Gen Z Reacts To Billboard's #1 Hits From 2000 To Now! | React

We compiled some of Billboard's top #1 hits from the last 23 years to see Gen Z's reaction to the change in music tastes over that time. Which of these songs brought back the most nostalgia?
Content Featured:
BREATHE (FAITH HILL)
• Faith Hill - "Breathe"...
HANGING BY A MOMENT (LIFEHOUSE)
• Lifehouse - Hanging By...
IN DA CLUB (50 CENT)
• 50 Cent - In Da Club (...
WE BELONG TOGETHER (MARIAH CAREY)
• Mariah Carey - We Belo...
BAD DAY (DANIEL POWTER)
• Daniel Powter - Bad Da...
LOW (FLO RIDA ft t-pain)
• Flo Rida - Low (feat. ...
BOOM BOOM POW (BLACK EYED PEAS)
• The Black Eyed Peas - ...
SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW (GOYTE)
• Gotye - Somebody That ...
THRIFT SHOP (MACKLEMORE)
• MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWI...
LOVE YOURSELF (JUSTIN BIEBER)
• Justin Bieber - Love Y...
SHAPE OF YOU (ED SHEERAN)
• Ed Sheeran - Shape of ...
GOD’S PLAN (DRAKE)
• Drake - God's Plan
BLINDING LIGHTS (THE WEEKND)
• The Weeknd - Blinding ...
LEVITATING (DUA LIPA)
• Dua Lipa - Levitating ...
HEAT WAVES (GLASS ANIMALS)
• Glass Animals - Heat W...
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Gen Z Reacts To Billboard's #1 Hits From The Last 20 Years! | React
0:00 Intro
0:22 Breathe
1:31 Lifehouse
2:20 50 Cent
3:05 Trivia
4:01 Mariah Carey
4:49 Daniel Powter
5:17 Trivia 2
6:24 Flo Rida
7:10 Black Eyed Peas
7:50 Trivia 3
8:26 Gotye
9:02 Macklemore
9:52 Trivia 4
10:43 Justin Bieber
11:23 Ed Sheeran
11:56 Drake
12:36 Lyric Challenge
13:46 The Weeknd
14:41 Dua Lipa
15:34 Glass Animals
16:12 Final Thoughts
16:53 Outro

[@React]

Unfortunately, due to copyright, we had to trim out How You Remind Me from 2002! Sorry for any confusion!

[@mychms]

tq for REMINDing me

[@redditoneparts]

Never made it as a wise man

[@antoniomarin9061]

I love Nickelback. Why wouldn't they be on here?

[@WeezyJeffersonYo]

Weird how they don't know songs from before being born. The rest of us knew songs from decades before we were born.

[@DonovanHaumpy]

"the rest of us" boiiii 😂😂

[@GodisGreat0105]

That’s because our parents were great and played it around us 😂

[@lolsaXx]

Everyone knows the Beatles

[@StillWatersJay]

Never heard of that 1999 faith hill song in my life and I’m 26

[@lyndsycarson8302]

because most humans have parents lol

[@real23lions]

I think the reason millennials know more old songs is because we couldn’t choose the songs we wanted to listen so we had to listen to whatever is on. Kinda sucks at first but ultimately awesome as it expands our music knowledge. Most Gen Z would just change the song, millennials got to sit through it.

[@dutchmill233]

i agree. Millennials have this universal experience in music. We /had/ to know these songs. Gen Z are lucky they were able to curate their music so early in their life. But as a millennial, i have no regrets.

[@lukedodd2993]

What? We had music choices; channels, online, Limewire. There was a lot of choices. We didn't have to listen to "whatever was on".

[@real23lions]

@@lukedodd2993 not in the 90s

[@georgexashleyb1341]

If this was a “try not to feel old challenge” I feel old now. edit: TYSM for all the likes!!

[@JamCie]

Yup, failed that one too.

