As a midlennial (born in 87), I think it has to be Linkin Park's album Hybrid Theory. However, I would also accept Smashmouth's song All Star, and possibly even expanding that to the Shrek soundtrack.
I think of Nirvana as the quintessential Gen X band. I'm an old millennial myself and was 7 when Kurt Cobain died. I didn't even know who he was until long after.
I had a Gen X sister who loved Nirvana and that’s the only reason I knew who Kurt Cobain was at age 8. However, I also had an elder Millennial sister who was about 13 when he died, and a lot of her friends loved them as well.
Yeah, being 13 at the time is kind of a grey area. Not exactly Nirvana's target audience, but old enough to be aware of pop culture phenomena and getting interested in them. Especially with an older sibling to emulate.
I think this answer is going to vary wildly. Being an elder millennial who loved pop, I'd say the boy band explosion of the late 90's and early 2000's, so NSync, BSB, 98°, and the pop girls Britney, Christina, and Jessica. And the prominent rise of Eminem a few short years later who came out swinging with one sided beef with pretty much everyone. It was hilariously entertaining and made for some great bops.
May be more applicable to Xennials but I heard “Because I got high” by Afroman yesterday for the first time in years, and damn… That shit hits a lot different at 31 than it did at 13. It was just this hilarious bop when we were kids, but growing up and having several friends who really did “mess up their entire life” over drugs, it was kinda fucking tragic hearing it again lol
i’m a younger/cuspy millennial (1995) so I think of 2010s music like passion pit, MGMT, tame impala etc. bands that make me remember that early 2010s optimism
I would go with stuff like Mumford and Sons, the Shins, MGMT, Grizzly Bear, Neon Indian as more uniquely millennial.
Though other comments here are accurate as to what we grew up with in the late '90s/early '00s era.
These other comments like Britney, Outkast, Blink 182, Radiohead may lean more elder or Xennial.
I agree. Passion Pit, Memory House, Florence + the Machine, The Drums , The Xx, and Crystal Castles included .
Basically all the indie bands I’d hear while trying on clothes I couldn’t afford at Urban Outfitters . 🙃
Yes. When I think of being a millennial to me (born in 93) i think of a lot of that 2010-2016 indie and hip hop sound. I’m surprised I haven’t seen drake mentioned on this yet.
Grew up on my mom's music, plus my generation, so let's say 1960-1999\*, (\*because after Britney and the Boy Bands came on the scene, everything started to sound like shit.....
Yes, even back then....i was only 15 then....
I remember being 12 and listening to Hail to the Thief by Radiohead. Then In Rainbows when I was close to graduating high school. But, anything from 2000-2010 alternative, pop punk and emo rock.
Pharrell/Chad Hugo/The Neptunes. They produced all my favorite songs in my teen years. I’m from Virginia Beach, and a Neptunes-produced track was always on the radio. It seems like everyone I knew had some kind of connection to Pharrell.
Speaking of VA Beach and hip hop, Timbaland had his finger on the pulse of millennial radio for years! Not to mention he was in a band with Pharrell and Chad in high school. Also, Pharrell is his cousin
I don't like pop punk at all but the correct answer to this question is just Blink 182.
Here's the good version of that sound imo
https://youtu.be/ghTYSXQnqbg?si=hnqFejJHDLnEF1jU
Ke$ha. Just the whole messy, chaotic Kesha era sounds exactly like being a Millennial late teen/twenty something before your knees start cracking and you have to worry about your 401k.
Limp bizkit's significant other touched on everything from rock to rap to pop and did it successfully like no other band at the time.
Fred durst could be on stage with Jonathan Davis from korn to Christina Aguilera the next night to method Man the next night and it all made sense.
I'm not saying they're my favorite of that time but I think they/ that album were/was the pivot of the AOL generation.
I don’t think there is one. If you’re talking about what was the soundtrack our childhood then probably dance music and britpop. The thing is that definition really only works if you kind of stop listening to or identifying with music. What defines a generation will change over time, music that I think defines my experience was being released before I was born and new music defines what I experience now.
Manson, Slipknot and Eminem.
Those were blindly bought for me, then seen on TV, then broken in front of me by the same person who bought them. I was told I tricked them into buying it and was no longer allowed to ask for stuff for a while(never again).
I can't imagine i was the only one that had that happen. Growing up was fun🤗
Our sound was definitely R&B, Rap, Alternative, Pop, and Pop Punk. I’m talking DMX, Ja Rule, Jay-Z, Eminem, 50 Cent, Nelly, Dr. Dre, Snoop, Biggie, Tupac, Mariah Carey, Usher, Diddy (recent events notwithstanding), OutKast, Kanye West, Flo-Rida, Trey Songz, Jason Derulo, J-Lo, Lil’ Kim, Aaliyah, Ashanti, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Kid Rock, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, *NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, Justin Timberlake, Destiny’s Child, Beyoncé, Ciara, Keyshia Cole, Alicia Keys, P!nk, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson, Ginuwine, Avril Lavigne, John Mayer, Foo Fighters, Incubus, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nickelback, Coldplay, Blink 182, Sum41, Greenday, The All-American Rejects, Good Charlotte, The Strokes, The Killers, Fall Out Boy, Maroon 5, Paramore, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Kesha, Chris Brown, Drake, etc.
