2000s
This article is about the decade starting at the beginning of 2000 and ending at the end of 2009. For the century or millennium starting in 2000, see the links below.
Millennia: 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium - 4th millennium
Centuries: 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century
Decades: 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s - 2000s - 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s 2050s
Years: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
The decade as a whole
- In keeping with naming decades (cf. 1990s "the Nineties", 1980s "the Eighties", etc.), the decade of the 2000s lacks an accepted name. A widely accepted term may not come about until the decade has ended. However no such term exists for the decades of the 1900s and 1910s. A few suggestions for the 2000s decade are:
- "the 0-0s", usually pronounced as "the oh-ohs". This pronunciation sounds like "uh oh", an expression of dismay; this similarity is no doubt intentional.
- "the 2Ks", a term that is rooted in the slang of the times. K is shorthand for the Greek prefix kilo meaning 1000; hence, 2K means 2000. In popular culture, the years of the decade are already being named according to this slang. For example, the year 2003 is referred to as 2K3. The "2K" term probably has its popular origins in the heavily-hyped Y2K bug that began the decade.
- "the Aughts" (or "Oughts"), keeping with the practice of the twentieth century.
- "the Nillies", derived from the term "nil", meaning nothing or zero.
- "the Noughties", referring to the nought, or zero, as the decade indicator; the word-play on "naughty" is intentional.
- "the Twenty Hundreds", though this could be confused with a name for the century.
- "the zeroes"
- The United Nations General Assembly declared the (mostly overlapping) decade of 2001-2010 as the "International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World".
Events and trends
- Major controversy over U.S. presidential election, 2000.
- Globalization.
- September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack on New York's World Trade Center and Washington's Pentagon killing over 3000 people.
- 2001 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan to depose the Taliban regime in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
- December 2001 – 18 July 2003: The Convention on the Future of Europe proposing first European constitution (i.e., of the EU).
- East Timor gains official independence from Indonesia on 20 May 2002.
- International Criminal Court exists as of 1 July 2002, used for judging war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
- November 2002: SARS virus outbreak, most notably in Hong Kong and Toronto.
- 2003 invasion of Iraq to remove Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein from power.
- Darfur conflict in Sudan.
- Same-sex marriage becomes a controversial issue in 2004. The Supreme Court of Massachusetts declares that same-sex couples must be allowed to marry in that state. President George W. Bush pushes for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.
- November 2004 President George W. Bush wins re-election. The Republican Party becomes the majority party in both houses of Congress.
People
World leaders
- Prime Minister John Howard (Australia)
- Prime Minister Helen Clark (New Zealand)
- President Luís Inácio Lula da Silva (Brazil)
- Prime Minister Jean Chrétien (Canada)
- Prime Minister Paul Martin (Canada)
- President Jiang Zemin (China)
- President Hu Jintao (China)
- Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (Convention on the Future of Europe)
- President Hosni Mubarak (Egypt)
- President Jacques Chirac (France)
- Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (Germany)
- Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee (India)
- President Megawati Sukarnoputri (Indonesia)
- President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (Indonesia)
- President Mohammad Khatami (Iran)
- President Saddam Hussein (Iraq)
- President Ghazi al-Yawer (Iraq)
- President Vaira Vike-Freiberga (Latvia)
- Taoiseach Bertie Ahern (Ireland)
- President Mary McAleese (Ireland)
- Prime Minister Ehud Barak (Israel)
- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (Israel)
- Emperor Akihito (Japan)
- Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro (Japan)
- President Vicente Fox Quesada (Mexico)
- President Pervez Musharraf (Pakistan)
- President Yasser Arafat (Palestinian Authority)
- Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (Palestinian Authority)
- President Vladimir Putin (Russia)
- King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz (Saudi Arabia)
- Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic (Serbia)
- Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong (Singapore)
- Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (Singapore)
- President Thabo Mbeki (South Africa)
- President Joseph Deiss (Switzerland)
- President Chen Shui-bian (Republic of China on Taiwan)
- Queen Elizabeth II (United Kingdom, et. al. )
- Prime Minister Tony Blair (United Kingdom)
- President Bill Clinton (United States)
- President George W. Bush (United States)
- Pope John Paul II (Vatican City)
- President Hugo Chavez (Venezuela)
State leaders by year: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006...
