21 Pop Albums From 2001 That You Probably Forgot About

When you think of music from 2001, chances are you reminisce about iconic boy bands such as NSYNC or pop phenomenons such as Britney Spears. Glossy bubblegum pop ruled the airwaves at the dawn of the millennium, but over the years, many of the pop albums released during the Y2K era have fallen by the wayside, forgotten or relegated to guilty pleasure music nostalgia.

From Vitamin C to Jump5 and Myra, it’s certainly true that many of the of-their-time groups and artists who released music in 2001 have slipped into the fuzzy peripheral of pop music, but two decades on, there are still so many irreverent albums deserving of pop-lovers’ attention.

Yes, it may be hard to believe, but some of 2001’s most underappreciated, under-the-radar pop albums are turning twenty years old this year—so dust off your CD player and, below, rediscover 21 sugary pop albums from 2001 that you may have forgotten about.