By Era · 2000–2009

2000s Vinyl

The decade that nearly killed vinyl — and then saved it. Nu-metal, indie rock, Bollywood's digital turn, and the underground resurgence of the 12-inch.

Indie RockNu-MetalHip-HopElectronicBollywoodNeo-SoulAlt-RockR&B
AR RahmanIndie RockNu-MetalDil Chahta HaiKanye WestAmy WinehouseRadioheadSlumdog OSTWhite StripesBollywood 2000s

Defining Voices

Artists of the 2000s

Global Music Scene

The World in the 2000s

2001

Napster shut down; iTunes launches — the digital music revolution accelerates

2003

White Stripes' Elephant, The Strokes' Room on Fire — indie rock peaks

2004

Kanye West's College Dropout redefines hip-hop production

2006

Amy Winehouse's Back to Black — neo-soul and retro sounds go mainstream

2007

Radiohead releases In Rainbows as pay-what-you-want download — a watershed moment

2008

Vinyl sales hit their lowest point — then start climbing for the first time in decades

India · Subcontinent

India in the 2000s

2001

Dil Chahta Hai — Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy define the sound of modern India

2002

Devdas — Ismail Darbar's orchestral masterpiece revives classical Bollywood

2004

Veer-Zaara — Madan Mohan's archive brings a golden era back to cinemas

2006

Rang De Basanti — A.R. Rahman fuses rock and Indian folk

2008

Slumdog Millionaire — A.R. Rahman wins the Oscar; India goes global

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2000s Music In Stock

Calcutta Records holds one of India’s largest collections of 2000s original pressings — vinyl, CDs and cassettes from that defining decade.

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