The 2010s (pronounced "twenty-tens" or "two thousand [and] tens"), variously nicknamed "the '10s" ("the Tens"), "the Tenties", or more rarely "the Teens", was a
decade that began on January 1, 2010, and ended on December 31, 2019.
The decade began with an economic recovery from the
late 2000s financial crisis.
Inflation and
interest rates stayed low and steady throughout the decade,
gross world product grew from 2010 to 2019. Global economic recovery accelerated during the latter half of the decade, fueled by strong economic growth in many countries, robust
consumer spending, increased investment in
infrastructure, and the emergence of new technologies. However, the recovery developed unevenly. Socioeconomic crises in some countries—particularly in the
Arab world—triggered political revolutions in
Tunisia,
Egypt, and
Bahrain as well as civil wars in
Libya,
Syria, and
Yemen in a regional phenomenon that was commonly referred to as the
Arab Spring. Meanwhile, Europe had to grapple with a
debt crises that was pronounced early in the decade. Shifting social attitudes saw
LGBT rights make substantial progress throughout the decade, particularly in
developed countries.
The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games (
Russian: XXII Олимпийские зимние игры,
romanized: XXII Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry) and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (
Russian: Сочи 2014), were an international winter
multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in
Sochi, Russia. Opening rounds in certain events were held on 6 February 2014, the day before the
opening ceremony.
Image 31A man with sleeve tattoos, beard and flannel shirt, mid 2010s (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 32For over 15 months it was unclear what exactly happened to
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 until at the end of July 2015 a few remnants of the plane swept to the shores of the island of
Réunion (from 2010s)
Image 4028 February 2014: following the removal of pro-Russian Ukrainian president
Viktor Yanukovych from office, Russia annexed the
Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine (from 2010s)
Image 41A woman wearing a jean jacket in 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 53The
PlayStation 4 was released in November 2013 and is the best-selling gaming console of the decade (100+ million units sold worldwide ). (from 2010s in culture)
Image 71An example of Smart Casual Dress (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 72The A-line dress made a comeback in 2013. Hemlines also became shorter than they were in the early 2010s. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 73Pitbull and
Enrique Iglesias recorded a remix version of the album track "
Dirty Dancer" was released as the fourth English single and became his ninth Hot Dance Club Play chart topper, tying with Prince and Michael Jackson as the male with the most No. 1 dance singles. (from 2010s in music)
Image 82BRICS, a supranational economic cooperative comprising five major
emerging national economies—Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—grew to represent over 3.1 billion people, or about 41 percent of the world population by 2015. (from 2010s)
Image 93The Arab Spring saw mass unrest in the
Arab world early in the decade: Government overthrown multiple times Government overthrown Civil war Protests and governmental changes Major protests Minor protests Other protests and militant action outside the Arab world (from 2010s)
Image 94Brazilian hipster girl wearing
leg warmers and knitted sweater dress, also sporting vibrant hair (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 109In the 2010s, British girl group
Little Mix was cited for helping the girl band renaissance in the UK during the late 00s and into the early 10s. They are also recognized as one of the most successful girl groups from that decade. (from 2010s in music)
Image 120Brazilian
indie pop group
Restart wearing "colorido" fashion, popular for most of the early 2010s in Brazil (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 121Taylor Swift was one of the most successful country artists of the 2010s. Her albums Speak Now (2010) and Red (2012) topped charts and opened with more than a million copies sold in their first weeks. (from 2010s in music)
Image 132A poster used during the
Occupy Wall Street movements with the phrase "We are the 99%". The movement was against the economic inequality and the influence of money in politics. US President
Barack Obama claimed the movement would help "Americans express their frustrations", while Vice President Joe Biden remarked: "The middle class has been screwed." (from 2010s)
Image 135In 2013, China launched the ambitious
Belt and Road infrastructure initiative, with over 150 countries announcing participation by the end of the decade. (from 2010s)
Image 164In 2014 the
One World Trade Center opened its doors in the
Financial District of Manhattan, serving as a replacement to the original World Trade Center Twin Towers that were destroyed in 2001. On the 10th anniversary of 9/11 in 2011 (the same year
Osama bin Laden was killed), the
9/11 Memorial was opened. (from 2010s)
Image 166Tool's live performances in 2006 included an elaborate light show using 10,000 Days artwork by painter
Alex Grey as a backdrop. (from 2010s in music)
Image 171Adele during this decade established herself as the best selling British female artist of all time. Her 21 (2011) and 25 (2015) became two of the best selling albums of the 2010s. (from 2010s in music)
Image 179Syrian and Iraqi refugees arriving in
Greece. In the 2010s Europe had been severely affected by a huge
migration from
Africa and
Middle East (from 2010s)
Image 180Islamic dress incorporating Western influences, fashionable from 2011 to 2018 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 181Devastation in
Mosul's old city after recapture from ISIL in 2017 (from 2010s)
Image 182Woman wearing makeup popular in the mid-2010s. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 183A woman in bra-shaped top and mini-shorts in Germany, 2013 (from 2010s in fashion)
... that the board game Glory to Rome, despite being well-received, led to its publisher's bankruptcy in the mid-2010s and has been out of print since?
... that despite being excluded from the standard edition of 1989, "New Romantics" by
Taylor Swift was named one of the best songs of the 2010s decade by Rolling Stone?
