Return of Rock

From 2007, dance music started gaining popularity in North America with dance-pop hits by artists such as the pop singer Rihanna’s song “Don’t Stop the

Justin Timberlake released his sophomore studio album FutureSex/LoveSounds in 2006, producing the chart-topping singles “SexyBack”, “My Love”, and “What Goes Around… Comes Around”,

 In 2005, Cher ended her 3-year-long “Farewell Tour” which became the highest-grossing female and solo tour at that time. Madonna enjoyed success throughout the

 By 2003, records by boy bands were very sparse on the Billboard Hot 100, and some members of boy bands left to

Teen pop continued to be an extremely popular genre in the early 2000s with the success of teenage pop singers Britney Spears and Christina

In the early 2000s, the power pop and pop rock trend also spread to female musicians. Michelle Branch became successful in

Hip hop dominated popular music in the early 2000s. Artists such as Eminem, OutKast, The Black Eyed Peas, T.I., 50 Cent, Kanye West, Nelly, Nas, Jay-Z, Ghostface Killah, Snoop Dogg, Missy Elliott, M.I.A., Lil’ Kim, Gorillaz, Young

A decade of trying to find the next grunge hit or nu-metal clone left rock radio with bands like Creed,

1998 might have been the year nu-metal stepped up to a whole new level thanks to the blockbusting success of