poll Best year in pop mainstream of the 2000's

[Ger]

We often used to associate the mainstream scene with what's being played on radio, especially during the decade of the 2000's. This time, your vote should be based on each year's Top 10 most played songs on Pop radio. Data comes from Radio & Records/Mediabase.

 

2000

1. Vertical Horizon - "Everything You Want"

2. *NSYNC - "Bye Bye Bye"

3. Creed - "Higher"

4. Matchbox Twenty - "Bent"

5. Macy Gray - "I Try"

6. 3 Doors Down - "Kryptonite"

7. Christina Aguilera - "What a Girl Wants"

8. Santana - "Smooth (feat. Rob Thomas)"

9. Savage Garden - "I Knew I Loved You"

10. P!nk - There You Go"

 

2001

1. Lifehouse - "Hanging By a Moment"

2. Lenny Kravits - "Again"

3. Uncle Kracker - "Follow Me"

4. Shaggy - "Angel (feat. Rayvon)"

5. Nelly - "Ride Wit Me"

6. Janet Jackson - "All for You"

7. Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & P!nk - "Lady Marmalade"

8. Crazy Town - "Butterfly"

9. Train - "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)

10. Dido - "Thank You"

 

2002

1. Nickelback - "How You Remind Me"

2. Linkin Park - "In the End"

3. Avril Lavigne - "Complicated"

4. The Calling - "Wherever You Will Go"

5. Vanessa Carlton - "A Thousand Miles"

6. Jennifer Lopez - "Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix) (feat. Ja Rule & Callidac Tah)"

7. P!nk - "Don't Let Me Get Me"

8. Michelle Branch - "All You Wanted"

9. Puddle Of Mudd - "Blurry"

10. Nelly - "Hot in Herre"

 

2003

1. 3 Doors Down - "When I'm Gone"

2. Evanescence - "Bring Me to Life (feat. Paul McCoy)"

3. The Black Eyed Peas - "Where Is the Love?"

4. 50 Cent - "In da Club"

5. Avril Lavigne - "I'm With You"

6. Justin Timberlake - "Rock Your Body"

7. R. Kelly - "Ignition (Remix)"

8. Matchbox Twenty - "Unwell"

9. Kelly Clarkson - "Miss Independent"

10. Jennifer Lopez - "All I Have (fet. LL Cool J)"

 

2004

1. Usher - "Yeah! (feat. Lil Jon & Ludacris)"

2. Maroon 5 - "This Love"

3. Hoobastank - "The Reason"

4. Jessica Simpson - "With You"

5. OutKast - "The Way You Move (feat. Sleepy Brown)"

6. Nickelback - "Someday"

7. OutKast - "Hey Ya!

8. Evanescence - "My Immortal"

9 JoJo - "Leave (Get Out)"

10. Britney Spears - "Toxic"

 

2005

1. Kelly Clarkson - "Since U Been Gone"

2. Kelly Clarkson - "Behind These Hazel Eyes"

3. Mariah Carey - "We Belong Together"

4. Ciara - "1, 2 Step (feat. Missy Elliott)"

5. Green Day - "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"

6. Mario - "Let Me Love You"

7. 3 Doors Down - "Let Me Go"

8. Gwen Stefani - "Hollaback Girl"

9. Gavin DeGraw - "I Don't Want to Be"

10. The Pussycat Dolls - "Don't Cha (feat. Busta Rhymes)"

 

2006

1. Natasha Bedingfield - "Unwritten"

2. Shakira - "Hips Don't Lie (feat. Wyclef Jean)"

3. Chris Brown - "Run It! (feat. Juelz Santana)"

4. Beyoncé - "Check on It (feat. Bun B & Slim Thug)"

5. Nelly Furtado - "Promiscuous (feat. Timbaland)"

6. Rihanna - "SOS"

7. Sean Paul - "Temperature"

8. The Pussycat Dolls - "Buttons (feat. Snoop Dogg)"

9. Kelly Clarkson - "Walk Away"

10. The Pussycat Dolls - "Stickwitu"

 

2007

1. Nelly Furtado - "Say It Right"

2. Fergie - "Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal)"

3. P!nk - "U + Ur Hand"

4. Beyoncé - "Irreplaceable"

5. Gwen Stefani - "The Sweet Escape (feat. Akon)"

6. Justin Timberlake - "What Goes Around...Comes Around"

7. Daughtry - It's Not Over"

8. Timbaland - "Give It to Me (feat. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake)"

9. Timbaland - "The Way I Are (feat. Keri Hilson)"

10. Fergie - "Glamorous (feat. Ludacris)"

 

2008

1. Flo Rida - "Low (feat. T-Pain)"

2. Leona Lewis - "Bleeding Love"

3. Jesse McCartney - "Leavin'"

4. Timbaland - "Apologize (feat. OneRepublic)"

5. Jordin Sparks - "No Air (feat. Chris Brown)"

6. Chris Brown - "Forever"

7. Chris Brown - "With You"

8. Alicia Keys - "No One"

9. Sara Bareilles - "Love Song"

10. Rihanna - "Take a Bow"

 