Entertainers
- Jack Black (High Fidelity, Shark Tale, The School of Rock, Ice Age)
- Ellen DeGeneres (Finding Nemo, Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show)
- Paris Hilton (The Simple Life, sex tape with Rick Salomon)
- Mike Myers (Austin Powers)
- Keanu Reeves (The Matrix series)
- Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich, Ocean's Eleven)
- The Rock (WWE wrestler, The Scorpion King, Walking Tall)
- Conan O' Brien
- Jon Stewart
- Raven-Symone
- Ben Affleck
- Orlando Bloom
- Hilary Duff
- Eminem
- Ricky Gervais
- Tom Hanks
- Nicole Kidman
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Brock Lesnar
- Kylie Minogue
- Madonna
- Moby
- Gwyneth Paltrow
- Radiohead
- Adam Sandler
- M. Night Shyamalan
- Will Smith
- Britney Spears
- U2
- Bruce Willis
- Lindsay Lohan
Sports figures
- Lance Armstrong (U.S. cyclist)
- Michael Phelps (U.S. Olympic swimmer)
- Rubens Barrichello (Brazilian Formula One driver)
- David Beckham (English soccer player)
- Ole Einar Bjørndalen (Norwegian biathlete)
- Barry Bonds (U.S. baseball player)
- Martin Brodeur (Canadian ice hockey player)
- Kobe Bryant (U.S. basketball player)
- Vince Carter (U.S. basketball player)
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. (U.S. racing driver)
- Roger Federer (Swiss tennis player)
- Sergei Fedorov (Russian ice hockey player)
- Luis Figo (Portuguese soccer player)
- Jeff Gordon (U.S. racing driver)
- Allen Iverson (U.S. basketball player)
- LeBron James (U.S. basketball player)
- Derek Jeter (U.S. baseball player)
- Oliver Kahn (German soccer player)
- Nikolai Khabibulin (Russian ice hockey player)
- Anna Kournikova (Russian tennis player)
- Brian Lara (Trinidad & Tobago cricketer)
- Ray Lewis (U.S. American football player)
- Donovan McNabb (U.S. American football player)
- Juan Pablo Montoya (Colombian Formula One driver)
- Randy Moss (U.S. American football player)
- Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lankan cricketer)
- Shaquille O'Neal (U.S. basketball player)
- Raphaël Poirée (French biathlete)
- Paula Radcliffe (English athlete)
- Kimi Räikkönen (Finnish Formula One driver)
- Andy Roddick (U.S. tennis player)
- Alex Rodriguez (U.S. baseball player)
- Ronaldo (Brazilian soccer player)
- Michael Schumacher (German Formula One driver)
- Alan Shearer (English soccer player)
- Sammy Sosa (Dominican baseball player)
- Martin St. Louis (Canadian ice hockey player)
- Sachin Tendulkar (Indian cricket player)
- Ian Thorpe (Australian swimmer)
- Venus and Serena Williams (U.S. tennis players)
- Jonny Wilkinson (English rugby union player)
- Tiger Woods (U.S. golfer)
- Zinedine Zidane (French soccer player)
Arts and entertainment
Music
#-C
- ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead (Worlds Apart)
- 3 Doors Down (Away from the Sun, Away from the Sun, Another 700 Miles, 17 Days)
- 311 (From Chaos)
- A Perfect Circle (Mer De Noms, 13th Step, Emotive)
- Above the Law (Forever Rich Thungs)
- AC/DC (Stiff Upper Lip)
- The Alkaline Trio (Good Mourning)
- Anthrax (We've Come For You All)
- Apollo Sunshine (Katonah)
- The Ataris (End is Forever, So Long, Astoria)
- Audioslave (Audioslave)
- Bad Religion (The New America, The Process of Belief, The Empire Strikes First)
- Badly Drawn Boy (The Hour of Bewilderbeast)
- The Beastie Boys (To the 5 Boroughs)
- Blind Melon (Classic Masters)
- Blink-182 (The Mark, Tom, And Travis Show: The Enema Strikes Back, Take Off Your Pants And Jacket, Blink-182)
- Bowling For Soup (Drunk Enough to Dance)
- Britney Spears (Oops!...I Did It Again)
- Ian Brown (Solarized)
- Bumblebeez 81 (The Printz)
- The Butthole Surfers (Weird Revolution)
- Johnny Cash (My Mother's Hymn Book, American V)
- The Chemical Brothers (Push the Button)
- Chevelle (Wonder What's Next, This Type of Thinking Could Do Us In)
