2000s in music, Europe, Electronic music
Popular electronic artists of the decade in other electronic genres included Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy, Groove Armada, Basement Jaxx, Daft Punk, Massive Attack, Röyksopp, Pendulum, Justice, Portishead, Björk, Goldfrapp, M83, Orbital, Boards of Canada, Autechre, Above & Beyond, Eric Prydz, DJ Shadow, Scooter, Underworld, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, The Crystal Method, deadmau5, The Knife, Fever Ray, Ladytron, Lamb, Zero 7 and David Guetta.


2000s in music, Europe, Electronic music
Media commentators did however observe during the 2000s that electronic dance music had returned somewhat to the 'underground', with mainstream commercial interest in the genre waning following its peak in the 1990s. This was symbolised in the Brit Awards' decision in 2004 to remove its 'Best Dance Act' category.


2000s in music, Europe, Electronic music
Electro, as well as House, became mainstream in the dance music scene in the middle of the decade, replacing the mainstream of more jazzy and Latin influenced sounds from the beginning of the decade. Electro house artists such as Benny Benassi, Bob Sinclar and MSTRKRFT gained popularity in clubs around the world. Dubstep and Bassline House achieve more mainstream success within the dance music scene, with artists like Skream and T2 becoming well known. Dance and eurodance singers and groups such as Kate Ryan, September, Alcazar, Basshunter, and Cascada become popular around the world during the 2000s.


2000s in music, Europe, Electronic music
Grime music emerged in the early 2000s and achieved commercial success, particularly in the UK, through artists such as Dizzee Rascal and Wiley.


2000s in music, Australia and New Zealand, Pop
The most successful Australian female artist, Kylie Minogue still had a huge presence on the Australian music scene with all four albums she released during the decade, with X being the last one, and charting at number one along with its lead single "2 Hearts" becoming her 10th Australian number 1 single.


2000s in music, Australia and New Zealand, Pop
Ex-Neighbours star, Delta Goodrem released her debut album Innocent Eyes in 2003 which became a monster smash hit – it went to No. 1 and stayed for 29 non-consecutive weeks, being certified 14x Platinum for selling over one million copies, the second most of all time in Australia.


2000s in music, Australia and New Zealand, Pop
In New Zealand, pop singer Brooke Fraser has seen large success throughout her music career with number one songs and countless New Zealand Music Awards wins. Other popular artists include, Aaradhna, Vince Harder, Anika Moa, Gin Wigmore, whose debut album Holy Smoke peaked at number one in New Zealand in 2009 and Ladyhawke, who achieved substantial international success following the release of her self-titled debut album in 2008, which peaked at number one in New Zealand and charted in the top twenty in Australia and the United Kingdom. In 2009 she received several New Zealand Music Awards and ARIA music awards and was nominated for a BRIT award in 2010.


2000s in music, Australia and New Zealand, Rock
Many new rock and alternative groups/bands form during the early years of this decade. Groups/bands such as The Vines and Jet become very popular amongst others around 2002–03, paving the way for a mass of new groups midway through the decade such as Wolfmother. Other popular artists include Powderfinger, The Vines, You Am I, Silverchair, AC/DC, Pendulum, The Living End, Spiderbait, Grinspoon, Kisschasy and Eskimo Joe.


2000s in music, Australia and New Zealand, Rock
Many rock artists in New Zealand were popular throughout the 2000s decade including, Evermore, The Feelers, Neil Finn, Tim Finn, and Liam Finn.


2000s in music, Australia and New Zealand, Rock, Alternative
From 2003 up until 2007 a popular American television show, The O.C., popularized many New Zealand alternative rock bands by playing their music during the years of the series run. These bands included, Evermore and Youth Group.


2000s in music, Australia and New Zealand, Rock, Alternative
Australian electronic group The Avalanches released their debut album Since I Left You in 2000, composed completely by samples and gained critical acclaim.


2000s in music, Australia and New Zealand, R&B and soul
Throughout the 2000s decade, R&B and soul music had become more popular in Australia and New Zealand. Most Australian R&B artists from the early 2000s, such as Guy Sebastian, Paulini and Ricki-Lee Coulter, were known as contestants on Australian Idol and have established themselves in the Australian music market and continued to enjoy success after the show. Sebastian's debut album Just as I Am debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified six times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), becoming the highest selling album ever released by an Australian Idol contestant.


2000s in music, Australia and New Zealand, R&B and soul
He also has received 14 ARIA Music Awards nominations and is the only Australian male artist in Australian music history to achieve five number one singles. Other Australian R&B/soul artists from the early 2000s include Jade MacRae, Israel Cruz, female duo Shakaya and boy band Random, who were best known for winning The X Factor (Australia) in 2005. The late 2000s saw the rise of 2009 Australian Idol winner Stan Walker and 2006 Idol runner-up Jessica Mauboy.


2000s in music, Australia and New Zealand, R&B and soul
In New Zealand, R&B/soul groups Adeaze and Nesian Mystik have enjoyed success throughout their careers. Singer Aaradhna has released three top-ten singles "Down Time", "I Love You Too", and "They Don't Know" with rapper Savage. Other R&B singers include Pieter T and Vince Harder. The late 2000s saw the rise of J.Williams and Erakah.


2000s in music, Australia and New Zealand, Hip hop
Early into this decade, Australian Hip Hop have proved ultimate success through an Adelaide Hip-Hop trio, Hilltop Hoods. They became the first successful Australian Hip Hop outfit, followed by a Sydney Hip-Hop trio, Bliss n Eso. Each has achieved ARIA awards.


2000s in music, Australia and New Zealand, Hip hop
The New Zealand hip hop scene have seen the success of artists such as, Scribe, Savage, Smashproof, David Dallas, Young Sid, Nesian Mystik and P Money. In 2009 Smashproof and Gin Wigmore collaborated on the successful single Brother, which stayed at number one on the New Zealand charts for eleven weeks, breaking the 23-year-old record for longest consecutive run at number one on the charts by a local artist. The single also charted in Germany.


2000s in music, Latin America, Pop
The Colombian Latin pop singer Shakira breakthrough at the early 2000s led to her major international success in many non-Spanish-speaking countries, especially the United States in addition to the music scene of Latin America. In 2001, and aided by heavy rotation of the music video, "Whenever, Wherever", she broke through into the English-speaking world with the release of Laundry Service, which sold over 13 million copies worldwide. Four years later, Shakira released two album projects called Fijación Oral Vol. 1 and Oral Fixation Vol. 2 .


2000s in music, Latin America, Pop
Both reinforced her success, particularly with one of the most successful song in the 21st century to date, "Hips Don't Lie" which sold over 10 million copies and downloads worldwide and hit number 1 in many countries. From October–November 2009 Shakira released her latest album She Wolf worldwide. Due to her massive international success during the 2000s she is considered the second most successful female Latin singer. In addition, in the early 2000s, Mexican pop star Paulina Rubio became the best-selling artist thanks to the success of her eponymous album Paulina (2000).


2000s in music, Latin America, Pop
It remained on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart for 99 weeks, and became the first Latin pop album by a Mexican artist to receive a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of 500,000 units in the United States. Her follow-up album, Border Girl (2002), also achieved gold certification. Rubio is the best-selling Mexican pop singer in the United States.


2000s in music, Latin America, Pop
Pop rock begins to take shape in Latin music with acts such as Camila, Kany García, Jesse & Joy, Belinda Peregrin and Ha*Ash. Also, more established pop acts such as Pepe Aguilar, Alejandro Fernández, Luis Fonsi, and ex-OV7 member Kalimba would use pop rock in their repertoires. Pop-rock music hits new highs in the 2000s with acts such as Maná, Juanes, Julieta Venegas and the highly anticipated comeback of 90's Mexican Pop Queen, Gloria Trevi in the second half of the decade. Gloria Trevi released her first studio album, Como Nace el Universo, in ten years in late 2004.


2000s in music, Latin America, Pop
In 1992 Vikki Carr an American from El Paso, Texas, born to parents of Mexican ancestry won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album for Cosas del Amor an album with the lead single being a duet with Ana Gabriel of the same name. The track earned awards such as a Lo Nuestro Awards for Best Pop Song and the Single of the Year mention by the Radio y Música journal. Selena became the first non-crossover act to have an album (Amor Prohibido; released March 1994) to enter the Billboard 200 since Luis Miguel's Aries (1993).


2000s in music, Latin America, Pop
The album was credited with popularizing Tejano music and catapulting the genre into an "unprecedented level of mainstream success"; eventually becoming the best-selling Tejano record of all-time. It holds the record for most weeks in the top ten of the Top Latin Albums chart—at 110 weeks—while the record holds the record for most weeks at number one on the Regional Mexican Albums chart at 96 weeks.


2000s in music, Latin America, Rock
During the early 2000s, Lynda Thomas had notable success as an alternative rock act around the world, including the US Latin market, a success carried over since the 1990s, first as a eurodance act; she scored successful rock singles in 2000 and 2001 including "A Mil por Hora", Lo Mejor de Mi and Estoy Viva.


2000s in music, Latin America, Reggaetón
In 2002, New York-based group Aventura would reinvent bachata, thus making it a dominant Latin genre. By 2004, reggaeton would become a staple in music with acts such as Don Omar, Daddy Yankee, Ivy Queen and Wisin & Yandel. By mid-2000s Reggaetón had replaced salsa, merengue and cumbia as the main dance genre in nightclubs for young people all over Latin America, reaching popularity in parts of Spain and Italy as well. But by the end of 2007, this craze soon declined in popularity.


2000s in music, Latin America, Salsa and merengue
Although salsa and merengue began to decline in popularity, merengue would have new life injected thanks to the subgenre known as, "merengue de calle" (or street merengue). Beginning in 2004, this subgenre combining elements of merengue, rap, and reggaeton would be popularized by Dominican acts such as Omega, Silvio Mora, El Sujeto, and Tito Swing.


2000s in music, Asia
With the rapid development of Asian economies during the 1990s and 2000s, the independent music industries of Asia have seen considerable growth. Asian countries like Japan and India have some of the largest music markets in the world. Supported by their own large markets, the music charts in Asia are largely dominated by local Asian artists, with very few artists from the Western world managing to break those markets.


