Ready to feel super old?
Every generation argues that their generation had the best music, but looking through this list of just some of the music we were listening to at the very start of the 21st century, it is probably fair to say that this was definitely the best music of any generation.
Don’t @ me.
Believe it or not, all of these albums turn 20 this year.
Jennifer Lopez – J.Lo
Singles: ‘Love Don’t Cost A Thing’, ‘Play’, ‘Ain’t It Funny’
Release Date: 16 January 2001
Clip via Jennifer Lopez
Eve – Scorpion
Singles: ‘Who’s That Girl?’, ‘Let Me Blow Ya Mind’
Release Date: 6 March 2001
Clip via EveVEVO
Daft Punk – Discovery
Singles: ‘One More Time’, ‘Aerodynamic’, ‘Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger’
Release Date: 12 March 2001
Clip via Warner Music France
Gorillaz – Gorillaz
Singles: ‘Clint Eastwood’, ’19-2000′, ‘Tomorrow Comes Today’
Release Date: 26 March 2001
Clip via Gorillaz
Stereophonics – Just Enough Education To Perform
Singles: ‘Mr. Writer’, ‘Have a Nice Day’, ‘Handbags and Gladrags’
Release Date: 11 April 2001
Clip via Stereophonics Official
Janet Jackson – All For You
Singles: ‘All For You’, ‘Someone to Call My Lover’, ‘Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)’
Release Date: 16 April 2001
Clip via Pop Archive
Destiny’s Child – Survivor
Singles: ‘Independent Women’, ‘Survivor’, ‘Bootylicious’
Release Date: 1 May 2001
Clip via Destiny’s Child
Missy Elliott – Miss E…. So Addictive
Singles: ‘Get Ur Freak On’, ‘One Minute Man’, ‘4 My People’
Release Date: 15 May 2001
Clip via Missy Elliott
Alicia Keys – Songs in A-Minor
Singles: ‘Fallin”, ‘How Come You Don’t Call Me’, ‘A Woman’s Worth’
Release Date: 5 June 2001
Clip via Alicia Keys
Travis – The Invisible Man
Singles: ‘Sing’, ‘Side’, ‘Flowers in the Window’
Release Date: 11 June 2001
Clip via Travis
Muse – Origin of Symmetry
Singles: ‘Plug In Baby’, ‘New Born’, ‘Bliss’
Release Date: 18 June 2001
Clip via Muse
Basement Jaxx – Rooty
Singles: ‘Where’s Your Head At?’, ‘Romeo’, ‘Do Your Thing’
Release Date: 25 June 2001
Clip via Basement Jaxx
NSYNC – Celebrity
Singles: ‘Pop’, ‘Gone’, ‘Girlfriend’
Release Date: 24 July 2001
Clip via *NSYNC
N.E.R.D. – In Search Of…
Singles: ‘Lapdance’, ‘Rock Star’, ‘Provider’
Release Date: 6 August 2001
Clip via NERD
Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Read My Lips
Singles: ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’, ‘Take Me Home’, ‘Music Gets the Best of Me’
Release Date: 27 August 2001
Clip via Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Jay-Z – The Blueprint
Singles: ‘Girls Girls Girls’, ‘Izzo (H.O.V.A.)’, ‘Takeover’
Release Date: 11 September 2001
Clip via G-Unit Subtitles
Kylie Minogue – Fever
Singles: ‘Can’t Get You Out of My Head’, ‘In Your Eyes’, ‘Come Into My World’
Release Date: 1 October 2001
Clip via Kylie Minogue
Britney – Britney
Singles: ‘I’m A Slave 4 U’, ‘Boys’, ‘I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman’
Release Date: 6 November 2001
Clip via Britney Spears
Westlife – World of Our Own
Singles: ‘Uptown Girl’, ‘Queen of My Heart’, ‘World of Our Own’
Release Date: 12 November 2001
Clip via Westlife
No Doubt – Rocksteady
Singles: ‘Hey Baby’, ‘Hella Good’, ‘Underneath It All’
Release Date: 11 December 2001
Clip via No Doubt TV
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