Think You Can Name The Greatest Music Artists of the ’00s?

Nickelback is a Canadian rock band formed in 1995 in Hanna, Alberta, Canada. Nickelback is one of the most commercially successful Canadian rock bands in the world, having sold more than 50 million albums worldwide and ranking as the eleventh best-selling music act, and the second best-selling foreign act in the U.S. of the 2000s, behind The Beatles.

Sheryl Crow is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actress. She has released ten studio albums, four compilations, a live album, and has contributed to a number of film soundtracks. Her songs include “All I Wanna Do”, “If It Makes You Happy” and “My Favorite Mistake”. She has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide.

Brad Paisley is an American country music singer-songwriter. Starting with his 1999 debut album, Who Needs Pictures, he has released ten studio albums and a Christmas compilation on the Arista Nashville label, with all of his albums certified Gold or higher by the RIAA.

Jennifer Lopez is an American singer, actress, dancer and producer. Lopez ventured into the music industry with her debut studio album On the 6 (1999), which helped propel the Latin pop movement in American music.

Rihanna is a Barbadian singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. She assumed creative control for her third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) and adopted a public image as a sex symbol, while reinventing her music. Its lead single “Umbrella” became an international breakthrough in her career, as she won her first Grammy Award at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards in 2008.

Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. In 2001, the band released their debut album Songs About Jane in June 2002. Aided by its lead single “Harder to Breathe”, the album peaked at number six on the Billboard 200 chart and went platinum in 2004. The band won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2005.

The All-American Rejects are an American rock band formed in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1999. The group achieved mainstream success with their debut self-titled studio album The All-American Rejects, released in 2003 on the Dreamworks Records label. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA and spawned the single “Swing, Swing”.

Panic! at the Disco is an American rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2004 by childhood friends Brendon Urie, Ryan Ross, Spencer Smith and Brent Wilson. Since 2015, vocalist Urie is the only official member in the band, supported on tours by guitarist Kenneth Harris, drummer Dan Pawlovich, and bassist Nicole Row.

Natasha Bedingfield is a British singer and songwriter. Bedingfield released her debut album, Unwritten, in 2004, which contained primarily up-tempo pop songs and was influenced by R&B music. It enjoyed international success with more than 2.3 million copies sold worldwide.

MIKA is an English singer and songwriter. After recording his first extended play, Dodgy Holiday, Mika was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2007 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2007. Mika released his first full-length studio album, Life in Cartoon Motion, on Island Records in 2007, which sold more than 5.6 million copies worldwide

Dido is an English singer and songwriter. Dido attained international success with her debut album No Angel (1999). It sold over 21 million copies worldwide, and won several awards, including the MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Act, two NRJ Awards for Best New Act and Best Album, and two Brit Awards for Best British Female and Best Album.

Everclear is an American rock band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1991. The band found success with their first three albums on Capitol Records: Sparkle and Fade, So Much for the Afterglow, and Songs from an American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile, which were all certified platinum in sales.

Madonna is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. Referred to as the “Queen of Pop” since the 1980s, Madonna is known for pushing the boundaries of lyrical content in mainstream popular music, as well as visual imagery in music videos and on stage.

Christina Aguilera is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality. After recording “Reflection”, the theme for Disney’s 1998 film Mulan, Aguilera signed with RCA Records. Aguilera has earned two number-one albums on the US Billboard 200 with her self-titled debut album in 1999 and Back to Basics in 2006.

Mariah Carey is an American singer and songwriter. Referred to as the “Songbird Supreme” by the Guinness World Records, she is noted for her five-octave vocal range, vocal power, melismatic style, and signature use of the whistle register.

Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1986 by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist Mike Dirnt. In 1994, their major label debut Dookie, released through Reprise Records, became a breakout success and eventually shipped over 10 million copies in the U.S.