2000s in music, Asia
J-pop and K-pop have become increasingly influenced by contemporary R&B, hip hop music and Eurobeat, and they have become popular all over the Far East region. Meanwhile, in the Southern Asia region, the rising independent Indian pop scene, often characterized by its fusion of Indian and non-Indian sounds, has begun to increasingly compete with the popularity of Bollywood filmi music in the region. In Southeast Asia, especially Singapore and Indonesia, straight-ahead jazz saw a revival in the second half of the decade.


2000s in music, Asia, J-pop
J-pop continues to be in the mainstream and stays as the most popular style of music in Japan. Japanese Pop's popularity continues to expand through Asia and the rest of the world, with various Japanese artists debuting in the US. J-pop starts to enjoy a relatively big global online fan base. It continues to influence worldwide styles of music, as Japanese culture has continuously become more popular around the world. Japan also remains as the second most powerful music industry in the world, and the second largest music market, after the US. R&B is popular at the beginning of the era, with Hip hop also becoming more popular as time passes. At the end of the decade, Dance music and Techno become the most popular genres. Bubblegum pop remains popular during the entire decade.


2000s in music, Asia, J-pop
Ayumi Hamasaki becomes one of the most popular Japanese star of the 2000s, experiencing her biggest peak at this time, becoming known as "The Empress of Japanese Pop", and greatly influencing music, fashion and pop culture. Ken Hirai becomes the most popular male solo artist. 1990s divas like Namie Amuro, Misia, and Hikaru Utada also remain extremely popular during this era, with the former having a second popularity boom in 2008. Starlet Kumi Koda also becomes insanely popular in this era, thanks to her fresh dance style and provocative dance moves.


2000s in music, Asia, J-pop
Boy bands are the most popular musical format at the moment, with girl bands like Morning Musume (very popular in the past) experiencing a decline in popularity. While Johnny's boy bands, notably Arashi, become very popular, other vocal groups like Exile and Tohoshinki also gained popularity and pop/rock bands like Mr. Children, Tokio and Glay remained popular. Duets also become popular, such as M-Flo. Like all countries, English pop music popularity expands at a very high rate with popular US artist receiving success such as Backstreet Boys and Britney Spears who become the most popular and two of the most successful non-Japanese artists.


2000s in music, Asia, Indian pop
The Indian music industry was previously dominated by the Filmi music of Bollywood for much of the late 20th century. The 2000s saw an increasing popularity of independent Indian pop music that could compete with Bollywood film music. Indian pop music began distinguishing itself from mainstream Bollywood music with its fusion of Indian and non-Indian sounds, which later had on influence on Bollywood music itself.


2000s in music, Asia, Indian pop
Indian pop has itself been partly influenced by the Asian Underground scene emerging in the United Kingdom among British Asian artists such as Bally Sagoo, Apache Indian, Panjabi MC, Raghav and the Rishi Rich Project (featuring Rishi Rich, Jay Sean and Juggy D). India has one of the largest music markets in the world, though like other developing nations, suffers from high levels of piracy.


2000s in music, Asia, Indian pop
Indian music has also had an increasing influence on popular music in the Western world. The music of South Asia has influenced Europe's pop mainstream as acts like Björk, Bananarama, Erasure, and Siouxsie and the Banshees all released singles or remixes featuring South Asian instrumentation. Indian music has also influenced mainstream American hip hop, R&B and urban music in the 2000s, including artists/producers such as Timbaland, Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, Truth Hurts, The Black Eyed Peas, Missy Elliott and Britney Spears. According to DJ Green Lantern, "Indian beats have now become a fixture on the R&B scene".


2000s in music, Asia, Indian pop
Several Hollywood musical films such as Moulin Rouge! have incorporated Bollywood songs, while several Indian music composers have gained international fame, particularly A. R. Rahman who, having sold over 300 million records worldwide, is one of the best-selling music artists of all time. M.I.A., a British-born Sri Lankan electronic artist incorporates Bollywood songs in her music.


2000s in music, Asia, Asian pop
Most of the big Asian pop singers who had been popular in the 1990s, such as Jacky Cheung, , , and Andy Lau, were relatively quiet in the 2000s.


2000s in music, Asia, Asian pop
The appearance of Hong Kong national William Hung on American Idol in 2004, proved to be very popular with many locals of East Asia and Southeast Asia. This resulted in a new generation of young local artistes, both solo singers as well as bands, having hit records during this period. Later in 2004, Hung would hold his first solo concert at the Esplanade Theatre in Singapore.


2000s in music, Asia, Asian pop
One of the first of these was Taiwanese boyband F4, who with their first big hit "Meteor Rain", from the album of the same name, established them as the dominant boyband of the first half of the decade. The four members of F4 also had solo hits, such as Jerry Yen's "One Metre", Vanness Wu's "My Friend" (an adaptation of the Robert Burns poem "Auld Lang Syne"), Ken Chu's "Never Stopping", and Vic Chou's "Make a wish".


2000s in music, Asia, Asian pop
Though back in 1999 he had already written a song, "Snail", that had been famously performed by Valen Hsu, Chyi Chin, , and Power Station, singer-songwriter Jay Chou proved to be a singer in his own right. Beginning with his first solo album Jay in 2000, his style showcased a unique fusion of Asian music with American R&B. Chou would go on to become the dominant force in Asian music of almost all of the 2000s and the first half of the next decade.


2000s in music, Asia, Asian pop
Among solo female artists of the 2000s, Stefanie Sun of Singapore was the most outstanding. Her 2000 eponymous debut album featured a remake of an old Hokkien pop song, Cloudy Day; and it earned her a Golden Melody Award for Best New Artist.


2000s in music, Asia, Asian pop
Sun's compatriot, singer-songwriter-guitarist Tanya Chua, also enjoyed growing success during this period as a leading Mandopop artist. Her 2000 album I Do Believe garnered a nomination for the Best New Artist at the Golden Melody Awards. Chua also wrote songs or produced albums for several other established singers during this period, for instance "Wrong Number" for Faye Wong.


2000s in music, Asia, Asian pop
The most popular girl group of this period was S.H.E, comprising Selina Jen, Hebe Tien, and Ella Chen. Their first big hit, from their fourth album Super Star, was their cover of the Bee Gees' "I.O.I.O.". In Taiwan alone, 250,000 copies of Super Star were sold.


2000s in music, Asia, Asian pop
In the second half of the decade, straight-ahead jazz saw a surge of popularity in Asia, in particular after the release in 2006 of the debut album, Let Me Sing!, from 15-year-old Indonesian jazz virtuoso Nathan Hartono. Singapore-based wind orchestra The Philharmonic Winds, formed at the beginning of the decade, also played a major part in the revival of jazz in Asia. In 2009, Singapore's Esplanade Theatre would found its own jazz festival especially meant for young bands and artistes; it was originally called Bright Young Things, but it would later be renamed Mosaic Jazz Fellows.


2000s in music, Asia, Asian pop
Contemporary Christian music artistes also found their way into Asian secular music charts for the first time ever during the 2000s. Mi Lu Bing was a three-piece band which had originally started out playing for worship in their church, but later would release secular-themed albums and songs, including their opening and ending theme songs to 2007 local television serial, The Golden Path. Sun Ho had been the worship pastor at megachurch City Harvest Church before she released her first album of secular material, Sun With Love, in 2002. She would go on to release another four more albums between 2003 and 2007, although her secular music career eventually came to an abrupt ending with the City Harvest Trial.


2000s in music, Asia, Asian pop
Taiwanese supergroup SuperBand, comprising Wakin Chau, Jonathan Lee, Chang Chen-yue, and Lo Ta-Yu, emerged in 2008 and went on to hold several concerts and release two studio EP's of new material, Northbound (2009) and Go South (2010), before finally resuming their individual solo careers in 2010.


2000s in music, Asia, Asian pop
2003 saw the deaths of Hong Kong popular singers Leslie Cheung, 46, who committed suicide; and Anita Mui, 40, who died of cervical cancer. Both singers were highly respected in Cantopop music.


2000s in music, Asia, Asian pop
In early until middle of 2000s, most popular music genre in Indonesia is pop and pop rock music. Some group bands like Dewa 19, Sheila On 7, Padi (band), Radja, ST 12 are becoming top group bands and their songs are the most played songs by teens and young adults. Some of those 2000s bands' most popular songs were like Sheila on 7 – Sebuah Kisah Klasik, Dewa 19 - Separuh Nafas, Padi - Menanti Sebuah Jawaban, etc.


2000s in music, Middle East and Africa
Music charts in the Middle East are largely dominated by local Arabic-language artists, with an equivalent population of Western world artists as well. The music industry within the Middle East and Africa is international and diverse. In Arabic country, Amr Diab dominates by his music and variation of genres (R&B, House, Trance, Latin and Rock). Such artist like Angelique Kidjo from Benin and Nigerian descent Sade gained major success.


2000s in science and technology
This article is a summary of the 2000s in science and technology.


