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These are the most popular cars of the decade:

1. Ford Focus

2. Ford Fiesta

3. BMW 3 Series

4. Ford Mondeo

5. Vauxhall Astra

According to AutoTrader

While doing my last minute shopping today I heard Mariah Carey being played everywhere, I love it! Here’s the top 10 most played xmas songs of the decade:

1. All I Want For Christmas is You – Mariah Carey (1994)

2. Fairytale of New York – The Pogues (1987)

3. Merry Xmas Everybody – Slade (1973)

4. Stop The Cavalry – Jona Lewie (1980)

5. Do They Know it’s Christmas? – Band Aid (1984)

6. Driving Home For Christmas – Chris Rea (1988)

7. Last Christmas – Wham (1984)

8. I Believe in Father Christmas – Greg Lake (1975)

9. Step into Christmas – Elton John (1973)

10. Wonderful Christmas Time – Paul McCartney (1979)

Source: PPL & PRS for Music

In the UK for some reason getting the Christmas number one single tops every number one song of the year. Take note, Simon Cowell’s X Factor winners have dominated the last 4 years. But not this year a huge petition started to try and get 90’s band Rage Against The Machine number one over this years X Factor winner – Joe McElderry. It was a massive boycott of Simon Cowell. With the help of a impressive Facebook group, Rage Against the Machine beat Simon Cowell and gained the last number one spot of the decade. Here’s the Christmas number one’s of this decade:

2000    Bob The Builder – Can We Fix It?

2001    Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman – Somethin’ Stupid

2002    Girls Aloud – Sound Of The Underground

2003    Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules – Mad World

2004    Band Aid 20 – Do They Know It’s Christmas?

2005    Shayne Ward    - That’s My Goal

2006    Leona Lewis – A Moment Like This

2007    Leon Jackson    - When You Believe

2008    Alexandra Burke – Hallelujah

2009    Rage Against The Machine – Killing In The Name

These are surprising results according to the Official Charts Company (UK).

1. James Blunt – Back to Bedlam

2. Dido’s – No Angel

3.  Amy Winehouse – Back To Black

4. Leona Lewis – Spirit

5. David Gray – White Ladder

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These memories are taken from Yolkstalks new favourite website – Thenoughtiespage.com. It’s the first online time capsule of the Noughties, a ‘unique account of the Noughties from real people like you’. We just love it! Here are the top 10 events and as you can see 9/11 and Obama dominate–

1.    As I watched the 2nd tower fall, I closed my eyes and waited for the end credits of the movie. They never came. Louise-Rose, NY

2.    The Twin Towers were a picture of this decade, along with the face of death – Bush. May he rot in a place extremely hot! Joel, Alaska

3.    Who’d ever thought: the towers would fall, the hurricane would destroy, Bush remained until the president was black – The Noughties. John, NY

4.    Some good and some bad memories. 9/11 changed the world forever, Euro, Barack Obama, Olympic Games in Sydney, Athens, Beijing. Kate, Cardiff

5.    The collapse of Lehman Brothers hit me very hard as I lost my job but it also highlighted that bankers spend too much. Herald

6.    The Iraq war lost unnecessary lives on both sides for no apparent reason. A shameful part of the Noughties. Omar

7.    I blame 9/11 for this decade being what it was, it all went downhill from there, the war was pathetic & a waste of lives. Karen, LA

8.    Hurricane Katrina dominates my memories of the Noughties. They went through a lot & lost even more, but they kept strong. Holly

9.    During this decade I’ve noticed the damage we do to ourselves, the sacrifice made over oil & thirst for war. WE CAN DO BETTER! Joseph

10.    It all started bad when Bush gained power, but we proved we’re ‘the land of the free’ when Obama became president. YES WE CAN. Leroy, USA

These memories are taken from Yolkstalks new favourite website – TheNoughtiesPage.com. It’s the first online time capsule of the Noughties, a ‘unique account of the Noughties from real people like you’. We just love it! Here are the top 10 music memories –
1.    Beware – Paris Hilton will probably make another attempt at singing in the next decade. Let’s hope she doesn’t do another TV show too. – Paul

