From top left, clockwise: Anti-government protests called the Arab Spring arose in 2010–2011, and as a result, many governments were overthrown, including when Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi was killed ; Crimea is annexed by Russia in 2014; ISIS/ISIL perpetrates terrorist attacks and captures territory in Syria and Iraq; climate change awareness and the Paris Agreement ; the Event Horizon Telescope captures the first image of a black hole in 2019; Obergefell v. Hodges legalizes same-sex marriage in the United States in 2015, marking continuing progress for LGBT rights in developed countries ; increasing use of digital media and rise of mobile devices ; the UK votes to leave the EU in 2016 on a rising tide of populism throughout the decade.
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 Great Recession . 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 crisis that was pronounced early in the decade. Shifting social attitudes saw LGBT rights make substantial progress throughout the decade, particularly in developed countries .
The decade saw the musical and cultural dominance of dance-pop , electronic dance music , hipster culture and electropop . Globalization and an increased demand for variety and personalisation in the face of music streaming services such as Spotify , SoundCloud and Apple Music created many musical subgenres. As the decade progressed, diversity was also seen with the mainstream success of K-pop , Latin music and trap . Superhero films became box office leaders, with Avengers: Endgame becoming the highest-grossing film of all time . Cable providers saw a decline in subscribers as cord cutters switched to lower cost online streaming services such as Netflix , Amazon Prime , Hulu and Disney+ . The video game industry continued to be dominated by Nintendo , Sony , and Microsoft ; while indie games became more popular, with Minecraft becoming the best-selling game of all time. Handheld console gaming revenue was overtaken by mobile gaming revenue in 2011. The best-selling book of this decade was Fifty Shades of Grey . Drake was named the top music artist of the decade in the U.S. by Billboard . (Full article... )
Women wearing contemporary outfits at a 2015 fashion show
The 2010s were defined by hipster fashion, athleisure , a revival of austerity-era period pieces and alternative fashions, swag-inspired outfits, 1980s -style neon streetwear, and unisex 1990s -style elements influenced by grunge and skater fashions . The later years of the decade witnessed the growing importance in the western world of social media influencers paid to promote fast fashion brands on Pinterest and Instagram .
Popular global fashion brands of the decade included
Abercrombie and Fitch ,
Adidas ,
Balenciaga ,
Ben Sherman ,
Burberry ,
Christian Dior ,
Coach ,
DSquared2 ,
Dorothy Perkins ,
Fashion Nova ,
Forever 21 ,
Gucci ,
H&M ,
Hollister ,
Hugo Boss ,
Lacoste ,
Louis Vuitton ,
Marks and Spencer ,
Michael Kors ,
Monsoon Accessorize ,
Nike ,
Nine West ,
Off-White ,
River Island ,
Supreme ,
Topman ,
Topshop ,
Uniqlo ,
Under Armour , and
Vans . (
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Image 1 TobyMac 's 2012 album
Eye on It became the third Christian album to ever debut at number 1 on the
Billboard 200. (from
2010s in music )
Image 2 Jay Chou in 2013 (from
2010s in music )
Image 3 Polish women wearing
boho - or
hippie -inspired dresses, floral prints and
peasant blouses , 2014 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 4 North Korean leader
Kim Jong-un and U.S. President
Donald Trump meet during the first
North Korea–United States summit in
Singapore , June 2018 (from
2010s )
Image 6 Gyaru fashion in Japan, 2011 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 7 Egyptian man wearing a sports shirt and a hat, 2019 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 9 Tourist couple wearing
casual clothes in Georgia (U.S), 2015 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 10 Sports anchor wearing
little black dress and
knee-high boots , Mexico, 2010 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 12 In 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 13 Psy 's song "
Gangnam Style " broke the record for the most number of
YouTube views during 2012 until 2017. (from
2010s in culture )
Image 14 A man wearing a leather Supreme snapback hat while taking a photograph in 2016 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 15 A Community Programs team wearing casual attire in 2019 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 16 Peruvian hats for the American export market (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 17 Man wearing
shawl collar cardigan and hipster-inspired beard (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 18 Woman wearing makeup popular in the mid-2010s. (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 20 Canadian singer
The Weeknd , 2018 (from
2010s in music )
Image 21 Woman wearing teal blazer and dress (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 22 Kesha performing on the American television program
Today in 2012 (from
2010s in music )
Image 23 Woman wearing colored skinny jeans (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 24 Kim Kardashian wearing an off-the-shoulder top in 2017. (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 25 Business casual (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 26 American rapper and singer
XXXTentacion (from
2010s in music )
Image 27 Various slim-fit jeans worn by men (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 28 Somali man wearing waistcoat,
tuque and