OneRepublic is an American pop rock band formed in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 2002. The band first achieved commercial success on Myspace as an unsigned act. In 2007, OneRepublic released their debut album, Dreaming Out Loud. Its lead single, “Apologize”, became a huge international success.

O-Town is an American boy band formed from the first season of the MTV-produced reality television series Making the Band in 2000. As of 2015 the group consists of Erik-Michael Estrada, Trevor Penick, Jacob Underwood, and Dan Miller.

Theory of a Deadman is a Canadian rock band from Delta, British Columbia formed in 2001. They have had eight top 10 hits on the US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, including three No. 1 hits, “Bad Girlfriend”, “Lowlife” and “Rx (Medicate)”.

Switchfoot is an American alternative rock band from San Diego, California. The band first gained mainstream recognition with the inclusion of four of their songs in the 2002 movie A Walk to Remember. This recognition led to their major label debut, The Beautiful Letdown, which was released in 2003. The album sold over 2.6 million copies.

Gwen Stefani is an American singer, songwriter, and fashion designer. She embarked on a solo pop career in 2004 by releasing her debut studio album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. Inspired by pop music from the 1980s, the album was met with both critical and commercial success.

Ashlee Simpson is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Simpson’s debut single, “Pieces of Me” (2004), became a top five hit in the United States, and topped the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart based on radio airplay.

Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey, in 1983. In 1986, Bon Jovi achieved widespread global recognition with their third album, Slippery When Wet. The band’s fourth album, New Jersey, was equally successful in 1988.

Amy Jade Winehouse was an English singer and songwriter. She was known for her deep, expressive contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres, including soul, rhythm and blues, and jazz. Winehouse’s debut album, Frank (2003), was a critical success in the UK and was nominated for the Mercury Prize.

Michelle Branch is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. During the early 2000s, she released two top-selling albums: The Spirit Room and Hotel Paper. She won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals with Santana for “The Game of Love”.

Boys Like Girls is an American pop rock band from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 2005, the group gained mainstream recognition when it released its self-titled debut album. The group’s second studio album Love Drunk, was released on September 8, 2009.

Sugarland is an American country music duo consisting of singer-songwriters Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush. Signed to Mercury Nashville Records in 2004, Sugarland broke through that year with the release of their debut single “Baby Girl”, the first single from their multi-platinum debut album Twice the Speed of Life.

The Backstreet Boys is an American vocal group, formed in Orlando, Florida in 1993. The group rose to fame with their debut international album, Backstreet Boys (1996). They rose to superstardom with their third studio album Millennium (1999) and its follow-up album, Black & Blue (2000).

Sara Bareilles is an American singer-songwriter, actress and author. She achieved mainstream success in 2007 with the hit single “Love Song”, which reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Bareilles has sold over one million albums and over nine million singles and downloads in the United States alone.

Miley Cyrus is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Cyrus has earned three number-one albums on the US Billboard 200 with Meet Miley Cyrus (2007), Breakout (2008), and Bangerz (2013). She has earned numerous awards and nominations, was recognized as “Artist of the Year” by MTV in 2013, and was included on the Time 100 list of the most influential people in 2008 and 2014.

Mandy Moore is an American singer-songwriter and actress. After coming to fame in 1999 with her debut single “Candy”, which peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100, Moore signed with Epic Records.

Ricky Martin is a Puerto Rican singer, actor and author. Martin began his career at age 12 with the all-boy pop group Menudo. After five years with the group, he released several Spanish-language solo albums throughout the 1990s. He also acted on stage and on TV in Mexico, where he achieved modest stardom.

Hoobastank is an American rock band, formed in 1994 in Agoura Hills, California. Their sixth album, Push Pull, was released on May 25, 2018. They have sold 10 million albums worldwide. The band is best known for their singles “Crawling in the Dark”, “Running Away”, and “The Reason”.

John Mayer is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer. After his appearance at the 2001 South by Southwest Festival, he was signed to Aware Records, and then Columbia Records, which released his first EP, Inside Wants Out.