[@j_me83]

Yeah, I’m too damn old for these kids. 😂

[@ELmayberry]

right 😂😂

[@debbizajac1320]

When Dani said he wasn't born in 2000...put me in a grave already. 😅

[@cornellclincy1735]

SAME I Turn 30 Next Wednesday And This Video Help Me Realize That 😂

[@LeesaDeAndrea]

"Somebody That I Used to Know" Rings so true. The older you get, the more people in your past that just become somebody that you used to know. It sad but it becomes so hard to maintain ties separated by distance & changing circumstances.

[@krylesangerbeaver]

Jaxon laughing as soon as Nickelback started lol, he's so good

[@Mallrat31]

He is always consistently funny and he always tries. That girl beside him should LEGALLY be required to wear orange once a week.

[@6thwilbury2331]

Jaxon is consistently my favorite person in these videos, but I'm not sure why.

[@annebodee]

He's smart. He actually knows a wide variety of music.

[@manunarine3529]

probably because he is the only guy who is not overly extra or zesty af.

[@HonkHonkler]

Because he's honest.

[@ummlxxmy3252]

we also grew up w him. he used to be on the kids react

[@jeffbrehove2614]

He's the only one that knows what's up.

[@timisme8360]

I wouldn't call this generation "sad"! It's just that tastes change, music changes. My dad thought my music taste (60s, 70s & early 80s) was trash, even tho I grew up with and LOVED his music from the 40s & 50s. My mom was classical music and I enjoy that too. Ode to Joy STILL brings tears to my eyes because it reminds me of her. She burned my Black Sabbath album tho. Lol I also enjoy some new music. Tastes change, music changes. I forget who I'm quoting but, "The only constant IS change"

[@IdentifiantE.S]

You’re 💯 right !

[@trixicenby999]

Exactly, it's not about the quality about songs that have gotten worse, it's the generations before that judge new music

[@lovelykaren]

Jaxon calling Ed Sheeran a "gremlin" 😂

[@ELmayberry]

had me dying 🤣🤣

[@R989D]

8:05 man my thighs/glutes will never be as strong as they were in the “Low” days. Jeez the number of times a night this song played in the clubs.

[@marcussmith6805]

Jaxon is a mood when it comes to the "popular" songs of the last eight or 10 years lol.

[@YaoZerZ]

I like the kid Jaxon vibe. He knows a lot of good ol songs. He did the same thing on old music. His mom raised him right

[@annebodee]

He really has more eclectic tastes than ANY of the kids on this channel. There were a couple videos with him and his mom that were hilarious.

[@xaixiong3465]

Seeing Faith hill as the very first song from 2001 brought lots of memories back! You should have them react to Shania twain's songs!

[@TheNraveles]

As a Gen z, bro come on. Literally? What? I was born 2000 and all these songs are still on my playlist 😭😭😭

[@godcas]

Same here but I was 2001

[@The90sKid518]

Same Here ( born in 1999)

[@DaBoomerYe]

All y'all oldheads😂 (i'm 2003) the ONLY ones i like is nickelback, T-pain & black eyed peas

[@lateramae]

Honestly, "Bad Day" is my favorite out all the songs shown in the video because I grew up with that song and the lyrics hit hard!!!!

[@mirayoon1992]

same

[@zcany]

Theres no way they just casually skipped 2002 to not put in Eminem

[@PrisonbreakSPNheroes]

I was born in 1982 and I remember Lifehouse being one of those bands featured in episodes of Smallville. I don't remember the last time I actually listened to current pop music for a month straight. I usually listen to random songs from random decades... anything from The Beatles to Beastie Boys to Taylor Swift to Cher and Weezer.

[@tomynest470]

Same. The only recent hits I listen to are my Taylor because she slays, but everything else on the radio nowadays is garbage.

[@arir5235]

Man!! The fact these were high school anthems .. and now i have a 14 yr old is crazy!! 34 is a weird age 😂i swear i used to be cool

[@normanfrantungcul4542]

No doubt man. Its just that our time has passed

[@mastersnet18]

Wow you had kids young! I’m the same age, I can’t imagine having a teen.

[@arir5235]

@@mastersnet18 where i grew up 20 is old.. most people got pregnant at 15-16

[@mastersnet18]

@@arir5235wow, it’s the complete opposite where I live. Most women don’t have kids until their 30’s, or even 40’s. And having kids before 25 is seen almost like a teen pregnancy 😆.