polar fleece (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 29 In 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 30 Example of Lumbersexual fashion, 2016 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 32 Braided hair is popular in Europe, especially in France, Ukraine and Russia. (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 33 The weighted capital city residential property price index, produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, since 2003 (from
2010s )
Image 34 David Guetta (left) performing for
BBC Radio 1 in 2007 (from
2010s in music )
Image 35 A woman wearing a jean jacket in 2015 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 36 3D printed model of a human liver (from
2010s )
Image 39 Devastation in
Mosul 's old city after recapture from ISIL in 2017 (from
2010s )
Image 40 The A-line dress made a comeback in 2013. Hemlines also became shorter than they were in the early 2010s. (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 41 Indian actress
Sameera Reddy wearing contrasting black and white top (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 42 Australian rapper
Iggy Azalea (from
2010s in music )
Image 43 Typical late 2010s fashion of Australian band
5 Seconds of Summer in 2018 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 44 J Balvin in 2018 (from
2010s in music )
Image 46 K-pop star
B.I sporting an
undercut hairstyle, 2016 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 47 Chinese women in Ireland, 2016 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 48 Greece and Eurozone's rise of debt in the early years of the decade (from
2010s )
Image 49 28 February 2014: following the removal of pro-Russian Ukrainian president
Viktor Yanukovych from office, Russia annexed the
Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine (from
2010s )
Image 50 Oculus Rift VR-display (2012), accessory (from
2010s in video games )
Image 54 A man with sleeve tattoos, beard and flannel shirt, mid 2010s (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 55 Japanese slim fitting three piece grey suit with window pane check, mid to late 2010s (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 57 Nintendo's Wii (2010) was the best selling console of the seventh generation, selling 92.4 million units. (from
2010s in video games )
Image 59 A man wearing pullover hoodie and a snapback cap in 2015 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 60 Woman in a red miniskirt and green cardigan crop, 2012 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 61 PlayStation Move (2010), accessory for the PlayStation 3 (from
2010s in video games )
Image 62 Ombre hair was popular during the decade. (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 63 From top left, clockwise: Anti-government protests called the
Arab Spring arose in 2010–2011, and as a result, many governments were overthrown, including when Libyan dictator
Muammar Gaddafi was
killed ;
Crimea is
annexed by Russia in 2014;
ISIS/ISIL perpetrates terrorist attacks and captures territory in Syria and Iraq;
climate change awareness and the
Paris Agreement ; the
Event Horizon Telescope captures the first image of a
black hole in 2019;
Obergefell v. Hodges legalizes
same-sex marriage in the United States in 2015, marking continuing progress for
LGBT rights in
developed countries ; increasing use of
digital media and
rise of mobile devices ; the
UK votes to
leave the
EU in 2016 on a rising tide of
populism throughout the decade. (from
2010s )
Image 64 English-Irish boy band
One Direction with
preppy -inspired outfits in 2012 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 65 Three girls with multicolored
seapunk inspired hair (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 66 Syrian 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 68 Imagine Dragons were an instant success after the release of their debut album,
Night Visions . (from
2010s in music )
Image 69 Avocado salad, tomato and salsa on a toasted baguette. (from
2010s in culture )
Image 71 A woman in bra-shaped top and mini-shorts in Germany, 2013 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 72 Pitbull 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 73 Justin Timberlake performing on his 20/20 Experience Tour in
Charlotte, North Carolina (from
2010s in music )
Image 74 Anti-Ghaddafi fighters celebrate during the
Libyan Civil War . (from
2010s )
Image 75 The Japanese group
AKB48 is one of the most successful J-pop artists. (from
2010s in music )
Image 76 American rapper
Playboi Carti (from
2010s in music )
Image 77 Woman wearing bikini top and jeans in USA, 2010. (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 78 Maroon 5 performing live in 2016 (from
2010s in music )
Image 79 German fashion designer
Karl Lagerfeld , 2011 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 80 Rihanna was a fashion icon of the era (from
2010s )
Image 82 The
PlayStation 4 was released in November 2013 and is the best-selling gaming console of the decade (100+ million units sold worldwide as of August 2019
[update] ). (from
2010s in culture )
Image 83 Jürgen Mossack , co-founder of
Mossack Fonseca , which shut down in light of revelations from the
Panama Papers . (from
2010s )
Image 84 Ed Hardy clothes popular among men, women and children from 2008 to 2012 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 85 Women's 1970s inspired outfit from 2018 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 86 An example of Smart Casual Dress (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 87 South African model
Candice Swanepoel wearing
pantywaist top and