2000s in sociology
The following events related to sociology occurred in the 2000s.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Olympic Games
2000 XXVII Summer Olympics -  Sydney, Australia (most gold medal wins  USA) 2002 XIX Winter Olympics -  Salt Lake City, USA (most gold medal wins  Norway)  2004 XXVIII Summer Olympics -  Athens, Greece (most gold medal wins  USA) 2006 XX Winter Olympics -  Turin, Italy (most gold medal wins  Germany) 2008 XXIX Summer Olympics -  Beijing, China (most gold medal wins  China)


2000s in sports, Notable events, Basketball
USA basketball teams dominated this era, especially in the Olympics. However USA female basketball teams were better than men scoring all golds on Olympic events during this time (Sydney, Athens, Beijing). The loss of the gold by USA male basketball team, and only 3rd position during 2004 Athens Olympic (compared to gold of the previous and next Olympics), with the winning stands by Argentina team and silver Italy was noted.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Cricket
There have been two ICC Cricket World Cups this decade:


2000s in sports, Notable events, Cricket
2003 Cricket World Cup -  South Africa (winner  Australia) 2007 Cricket World Cup -  West Indies (winner  Australia)


2000s in sports, Notable events, Cycling
There have been the usual 10 tour de frances held in the 2000s (decade) decade.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Cycling
2000 Tour de France - started in  Futuroscope, France (winner  Lance Armstrong) 2001 Tour de France - started in  Dunkerque, France (winner  Lance Armstrong) 2002 Tour de France - started in  Luxembourg, Luxembourg (winner  Lance Armstrong) 2003 Tour de France - started in  Paris, France (winner  Lance Armstrong) 2004 Tour de France - started in  Liège, Belgium (winner  Lance Armstrong) 2005 Tour de France - started in  Vendée, France (winner  Lance Armstrong) 2006 Tour de France - started in  Strasbourg, France (winner  Óscar Pereiro) 2007 Tour de France - started in  London, United Kingdom (winner  Alberto Contador)2008 Tour de France - started in  Brest, France (winner  Carlos Sastre)2009 Tour de France - started in  Monaco (winner  Alberto Contador)


2000s in sports, Notable events, Football (Australian)
2000 AFL Grand Final - Essendon 19.21 (135) defeated Melbourne 11.9 (75)2001 AFL Grand Final - Brisbane 15.18 (108) defeated Essendon 12.10 (82)2002 AFL Grand Final - Brisbane 10.15 (75) defeated Collingwood 9.12 (66)2003 AFL Grand Final - Brisbane 20.14 (134) defeated Collingwood 12.12 (84)2004 AFL Grand Final - Port Adelaide 17.11 (113) defeated Brisbane 10.13 (73)2005 AFL Grand Final - Sydney 8.10 (58) defeated West Coast 7.12 (54)2006 AFL Grand Final - West Coast 12.13 (85) defeated Sydney 12.12 (84)2007 AFL Grand Final - Geelong 24.19 (163) defeated Port Adelaide 6.8 (44)2008 AFL Grand Final - Hawthorn 18.7 (115) defeated Geelong 11.23 (89)2009 AFL Grand Final - Geelong 12.8 (80) defeated St Kilda 9.14 (68)


2000s in sports, Notable events, Golf
the 2002 Ryder Cup was won by Europe 15 and a half to USA's 12 and a half.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Golf
the 2004 Ryder Cup was won by Europe 18 and a half to USA's 9 and a half.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Golf
the 2006 Ryder Cup was won by Europe again 18 and a half to USA's 9 and a half


2000s in sports, Notable events, Golf
the 2008 Ryder Cup and last this decade was won by USA 16 and a half to Europe's 11 and a half.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Ice Hockey
2000 - New Jersey Devils defeated the Dallas Stars 4-22001 - Colorado Avalanche defeated the New Jersey Devils 4-32002 - Detroit Red Wings defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 4-12003 - New Jersey Devils defeated the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 4-32004 - Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Calgary Flames 4-32005 - Season Cancelled due to Lockout2006 - Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Edmonton Oilers 4-32007 - Anaheim Ducks defeated the Ottawa Senators 4-12008 - Detroit Red Wings defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-22009 - Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Detroit Red Wings 4-3


2000s in sports, Notable events, Ice Hockey
Notable draft picks:2008 – Steven Stamkos is first overall draft pick in the NHL draft picked by the Tampa Bay Lightning.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Ice Hockey
2007 – Patrick Kane is first overall draft pick in the NHL draft picked by the Chicago Blackhawks.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Ice Hockey
2005 – Sidney Crosby is first overall draft pick in the NHL draft picked by the Pittsburgh Penguins.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Ice Hockey
2005 – Anze Kopitar is eleventh overall draft pick in the NHL draft picked by the Los Angeles Kings.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Ice Hockey
2004 – Alexander Ovechkin is the first overall draft pick in the NHL draft picked by the Washington Capitals.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Ice Hockey
2004 – Evgeni Malkin is the second overall draft pick in the NHL draft picked by the Pittsburgh Penguins.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Ice Hockey
2003 – Eric Staal is second overall draft pick in the NHL draft picked by the Carolina Hurricanes.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Ice Hockey
2003 – Dion Phaneuf is ninth overall draft pick in the NHL draft picked by the Calgary Flames.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Ice Hockey
2003 – Jeff Carter is eleventh overall draft pick in the NHL draft picked by the Philadelphia Flyers.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Ice Hockey
2003 – Zach Parise is seventeenth overall draft pick in the NHL draft picked by the New Jersey Devils.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Ice Hockey
2003 – Ryan Getzlaf is nineteenth overall draft pick in the NHL draft picked by the Anaheim Ducks.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Ice Hockey
2003 – Mike Richards is second overall draft pick in the NHL draft picked by the Philadelphia Flyers.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Ice Hockey
2001 – Ilya Kovalchuk is first overall draft pick in the NHL draft picked by the Atlanta Thrashers.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Ice Hockey
2000 – Dany Heatley is second overall draft pick in the NHL draft picked by the Atlanta Thrashers.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Ice Hockey
2000 – Marian Gaborik is third overall draft pick in the NHL draft picked by the Minnesota Wild.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Motorsports
F1-Michael Schumacher wins World Championship for the third time at Suzuka, Japan 2000 in a Ferrari F1-2000, Ferrari's first driver's championship in 21 years


2000s in sports, Notable events, Motorsports
Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. (Dale Earnhardt) passes away after a last-lap crash during the Daytona 500 in February 2001


2000s in sports, Notable events, Motorsports
Michael Schumacher wins World Championship for the fourth time at Hungaroring, Hungary 2001 in a Ferrari F2001


2000s in sports, Notable events, Motorsports
Michael Schumacher wins fifth at Magny-Cours, France 2002 in a Ferrari F2002


2000s in sports, Notable events, Motorsports
Michael Schumacher wins sixth at Suzuka, Japan 2003 in a Ferrari F2003-GA


2000s in sports, Notable events, Motorsports
Michael Schumacher wins seventh and last at Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium 2004 in a Ferrari F2004


2000s in sports, Notable events, Motorsports
Fernando Alonso become youngest champion, winning his first at Interlagos, Brazil 2005 in a Renault R25


2000s in sports, Notable events, Motorsports
Fernando Alonso wins second at Interlagos, Brazil in 2006 driving a Renault R26


2000s in sports, Notable events, Motorsports
Kimi Räikkönen wins first World Championship at Interlagos, Brazil in 2007 driving a Ferrari F2007, winning by 1 point over Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso (Both Vodafone McLaren Mercedes)


2000s in sports, Notable events, Motorsports
Lewis Hamiliton Wins F1 Championship 2008 beating Felipe Massa by one Point


2000s in sports, Notable events, Motorsports
Jenson Button wins F1 World Title 2009 for the first time for rookie team Brawn GP at Interlagos


2000s in sports, Notable events, Motorsports
Jimmie Johnson in 2009 won a fourth straight Sprint Cup championship title.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Rugby Union
2003 Rugby World Cup -  Australia (winner  England defeated  Australia)


2000s in sports, Notable events, Rugby Union
2007 Rugby World Cup -  France (winner  South Africa defeated  England)


2000s in sports, Notable events, Swimming and Diving
Michael Phelps won six gold medals in the 2004 Olympics, and a record eight in the 2008 Olympics (some of those medals coming from split-second wins). meanwhile back in the 2000 games, Dara Torres and Jenny Thompson got a bronze each after they made a 1 in a million occurrence of finishing the race both at exactly the same time.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Tennis
Roger Federer wins 15 grand slam titles (3 Australian Open's, 1 French Open, 6 Wimbledon titles, and 5 U.S. Open titles) to beat Pete Sampras' record.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Tennis
Rafael Nadal beats Roger Federer at the 2008 Wimbledon final with a score of 6-4,6-4,5-7,5-7,9-7. People consider this match the greatest tennis match of all-time. The match lasted for 8 hours (with 2 rain delays).


2000s in sports, Notable events, Tennis
Roger Federer played Andy Roddick in the 2009 Wimbledon final for his 15th Grand Slam championship. Roddick won the first set 6-4, then after a 6-2 Roddick tiebreak lead, Federer came back and won the 2nd set 7-6 and the 3rd set 7-6. Roddick then won the 4th set 6-3. Federer led Roddick 15-14 in the 5th set, finally broke Roddick and won the 5th set 16-14.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Track and Field
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt sets world records in the 100m and 200m.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Track and Field
Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele sets world records in the 5,000m and 10,000m.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Track and Field
Alan Webb breaks Jim Ryun's high school mile record in 2001 with a 3:53.43, a record which had stood for 36 years. Later sets American record.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Track and Field
Galen Rupp breaks Gerry Lindgrens 40-year-old 5,000 meter high school record in 2004. It has since been surpassed by German Fernandez and Chris Derrick in 2008.


2000s in sports, Notable events, Volleyball
David Burt went 1st overall in the 2017 Volleyball draft


2000s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congolese history in the 2000s has primarily revolved around the Second Congo War (1998–2003) and the empowerment of a transitional government.


2000s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2000 to 2003
Joseph Kabila became the head of state in 2001 when his father, President Laurent Kabila, was assassinated. In October 2002 Kabila negotiated the withdrawal of Rwandan forces occupying eastern Congo. Two months later, the Pretoria Accord was signed by all remaining warring parties to end the fighting and establish a government of national unity. The transitional period came to end with the completion of the 2006 general election and the swearing in of Kabila as President on December 6, 2006.


2000s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2000 to 2003
On December 17, 2002 the Congolese parties of the Inter Congolese Dialogue, namely: the national government, the MLC, the RCD, the RCD-ML, the RCD-N, the domestic political opposition, representatives of civil society and the Mai Mai, signed the Global and All-Inclusive Agreement. The Agreement obliges the parties to a plan to reunify the country, disarm and integrate the warring parties and hold elections. There have been numerous problems, resulting in continued instability in much of the country and a delay in the scheduled national elections from June 2005 to March 2006, later pushed back again to 30 July 2006.


2000s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2000 to 2003
This agreement marked the formal end of the Second Congo War. Three rebel groups supported by Uganda, the MLC, RCD-N and RCD-ML, signed a ceasefire, the Gbadolite Agreement, on December 31, 2002. This obliged them to immediately stop all fighting in the Isiro-Bafwasende-Beni-Watsa quadrangle and to accept United Nations military observers in the area. It also contained guarantees of the freedom of movement of the civilian population and humanitarian organizations from one area to another. This treaty was violated numerous times.