Shania Twain is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She has sold over 100 million records, making her the best-selling female artist in country music history and among the best-selling music artists of all time. Her success garnered her several honorific titles including the “Queen of Country Pop”.

Carrie Underwood is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol, in 2005. Her debut album, Some Hearts, was released in 2005. Bolstered by the huge crossover success of the singles “Jesus, Take the Wheel” and “Before He Cheats”, it became the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history.

Vitamin C is an American pop music singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. In 1999, she released her eponymous debut album Vitamin C (1999), which was certified as Gold and later Platinum by the RIAA. Singles from the record include “Graduation (Friends Forever)” and her most successful hit, the Top 20 Gold certified “Smile”.

Sean Paul is a Jamaican dancehall rapper, singer and record producer. Paul’s manager and producer Jeremy Harding first heard about the singer when his brother told him about seeing someone at a small open mic event in Kingston who sounded a lot like the popular dancehall DJ and toaster Super Cat.

Josh Turner is an American country singer and actor. In 2003, he signed to MCA Nashville Records. That same year, his debut album’s title track, “Long Black Train”, was his breakthrough single release. His second album, Your Man (2006) accounted for his first two number-one hits: “Your Man” and “Would You Go with Me”

Jay-Z is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and entrepreneur. Born and raised in New York City, Jay-Z began his musical career in the mid 1990s, after which he released his debut studio album, Reasonable Doubt, in 1996, to widespread critical and commercial success.

50 Cent is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, businessman, and investor. In 2002, after he released the compilation album Guess Who’s Back?, he was discovered by Eminem and signed by Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records.

Lenny Kravitz is an American singer, songwriter, actor and record producer. In addition to singing lead and backing vocals, Kravitz often plays all of the instruments himself when recording. He won the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance four years in a row from 1999 to 2002, breaking the record for most wins in that category.

Martina McBride is an American country music singer-songwriter and record producer. She is known for her soprano singing range and her country pop material. McBride signed to RCA Records in 1991, and made her debut the following year as a neo-traditionalist country singer with the single, “The Time Has Come”.

Shakira is a Colombian singer, songwriter, and dancer. She rose to prominence in Latin America with her major-label debut, Pies Descalzos (1996), and her fourth album, Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998). As of 2001, she had sold over 10 million albums alone in Latin America.

Vanessa Carlton is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Her debut single, “A Thousand Miles”, reached the top five on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2002. Her debut album, Be Not Nobody, followed and received a platinum certification in the United States.

Lady Gaga is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She rose to prominence in 2008 with her debut album, a dance-pop and electropop record titled The Fame, and its chart-topping singles “Just Dance” and “Poker Face”. A follow-up EP, The Fame Monster (2009), featuring the singles “Bad Romance”, “Telephone”, and “Alejandro”, also proved successful.

Avril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actress. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more than $2 million. Her album, Let Go, made Lavigne the youngest female soloist to have a number 1 album in the UK.

Rob Thomas is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the lead singer of alternative rock band Matchbox Twenty. Thomas also records and performs as a solo artist, with “Lonely No More” released in 2005 becoming his biggest solo chart success.

Trapt is an American rock band that formed in Los Gatos, California in 1995, best known for their chart topping 2002 single “Headstrong”. The group consists of lead vocalist Chris Taylor Brown, bassist Peter “Pete” Charell, drummer Brendan Hengle, and guitarist David Sudock.

Taylor Swift is an American singer-songwriter. One of the world’s leading contemporary recording artists, she is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. She signed with the label Big Machine Records and became the youngest artist ever signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house.

Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish singer, songwriter, actor and record producer. He is widely regarded as the King of Latin Pop. He started his career in the mid-1990s on Fonovisa Records under the name Enrique Martinez, before switching to the stage name Enrique Iglesias and becoming one of the biggest stars in Latin America and the Hispanic market in the United States.