bodycon skirt, 2010 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 88 Russian farmer family in 2010 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 89 Indian children, 2015 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 90 For 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 91 In 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 92 Tool '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 93 Athleisure fashion, 2017 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 94 Ed Sheeran , a photograph from a concert at the V Festival held in 2014 (from
2010s in music )
Image 96 Good Charlotte performing in 2011 (from
2010s in music )
Image 98 American rapper
Kendrick Lamar (from
2010s in music )
Image 99 Streetwear fashion in 2017. (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 100 On 10 April 2010
a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft of the Polish Air Force crashed in Russia with the Polish President
Lech Kaczynski and 95 other passengers including many senior officials (from
2010s )
Image 101 Robe and
kaftan for slightly overweight gentleman in
Götgatan of Stockholm, 2018 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 102 Robyn , the Swedish singer, songwriter, record producer and DJ. (from
2010s in music )
Image 103 The British boy band
One Direction in their Up All Night Tour, 2012 (from
2010s in music )
Image 104 Bowler hat worn by an increasing number of British professionals (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 105 Actress
Jennifer Lawrence sporting a loosened wavy hairstyle, 2011 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 106 iPad (2010) and other tablet-PCs (from
2010s in video games )
Image 107 Rapper
Macklemore sporting an
undercut . (from
2010s in culture )
Image 108 Men's polo shirts in more muted colors, 2015 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 111 A young woman in a white crop top, 2015 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 112 An example of an e-girl's aesthetic (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 113 American teenager with
hi-top fade and distressed
acid wash denim vest (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 114 The
war-torn ruins of
Donetsk International Airport in late December 2014 (from
2010s )
Image 115 President
Barack Obama and family in 2013 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 116 Brazilian hipster girl wearing
leg warmers and knitted sweater dress, also sporting vibrant hair (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 117 Maroon 5 performing in Hong Kong in May 2011 (from
2010s in music )
Image 119 Algerian protesters gather during the 2019
"Smile Revolution" (from
2010s )
Image 120 Edwardian -style
Windowpane tweed suit worn in England in the early 2010s (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 121 Girl wearing
steampunk costume, including
goggles and
pith helmet (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 123 Flag map of the world from 2015 (from
2010s )
Image 124 Norwegian man in slim fitting
velvet jacket, 2019 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 125 Taylor 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 126 Boat shoes associated with the
preppy look (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 127 David Beckham sporting an undercut hairstyle, 2012 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 128 Women to drive movement :
Women's rights in Saudi Arabia made progress when women were allowed to drive in the kingdom in 2018. (from
2010s )
Image 130 Selena Gomez gained global popularity in the 2010s, due in part to her hushed vocal style. (from
2010s in music )
Image 131 Xi Jinping became China's
leader for life in 2018. (from
2010s )
Image 132 A video game is used during a physical therapy session at the Naval Health Clinic in Charleston. (from
2010s in video games )
Image 133 Islamic dress incorporating Western influences, fashionable from 2011 to 2018 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 135 Portuguese hipster, 2014 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 136 Brazilian
indie pop group
Restart wearing "colorido" fashion, popular for most of the early 2010s in Brazil (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 137 Girl in microskirt, Lisbon, 2012 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 138 Drake was declared the Artist of the Decade of the 2010s by
Billboard . (from
2010s in music )
Image 139 Man wearing fedora hat, 2017 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 140 Musician
Harry Styles sporting a wings haircut in 2012. (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 141 Women in
casuals relaxing at a park in USA, 2010 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 142 American rapper
Tyga in 2013 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 144 Nintendo Switch (from
2010s in video games )
Image 145 Mid 2010s
Ugandan fashion (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 146 2011 IIHF World Championship gold medal celebrations in Finland (from
2010s )
Image 148 Concerns over
economic inequality , greed and the influence of corporations on government led to the rise of the
Occupy Wall Street movement in 2011 (from
2010s )
Image 149 Mexican student wearing a casual outfit: a
jacket , black
jeans and
loafers , 2017 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 150 Influencer
Kylie Jenner wearing make-up popular in the latter part of the decade. (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 151 Ouya (2012) (from
2010s in video games )
Image 152 A man and a delivery robot waiting at a pedestrian crossing in
Redwood City, California ,
United States .