2.    ‘Just Dance’ what a great song to end the Noughties with. Lady Gaga may be strange but she’s original! – Deon

3.    The passing of James Brown & Michael Jackson saw two great Icons gone, but never forgotten. – Crystal, USA

4.    Madonna continues to prove she can master any decade and the Noughties was no exception. May she rule the next! – Yasmina, Lake District

5.    Kanye West has proved that being an amazing producer and having a good attitude is not possible, shame he lets Hip Hop down. – Tiron

6.    It’s funny how at the beginning of the Noughties Britney said, ‘I’m not that Innocent’, we can all see that very clearly now! – Brie

7.    The best song of the Noughties has to be Amy Winehouse ‘Rehab’. I mean come on, the girl spent most of the decade there! – Billy

8.    Susan Boyle’s success was so unexpected for a time committed to beauty, stick thin girls & image. Talent rules, go Boyle! – Rayna, USA

9.    The moment Michael died I almost stopped breathing, what an Icon, a performer, a fixed memory of the Noughties forever. - Lenny, Kent

10.    Music of the Noughties – Shakira, Beyonce, Rhianna, Pink, Madonna all divas who changed music, making it sexy! May POP live on. Anon

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We are all guilty of having at least one of the below trends in our wardrobes. All the trends below should be banned from entering the next decade and one hopes these fashions never come back! Here are the wrost fashion trends of the Noughties:

1. Crocs

These should be banned from the face of the earth. Why and how do people go outside with them on? These are by far the worst thing about the Noughties!

2. Pointy-Toed Shoes/Boots

Firstly there is absolutely no point in having pointed shoes. As you can see below, they eventually crease and look worn and ugly. They also look and feel ridiculous.

3. Fluorescent clothing

Why?

4. MC Hammer pants!

Even on a stunning model these pants look pathetic. How could anyone believe these are stylish?

5. Thong flashers

This trend was border line disgusting! Who wants to see a girl pull a thong so high it gives them a visible wedgy?

6. Headbands

These two look like Pocahontas and a failed rock star. Headbands are for school children who haven’t got a mirror to do there hair.

7. Skirts Over trousers

The photograph speaks for itself!

8. Nerd glasses

Nerd glasses are great for fancy dress but for after the party? No.

9. Skinny jeans on Men!

Skinny Jeans are great…on women. Sorry guys but you look squeezed in all the wrong places! Russell Brand can’t even escape the tightness! Wrong!

10. Uggs

Celebrities love them and so do consumers but let’s really look at these boots..they’re so UGLY! And when they start to wear at the heel, errr.

1. Golf Bra

2. Cartrider

3. Cat Toilet

4. USB Finger

5. Winking Jeans

The Noughties has produced some pretty awesome inventions. Here’s the top 10:

1.    Social Networking

2.    TV on-Demand
3.    The iPhone
4.    YouTube
5.    Ipod

6.    Wikipedia
7.    Spotify
8.    Sat-Nav
9.    Recycling bins
10.   The Mapping of the Human Genome

1.    Rehab – Amy Winehouse (2006)

2.    I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor – Arctic Monkeys (2005)
3.    Crazy In Love – Beyonce (2003)
4.    Yellow – Coldplay (2000)
5.    Paper Planes – M.I.A. (2008)
6.    Bleeding Love – Leona Lewis (2008)

7.    Hurt – Johnny Cash (2002)
8.    Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes (2003)
9.    Can’t Get You Out Of My Head – Kylie (2001)
10.     Hey Ya – Outkast (2003)

According to Telegraph.co.uk

1.    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – JK Rowling

2.    Dreams from My Father – Barack Obama
3.    The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown
4.    A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius – Dave Eggers
5.    The God Delusion – Richard Dawkins

6.    Being Jordan – Katie Price
7.    The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño – Natasha Wimmer
8.    White Teeth – Zadie Smith
9.    Atonement – Ian McEwan
10.   The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson, tr by Reg Keeland

According to telegraph.co.uk

‘Wino’ Winehouse has been charged with assault after allegedly punching a theatre manager at a pantomime performance of Cinderella (UK).