2000s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2003
A transitional government was set up in July 2003; Joseph Kabila remains as president and now has four vice presidents representing the former government, former rebel groups, and the political opposition.


2000s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2003
Despite the formal end of hostilities the conflict continued. During January and February 2003, MONUC observed numerous hostile troop movements, mainly between Uganda, Rwanda and their respective proxies. On May 1, 2003 Uganda withdrew its regular forces from Bunia and Ituri in-line with the Luanda Agreement. Fighting erupted between the Hema and Lendu ethnic groups between 7 May and 16 May in Bunia.


2000s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2003
On 30 June a transitional government composed of the various groups of the Inter Congolese Dialogue was formed. Over the course of September, a reinforced MONUC presence carried out the "Bunia, weapon-free zone" operation to demilitarize the province. They were partially successful, though a low-grade conflict continues to permeate the region.


2000s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2003
In September 2004 between 20,000 and 150,000 people fled unrest in the eastern Kivu province caused by an advance of government troops against breakaway national army soldiers. On October 1, 2004, the UN Security Council decided to deploy 5,900 more soldiers to the MONUC mission in Congo, although UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan had asked for some 12,000.


2000s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2003
In this period the International Rescue Committee reported that the conflict was killing 1,000 people a day, and called the international response "abysmal". Comparing the war with Iraq, it said that during 2004 Iraq received aid worth the equivalent of $138 per person, whilst the Congo received $3 per person.


2000s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2004
In late November 2004 Rwandan president Paul Kagame declared that Rwanda retained the option of sending troops into Congo to fight Hutu militants, in particular the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) that has not yet been disarmed as promised in the 2002 Pretoria Agreement. As of mid-December 2004 there were many reports that Rwandan forces had crossed the border. MONUC chief M'Hand Djalouzi, commenting on the reports, said on December 1, "Infiltration is nothing new but this is something else, it has the appearance of an invasion." It remains unclear whether the Rwandan military is holding territory or carrying out temporary operations. The UN has promised to investigate.


2000s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2004
On December 16, the BBC reported that 20,000 civilians had fled fighting in the North Kivu town of Kanyaboyonga, 100 miles north of Goma. Antigovernment forces led by a Captain Kabakuli Kennedy, who has stated that he is fighting to defend the Banyamulenge, has routed loyalist government forces and holds the town and the surrounding mountains. The government sent a mediation team to investigate and accused Rwanda of supporting another insurgency. Rwanda has denied any involvement in the fighting.


2000s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2004
The International Crisis Group released a report on 17 December warning that the Rwandan intervention threatened to roll back the progress made in years of peace talks. They further noted that the two recent wars both began in similar circumstances to that existing presently in the Kivus and that another regional war was entirely possible if diplomatic efforts were not made.


2000s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2004
Later in 2004, Nkunda's forces began clashing with the DRC army in Sud-Kivu and by May 2004, occupied Bukavu where he was accused of committing war crimes. Nkunda claimed he was attempting to prevent genocide against Tutsis in the region, a claim rejected by MONUC, and denied the claim that he was following orders from Rwanda. Following UN negotiations which secured the withdrawal of Nkunda's troops from Bukuvu back to the Masisi forests, part of his army split, and led by Colonel Jules Mutebusi left for Rwanda. About 150,000 Kinyarwanda-speaking people (Nkunda's own language) were reported to have fled from Sud-Kivu to Nord-Kivu in fear of reprisal attacks by DRC army.


2000s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2005
On January 25, 2005 the UN reported that Uganda and Rwanda were continuing to arm insurgent groups in eastern Congo, in violation of a United Nations arms embargo in the region. Both nations denied any wrongdoing, and the UPDF spokesman suggested that MONUC was useless and should be disbanded. Meanwhile, a meeting of African leaders in Abuja agreed to send more peacekeepers to the Congo and tasked with disarming the mainly Hutu rebel forces in an attempt to stem the escalating tensions.


2000s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2005
In response, a spokesman of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda stated on 2 February that the FDLR would resist with force any attempt to disarm it. The same day US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice welcomed senior officials from the DRC, Uganda and Rwanda to Washington, DC for talks aimed at easing tensions in the region.


2000s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2005
On February 25, the resilience of the Ituri conflict was demonstrated when nine Bangladeshi MONUC peacekeepers were ambushed and killed by unidentified gunmen while patrolling an internally displaced persons camp in Kafe in Ituri Province. This was the largest single loss of peacekeeper life since the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Floribert Ndjabu, the leader of the Nationalist and Integrationist Front (FNI) militia operating in northeastern Ituri was arrested, while three other militia leaders were questioned. MONUC forces assaulted an FNI stronghold and killed fifty militia members, in what the Secretary-General referred to as "self-defense."


2000s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2005
On March 31 the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) stated that it was giving up the armed struggle and returning to Rwanda to form a political party. This announcement followed talks mediated by Sant'Egidio in Rome with Congolese government representatives. If carried out by the various FDLR commanders, a return would remove one of the major sources of tensions in the region. The Rwandan government stated that any returnee who participated in the Rwandan genocide would face justice.


2000s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2005
In December 2005 UN and Congolese troops launched an operation in the Ituri district in order to restore peace and drive out the Ugandan-backed rebels.


2000s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2006
The constitution of the DRC was formally adopted on 19 February 2006 after it was approved in a popular referendum in December. A new national flag was adopted.


2000s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2006
With UN assistance, on July 30, 2006 free first multi-party elections were held since independence in 1960. After this Joseph Kabila took 45% of the votes and his opponent Jean-Pierre Bemba took 20%. That was the origin of a fight between the two parts from August 20–22, 2006 in the streets of the capital, Kinshasa. Sixteen people died before policemen and UN mission MONUC took control of the city. A run-off election was held on 29 October 2006. On November 11, with 65% of the votes counted and Kabila holding the lead with 61% to Bemba's 39%, and with some of Bemba's supporters claiming election fraud, fighting again broke out in the streets of Kinshasa between soldiers supporting each candidate, killing two civilians.


2000s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2007
Tutsi-majority army brigades fought with the Hutu Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) throughout 2007. More than 165,000 people fled the fighting. The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo and human rights activists accused the army of targeting civilian centers sympathetic to the FDLR. The Bravo Brigade allegedly murdered 15 civilians in Buramba village in March. General Gabriel Amisi temporarily halted operations against the FDLR in August, saying operations would resume when ethnically mixed brigades would replace the current Tutsi-majority forces.


2000s in the music industry
In the first decade of the 21st century, the rise of digital media on the internet and computers as a central and primary means to record, distribute, store, and play music caused widespread economic changes in the music industry. The rise of digital media with high-speed internet access fundamentally changed the relationships between artists, record companies, promoters, retail music stores, the technology industry, and consumers. The rise of digital music consumption options contributed to several fundamental changes in consumption. One significant change in the music industry was the remarkable decline of conventional album sales on CD and vinyl. With the A la carte sales models increasing in popularity, consumers no longer download entire albums but rather choose single songs.


2000s in the music industry
The initial stage (from approximately 1998 to 2001) of the digital music revolution was the emergence of peer-to-peer (P2P) networks that allowed the free exchange of music files (such as Kazaa and Napster). By 2001, the cost of hard drive space had dropped to a level that allowed pocket-sized computers to store large libraries of music. The iPod and iTunes system for music storage and playback became immensely popular, and many consumers began to transfer their physical recording media (such as CDs) onto computer hard drives.


2000s in the music industry
The iTunes Music Store offered legal downloads beginning in 2003, and competitors soon followed, offering a variety of online music services, such as internet radio. Digital music distribution was aided by the widespread acceptance of broadband in the middle of the decade. At the same time, recording software (such as Avid's Pro Tools) began to be used almost exclusively to make records, rendering expensive multitrack tape machines (such as the 1967 Studer) almost obsolete.


2000s in the music industry
The chief economic impact of these changes was a dramatic decline in revenues from recorded music. In the 21st century, consumers spent far less money on recorded music than they had in 1990s, in all formats. Total revenues for CDs, vinyl, cassettes and digital downloads in the U.S. dropped from a high of $14.6 billion in 1999 to $9 billion in 2008. The popularity of internet music distribution has increased and by 2007 more units were sold over the internet than in any other form.


2000s in the music industry
However, as The Economist reported, "paid digital downloads grew rapidly, but did not begin to make up for the loss of revenue from CDs." The 2000s period stands in stark contrast from the "CD boom" of 1984–1995, when profit margins averaged above 30% and industry executives were notorious for their high profile, even frivolous spending. The major record labels consistently failed to heed warnings or to support any measures that embraced the change in technology.


2000s in the music industry
In the early years of the decade, the industry fought illegal file sharing, successfully shutting down Napster in 2001 and threatening thousands of individuals with legal action. This failed to slow the decline in revenue and was a public relations disaster. Some academic studies have even suggested that downloads were not the true cause of the decline.


2000s in the music industry
The turmoil in the industry changed the balance of power among all the various players. The major music-only stores such as Tower Records (which once wielded considerable influence in the industry) went bankrupt in 2006, replaced by box stores (such as Wal-Mart and Best Buy). Recording artists began to rely primarily on live performances and merchandise for their income, which in turn made them more dependent on music promoters such as Live Nation (which dominates tour promotion and owns a large number of music venues.)


2000s in the music industry
In order to benefit from all of an artist's income streams, record companies began to rely on the "360 deal", a new business relationship pioneered by Robbie Williams and EMI in 2007. At the other extreme, record companies also used simple manufacturing and distribution deals, which gives a higher percentage to the artist, but does not cover the expense of marketing and promotion. Many newer artists no longer see any kind of "record deal" as an integral part of their business plan at all.


2000s in the music industry
Inexpensive recording hardware and software made it possible to create high quality music in a bedroom and distribute it over the internet to a worldwide audience. This, in turn, caused problems for recording studios, record producers and audio engineers: the Los Angeles Times reported that, by 2009, as many as half of the recording facilities in that city had failed. Consumers benefited enormously from the ease with which music can be shared from computer to computer, whether over the internet or by the exchange of physical CDs. This has given consumers unparalleled choice in music consumption and has opened up performers to niche markets to which they previously had little access. According to a Nielsen and Billboard report, in 2012 digital music sales topped the physical sale of music.


