When Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker's peer-to-peer file-sharing site Napster launched in June, 1999, it was inevitably met with fierce resistance by a music industry terrified by the prospect of fans listening to, and sharing, music for free.Napster was eventually shut down over copyright infringements, but with 26 million music fans using the site by 2001, the horse hadn't just bolted – it had learned to fly. Although they were still more than half a decade away, streaming sites were the obvious future.French touch conquered the world.As was his way, David Bowie also forecast the future by making his album Hours available to download two weeks before the physical release. He was the first commercial artists to do so.French touch conquered the world,Chris Cunningham's iconic music videos,One-hit wonders.The year 2000 gets all the acclaim. A new millennium introduced new sounds and a glut of incredible albums.
