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What defines a millennial? We?ve been called ?Generation Me? for our presumed narcissism and the ?Peter Pan Generation? for our delayed adulthood. We?ve been accused of killing entire industries, like department stores and chain restaurants. But the only thing that may really define a millennial is that we?re indefinable. For people born between 1980 and 1995, our lives have been marked by some of the fastest-moving shifts in the world?s economy, political landscape and culture. We were radicalized by profound tragedies like 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, as well as the never-ending wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. We were stung by the financial crisis in 2008, just as many millennials began to enter the workforce ? and we?re still feeling the fallout. And, of course, we?re the last generation to witness life before and after the dawn of the Internet age.

The push into an all-digital world has been key to how we?ve grown, matured and consumed the world around us. From the early days of blogs and instant messaging through the arrival of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, we?ve been sharing our lives. Companies like Napster, iTunes and Spotify, Amazon, Netflix and Hulu have democratized entertainment, giving us more choices than ever before. We?re millions of twentysomethings and thirtysomethings, effectively raised on the idea that everything we want can, should and will be available at the click of a button.
At times, this deluge of culture and content feels splintering. Even the difference between ?younger? and ?older? millennials can seem vast. Those with stronger memories of a pre-digital era feel more grounded in shared experience with our predecessors in Generation X, sometimes longing for the existence of monoculture, while Nineties babies relate more to the faster-paced, still-forming culture of Generation Y, embracing streaming as both a lifestyle and a preference. That divide even within our own generation, and the way millennials have responded to the rapidly changing world we?ve inherited, means we?ve been blamed for the loss of many experiences. We don?t have the same appetite for post-recession luxuries ? like diamonds and mortgages ? and are threatening to make even smaller indulgences ? like albums and movie theaters ? obsolete.

It?s not entirely fair, but that blame is a price to pay for our increasing authority and stronger cultural and political voices. For as much as millennials have supposedly taken away from the world, we?ve also given back tenfold. Optimistic and inclusive, we helped elect America?s first black president, Barack Obama ? twice. Provoked by tragedies like Sandy Hook and the killing of Trayvon Martin, we?ve started sociopolitical movements to address systemic racism and gun violence. Spurred by social media, we?ve expanded our cultural language, pushing for an increase in minority voices in everything from political offices to media.
As our power grows, time will prove just how much more we can accomplish. While every generation seems to worry about how to adjust to life?s faster pace, we?ve been thrown into the deep end for as long as we?ve been alive. This list looks at 100 moments, artists, events, movements and more that have helped form the millennial identity. How we?ll continue to shape-shift remains to be seen ? but you can be sure we?ll defy expectations. ?Brittany Spanos

Beyonc? Rules the World

For 20 years, she?s been a stately pop and R&B presence: Destiny?s Child countered the glaringly white bubblegum of the time with unmatchable vocals and choreography, and their success made her solo career fail-proof. It?s one reason Beyonc? may be the most universally beloved artist of the Gen Y. A figure of talent, beauty and grace, Queen Bey has developed into the most exciting artist of the millennium as well as a political figure, setting the tone for how other major stars speak about feminism and the Black Lives Matter movement with the release of her landmark Lemonade album in 2016. ?BS

Tiffany ?New York? Pollard

Launched by Surreal Life, VH1 created a block of C-list, D-list and lower-celebrity-centric reality shows (?Celebreality?) that eventually led to Bachelor-inspired franchises like Flavor of Love (starring Public Enemy?s Flavor Flav) and Rock of Love (starring Poison?s Bret Michaels). Most importantly, it gave us Tiffany ?New York? Pollard, a Flavor of Love contestant with some of the most memorable moments (spitting on a fellow contestant named Punkin) and lines (?Beyonc?, I?m so sorry?). Her own spinoffs would become hits as well, but the pre-social-media memes she created were not forgotten once Tumblr and Twitter were popularized. ?BS

MTV?s ?Total Request Live?

First premiering on September 14th, 1998, Total Request Live marked a new era of MTV, tapping into the zeitgeist and a generation of teens? spending power like never before. Every Monday through Thursday afternoon, Carson Daly hosted a Top 10 countdown of music videos as determined by the votes of the show?s fans. Coinciding with the return of pop ? 1999 was really a melting pot of genres ? the show made stars out of Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, NSync, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Lopez, Kid Rock, Limp Bizkit, Eminem, Ricky Martin, Korn, Blink-182, Avril Lavigne, Good Charlotte, Destiny?s Child and Nelly among many, many others in the decade it ran on TV before ending on November 16th, 2008. (Let?s ignore the ill-fated reboot shall we?) ? Stacy Lambe

The Spice Girls? ?Girl Power?