2000s in the music industry, Peer-to-peer (P2P) downloading, Dawn of P2P: Napster
Napster was an online music file sharing service created by Shawn Fanning while he was attending Northeastern University in Boston and operating between June 1999 and July 2001. Its technology allowed people to easily copy and distribute MP3 files among each other, bypassing the established market for such songs and thus leading to the music industry's accusations of massive copyright violations.


2000s in the music industry, Peer-to-peer (P2P) downloading, Dawn of P2P: Napster
The first peer-to-peer case was A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., 239 F.3d 1004 (9th Cir. 2001). The court found that Napster was contributory liable for the copyright infringement of its end-users because it "knowingly encourages and assists the infringement of plaintiffs' copyrights." Although the original service was shut down by court order, it paved the way for larger decentralized peer-to-peer file-distribution programs such as Kazaa, Morpheus, Grokster, iMesh, and Limewire, which have been much harder to control because they practice more technically and legally creative approaches.


2000s in the music industry, Peer-to-peer (P2P) downloading, File sharing and its effects
A number of studies have found that file sharing has a negative impact on record sales. Examples of such studies include three papers published in the April 2006 issue of the Journal of Law and Economics (Liebowitz, Rob and Waldfogel, Zentner). Alejandro Zentner notes in another paper published in 2005, that music sales had globally dropped from approximately $38 billion in 1999 to $32 billion in 2003, and that this downward trend coincides with the advent of Napster in June 1999. Using aggregate data Stan J. Liebowitz argues in a series of papers (2005, 2012) that file sharing had a significant negative impact on record sales.


2000s in the music industry, Peer-to-peer (P2P) downloading, File sharing and its effects
In March 2007, The Wall Street Journal found that CD sales had dropped 20 percent in one year, which it interpreted as the latest sign of the shift in the way people acquire their music. BigChampagne LLC has reported that around one billion songs a month are being traded on illegal file-sharing networks. As a result of this decline in CD sales, a significant amount of record stores are going out of business and "...making it harder for consumers to find and purchase older titles in stores". On 19 December 2008, The Wall Street Journal reported the following:


2000s in the music industry, Peer-to-peer (P2P) downloading, File sharing and its effects
After years of suing thousands of people for allegedly stealing music via the Internet, the recording industry is set to drop its legal assault as it searches for more effective ways to combat online music piracy. The decision represents an abrupt shift of strategy for the industry, which has opened legal proceedings against about 35,000 people since 2003. Critics say the legal offensive ultimately did little to stem the tide of illegally downloaded music. And it created a public-relations disaster for the industry, whose lawsuits targeted, among others, several single mothers, a dead person and a 13-year-old girl. Instead, the Recording Industry Association of America said it plans to try an approach that relies on the cooperation of Internet-service providers.


2000s in the music industry, Digital business models
With the explosion of formats and the creation of legitimate digital content, the IFPI observed that three main business models have risen to dominance. They are a-la-carte, subscription service, and advertisement-based.


2000s in the music industry, Digital business models, A-la-carte (Download Store)
A-la-carte is a service that sells individual songs, typically for $0.99 and now $1.29. They are known to consumers as "Download Stores". The leading provider is iTunes Store (Apple Inc.), who surpassed Wal-Mart to become the US's largest music retailer in April 2008. Sector leaders include:


2000s in the music industry, Digital business models, A-la-carte (Download Store)
Many hundreds more stores operate worldwide, often prominent only in particular countries or specialist genres. A third kind of operator never retails directly to the public, instead offering branded whitelabel stores and portals for organisations including bricks-and-mortar music stores, mobile telephony operators and ISPs.


2000s in the music industry, Digital business models, A-la-carte (Download Store)
Some services which initially only offered streaming of tracks now also offer a-la-carte downloads, either through third parties (e.g. Spotify) or fully integrated (Deezer, Juno Digital, Rhapsody etc. ).


2000s in the music industry, Digital business models, A-la-carte (Download Store)
In 2009 Rolling Stone reported a price war between iTunes and Amazon MP3. Bill Carr, vice president of digital media for Amazon.com mentioned the following of digital music "one of the great benefits of the digital business versus the CD business is that we can experiment with price changes for an hour, a day or however long we like, with no impact on inventory".


2000s in the music industry, Digital business models, Subscription service
A subscription service offers the consumer unlimited downloads for a monthly fee. This approach, according to the Open Music Model, is theorized to maximize revenues in the long run. The sector leader is Napster, which costs $12.95/month and offers 6 million downloads and now offers a $5 a month program. Napster's net revenue for the quarter ending on 30 June 2008 was $30.3 million. Sector leaders include:


2000s in the music industry, Digital business models, Advertisement-based service
Advertisement-based services offer music free of charge to the consumer, while funding is derived from advertisement. The model is widespread as seen by the success of AOL Music, Yahoo! Music and YouTube (multimedia provider). Many of these services are internet radio stations, as they offer continuous streaming music, while others are not continuously streaming. Many of these services offer multimedia or additional services. For example, MySpace (owned by Fox Interactive Media) offers social-networking as its flagship service. comScore reports the top 10 in internet radio viewership in the United States:


2000s in the music industry, Digital business models, Advertisement-based service
YouTube (owned by Google Inc.) is the premier site for finding music videos for both independent bands and mainstream bands that have released their music on CD or digitally, while also being useful for finding rare songs. YouTube is a multimedia provider, so it is difficult to say how much entertainment it has provided to music consumers, however it did provide about one-third of all 11 billion online video views in the US in the month of April 2008.


2000s in the music industry, Digital business models, Advertisement-based service
The site is also testing three new landing pages dedicated to the popular categories of news, movies, and music. Each page will be populated with the most popular content on the site related to that category. Some have even hailed YouTube as being the "digital successor to MTV" as they seem to be positioning themselves in that manner. Currently, they have mixed relations with labels as evidenced by their icy relationship with Warner Music Group but more optimistic relationship with Universal Music.


2000s in the music industry, Digital business models, Advertisement-based service
MySpace (owned by Fox Interactive Media) is also a key player and Rolling Stone reports that it hosts more than 70 million users monthly and that "visitors to the site can hear both Bob Dylan's or The White Stripes' entire catalogue". Unlike many services, MySpace has been successful in making copyright deals with the RIAA's "Big Four", which is Sony BMG, Warner Music Group, Universal Music and EMI, in September 2008. In January 2009, MySpace made partnerships with the following independent labels: Nettwerk, INgrooves, Iris Distribution, RoyaltyShare, and Wind-up Entertainment. In March 2009, CNET News reported that there are more than 5 million bands with music on the streaming-and-discovery music service, and more than 100 million playlists have been created.


2000s in the music industry, Digital business models, Advertisement-based service
Pandora Internet Radio is distinctive from both YouTube and MySpace in that it offers consumers continuously streaming media rather than non-continuous music, which makes it highly similar to terrestrial radio or television. However, it can be contrasted with radio in that it offers music recommendation. YouTube is similar to Pandora in that it also offers recommendation, but is distinct in that content is user-generated.


2000s in the music industry, Digital business models, Advertisement-based service
A new type of service that has also become popular is sites that allow consumers to pay what they wish or pay by advertising on social networking sites. Sites like NoiseTrade.com and comeandlive.com are examples of sites that sponsor artists and allow users to download music in exchange for advertising for the artist. Music is essentially free to users essentially costing only the time it takes to post information about the artist downloaded on Facebook, Twitter, or email. Another example was the release of the Radiohead album In Rainbows in which users could download the album and name their own price. The idea of pay what you want music consumption is new, but catching on with users and growing.


2000s in the music industry, Format issues, Decline of analog, rise of digital
This trend has broader implications in the use of formats. It has been a trend in music, television, movies, and print. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) reported data on the music industry's sales by format over the ten-year period from 1998 until 2007. The data in the table below is from the 2007 report.


2000s in the music industry, Format issues, Decline of analog, rise of digital
Note: These figures represent data collected only from RIAA member labels, which constitutes only a portion of total online music exchanged.


2000s in the music industry, Format issues, Decline of analog, rise of digital
In 2008, physical album sales fell 20 percent to 362.6 million from 450.5 million, while digital album sales rose 32 percent to a record 65.8 million units.


2000s in the music industry, Format issues, Proliferation of formats
The advent of digital media has led to the sudden creation of many new music formats available to the average consumer. In 2003 there were less than 10 formats available, but by 2007 there were over 100. Today a single artist release can be packaged in multiple formats including video downloads, ringtones or mobile full tracks. As the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) notes:


2000s in the music industry, Format issues, Proliferation of formats
In 2003, music distribution formats were numbered in single figures – today, they number in the hundreds… In the digital era, record companies are licensing music across a multitude of platforms, in scores of different formats and with hundreds of different partners.


2000s in the music industry, Mobile music, MP3 players
Rise of MP3 players, which are consumer electronics devices that stores, organizes and plays audio files. Some DAPs (digital audio players) are also referred to as portable media players as they have image-viewing and/or video-playing support. The first mass-produced DAP was created in 1997 by SaeHan Information Systems, which domestically sold its "MPMan" player in the middle of 1998. In October 2001, Apple Computer (now known as Apple Inc.) unveiled the first generation iPod, the 5 GB hard drive based DAP with a 1.8" Toshiba drive.


2000s in the music industry, Mobile music, MP3 players
With the development of a minimalistic user interface and a smaller form factor, the iPod was initially notable within users of the Macintosh community. In July 2002, Apple introduced the second generation update to the iPod. It was compatible with Windows computers through Musicmatch Jukebox (now known as Y!Music Musicmatch Jukebox). The iPod series, which grew to include microdrive and flash-based players, has become the market leader in DAPs.


2000s in the music industry, Mobile music, Smartphones
The 21st century saw the birth of 3G enabled mobile phones, which enables network operators to offer users a wider range of more advanced services while achieving greater network capacity through improved spectral efficiency.


2000s in the music industry, Mobile music, Smartphones
The key advantage of 3G enabled phones over MP3 players is their greater web integration. This enables users to readily access a far larger quantity of songs than MP3 player users can. For an MP3 player, songs must be stored before the user leaves their computer, but with 3G enabled phones the device is not separated from the source. In 2009, it was projected that revenue from mobile media and entertainment (MME) services in the US would more than double by 2014.


