performances and publishing—became a popular response by record labels to the loss of music sales attributed to online copyright infringement.<ref name="usatoday.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-12-29-musicdecade29_CV_N.htm |work=USA Today |title=The decade in music: Sales slide, pirates, digital rise |date=December 30, 2009 |access-date=December 23, 2011 |first1=Edna |last1=Gundersen}}</ref><ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/arts/music/new-pop-music-sounds-like-its-predecessors.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all |work=The New York Times |title=The Songs of Now Sound a Lot Like Then |date=July 15, 2011 |access-date=December 2, 2011 |first1=Simon |last1=Reyonolds |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614122202/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/arts/music/new-pop-music-sounds-like-its-predecessors.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all |archive-date=June 14, 2013}}</ref>
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In the 2000s, [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] reached a commercial peak and heavily influenced various aspects of popular culture, dominating the musical landscape of the decade.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page3/story?page=boyd/040818 |first=Todd |last=Boyd |title=They're playing bas-ket-ball |work=ESPN |date=August 19, 2004 |access-date=February 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927203643/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page3/story?page=boyd%2F040818 |archive-date=September 27, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.spin.com/2009/11/myth-no-4-biggie-tupac-are-hip-hops-pillars/ |website=Spin |title=MYTH No. 4: Biggie & Tupac Are Hip-Hop's Pillars |date=November 9, 2009 |access-date=September 4, 2011 |first1=Jon |last1=Caramanica |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207075950/https://www.spin.com/2009/11/myth-no-4-biggie-tupac-are-hip-hops-pillars// |archive-date=December 7, 2013}}</ref> The best-selling musical artist of the decade was American [[rapping|rapper]] [[Eminem]], who sold 32 million albums. Other popular hip hop artists included [[Jay-Z]], [[Nas]], [[Busta Rhymes]], [[Kanye West]], [[Ludacris]], [[Common (rapper)|Common]], [[Ja Rule]], [[Mos Def]], [[DMX]], [[Missy Elliot]], [[OutKast]], [[Lil Jon]], [[Fat Joe]], [[Cam'ron]], [[Pharrell]], [[Gorillaz]], [[Snoop Dogg]], [[Twista]], [[50 Cent]], [[Nelly]], [[Lil Wayne]], [[T.I.]], [[Young Jeezy]] and [[The Game (rapper)|The Game]]. The genre was diverse stylistically, including subgenres such as [[gangsta rap]] and [[crunk]]. 

[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] also gained prominence throughout the decade, and included artists such as [[D'Angelo]], [[Aaliyah]], [[Usher (musician)|Usher]], [[Akon]], [[Black Eyed Peas]], [[R. Kelly]], [[Amy Winehouse]], [[Mary J. Blige]], [[Jamie Foxx]], [[Chris Brown]], [[John Legend]] and [[Alicia Keys]].

In [[alternative rock]], the [[garage rock revival]] and [[post-punk revival]] entered the mainstream, with bands such as [[The Strokes]], [[Interpol (band)|Interpol]], [[The Killers]], [[Arctic Monkeys]], [[Bloc Party]], [[Yeah Yeah Yeahs]] and [[The White Stripes]] seeing commercial success. [[Indie rock]] also saw a proliferation in the 2000s with numerous bands experiencing commercial success, including [[Modest Mouse]], [[TV on the Radio]], [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]], [[Death Cab for Cutie]], [[Arcade Fire]], [[Vampire Weekend]], [[LCD Soundsystem]], [[The Shins]], [[Wilco]], [[Bright Eyes (band)|Bright Eyes]], [[Spoon (band)|Spoon]], [[The Decemberists]], [[Broken Social Scene]], [[Grizzly Bear (band)|Grizzly Bear]] and [[Fleet Foxes]].

Other genres such as [[post-grunge]], [[post-Britpop]], [[nu metal]] and [[metalcore]] also achieved notability during the decade. Popular [[Heavy metal music|metal]] or [[hard rock]] bands consisted of [[Avenged Sevenfold]], [[Bullet for My Valentine]], [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]],<ref>{{cite magazine |date=2 June 2016 |title=Disturbed |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/301014/disturbed/chart?f=305 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620000649/http://www.billboard.com/artist/301014/disturbed/chart?f=305 |archive-date=20 June 2016 |access-date=10 January 2022 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> [[Breaking Benjamin]],<ref>{{cite magazine |date=2 June 2016 |title=Breaking Benjamin |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/297098/breaking-benjamin/chart?f=376 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729130713/http://www.billboard.com/artist/297098/breaking-benjamin/chart?f=376 |archive-date=29 July 2016 |access-date=10 January 2022 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> [[Linkin Park]], [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]], [[Mudvayne]], [[Tenacious D]], [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]], [[System of a Down]], [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]], [[The Mars Volta]], [[Foo Fighters]], [[Queens of the Stone Age]], [[Three Days Grace]], [[Godsmack]], [[Shinedown]], [[Limp Bizkit]], [[Killswitch Engage]], [[Evanescence]], [[Tool (band)|Tool]], [[Deftones]], [[Opeth]], and [[Seether]].

[[Pop-punk]] and [[emo-pop]] became popular in the decade, with bands like [[Blink-182]], [[The Offspring]], [[Green Day]], [[Good Charlotte]], [[My Chemical Romance]], [[Fall Out Boy]] and [[Panic! at the Disco]].<ref>{{cite web |title=JS Online: Punk's Offspring is aging well |url=http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=193947 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070513171703/http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=193947 |archive-date=May 13, 2007 |access-date=April 1, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Fall out boy">{{cite web |last=Loftus |first=Johnny |title=Fall Out Boy |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fall-out-boy-p533936 |access-date=10 June 2011 |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |date=December 9, 2009 |title=100 Best Songs of the Decade: #68–65 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/31248926/100_best_songs_of_the_decade/9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213004922/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/31248926/100_best_songs_of_the_decade/9 |archive-date=December 13, 2009 |access-date=December 10, 2009 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |date=December 9, 2009 |title=100 Best Songs of the Decade: #48–45 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/31248926/100_best_songs_of_the_decade/14 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213004739/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/31248926/100_best_songs_of_the_decade/14 |archive-date=December 13, 2009 |access-date=December 10, 2009 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>

In the early and mid 2000s, disco-inspired dance genres became popular; [[french house]] and [[funky house]] songs broke into the charts.<ref name="dangminds">{{Cite web |title=Every summer is 'The Summer Of Disco': Your essential 'Nu-Disco' primer (part one) |url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/every_summer_is_the_summer_of_disco_your_essential_nu_disco_primer_part_one |date=2013-06-04 |website=DangerousMinds |access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref> Popular tracks such as [[Daft Punk]]'s "[[One More Time (Daft Punk song)|One More Time]]" [[Fonzerelli]]'s "[[Moonlight Party]]", [[Kylie Minogue]]'s "[[Spinning Around]]", [[Jamiroquai]]'s "[[Little L]]", [[Michael Gray (DJ)|Michael Gray]]'s "[[The Weekend (Michael Gray song)|The Weekend]]" and [[Freemasons (band)|Freemasons]] "[[Love on My Mind (Freemasons song)|Love on My Mind]]".

For Latin music [[Shakira]] dominated the charts with ''[[Fijación Oral, Vol. 1]]'' being the 2nd best-selling Spanish album of all-time and the best-selling Spanish album of the 2000s being 11× platinum to date.

[[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] magazine named Eminem as the "artist of the decade" with the best performance on the Billboard charts<ref>{{Cite magazine |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2009-12-14 |title=Eminem is Top Artist in Decade-End Charts; Neil Diamond Animates 'Chanukah' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/eminem-is-top-artist-in-decade-end-charts-neil-diamond-animates-266394/ |access-date=2022-02-21 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>{{Refn|''Billboard'' awards are based on album and digital songs sales, radio airplay, streaming, touring and social engagement.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.billboardmusicawards.com/about/ |access-date=2022-02-21 |website=Billboard Music Awards |language=en}}</ref>|group=note|name=billboard}} and [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]] as the "female artist of the decade", with [[Nickelback]] as the "band of the decade".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalpost.com/story.html?id=2330688 |title=Nickelback: 'Band of the decade', according to Billboard |work=National Post |location=Canada |date=December 11, 2009 |access-date=February 14, 2012}}{{dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rttnews.com/ArticleView.aspx?Id=1157694&SMap=1 |title=Beyoncé And Eminem Top Billboard Artists Of Decade |publisher=RTTnews.com |date=December 15, 2009 |access-date=February 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001210020/http://www.rttnews.com/ArticleView.aspx?Id=1157694&SMap=1 |archive-date=October 1, 2011}}</ref> In the UK, the biggest selling artist of the decade was [[Robbie Williams]] and the biggest selling band of the decade was [[Westlife]].

On August 25, 2001, [[Aaliyah]] Haughton – a recording artist, dancer, actress and model – as well as eight others onboard [[2001 Marsh Harbour Cessna 402 crash|were killed in an airplane crash]] in [[The Bahamas]] after filming the music video for the single "[[Rock the Boat (Aaliyah song)|Rock the Boat]]". On November 29, 2001, [[George Harrison]] – best known as a member of [[the Beatles]], one of the most popular bands in history – died of lung cancer at the age of 58. On April 25, 2002, [[Lisa Lopes]] (aka Left Eye) – a rapper, dancer and singer-songwriter best known as a member of the [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]/[[hip hop music|hip hop]] girl group [[TLC (group)|TLC]] – was killed in a car crash in [[La Ceiba]], [[Honduras]]. On October 30, 2002, [[Jason William Mizell]] (aka Jam Master Jay) – a member of the pioneering [[hip hop music|hip hop]] group [[Run-D.M.C]] – was shot and killed in a [[Merrick Boulevard]] recording studio in [[Jamaica, Queens]]. On December 25, 2006, [[James Brown]] – a recording artist known as the "Godfather of Soul" – died of pneumonia at the age of 73. On September 12, 2003, [[Johnny Cash]] – a [[country musician]] known as the "Man in Black" – died of diabetes at the age of 71. On June 10, 2004, [[Ray Charles]] – one of the pioneers of [[soul music]] – died of liver failure at the age of 73. On June 25, 2009, recording artist and dancer [[Michael Jackson]] – one of the highest-selling musicians of all time – [[Death of Michael Jackson|died of a drug overdose]], creating the [[Michael Jackson memorial service|largest global public mourning]] since the [[Death of Diana, Princess of Wales|death]] of [[Diana, Princess of Wales]] in 1997.<ref name="Allen">Allen, Nick. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/michael-jackson/5771156/Michael-Jackson-memorial-service-the-biggest-celebrity-send-off-of-all-time.html "Michael Jackson memorial service: the biggest celebrity send-off of all time"]. ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', July 7, 2009. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409064400/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/michael-jackson/5771156/Michael-Jackson-memorial-service-the-biggest-celebrity-send-off-of-all-time.html|date=April 9, 2014 }}</ref><ref name="Scott">Scott, Jeffry. [http://www.accessatlanta.com/services/content/entertainment/stories/2009/07/08/jackson_funeral_ratings.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=4 "Jackson memorial second most-watched in TV history"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224073906/http://www.accessatlanta.com/services/content/entertainment/stories/2009/07/08/jackson_funeral_ratings.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=4|date=February 24, 2012 }}. ''[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]'', July 8, 2009.</ref><ref name="Hinckley">Hinckley, David and Richard Huff.
[http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/michael_jackson/2009/07/08/2009-07-08_michael_jacksons_memorial_2nd_mostwatched_funeral_ever_after_princess_di_say_nie.html "Michael Jackson's memorial 2nd most-watched funeral ever, after Princess Di, say Nielsen ratings"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828131632/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/michael_jackson/2009/07/08/2009-07-08_michael_jacksons_memorial_2nd_mostwatched_funeral_ever_after_princess_di_say_nie.html |date=August 28, 2009 }}. ''[[Daily News (New York)|New York Daily News]]'', July 8, 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/michael-jackson-memorial-2nd-most-watched-funeral-princess-di-nielsen-ratings-article-1.428177 |title=Michael Jackson's memorial 2nd most-watched funeral ever, after Princess Di, say Nielsen ratings |website=[[New York Daily News]] |date=July 8, 2009 |access-date=May 31, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625030534/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/michael-jackson-memorial-2nd-most-watched-funeral-princess-di-nielsen-ratings-article-1.428177 |archive-date=June 25, 2016}}</ref> Other notable deaths of musical artists in the 2000s were [[Joey Ramone]] and [[Chet Atkins]] in 2001, [[Waylon Jennings]] in 2002, [[Maurice Gibb]] and [[Elliott Smith]] in 2003, [[Rick James]] and [[Ol' Dirty Bastard]] in 2004, [[J Dilla]] in 2006, [[Ike Turner]] and [[Dan Fogelberg]] in 2007, and [[Les Paul]] in 2009.

In 2002, [[Robbie Williams]] signed a record-breaking £80&nbsp;million contract with [[EMI]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Robbie signs '£80m' deal |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2291605.stm |work=BBC News |date=October 2, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506101550/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2291605.stm |archive-date=May 6, 2008}}</ref> So far it is the biggest music deal in British history.

