Popular rap movements of the 2000s include Crunk, Snap, Hyphy, and Alternative Hip Hop.ĭespite the hip hop dominance, such as Southern hip hop which lasted for most of the decade (particularly the middle years), rock music was still popular, notably alternative rock, and especially genres such as post-grunge, post-Britpop, nu metal, pop punk, emo, post-hardcore, metalcore, and in some cases indie rock the early and mid-2000s saw a resurgence in the mainstream popularity of pop rock and power pop. Artists outside of New York and Los Angeles in cities like Atlanta, Houston, New Orleans, Las Vegas, Toronto, and the Bay Area all achieved mainstream success. Hip hop music achieved major mainstream status after the 1990s following the deaths of many prominent artists such as 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G. In Britain, Britpop, post punk revival and alternative rock were at the height of their popularity with acts such as Coldplay, The Libertines, Oasis, Lynda Thomas, Travis, Dido, Blur, The Hives, Björk, and Radiohead, which still continued at the top of the major charts in the rest of the world since the 1990s. In this decade, grime was a genre invented in the UK, while chillwave became popular in the United States in the latter part of the decade.
The decade was dominated by the garage rock revival and the birth of a new indie rock style. In 2004, the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 had 15 of its top 25 singles as contemporary R&B. Previously established Pop Music artists such as Michael Jackson and Madonna made a comeback in the early 2000s with successful releases such as Invincible and Music.Ĭontemporary R&B was one of the most popular genres of the decade (especially in the early and mid-2000s), with artists like Usher, Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, and Rihanna. The popularity of teen pop carried over from the 1990s with acts such as *NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, and Christina Aguilera dominating the charts in the earlier years of the decade. Terms like "contemporary", "nu", "revival", "alternative", and "post" are added to various genres titles in order to differentiate them from past styles, nu-disco and post-punk revival as notable examples. As the technology of computers and internet sharing developed, a variety of those genres started to fuse in order to see new styles emerging. In American culture, various styles of the late 20th century remained popular, such as in rock, pop, metal, hip hop, R&B, EDM, country and indie. To book tickets, contact the box office on 020 8237 1111, or visit for more details.This article is an overview of the major events and trends in popular music in the 2000s. She will also be presenting a one-woman show Bookworm at this year's Edinburgh Fringe.
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She will appear next on TV in the second series of Simon Amstell's "Grandma's House" for the BBC and in Mike Newell's film adaptation of "Great Expectations," playing Biddy. This production, directed by Matthew Parker and featuring original music composed by Maria Haik Escudero that will be performed live, has an ensemble cast of 16, including Joanna Watt, Charlie Kerson, Nicholas Hoad, Phil Bishop, Alec Gray, Sally Preston, Philippa George, Ariel Harrison and Maya Thomas, with more to be announced.Ĭave has previously been seen in the West End as Thomasina in the 2009 revival of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia at the Duke of York's, and on the fringe in Lou Ramsden's Breed at Theatre 503.
It is described as a supernatural story of love, lost innocence and the parallel world where our departed ones are still present, just beyond reach. It will begin performances at Studio 3 at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith March 28, prior to an official opening March 30, for a run through April 28.Īccording to press materials, the play is set in a Sussex manor house where a ghost keeps watch, yearning for the return of her beloved boy.
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