2000s Top Albums
Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP, 2000 (32 million copies worldwide)
The Beatles, 1, 2000 (31 million copies worldwide)
Linkin Park, Hybrid Theory, 2000 (27 million copies sold)
Britney Spears, Oops!... I Did It Again, 2000 (25 million worldwide)
Eminem, The Eminem Show, 2002 (30 million copies worldwide)
Ibanez Universe UV-777BK
Ibanez Universe UV-777BK
The 2000s and 2010s are more difficult eras to define, as the guitar was clearly out of the picture in the popular music scene in terms of record sales. However, these decades also saw the rise of digital music and downloading, which made it music easier to access without sales being recorded.
While the enduring popularity of The Beatles can’t be overstated — as their album of previously released music sold better than most of the new material released in the decade — the 2000s largely were about rap going mainstream and being coopted by pop and metal acts.
Blending rap and rock, while adding more pop sensibilities than Nu-Metal’s harder forebearers like Korn and Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park became one of the best-selling bands of the decade with their album Hybrid Theory, which the band reportedly worked on for five years before its release.
One of the hallmarks of Nu-Metal is the use of seven-string guitars, such as the Ibanez Universe U7, which was created for Steve Vai in 1990. Though the company created a variety of seven-string models, all of them were discontinued by the end of ‘94 due to poor sales. The adoption of seven-string guitars by Nu-Metal bands in general and Linkin Park in particular likely did a great deal to bring seven-string guitars back into production and contributed to the resurrection of the UV7BK in 1996, the launch of the UV7SBK in ‘97, and its replacement, the UV777BK in 1998, as well as the RG7620, which specifically found favor with the band.
Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP, 2000 (32 million copies worldwide)
The Beatles, 1, 2000 (31 million copies worldwide)
Linkin Park, Hybrid Theory, 2000 (27 million copies sold)
Britney Spears, Oops!... I Did It Again, 2000 (25 million worldwide)
Eminem, The Eminem Show, 2002 (30 million copies worldwide)
Ibanez Universe UV-777BK
Ibanez Universe UV-777BK
The 2000s and 2010s are more difficult eras to define, as the guitar was clearly out of the picture in the popular music scene in terms of record sales. However, these decades also saw the rise of digital music and downloading, which made it music easier to access without sales being recorded.
While the enduring popularity of The Beatles can’t be overstated — as their album of previously released music sold better than most of the new material released in the decade — the 2000s largely were about rap going mainstream and being coopted by pop and metal acts.
Blending rap and rock, while adding more pop sensibilities than Nu-Metal’s harder forebearers like Korn and Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park became one of the best-selling bands of the decade with their album Hybrid Theory, which the band reportedly worked on for five years before its release.
One of the hallmarks of Nu-Metal is the use of seven-string guitars, such as the Ibanez Universe U7, which was created for Steve Vai in 1990. Though the company created a variety of seven-string models, all of them were discontinued by the end of ‘94 due to poor sales. The adoption of seven-string guitars by Nu-Metal bands in general and Linkin Park in particular likely did a great deal to bring seven-string guitars back into production and contributed to the resurrection of the UV7BK in 1996, the launch of the UV7SBK in ‘97, and its replacement, the UV777BK in 1998, as well as the RG7620, which specifically found favor with the band.