The 2000s gave rise to a new trend in music production with the growing use of [[auto-tune]]. The effect was first popularized in the early 2000s by [[Eiffel 65]] with their 1998 hit song "[[Blue (Da Ba Dee)]]", which came to global prominence in 2000. It was also used in certain tracks off critically acclaimed 2001 albums from [[Daft Punk]] (with ''[[Discovery (Daft Punk album)|Discovery]]'') and [[Radiohead]] (with ''[[Amnesiac (album)|Amnesiac]]'').<ref name="nytimes.com" /> By 2008, auto-tune was part of the music mainstream with artists such as [[Lil Wayne]], [[T-Pain]] and [[Kanye West]] utilizing it in their hit albums ''[[Tha Carter III]]'', ''[[Three Ringz]]'' and ''[[808s & Heartbreak]]'' respectively. Towards the end of the decade, electronic dance music began to dominate western charts (as it would proceed to in the following decade), and in turn helped contribute to a diminishing amount of rock music in the mainstream.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/23/showbiz/music/nirvana-nevermind/index.html |title='Nevermind,' never again? |work=CNN |date=September 23, 2011 |access-date=October 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102005827/http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/23/showbiz/music/nirvana-nevermind/index.html |archive-date=November 2, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/5978573/La-Roux-Lady-Gaga-Mika-Little-Boots-the-80s-are-back.html |location=London |work=The Daily Telegraph |first=Neil |last=McCormick |title=La Roux, Lady Gaga, Mika, Little Boots: the 80s are back |date=August 5, 2009 |url-status=live |access-date=February 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027012310/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/5978573/La-Roux-Lady-Gaga-Mika-Little-Boots-the-80s-are-back.html |archive-date=October 27, 2013}}</ref> [[Hip hop music]] also saw a decline in the mainstream in the late 2000s because of electronic music's rising popularity.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2009/nov/26/notes-noughties-hip-hop |work=The Guardian |location=London |title=Simon Reynolds's Notes on the noughties: When will hip-hop hurry up and die? |date=November 26, 2009 |first1=Simon |last1=Reynolds |url-status=live |access-date=February 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120411211603/http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/nov/26/notes-noughties-hip-hop |archive-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>

According to ''[[The Guardian]]'', music styles during the 2000s changed very little from how they were in the latter half of the 1990s.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/dec/06/review-of-the-decade-pop |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |title=Review of the decade: Alexis Petridis on pop |date=December 7, 2009 |access-date=April 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423172215/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/06/review-of-the-decade-pop |archive-date=April 23, 2010}}</ref> The 2000s had a profound impact on the condition of [[Digital distribution|music distribution]]. Recent advents in digital technology have fundamentally altered industry and marketing practices as well as players in unusual rapidity.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/techtime/200304/sites_angel.html |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |title=TECH TIME: Sound Advice – Too Legit |date=July 4, 2003 |access-date=April 21, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100903092816/http://www.time.com/time/techtime/200304/sites_angel.html |archive-date=September 3, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/arts/music/04nine.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |title=Nine Inch Nails Fashions Innovative Web Pricing Plan |first=Jeff |last=Leeds |date=March 4, 2008 |access-date=April 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140117021841/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/arts/music/04nine.html |archive-date=January 17, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url={{BillboardURLbyName |artist=nine inch nails |bio=true}} |title=Nine Inch Nails |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=May 17, 1965 |access-date=February 14, 2012}}</ref> According to Nielsen Soundscan, by 2009 CDs accounted for 79 percent of album sales, with 20 percent coming from digital, representing both a 10 percent drop and gain for both formats in 2 years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/19/cd.digital.sales/index.html |work=[[CNN]] |title=Is the death of the CD looming? |date=July 20, 2010 |access-date=November 3, 2011 |first1=Lisa |last1=France |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918005119/http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/19/cd.digital.sales/index.html |archive-date=September 18, 2013}}</ref>

[[Grime (music)|Grime]] is a style of music that emerged from Bow, [[East London]], [[England]] in the early 2000s, primarily as a development of UK garage, [[drum & bass]], [[hip hop music|hip hop]] and dancehall. Pioneers of the style include English rappers [[Dizzee Rascal]], Wiley, [[Roll Deep]] and [[Skepta]].

Michael Jackson's final album, ''[[Invincible (Michael Jackson album)|Invincible]]'', released on October 30, 2001, and costing $30m to record, was the most expensive record ever made.<ref>{{cite news |last=Branigan |first=Tania |title=Jackson spends £20m to be Invincible |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/sep/08/taniabranigan |access-date=February 16, 2013 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=September 8, 2001 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116044622/http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2001/sep/08/taniabranigan |archive-date=January 16, 2013}}</ref>

The end of the 2000s decade also saw the dramatic rise of new pop stars such as [[Rihanna]], [[Taylor Swift]], [[Justin Bieber]], [[Katy Perry]], [[Nicki Minaj]] and [[Lady Gaga]], all of whom would go on to become some of the best-selling musicians in history.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eventbrite.com/e/y2k-disco-taylor-swift-justin-bieber-2000s-pop-at-dreamland-tickets-153832024727 |title=Y2K Disco – Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber + 2000s Pop at Dreamland}}</ref>

The general socio-political fallout of [[Iraq War]] also extended to popular music. In July 2002, the release of English musician [[George Michael]]'s song "[[Shoot the Dog]]" proved to be controversial. It was critical of [[George W. Bush]] and [[Tony Blair]] in the lead up to the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]]. The video showed a cartoon version of Michael astride a nuclear missile in the Middle East and Tony and [[Cherie Blair]] in bed with President Bush. The [[Dixie Chicks]] are an American country music band. During a [[London]] concert ten days before the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], lead vocalist Maines said, "we don't want this war, this violence, and we're ashamed that the President of the United States <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[George W. Bush]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> is from Texas".<ref>Film:Shut up and Sing</ref> The positive reaction to this statement from the British audience contrasted with the [[boycott]]s that ensued in the U.S., where "the band was assaulted by talk-show [[Conservatism in the United States|conservatives]]",<ref name="Toronto" /> while their albums were discarded in public protest.<ref name="Toronto">{{cite news |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/dixie-chicks-shut-sing-toronto-wbna14822593 |title=Dixie Chicks 'Shut Up and Sing' in Toronto |agency=Associated Press |publisher=Today.com |date=September 13, 2006 |access-date=October 8, 2006}}</ref> The original music video for the [[American Life (song)|title song]] from American pop singer [[Madonna]]'s ''[[American Life]]'' album was banned as music television stations thought that the video, featuring violence and war imagery, would be deemed unpatriotic since America was then at [[Iraq War|war with Iraq]]. She also made her widely considered "comeback" album with her tenth studio album [[Confessions on a Dance Floor]] which topped the charts worldwide in a record 40 countries. As of 2016 the album has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide. [[Madonna]] also made history by completing her [[Sticky & Sweet Tour]] which became the highest-grossing tour by a female artist and the [[List of highest-grossing concert tours|tenth highest-grossing tour by an artist]] during 2008–2009.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2003/04/01/madonna-pulls-controversial-american-life-video |title=Madonna pulls controversial ''American Life'' video |date=April 1, 2003 |access-date=May 17, 2010 |last=Susman |first=Gary |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328210740/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C439329%2C00.html |archive-date=March 28, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:Live8 rome1.jpg|right|thumb|[[Live 8]] concert in [[Rome]], Italy, 2005]]

[[Live 8]] was a string of [[benefit concert]]s that took place on July 2, 2005, in the [[G8]] states and in South Africa. They were timed to precede the G8 conference and [[31st G8 summit|summit]] held at the [[Gleneagles Hotel]] in [[Auchterarder]], Scotland from July 6 to 8, 2005; they also coincided with the 20th anniversary of [[Live Aid]]. Run in support of the aims of the UK's [[Make Poverty History]] campaign and the Global Call for Action Against Poverty, ten simultaneous concerts were held on July 2 and one on July 6. On July 7, the G8 leaders pledged to double 2004 levels of aid to poor nations from US$25 billion to US$50&nbsp;billion by the year 2010. Half of the money was to go to Africa. More than 1,000 musicians performed at the concerts, which were broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks.<ref name="yahoo1">{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/20050623/ca_pr_on_en/music_live_8_cda_10 |title=Yahoo News – Latest News & Headlines |access-date=November 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105225825/https://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=%2Fcpress%2F20050623%2Fca_pr_on_en%2Fmusic_live_8_cda_10 |archive-date=November 5, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In November 2006, the [[Rolling Stones]]' '[[A Bigger Bang]]' tour was declared the highest-grossing tour of all time, earning $437 million.

In December 2009, a campaign was launched on [[Facebook]] by [[Jon and Tracy Morter]], from [[South Woodham Ferrers]], which generated publicity in the UK and took the 1992 [[Rage Against the Machine]] track "[[Killing in the Name]]" to the [[Christmas Number One]] slot in the [[UK Singles Chart]], which had been occupied the four consecutive years from 2005 by winners from the TV show [[The X Factor (British TV series)|The X Factor]]. Rage's [[Zack de la Rocha]] spoke to [[BBC One]] upon hearing the news, stating that:

"...We want to thank everyone that participated in this incredible, organic, grass-roots campaign. It says more about the spontaneous action taken by young people throughout the UK to topple this very sterile pop monopoly."

During the late 2000s, a new wave of [[chiptune]] culture took place. This new culture has much more emphasis on live performances and record releases than the demoscene and tracker culture, of which the new artists are often only distantly aware.<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Yabsley |first=Alex |year=2007 |url=http://www.tomgilmore.com.au/dotay/Thesis.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091229150415/http://www.tomgilmore.com.au/dotay/Thesis.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 29, 2009 |title=The Sound of Playing: A Study into the Music and Culture of Chiptunes |place=South Brisbane |publisher=Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University}}</ref> Much of 2000s hip hop was characterized as the "[[Bling-bling|bling era]]", following the success of [[B.G. (rapper)|B.G.]]'s 1999 single [[Bling Bling (song)|Bling Bling]], referring to forms of opulence and the material commodities that were popular from the early-to-mid part of the decade in [[hip-hop culture]].<ref>Del Cowie, [https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/bling-bling-from-lil-wayne-to-merriam-webster-1.4102195 {{"'}}Bling bling': from Lil Wayne to Merriam-Webster"]. [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]. May 9, 2017.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=MTV: Bling Bling – Advertisement |url=http://creativity-online.com/work/mtv-bling-bling/10129 |date=July 13, 2004 |website=MTV |publisher=Creativity Online |access-date=March 24, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bubbles and bling |url=http://www.economist.com/node/6905921 |newspaper=The Economist |date=May 8, 2006 |access-date=March 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903051456/http://www.economist.com/node/6905921 |archive-date=September 3, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> However, by the end of the decade, an antecedent [[emo rap|emotional rap]] subgenre gained prominence, with musical projects like [[Kanye West]]'s fourth studio album ''[[808s & Heartbreak]]'' (2008), [[Kid Cudi]]'s debut album ''[[Man on the Moon: The End of Day]]'' (2009), and [[Drake (musician)|Drake]]'s career catalyzing mixtape ''[[So Far Gone (mixtape)|So Far Gone]]'' (2009) garnering significant popularity and ushering in a new era of hip hop.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/kanye-west-the-college-dropout-changed-hip-hop/ |title=How Kanye West Changed Hip-Hop Forever with 'The College Dropout' |date=February 11, 2019}}</ref>

==== Reunions ====
The original five members of the English [[New wave music|new wave]] band [[Duran Duran]] reunited in the early 2000s.

On February 23, 2003, [[Simon and Garfunkel]] reunited to perform in public for the first time in a decade, singing "The Sound of Silence" as the opening act of the [[Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Teather |first=David |title=Simon and Garfunkel Break sound of silence |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/sep/11/arts.artsnews |work=Guardian.co.uk |date=September 11, 2003 |publisher=Guardian |access-date=September 11, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107185533/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/sep/11/arts.artsnews |archive-date=January 7, 2014}}</ref>

On May 9, 2006, British five-piece vocal pop [[Take That]] returned to the recorded music scene after more than ten years of absence, signing with [[Polydor Records]]. The band's comeback album, ''[[Beautiful World (Take That album)|Beautiful World]]'', entered the UK album chart at no. 1.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Anon |title=Take That, Westlife Ascend To No. 1 On U.K. Charts |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/56572/take-that-westlife-ascend-to-no-1-on-uk-charts |magazine=Billboard |date=November 27, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603024952/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/56572/take-that-westlife-ascend-to-no-1-on-uk-charts |archive-date=June 3, 2013}}</ref>

On December 10, 2007, English rock band [[Led Zeppelin]] reunited for the one-off Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert at [[The O2 Arena]] in London. According to Guinness World Records 2009, Led Zeppelin set the world record for the "Highest Demand for Tickets for One Music Concert" as 20 million requests for the reunion show were rendered online.<ref>{{cite web |title=Guinness 2010 entertainment winners |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/guinness-2010-entertainment-winners-3313600 |work=TVNZ |access-date=December 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113081939/http://tvnz.co.nz/entertainment-news/guinness-2010-entertainment-winners-3313600 |archive-date=January 13, 2014}}</ref>

=== Internet ===
* Prominent websites and apps launched during the decade were [[Wikipedia]] (2001), [[Google Earth]] (2001), [[Internet Archive]] (2001), [[iTunes]] (2001), [[MySpace]] (2003), [[4chan]] (2003), [[Facebook]] (2004), [[Flickr]] (2004), [[Mozilla Firefox]] (2004), [[YouTube]] (2005), [[Google Maps]] (2005), [[Reddit]] (2005), [[Twitter]] (2006), [[Pornhub]] (2007), [[Google Chrome]] (2008), [[Spotify]] (2008), [[Waze]] (2009).
* [[Wisdom of the crowd]] – during the decade, the benefits of the "Wisdom of the crowd" are pushed into the spotlight by social information sites such as [[Wikipedia]], [[Yahoo! Answers]], [[Reddit]] and other web resources that rely on human opinion.<ref>Baase, Sara (2007). ''A Gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing and the Internet''. 3rd edition. Prentice Hall. pp. 351–357. {{ISBN|0-13-600848-8}}.</ref>

In early 2001, [[Wikipedia]] was launched, which quickly became the largest and most popular online encyclopedia, and one of the most viewed sites on the web. In 2003, the first beta version of the [[Skype]] telephony software was launched. By the end of the decade, Skype will have over 600 million users. In 2004, the social network [[Facebook]] was launched. By the end of the decade, the site will be ranked 7th in its popularity on the web, and will have over 350 million active users worldwide. Co-founder [[Mark Zuckerberg]] pictured above in the site's infancy. [[YouTube]] was launched in 2005 and it quickly became the main site for video sharing,
[[MySpace]] was one of the most popular social media sites in the 2000s but declined after the popularity of Facebook in 2008. Facebook launched in 2004. In 2008, Facebook surpassed MySpace as the most used social network. Facebook was mostly used by college students. [[Twitter]] was founded in 2006, and by 2009, moved up to the third-highest-ranking social networking site. [[WhatsApp]], founded in 2009, rose to success and was eventually purchased by Facebook in the next decade.