2009

1. The All-American Rejects - "Gives You Hell"

2. Lady Gaga - "Just Dance (feat. Colby O'Donis)"

3. Lady Gaga - "Poker Face"

4. The Black Eyed Peas - "Boom Boom Pow"

5. Flo Rida - "Right Round"

6. Taylor Swift - "Love Story"

7. The Black Eyed Peas - "I Gotta Feeling"

8. The Fray - "You Found Me"

9. Taylor Swift - "You Belong With Me"

10. Kelly Clarkson - "My Life Would Suck Without You"

 

Which one was your favorite, which one what your least favorite?

Edited July 4, 2022 by Ger-55

[fridayteenage]

7 minutes ago, Ger-55 said:

 

 

2009

6. Taylor Swift - "Love Story"

9. Taylor Swift - "You Belong With Me"

 

[Freakshowvato]

Tbh I didn't listen to pop radio until starting 2009, so I guess 2009?

[Ger]

1 minute ago, Freakshowvato said:

Tbh I didn't listen to pop radio until starting 2009, so I guess 2009?

It doesn't matter if you heard these songs on the radio back then, you could just base your vote on the songs themselves.

[Likingstars]

The way Kelly absolutely STORMED in 2005

[naval23]

2005 STOMPED omg

 

1. Kelly Clarkson - "Since U Been Gone"

2. Kelly Clarkson - "Behind These Hazel Eyes"

3. Mariah Carey - "We Belong Together"

4. Ciara - "1, 2 Step (feat. Missy Elliott)"

Hollaback Girl

Don't Cha

 

[naval23]

2005 > 2007 > 2002 for me

[Soobin]

2007 was immaculate

[Freakshowvato]

19 minutes ago, Ger-55 said:

It doesn't matter if you heard these songs on the radio back then, you could just base your vote on the songs themselves.

Still 2009 in that case Poker Face alone going to the mall to shop at Hollister and the melancholic songs playing like You Found Me by the Fray I Gotta Feeling ruled dance floors even in middle school

 

 

Runner up is 2005

[Norte]

2009 is just 

[k4rmabutterfly]

2007 omg 

[Britney Is Fierce]

2009 > 2005 > 2007 > 2006 > 2003 > 2008 > 2002 > 2001 > 2004 > 2000

[Gorjesspazze9]

2007 is the best pop year of the 21st century. 

[Ger]

God, I love all the songs inside the Top 10 of 2009, everything almost 10/10, such a peak.

 

To me: 2009 > 2007 > 2008 > 2005 > 2002 > 2004 > 2006 > 2003 > 2000 > 2001

[MingYouToo]

2009 because Gaga.

 

Gaga really revolutionized the pop music scene and no one can tell me otherwise!

[Slayn]

There was something in the air in 2007..

[sway]

The 2005–2006–2007 run was holy. Some of the best pop songs were released during those three years. I was around 6 or 7 during this time and I just remember being so infatuated by how good songs on the radio sounded at that time, from Nelly, Britney, Justin, Kanye, Amy, Madonna, Kelly, and Rihanna. Those three summers were glorious.

[tost1]

2005-2009 all stomped, what a time to be alive

[Remmy]

2000 - 9/10

2001 - 9/10

2002 - 10/10

2003 - 10/10

2004 - 10/10

2005 - 10/10

2006 - 10/10

2007 - 10/10

2008 - 10/10

2009 - 10/10

 

Gonna have to go with 2009, but there's excellence all around. 2007 wins for most nostalgic though.

[Ger]

4 hours ago, Remmy said:

2007 wins for most nostalgic though.

This.

[obrigado]

2007!

[blueberries]

best: 2002

worst: 2008

[Blankspace2010]

On 7/4/2022 at 1:36 AM, Ger-55 said:

We often used to associate the mainstream scene with what's being played on radio, especially during the decade of the 2000's. This time, your vote should be based on each year's Top 10 most played songs on Pop radio. Data comes from Radio & Records/Mediabase.

