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.

    Brian Galindo
    by Brian Galindo

    BuzzFeed Staff

    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:

    Cover of Speak Now with Taylor Swift twirling in a purple dress
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    5. Rihanna dropped her fifth album, Loud...

    Cover of Loud with Rihanna looking downward wearing bright red lipstick
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    6. ...and Nicki Minaj dropped her debut album, Pink Friday:

    Cover of Pink Friday featuring Nicki in a elegant ballerina type costume sitting on the floor
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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:

    A photo of Kate and William standing next to each other during their engagement press conference
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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:

    A photo of Charles and Diana during their engagement announcement next to William and Kate
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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):

    Katy Perry holding up a purple bottle of her perfume which is in the shape of a cat
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    11. Yo Gabba Gabba's There's a Party in My City! tour was one of the hottest tickets around:

    Yo Gabba Gabba performing onstage in LA
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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:

    Conan looking surprised while leaving the TBS building
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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:

    Close-up of Cristina Saralegui wearing a black jacket with a diamond broach
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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...

    A photo of Cher looking over Christina Aguilera's shoulder in a dressing room mirror
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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:

    A photo of Rapunzel and Flynn Rider standing in front of a tree covered in his Wanted posters
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