[@arir5235]

@@mastersnet18 holy moly … what state are u in? It definitely would have been easier if i would have waited til 25… but i can’t imagine having a newborn at my age…

[@brandeerodriguez8536]

The first 5 or 6 songs reminded me of watching music videos in the morning on MTV while getting ready for school

[@xashelena]

Jaxon signing Bad Day is me everytime that song shows up

[@derekwork6749]

Mariah Carey is currently defrosting getting ready for Christmas.

[@arianastasiagrande8428]

She's defrosting early this year.

[@strangeone16]

Jaxon put his heart and soul into that bad day performance

[@CraftingWithTopaz]

The girl in the orange top is absolutely gorgeous

[@MistahMatzah]

We know!

[@CraftingWithTopaz]

@@MistahMatzah what

[@Deedric_Kee]

Mariah Carey's music is so phenomenal to me.

[@SonnyStarJ]

Imagine talking about #1's from the 2000's to now and NOT ONCE featuring NONE of RIHANNA 14 1#'S, No Taylor Swift, not even Adele or Katy, heck not even Gaga or Bruno Mars....

[@jpqz]

no taylor swift is a blessing

[@SonnyStarJ]

@jpqz8042 lol I agree, just throwing some names out there

[@rachellevine9160]

Jaxon sings so well!!

[@BlackMandragon]

A good indicator of how much staying at home has sheltered me from music is I have literally never heard that last song before.

[@Willlll1m]

If they didn't get Mariah Carey I was ready to lose faith in humanity

[@kh4irulanwar]

Heat Wave by Glass Animal is everywhere You can hear it in FIFA 22, FIFA 23, Forza Horizon and most game in 2021-2023. Its not just TikTok though.

[@dhirojbasnet2494]

Guess I wasn't the only one who really loved this song. They made me feel this song so underated

[@kh4irulanwar]

@@dhirojbasnet2494 yeah stupid ed sheeran refuse to put his song in FIFA23 and forza horizon 5. Music in game industry is a new kind of market that blooming rite now. i.e The last of us, cyberpunk2027, Need for speed Unbound , etc

[@agent_mk8214]

Jaxon always saves the GenZ videos

[@BurgerwithPeanutButtter]

He and Rachel (the girl sitting next to him) were the only ones that didn't make me cringe.

[@broadwaybound2015]

Born in the 90s but know music from the Motown era, love 70s rock, 80s pop, and love stuff from today. I just think its crazy though how they can be like this is so 2000s everything repeats and also you need to listen to some more music diversify your sound. Would love to see them react to like Fleetwood mac, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix type stuff or even earlier like the Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Shirelles.

[@DaBoomerYe]

Ur delusional if you like music after 2017 (i'm 20)

[@vamprio95]

Wasn't expecting too feel that old today

[@rahjahknows]

Fun fact, Ed Sheeran sang the background vocals for Bieber's Love Yourself, so it was funny when they reacted to Ed Sheeran for the "first time" even though they had already heard him in the previous song.

[@RedDevil_Joe]

Sang the background vocals…he wrote the whole song 😂

[@anneveracastro]

jaxon with that bad day song 😭

[@beccajoyner]

Next video we need to have millennials react to 90s songs up until the 2010s

[@Zodia195]

More like 80s to 2010s.

[@beccajoyner]

@@Zodia195 Yes! Absolutely. How could I forget the 80’s?! Must be my old brain. 😂😂

[@michaelewing6522]

@@beccajoyner I am a millennial, Born in '86

[@cloroxbitch2491]

Mariah Carey - We Belong Together. Hands down one of the best song out there.

[@Angelmaybe14]

LIFEHOUSE is one of my favorite bands.

[@Deedric_Kee]

👍

[@lyannastark628]

Same!

[@IsabelS_Fuyu]

These songs trip down memory lane for me, especially the Nickelback song haha 🥲

[@lyannastark628]

Really happy to see Lifehouse on this list. On of my favorite bands. Also excellent live performers.

[@ArtByDesign80]

0:52 Faith Hill was actually a Cover Girl. Spokesmodel. 🤣

[@venadacent7696]

I love the way Jaxon goes for it in these videos. Never lose that enthusiasm!!!!!

