Retroverse Year

2000

A peer-to-peer program turns every dorm room into a record store — the industry panics while listeners discover a world without waiting. Teen pop keeps ruling the charts with Britney and NSYNC, and Eminem's 'The Marshall Mathers LP' proves controversy still sells at scale. The year ends with Y2K relief and the quiet beginning of music's biggest disruption. The year ends with Y2K relief and the quiet beginning of music's biggest disruption since the vinyl wars.