Dixie Chicks is an American country music band which has also crossed over into other genres, including pop and alternative country. After the departure of one bandmate, the replacement of their lead singer, and a slight change in their repertoire, the Dixie Chicks soon achieved commercial success, beginning in 1998 with hit songs “There’s Your Trouble” and “Wide Open Spaces”.

Faith Hill is an American singer and record producer. She is one of the most successful country artists of all time, having sold more than 40 million albums worldwide. Hill is married to American singer Tim McGraw, with whom she has recorded several duets.

Nelly Furtado is a Portuguese-Canadian singer and songwriter. Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly! (2000), which was a critical and commercial success that spawned two top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, “I’m Like a Bird” and “Turn Off the Light”.

Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as “the Bad Boys from Boston” and “America’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band”. In 1975, the band broke into the mainstream with the album Toys in the Attic, and their 1976 follow-up Rocks cemented their status as hard rock superstars.

Justin Timberlake is an American singer-songwriter, actor, dancer, and record producer. He began to adopt a more mature image as an artist with the release of his debut solo album, the R&B-focused Justified (2002), which yielded the successful singles “Cry Me a River” and “Rock Your Body”, and earned his first two Grammy Awards.

Janet Jackson is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. After signing a recording contract with A&M Records in 1982, she became a pop icon following the release of her third and fourth studio albums Control (1986) and Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989).

Pink is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. She was originally a founder of R&B girl group Choice in 1995. LaFace Records saw potential in Pink and offered her a solo recording contract. Her R&B-sounding debut album, Can’t Take Me Home (2000), was certified double-platinum in the US and spawned two US Billboard Hot 100 top-ten songs: “There You Go” and “Most Girls”.

Britney Spears is an American singer, dancer, and actress. Her first two studio albums, …Baby One More Time (1999) and Oops!… I Did It Again (2000), were global successes and made her the best-selling teenage artist of all time. Referred to as the “Princess of Pop”, Spears was credited with influencing the revival of teen pop, during the late 1990s and the early 2000s.

Dierks Bentley is an American country music singer and songwriter. In 2003, he signed to Capitol Nashville and released his eponymous debut album. Both it and its follow-up, 2005’s Modern Day Drifter, are certified platinum in the United States.

Arctic Monkeys are an English rock band formed in 2002 in High Green, a suburb of Sheffield. Their debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2006), is the fastest-selling debut album by a band in UK chart history, and in 2013, Rolling Stone ranked it the 30th-greatest debut album.

Fall Out Boy is an American rock band formed in Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, in 2001. The band’s 2005 major-label breakthrough, From Under the Cork Tree, produced two hit singles, “Sugar, We’re Goin Down” and “Dance, Dance”, and went double platinum, transforming the group into superstars.

Puddle of Mudd is an American rock band formed in 1991. To date, the band has sold over seven million albums and has had a string of No. 1 mainstream rock singles in the United States. Their major-label debut Come Clean has sold over five million copies.

The Goo Goo Dolls is an American rock band formed in 1986 in Buffalo, New York. Although renowned for their commercially successful 1998 single “Iris”, they have had several other notable and popular singles including “Name” and “Naked” from 1995’s A Boy Named Goo.

The Black Eyed Peas is an American musical group, consisting of rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo, and formerly Fergie. It was not until the release of their third album, Elephunk, in 2003, that they achieved high record sales. Since that time, the group has sold an estimated 76 million records (35 million albums and 41 million singles),

David Guetta is a French DJ, songwriter, record producer and remixer who has sold over nine million albums and thirty million singles worldwide. In 2011, Guetta was voted as the number one DJ in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll. In 2013, Billboard crowned “When Love Takes Over” as the number one dance-pop collaboration of all time.