[@Deedric_Kee]

That "LifeHouse song still rocks baby. 👏

[@sylface86]

jax: 2015 was around the time i stopped listen to popular music at all. 5minuts later jax: 2020 ohhhhh im blinded by the lightttttt...bam bam bamrarampa xD

[@danielvictor1941]

5:20 I loved to see how everybody instantly knew when we belong together started to play. Almost 20 years and this song still beats on the new generation. Iconic Queen.

[@mariegoodner1197]

Jaxon... We're all waiting for that album , sir !

[@CarlosHernandez-jv6wk]

They did us dirty by not playing "Yeah!". 😭

[@kit9148]

Jaxon is honestly always such a vibe 😆

[@melrhea12]

Jaxon is KING 👑💕

[@fmrscout33]

You can see the MOMENT they became conscious of music, after leaving toddler level age. It's hilarious. They go from not hardly knowing anything, to remembering all the music their parents played.

[@mightypatriot5151]

Jackson slayed bad day, whole video How many likes can we get on this

[@DrayNoR1]

Evanescence? Linkin park? Papa roach? Where are they? Really???

[@TheLizzerazu]

There is only one Queen. Freddie!

[@nomercyfilms]

Can’t argue with that

[@antoniomarin9061]

R.I.P. Freddie

[@ItsBestiny]

Fun fact but Breathe and Hanging by a Moment never actually hit number one but they were the biggest songs of 2000 and 2001. They both peaked at number two. Same with Levitating. Peaked at number two but was the biggest song of 2021.

[@mistressthorn]

When the one girl said Mackelmore was popular when she was in middle school made me realize how old I am, I was in college then!

[@Ash-uf4fv]

Whenever I hear Jaxon sing in these Im always like damn he aint bad you know

[@BiancaAguiar934]

Gen Z reacts to 60s Music: Bee Gees, Beatles, Shocking Blue, Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, The Supremes, The Animals, Beach Boys...

[@carlosmenac]

I love the Mariah’s reaction to We Belong Together, this kids were well educated! So glad! Song of the decade for a reason!

[@alyz8376]

True , when we were little we listen to every generation music cause that's what our parents played where is now they have and get their own music in their own phone and or iPod in a minute

[@nicolelylewis]

how none of them knew Faith Hill.....😭

[@CoffeeTastic1]

As an early 2000s kid I know who Faith Hill is and it’s surprising that they don’t know who she is

[@lyndsycarson8302]

I know songs from literally every decade except what we are in now because i’m 33 and i just can’t

[@huldalopez52]

OMG i saw one of your videos and they played "Low" Flo rida and i have it stuck in my head for 3 days, now i listened to it again in this video, so i will have it playing in my head for the whole week

[@Deedric_Kee]

7:46 Was straight fire! I love everyone just started partying! Jaxon singing and dancing and everyone just lit. Very good video 👍

[@CDTwitler]

These kids really looked at Chad Kroeger and said that's the guy from the graph meme 💀

[@thatgirl9532]

Ofcourse Jaxon does better than everyone in these videos 😂 his parents must have listened to all types of music😅

[@sleepeehead.]

Jaxon was way too into that Bad Day song💀💀

[@tomynest470]

Bruh, I was born in 2005 and I recognized all these songs. It seems that these reactors live under a rock.

[@mylesm_media]

Broooooooo whenever Heat Waves drops on FIFA 23 everybody stops and sing along, Glass Animals did a madness.

[@Hakwbebsu26]

Fifa 21

[@SlxmRxcey]

@@Hakwbebsu26 they re-released it in Fifa 23

[@btetschner]

My favorite song of this video was "Breathe" by Faith Hill.

[@Nc18554]

I was born in 95 and i know like a good majority of 70s and 80s music. If youre born in 05, you should def know from 2000 and on lol. Thats baffling to me.

[@melanieannplans2666]

Dani suggesting Toxic Gossip Train 😂😂😂😂😂 love it

[@jeffreytsao5710]

Jaxon on Bad Day giving major Joseph Gordon Levitt vibes

[@mcwright0178]

Lifehouse - Hanging by a Moment best song on this list.