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The 2010s (pronounced "twenty-tens" or "two thousand [and] tens"), variously nicknamed "the '10s" ("the Tens"), "the Tenties", or more rarely "the Teens", was a
decade that began on January 1, 2010, and ended on December 31, 2019.
The decade began with an economic recovery from the
late 2000s financial crisis.
Inflation and
interest rates stayed low and steady throughout the decade,
gross world product grew from 2010 to 2019. Global economic recovery accelerated during the latter half of the decade, fueled by strong economic growth in many countries, robust
consumer spending, increased investment in
infrastructure, and the emergence of new technologies. However, the recovery developed unevenly. Socioeconomic crises in some countries—particularly in the
Arab world—triggered political revolutions in
Tunisia,
Egypt, and
Bahrain as well as civil wars in
Libya,
Syria, and
Yemen in a regional phenomenon that was commonly referred to as the
Arab Spring. Meanwhile, Europe had to grapple with a
debt crises that was pronounced early in the decade. Shifting social attitudes saw
LGBT rights make substantial progress throughout the decade, particularly in
developed countries.
The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games (
Russian: XXII Олимпийские зимние игры,
romanized: XXII Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry) and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (
Russian: Сочи 2014), were an international winter
multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in
Sochi, Russia. Opening rounds in certain events were held on 6 February 2014, the day before the
opening ceremony.
Image 31A man with sleeve tattoos, beard and flannel shirt, mid 2010s (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 32For over 15 months it was unclear what exactly happened to
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 until at the end of July 2015 a few remnants of the plane swept to the shores of the island of
Réunion (from 2010s)
Image 4028 February 2014: following the removal of pro-Russian Ukrainian president
Viktor Yanukovych from office, Russia annexed the
Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine (from 2010s)
Image 41A woman wearing a jean jacket in 2015 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 53The
PlayStation 4 was released in November 2013 and is the best-selling gaming console of the decade (100+ million units sold worldwide ). (from 2010s in culture)
Image 71An example of Smart Casual Dress (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 72The A-line dress made a comeback in 2013. Hemlines also became shorter than they were in the early 2010s. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 73Pitbull and
Enrique Iglesias recorded a remix version of the album track "
Dirty Dancer" was released as the fourth English single and became his ninth Hot Dance Club Play chart topper, tying with Prince and Michael Jackson as the male with the most No. 1 dance singles. (from 2010s in music)
Image 82BRICS, a supranational economic cooperative comprising five major
emerging national economies—Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—grew to represent over 3.1 billion people, or about 41 percent of the world population by 2015. (from 2010s)
Image 93The Arab Spring saw mass unrest in the
Arab world early in the decade: Government overthrown multiple times Government overthrown Civil war Protests and governmental changes Major protests Minor protests Other protests and militant action outside the Arab world (from 2010s)
Image 94Brazilian hipster girl wearing
leg warmers and knitted sweater dress, also sporting vibrant hair (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 109In the 2010s, British girl group
Little Mix was cited for helping the girl band renaissance in the UK during the late 00s and into the early 10s. They are also recognized as one of the most successful girl groups from that decade. (from 2010s in music)
Image 120Brazilian
indie pop group
Restart wearing "colorido" fashion, popular for most of the early 2010s in Brazil (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 121Taylor Swift was one of the most successful country artists of the 2010s. Her albums Speak Now (2010) and Red (2012) topped charts and opened with more than a million copies sold in their first weeks. (from 2010s in music)
Image 132A poster used during the
Occupy Wall Street movements with the phrase "We are the 99%". The movement was against the economic inequality and the influence of money in politics. US President
Barack Obama claimed the movement would help "Americans express their frustrations", while Vice President Joe Biden remarked: "The middle class has been screwed." (from 2010s)
Image 135In 2013, China launched the ambitious
Belt and Road infrastructure initiative, with over 150 countries announcing participation by the end of the decade. (from 2010s)
Image 164In 2014 the
One World Trade Center opened its doors in the
Financial District of Manhattan, serving as a replacement to the original World Trade Center Twin Towers that were destroyed in 2001. On the 10th anniversary of 9/11 in 2011 (the same year
Osama bin Laden was killed), the
9/11 Memorial was opened. (from 2010s)
Image 166Tool's live performances in 2006 included an elaborate light show using 10,000 Days artwork by painter
Alex Grey as a backdrop. (from 2010s in music)
Image 171Adele during this decade established herself as the best selling British female artist of all time. Her 21 (2011) and 25 (2015) became two of the best selling albums of the 2010s. (from 2010s in music)
Image 179Syrian and Iraqi refugees arriving in
Greece. In the 2010s Europe had been severely affected by a huge
migration from
Africa and
Middle East (from 2010s)
Image 180Islamic dress incorporating Western influences, fashionable from 2011 to 2018 (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 181Devastation in
Mosul's old city after recapture from ISIL in 2017 (from 2010s)
Image 182Woman wearing makeup popular in the mid-2010s. (from 2010s in fashion)
Image 183A woman in bra-shaped top and mini-shorts in Germany, 2013 (from 2010s in fashion)
... that the board game Glory to Rome, despite being well-received, led to its publisher's bankruptcy in the mid-2010s and has been out of print since?
... that despite being excluded from the standard edition of 1989, "New Romantics" by
Taylor Swift was named one of the best songs of the 2010s decade by Rolling Stone?
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