19 Pop Culture Moments That Happened In November 2010 That Feel Like Both Yesterday And 20 Years Ago
A royal engagement, Rihanna and Drake, and Tangled were just a few of the things we were talking about a decade ago this month.
1. Kesha scored her second No. 1 of the year with "We R Who We R":
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2. While Rihanna and Drake went No. 1 with "What's My Name?":
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3. Meanwhile, the Black Keys had the No. 1 alternative song in the country with "Tighten Up":
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4. Speak Now by Taylor Swift was among the No. 1 albums for that month:
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5. Rihanna dropped her fifth album, Loud...
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6. ...and Nicki Minaj dropped her debut album, Pink Friday:
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7. Adele released "Rolling in the Deep," her first single off her second album, 21:
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8. Vanessa Minnillo and Nick Lachey announced that they were engaged:
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9. Prince William announced that he was engaged to Kate Middleton and that they would get married the next year:
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Prince William and Kate's engagement announcement was immediately compared to Prince Charles and Princess Diana's announcement — as William proposed to Kate with Diana's sapphire and diamond engagement ring:
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10. Katy Perry released her first perfume, Purr (FYI: perfume lines were the makeup collections of the '00s and early '10s to pop stars):
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11. Yo Gabba Gabba's There's a Party in My City! tour was one of the hottest tickets around:
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12. The "Driscoll Middle School Trick Play"...
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13. ...and Keenan Cahill's "Down On Me" video feat. 50 Cent were some of the viral videos that everyone was sharing:
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14. Conan O'Brien returned to late night TV with the debut of Conan on TBS:
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15. The very popular Spanish language talk show, El Show de Cristina, ended its run after 21 years on the air:
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16. Darren Criss's character, Blaine, made his iconic debut on Glee:
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17. For Colored Girls, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I, and Megamind were among the movies that were released into theaters:
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18. As was the cult classic, Burlesque...
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19. ...and the now-classic Tangled — which would mark a shift for Disney, who would start producing all its animated films in CGI instead of traditional 2D animation:
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