#1 Songs of the Aughts: The Tournament

[MFer]

Of course, most of us prefer music that's less mainstream, but I thought it would fun to see TRTSM's collective opinion on the most popular songs of the previous decade. So, the bracket would include songs that reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 between 2000-2009. There's 129 songs in total, enough for seven rounds and one "play-in" matchup. Not sure how the seedings will be determined yet, perhaps by the number of weeks spent at #1 or the popularity of the artist. We could also hold a vote for the #1 seeds (as well as the bottom two songs) and go from there.

The list (in chronological order):

Spoiler

Smooth - Santana feat. Rob Thomas
What A Girl Wants - Christina Aguilera
I Knew I Loved You - Savage Garden
Thank God I Found You - Mariah Carey feat. Joe and 98 Degrees
Amazed - Lonestar
Say My Name - Destiny’s Child
Maria Maria - Santana feat. The Product G&B
Try Again - Aaliyah
Be With You - Enrique Iglesias
Everything You Want - Vertical Horizon
Bent - Matchbox 20
It’s Gonna Be Me - *NSYNC
Incomplete - Sisqo
Doesn’t Really Matter - Janet Jackson
Music - Madonna
Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You) - Christina Aguilera
With Arms Wide Open - Creed
Independent Women Part I - Destiny’s Child

It Wasn’t Me - Shaggy feat RikRok
Ms. Jackson - OutKast
Stutter - Joe feat. Mystikal
Buttefly - Crazytown
Angel - Shaggy feat. Rayvon
All For You - Janet Jackson
Lady Marmalade - Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya, and Pink
U Remind Me - Usher
Bootylicious - Destiny’s Child
Fallin’ - Alicia Keys
I’m Real - Jennifer Lopez feat. Ja Rule
Family Affair - Mary J. Blige
U Got It Bad - Usher
How You Remind Me - Nickelback

Always On Time - Ja Rule feat. Ashanti
Ain’t It Funny - Jennifer Lopez feat. Ja Rule
Foolish -Ashanti
Hot In Herre - Nelly
Dilemma - Nelly feat. Kelly Rowland
A Moment Like This - Kelly Clarkson
Lose Yourself - Eminem

Bump, Bump, Bump - B2K feat. P. Diddy
All I Have - Jennifer Lopez feat. LL Cool J
In Da Club - 50 Cent
Get Busy - Sean Paul
21 Questions - 50 Cent feat. Nate Dogg
This Is The Night - Clay Aiken
Crazy In Love - Beyonce feat. Jay-Z
Shake Ya Tailfeather - Nelly, P. Diddy, and Murphy Lee
Baby Boy - Beyonce feat. Sean Paul
Stand Up - Ludacris feat. Shawnna
Hey Ya! - OutKast

The Way You Move - OutKast
Slow Jamz - Twista feat. Kanye West and Jamie Foxx
Yeah! - Usher feat. Lil’ Jon and Ludacris
Burn - Usher
I Believe - Fantasia
Confessions Part II - Usher
Slow Motion - Juvenile feat. Soulja Slim
Lean Back - Terror Squad
Goodies - Ciara feat. Petey Pablo
My Boo - Usher and Alicia Keys
Drop It Like It’s Hot - Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell

Let Me Love You - Mario
Candy Shop - 50 Cent feat. Olivia
Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani
We Belong Together -Mariah Carey
Inside Your Heaven -Carrie Underwood
Gold Digger - Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx
Run It! - Chris Brown
Don’t Forget About Us - Mariah Carey

Laffy Taffy - D4L
Grillz - Nelly feat. Paul Wall, Ali, and Gipp
Check On It - Beyonce feat. Slim Thug
You’re Beautiful - James Blunt
So Sick - Ne-Yo
Temperature - Sean Paul
Bad Day - Daniel Powter
SOS - Rihanna
Ridin’ -Chamillionaire feat. Krayzie Bone
Hips Don’t Lie - Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean
Do I Make You Proud - Taylor Hicks
Promiscuous - Nelly Furtado feat. Timbaland
London Bridge - Fergie
SexyBack - Justin Timberlake
Money Maker - Ludacris
My Love - Justin Timberlake feat. T.I.
I Wanna Love You - Akon feat. Snoop Dogg
Irreplaceable - Beyonce