According to reports, Winehouse disrupted the performance last Saturday by repeatedly yelling: “He’s ——- behind you!” Witnesses also claimed she referred to the Ugly Sisters as “bitches”. She was so upsetting that kids in the audience burst into tears!

When the manager asked her to move seats, Winehouse allegedly punched and kicked him. What is up with this woman, does she want to end up in jail? Maybe she wants to form a connection with her reconciled ex-husband? Or maybe she is just as nuts as people say she is…

Nothing says Christmas like a top Christmas film, here’s the top ten of all time:

1. The Snowman

In which a little boy learns the hard way about investing far too much emotion in the essentially entropic nature of certain elemental forces.

2. Bad Santa

Billy Bob Thornton’s department store Santa gets drunk a lot and falls over.

3. Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas

Jack Skellington attempts to combine Christmas with Halloween… with hee-larious results! Actually, it’s not hilarious. It’s horrible.

4. Scrooged

Bill Murray’s cynical TV exec is shown the error of his ways in this ‘Christmas Carol’ update.

5. Brazil

Owing to a literal fly in the works, innocent family man Harry Buttle is impounded at Christmas, charged for his own arrest and sadistically tortured until he be dead. Merry Christmas from Terry Gilliam.

6. The Muppet Christmas Carol

The Muppets’ take on the Dickens classic with Michael Caine stepping into the miser’s shoes.

7. Gremlins

A mogwai isn’t just for Christmas.

8. Die Hard

Strange, but a lot of people forget this is set at Christmas, with Bruce Willis flying out to meet his wife for the festive season. And walking into a world of yippee-ki-hurt.

9. Trading Places

Notable for the scene in which a broken, booze-reeking Dan Aykroyd pulls a fish from his Kris Kringle beard and, later, a loaded revolver. He’s a bit unhappy.

10. Love Actually

In which Emma Thompson makes the steeliest cynic blub like a broken fire hydrant.

According to Channel 4.

It wouldn’t surprise you that Madge, as we call her in the UK, has attracted more media coverage in the past decade than any other celebrity. The Noughties have been all about Madonna. Madge has been mentioned in a massive 45,633 articles in the British press over the last 10 years, almost 17,000 times more than her nearest rival, Robbie Williams.

Madonna was the bestselling female artist of the 20th century when 1999 came to a close, but over the decade she has continued to dominate the headlines thanks to her eventful personal and Pop life as well her high-profile marriage & divorce to British director Guy Ritchie.

Madonna is a true Icon and will surely dominate the decade to come.

It’s that time of the year when we hear the unless amount of christmas songs on the radio and at xmas parties. Here’s the top 10 worst xmas songs -

1. Madonna – Santa Baby  

2. Cliff Richard – Mistletoe And Wine  

3. Cyndi Lauper – Christmas Conga  

4. Basshunter – Jingle Bells

5. Nsync – Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays  

6. Billy Idol – Jingle Bell Rock

7. Sir Paul McCartney – Wonderful Christmastime

8. Mr Blobby – Mr Blobby Music Video

9. Bruce Springsteen – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

10. Bing Crosby and David Bowie (ANI) – Little Drummer Boy

The following list of films are not necessarily the best films of the decade but are what has defined film and changed the ways they are made and viewed. Here is the top ten –

1.    Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

Director: Michael Moore

2.    Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Director: Ang Lee

3.    The Incredibles (2004)

Director: Brad Bird

4.    There Will Be Blood (2007)

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

5.    Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Director: Peter Jackson

6.    Memento (2000)

Director: Christopher Nolan

7.    Borat (2006)

Director: Larry Charles

8.    Amores Perros (2000)

Director: Alejandro GonzÁlez I—Árritu

9.    The Passion of the Christ (2004)

Director: Mel Gibson

10.     Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Director: Danny Boyle

The above results are according to the Telegraph online.