In the year 2000...
1. NSYNC released No Strings Attached, which sold 2.4 million copies in its first week and became the biggest album of the year...
...and of course the album also produced this magical meme!
2. Adele was 12 years old.
3. When someone was talking about ~Adele~ you thought about this dude
4. Hillary Clinton's husband was president.
5. Razor Scooters and gas powered scooters were like the hoverboards of the year 2000.
6. And everyone had a fingerboard -- even if they couldn't do any tricks.
7. Britney and Christina had this iconic moment at the MTV VMAs.
8. Faith Hill's "Breathe" was the biggest song of the year.
9. Brad Pitt married Jennifer Aniston...
10. ...and Angelina Jolie married Billy Bob Thornton.
11. You saw whale tails everywhere.
12. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? was the biggest game show on TV.
13. Survivor's Richard Hatch was reality television's biggest star.
14. The Charlie's Angels reboot was a big deal.
15. Everyone was watching Gladiator.
16. The Rock looked like this.
17. The Elián González story was one of the biggest international news stories of the year.
This is what he looks like today.
18. Metallica and Dr. Dre sued Napster.
19. The fourth book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, was published...
20. ...and the cast of Harry Potter Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was announced.
21. This picture of Tom Green and Sisqo made history.
22. Malcolm in the Middle first premiered...
23. ...while Boy Meets World ended.
24. George W. Bush was named Time's "Person of the Year" and he wasn't even president yet.
25. And, of course, Beyoncé was still in Destiny's Child and Tina Knowles was telling her what to wear.
"That's right."
