2000s Music Quiz

The 2000s was the last time everyone heard the same song. TRL counted it down, the ringtone sold it, and the 99-cent iTunes download, launched in 2003, turned the album era into a singles era, so one chart really did belong to everybody. Eminem finished as the top-selling artist of the decade, Beyonce broke out solo with 'Crazy in Love', Shakira's 'Hips Don't Lie' became the best-selling single of the 2000s, and T-Pain pushed Auto-Tune into every hook. Our 2000s music quiz rebuilds that monoculture. Guess the song before the chorus lands, and find out how much of the noughties radio you actually kept.

Years2000 to 2009
What defined itHip hop and contemporary R&B ran the charts early, while pop-punk, emo, nu metal and a garage rock revival fought for radio, and by the end electropop and dance took over. The iPod and downloads reshaped how everyone listened.
Dominant soundsCrunk and snap from the South, Auto-Tune R&B, arena pop-punk, teen pop turning grown-up, and the UK-born grime and dubstep bubbling underground.
Key genresHip hop · Contemporary R&B · Pop-punk · Emo · Nu metal · Teen pop · Garage rock revival · Crunk and snap · Electropop and electro house · Grime and dubstep
Signature instruments and techAuto-Tune and pitch-correction software (pushed mainstream by T-Pain), digital studio production, the iPod and iTunes downloads, polyphonic ringtones, and MySpace as an artist launchpad.
Essential artistsEminem · Beyonce · Rihanna · Alicia Keys · Justin Timberlake · Kanye West · Jay-Z · 50 Cent · Usher · OutKast · Shakira · Linkin Park · Green Day · Coldplay · The Killers · Lady Gaga
Songs to knowShakira Hips Don't Lie · Beyonce Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) · OutKast Hey Ya! · Soulja Boy Crank That · The Killers Mr. Brightside · Britney Spears Oops!... I Did It Again · Lady Gaga Poker Face
The industryFive major labels still ruled, but the CD gave way to 99-cent downloads and ringtones, MySpace and PureVolume broke amateur acts, and internet radio and reality shows minted new stars.
Why the 2000s is fun to guessThe hooks are enormous and the production is instantly datable: one Auto-Tune vocal run, one crunk chant or one pop-punk power chord and the year snaps into focus.
Where to startStart with the megahits everyone shouted along to, from Hey Ya! to Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), then push into crunk, emo and indie deep cuts.
The tricky onesGarage rock revival gems, one-week wonders from the ringtone rush, and moody indie tracks that lived on MySpace can stump even a 2000s superfan.

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Crazy in Love

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Lose Yourself

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Hey Ya!

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Toxic

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Viva la Vida

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Stronger

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Apple's iTunes Store opened in 2003 selling every track for 99 cents, and by April 2008 it was the largest music retailer in the United States, turning the album era into a singles era.
Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie" was the best-selling single of the decade, and she was the first South American artist to top the US, UK, Australian and Latin charts at the same time.
Usher's 2004 album Confessions sold over 15 million copies worldwide and became the best-selling R&B album of the 21st century.
Linkin Park's debut Hybrid Theory, released in 2000, sold over 24 million copies worldwide, one of the biggest rock records of the decade despite arriving as nu metal peaked.
In the 2004 Billboard Year-End Hot 100, contemporary R&B held 15 of the top 25 singles, showing just how completely the genre owned the mid-2000s charts.

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What is the 2000s music quiz?

Our 2000s music quiz is not one quiz but a whole collection of rounds built from the sound of 2000 to 2009. You will move from hip hop and contemporary R&B to pop-punk, emo, crunk and late-decade electropop, guessing tracks by Eminem, Beyonce, Shakira, Usher and more. Each round plays a snippet and challenges you to name the song or the artist before it ends, so the better you know the noughties, the higher you climb.

Which artists and songs show up in the quiz?

Expect the artists who defined the decade. Eminem finished as the top-selling artist of the 2000s, Britney Spears as the best-selling female artist, and the rounds lean on Beyonce, Rihanna, Alicia Keys, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Usher and Shakira. Landmark songs turn up constantly, from Shakira's Hips Don't Lie and OutKast's Hey Ya! to The Killers' Mr. Brightside and Soulja Boy's Crank That, so this 2000s music trivia rewards anyone who lived on the radio then.

Is the 2000s music quiz free to play?

Yes. The 2000s music quiz is free to play with no signup, so you can jump straight in and start guessing the moment you land. If you want to save your stats, track a streak and climb the weekly league against other players, you can sign in, but that is entirely optional. Nothing is paywalled: the full collection of noughties rounds is open, whether you play once or come back every single day.

How hard is it to guess the 2000s song?

It scales with you. Early rounds serve the megahits almost everyone shouted along to, like Oops!... I Did It Again or Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), so newcomers score quickly. Push deeper and the game digs into crunk, emo, garage rock revival and MySpace-era indie, where one-week wonders and ringtone hits hide. Because the snippets are short, even a 2000s superfan has to lock in the title before it ends to beat the clock.

What makes 2000s songs so recognizable?

The 2000s left fingerprints all over its records. Auto-Tune, pushed mainstream by T-Pain around 2007, gives late-decade R&B and pop an unmistakable robotic shimmer, while crunk chants, snap beats and huge pop-punk power chords date a track in a single bar. Add the polished digital production of the iPod and iTunes era, plus hooks engineered for ringtones, and most clues click into place the moment the chorus drops.

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