 

2000

1. Vertical Horizon - "Everything You Want"

2. *NSYNC - "Bye Bye Bye"

3. Creed - "Higher"

4. Matchbox Twenty - "Bent"

5. Macy Gray - "I Try"

6. 3 Doors Down - "Kryptonite"

7. Christina Aguilera - "What a Girl Wants"

8. Santana - "Smooth (feat. Rob Thomas)"

9. Savage Garden - "I Knew I Loved You"

10. P!nk - There You Go"

 

2001

1. Lifehouse - "Hanging By a Moment"

2. Lenny Kravits - "Again"

3. Uncle Kracker - "Follow Me"

4. Shaggy - "Angel (feat. Rayvon)"

5. Nelly - "Ride Wit Me"

6. Janet Jackson - "All for You"

7. Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & P!nk - "Lady Marmalade"

8. Crazy Town - "Butterfly"

9. Train - "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)

10. Dido - "Thank You"

 

2002

1. Nickelback - "How You Remind Me"

2. Linkin Park - "In the End"

3. Avril Lavigne - "Complicated"

4. The Calling - "Wherever You Will Go"

5. Vanessa Carlton - "A Thousand Miles"

6. Jennifer Lopez - "Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix) (feat. Ja Rule & Callidac Tah)"

7. P!nk - "Don't Let Me Get Me"

8. Michelle Branch - "All You Wanted"

9. Puddle Of Mudd - "Blurry"

10. Nelly - "Hot in Herre"

 

2003

1. 3 Doors Down - "When I'm Gone"

2. Evanescence - "Bring Me to Life (feat. Paul McCoy)"

3. The Black Eyed Peas - "Where Is the Love?"

4. 50 Cent - "In da Club"

5. Avril Lavigne - "I'm With You"

6. Justin Timberlake - "Rock Your Body"

7. R. Kelly - "Ignition (Remix)"

8. Matchbox Twenty - "Unwell"

9. Kelly Clarkson - "Miss Independent"

10. Jennifer Lopez - "All I Have (fet. LL Cool J)"

 

2004

1. Usher - "Yeah! (feat. Lil Jon & Ludacris)"

2. Maroon 5 - "This Love"

3. Hoobastank - "The Reason"

4. Jessica Simpson - "With You"

5. OutKast - "The Way You Move (feat. Sleepy Brown)"

6. Nickelback - "Someday"

7. OutKast - "Hey Ya!

8. Evanescence - "My Immortal"

9 JoJo - "Leave (Get Out)"

10. Britney Spears - "Toxic"

 

2005

1. Kelly Clarkson - "Since U Been Gone"

2. Kelly Clarkson - "Behind These Hazel Eyes"

3. Mariah Carey - "We Belong Together"

4. Ciara - "1, 2 Step (feat. Missy Elliott)"

5. Green Day - "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"

6. Mario - "Let Me Love You"

7. 3 Doors Down - "Let Me Go"

8. Gwen Stefani - "Hollaback Girl"

9. Gavin DeGraw - "I Don't Want to Be"

10. The Pussycat Dolls - "Don't Cha (feat. Busta Rhymes)"

 

2006

1. Natasha Bedingfield - "Unwritten"

2. Shakira - "Hips Don't Lie (feat. Wyclef Jean)"

3. Chris Brown - "Run It! (feat. Juelz Santana)"

4. Beyoncé - "Check on It (feat. Bun B & Slim Thug)"

5. Nelly Furtado - "Promiscuous (feat. Timbaland)"

6. Rihanna - "SOS"

7. Sean Paul - "Temperature"

8. The Pussycat Dolls - "Buttons (feat. Snoop Dogg)"

9. Kelly Clarkson - "Walk Away"

10. The Pussycat Dolls - "Stickwitu"

 

2007

1. Nelly Furtado - "Say It Right"

2. Fergie - "Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal)"

3. P!nk - "U + Ur Hand"

4. Beyoncé - "Irreplaceable"

5. Gwen Stefani - "The Sweet Escape (feat. Akon)"

6. Justin Timberlake - "What Goes Around...Comes Around"

7. Daughtry - It's Not Over"

8. Timbaland - "Give It to Me (feat. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake)"

9. Timbaland - "The Way I Are (feat. Keri Hilson)"

10. Fergie - "Glamorous (feat. Ludacris)"

 

2008

1. Flo Rida - "Low (feat. T-Pain)"

2. Leona Lewis - "Bleeding Love"

3. Jesse McCartney - "Leavin'"

4. Timbaland - "Apologize (feat. OneRepublic)"

5. Jordin Sparks - "No Air (feat. Chris Brown)"

6. Chris Brown - "Forever"

7. Chris Brown - "With You"

8. Alicia Keys - "No One"

9. Sara Bareilles - "Love Song"

10. Rihanna - "Take a Bow"

 

2009

1. The All-American Rejects - "Gives You Hell"

2. Lady Gaga - "Just Dance (feat. Colby O'Donis)"

3. Lady Gaga - "Poker Face"

4. The Black Eyed Peas - "Boom Boom Pow"

5. Flo Rida - "Right Round"

6. Taylor Swift - "Love Story"

7. The Black Eyed Peas - "I Gotta Feeling"

8. The Fray - "You Found Me"

9. Taylor Swift - "You Belong With Me"

10. Kelly Clarkson - "My Life Would Suck Without You"

 

Which one was your favorite, which one what your least favorite?

The fact Girlfriend and Umbrella were the two best selling singles of 2007 yet didn’t make pop top 10 just shows how irrelevant and radio have always been.