- Cold (13 Ways to Bleed on Stage, Year of the Spider, And a Sad Song Lives On)
- Coldplay (Parachutes, A Rush of Blood to the Head)
- Common (Like Water for Chocolate)
- Creed (Human Clay, Weathered, Greatest Hits)
- Crossfade (Crossfade)
- The Cure (The Cure)
D-L
- Death By Stereo (Day of the Death)
- Dead Prez (Let's Get Free)
- Dierks Bentley (My Last Name)
- Dixie Chicks (Home)
- DMX (The Great Depression)
- Down (Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow)
- Dr. Dre (Detox)
- Hilary Duff (Metamorphosis, Hilary Duff)
- Dynamite Hack (Superfast)
- The Eagles of Death Metal (Peace, Love, Death Metal)
- Elastica (The Menace)
- Eminem (The Marshall Mathers LP, The Eminem Show, Encore)
- Enrique Iglesias (Escape)
- Erasure (Nightbird)
- Evanescence (Fallen)
- Face to Face (Reactionary)
- Finch (250mL)
- Flaw (Endangered Spieces)
- Franz Ferdinand (Franz Ferdinand)
- Green Day (Warning:, International Superhits!, Shenanigans, American Idiot)
- Gretchen Wilson (Redneck Woman)
- Guns n' Roses (Chinese Democracy)
- The Hives (Veni Vidi Vicious, Tyrannosaurus Hives)
- Home Grown (Kings of Pop)
- Hoobastank (The Reason)
- |Incubus (Morning View, A Crow Left of the Murder)
- J. Lo (This Is Me... Then)
- Ja Rule (Pain Is Love)
- The Jerky Boys (Stop Staring at Me!, The Jerky Tapes)
- The Killers (Hot Fuss)
- Kenny Chesney (When the Sun Goes Down)
- Kylie Minogue (Light Years, Fever, Body Language)
- Lagwagon (Blaze)
- Avril Lavigne (Let Go, Under My Skin)
- Linkin Park (Hybrid Theory, Reanimation, Meteora)
- Lostprohpets (The Fake Sound of Progress, Start Something)
M-Q
- Mest (Wasting Time, Destination Unknown, Mest)
- Metallica (St. Anger)
- Morrissey (You Are the Quarry)
- Mudvayne (L.D. 50, The End of All Things to Come)
- Nico Demonte (Alive)
- nine inch nails (With Teeth)
- No Use for a Name (Hard Rock Bottom)
- *NSYNC (Celebrity)
- The Offspring (Americana, Conspiracy of One, Splinter)
- Ozzy Osbourne (Down to Earth)
- Pantera (Reinventing the Steel)
- Poe (Haunted)
- Presidents of the United States of America (Love Everybody)
- Primus (Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People)
- Puddle of Mudd (Come Clean, Life on Display)
- Queens of the Stone Age (Rated R, Songs for the Deaf, Lullabies to Paralyze)
R-S
- Radiohead (Kid A)
- Rammstein (Mutter, Reise Reise)
- Rancid (Indestructible)
- Rascal Flatts (Feels Like Today)
- Reasons To Remain ('Shaping The Cerebralist' (EP))
- The Roots (Phrenology)
- Rush (Vapor Trails, Rush in Rio, Feedback)
- The Scorpions (Unbreakble)
- Shakira (Laundry Service)
- The Smashing Pumpkins (Machina: The Machines of God, Machina II: The Friends and Enemies of Modern Music)
- Smile Empty Soul (Smile Empty Soul)
- Snow Patrol (Final Straw)
- Social Code (A Year at the Movies)
- Social Distortion (Social Distortion, Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll)
- Story of the Year (Page Avenue)
- The Strokes (Is This It?, Room on Fire)
- Sum 41 (Half Hour of Power, All Killer No Filler, Does This Look Infected?, Chuck)
- Switchfoot (Beautiful Let Down)
- System of a Down (Toxicity, Steal This Album!, Hypnotize)
T-Z
- Tool (Lateralus)
- The Transplants (The Transplants)
- U2 (All That You Can't Leave Behind)
- Uncle Kracker (Seventy-Two and Sunny)
- The Anix (An Illusion of Time)
- The Used (The Used,In Love and Death)
- Vendetta Red (White Knuckled Substance, Between the Never and the Now, Sisters of the Red Death)
- The Vines (Highly Evolved, Winning Days)
- Weezer (The Green Album, Maladroit)
- The White Stripes (Elephant)
- Stevie Wonder (A Time 2 Love)
- Yellowcard (Ocean Avenue)
see also 2000s music groups, List of rock and roll albums in the 2000s, 2000s in India
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