27 Facts About 2000s decade

Early part of the 2000s decade saw the long predicted breakthrough of economic giant China, which had double-digit growth during nearly the whole 2000s decade.

The economic developments in the latter third of the 2000s decade were dominated by a worldwide economic downturn, which started with the crisis in housing and credit in the United States in late 2007 and led to the bankruptcy of major banks and other financial institutions.

Growth of the Internet contributed to globalization during the 2000s decade, which allowed faster communication among people around the world; social networking sites arose as a new way for people to stay in touch from distant locations, as long as they had an internet connection.

E-mail continued to be popular throughout the 2000s decade and began to replace "snail mail" as the primary way of sending letters and other messages to people in distant locations, though it had existed since 1971.

In December 2009, the World Meteorological Organization announced that the 2000s may have been the warmest decade since records began in 1850, with four of the five warmest years since 1850 having occurred in this decade.

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Video game consoles released in this 2000s decade included the PlayStation 2, the Xbox, the GameCube, the Wii, the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360; while portable video game consoles included Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable.

Wii Sports was the 2000s decade's best-selling console video game, while New Super Mario Bros.

The economic developments in the latter third of the 2000s decade were dominated by a worldwide economic downturn, which started with the crisis in housing and credit in the United States in late 2007, and led to the bankruptcy of major banks and other financial institutions.

International trade continued to expand during the 2000s decade as emerging economies and developing countries, in particular China and South-Asian countries, benefited low wages costs and most often undervalued currencies.

The end of the 2000s decade was characterized by a Keynesian resurgence, while the influence and media popularity of left-wing economists Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman did not stop growing during the 2000s decade.

In December 2009, the World Meteorological Organization announced that the 2000s might have been the warmest decade since records began in 1850, with four of the five warmest years since 1850 having occurred in this decade.

Critically acclaimed movies released in the 2000s decade including highlights such as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Lost in Translation .

The only three traditional animated films that did well at the first half of the 2000s decade were Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.

Independent animated works in that 2000s decade included The Triplets of Belleville, Terkel in Trouble, Laura's Star, A Scanner Darkly, Renaissance, Persepolis, Sita Sings the Blues, The Secret of Kells and A Town Called Panic.

The best-selling musical artist of the 2000s decade was American rapper Eminem, who sold 32 million albums.

The 2000s decade had a profound impact on the condition of music distribution.

End of the 2000s decade saw the dramatic rise of new pop stars such as Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga, all of whom would go on to become some of the best-selling musicians in history.

MySpace was one of the most popular social media sites in the 2000s decade but declined after the popularity of Facebook in 2008.

Fashion trends of the 2000s decade drew much inspiration from 1960s, 1970s and 1980s styles.

CD players had a steady decline in popularity throughout the 2000s decade but stayed prevalent in most vehicles, while cassette tapes became virtually obsolete.

American television in the 2000s decade saw the sharp increase in popularity of reality television, with numerous competition shows such as American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, Survivor and The Apprentice attracting large audiences, as well as documentary or narrative style shows such as Big Brother, The Hills, The Real Housewives, Cheaters, among many others.

Australian television in the 2000s decade saw a sharp increase in popularity of reality television, with their own version of shows such as Big Brother and Dancing With The Stars, other shows in the country saw an increase with comedy such as Spicks and Specks and game show Bert's Family Feud.

The decade saw the return of prime time soap operas, a genre that had been popular in the 1980s and early 1990s, including Dawson's Creek, The O C and One Tree Hill .

The critic Daniel Mendelsohn wrote a critique of Mad Men in which he claimed this last 2000s decade was a golden age for episodic television, citing Battlestar Galactica, The Wire, and the network series Friday Night Lights as especially deserving of critical and popular attention.

Some other popular first-person shooters during the 2000s decade include the Medal of Honor series, with Medal of Honor: Frontlines release in 2002 bringing the first game in the series to 6th generation consoles.

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Japanese media giant Nintendo released 9 out of the 10 top selling games of the 2000s decade, further establishing the company's dominance over the market.

Furthermore, by the early 2000s decade, networked gaming via computers and then consoles across the Internet had appeared, replacing the venue of head-to-head competition and social atmosphere once provided solely by arcades.