35 Pop Culture Things That Are Turning 20 In 2022, And They’ll Definitely Leave You Feeling Old

1.Spider-Man, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets were the three biggest films of the year.

2.While the second and highly-anticipated Lord of the Rings film, The Two Towers, was also a huge box office hit.

3.Halle Berry became the first Black actress to win the Academy Award for Best Actress.

4.And she also played a Bond Girl in Die Another Day.

5.Rosie O'Donnell ended her daytime talk show after six seasons. She also publicly came out.

6.Rachel gave birth to Emma on Friends.

7.Everyone was watching and talking about 24.

8.Hairspray opened and was the hottest show on Broadway.

9.Ben Affleck was People's Sexiest Man Alive.

10.He and Jennifer Lopez also started dating — they also got engaged that same year too.

11.Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. got married.

12.Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton announced they had broken up after two years of marriage.

13.While Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake announced that they had broken up after two and half years of dating.

14.Michael Jackson caused an international controversy after he dangled Prince Michael II off the balcony of his hotel room in Berlin.

15.Christina Aguilera entered her "Dirrty" era with the release of her second album, Stripped.

16.Avril Lavigne released her debut album, Let Go, and was quickly proclaimed the anti-Britney.

17.Kim Possible made its debut on Disney Channel.

18.Rapunzel Barbie...

19....Ugly Dolls...

20....and Yu-Gi-Oh! cards were some of the must-have toys.

21.While Bratz Dolls were the must-have toy for Christmas.

22.Mariah Carey welcomed us into her New York triplex in her ICONIC episode of MTV Cribs.

23.VH1 took us back to 1980s with their I Love the '80s.

24.The Osbournes made its debut on MTV.

25.While on E!, The Anna Nicole Show premiered — introducing us to Sugar Pie and Bobby Trendy.

26.The Bachelor made its debut — with Alex Michel as the very first bachelor.

27.Eminem's The Eminem Show was the biggest-selling album of the year — selling 7.6 million copies.

28.Ashanti's "Foolish," Nelly's "Dilemma," and Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles" were some of the biggest-songs of the year...

29....as well as Nickelback's "How You Remind Me" (yup, they were that big).

30.While Jimmy Eat World's "The Middle" was a big alt-rock hit.

31.Everyone was playing Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — which was the biggest selling video game of the year.

32.Apple released its second-generation iPod, which held a then-whooping 20 GB of storage space.

33.A Walk to Remember had everyone crying in theaters.

34.Disney released its animated classic, Lilo and Stitch.

35.And finally, Kelly Clarkson won the very first season of American Idol.