2000s in video games
The 2000s was the fourth decade in the industry's history. It was a decade that was primarily dominated by Sony, Nintendo, newcomer Microsoft, and their respective systems. Sega, being Nintendo's main rival in the 1980s and 1990s, left the console market in 2002 in favor of returning to third-party development, as they once were. Overall the decade saw the last of the low resolution three-dimensional polygons of the 1990s with the emergence of high definition games, and often focused on developing immersive and interactive environments, implementing realistic physics, and improving artificial intelligence.


2000s in video games, Consoles of the 2000s, Sixth generation consoles 1999-2005
The sixth generation of video games officially began in 1998 with the introduction of the short-lived Dreamcast, which was discontinued in 2001. Sega announced that they would no longer produce video game consoles after two straight underperforming consoles and became a third-party developer. The PlayStation 2 was released in 2000 and became the best-selling video game console of all time. Microsoft entered the home console market with the Xbox. Although initially expected to struggle, it managed to reach second place in sales behind the PS2 on the strength of the launch title Halo: Combat Evolved. The GameCube, launched in 2001 alongside the Xbox, fell into third place, a first for Nintendo.


2000s in video games, Consoles of the 2000s, Sixth generation consoles 1999-2005
The sixth generation improved on the 3D graphics of the fifth generation consoles. Some of the new features in the consoles included built-in DVD players and hard drives. Internet play on consoles, pioneered by the Dreamcast, became commercially viable with the Xbox Live system, which was launched in November 2002, one year after the console's release. It featured a broadband connection and downloadable content and was a success.


2000s in video games, Consoles of the 2000s, Seventh generation consoles 2005-2012
The seventh generation of consoles began with the release of the Xbox 360 in 2005. This was followed by the Wii and the PlayStation 3 in 2006. The seventh-generation featured widespread implementation of HD-ready graphics, media centers, and wireless game controllers, as well as online services for all consoles. The PS3 also has Blu-ray Disc compatibility. The Wii implemented an innovative game controller that features full motion sensitivity and is wielded like a remote, with limited button interaction. In response, the PS3 introduced tilt-sensitive functionality with its controllers.


2000s in video games, Consoles of the 2000s, Seventh generation consoles 2005-2012
The Wii's motion sensitive controls and focus on family-friendly games, while alienating some hardcore gamers, helped the Wii to become the best-selling console of the seventh-generation. The high price of the PS3 had initially caused slow sales, but numerous price cuts and efforts to bring feature-parity between it and Xbox 360 were made in the years following. It was generally successful as the PlayStation 3 steadily increased in popularity, resulting in lifetime sales to be nearly equal to that of the Xbox 360.


2000s in video games, Consoles of the 2000s, Seventh generation consoles 2005-2012
Nintendo continued to dominate the handheld console market with the release of the dual-screen Nintendo DS in 2004. One of the screens is a touchscreen. The PlayStation Portable, released in 2005 by Sony, was the first serious competitor to Nintendo's handheld video game consoles and is by far the best-selling non-Nintendo handheld.


2000s in video games, History, An evolving industry
Early on in the decade, the video games world was shaken up over two major stories that dominated the headlines: Sega was pulling out of the console war and that Microsoft was entering the market. Sega stated that the poor performance of the Sega Dreamcast and Sega Saturn lines contributed to their decision. The company returned to third party publishing for the remaining consoles. Microsoft officially debuted their Xbox console at the Game Developers Conference in 2000 after much speculation.


2000s in video games, History, An evolving industry
After the release of the Xbox and PlayStation 2, a noticeable trend was to push video game consoles into media centers and offer more features than just playing games. Nintendo was slow to react and released the Gamecube in 2001 without many of the exotic features seen in other consoles. Instead, Nintendo was focusing on improving the gameplay experience, as well as preparing its new innovative controller to be released in 2006. Backward compatibility also became a staple feature to gaming in this decade. The PlayStation 2 was the first major system to allow for backward compatibility to a preceding console.


2000s in video games, History, An evolving industry
Copyright infringement became a big concern to game developers and many companies tried experimenting with ways to combat the growing problem, especially among PC games. Some companies required registration through the use of a product key. In one of the more notable events of the decade, Valve was hit particularly hard by a hacker and subsequently had much of their work on Half-Life 2 leaked onto the internet.


2000s in video games, History, An evolving industry
Sony and Microsoft released their PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles in the mid-decade. As the decade progressed, more and more features were added to consoles. Internet connectivity became ubiquitous and some games integrated the use of webcam accessories. In the mid-decade, the industry was caught in the crossfire of the HD DVD and Blu-ray format war. Ultimately, the Blu-ray format won out, but that didn't help Microsoft after they have already made HD DVD compatibility a feature. Nintendo had still yet to release a system compatible for viewing films. Instead, Nintendo unveiled the Wii and revolutionized the industry with the interactive gameplay that its brand new controller provided. It would not be until the next decade that Sony or Microsoft would release a similar motion controller to the Wii as an accessory (See: Kinect and PlayStation Move).


2000s in video games, History, Graphic innovation
The 1990s decade oversaw the transition from 2D-based video games to fully immersive three-dimensional environments and gameplay. The 2000s continued on this trend by polishing many of the flaws of creating a new dimension for games such as rigid polygon characters and animations. By the decades end, Microsoft and Sony had already been releasing games in high definition.


2000s in video games, History, Status of PC video games
PC video games remained popular throughout the decade, but was in an overall decline as consoles became more and more popular. Publishers also liked the standardization that consoles provided, whereas PC game performance was dependent on the graphic capabilities of a player's hardware. Nevertheless, the PC remained the device of choice for many popular strategy, simulation, and online games.


2000s in video games, History, Status of PC video games
Blizzard was a company in the spotlight on numerous occasions throughout the 2000s and loyal to the PC. In 2000, it released the hack and slash game Diablo II which is frequently listed as one of the best games ever made. The game continues to have a wide following many years after its release and was listed on NPD Group's top ten PC games sales list as recently as 2010. Then in 2004, Blizzard wowed gamers with the release of World of Warcraft, which was the world's most-subscribed MMORPG at the time with over 10 million subscribers.


2000s in video games, History, Status of PC video games
The Sims, a spin-off project of the popular Sim City franchise, also became a popular game of the era. Combining all of its sequels and expansions, The Sims easily becomes one of the best-selling PC game in history. The Sims also had an important role in bringing female and casual gamers into the often male-dominated and hardcore video game market.


2000s in video games, History, Rhythm game fad
Rhythm games were primarily centered in the arcade with popular games such as Dance Dance Revolution and Beatmania. Many of these franchises had been popular since the late-nineties, but it wasn't until Guitar Hero's release in 2005 that the genre really impacted on popular culture. Most games in this category will feature a set list of songs that a player can choose to perform. They also generally come with a unique controller, usually shaped like a musical instrument. The success of Guitar Hero lead to the creation of other similar game franchises such as Rock Band and DJ Hero. These games have also been cited as inspiration for people seeking to actually play instruments, and leading to a revival of interest in classic rock nostalgia.


2000s in video games, History, Rhythm game fad
In retrospect, rhythm games appear to have been a fad. In late 2011, due to low sale figures, Activision closed its Guitar Hero division.


2000s in video games, History, Video games in Africa
Since 2007, the fast growing mobile market in African countries such as Nigeria and Kenya has resulted in a growth in mobile game development. Local developers have taken advantage of the recent increase in mobile internet connection in countries where broadband is rarely available and console games are expensive, though locally developed applications have difficulty competing against millions of western applications available on the Google Play Store. This growth has continued through the 2010s as video games are becoming a more viable business on the continent.


2000s in video games, History, A decade of controversy
As video games approached greater realism in their graphic capabilities, it was inevitable that controversy would result. The evidence was inconclusive, but debates continued throughout the decade about the level of profanity, violence, pornography, and whether or not video games had an addictive effect. One game series in particular that was no stranger to controversy in the 2000s was Grand Theft Auto. In the 2004 San Andreas installment of the series, the game received widespread criticism revolving around the Hot Coffee mod, a normally disabled mini-game that could be enabled.


2000s in video games, History, A decade of controversy
The drama and pressure forced the ESRB to re-rate the game as an AO (Adults Only) and to have it pulled from store shelves. The game was also criticized for being excessively violent. Another game that struck a nerve with many analysts and the general public was a game released in 2005 entitled Super Columbine Massacre RPG! in which a player actually carries out the events of the 1999 Columbine high school shooting. The game and its creator, Danny Ledonne, was both praised for the bold statement on free speech and criticized for being distasteful.


2000s in video games, History, A decade of controversy
It became the first finalist to ever be rejected at the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival's Guerrilla Games Competition. In protest of the rejection, many of the finalists withdrew from the competition and in the end no awards were handed out that year. The competition has not been held since the 2007 incident.


2000s in video games, History, Expanded influence
As video games diversified and became an ever-present part of pop culture, its influence began integrating with other media. The film industry in particular took notice and capitalized on how they could integrate video games into their storytelling. The Wachowskis, known for their Matrix series of films, developed Enter the Matrix to tie together the events of The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions motion pictures. Making films from video games is nothing new to Hollywood, but the transition from video game to film doesn't always succeed.


2000s in video games, History, Expanded influence
The 2000s however began to show promise in the profitability and success of making video game-based films. Opening in 2001, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider became the highest-grossing video game adaptation with over a US$274 million box office performance. Tomb Raider held that title for nearly a decade. Other adaptations in the 2000s included the popular Resident Evil saga, Silent Hill, Max Payne, Hitman, Alone in the Dark, DOOM, House of the Dead, and Dungeon Siege.


2000s in video games, History, Expanded influence
The 2000s was also the first decade that the medium has significantly affected classical music. Tommy Tallarico and Jack Wall had a vision that a concert would be a way to show "how culturally significant video games and video game music is in the world today." The first Video Games Live concert was held at the Hollywood Bowl on July 6, 2005 to an audience of 11,000 people. Many of the events feature a live orchestra, synchronized lighting and effects, and gameplay projected onto a screen.


2000s in video games, Best-selling video games of the decade
The following table lists video games of the 2000s that have sold at least 10 million copies. Downloaded content may not be included into figures.


