Top 10

10. Justin Timberlake
9. Green Day
8. Lady Gaga
7. Linkin Park
6. Britney Spears
5. Coldplay
4. Jay-Z
3. Beyoncé
2. Radiohead
1. Eminem

Honorable Mentions:
The White Stripes, Alicia Keys, Usher
Kelly Clarkson, Arcade Fire, Rihanna

The Norah Jones snub

#8 Lady Gaga
Where are the Queens of the Hot 100 tho?

So weird to see Radiohead there. I know "Kid A" and "In Rainbows" were groundbreaking but they'd be more apt for a '90s list.

So basically the Top 10 most popular acts of the 2000s.

The White Stripes and Arcade Fire definitely need to be in the actual list.

Radiohead is so overrated my god

Queen Beyoncé slaying every list ahead of every pop girl

Bey.

where is Bey?

#3

except critics don't give a damn about charts

No Rih or Taylor?

Rihanna was in Honorable Mentions, and no Taylor.

Of course Beyonce was the most successful female artist of the 2000s. I mean she wan't named Female Artist of The Decade for nothing.

Gaga shouldn't be on the list, she didn't define the 00's. She reached her superstar status in early 2010 and she influenced the 10's, not the 00's.

Avril Lavigne and Xtina would suit the title more.

Eminem #1 I agree 100% he was massive at the 2000s and he still is

Britney My queen!

The list is great howver is to US and not WorldWide No shade but Jay-z is not that big or at least not outside the US ( he had been doing better in the last 5 years but not at the 2000s).
Radiohead

Male Trinity:
- Eminem
- Jay -z
- Justin Timberlake

Female Trinity: (The Real Trinity)
- Beyonce
- Britney Spears
- Lady Gaga

Group Trinity:
- Radiohead
- Coldplay
- Linkin Park


Avril & Xtina should be there!!

that christina shade tho

I only object of Lady gaga because she was influential in 2010s.

If Kelly Clarkson and Rihanna made the honorable mentions, why cannot Avril Lavigne, Christina Aguilera, the Black Eyed Peas, Norah Jones, Mariah Carey, even Madonna?

But still, great list.