=== Fashion ===
{{Main|2000s in fashion}}
[[File:Paris Hilton at Sundance Film Festival 2008.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Paris Hilton]] was a fashion icon of the 2000s.]]
[[File:Mtdew.png|thumb|150px|[[Mountain Dew]] bottles and cans from the 2000s decade, c. 2007  ]]

Fashion trends of the decade drew much inspiration from 1960s, 1970s and 1980s styles. Hair styles included the bleached and [[spiky hair|spiked hair]] for boys and men and [[Long hair|long]] and straight hair for girls and women continued, as well as other hairstyles from the mid-late 1990s. [[Kelly Clarkson]] made chunky highlights fashionable in 2002 on [[American Idol]] and lasted until about 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-06 |title=Yes, Chunky Highlights Are Cool Again |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/chunky-highlights-hair-ideas |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=Glamour |language=en-US}}</ref> Both women and men highlighted their hair until the late 2000s.<ref name="2000sBeautyTrends">{{cite web |url=http://www.bellasugar.com/Beauty-Trends-2000s-6684357#photo-6712386 |title=Beauty Trends of the 2000s |access-date=August 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413171531/http://www.bellasugar.com/Beauty-Trends-2000s-6684357#photo-6712386 |archive-date=April 13, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The decade started with the futuristic Y2K fashion which was built on hype surrounding the new millennium. This dark, slinky style remained popular until 9/11 occurred and casual fashions had made a comeback once again.<ref>{{cite web |last=Brillson |first=Leila |url=http://www.refinery29.com/millennial-trends#page-2 |title=Millennial Trends – Clothing Popular in the 2000s |publisher=refinery29.com |date=February 26, 2013 |access-date=August 15, 2014}}</ref> [[Low-rise pants|Low rise pants]] were the go-to for women in the early to mid 2000s. Baggy [[cargo pants]] were extremely popular among both sexes<ref>{{cite web |url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/Jan/24/il/il01a.html |title=Lookin' good in cargo pants |access-date=August 15, 2014}}</ref> throughout the early and mid 2000s until about late 2007. [[Bell-bottoms]] were the dominant pant style for women until about 2006 when fitted pants began rising in popularity.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2011254_2014381_2014372,00.html |title=Skinny Jean |magazine=Time |date=December 20, 2006 |access-date=August 15, 2014}}</ref> The late 1990s-style [[Wide leg jeans|baggy pants]] remained popular throughout the early 2000s, but by 2003 boot-cut pants and jeans became the standard among men<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fashionencyclopedia.com/fashion_costume_culture/Modern-World-1980-2003/Baggy-Jeans.html |title=Baggy Jeans |access-date=August 15, 2014}}</ref> until about 2008.

The 2000s saw a revival of 1980s fashion trends such as velour [[tracksuit]]s in the early 2000s (an early 1980s fashion), and tapered pants in the later years (a late 1980s fashion). [[Slim-fit pants|Skinny jeans]] became a staple clothing for young women and men. By 2009 with the [[Jerkin']] movement playing a large part in the popularization of skinny jeans. Mass brands [[Gap (clothing retailer)|Gap]] and [[Levi]] launched their own lines for skinny jeans.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124683780090998061 |title=Tight Squeeze: Making Room For a New Men's Fashion |last=Smith |first=Ray A. |date=July 6, 2009 |work=The Wall Street Journal |location=New York |access-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604044903/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124683780090998061.html |archive-date=June 4, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.latimesmagazine.com/2010/06/jerkin-jeneration.html |title=Jerkin' Jeneration |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=May 31, 2014}}</ref>

Throughout the early and mid 2000s, adults and children wore [[Skechers]] shoes.<ref name="SkechersAds">{{cite web |url=http://www.bwgreyscale.com/ads/skechers_sport.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040911164933/http://www.bwgreyscale.com/ads/skechers_sport.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 11, 2004 |title=Skechers Sport Advertisements |access-date=August 15, 2014}}</ref> The company used celebrities to their advantage, including [[Britney Spears]], [[Christina Aguilera]], [[Carrie Underwood]], and [[Ashlee Simpson]].<ref name="SkechersAds" /> By the late 2000s, flatter and more compact shoes came into style as chunky sneakers were no longer the mode.

"[[Geek]] chic" refers to a minor fashion trend that arose in the mid-2000s in which young individuals adopted stereotypically "geeky" fashions, such as oversized black [[Horn-rimmed glasses]], [[suspenders]]/[[Braces (clothing)|braces]], and [[three quarter pants|highwater trousers]]. The glasses—worn with non-prescription lenses or [[lensless glasses|without lenses]]—quickly became the defining aspect of the trend, with the media identifying various celebrities as "trying geek" or "going geek" for their wearing such glasses, such as [[David Beckham]],<ref>{{cite journal |id={{ProQuest|228109028}} |last1=Vincent |first1=John |last2=Hill |first2=John S |last3=Lee |first3=Jason W |title=The Multiple Brand Personalities of David Beckham: A Case Study of the Beckham Brand |journal=Sport Marketing Quarterly |volume=18 |issue=3 |date=September 2009 |pages=173–180}}</ref> [[Justin Timberlake]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Keogh |first=Brendan |title=Hackers, gamers and cyborgs |url=https://search.informit.org/doi/abs/10.3316/ielapa.258201213140608 |journal=Overland |date=December 24, 2020 |issue=218 |pages=17–22 |oclc=7128481787}}</ref> and [[Myleene Klass]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://uk.stylelist.com/2010/08/31/hot-or-not-myleene-klass-does-geek-chic-in-spectacles/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922120117/http://uk.stylelist.com/2010/08/31/hot-or-not-myleene-klass-does-geek-chic-in-spectacles/ |url-status=dead |title=Yahoo |archive-date=September 22, 2010 |website=uk.stylelist.com}}</ref> Meanwhile, in the sports world, many [[NBA]] players wore "geek glasses" during [[Post-game show|post-game interviews]], drawing comparisons to [[Steve Urkel]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V0330Drfkk |title=Whacky NBA Playoff Fashion! |date=May 29, 2012 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=June 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221160729/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V0330Drfkk |archive-date=February 21, 2014}}</ref><ref name="wsj-nba">{{cite news |last=Cacciola |first=Scott |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303822204577466402604980564?mod=WSJ_article_MoreIn_TheA-Hed |title=NBA Finals: LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Other Fashion Plates of the NBA Make Specs of Themselves – WSJ.com |publisher=Online.wsj.com |date=June 14, 2012 |access-date=June 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922081154/http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303822204577466402604980564.html?mod=WSJ_article_MoreIn_TheA-Hed |archive-date=September 22, 2013}}</ref>

[[Emo]] fashion became popular amongst teenagers for most of the 2000s, associated with the success of bands tied to the subculture (many of whom started at the beginning of the 2000s and rose to fame during the middle part of the decade, such as [[Brand New (band)|Brand New]], [[The Used]], [[Hawthorne Heights]], [[My Chemical Romance]], [[Fall Out Boy]], [[Paramore]], [[Panic! at the Disco]] and more). The style is commonly identified with wearing black/dark coloured skinny jeans, T-shirts bearing the name of emo music groups and long side-swept bangs, often covering one or both eyes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soemo.co.uk/emo%20fashion.php |title=Emo Scene Fashion Including Emo Hair, Clothing, Makeup & Accessories |publisher=Soemo.co.uk |access-date=February 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224221226/http://www.soemo.co.uk/emo%20fashion.php |archive-date=February 24, 2014}}</ref> The [[Scene (subculture)|Scene subculture]] that emerged in the mid-late 2000s drew much inspiration from Emo style.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/national/scene-kids-are-like-so-not-wannabe-emos/2008/03/29/1206207488553.html |title=Inside the clash of the teen subcultures |work=smh.com.au |date=March 30, 2008}}</ref>

[[Hip hop fashion]] was popular throughout the 2000s with clothing and shoe brands such as [[Rocawear]], [[Phat Farm]], [[G-Unit]] clothing, [[Billionaire Boys Club (clothing retailer)|Billionaire Boys Club]], [[Dipset]] clothing, [[Pelle Pelle]], [[A Bathing Ape|BAPE]], [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]], [[Fubu]], and [[Air Jordan]]. Followers of Hip Hop wore oversized shorts, jewelry, NFL and NBA jerseys, pants, and T-shirts. By the late 2000s this gave way more to fitted and vibrantly colored clothing, with men wearing skinny jeans as influenced by the [[Hyphy]] and [[Jerkin']] movements.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hip-Hop's New Steps |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/fashion/22jerking.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |date=June 4, 2014}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=June 2014}}

In cosmetic applications, a Botox injection, consisting of a small dose of [[Botulinum toxin]], can be used to prevent development of [[wrinkles]] by paralyzing [[facial muscles]].<ref name="bcm">{{cite web |title=Botox for Wrinkles |url=https://www.bcm.edu/healthcare/specialties/aesthetics/face-neck/botox-for-wrinkles |work=Baylor College of Medicine}}</ref> As of 2007, it is the most common cosmetic operation, with 4.6 million procedures in the United States, according to the [[American Society of Plastic Surgeons]].

<gallery widths="190" perrow="5">
File:Hüfthose.jpg|Caps with [[crop tops]] and [[low-rise pants]] were popular as women's wear throughout the early and mid 2000s
File:Emo-hairstyle.jpg|Typical 2000s [[emo]] hairstyle
File:K. West (cropped).jpg|[[Cardigan (sweater)|Cardigans]] regained popularity in the later part of the decade, worn here by [[Kanye West]] in 2007
File:Aaliyah-11-mika.jpg|Bandanas, large hoop earrings and wireframe rectangle sunglasses were fashion trends in the early-2000s, as modeled here by R&B artist [[Aaliyah]] in 2000
File:50 Cent (Cropped).jpg|Durags, snapbacks and polo shirts were popular in the 2000s as men's wear, shown here by rapper [[50 Cent]] in 2006
File:Truckerhat.jpg|[[Trucker hat]]s became popular in the early-to-mid 2000s
File:Jared Leto - 66ème Festival de Venise.jpg|[[Jared Leto]] wearing slim-fit formal wear, popular from 2008 onwards
File:Sportskor. Grå sko från Dockers och röd sko från Lipstick, hösten 2000 - Nordiska Museet - NMA.0034894.jpg|Chunky [[sneakers]] of the early 2000s
</gallery>