2000–01 1. FC Kaiserslautern season
During the 2000–01 German football season, 1. FC Kaiserslautern competed in the Bundesliga.


2000–01 1. FC Kaiserslautern season, Season summary
Although Kaiserlautern recorded the same number of points as they had the previous season, they finished in 8th, three places lower. Greater success came in the UEFA Cup, as Kaiserlautern reached the semi-finals before being eliminated by Deportivo Alavés.


2000–01 1. FC Kaiserslautern season, Players, First-team squad
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2000–01 1. FC Kaiserslautern season, Players, Left club during season
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2000–01 1. FC Kaiserslautern season, Competitions, UEFA Cup, Quarter-finals
Match interrupted for 16 minutes due to supporter disturbances. Kaiserslautern won 2–0 on aggregate


2000–01 1.Lig
The 2000-2001 Turkish First Football League was the 43rd edition of top-flight professional football in Turkey. The season saw many turning points for different teams. Galatasaray, the team that dominated the last decade and won the UEFA Cup, lost the title to Fenerbahçe SK for the first time in five seasons. Fenerbahçe reached to success with Mustafa Denizli, the first Turkish manager to win the league for Fenerbahçe. Southeastern side Gaziantepspor fought for the title for a long time during the season under the manager Erdoğan Arıca and Sakıp Özberk. They lost their hopes for title, when, in the 29th fixture, Fenerbahçe SK defeated them 4-3 at Şükrü Saracoğlu. Gaziantepspor were 3-0 ahead in the half-time.


2000–01 2. Bundesliga
The 2000–01 2. Bundesliga was the 27th season of the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system. 1. FC Nürnberg, Borussia Mönchengladbach and FC St. Pauli were promoted to the Bundesliga while VfL Osnabrück, SSV Ulm 1846, Stuttgarter Kickers and Chemnitzer FC were relegated to the Regionalliga.


2000–01 2. Bundesliga, League table
For the 2000–01 season LR Ahlen, SSV Reutlingen, 1. FC Saarbrücken and VfL Osnabrück were newly promoted to the 2. Bundesliga from the Regionalliga while SSV Ulm 1846, Arminia Bielefeld and MSV Duisburg had been relegated to the league from the Bundesliga.


2000–01 2. Liga (Slovakia)
The 2000–01 season of the Slovak Second Football League (also known as 2. liga) was the eighth season of the league since its establishment. It began in July–August 2000 and ended in June 2001.


2000–01 A Group
The 2000–01 A Group was the 53rd season of the A Football Group, the top Bulgarian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1948.


2000–01 A Group
The league was contested by the top 12 teams from the 1999–2000 season as well as Cherno More Varna and Hebar Pazardzhik, who joined as the promoted clubs from the 1999–2000 B Group.


2000–01 A Group
Defending champions Levski Sofia won their 22nd Bulgarian league title overall. Botev Plovdiv and Minyor Pernik were relegated at the end of the season by finishing in the last two places.


2000–01 A Group, Teams
Fourteen teams competed in the league – the top twelve teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the B Group. The promoted teams were Cherno More Varna (returning to the top flight after a six-year absence) and Hebar Pazardzhik (returning after an eight-year absence). They replaced Dobrudzha Dobrich, Belasitsa Petrich, Pirin Blagoevgrad and Shumen.


2000–01 A.C. Fiorentina season
Associazione Calcio Fiorentina fell a couple of steps back in its first season following striker Gabriel Batistuta's departure. While Batistuta finally won a long overdue Serie A title with Roma, Fiorentina had a struggling season, where coach Fatih Terim suddenly resigned and accepted the same job in Milan instead, and the club sensationally opted for recently retired Roberto Mancini to take over.


2000–01 A.C. Fiorentina season
Although respectability in the league was upheld by goalkeeper Francesco Toldo, playmaker Rui Costa and striker Enrico Chiesa, both Toldo and Rui Costa departed for the Milanese clubs in the summer of 2001, as president Vittorio Cecchi Gori desperately tried to save a collapsing economy. Even though the top players of the club held very high standards, the depth in the squad was not at a very strong level, which would ensure 2001-02 to be a testing time for the Florence faithful.


2000–01 A.C. Fiorentina season
The cup title was some consolation for the worries, with Paolo Vanoli scoring the winner against Parma in the first final, then drawing 1–1 at home, when Portuguese international Nuno Gomes scored the all-important equaliser.


2000–01 A.C. Milan season
Associazione Calcio Milan had a poor season in 2000–01, finishing 6th in Serie A with 49 points, and only the scoring touch of Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko  (24 goals in the league and 34 in all competitions) saved them from complete humiliation.


2000–01 A.C. Milan season
In the Champions League, Milan started brightly, topping their group after some convincing performances, including a 0–2 win at the Camp Nou against Barcelona; however, they were eventually eliminated in the second group stage when they only managed a draw (while needing a win) in the group's last match against Spanish champions Deportivo La Coruña.


2000–01 A.C. Milan season
With the 2001 Champions League final due to take place at the San Siro, the disappointment was immense, and resulted in the sacking of their 1998–99 title-winning coach Alberto Zaccheroni on 14 March 2001, one day after the draw with Deportivo, with Silvio Berlusconi appointing Milan legend Cesare Maldini as caretaker manager until the end of the season.


2000–01 A.C. Milan season
Cesare Maldini's brief caretaker tenure included a memorable 0–6 thumping of cross-city rivals Inter, and this victory would be the high point of the 2000–01 season for Milan.


2000–01 A.C. Milan season, Players, Left club during the season
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2000–01 A.S. Roma season
During the 2000-01 season A.S. Roma competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia and UEFA Cup.


2000–01 A.S. Roma season, Summary
In 2001, Associazione Sportiva Roma took its third league title (after 1942 and 1983), winning Serie A only a year after local rivals Lazio. Important signings for the season were Argentines Walter Samuel, a defender, and Gabriel Batistuta, a top striker. Manager Fabio Capello's line-up also included Cafu, Vincent Candela, Emerson, Vincenzo Montella and captain Francesco Totti.


2000–01 A.S. Roma season, Summary
Capello won Serie A once again when on the last matchday Roma defeated Parma 3–1 at home with Totti, Montella and Batistuta scoring.


2000–01 ABA season
The 2000-2001 ABA season was the first season of the new American Basketball Association. The season lasted from November 2000 to the championship game in March 2001 featuring the top seeded Chicago Skyliners and the fourth-seeded Detroit Dogs. Detroit defeated Chicago, 107-91 in the 2001 ABA championship game.


2000–01 ACB season
The 2001-02 ACB season was the 19th season of the Liga ACB.


2000–01 AEK Athens F.C. season
AEK Athens F.C. competed for the 42nd consecutive season in the Greek top flight and 78th year in existence as a football club. They competed in the Alpha Ethniki, the Greek Cup and the UEFA Cup. The season begun at 6 August 2000 and finished at 26 May 2001.


2000–01 AEK Athens F.C. season, Overwiew
The season started with the multinational Netmed and ENIC at the wheel and with Cornelius Sierhuis and Petros Stathis in command. Giannis Pathiakakis, having made a very good finish in the previous season, took charge of the club's transfers, having a pretty good budget. Pathiakakis after a transfer journey in Latin America bringing several additions to the team, but the transfer "bombs" occurred with Greek footballers. Vasilios Tsiartas returned from Sevilla after 4 years, while Theodoros Zagorakis returned from England to wear the colors of AEK Athens.


2000–01 AEK Athens F.C. season, Overwiew
In the champinoship, AEK started mediocre, but the psychology went up in the European matches with the qualification against Bayer Leverkusen. The first problems, however, started with the 4–1 defeat from Olympiacos for the championship and in fact AEK finally fell psychologically later, in the cup matches against Olympiacos. Pathiakakis left AEK after the specific matches, Toni Savevski stoped playing football and "overnight" he became the coach of the team as a "duo" with Eugène Gerards, but AEK did not manage to save many things from the season as they finished in third place, 17 points from the top.


2000–01 AEK Athens F.C. season, Players, Squad statistics
NOTE: The players are the ones that have been announced by the AEK Athens' press release. No edits should be made unless a player arrival or exit is announced. Updated 30 June 2001.


2000–01 AFC Ajax season
During the 2000–01 Dutch football season, AFC Ajax competed in the Eredivisie.


2000–01 AFC Ajax season, Season summary
Although Ajax recorded the same points total as the previous season, this year their tally was enough for third place, which allowed them to qualify for the third qualifying round of the Champions League.


2000–01 AFC Ajax season, First-team squad
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2000–01 AFC Ajax season, First-team squad, Left club during season
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2000–01 AFC Ajax season, Jong Ajax
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2000–01 AFC Bournemouth season
The 2000–01 season saw Bournemouth compete in the Football League Second Division where they finished in 7th position with 73 points.


2000–01 AHL season
The 2000–01 AHL season was the 65th season of the American Hockey League. The league realigns its divisions again. The Atlantic division is renamed the Canadian division. The Empire State division is replaced by the South division, with many teams shifting from the Mid-Atlantic division.


2000–01 AHL season
Twenty teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Worcester IceCats finished first overall in the regular season. The Saint John Flames won their first Calder Cup championship.


2000–01 AHL season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points;


2000–01 AHL season, Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


2000–01 AHL season, All Star Classic
The 14th AHL All-Star Game was played on January 15, 2001 at the First Union Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Team Canada defeated Team PlanetUSA 11-10. In the skills competition held the day before the All-Star Game, Team PlanetUSA won 16-8 over Team Canada.


2000–01 ANAPROF
ANAPROF 2000–01 is the 2000-2001 season of the Panamanian football league, ANAPROF. The season started on July 28, 2000 and finalized on February 2, 2001 when Panama Viejo was crowned champions after defeating Tauro 4-3.


2000–01 ARY Gold Cup
The 2000–2001 ARY Gold Cup was a triangular ODI cricket competition held in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates from 8 to 20 April 2001. It featured the national cricket teams of New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The tournament was won by Sri Lanka, who defeated Pakistan in the final.


2000–01 Aberdeen F.C. season
Aberdeen F.C. competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup in season 2000–01.