Alicia Keys is an American singer-songwriter. Her debut album, Songs in A Minor, was released with J Records in 2001. Praised for Keys’ musical talents and creative control, Songs in A Minor was critically and commercially successful, producing her first Billboard Hot 100 number-one single “Fallin'” and selling over 12 million copies worldwide.

Paramore is an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004. The group released its debut album All We Know Is Falling in 2005, with the album reaching number four on the UK Rock Chart in 2009 and number thirty on Billboard’s Heatseekers Chart in 2006.

Celine Dion is a Canadian singer. Born into a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec. Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her first record. Dion first gained international recognition in the 1980s by winning both the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest where she represented Switzerland.

Joe is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Raised in Opelika, Alabama, Joe later relocated to New Jersey where he met record producer Vincent Herbert, resulting in a record deal with Polygram Records in 1992. He rose to prominence after releasing his debut album Everything the following year.

Beyoncé is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and businesswoman. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as lead singer of the R&B girl-group Destiny’s Child, which became one of the world’s best-selling girl groups in history. She released her debut album, Dangerously in Love, in 2003. The album established her as a solo artist worldwide and it earned five Grammy Awards.

LeAnn Rimes is an American singer, songwriter, actress and author. Rimes rose to stardom at age 13 following the release of her version of the Bill Mack song “Blue”, becoming the youngest country music star since Tanya Tucker in 1972.

Marc Anthony is an American singer, actor, record producer and television producer. Anthony is also the top selling tropical salsa artist of all time. The two-time Grammy Award and five-time Latin Grammy Award winner has sold more than 12 million albums worldwide.

Fergie is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actress. Her debut solo album, The Dutchess (2006), saw commercial success and spawned three Billboard Hot 100 number one singles; “London Bridge”, “Glamorous”, and “Big Girls Don’t Cry”.

TobyMac is a Christian hip hop recording artist, music producer, songwriter and author. TobyMac has charted 20 solo singles on Billboard’s Christian Songs list. He was first known for being a member of the Christian vocal trio DC Talk. He has since continued a successful solo career with the release of six studio albums.

Hilary Duff is an American actress, singer, songwriter, businesswoman, and author. Duff first came to prominence in music after releasing her Christmas-themed debut studio album Santa Claus Lane (2002) through Walt Disney Records.

Kings of Leon is an American rock band that formed in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1999. The band achieved initial success in the United Kingdom with nine Top 40 singles, two BRIT Awards in 2008, and all three of the band’s albums at the time peaked in the top five of the UK Albums Chart. Their third album, Because of the Times, also reached the number one spot.

The Pussycat Dolls is an American girl group and dance ensemble, founded in Los Angeles, California, by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995 as a burlesque troupe. The Pussycat Dolls achieved worldwide success with hit singles “Don’t Cha”, “Buttons”, “Stickwitu”, and their first album PCD.

Simple Plan is a Canadian rock band from Montreal, Quebec. The band has released five studio albums: No Pads, No Helmets…Just Balls (2002), Still Not Getting Any… (2004), Simple Plan (2008), Get Your Heart On! (2011), and Taking One for the Team (2016).

Rascal Flatts is an American country band formed in Columbus, Ohio in 1999. From 2000 to 2010, they recorded for Disney Music Group’s Lyric Street Records. While on that label, they released seven albums, all of which have been certified platinum or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1983. They sold over 80 million records sold worldwide and have been nominated for sixteen Grammy Awards, of which they have won six.

Michael Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer. Dubbed the “King of Pop”, he was one of the most popular entertainers in the world, and was the best-selling music artist during the year of his death. His album, Thriller is the best-selling album of all time, with estimated sales of over 66 million copies worldwide.

Matchbox Twenty is an American rock band, formed in Orlando, Florida, in 1995. The band rose to international fame with their debut album, Yourself or Someone Like You (1996), which was certified 12√ó Platinum (diamond) in the United States and multi-platinum in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.

