Innovative Artists
This artist popularized the use of autotune as a feature
T-Pain
This file sharing platform caused the music industry to lose lots of money in sales, and was sued multiple times before it was shut down
Napster
This is the "singable" part of the song
The Melody
This artist's fourth album was released in 2008, making heavy use of autotune
Kanye West
The album "In Rainbows" was unique because people paid this for it
What they wanted
This boy band broke records and represented the last huge album before the music industry stopped making as much money on music due to pirating/file sharing
NSYNC
This video sharing website was created in 2005
Youtube
When two people sing together on different pitches, they are singing in this
Harmony
To keep people from using sites like Napster, the music industry started selling CDs with this feature
DRM software
In this year, Taylor Swift released her first album
2006
This artist's solo career took off when they infused the pop sound with techno and dance music
Justin Timberlake
This online store shook the music market by allowing people to purchase one song at a time
iTunes / iTune Store
The way that sound is organized within the beat structure of a song is known as
Rhythm
The website Napster had this effect on music
Devalued
Apple came out with another new piece of technology in the 2000s that was not their online store. This tech was:
The iPhone
This band marketed their music mainly online - and only started advertising 7 days prior to their album "In Rainbows" was released
The Arctic Monkeys
This technology, originally used to make artists sound better started to be used as a sound effect in the 2000s
Autotune
The way that the layers of music interact with each other is known as this
Texture
This band introduced club sounds to pop music at the end of the 2000s
The Black Eyed Peas
Napster shut down in this year
2002
This artist became popular by infusing sounds from previous decades, giving their music a nostalgic feel
Amy Winehouse
This new online phenomenon allowed people to share and talk about music in a brand new way in the 2000s
Social Media / Myspace
The texture of this song is: (compared to other pop songs)
Thin
In 2006, this brand of pop was made popular by bands like "My Chemical Romance"
Emo Pop
This type of song was popular in the early 2000s
Ballad