When Sporty, Baby, Scary, Ginger and Posh dropped ?Wannabe,? in America in January 1997, their message wasn?t exactly revolutionary, but their packaging certainly was. Busting onto the scene in midriff-baring, faux-military garb and a mission to teach ?girl power? to the tween set, they were initially scoffed at by feminists ? in a Rolling Stone interview, Kim Gordon memorably called them ?repulsive? ? but they struck a chord with young millennial girls, who made them one of the bestselling groups of all time.  ?Elisabeth Garber-Paul

Napster, LimeWire and the Dominance of Music Piracy

If you were born into a world with music-streaming services, it can be hard to fathom the sheer amount of time, stupidity and anxiety previous generations wasted in front of a desktop computer waiting for songs to download. Every. Single. Song. Most of them, we may never have even heard before. Whether you were into Napster, Kazaa, LimeWire, BitTorrent, all of the above, or some more nefarious Dark Web software, pirating music was not only easy in the 2000s, it was addictive. Watching a green bar fill up next to a song was the dopamine hit we craved long before ?likes? existed. And unlike a ?like,? this was educational. It was about discovery, shaping our identities, feeling less alone, and because it was ?free,? the gateways for fandom were flung wide open. The first time we heard our favorite songs, albums and bands was, probably, through some illegal channel. Was it worth the Red Scare-like terror we silently incurred when teenagers were sued by bands like Metallica? In hindsight, maybe not. But at the time, who could?ve predicted Spotify and iPhones were right around the technological corner? And all of our carefully curated download folders and iTunes libraries would be rendered futile overnight. ? Sarah Grant

Rihanna DGAF

Rihanna?s tossed-off vibe and DGAF openness disguise both her musical gifts and remarkable work ethic, borne out in a cascade of hits. Who knew that the young Barbadian singer behind 2005?s ?Pon de Replay? would eventually sell more digital singles (100 million?plus) than any other artist? Or that she trails only Elvis, the Beatles and Madonna in Top 10s? She?s one of pop?s biggest hitmakers, but she remains an enigma, partly because she has the ability to successfully depart from that chart-topping streak to create music that is both weird and vulnerable. Not only has her chart dominance been successful, but the quality and trailblazing nature of her singles have been just as consistent.

Janet Jackson Super Bowl Wardrobe Malfunction

Janet Jackson?s infamous ?wardrobe malfunction? Super Bowl halftime show happened in 2004. But the scandalous event has had a life long beyond the nine-sixteenths of a second during which Janet?s breast was bared after Justin Timberlake tore a piece of fabric off her bustier. Until that point, she had produced 10 Number One hits, but this derailed her career, and nearly 15 years later, we finally discovered that now-disgraced CBS CEO Les Moonves was obsessed with ruining the pop star. The way Timberlake was treated versus the onus placed on Jackson empowered a cohort of fans to reject the entertainment monoliths that controlled music and pop culture. ?JP

The ?Glitter? of Mariah Carey

One of the many deeply weird things about Mariah is that she?s never had much interest in growing up: She blew up big in the great teen-pop boom of 1990, and she stayed teen pop all the way to 2001, coming across as a sweet, suburban middle-school girl who?s crazy about hip-hop but always makes it home by 10. After albums titled Rainbow and Butterfly, she arrived with Glitter. As Rob Sheffield wrote in his review at the time: ?Only Mariah could make a record with Ol? Dirty Bastard or enjoy a much-publicized, much-denied public canoodle with Q-Tip and still project herself as such an innocent. Even her fashion sense remains that of a 12-year-old playing dress-up in her mom?s closet, which is one of the reasons Mariah has always kept it real with her devoted pubescent-girl fan base. She never tries to pass herself off as true hip-hop ? she?s not stupid, G. Instead, she just comes on as a pop singer who doubles as a true hip-hop fan.?

Full list
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/the-millennial-100-737215/

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Damn thotriah is just an industry joke. No wonder the hall of fame said no dice on ever getting a nomination

[BAPHOMET.]

I LOVE how real Mariah is and legendary.

Queen really had always been herself and not fake like Bey

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A gold digging slut who fucked for tracks. And the bad boy camp ran a train on her in that honey helicopter.

[Cowgirl]

Okay Jans & Bey!

[BAPHOMET.]

You gonna get FUCKED up real soon  hun

[MelMel]

A gold digging slut who fucked for tracks. And the bad boy camp ran a train on her in that honey helicopter.

I believe it