=== Journalism ===
* "It was, we were soon told, 'the day that changed everything', the 21st century's defining moment, the watershed by which we would forever divide world history: before, and after, 9/11." ~ ''[[The Guardian]]''<ref>{{cite news |last=Henley |first=Jon |title=Was 9/11 really the day that changed the world for ever? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/sep/09/9-11-changed-world-forever |quote=It was, we were soon told, "the day that changed everything", the 21st century's defining moment, the watershed by which we would forever |access-date=February 25, 2013 |location=London |date=September 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013074730/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/09/9-11-changed-world-forever |archive-date=October 13, 2012}}</ref>
* The [[BBC]]'s foreign correspondent [[John Simpson (journalist)|John Simpson]] on [[Rupert Murdoch]] (March 15, 2010): {{blockquote|I do think that he and the newspapers he's run have introduced an uglier side, an abusive side, into journalism and life in general in this country.}} He says this Murdochisation of national discourse, which was at its height in the UK with ''The Sun'' in the 1980s, has now migrated to the US. "Murdoch encouraged an ugly tone, which he has now imported into the US and which we see every day on [[Fox News]], with all its concomitant effects on American public life – that fierce hostility between right and left that never used to be there, not to anything remotely like the same extent."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Moss |first1=Stephen |title=John Simpson: 'I'm very pessimistic about the future of the BBC' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/mar/15/john-simpson-bbc-murdoch-journalism |work=The Guardian |date=15 March 2010}}</ref>
* October 2001, Canadian author and social activist known for her political analyses [[Naomi Klein]]'s book titled ''[[Fences and Windows]]'': {{blockquote|On September 11, [2001] watching TV replays of the buildings exploding over and over again in New York and Washington, I couldn't help thinking about all the times media coverage has protected us from similar horrors elsewhere. During the [[Gulf War]], for instance, we didn't see real buildings exploding or people fleeing, we saw a sterile Space Invader battlefield, a bomb's-eye view of concrete targets – there and then none. Who was in those abstract polygons? We never found out.<ref>{{cite book |last=KLEIN |first=NAOMI |title=FENCES AND WINDOWS |year=2002 |publisher=Flamingo |isbn=978-0-00-715047-2 |page=165}}</ref>}}
* May 15, 2003, [[Fox News Channel]]'s (which grew during the late 1990s and 2000s to become the dominant [[cable news]] network in the United States.<ref>Gillette, Felix (October 1, 2008). [https://web.archive.org/web/20081003183854/http://www.observer.com/2008/media/viewers-continuing-flock-cable-news-networks "Viewers Continuing to Flock to Cable News Networks"]. ''The New York Observer''.</ref>) political commentator [[Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]]'s "The Talking Points Memo", from his [[The O'Reilly Factor]] television [[talk show]]: {{blockquote|So, Talking Points urges the Pentagon to stop the P.R. dance and impose strict rules of conduct for the Iraqi people to follow. Law-abiding Iraqis want that. It's only the gangsters and the fanatics who don't. Shoot looters to kill, and aim well.<br />And that's ''The Memo''.<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Reilly |first=Bill |author-link=Bill O'Reilly (political commentator) |title=Shoot to Kill |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,86967,00.html |work=Fox News Network, LLC |date=15 May 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524090610/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C86967%2C00.html |archive-date=24 May 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
* A poll released in 2004, by the [[Pew Research Center]] for the People and the Press, found that 21 percent of people aged 18 to 29 cited ''[[The Daily Show]]'' (an American late night satirical television program airing each Monday through Thursday) and ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' (an American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show) as a place where they regularly learned presidential campaign news. By contrast, 23 percent of the young people mentioned [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[CBS]] or [[NBC]]'s nightly news broadcasts as a source. When the same question was asked in 2000, Pew found only 9 percent of young people pointing to the comedy shows, and 39 percent to the network news shows. One newspaper, ''[[Newsday]]'', has ''<nowiki>The Daily Show'</nowiki>''s host [[Jon Stewart]], listed atop a list of the 20 media players who will most influence the upcoming presidential campaign. Random conversations with nine people, aged 19 to 26, waiting to see a taping of ''The Daily Show'', revealed two who admitted they learned much about the news from the program. None said they regularly watched the network evening news shows.<ref>{{cite web |title=And now the news: For many young viewers, it's Jon Stewart |url=http://www.today.com/id/4400644/site/todayshow/ns/today-entertainment/t/now-news-many-young-viewers-its-jon-stewart/ |work=NBC News |date=March 2004 |access-date=February 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217071445/http://www.today.com/id/4400644/site/todayshow/ns/today-entertainment/t/now-news-many-young-viewers-its-jon-stewart/ |archive-date=December 17, 2013}}</ref>
* ''[[The Guardian]]'', is a British national daily newspaper. In August 2004, for the [[2004 US presidential election|US presidential election]], ''<nowiki>The Guardian'</nowiki>''s daily "G2" supplement launched an experimental letter-writing campaign in [[Clark County, Ohio]], an average-sized county in a [[swing state]]. G2 editor [[Ian Katz]] bought a voter list from the county for $25 and asked readers to write to people listed as undecided in the election, giving them an impression of the international view and the importance of voting against US President [[George W. Bush]]. The paper scrapped "Operation Clark County" on October 21, 2004, after first publishing a column of complaints from Bush supporters about the campaign under the headline "Dear Limey assholes".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uselections2004/story/0,13918,1329858,00.html |title=Dear Limey assholes |access-date=May 13, 2008 |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=October 18, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228213924/http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0%2C13918%2C1329858%2C00.html |archive-date=December 28, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The public backlash against the campaign likely contributed to Bush's victory in Clark County.<ref name="bowers">Bowers, Andy. "[http://www.slate.com/id/2109217/ 'Dear Limey Assholes&nbsp;...'/A crazy British plot to swing Ohio to Kerry—and how it backfired.]" ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'', November 4, 2004. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511092638/http://www.slate.com/id/2109217/|date=May 11, 2011 }}</ref>
* March 2005 – Twenty MPs signed a British House of Commons motion condemning the [[BBC]] ''[[Newsnight]]'' presenter [[Jeremy Paxman]] for saying that "a sort of Scottish Raj" was running the UK. Mr Paxman likened the dominance of Scots at [[Westminster]] to past British rule in India.<ref>{{cite news |title=Scots MPs slam Paxman 'Raj' jibe |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4350233.stm |work=BBC |access-date=February 25, 2013 |date=March 15, 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812174742/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4350233.stm |archive-date=August 12, 2017}}</ref>
* August 1, 2007 – [[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corp.]] and [[Dow Jones & Company|Dow Jones]] entered into a definitive merger agreement. The US$5 billion sale added the largest newspaper in the United States, by circulation ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' to [[Rupert Murdoch]]'s news empire.
* August 30, 2008 – three years before the [[2011 England riots]], ''[[The Socialist Worker]]'' wrote: "Those who have responded to the tragedy of knife crime by calling for police crackdowns ought to take note. The criminalisation of a generation of black youth will undoubtedly lead to explosions of anger in the future, just as it did a generation ago with the riots that swept Britain's inner cities."<ref>{{cite news |last=Prasad, Assaf and Basketter |first=Yuri, Simon and Simon |title=Notting Hill Carnival crackdown targets young black men |url=http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=15831 |newspaper=Socialist Worker |access-date=February 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520233036/http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=15831 |archive-date=May 20, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Ann Coulter]] is an American [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] [[social criticism|social]] and [[political criticism|political]] [[pundit (expert)|commentator]], eight-time best-selling author, [[syndicated columnist]], and lawyer. She frequently appears on television, radio, and as a speaker at public and private events. As the 2008 US presidential campaign was getting under way, Coulter was criticised for statements she made at the 2007 [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] about presidential candidate [[John Edwards]]:<ref name="Bradley_Tahman">{{cite news |last=Bradley |first=Tahman |title=Controversial Columnist Draws Fire for Anti-Gay Slur |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=2924630&page=1 |access-date=September 27, 2011 |newspaper=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=March 5, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929180802/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=2924630 |archive-date=September 29, 2013}}</ref><ref name="CNN_edwards_faggot_comment">{{cite news |title=Coulter under fire for anti-gay slur |url=https://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/04/coulter.edwards/ |access-date=September 27, 2011 |newspaper=[[CNN]] |date=March 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002160349/http://articles.cnn.com/2007-03-04/politics/coulter.edwards_1_anti-gay-slur-neil-g-giuliano-ann-coulter?_s=PM%3APOLITICS |archive-date=October 2, 2012}}</ref>{{blockquote|I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards, but it turns out that you have to go into rehab if you use the word '[[Faggot (slang)|faggot]],' so I'm... so, kind of at an impasse, can't really talk about Edwards, so I think I'll just conclude here and take your questions.}}
* In December 2008, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine named [[Barack Obama]] as its [[Time Person of the Year|Person of the Year]] for his historic candidacy and election, which it described as "the steady march of seemingly impossible accomplishments".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Von Drehle |first=David |title=Why History Can't Wait |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1861543_1865068_1867013,00.html |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=December 16, 2008 |access-date=December 17, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217223841/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/personoftheyear/article/0%2C31682%2C1861543_1865068%2C00.html |archive-date=December 17, 2008}}</ref>

=== Print media ===
* The decade saw the steady decline of sales of print media such as books, magazines, and newspapers, as the main conveyors of information and advertisements, in favor of the Internet and other digital forms of information.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/business/media/28circ.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |first=Richard |last=Pérez-Peña |title=Newspaper Circulation Continues to Decline Rapidly |date=October 28, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911173109/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/business/media/28circ.html |archive-date=September 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Metz |first=Rachel |url=https://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2009-04-27-newspaper-circulation_N.htm |title=Newspaper circulation decline picks up speed |work=[[USA Today]] |date=April 27, 2009 |access-date=February 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>[http://www.newspaperdeathwatch.com/ Newspaperdeathwatch.com], ''The Death of Newspapers''. Retrieved December 4, 2009. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025131610/http://www.newspaperdeathwatch.com/|date=October 25, 2013 }}</ref>
* News blogs grew in readership and popularity; cable news and other online media outlets became competitive in attracting advertising revenues and capable journalists and writers are joining online organizations. Books became available online, and electronic devices such as [[Amazon Kindle]] threatened the popularity of printed books.<ref>[https://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2007/12/24/071224crat_atlarge_crain The New Yorker] Caleb Crain, ''Twilight of the Books''. Retrieved December 4, 2009. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330174715/http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2007/12/24/071224crat_atlarge_crain|date=March 30, 2014 }}</ref><ref>[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article6236384.ece Times Online], ''The decline and fall of books''. Retrieved December 4, 2009. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509075146/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article6236384.ece|date=May 9, 2009 }}</ref>
* According to the [[National Endowment for the Arts]] (NEA), the decade showed a continuous increase in reading, although circulation of newspapers has declined.<ref>{{cite press release |author=National Endowment for the Arts |url=http://www.nea.gov/news/news09/readingonrise.html |title=More American Adults Read Literature According to New NEA Study |publisher=NEA.gov |date=January 12, 2009 |access-date=February 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130902085934/http://www.nea.gov/news/news09/readingonrise.html |archive-date=September 2, 2013}}</ref>

=== Radio ===
The 2000s saw a decrease in the popularity of radio as more listeners starting using MP3 players in their cars to customize driving music. [[Satellite radio]] receivers started selling at a much higher rate, which allowed listeners to pay a subscription fee for thousands of ad-free stations. [[Clear Channel Communications]] was the largest provider of radio entertainment in the United States with over 900 stations nationwide. Many radio stations began [[streaming media|streaming]] their content over the Internet, allowing a market expansion beyond the reaches of a [[radio transmitter]].

During the 2000s, [[FM radio]] faced its toughest competition ever for [[In car entertainment|in-car entertainment]]. [[iPod]], satellite radio, and [[HD radio]] were all new options for commuters. [[CD player]]s had a steady decline in popularity throughout the 2000s but stayed prevalent in most vehicles, while [[cassette tapes]] became virtually obsolete.
* August 27, 2001 – [[WQHT|Hot 97]] shock jock Star (real name Troi Torain) was suspended indefinitely for mocking R&B singer [[Aaliyah]]'s death on the air. by playing a tape of a woman screaming while a crash is heard in the background. Close to 32,000 people signed a "No More Star" online petition.<ref>{{cite news |title=STAR FALLS FASTER AFTER AALIYAH 'JOKE' |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/star-falls-faster-aaliyah-joke-article-1.929910 |work=New York Daily News |access-date=February 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219174942/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/star-falls-faster-aaliyah-joke-article-1.929910 |archive-date=December 19, 2013}}</ref>
* In a 2008 edition of his (American) radio show, [[John Gibson (political commentator)|John Gibson]] commented on Australian actor [[Heath Ledger]]'s death the day before. He opened the segment with funeral music and played a clip of [[Jake Gyllenhaal]]'s famous line "I wish I knew how to quit you" from Ledger's film ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]''; he then said "Well, I guess he found out how to quit ''you''." Among other remarks, Gibson called Ledger a "weirdo" with "a serious drug problem".<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/23/fox-host-john-gibson-mock_n_82962.html "Fox Host John Gibson Mocks Heath Ledger's Death"] ''[[Huffington Post]]''. January 23, 2008. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213064300/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/23/fox-host-john-gibson-mock_n_82962.html|date=December 13, 2009 }}</ref> The next day, he addressed outcry over his remarks by saying that they were in the context of jokes he had been making for months about ''Brokeback Mountain'', and that "There's no point in passing up a good joke."<ref>''The John Gibson Show'', Fox News Radio, January 25, 2008.</ref> Gibson later apologized on his television and radio shows.<ref>''The Big Story'', [[Fox News]], January 24, 2008</ref><ref>''The John Gibson Show'', [[Fox News Radio]], January 24, 2008</ref>

=== Television ===
{{See also|2000s in television}}'''Live-action television'''
[[File:American Idol Experience - Disney's Hollywood Studios (3375313843).jpg|thumb|220px|The television genre [[Reality TV]] gained massive popularity in America over the decade with reality TV programs such as ''[[Survivor (TV series)|Survivor]]'',''[[The Simple Life]]'', ''[[Jersey Shore (TV series)|Jersey Shore]]'', ''[[American Idol]]'' (pictured) and ''[[Big Brother (TV series)|Big Brother]]'', for which local adaptations were produced in many countries]]
[[Television in the United States|American television]] in the 2000s saw the sharp increase in popularity of [[reality television]], with numerous competition shows such as ''[[American Idol]]'', ''[[Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]'', ''[[Survivor (American TV series)|Survivor]]'' and ''[[The Apprentice (American TV series)|The Apprentice]]'' attracting large audiences, as well as documentary or narrative style shows such as ''[[Big Brother (American TV series)|Big Brother]]'', ''[[The Hills (TV series)|The Hills]]'', ''[[The Real Housewives]]'' and ''[[Cheaters (American TV series)|Cheaters]]''. ''[[Keeping Up with the Kardashians]]'' also aired during the decade, in 2007, and would run for 14 years and 20 seasons, thrusting the [[Kardashian family]] into the global pop-culture spotlight. ''[[Chappelle's Show]]'' was one of the most popular comedy shows of the decade. Upon its release in 2004, the first-season DVD set became the best-selling TV series set of all time.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chappelle's Show DVD news: S1 DVD Passes The Simpsons As #1 All-Time TV-DVD; Celebrates by Announcing Season 2! |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2338 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815181100/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=2338 |archive-date=August 15, 2007 |access-date=2021-07-11 |publisher=TV Shows On DVD |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

[[Television in Australia|Australian television]] in the 2000s also saw a sharp increase in popularity of [[reality television]], with their own version of shows such as ''[[Big Brother (Australian TV series)|Big Brother]]'' and ''[[Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series)|Dancing With The Stars]]'', other shows in the country also saw an increase with comedy such as [[Spicks and Specks (TV series)|''Spicks and Specks'']] and game show ''[[Bert's Family Feud]]''.

The decade has since seen a steady decline in the number of sitcoms and an increase in reality shows, crime and medical dramas, such as ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' (2000–2015), it's spinoffs ''[[CSI: Miami]]'' (2002–2012) and ''[[CSI: NY]]'' (2004–2013), ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]'' (2003–present), ''[[Without a Trace]]'' (2002–2009), ''[[House (TV series)|House M.D.]]'' (2004–2012), and ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' (2005–present), paranormal/crime shows like ''[[Medium (TV series)|Medium]]'' (2005–2011) and ''[[Ghost Whisperer]]'' (2005–2010), and action/drama shows, including ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'' (2001–2010) and ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'' (2004–2009). Comedy-dramas became more serious, dealing with such hot button issues, such as drugs, teenage pregnancy, and gay rights. Popular comedy-drama programs include ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' (2004–2012), ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' (2006–2010), and ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'' (2009–2015).

[[Disney Channel]] had seen a rise in views and popularity from kids as young as 6 years old. In 2001, [[Disney Channel]] premiered one of their original television series ''[[Lizzie McGuire]]''. ''[[That's So Raven]]'' premiered in 2003, which was Disney Channel's first TV series starring a black female character. Shows that were also popularly known including ''[[Hannah Montana]]'', ''[[Even Stevens]]'', ''[[The Suite Life of Zack & Cody]]'', and ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]''.

[[Nickelodeon]] premiered ''[[Drake & Josh]]'' and ''[[Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide]]'' in 2004. ''[[iCarly]]'' was Nickelodeon's most watched TV series from its premiere in 2007–2012, then was rebooted in 2021 and cancelled in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MSN |url=https://www.msn.com/ |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=www.msn.com}}</ref> Other shows that were also popular hits on the network were ''[[Victorious]]'', ''[[Zoey 101]]'', and ''[[Big Time Rush]]''.