E-commerce spurred advancements in
drone delivery and transformed parts of the services and retail sectors (from
2010s )
Image 153 Nickelback in May 2006 (from
2010s in music )
Image 154 In red: the area controlled by the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)
proto-state in December 2014 (from
2010s )
Image 155 In 2017
Gloria Trevi collaborated with fellow Mexican artist
Alejandra Guzmán for the album Versus. (from
2010s in music )
Image 156 Burj Khalifa , tallest building when completed in 2010. (from
2010s in culture )
Image 157 Unscheduled change of governments in Euro countries (marked red) due to crisis (from
2010s in political history )
Image 158 Sam Smith , a photograph from the Lollapalooza concert held in 2015 (from
2010s in music )
Image 159 BRICS , 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 160 Adele 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 163 Woman wearing popular
athleisure trends. (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 165 German woman wearing hooded
fur coat (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 166 The
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 167 Women wearing contemporary outfits at a 2015
fashion show (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 168 American man wearing a
boater hat in 2017 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 169 Mumford & Sons were considered one of the most successful British bands of the early 2010s. (from
2010s in music )
Image 170 Google Stadia controller (2019) (from
2010s in video games )
Image 171 American man wearing a slim-fitting flannel shirt, a beard, and an undercut, 2019.
Sleeve tattoos can be seen. (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 172 Edward Snowden , former
NSA employee who revealed a large number of global surveillance programs. (from
2010s )
Image 173 Foo Fighters performing live in 2007 (from
2010s in music )
Image 174 Grammy Award -winning
Skrillex in 2011 (from
2010s in music )
Image 176 Jing Ulrich , a prominent global leader in finance, wearing brightly colored 1980s-inspired dress, 2012 (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 179 Two women wearing
flared trousers ,
jeggings and oversized
cardigans (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 180 Country pop music duo
Dan + Shay (from
2010s in music )
Image 181 Kinect (2010), accessory for the Xbox 360 (from
2010s in video games )
Image 182 LeBron James , a sports icon of the decade, is the only NBA player to have won four championships with three separate franchises. (from
2010s )
Image 184 Scene kid with short
hardcore punk -inspired hair (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 185 Barbadian artist
Rihanna had the most songs top the
Billboard Hot 100 chart in the 2010s (nine). (from
2010s in culture )
Image 186 K-Pop singer Psy (from
2010s in fashion )
Image 187 Polish youth attending a rock music festival, 2011 (from
2010s in fashion )
Shinzo Abe (Japanese : 安倍 晋三 , Hepburn : Abe Shinzō , IPA: [abe ɕindzoː] ; 21 September 1954 – 8 July 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020. He was the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history, serving for almost nine years in total. Abe also served as Chief Cabinet Secretary from 2005 to 2006 under Junichiro Koizumi and was briefly the opposition leader in 2012.
Abe was born into the prominent
Satō–Kishi–Abe family in Tokyo as the grandson of Prime Minister
Nobusuke Kishi . After graduating from
Seikei University and briefly attending the
University of Southern California , Abe was elected to the
Japanese House of Representatives in the
1993 election . Abe was appointed Chief Cabinet Secretary by Prime Minister Koizumi in 2005 before replacing him as prime minister and LDP president the following year. Confirmed by the
National Diet , Abe became Japan's youngest post-war prime minister and the first born
after World War II . Abe resigned as prime minister a year later due to
ulcerative colitis and his party's
recent election losses . After recovering, Abe staged an unexpected political comeback by defeating
Shigeru Ishiba , the former
defense minister , to become LDP president in 2012. Following the LDP's landslide victory in
that year's general election , Abe became the first former prime minister to return to office since
Shigeru Yoshida in 1948. He led the LDP to further victories in the
2014 and
2017 elections , becoming Japan's longest-serving prime minister. In 2020, Abe again resigned as prime minister, citing a relapse of his colitis, and was succeeded by
Yoshihide Suga . (
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