[@lyannastark628]

I love Lifehouse! Jason is a great songwriter.

[@ozlovescoffee5595]

Thanks i needed a reminder of why I don't listen to billboard top 40 music.

[@Geeksfreaksoutcastsandmisfits]

Everything up to 2000’s music was the jam

[@flyawayage]

kinda disappointed people don't know the good old songs

[@cassiefraser2069]

This called me old in so many different ways.

[@stephanieblanchard1798]

Jaxon, my husband hates the song Shape of You too, that's why I made it his ringtone 🤣😂

[@eddielin6081]

Somehow Jaxon is giving me the “I don’t like it so I don’t care anything about it.”vibe

[@DaBoomerYe]

That's my existence😂

[@Aurochsangel]

Jaxon is in college now😢first time i saw him he was like five years old

[@5ilvyviper]

honestly 😭

[@SwissPRODMashups]

6:47 The question was misleading, as both Umbrella and Irreplaceable went to #1

[@resbivr8759]

Blinding lights. There have been days when i heard it on loop on Spotify for the day at work.

[@jacomijne3221]

Okay but Keone and Mari Madrid (in the love yourself video) are such amazing dancers and choreographers! LOVE THEM!

[@shinesunred9699]

that´s the comment I´ve been looking for - dance community is the best ♥

[@venadacent7696]

Jaxon doing Yeah...be still be my beating heart 🥰🤣🥰

[@ironxmike83]

Chad Kroeger . “He kind of looks like Jesus.” 💀 🤣

[@Deedric_Kee]

6:12 . Watching "Jaxon sang that sing that song with emotional face expression was gold. 👍

[@anthonyarmento1349]

Honestly this video makes me feel old because alot of these songs where songs that I grew up with. I Specifically remember boom boom pow because whenever me and my sister would go to the roller rink that song would always play

[@viracocha6409]

4:54 Damn, Jaxon actually can sing! 😄

[@harrisone79]

Best line ever. "This lil gremlin"

[@meghanmonroe]

"We Belong Together" might've been a turning point for Mariah's career, but let's be honest. It really just introduced the new generation to her lowest power setting possible. I feel low-key embarrassed when people play that song and act like it's a masterpiece. Tell me you've never listened to 90s/00s Mariah without saying a gd word. 😭

[@osirisriker3073]

My country loving heart was in pain that they did not know Faith Hill. Well they weren't alive yet at the time so I can let it slide. 🤠

[@mikaelabahian4387]

When the guy said "Who's popping when we we're sick"😂😂😂

[@kriho02]

Wow, I used to listen to Glass Animals a lot like 6-8 years ago, always thought they were really underrated, I had no idea Heat Waves is their song

[@rkoncenasupporter]

the fact that they didn't know faith hill....damn lol...but then i guess that shows how old i am lol....i'll be 34 next week lol and also the somebody that i used to know, i love the cover three days grace did

[@jodimyers410]

2:25 I was front row at a lifehouse concert in 2001! It was truly awesome!

[@BlackMandragon]

I too was like, "Hey, that's Leonard Snart!"

[@68corvette08]

0:49 Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, and Taylor Swift were not from 1999. Are these people serious?

[@Carringtonnn]

jokes?

[@explodingmango907]

No that was the joke -_-

[@maplenerd22]

That was a joke. 🤦‍♂ Are you seriously this dense??

[@voyance4elle]

You just have to love Jaxon!!!! He is my favorite in each of these videos...

[@rafaolivera7784]

Watching them remembering things as a Gen Z (early, 2000) is so refreshing and cool, they're so fun to watch

[@andrewgilbert4659]

I used to listen to the radio constantly during about 1.5-2hrs driving time to/from work each day, until I became permanently sick and eventually had to settle for a disabled-retirement in mid-2017. Not really knowing many of the songs here from 2018 onward, it really drives home to me just how much that daily radio exposure kept me current with newer music 😅 I pretty much know no Drake or Dua Lipa or Glass Animals, and "Blinding Lights" might be the only song by The Weeknd I'm familiar with 😶