The 2000s notable sitcoms include ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'', ''[[Two Guys and a Girl]]'', ''[[Just Shoot Me!]]'', ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'', ''[[Frasier]]'', ''[[Friends]]'', ''[[That '70s Show]]'', ''[[Becker (TV series)|Becker]]'', ''[[Spin City]]'', ''[[Dharma & Greg]]'', ''[[Will & Grace]]'', ''[[Yes, Dear]]'', ''[[According to Jim]]'', ''[[8 Simple Rules]]'', ''[[Less than Perfect]]'', ''[[Still Standing (American TV series)|Still Standing]]'', ''[[George Lopez (TV series)|George Lopez]]'', ''[[Grounded for Life]]'', ''[[Hope & Faith]]'', ''[[My Wife and Kids]]'', ''[[Sex and the City]]'', ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'', ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'', ''[[Girlfriends (2000 TV series)|Girlfriends]]'', ''[[The King of Queens]]'', ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'', ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', ''[[What I Like About You (TV series)|What I Like About You]]'', ''[[Reba (TV series)|Reba]]'', ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'', ''[[Entourage (American TV series)|Entourage]]'', ''[[My Name Is Earl]]'', ''[[Everybody Hates Chris]]'', ''[[The New Adventures of Old Christine]]'', ''[[Rules of Engagement (TV series)|Rules of Engagement]]'', ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'', ''[['Til Death]]'', ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', ''[[Samantha Who?]]'', ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'', and ''[[30 Rock]]''. A trend seen in several sitcoms of the late 2000s was the absence of a [[laugh track]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Schimkowitz |first1=Matt |date=2014-10-08 |title=Who's Laughing Now? The History of the Sitcom Laugh Track |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2014/10/whos-laughing-now-the-history-of-the-sitcom-laugh-track-69284/ |access-date=2020-06-18 |website=IndieWire |language=en}}</ref>

The decade also saw the rise of premium cable dramas such as ''[[The Sopranos]]'', ''[[The Wire]]'', ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', ''[[Deadwood (TV series)|Deadwood]]'', ''[[The Shield]]'', ''[[Nip/Tuck]]'', ''[[Sons of Anarchy]]'', ''[[Mad Men]]'', and ''[[Breaking Bad]]''. The critic [[Daniel Mendelsohn]] wrote a critique of ''Mad Men''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mendelsohn |first=Daniel |date=February 24, 2011 |title=The Mad Men Account |url=https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2011/02/24/mad-men-account/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327230914/http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/feb/24/mad-men-account/?pagination=false |archive-date=March 27, 2014 |via=www.nybooks.com}}</ref> in which he also claimed this last decade was a golden age for episodic television, citing ''Battlestar Galactica'', ''The Wire'', and the network series ''[[Friday Night Lights (TV series)|Friday Night Lights]]'' as especially deserving of critical and popular attention.

The decade also saw the return of prime time soap operas, a genre that had been popular in the 1980s and early 1990s, including ''[[Dawson's Creek]]'' (1998–2003), ''[[The O.C.]]'' (2003–2007) and ''[[One Tree Hill (TV series)|One Tree Hill]]'' (2003–2012). ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' (2004–2012) was perhaps the most popular television series of this genre since ''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'' and ''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]'' in the 1980s. The medical soap opera ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' was another prime time serial that found immense success, helped by its original time slot following ''Desperate Housewives'' during its first two seasons, ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' started in 1994 and ended its run on NBC in 2009, after 15 years, with its ratings sharply declining after ''Grey's Anatomy''<nowiki/>'s premiere in 2005.

'''Animated shows'''

Adult-oriented animated programming also continued a sharp upturn in popularity with controversial cartoons like ''[[South Park]]'' (1997–present), ''[[Family Guy]]'' (1999–2002, 2005–present) and ''[[Futurama]]'' (1999–2003, 2008–2013, 2023–present) along with the longtime running cartoon ''[[The Simpsons]]'' (1989–present), while new animated adult series were also produced in that decade such as ''[[American Dad!]]'', ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'', ''[[Robot Chicken]]'', ''[[Archer (2009 TV series)|Archer]]'', ''[[Drawn Together]]'', and ''[[Sealab 2021]]''. [[Adult Swim]] was launched on [[Cartoon Network]] in September 2001 and was an immediate success, becoming one of the cornerstone brands of adult animation.

[[Anime]] series that achieved popularity during the decade included ''[[Naruto (TV series)|Naruto]]'', ''[[Bleach (TV series)|Bleach]]'', ''[[Code Geass]]'', ''[[Death Note]]'', ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', ''[[Inuyasha]]'', ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', ''[[Hellsing Ultimate]]'', ''[[Black Lagoon]]'', ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'', ''[[Beyblade (manga)|Beyblade]]'', ''[[Samurai Champloo]]'', ''[[Bakugan]]'', ''[[Gintama]]'', ''[[Higurashi When They Cry]]'' and ''[[Gurren Lagann]]''.

Other animated programs debuting and achieving popularity in that decade included ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' (1999–present), ''[[Teen Titans (TV series)|Teen Titans]]'', ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', ''[[Kim Possible]]'', ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'', ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'', ''[[Ben 10 (2005 TV series)|Ben 10]]'', ''[[Total Drama]]'', ''[[Totally Spies!]]'', ''[[Samurai Jack]]'', ''[[Invader Zim]]'', ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]'', ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'', ''[[Iron Kid]]'' and ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]''.

'''Sports channels'''

The [[WWE]] made a split in 2002 for the brands [[WWE Raw|Raw]] and [[WWE SmackDown|Smackdown!]], also known as the [[WWE Brand Extension]]. This resulted in the WWE's purchase of their two biggest competitors, WCW and ECW. The brand extension would last until 2011. It also saw the rise of popular wrestlers like [[John Cena]], [[Randy Orton]], [[Dave Bautista]], [[Jeff Hardy]], [[CM Punk]], [[Chris Jericho]], [[Edge (wrestler)|Edge]] and [[Brock Lesnar]]. The match between veteran wrestlers [[Ric Flair]] and [[Shawn Michaels]] at [[WrestleMania 24]] in 2008 was named as the "match of the decade" by popular professional wrestling magazine [[List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards|Pro Wrestling Illustrated]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rfgolds.com/matchofthedecade.htm?__cf_chl_tk=X1XcTs9JYZ1VUqoPSWfK3mCHR27TqEHpC3GG8qdaH0M-1647678350-0-gaNycGzNCKU |title=A Tribute to the "Nature Boy" Ric Flair |access-date=March 19, 2022 |archive-date=March 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326033101/https://www.rfgolds.com/matchofthedecade.htm?__cf_chl_tk=X1XcTs9JYZ1VUqoPSWfK3mCHR27TqEHpC3GG8qdaH0M-1647678350-0-gaNycGzNCKU |url-status=dead}}</ref> Pro Wrestling Illustrated would also name veteran wrestler [[Triple H]] as the wrestler of the decade.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Triple H: Wrestler of the Decade |date=February 2010 |journal=Pro Wrestling Illustrated |volume=31 |issue=2}}</ref>

The [[2001 World Series]] between the [[New York Yankees]] and [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] became the first World Series to be played in the wake of the [[September 11 attacks]]. [[Super Bowl XXXVI]] between the [[New England Patriots]] and the [[Los Angeles Rams|St. Louis Rams]] became the first Super Bowl to be played in the wake of the [[September 11 attacks]].

'''Criticism and controversy'''

[[Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy]]:
Super Bowl XXXVIII, which was broadcast live on February 1, 2004, from [[Houston, Texas]], on the [[CBS]] television network in the United States, was noted for a controversial halftime show in which singer [[Janet Jackson]]'s breast, adorned with a nipple shield, was exposed by singer [[Justin Timberlake]] for about half a second, in what was later referred to as a "wardrobe malfunction". The incident, sometimes referred to as Nipplegate, was widely discussed. Along with the rest of the halftime show, it led to an immediate crackdown and widespread debate on perceived indecency in broadcasting.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Karsen |first=Shira |date=2017-10-23 |title=What Happened After Janet Jackson's 2004 Super Bowl 'Nipplegate' Incident |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/janet-jackson-justin-timberlake-2004-super-bowl-what-happened-8007041/ |access-date=2024-05-02 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>

The ''[[The X Factor (British TV series)|X Factor]]'' in the UK has been subject to much [[Controversy and criticism of The X Factor (British TV series)|controversy and criticism]] since its launch in September 2004.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Welsh |first1=Daniel |date=August 16, 2016 |title=20 Controversial Moments That Rocked 'The X Factor' |work=HuffPost |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/x-factor-controversial-moments-video_uk_57b30e9ee4b0730aab647f79}}</ref> ''[[The Jeremy Kyle Show]]'', which launched a year later on the same network, [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]], was met with similar controversy. Both shows were cancelled in 2019, ''The X Factor'' due to low ratings, and in the case of ''The Jeremy Kyle Show'' due to the suicide of a recent participant on the programme.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-22 |title=Jeremy Kyle Show guest felt 'life was not worth living' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c99zg4w15vxo |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

January 2005 – ''[[Jerry Springer: The Opera]]'' was the subject of controversy, when its UK television broadcast on [[BBC Two]] elicited 55,000 complaints. It was, at the time, the most complained about television event in the country ever, a record that is now held by ITV's ''[[Good Morning Britain (2014 TV programme)|Good Morning Britain]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Thorpe |first=Vanessa |title=F***you, says BBC as 50,000 rage at Spr*ng*r |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/jan/09/broadcasting.religion |access-date=February 16, 2013 |newspaper=The Observer |date=January 9, 2005 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013012114/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2005/jan/09/broadcasting.religion |archive-date=October 13, 2012}}</ref>

In May 2005, UK viewers inundated the [[Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom)|Advertising Standards Authority]] with complaints regarding the continuous airing of the latest [[Crazy Frog]] advertisements. The intensity of the advertising was unprecedented in British television history. According to ''[[The Guardian]]'', [[Jamster]] bought 73,716 spots across all TV channels in May alone&nbsp;— an average of nearly 2,378 slots daily&nbsp;— at a cost of about £8&nbsp;million, just under half of which was spent on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]. 87% of the population saw the Crazy Frog adverts an average of 26 times, 15% of the adverts appeared twice during the same advertising break and 66% were in consecutive ad breaks. An estimated 10% of the population saw the advert more than 60 times. This led to many members of the population finding the crazy frog, as its original name suggests, immensely irritating.<ref>(source: ''Media Guardian'', June 20, 2005)</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Alps |first=Tess |date=2005-06-20 |title=Advertising |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/jun/20/mondaymediasection10 |access-date=2024-06-24 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

[[Blue Peter]] (the world's longest-running children's television programme) rigged a phone-in competition supporting the [[UNICEF]] "Shoe Biz Appeal" on November 27, 2006. The person who appeared to be calling in the competition was actually a ''Blue Peter'' Team Player who was visiting that day. The visitor pretended to be a caller from an outside line who had won the phone-in and the chance to select a prize. The competition was rigged due to a technical error with receiving the calls.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/mar/15/broadcastingethics.bbc |title=Blue Peter admits rigging phone-in competition after technical hitch |work=The Guardian |date=March 15, 2007 |location=London |first=Owen |last=Gibson |access-date=April 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114070052/http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2007/mar/15/broadcastingethics.bbc |archive-date=November 14, 2012}}</ref> In July 2007, ''Blue Peter'' was given a £50,000 fine, by the [[Office of Communications]] (OFCOM) as a result of rigging the competition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a64932/ofcom-fines-bbc-gbp50000-over-blue-peter.html |title=Ofcom fines BBC £50,000 over ''Blue Peter'' |website=Digital Spy |date=July 9, 2007 |access-date=September 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413022248/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a64932/ofcom-fines-bbc-gbp50000-over-blue-peter.html |archive-date=April 13, 2009}}</ref>

''[[I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!]]'' is a reality television game show series, originally created in the [[United Kingdom]], and licensed globally to other countries.
In its 2009 series, celebrity chef [[Gino D'Acampo]] killed, cooked and ate a rat. The Australian [[RSPCA]] investigated the incident and sought to prosecute D'Acampo and actor [[Stuart Manning]] for [[cruelty to animals|animal cruelty]] after this episode of the show was aired. [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] was fined £1,600 and the two celebrities involved were not prosecuted for animal cruelty despite being charged with the offense by the [[New South Wales]] Police.

==== Ended series ====
The PBS series ''[[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]'' aired its final episode on August 31, 2001. Two years later, its host and creator, [[Fred Rogers]], died from stomach cancer.

''[[Law & Order]]'' was a police procedural drama that premiered on NBC on September 13, 1990, and ran for 20 seasons. The show aired its series finale ("[[Rubber Room (Law & Order)|Rubber Room]]") on May 24, 2010, but later returned on February 24, 2022.

''[[Tomorrow's World]]'' was a long-running [[BBC]] television series, showcasing new developments in the world of science and technology. First aired on July 7, 1965, on BBC1, it ran for 38 years until it was cancelled in early 2003.

''[[That '70s Show]]'' was an American television period sitcom based on the [[1970s]] decade. The 1970s retro style permeated the 2000s decade. The show ended on May 18, 2006.

''[[Brookside (television programme)|Brookside]]'' is a British soap opera set in [[Liverpool]], [[England]], particularly well known for showcasing topics that were considered taboo in English culture at the time, such as being the first television programme in the UK to show a lesbian kiss before the 9pm [[Watershed (broadcasting)|watershed]]. The series began on the launch night of [[Channel 4]] on November 2, 1982, and ran for 21 years until November 4, 2003.

In January 2004, the [[BBC]] cancelled the ''[[Kilroy (TV series)|Kilroy]]'' show (which had run for 18 years), after an article entitled 'We owe Arabs nothing' written by its host [[Robert Kilroy-Silk]] was published in the [[Sunday Express]] tabloid newspaper.

''[[Friends]]'' is an American sitcom which aired on [[NBC]] from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004. Friends received positive reviews throughout its run, and its series finale ("[[The Last One (Friends)|The Last One]]") ranked as the [[List of most watched television broadcasts|fifth most watched overall television series finale]] as well as the most watched single television episode of the 2000s on U.S. television.

