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Myspace was the good social media web site and firstly of that 12 months can be the primary to get a million customers.
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Google launched Gmail — in beta kind — although many individuals did not suppose it was an actual product as a result of they introduced it on April Fools’ Day.
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Motorola launched its iconic Razr — which value $499 on the time (and that was A LOT for a cellphone in 2004).
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It was an enormous 12 months for moveable gaming techniques! Nintendo launched the Nintendo DS, whereas Sony launched the PSP in Japan.
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Bratz have been among the many hottest toys.
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As have been the Robosapien robots. It was even named Toy of the Yr by Toy Retailers Affiliation.
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Apple launched the iPod Mini and everybody needed one as a result of they got here in several colours.
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Apple additionally launched the iPod Picture, which was the primary iPod to have a colour display.
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LiveStrong bracelets have been launched and everybody, and I imply EVERYONE, sported one.
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Uggs (which have been already well-liked) grew to become an excellent larger development. I’m certain you knew somebody, or possibly that somebody was you, who wore them ALL THE TIME.
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American Attire was the good retailer and was a spot the place “hipsters” shopped.
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The Da Vinci Code spent a second 12 months atop the New York Instances Bestseller Record and was an absolute phenomenon.
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Shake Shack opened its first location in New York Metropolis and was a direct hit.
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McDonald’s removed Supersizing — additionally they mentioned the choice to part it out had nothing to do with the documentary Tremendous Dimension Me.
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Low carb/zero carb diets continued to be all the fad.
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VH1 had us feeling the ’90s nostalgia with I Love the 90s.
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The unique Star Wars Trilogy was launched on DVD for the very first time. For sure, it was an enormous hit and revamped $100 million in its first-day gross sales.
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World of Warcraft was launched and would go on to be one of many biggest-selling PC video games of all time (promoting over 14 million copies).
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Howard Dean — who was working to be the Democratic presidential candidate — set free his notorious “Dean Scream” whereas addressing his supporters after coming in third in Iowa Democratic caucuses. The scream would grow to be the butt of many jokes.
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Ashlee Simpson acquired caught lip-syncing on SNL and it was awkward.
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Janet Jackson carried out throughout the Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present and the entire “Nipplegate” controversy occurred. Justin Timberlake would go on to throw her below the bus.
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Beyoncé gained 5 Grammys for her iconic debut solo album, Dangerously In Love.
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“Hey Ya!” by Outkast began off the 12 months because the No. 1 track within the nation.
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The Killers re-released “Mr. Brightside” after the success of “Anyone Instructed Me” and the track would go on to grow to be a sleeper hit — finally reaching No. 10 on the Billboard Scorching 100 in June of 2005.
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Gwen Stefani went solo and launched her first album, Love. Angel. Music. Child.
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Associates aired its closing episode and it’s the most-watched present of your entire 2000s. The sequence finale was watched by 52.5 million viewers.
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Whereas Intercourse and the Metropolis aired its closing episode as effectively — which aired throughout half two of Season 6.
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The SATC finale was additionally satirized on SNL, the place Christina Aguilera delivered a now traditional and Snatch Recreation-worthy efficiency as Samantha Jones.
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Misplaced premiered on ABC and acquired everybody hooked instantly.
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Determined Housewives additionally premiered on ABC and was a direct sensation.
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Entourage debuted on HBO and quite a lot of douchey guys made the present their complete character.
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The Swan aired on Fox and even for the time was thought-about a fairly terrible actuality present. In case you forgot, the premise of the present was that in every episode they’d take two “unattractive girls” put them on a weight-reduction plan and exercise routine, and provides them a bunch of cosmetic surgery, together with remedy. On the finish of the episode, they would choose one of many girls to maneuver alongside to The Swan Pageant — the place they’d compete in opposition to different contestants from different episodes.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger was the governor (aka The Governator) of California and made a memorable look on The Tonight Present with Jay Leno alongside Grey Davis, the governor he changed in a recall election the earlier 12 months.
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Fantasia Barrino gained the third season of American Idol.
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Karl Lagerfeld grew to become the primary designer to do a collab with H&M. Not solely was it an enormous success, but it surely modified the style business as not solely H&M, however different lower-priced retailers, determined to do designer collabs.
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At that 12 months’s Oscars, Charlize Theron gained Greatest Actress for Monster; Sean Penn gained Greatest Actor for Mystic River; Renée Zellweger gained Greatest Supporting Actress for Chilly Mountain; and Tim Robbins gained Greatest Supporting Actor for Mystic River.
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Whereas Peter Jackson took residence three Oscars — Greatest Director, Greatest Image, and Greatest Tailored Screenplay — for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
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Napoleon Dynamite was launched and EVERYONE was quoting it.
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EVERYONE was additionally sporting Vote For Pedro T-shirts they acquired at City Outfitters.
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Britney Spears married Kevin Federline.
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Whereas Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck referred to as off their engagement and broke up. J.Lo would go on to marry Marc Anthony later that 12 months.
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Barbie and Ken additionally introduced that that they had damaged up after 43 years collectively. Barbie additionally moved on to a brand new boyfriend — Blaine, an Australian surfer.
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The Pocket book was launched and had us all crying within the theaters.
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And lastly, Imply Women was launched and popular culture was without end modified.