Say It Right - Nelly Furtado
What Goes Around...Comes Around - Justin Timberlake
This Is Why I’m Hot - Mims
Glamorous - Fergie feat. Ludacris
Don’t Matter - Akon
Give It To Me - Timbaland feat. Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake
Girlfriend - Avril Lavigne
Makes Me Wonder - Maroon 5
Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin’) - T-Pain feat. Yung Joc
Umbrella - Rihanna feat. Jay-Z
Hey There Delilah - Plain White T’s
Beautiful Girls - Sean Kingston
Crank Dat (Soulja Boy) - Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em
Stronger - Kanye West
Kiss Kiss - Chris Brown feat. T-Pain
No One - Alicia Keys

Low - Flo Rida feat. T-Pain
Love In This Club - Usher feat. Young Jeezy
Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis
Touch My Body - Mariah Carey
Lollipop - Lil’ Wayne feat. Static Major
Take A Bow - Rihanna
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
I Kissed A Girl - Katy Perry
Disturbia - Rihanna
Whatever You Like - T.I.
So What - Pink
Live Your Life - T.I. feat. Rihanna
Womanizer - Britney Spears
Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) - Beyonce

Just Dance - Lady Gaga feat. Colby O’Donis
My Life Would Suck Without You - Kelly Clarkson
Crack A Bottle - Eminem, Dr. Dre, and 50 Cent
Right Round - Flo Rida
Poker Face - Lady Gaga
Boom Boom Pow - The Black Eyed Peas
I Gotta Feeling - The Black Eyed Peas
Down - Jay Sean feat. Lil’ Wayne
3 - Britney Spears
Fireflies - Owl City
Whatcha Say - Jason DeRulo
Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z and Alicia Keys

 

[BUTT]

There's actually enough there for a perfect eight rounds of sixteen if you just get rid of "Butterfly." I hope "Crank Dat" wins.

That said, the 80s tournament was a bust, and pop music is objectively much worse now than then, so I feel there will not be tremendous interest in this tournament.

 

[KOAB]

Smooth is the winner.

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

Smooth is the winner.

I'd spit on you for that

 

[Mattdotcom]

Smooth is the winner.

Bent - Matchbox 20

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Smooth was 1999! It was that song for the Summer of '99.

 

[Gary]

Smooth is the winner.

I'd spit on you for that

 

[Byron The Bulb]

Ignition (Remix)

 

[Mickey Massuco]

Something by Kanye West.

 

[The Metal Maniac]

My God; I hadn't realized just how shitty the last decade of popular music was until I looked at that list.

There's like, 1 song on that list I like. That's it. Jesus.

 

[still fly]

Smooth is great. Fuck you all

 

[Mattdotcom]

Rob Thomas supremacy

 

[KOAB]

Smooth is great. Fuck you all

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Smooth is great. Fuck you all

 

[KOAB]

Smooth is the winner.

I'd spit on you for that

you try spitting on me I'll knock ya block off and shit on you.​

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Smooth is the winner.

I'd spit on you for that

you try spitting on me I'll knock ya block off and shit on you.​

 

[Agent of Oblivion]

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Santana DVX (Feat. E-40) - Lonely Island - Incredibad

 

[OG]

Smooth is great. Fuck you all

That said, Eminem or Outkast for the win.

 

[foleyfanforever88]

Hey Ya FTW

 

[Gary]

No, "Bombs Over Baghdad."

 

[still fly]

2005-2008 was just a blur for me. I haven't heard most of those songs in a while.

 

[Smues]

Smooth is great. Fuck you all

It's easily my choice off of that list and it's not even close.

 

[still fly]

2001 was the best year for music for the Aughts.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

2001 and 2002 for me was good. I have to confess to enjoying "Hey Mister" by Custom (the video of which was banned from MTV for reasons I can't remember), and "Its Goin' Down" by The Executioners.

 

[Gary]

X-ECUTIONERS LINKIN PARK -IT'S GOIN DOWN

Really?

 

[Mickey Massuco]

You like Smooth so you should shut the fuck up re: criticizing what other hits people like from the decade.

 

[Gary]

I fucking hate "Smooth."

 

[KOAB]

Smooth is the best

 

[still fly]

Don't understand the hate for Smooth. Such a great tune.