2000–01 Aberdeen F.C. season, Players, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2000–01 Aberdeen F.C. season, Players, Squad, Players out on loan
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2000–01 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team
The 2000–01 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team represented the University of Alabama in the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by third-year head coach Mark Gottfried and played its home games at Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa, Alabama as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 25–11, 8–8 in SEC play, which placed them in fourth place in the SEC Western Division. They defeated Vanderbilt to advance to the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament where they lost to Florida. They received an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament where they advanced all the way to the championship game before they lost to Tulsa.


2000–01 Alabama–Huntsville Chargers men's ice hockey season
The 2000–01 Alabama–Huntsville Chargers ice hockey team represented the University of Alabama in Huntsville in the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The Chargers were coached by Doug Ross who was in his nineteenth season as head coach. The Chargers played their home games in the Von Braun Center and were members of the College Hockey America conference.


2000–01 Albanian Cup
2000–01 Albanian Cup (Albanian: Kupa e Shqipërisë) was the forty-ninth season of Albania's annual cup competition. It began on 26 August 2000 with the First Round and ended on 26 May 2001 with the Final match. The winners of the competition qualified for the 2001-02 first round of the UEFA Europa League. KS Teuta were the defending champions, having won their second Albanian Cup last season. The cup was won by KF Tirana.


2000–01 Albanian Cup
The rounds were played in a two-legged format similar to those of European competitions. If the aggregated score was tied after both games, the team with the higher number of away goals advanced. If the number of away goals was equal in both games, the match was decided by extra time and a penalty shootout, if necessary.


2000–01 Albanian Cup, First round
Games were played on 26 August – 9 September 2000.


2000–01 Albanian Cup, Second round
All sixteen teams of the 1999–00 Superliga and First Division entered in this round. First legs were played on 19 January 2001 and the second legs were played on 27 January 2001.


2000–01 Albanian Cup, Quarter finals
In this round entered the 8 winners from the previous round.


2000–01 Albanian Cup, Semifinals
In this round entered the four winners from the previous round.


2000–01 Albanian National Championship
The 2000–01 Albanian National Championship was the 62nd season of the Albanian National Championship, the top professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1930.


2000–01 Algerian Championnat National
The 2000–01 Algerian Championnat National was the 39th season of the Algerian Championnat National since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested the league, with CR Belouizdad as the defending champions, The Championnat started on September 7, 2000. and ended on June 25, 2001.


2000–01 Algerian Cup
The 2000–01 Algerian Cup was the 36th edition of the Algerian Cup. USM Alger won the Cup by defeating CR Méchria 1–0. It was USM Alger fifth  Algerian Cup in its history.


2000–01 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
The 2000–01 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 31st staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1970-71. The championship began on 1 October 2000 and ended on 17 March 2001.


2000–01 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
Crossmaglen Rangers entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Castleblayney in the Ulster Club Championship.


2000–01 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
On 16 April 2001, Crossmolina Deel Rovers won the championship following a 0-16 to 1-12 defeat of Nemo Rangers in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park. It remains their only championship title.


2000–01 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
The 2000–01 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship (also known as the AIB Club Hurling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 31st staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier club hurling tournament. The championship began on 1 October 2000 and ended on 16 April 2001.


2000–01 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
On 16 April 2001, Athenry won the championship following a 3-24 to 2-19 defeat of Graigue-Ballycallan in the All-Ireland final. This was their third All-Ireland title overall and their second title in succession.


2000–01 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
Graigue-Ballycallan's Adrian Ronan was the championship's top scorer with 4-27.


2000–01 Allsvenskan (ice hockey) season
The 2000-01 Allsvenskan season was the second season of the Allsvenskan, the second level of ice hockey in Sweden. 23 teams participated in the league, and Södertälje SK, Linköpings HC, Hammarby IF, and IK Okarshamn qualified for the Kvalserien.


2000–01 Alpha Ethniki
The 2000–01 Alpha Ethniki was the 65th season of the highest football league of Greece. The season began on 16 September 2000 and ended on 27 May 2001. Olympiacos won their fifth consecutive and 30th Greek title.


2000–01 Angola Basketball Cup, 2001 Men's Basketball Cup
The 2001 Men's Basketball Cup was contested by sixteen teams and won by Petro Atlético, thus defending its title. The final was played on May 5, 2001.


2000–01 Angola Basketball Cup, 2001 Women's Basketball Cup
The 2001 Women's Basketball Cup was contested by three teams in a round robin system. Primeiro de Agosto was the winner.


2000–01 Angola Basketball Super Cup
The 2001 Angola Basketball Super Cup (8th edition) was contested by Primeiro de Agosto, as the 2000 league champion and Petro Atlético, the 2000 cup winner. Primeiro de Agosto was the winner, making it is's 1st title.


2000–01 Angola Basketball Super Cup
The 2001 Women's Super Cup (6th edition) was contested by Primeiro de Agosto, as the 2000 women's league champion and Desportivo da Nocal, the 2000 cup runner-up. Desportivo da Nocal was the winner.


2000–01 Argentine Primera División
The 2000–01 Argentine Primera División was the 110th season of top-flight football in Argentina. The season ran from July 28, 2000 to July 11, 2001.


2000–01 Argentine Primera División
Boca Juniors won the Apertura (its 25th league title) and San Lorenzo the Clausura (13th title) championships, while Los Andes and Almagro were relegated after spending only one season in the highest division.


2000–01 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team
The 2000–01 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the University of Arizona in the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Lute Olson. The team played its home games in the McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona, and was a member of the Pacific-10 Conference. The Wildcats finished the season second behind Stanford in the Pacific-10 conference with a 15–3 record. Arizona reached the National Championship game in the 2001 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, losing to Duke 82–72 and finishing the season with a 28–8 record.


2000–01 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team, Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll


2000–01 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team
The 2000–01 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team represented the University of Arkansas in the 2000–01 college basketball season. The head coach was Nolan Richardson, serving for his 16th year. The team played its home games in Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas.


2000–01 Armenian Hockey League season
The 2000–01 Armenian Hockey League season was the first season of the Armenian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Armenia. Three teams participated in the league, and ASC Yerevan won the championship.


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season
The 2000–01 season was the 103rd season of competitive football played by Arsenal. The club ended the campaign second in the Premier League, ten points behind reigning champions Manchester United. Arsenal reached the 2001 FA Cup Final at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff in May 2001; in spite of dominating against Liverpool, they conceded two late goals, both scored by Michael Owen. In Europe, Arsenal made it to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 1972, only to be eliminated on the away goals rule by eventual finalists Valencia.


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season
In the transfer window, Arsenal sold Marc Overmars and Emmanuel Petit to Barcelona for a combined fee of more than £30 million. Defender Lauren was signed as a direct replacement for Nigel Winterburn, who signed on a free transfer to West Ham United. French footballers Robert Pires and Sylvain Wiltord were purchased from Marseille and Bordeaux respectively; the latter's arrival broke the club's transfer record.


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season
Midfielder Patrick Vieira was sent off in Arsenal's first two league games of the season, though the team coped well in his absence and went unbeaten throughout September and October. Arsenal made it past the next phase of the Champions League by November, but continued to perform inconsistently in the Premier League away from home; they lost at Everton, Leeds United and Liverpool in the space of a month. A 6–1 defeat to Manchester United in February prompted Wenger to rule out their chances of winning the league. The team finished in second on 70 points, three fewer than in the previous season.


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season
35 different players represented the club in four competitions and there were 17 different goalscorers. Thierry Henry was Arsenal's top goalscorer in the 2000–01 season; he scored 22 goals in 53 appearances.


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season, Background
In the 1999–2000 season, Arsenal participated in the Premier League. Despite the loss of striker Nicolas Anelka to Real Madrid, the club significantly strengthened in the summer, signing defenders Oleh Luzhny and Sylvinho as well as forwards Davor Šuker and Thierry Henry. Inconsistent performances in the league against lowly opposition meant Arsenal never posed a serious title challenge, ending the campaign as runners-up, 18 points behind Manchester United.


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season, Background
The club had another poor season in the Champions League, finishing third in their group; this won them a consolation place in the UEFA Cup and Arsenal managed to go all the way to the final, where they faced Galatasaray in Copenhagen. The match ended in a 0–0 draw with few chances for either side to score; it went to penalties and Arsenal lost after Šuker and Patrick Vieira missed their spot-kicks.


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season, Background, Transfers
Arsenal's first signing in the transfer window was Cameroon international Lauren from Mallorca for an estimated fee of £7 million. Robert Pires moved to Arsenal in July 2000 and was later joined by Brazilian Edu; both players were transferred from Marseille and Corinthians respectively. Striker Guy Demel signed for Arsenal a month later and after weeks of transfer speculation, Sylvain Wiltord joined on a club-record fee from Bordeaux, believed to be £13 million. Defenders Igors Stepanovs and Sebastian Svärd were purchased during the season, as well as forward Tomas Danilevičius, who impressed on a trial spell.


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season, Background, Transfers
After 13 years of building his career at Arsenal, defender Nigel Winterburn moved to West Ham United on a free transfer; he was described by Wenger as a "consummate professional", who "has not only shown a remarkable amount of commitment to Arsenal but has also proven that he is an excellent footballer." Winterburn was joined by Šuker, who also signed for West Ham. Midfielders Marc Overmars and Emmanuel Petit joined Barcelona for a combined fee of £30 million. Other notable departures included Christopher Wreh to Saudi club Al-Hilal and teenage striker Jay Bothroyd to Coventry City for £1 million.


2000–01 Arsenal F.C. season, Pre-season
To prepare for the upcoming season Arsenal took part in several pre-season friendlies, both with local, and international teams including Barcelona and Ajax in the Amsterdam Tournament. They first played Boreham Wood on 14 July, ending in a surprising, but disappointing 1–1 draw. They won against Barnet on 22 July, before heading abroad to play Mainz 05 on 30 July in a 2–0 victory. Arsenal also took part in the 2000 Amsterdam Tournament, taking place from 3 to 5 August, however losing both games to Barcelona and Ajax, eventually finishing bottom of the group. The end of their pre-season ended on a more positive note with victories against both Dunfermline Athletic, and a 7–0 thrashing of Stevenage for their last game of the pre-season on 12 August.