''[[The X-Files]]'' was a science fiction television series which aired for nine seasons on Fox that premiered on September 10, 1993. The show aired its series finale ("[[The Truth (The X-Files)|The Truth]]") on May 19, 2002.

''[[Frasier]]'', a spin-off TV series of ''[[Cheers]]'' (that ended in 1993), is an American sitcom that was broadcast on [[NBC]] for eleven seasons from September 16, 1993, to May 13, 2004, (only a week after the broadcast of the final episode of ''Friends''). It was one of the most successful [[spin-off product|spin-off]] and popular series in television history, as well as one of the most critically acclaimed comedy series.

On June 20, 2006, after 42 years, British [[music chart]] show ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' was formally cancelled and it was announced that the last edition would be broadcast on July 30, 2006.

''[[Grandstand]]'' is a British television sport program. Broadcast between 1958 and 2007, it was one of the [[BBC]]'s longest running sports shows.

After 30 years, British television drama series ''[[Grange Hill]]'' (originally made by the [[BBC]]) was cancelled and the last episode was shown on September 15, 2008.

''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' is a medical drama that premiered on NBC on September 19, 1994, and ran for 15 seasons. The show aired its series finale ("[[And in the End...]]") on April 2, 2009.

==== Series returns ====
The ''[[Flower Pot Men]]'' is a British children's programme, produced by BBC television, first transmitted in 1952, and repeated regularly for more than twenty years, which was produced in a new version in 2000.

''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'', also known as ''Ab Fab'', is a British sitcom.
The show has had an extended and sporadic run. The first three series were broadcast on the [[BBC]] from 1992 to 1995, followed by a series finale in the form of a two-part television film entitled The Last Shout in 1996. Its creator Jennifer Saunders revived the show for a fourth series in 2001.

''[[Gadget & the Gadgetinis]]'' is a spinoff of the classic series ''[[Inspector Gadget (1983 TV series)|Inspector Gadget]]'' (1983–1986), developed by DiC in cooperation with Haim Saban's SIP Animation and produced from 2001 to 2003. There are 52 episodes.

Basil Brush from 1962 to 1984, ''[[The Basil Brush Show]]'' from 2002 to 2007.
[[Basil Brush]] is a fictional anthropomorphic red fox, best known for his appearances on daytime British children's television. He is primarily portrayed by a glove puppet.

''[[Shooting Stars (1993 TV series)|Shooting Stars]]'' is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on [[BBC Two]] as a pilot in 1993, then as 3 full series from 1995 to 1997, then on [[BBC Choice]] from January to December 2002 with 2 series before returning to BBC Two for another 3 series from 2008 until its cancellation in 2011.

''[[Doctor Who]]'' is a British science fiction television programme produced by the [[BBC]]. The show is a significant part of British popular culture.
The programme originally ran from 1963 to 1989. After an unsuccessful attempt to revive regular production in 1996 with a backdoor pilot in the form of a television film, the programme was relaunched in 2005.

''[[Family Fortunes]]'' is a British [[game show]], based on the American game show ''[[Family Feud]]''. The programme ran on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] from January 6, 1980, to December 6, 2002, before being revived by the same channel in 2006 under the title of ''All Star Family Fortunes''. Revived episodes are currently being shown on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] on Sunday evenings and have been presented by [[Vernon Kay]] since 2006.

''[[Gladiators (franchise)|Gladiators]]'' is a [[television in the United Kingdom|British television]] entertainment series, produced by [[London Weekend Television|LWT]] for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]], and broadcast between October 10, 1992, and January 1, 2000. It is an adaptation of the American format ''[[American Gladiators (1989 TV series)|American Gladiators]]''. The success of the British series spawned further adaptations in [[Gladiators (1995 Australian TV series)|Australia]] and Sweden. The series was revived in [[Gladiators (2008 British TV series)|2008]], before again being cancelled in 2009.

''[[Rab C. Nesbitt]]'' is a British sitcom which began in 1988.
The first series began on September 27, 1990, and continued for seven more, ending on June 18, 1999, and returning with a one-off special on December 23, 2008.<ref>[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a125638/rab-c-nesbitt-to-return-on-bbc-two.html 'Rab C Nesbitt' to return on BBC Two] Digital Spy, August 23, 2008 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122071250/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a125638/rab-c-nesbitt-to-return-on-bbc-two.html|date=January 22, 2009 }}</ref>

''[[Red Dwarf]]'' is a British [[comedy]] [[Media franchise|franchise]] which primarily comprises ten series (including a ninth mini-series named ''Back To Earth'') of a television [[science fiction]] [[sitcom]] that aired on [[BBC Two]] between 1988 and 1993 and from 1997 to 1999 and on [[U&Dave|Dave]] in 2009.

'''Primetime Emmy Award for Best Drama'''

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* 2000 – ''[[The West Wing]]''
* 2001 – ''[[The West Wing]]''
* 2002 – ''[[The West Wing]]''
* 2003 – ''[[The West Wing]]''
* 2004 – ''[[The Sopranos]]''
* 2005 – ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]''
* 2006 – ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]''
* 2007 – ''[[The Sopranos]]''
* 2008 – ''[[Mad Men]]''
* 2009 – ''[[Mad Men]]''
}}

=== Video games ===
{{See also|2000s in video gaming}}'''Video-game hardware and software'''[[File:PS2-Versions.jpg|thumb|[[PlayStation 2]] was released in 2000 and became the [[List of million-selling game consoles|best-selling gaming console]] of the decade and of all time.]]

[[File:Xbox-console.jpg|thumb|First '''[[Xbox]]''' released in 2001]]
[[File:GameCube-Console-Set.png|thumb|'''[[GameCube]]''' released in 2001 and is the successor to the [[Nintendo 64]]]]

The world of video games reached the [[History of video game consoles (sixth generation)|sixth generation]] of video game consoles including the [[PlayStation 2]], the [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]], and the [[GameCube]], which started technically in 1998 with the release of Sega's [[Dreamcast]], although some consider the true start in 2000 with the release of Sony's PlayStation 2. The 6th gen remained popular throughout the decade, but decreased somewhat in popularity after its 7th gen successors released technically starting in November 2005 with the release of Microsoft's Xbox 360, however, most people agree that 2006 is a 6th gen year since most games being released still released on 6th gen including the Xbox even though the 360 was already released, and the PlayStation 3 and the Wii didn't release until late 2006 which most people consider to be the true start of the 7th gen. It reached [[History of video game consoles (seventh generation)|7th Generation]] in the form of [[video game console|consoles]] like the [[Wii]], the [[PlayStation 3]] and [[Xbox 360]] by the mid-2000s. The number-one-selling game console of the decade, the [[PlayStation 2]], was released in 2000 and remained popular up to the end of the decade, even after the [[PlayStation 3]] was released. The [[PlayStation 2]] was discontinued in January 2013. The [[Nintendo DS]] launched in [[Japan]] in [[2004]] and by [[2005]] was available globally. All Nintendo DS models combined have sold over 154.02 million units, thus making it the best selling handheld of all time and the second [[List of best-selling game consoles|best selling video game console]] of all time behind the [[PlayStation 2]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Consolidated Sales Transition by Region |url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/library/historical_data/pdf/consolidated_sales_e1603.pdf |access-date=July 7, 2022 |publisher=Nintendo Co.}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Schreier |first1=Jason |title=Nintendo DS Line Outsells PlayStation 2, Nintendo Says |url=https://www.wired.com/2011/01/nintendo-ds-sales/ |magazine=Wired |date=4 January 2011}}</ref>

[[Neo Geo]] is a family of video game hardware developed by [[SNK]]. The brand originated in 1990 with the release of an arcade system, the [[Neo Geo MVS]] and its home console counterpart, the [[Neo Geo AES]]. The Neo Geo brand was officially discontinued in 2004.

[[Massively multiplayer online role-playing game|MMORPGs]], originating in the mid-to-late 1990s, become a popular PC trend and virtual online worlds become a reality as games such as ''[[RuneScape]]'' (2001), ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'' (2002), ''[[Eve Online]]'' (2003), ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground]]'' (2003), ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' (2004), and ''[[EverQuest II]]'' (2004), ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar]]'' (2007) and ''[[Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning]]'' (2008) are released. These worlds come complete with their own economies and social organization as directed by the players as a whole. The persistent online worlds allow the games to remain popular for years. ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', premiered in 2004, remains one of the most popular games in PC gaming and is still being developed into the 2010s.

[[Arcade game|Arcade video games]] had declined in popularity so much by the late 1990s, that revenues in the United States dropped to $1.33 billion in 1999,<ref>{{cite news |last=Henry |first=Lydia |date=April 26, 2001 |title=Skee-ball Mania |page=36 |newspaper=[[Reading Eagle]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZFsxAAAAIBAJ&pg=5114,5262090 |access-date=March 13, 2012}}</ref> and reached a low of $866 million in 2004.<ref>{{cite news |date=April 20, 2006 |title=Video killed the arcade star |newspaper=[[East Valley Tribune]] |url=http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/article_9b22d9ea-1810-5465-8bd9-a4e3204de569.html?mode=story |access-date=March 7, 2012}}</ref> Furthermore, by the early 2000s, networked gaming via computers and then consoles across the Internet had also appeared,<ref name="online games">{{cite web |last=Mabry |first=Donald J. |title=Evolution of Online Games |url=http://www.historicaltextarchive.com/s/online-games.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209100942/http://www.historicaltextarchive.com/s/online-games.php |archive-date=February 9, 2008 |access-date=September 21, 2007}}</ref> replacing the venue of head-to-head competition and social atmosphere once provided solely by arcades.<ref name="socialarcades">{{cite web |last=Fuller |first=Brad |title=Awakening the Arcade |url=http://blogs.oreilly.com/digitalmedia/2005/11/awakening-the-arcade.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003012240/http://blogs.oreilly.com/digitalmedia/2005/11/awakening-the-arcade.html |archive-date=October 3, 2011 |access-date=September 21, 2007}}</ref>

[[Cross-platform software|Cross-platform]] [[Game engines]] originating in the very late-1990s, became extremely popular in the 2000s, as they allowed development for [[Indie game development|indie games]] for [[digital distribution]]. Noteworthy software include [[GameMaker]] and [[Unity (game engine)|Unity]]. Well-known indie games made in that decade include ''[[I Wanna Be the Guy]]'', ''[[Spelunky]]'', ''[[Braid (video game)|Braid]]'', ''[[Clean Asia!]]'', ''[[Castle Crashers]]'', ''[[World of Goo]]'', ''[[Dino Run]]'', ''[[The Impossible Game]]'' and ''[[Alien Hominid]]''.

In 2003 [[Steam (service)|Steam]], the now leading and largest digital distribution platform for [[PC gaming]] was launched by [[Valve Corporation]].

In the late 2000s, [[Motion controller|motion controlled]] video games grew in popularity, from the PlayStation 2's [[EyeToy]] to Nintendo's successful [[Wii]] console. During the decade 3D video games become the staple of the video-game industry, with 2D games nearly fading from the market. Partially 3D and fully 2D games were still common in the industry early in the decade, but these have now become rare as developers look almost exclusively for fully 3D games to satisfy the increasing demand for them in the market. An exception to this trend is the indie gaming community, which often produces games featuring 'old-school' or retro gaming elements, such as ''[[Minecraft]]'' and [[Shadow Complex]]. These games, which are not developed by the industry giants, are often available in the form of downloadable content from services such as [[Microsoft]]'s [[Xbox Live]] or Apple's [[App Store (iOS)|App Store]] and usually cost much less than more major releases.

'''Prominent video games'''
[[File:Gbasp nes collection.jpg|thumb|[[Game Boy Advance SP]] is upgraded version of the original [[Game Boy Advance]] system and it is the second last [[Game Boy]] handheld]]
The ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' series sparked a fad of Mature-rated video games based on including gang warfare, drug use, and perceived "senseless violence" into gameplay. Though violent video games date back to the early 1990s, they became much more common after 2000. Despite the controversy, the 2004 game ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'' became the best selling [[PlayStation 2]] game of all time, with 17.33 million copies sold for that console alone, from a total of 21.5 million in all formats by 2009;<ref name="guinness 2009">{{cite book |title=Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer's Edition |pages=[https://archive.org/details/guinnessworldrec0000unse_o9k7/page/108 108–109] |isbn=978-1-904994-45-9 |quote=''GTA: San Andreas'' is the best-selling PlayStation 2 game of all time, with a massive 17.33 million copies sold. |url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessworldrec0000unse_o9k7/page/108 |author1=Guinness |date=February 2009 |publisher=Guinness World Records}}</ref> as of 2011, 27.5 million copies of ''San Andreas'' were sold worldwide.<ref name="2011sales">{{cite web |url=http://kotaku.com/5840484/gta-iv-overtakes-san-andreas-in-lifetime-sales |title=GTA IV Overtakes San Andreas in Lifetime Sales [Correction] |website=Kotaku |first=Owen |last=Good |date=September 15, 2011 |access-date=September 12, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701162931/http://kotaku.com/5840484/gta-iv-overtakes-san-andreas-in-lifetime-sales |archive-date=July 1, 2012}}</ref>

[[File:Nintendo-DS-Fat-Blue.jpg|thumb|The [[Nintendo DS]] awakened an interest in casual play that had never really existed before.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/22/18000592/nintendo-ds-mobile-casual-gaming |title=The DS saved Nintendo while destroying handheld gaming as we knew it |website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |date=October 22, 2018}}</ref>]]
[[File:Psp-1000.jpg|thumb|[[PlayStation Portable]] (PSP-1000) [[Sony]] handheld games console]]

The ''[[Call of Duty]]'' series was extremely popular during the 2000s, the diverse shooter franchise released multiple games throughout the 2000s that were positively critically reviewed and commercially successful.

