Just take a look at some of this music industry shit that went down in 2001.
I’m talking about Backstreet Boys and NSYNC here. It was the only time the rival boy bands ever did this. It occurred in January at the American Music Awards, an early sign of the terrible, shitty things to come in 2001.
The 43rd Annual Grammy Awards held on February 21, 2001, featured a live performance of “Beautiful Day” by U2, who would go on to win Record of the Year and Song of the Year for “Beautiful Day,” as well. That is not a beautiful day at all. To compound the shittiness, Steely Dan beat out artists like Eminem, Beck, Radiohead and Paul Simon for Album of the Year, which makes a ton of fucking sense.
The Longest Reigning Hit Of The Year Was Janet Jackson’s Shitty “All For You”
What the fuck is this song? I don’t think I’ve heard it since 2001 if I’ve ever heard it at all. Either way, it broke several airplay records and was at the top of Billboard’s Hot 100 list for seven non-consecutive weeks somehow.
The band released their first album of new songs in a decade. It was called Plan B. It was shitty. It did somewhat decently in Canada and Norway, though. Somewhat.
Although Creed rose to fame in the late ’90s and Coldplay’s first major studio album Parachutes came out in 2000, both of these bands’ singles were ubiquitous throughout 2001. I worked as a cook in a bar that summer, and every other fucking song on the radio was either Creed’s “Higher” or Coldplay’s “Yellow.” Oh sorry, “With Arms Wide Open” also got major airplay and “My Sacrifice” was released along with Creed’s shitty third album Weathered. As a shit bonus, U2 released the single “Elevation” in June 2001. I can’t tell you how many times I wanted to stick my head into the fryer that summer.
Napster was fucking awesome. Even though internet speeds and the music of the times sucked, it was still an incredible service to use to get music without going to Best Buy and spending $20 on a CD that had two good songs on it. However, in July 2001, Napster was forced to shut down its entire network because of a bullshit lawsuit and never made a full recovery.
You ready for this? Get a load of these pieces of shit:
Puddle of Mudd
Jennifer Lopez
Drowning Pool
Lifehouse
Britney Spears
Papa Roach
O-Town
Crazy Town
Staind
Train
Limp Bizkit
Matchbox Twenty
Disturbed
Uncle Cracker
3 Doors Down
Ricky Martin
Although 2016 has been a shit year when it comes to the deaths of legendary musicians, it’s about the same as 2001. Among those lost were legends Joey Ramone and George Harrison to cancer, Aaliyah to a plane crash, and a concertgoer at a music festival during Limp Bizkit’s set due to a crowd crush. And, above all else, the September 11 attacks occurred.
‘Nuff said.
