The 00s were a decade in which the music business suffered near catastrophic collapse while music itself invaded every aspect of our lives.
It sometimes felt like there has been no centre of pop gravity, as though everything has migrated to an ever-expanding margin, where every taste is catered for. Arguably, the biggest phenomena were not individual artists or thrilling new genres, but illegal downloading, the invention of the iPod and iTunes, the free music zones of YouTube, MySpace and Spotify and the democratisation of the means of production and distribution that allowed any kid with a computer to become a legend in their own bedroom studio.
Meanwhile, Top Of The Pops died from lack of interest...