#noughties

Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album Hybrid Theory (2000). Their following studio album Meteora continued the band’s success, topping the Billboard 200 album chart in 2003, and was followed by extensive touring and charity work around the world.

In 2003, MTV2 named Linkin Park the sixth-greatest band of the music video era and the third-best of the new millennium. Billboard ranked Linkin Park No. 19 on the Best Artists of the Decade chart. In 2012, the band was voted as the greatest artist of the 2000s in a Bracket Madness poll on VH1. 

Linkin Park has sold over 70 million albums worldwide and has won two Grammy Awards.

RIP Chester <3

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The jam in 2002 ~

Red Eyeis a 2005 American thriller film directed by Wes Craven and written by Carl Ellsworth, based on a story by Ellsworth and Dan Foos. The film follows a hotel manager (Rachel McAdams) ensnared in an assassination plot by a terrorist (Cillian Murphy) while aboard a red-eye flight to Miami. 

The film received positive reviews from critics and fans of Craven’s work and was a box office success.

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TheNokia 3310 is a GSM mobile phone announced on September 1, 2000. The phone sold extremely well, being one of the most successful phones with 126 million units sold worldwide. The phone is still widely acclaimed today, and has gained a cult status due to its durability.

On 14 February 2017, it was reported that a modernised version of the 3310 would be unveiled at the 2017 Mobile World Congress by HMD Global Oy.

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French Toast Crunchis a breakfast cereal launched in 1995 naturally flavored to taste like French toast, by the General Mills company. The cereal pieces originally looked like mini slices of French toast.

In 2006, General Mills discontinued French Toast Crunch in the United States. Popular demand led General Mills to reintroduce the product on December 5, 2014.

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Survivor is the third studio album by American girl group Destiny’s Child released on May 1, 2001 in the United States. The album involved production by lead singer Beyoncé Knowles and J.R. Rotem, in which five singles were released: “Independent Women”, “Survivor”, “Bootylicious”, a cover of The Bee Gees’ “Emotion”, and “Nasty Girl”.

In the US, the album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart and stayed at number one for two consecutive weeks. It later went on to sell more than 10 million copies worldwide, including over 4.7 million in the United States alone.

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