''[[The Sims]]'' series developed by [[Maxis]] became one of the most popular [[life simulation games]] series with over 200 million copies sold worldwide since the series' [[The Sims (video game)|first game]] was released in 2000.<ref name="Hall of Fame Inductees">{{Cite press release |title=2016 World Video Game Hall of Fame Inductees Announced |date=2016-05-05 |publisher=Strong National Museum of Play |url=http://www.museumofplay.org/press/releases/2016/05/2688-2016-world-video-game-hall-fame-inductees-announced/ |last1=Rhinewald |first1=Shane |last2=McElrath |first2=Noelle |access-date=2017-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202010533/https://www.museumofplay.org/press/releases/2016/05/2688-2016-world-video-game-hall-fame-inductees-announced |archive-date=2017-02-02 |url-status=live}}</ref>

''[[Gears of War (series)|Gears of War]]'' was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful [[third-person shooter]] franchise that released two games during the mid-late 2000s. [[Gears of War (video game)|Gears of War 1]] was released in 2006 and was the first installment to the franchise, it was universally critically acclaimed and went on to sell over 5 million copies. The second installment to the franchise ''[[Gears of War 2]]'' was released in 2008 and received widespread critical acclaim and also went on to sell over 5 million copies.

''[[Manhunt 2]]'', a controversial stealth-based [[psychological horror]] [[video game]] published by [[Rockstar Games]], was suspended by [[Take-Two Interactive]] (Rockstar's parent company) when it was refused classification in the United Kingdom, Italy and Ireland, and given an Adults Only (AO) rating in the United States. As neither [[Sony Interactive Entertainment|Sony]], [[Microsoft]] or [[Nintendo]] allow AO titles on their systems, it made Rockstar bring the game down to a Mature (M) game and release in October 2007.

The sixth generation sparked a rise in first person shooter games led by ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'', which changed the formula of the first person shooter. ''[[Halo 2]]'' started [[online console gaming]] and was on top of the [[Xbox Live]] charts until its successor, ''[[Halo 3]]'' (for Xbox 360), took over. Some other popular first-person shooters during the 2000s include the [[Medal of Honor]] series, with ''[[Medal of Honor: Frontline]]''{{'}}s release in 2002 bringing the first game in the series to 6th generation consoles.

''[[Dance Dance Revolution]]'' was released in Japan and later the United States, where it became immensely popular among teenagers. Other dance games like [[Just Dance (video game series)|Just Dance]] was released in 2009 and went on to be the most popular game from Nintendo all over the world. Another music game, ''[[Guitar Hero]]'', was released in North America in late 2005 and [[Cultural impact of the Guitar Hero series|had a huge cultural impact]] on both the music and video games industries. It became a worldwide billion-dollar franchise within three years, spawning several sequels and leading to the creation of a competing franchise, ''Rock Band''.

'''Gaming industry'''

Worldwide, arcade game revenues gradually increased from $1.8 billion in 1998 to $3.2 billion in 2002, rivalling [[PC game]] sales of $3.2 billion that same year.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Chou |first1=Yuntsai |title=G-commerce in East Asia: Evidence and Prospects |journal=Journal of Interactive Advertising |date=September 2003 |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=47–53 |doi=10.1080/15252019.2003.10722081 |s2cid=167052950}}</ref> In particular, arcade video games are a thriving [[Video gaming in the People's Republic of China|industry in China]], where arcades are widespread across the country.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jou |first=Eric |title=The Wonderful and Seedy World of Chinese Arcades |url=http://kotaku.com/5894415/the-wonderful-and-seedy-world-of-chinese-arcades/gallery/1 |website=Kotaku |access-date=April 9, 2012 |date=March 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308130752/http://kotaku.com/5894415/the-wonderful-and-seedy-world-of-chinese-arcades/gallery/1/ |archive-date=March 8, 2013}}</ref> The US market has also experienced a slight resurgence, with the number of video game arcades across the nation increasing from 2,500 in 2003 to 3,500 in 2008, though this is significantly less than the 10,000 arcades in the early 1980s. As of 2009, a successful arcade game usually sells around 4000 to 6000 units worldwide.<ref>{{cite book |title=Digital sport for performance enhancement and competitive evolution : intelligent gaming technologies |year=2009 |publisher=Information Science Reference |location=Hershey, PA |isbn=978-1-60566-406-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kags8xC1xzsC&pg=PA260 |editor1=Nigel K. Li Pope |editor2=Kerri-Ann L. Kuhn |editor3=John J.H. Forster |access-date=March 14, 2012 |page=260}}</ref>

Japanese media giant [[Nintendo]] released 9 out of the 10 top selling games of the 2000s, further establishing the company's dominance over the market.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 25, 2010 |title=Top 10 Best Selling Video Games (2000–2010) Mutiplatform<!--sic--> |url=http://top-10er.blogspot.com/2010/03/top-10-best-selling-video-games-2000.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316124732/http://top-10er.blogspot.com/2010/03/top-10-best-selling-video-games-2000.html |archive-date=March 16, 2012 |access-date=February 6, 2016}}</ref>

[[Sega Corporation]], usually styled as '''SEGA''', is a Japanese [[multinational corporation|multinational]] video game software developer and an [[arcade game|arcade software]] and [[Video game arcade cabinet|hardware]] development company headquartered in [[Japan]], with various offices around the world. Sega previously developed and manufactured its own brand of [[video game console|home video game consoles]] from 1983 to 2001, but a restructure was announced on January 31, 2001, that ceased continued production of its existing home console ([[Dreamcast]]), effectively exiting the company from the home console business.<ref name="SegaRestructure">{{cite web |title=Sega announces drastic restructuring |first=Shahed |last=Ahmed |website=[[GameSpot]] |url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/2680518.html |date=January 31, 2001 |access-date=September 20, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914162404/http://www.gamespot.com/news/2680518.html |archive-date=September 14, 2009}}</ref> In spite of that, SEGA would go on to produce several videogames such as ''[[Super Monkey Ball]]'' franchise, the [[Sega Ages 2500#Sega Ages 2500 (PlayStation 2)|Sega Ages 2500]] PlayStation 2 games,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hardcore Gaming 101: Sega Ages |url=https://hg101.kontek.net/segaages/segaages.htm |access-date=2020-07-07 |website=hg101.kontek.net}}</ref> ''[[Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA (video game)|Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA]]'', ''[[Sonic Adventure 2]]'', ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'', ''[[Rez (video game)|Rez]]'', ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog (video game)|Shadow the Hedgehog]]'', ''[[Virtua Fighter 4]]'', ''[[After Burner Climax]]'', ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]'', ''[[Sonic Pinball Party]]'', ''[[Bayonetta (video game)|Bayonetta]]'', ''[[Jet Set Radio]]'', ''[[Puyo Pop Fever]]'', ''[[Thunder Force VI]]'', ''[[Shenmue II]]'', ''[[Phantasy Star Online]]'', ''[[Yakuza 2]]'', ''[[Gunstar Super Heroes]]'', ''[[Astro Boy: Omega Factor]]'', ''[[OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast]]'' and ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SEGAbits presents The Top 100 SEGA Games |url=http://segabits.com/blog/2017/05/09/segabits-presents-the-top-100-sega-games/ |access-date=2020-07-05 |website=SEGAbits presents The Top 100 SEGA Games |date=May 9, 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref>

'''Game of the Year'''

''from the [[Game Developers Choice Awards]] starting in 2001 (awards are given to games of the previous calendar year).''
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* 2000 – ''[[The Sims (video game)|The Sims]]''
* 2001 – ''[[Grand Theft Auto III]]''
* 2002 – ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]''
* 2003 – ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground]]''
* 2004 – ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''
* 2005 – ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]''
* 2006 – ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]''
* 2007 – ''[[Portal (video game)|Portal]]''
* 2008 – ''[[Fallout 3]]''
* 2009 – ''[[Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''
}}'''Best selling games of every year'''

''In some years, sources disagree on the best-selling game.''
* 2000: ''[[Pokémon Stadium]]''<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Webb |first=Kevin |date=2019-09-12 |title=The best-selling video game of every year, from 1995 to 2018 |url=https://www.businessinsider.nl/best-selling-video-game-every-year-2018-11/ |access-date=2021-06-29 |website=Business Insider |language=}}</ref> or ''[[Pokémon Crystal]]''<ref name="Best97">{{Cite web |last=Welch |first=Hanuman |date=April 23, 2013 |title=The Best Selling Video Game Of Every Year Since 1977 |url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/the-best-video-games-to-come-out-every-year-since-the-atari-2600/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112230159/https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/04/the-best-video-games-to-come-out-every-year-since-the-atari-2600/ |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |access-date=2021-06-29 |website=Complex |language=en}}</ref>
* 2001: ''[[Madden NFL 2002]]''<ref name=":3" /> or ''[[Grand Theft Auto III]]''<ref name="Best97" />
* 2002: ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]''<ref name=":3" /><ref name="Best97" />
* 2003: ''[[Madden NFL 2004]]''<ref name=":3" /> or ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground]]''<ref name="Best97" />
* 2004: ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]''<ref name=":3" /><ref name="Best97" />
* 2005: ''[[Madden NFL 06]]''<ref name=":3" /> or ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]''<ref name="Best97" />
* 2006: ''[[Madden NFL 07]]''<ref name=":3" /> or ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]''<ref name="Best97" />
* 2007: ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]''<ref name=":3" /> or ''[[Wii Sports]]''<ref name="Best97" />
* 2008: ''[[Rock Band (video game)|Rock Band]]''<ref name=":3" /> or ''[[Wii Play]]''<ref name="Best97" />
* 2009: ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2]]''<ref name=":3" /> or ''[[Wii Sports]]'']<ref name="Best97" />

=== Theater ===
Theater plays and musicals from the decade include ''[[Wicked (musical)|Wicked]]'', ''[[War Horse (play)|War Horse]]'', ''[[Billy Elliot: The Musical]]'', ''[[Hairspray (musical)|Hairspray]]'', ''[[The Producers (musical)|The Producers]]'', and ''[[Spamalot]]''.

=== Writing ===
{{See also|2000s in literature}}
* The decade saw the rise of digital media as opposed to the use of print, and the steady decline of printed books in countries where [[e-book|e-readers]] had become available.
* The deaths of [[John Updike]], [[Hunter S. Thompson]], and other authors marked the end of various major writing careers influential during the late 20th century.
* Popular book series such as ''[[Harry Potter]]'', ''[[Twilight (novel series)|Twilight]]'' and [[Dan Brown]]'s "''[[Robert Langdon]]''" (consisting of ''[[Angels & Demons]]'', ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]'', and ''[[The Lost Symbol]]'') saw increased interest in various genres such as [[fantasy]], [[romance film|romance]], [[vampire fiction]], and [[detective fiction]], as well as [[young adult fiction]] in general.
* [[Manga]] (also known as Japanese comics) became popular among the international audience, mostly in English-speaking countries. Such popular manga works include ''[[Lucky Star (manga)|Lucky Star]]'', ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' and ''[[Naruto]]''.
* On July 19, 2001, English author and former politician, [[Jeffrey Archer]], was found guilty of perjury and perverting the course of justice at a 1987 libel trial. He was sentenced to four years' imprisonment.
* ''[[Peter Pan in Scarlet]]'' is a novel by [[Geraldine McCaughrean]]. It is an official sequel to Scottish author and dramatist [[J. M. Barrie]]'s ''[[Peter and Wendy]]'', authorised by [[Great Ormond Street Hospital]], to whom Barrie granted all rights to the character and original writings in 1929. McCaughrean was selected following a competition launched in 2004, in which novelists were invited to submit a sample chapter and plot outline.<ref>"How This Book Came About", ''Peter Pan in Scarlet'', preface.</ref>
* [[J. K. Rowling]] was the best-selling author in the decade overall thanks to the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' book series,<ref name="nought lit">{{Cite news |last=Savage |first=Mark |date=2009-12-31 |title=The noughties in literature |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8424600.stm |access-date=2021-11-10 |work=BBC Online |language=en-GB}}</ref> although she did not pen the best-selling book (at least in the UK), being second to ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]'',<ref name="nought lit" /> which had 5.2 million in the UK by 2009<ref name="nought lit" /> and 80 million worldwide by 2012.<ref>[http://www.mercurynews.com/celebrities/ci_12530761 San José Mercury News] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113003131/http://www.mercurynews.com/celebrities/ci_12530761|date=2012-01-13}} on ''The Da Vinci Code'': "That earlier book has sold more than 80 million copies worldwide, was adapted into a movie and made hits out of Brown's previous novels, including "Angels & Demons," whose film version is now in theaters." (5 June 2009)</ref>

=== Sports ===
{{Main|2000s in sports}}'''Major sporting events'''[[File:Michael Phelps Ryan Lochte Laszlo Cseh medals 2008 Olympics.jpg|thumb|[[Michael Phelps]] holds his gold medal on the podium during the 2008 Olympics. Pictured with [[Ryan Lochte]] (left) and [[László Cseh]] (right)]]
The Sydney [[2000 Summer Olympics]], followed the centennial anniversary of the modern era Olympic Games, held in Atlanta in 1996. The Athens [[2004 Summer Olympics]], were a strong symbol, for modern Olympic Games were inspired by the competitions organized in [[Ancient Greece]]. Finally, the [[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing Games]] saw the emergence of China as a major sports power, with the highest number of titles for the first time. The [[2002 Winter Games|2002 Salt Lake City]] and the [[2006 Winter Games|2006 Turin]] Winter Olympic Games were also major events, though slightly less popular.

Association football's important events included two World Cups, one organized in [[2002 FIFA World Cup|South Korea and Japan]], which saw Brazil win a record fifth title, and the other in [[2006 FIFA World Cup|Germany]], which saw Italy win its fourth title. The regional competitions, the [[Copa América]] and [[UEFA European Championship]], saw five nations rising the cup: Colombia (2001) and Brazil (2004, 2007) won the Copa América, while France (2000), Greece (2004) and Spain (2008) won the European Championship.

In 2001, after the [[9/11 attacks]], both the [[National Football League]] and [[Major League Baseball]] canceled their upcoming games for a week. As a result, the [[2001 World Series|World Series]] would be played in November for the first time and the [[Super Bowl XXXVI|Super Bowl]] would be played in February for the first time.

The expansion and rise of the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]] (UFC) occurred after the airing of [[The Ultimate Fighter]] in 2005.

[[Rugby football|Rugby]] increased in size and audience, as the [[Rugby World Cup]] became the third most watched sporting event in the world with the [[2007 Rugby World Cup]] organized in France.