Lady Antebellum is an American country music group formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2006. The group made its debut in 2007 as guest vocalists on Jim Brickman’s single “Never Alone”, before signing to Capitol Nashville.

Good Charlotte is an American rock band from Waldorf, Maryland, that formed in 1996. The band’s debut studio album Good Charlotte was released in 2000 and was the start of the band’s music career. Their album, The Young and the Hopeless (2002) sold 4.9 million copies and thrust the band into mainstream popularity.

Jimmy Eat World is an American rock band formed in Mesa, Arizona in 1993. As of October 2016, Jimmy Eat World have released nine studio albums, the last eight featuring the current lineup. The four-piece’s commercial breakthrough came with the successful release of several singles from the album Bleed American (2001).

Flyleaf is an American rock band formed in the Belton and Temple, Texas regions in 2002. The band has charted on mainstream rock, Christian pop and Christian metal genres. They performed around the United States in 2003 until releasing their eponymous debut album, Flyleaf, in 2005. The album went platinum after selling more than one million copies.

Staind is an American rock band formed in 1995. The band has sold over 15 million records worldwide. Many of the band’s singles have reached high positions on US rock and all-format charts as well, including “It’s Been Awhile”, “Fade”, “Price to Play”, “So Far Away”, and “Right Here”.

Destiny’s Child was an American girl group whose final and best-known line-up comprised Beyonc√© Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams. The group was launched into mainstream recognition following the release of their best-selling second album, The Writing’s on the Wall (1999), which contained the number-one singles “Bills, Bills, Bills” and “Say My Name”.

Coldplay are a British rock band formed in 1996 by lead singer and pianist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London (UCL). Coldplay achieved worldwide fame with the release of the song “Yellow” in 2000, followed in the same year by their debut album Parachutes, which was nominated for the Mercury Prize.

Gym Class Heroes is an American band from Geneva, New York. The group formed in 1997 when Travie McCoy met drummer Matt McGinley during their high school gym class. The band’s music displays a wide variety of influences, including hip hop, rock, funk, and reggae.

Toby Keith is an American country singer, songwriter, actor and record producer. Keith released his first four studio albums‚Äî1993’s Toby Keith, 1994’s Boomtown, 1996’s Blue Moon and 1997’s Dream Walkin’, plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of Mercury Records before leaving Mercury in 1998.

Kanye West is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur and fashion designer. West first became known as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records in the early 2000s, contributing to hit singles for artists such as Jay-Z, Ludacris and Alicia Keys. West released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004 to widespread critical and commercial success.

Jessica Simpson is an American singer, actress, and fashion designer. Simpson signed a recording contract with Columbia Records when she was sixteen, and released her debut studio album Sweet Kisses in 1999. It sold over four million copies worldwide.

Timbaland is an American record producer, rapper, singer, songwriter and DJ. His first full credit production work was in 1996 on Ginuwine…the Bachelor for R&B singer Ginuwine. After further work on Aaliyah’s 1996 album One in a Million and Missy Elliott’s 1997 album Supa Dupa Fly, Timbaland became a prominent producer for R&B and hip hop artists.

Evan Mitchell Lowenstein and Jaron David Lowenstein are American musicians and identical twin brothers who performed as Evan and Jaron. They have recorded three studio albums and charted three singles on the Pop Songs charts. The duo’s highest-peaking single is “Crazy for This Girl”, which peaked at 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2000.

Eminem is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, record executive, and actor. He sold more than 47.4 million albums and 107.5 million singles sold in the U.S. and 220 million records globally. Rolling Stone ranked him 83rd on its list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, calling him the “King of Hip Hop”.

U2 is an Irish rock band from Dublin formed in 1976. Their lyrics, often embellished with spiritual imagery, focus on personal and sociopolitical themes. The group’s fifth album, The Joshua Tree (1987), made them international superstars and was their greatest critical and commercial success.

Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album Hybrid Theory (2000), which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005, and multi-Platinum in several other countries.