The 101 greatest records of the naughties

The first decade of the third millennium just ended, and this is a good time to pause and reflect. Most summations I've read went on about how terrible and depressing the decade was, but that's not exactly how I feel about it. Following are my choices for the 101 greatest records of the naughties, telling the story of how I experienced this decade.

1. Eminem - Stan
2. Mary J. Blige - Family Affair
3. Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On
4. OutKast - Bombs Over Baghdad
5. Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink - Lady Marmalade
6. Destiny's Child - Bootylicious
7. Dr. Dre feat. Eminem - Forgot About Dre
8. Beyonce feat. Jay-Z - Crazy in Love
9. The Black Eyed Peas feat. Justin Timberlake - Where is the Love?
10. Britney Spears - Toxic
11. Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body
12. Christina Aguilera - Fighter
13. Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You out of My Head
14. Snoop Dogg feat. Charlie Wilson & Justin Timberlake - Signs
15. Missy Elliott feat. Ludacris & Trina - One Minute Man
16. Eminem - Without Me
17. Beyonce - Naughty Girl
18. Christina Aguilera feat. Redman - Dirrty
19. Amy Winehouse - Rehab
20. Kylie Minogue -Slow
21. Santana feat. the Product G&B - Maria Maria
22. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
23. Angie Stone - Brotha
24. Usher feat. Lil' Jon & Ludacris - Yeah!
25. Alicia Keys - Fallin'
26. So Solid Crew - 21 Seconds
27. Kelis - Young Fresh N' New
28. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
29. Destiny's Child - Independent Woman
30. Erykah Badu feat. Common – Love of My Life (an Ode to Hip-Hop)
31. Moloko - The Time is Now
32. M.I.A - Galang
33. Rage Against the Machine - Renegades of Funk
34. Britney Spears - I'm a Slave 4 U
35. Jay-Z - Change Clothes
36. Dam - Da Dam
37. Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
38. 2Pac - Ghetto Gospel
39. Nas feat. Will.i.am - Hip-hop is Dead
40. Missy Elliott feat. Ciara & Fatman Scoop - Lose Control
41. Britney Spears - Piece of Me
42. Punjabi MC feat. Jay-Z - Beware of the Boys
43. Dido - White Flag
44. Pharrell feat. Jay-Z - Frontin'
45. Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U
46. Vitalic - La Rock 01
47. Eve & Gwen Stefani - Let Me Blow Ya Mind
48. Shakira - Whenever, Wherever
49. Eminem - Lose Yourself
50. Madonna - Music
51. Johnny Cash - Hurt
52. Blu Cantrell feat. Sean Paul - Breathe
53. Baby Cham feat. Alicia Keys - Ghetto Story
54. Sugababes - Freak Like Me
55. Spiller feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Groovejet (if this ain't Love)
56. Missy Elliott - 4 My People (Basement Jaxx remix)
57. The Streets - Has it Come to This?
58. Crazy Frog - Axel F.
59. No Doubt - Hella Good
60. The Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don't Cha (2005)
61. Daddy Yankee - Gasolina
62. Arcade Fire - Wake Up
63. Eminem - The Real Slim Shady
64. Busta Rhymes feat. Pharrell - Light Your Ass on Fire
65. Kylie Minogue - Spinning Around
66. 50 Cent - In da Club
67. Morrissey - First of the Gang to Die
68. Lil' Jon - Get Crunk
69. Mary J. Blige & U2 - One
70. Missy Elliott - Work It
71. Lady Gaga - Paparazzi
72. Fischerspooner - Emerge
73. David Bowie - Sunday
74. Kanye West - Through the Wire
75. Wiley - Wot Do U Call it?
76. Ozzy & Kelly Osbourne - Changes
77. Jay-Z - Big Pimpin'
78. Arctic Monkeys - I bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
79. OutKast - Hey Ya!
80. Macy Gray - Sexual Revolution
81. Prince - Black Sweat
82. DeScribe & Y Love - Change
83. M.I.A - Paper Planes
84. Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell & Charlie Wilson - Beauiful
85. Mylie Cyrus - Fly on the Wall
86. Black Eyed Peas - Pump It
87. Ronan Keating feat. Yusuf - Father and Son
88. Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man
89. Common feat. Kanye West & the Last Poets - The Corner
90. Beyonce - Work It Out
91. Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind
92. Twista feat. Kanye West & Jamie Foxx - Slow Jamz
93. Scarlett Johansson - Falling Down
94. Aaliya - try Again
95. Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers
96. Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip - Thou Shalt Always Kill
97. Daft Punk - One More Time
98. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Whatever Happened to My Rock'n'roll (Punk Song)
99. t.A.T.u - All the Things She Said
100. Snoop Dogg feat. Tanvi Shah - Snoop Dogg Millionaire
101. Joe Woody - McDonald's Rap