[[Bloodgate]] is the nickname for a rugby union scandal involving the English team Harlequins in their Heineken Cup match against the Irish side Leinster on April 12, 2009. It was so called because of the use of fake blood capsules, and has been seen by some as one of the biggest scandals in rugby since professionalization in the mid-1990s, indeed even as an argument against the professional ethos. The name is a pun on Watergate.

The [[New York Yankees]] won the first [[Major League Baseball]] [[World Series]] of the decade in 2000, as well as the last World Series of the decade in 2009. The [[Boston Red Sox]] won their first [[World Series]] since 1918 in 2004 and then again in 2007.

The [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] won a record sixth Super Bowl on February 1, 2009, against the [[Arizona Cardinals]]. Pittsburgh's Super Bowl win would remain the championship record for an NFL franchise until [[Super Bowl LIII|a decade later]] when the [[New England Patriots]] defeated the [[Los Angeles Rams]] to tie the Super Bowl championship record.

'''Athletes'''

One of the most prominent events of the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] held in Beijing was the achievement of [[Michael Phelps]] the American swimmer, frequently cited as the greatest swimmer and one of the greatest Olympians of all time.<ref>{{cite news |title=5 things we learned about Michael Phelps |url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/swimming/news/newsid=229303.html |first=Pamela |last=Barone |date=August 17, 2008 |access-date=July 30, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091103052144/http://www.nbcolympics.com/swimming/news/newsid%3D229303.html |archive-date=November 3, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Phelps officially world's greatest athlete ever |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna26194188 |work=[[NBC News]] |first=Mike |last=Celizic |date=August 16, 2008 |access-date=July 30, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Forde |first=Pat |author-link=Pat Forde |date=August 13, 2008 |title=It's over, there are no arguments ... Phelps is the best ever |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/summer08/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=3532594 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225094027/http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=3532594 |archive-date=December 25, 2013 |access-date=July 30, 2009 |publisher=[[ESPN]]}}</ref> He has won 14 career Olympic [[gold medals]], the most by any Olympian. As of August 2, 2009, Phelps has broken thirty-seven [[List of world records in swimming|world records in swimming]]. Phelps holds the record for the most gold medals won in a single Olympics, his eight at the [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing Games]] surpassed American swimmer [[Mark Spitz]]'s seven-gold performance at [[1972 Summer Olympics|Munich]] in 1972.

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[[Usain Bolt]] of [[Jamaica]] dominated the male sprinting events at the Beijing Olympics, in which he broke three world records, allowing him to be the first man to ever accomplish this at a single Olympic game. He holds the world record for the 100&nbsp;metres (despite slowing down before the finish line to celebrate), the 200&nbsp;metres and, along with his teammates, the 4 × 100 metres relay.

The [[Los Angeles Lakers]] won 3 NBA championships in a row from [[2000]] to [[2002]], also known as a [[Three-peat]], led by [[Kobe Bryant]] and [[Shaquille O'Neal]].

In 2003, [[Michael Jordan]] retired from the NBA after 2 season with the [[Washington Wizards]], the official NBA website reading in 2006: "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time."<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Jordan Bio |url=http://www.nba.com/history/players/jordan_bio.html |publisher=NBA |access-date=March 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902114359/http://www.nba.com/history/players/jordan_bio.html |archive-date=September 2, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Popular [[extreme sports]] athletes of the decade included [[Tony Hawk]], [[Shaun White]], [[Kelly Slater]], [[Travis Pastrana]], [[Matt Hoffman]], [[Shaun Murray]], [[Sarah Burke]], and more.

[[File:Michelle Kwan Spiral.jpg|thumb|210px|[[Michelle Kwan]] performing in the [[2002 U.S. Figure Skating Championships]]]]
Towards the middle of the decade, [[Michelle Kwan]] became the most decorated [[figure skater]] in U.S. history.<ref name=USbio>{{Cite web |url=http://www.usfigureskating.org/AthleteBio.asp?id=2267 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050424083301/http://www.usfigureskating.org/AthleteBio.asp?id=2267 |url-status=dead |title=Athlete bio at usfigureskating.org |archive-date=April 24, 2005}}</ref>

[[Michael Schumacher]], the most titled F1 driver, won five [[F1 World Championship]]s during the decade and finally retired in 2006, yet eventually confirming his come-back to F1 for 2010. [[Lance Armstrong]] won all the [[Tour de France]] between 1999 and 2005, also an all-time record, but was later stripped of all his titles when evidence emerged of his use of performance-enhancing drugs. Swiss tennis player [[Roger Federer]] won 16 [[Grand Slam title]]s to become the most titled player.

The decade saw the continued rise of several of the most notable and popular [[quarterbacks]] in [[NFL]] history, including [[Peyton Manning]], [[Tom Brady]], [[Brett Favre]], [[Drew Brees]], [[Ben Roethlisberger]], [[Donovan McNabb]], [[Kurt Warner]], [[Eli Manning]], [[Steve McNair]], [[Tony Romo]] and others.

'''Timeline of sporting events'''

In May 2004, [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] became the only top-tier team to go through an entire league season (2003/4) unbeaten when they won the English Premier League and became 'The Invincibles'. This feat had also been achieved in the 19th century, when the league was in its infancy and there were far fewer matches in a season, but not in the modern era. Arsenal's unbeaten run extended to 49 matches in total, and into the subsequent season.

In September 2004, [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] footballer [[Adrian Mutu]] failed a drugs test for cocaine and was released on October 29, 2004. He also received a seven-month ban and a £20,000 fine from [[The Football Association]].

The [[2006 Italian football scandal]], also known as "''Calciopoli''", involved Italy's top professional football leagues, [[Serie A]] and [[Serie B]]. The scandal was uncovered in May 2006 by Italian police, implicating league champions [[Juventus FC|Juventus]], and other major teams including [[A.C. Milan]], [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]], [[S.S. Lazio|Lazio]] and [[Reggina 1914|Reggina]] when a number of telephone interceptions showed a thick network of relations between team managers and referee organisations. Juventus were the champions of Serie A at the time. The teams have been accused of rigging games by selecting favourable referees.

The [[2006 FIFA World Cup Final]] in Berlin, [[Zinedine Zidane]] widely considered by experts and fans as one of the greatest football players of all time, was sent off in the 110th minute of the game, which was to be the last match of his career. After headbutting [[Marco Materazzi]] in the chest, Zidane did not participate in the penalty shootout, which Italy won 5–3. It was later discovered through interviews that Materazzi had insulted Zidane's mother and sister that last moment which is what led to Zidane's heightened anger and reaction.

January 11, 2007 – When English footballer [[David Beckham]] joined the [[Major League Soccer]]'s [[LA Galaxy|Los Angeles Galaxy]], he was given the highest player salary in the league's history; with his playing contract with the Galaxy over the next three years being worth US$6.5&nbsp;million per year.<ref name="galaxy-millions">{{cite news |title=Beckham rejected Milan and Inter to take Galaxy millions |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/beckham-rejected-milan-and-inter-to-take-galaxy-millions-431736.html |work=The Independent |date=January 12, 2007 |access-date=September 9, 2008 |location=London |first=Sam |last=Wallace |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308193915/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/beckham-rejected-milan-and-inter-to-take-galaxy-millions-431736.html |archive-date=March 8, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mlsplayers.org/files/8_31_07_salary_info_alpha.pdf |title=2007 MLS Player Salaries: August 31, 2007: Alphabetical |access-date=February 25, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724203535/http://www.mlsplayers.org/files/8_31_07_salary_info_alpha.pdf |archive-date=July 24, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mlsplayers.org/files/9_7_08_salary_info_alpha.pdf |title=2008 MLS Player Salaries: October 7, 2008: Alphabetical |access-date=February 25, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724203456/http://www.mlsplayers.org/files/9_7_08_salary_info_alpha.pdf |archive-date=July 24, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mlsplayers.org/files/september_15_2009_salary_information__alphabetical.pdf |title=2009 MLS Player Salaries: September 15, 2009: Alphabetical |access-date=February 25, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724203636/http://www.mlsplayers.org/files/september_15_2009_salary_information__alphabetical.pdf |archive-date=July 24, 2013}}</ref>

October 2007 – US world champion [[track and field]] athlete [[Marion Jones]] admitted that she took performance-enhancing drugs as far back as the 2000 Summer Olympics, and that she had lied about it to a grand jury investigating performance-enhancer creations.

November 29, 2007 – [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] football manager [[Harry Redknapp]] angrily denied any wrongdoing after being arrested by police investigating alleged corruption in football: "If you are telling me this is how you treat anyone, it is not the society I grew up in."<ref>{{cite news |last=Crook |first=Alex |title=Harry Redknapp hits out at police raid on home |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2327092/Harry-Redknapp-hits-out-at-police-raid-on-home.html |access-date=February 25, 2013 |location=London |date=November 30, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122123625/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2327092/Harry-Redknapp-hits-out-at-police-raid-on-home.html |archive-date=January 22, 2014}}</ref>

The [[2008 Wimbledon final]] between [[Roger Federer]] of Switzerland and [[Rafael Nadal]] of Spain, has been lauded as the greatest match ever by tennis analysts.<ref name="greatestmatchever">{{cite news |first=Bruce |last=Jenkins |title=The Greatest Match Ever |work=San Francisco Chronicle |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/06/SPP711KSLR.DTL |date=July 7, 2008 |access-date=February 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304234833/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2008%2F07%2F06%2FSPP711KSLR.DTL |archive-date=March 4, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="McEnroe-greatestmatch">{{cite news |first=Richard |last=Alleyne |title=Wimbledon 2008: John McEnroe hails Rafael Nadal victory as greatest final ever |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/wimbledon/2305019/Wimbledon-2008-John-McEnroe-hails-Rafael-Nadal-victory-as-greatest-final-ever.html |date=July 7, 2008 |access-date=February 14, 2009 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140215035202/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/wimbledon/2305019/Wimbledon-2008-John-McEnroe-hails-Rafael-Nadal-victory-as-greatest-final-ever.html |archive-date=February 15, 2014}}</ref><ref name="wertheim-greatestmatch">{{cite news |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/jon_wertheim/07/09/wertheim.mailbag/index.html |title=Without a doubt, it's the greatest |last=Wertheim |first=Jon |date=July 9, 2008 |work=Tennis Mailbag |publisher=Sports Illustrated |access-date=February 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813175621/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/jon_wertheim/07/09/wertheim.mailbag/index.html |archive-date=August 13, 2013}}</ref><ref name="tignor-greatestmatch">{{cite web |url=http://tennisworld.typepad.com/thewrap/2008/07/w-report-cards.html |title=W: Report Cards |last=Tignor |first=Steve |work=Concrete Elbow |publisher=Tennis.com |date=July 8, 2008 |access-date=February 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819130701/http://tennisworld.typepad.com/thewrap/2008/07/w-report-cards.html |archive-date=August 19, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

British [[Formula One]] racing driver [[Lewis Hamilton]], was disqualified from the [[2009 Australian Grand Prix]] for providing "misleading evidence" during the stewards' hearing. He later privately apologised to FIA race director Charlie Whiting for having lied to the stewards.

In 2009, the [[World football transfer record]] was set by Spanish football club [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]] when it purchased [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]'s [[Cristiano Ronaldo]] for £80&nbsp;million (€93&nbsp;million). Manchester United veteran [[Bobby Charlton|Sir Bobby Charlton]] said the world-record offer shocked him:

{{blockquote|1="It's a lot of money, it's crazy really. If you want to be in the race, you have to pay the price, it seems sometimes a little bit vulgar."<ref>{{cite news |title=Ronaldo price vulgar – Charlton |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/8107965.stm |work=BBC |access-date=February 21, 2013 |date=June 18, 2009}}</ref>}}'''Controversies in sports'''

A number of [[concerns and controversies over the 2008 Summer Olympics]] surfaced before, during, and after the 2008 Summer Olympics, and which received major media coverage. Leading up to the Olympics, there were concerns about human rights in China, such that many high-profile individuals, such as politicians and celebrities, announced intentions to boycott the games to protest China's role in the Darfur conflict, and Myanmar, its stance towards Tibet, or other aspects of its human rights record. In a 2008 ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' article entitled "Why Nobody's Boycotting Beijing", Vivienne Walt wrote:
'Leaders in power are more mindful of China's colossal clout in an increasingly shaky world economy, and therefore of the importance of keeping good relations with its government.'<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Walt |first=Vivienne |date=July 16, 2008 |title=Why Nobody's Boycotting Beijing |url=http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1823561,00.html |magazine=Time |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822212632/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0%2C8599%2C1823561%2C00.html |archive-date=August 22, 2013 |access-date=February 11, 2013}}</ref>

[[Ron Atkinson]], is an English former football player and manager. In recent years he has become one of Britain's best-known football pundits.
Ron Atkinson's media work came to an abrupt halt on April 21, 2004, when he was urged to resign from [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] by Brian Barwick after he broadcast a [[Racism|racial]] remark live on air about the [[Black people|black]] [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] player [[Marcel Desailly]]; believing the microphone to be switched off, he said, ''"...he'' [Desailly] ''is what is known in some schools as a lazy [[nigger]]"''.<ref>{{cite news |date=February 24, 2010 |title=Ron Atkinson calls Marcel Desailly a 'lazy nigger' on live TV |publisher=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olu8HWhcUeU |access-date=January 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101113827/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olu8HWhcUeU |archive-date=November 1, 2013}}</ref>

[[Steroids]] also spread the sports world throughout the decade, mainly used in [[Major League Baseball]]. Players involved included [[Barry Bonds]], [[Mark McGwire]], [[Sammy Sosa]] and [[Alex Rodriguez]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jussim |first=Matthew |date=2022-05-31 |title=15 biggest sports doping scandals |url=https://www.mensjournal.com/sports/15-biggest-steroid-ped-and-doping-scandals-sports-history |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=Men's Journal |language=en}}</ref>

The sport of [[fox hunting]] is controversial, particularly in the UK, where it was banned in [[Scotland]] in 2002, and in [[England and Wales]] in November 2004 (law enforced from February 2005), though shooting foxes as vermin remained legal around the world.