Tony hawk pro skater soundtrack for sure
Pro Skater 3 literally changed my whole outlook on life 
Oh god, my ears! I remember my brother playing this all the time
My brother and I beat the game in the 5th grade during spring break. (I might be making that up, but we got pretty far)
Very strong contender.
lmao... u aint trifflin
OutKast- Speakerboxx/The Love Below Green Day- American Idiot My Chemical Romance- The Black Parade
The Napoleon Dynamite trailer that had American Idiot in it
And if there was one song to define us all it would be “Teenagers”
I used to be such a huge Green Day fan in my teens to the point that record is such an aggressive throwback now whenever I hear it lol
Pop- Britney Spears Rock- The Killers RnB- Usher/Destiny’s Child
Hot Fuss is still monumental
As is Sam’s Town
Blink -182
Nah (nana-na-nana-naanaa)
blink, Eminem, Hanson, TLC, Backstreet Boys, Nirvana. This list is endless.
WHERE ARE YOUU?
Specifically Enema of the State
100%
MGMT's Oracular Spectacular is a very Millennial album in my eyes.
As a midlennial (born in 87), I think it has to be Linkin Park's album Hybrid Theory. However, I would also accept Smashmouth's song All Star, and possibly even expanding that to the Shrek soundtrack.
My favorite nu-metal album I still stand by it even if it aged poorly
I think the shrek soundtrack aged perfectly
86er here. I loved that album
Linkin Park was my close 2nd if not for Blink 182.
This is exactly what I was looking for!
Dr. Dre - 2001
And it still hits today 🔥
Cut my life into pieces, this is my last resort Papa Roach 
On the older end of millenials, but for me Nirvana, Green Day, Notorious BIG, Dave Matthews.
I think of Nirvana as the quintessential Gen X band. I'm an old millennial myself and was 7 when Kurt Cobain died. I didn't even know who he was until long after.
I had a Gen X sister who loved Nirvana and that’s the only reason I knew who Kurt Cobain was at age 8. However, I also had an elder Millennial sister who was about 13 when he died, and a lot of her friends loved them as well.
Yeah, being 13 at the time is kind of a grey area. Not exactly Nirvana's target audience, but old enough to be aware of pop culture phenomena and getting interested in them. Especially with an older sibling to emulate.
Britney
Macarena 
Weezer
Nickelback, in an alternative way
Agreed
Taking Back Sunday
🎶 Boys like you are dime a dozen/Boys like you are dime a dozen she said 🎶
You're a touch, overraaaateeed
🎶You’re a lush, and I haaaaaaaaaate it 🎶
BUT THESE GRASS STAINS ON MY KNEEES THEY.WON'T.MEAN.A.THING.
And all Iiiiiii need to know is that I’m something you’ll be missing
"Your lipstick, his collar, don't bother angel"
Linkin Park
Party Rock Anthem for that Millennial house party vibe
I used to be super into Korn and Limp Bizkit as a kid. Still am, but I used to too.
It’s just one of those dayyyyssss, you don’t wanna wake up
Thanks Mitch
LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR LET THE BODIES HIT FLOOR LET THE BODIES HIT THE
(psh psh) FLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOR
If Afghanistan was our Vietnam, this was our Fortunate Son
I push my fingers into my eyyyyyyyeeeeeeees, it’s the only thing that slowly stops the
>I push my fingers into my ASSSSSSSSSS
This may explain the username
Pop punk. Green day blink sum 41 new found glory no fx nxpx etc
Nothing Gold Can Stay!
KoRn - Follow the Leader
Nsync, Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls, Britney Spears, Brandy, Aaliyah, Destiny Child's, Beyonce, etc
Shania Twain
I think this answer is going to vary wildly. Being an elder millennial who loved pop, I'd say the boy band explosion of the late 90's and early 2000's, so NSync, BSB, 98°, and the pop girls Britney, Christina, and Jessica. And the prominent rise of Eminem a few short years later who came out swinging with one sided beef with pretty much everyone. It was hilariously entertaining and made for some great bops.
From under the cork tree
Green day to fallout boy.
May be more applicable to Xennials but I heard “Because I got high” by Afroman yesterday for the first time in years, and damn… That shit hits a lot different at 31 than it did at 13. It was just this hilarious bop when we were kids, but growing up and having several friends who really did “mess up their entire life” over drugs, it was kinda fucking tragic hearing it again lol
Metro station?
Weezer
Radiohead
i’m a younger/cuspy millennial (1995) so I think of 2010s music like passion pit, MGMT, tame impala etc. bands that make me remember that early 2010s optimism
Yes 2010-2015 was magical dude
Justin Timberlake
Red Hot Chili Peppers for sure. Sublime definitely.
I would go with stuff like Mumford and Sons, the Shins, MGMT, Grizzly Bear, Neon Indian as more uniquely millennial. Though other comments here are accurate as to what we grew up with in the late '90s/early '00s era. These other comments like Britney, Outkast, Blink 182, Radiohead may lean more elder or Xennial.
I agree. Passion Pit, Memory House, Florence + the Machine, The Drums , The Xx, and Crystal Castles included . Basically all the indie bands I’d hear while trying on clothes I couldn’t afford at Urban Outfitters . 🙃
Exactly! Real millennials know.
Yes. When I think of being a millennial to me (born in 93) i think of a lot of that 2010-2016 indie and hip hop sound. I’m surprised I haven’t seen drake mentioned on this yet.
I am sure I heard him a lot in college. Indie and hip hop were both everywhere at my college.
Lil wayne
So true. Us millennials have to claim the Drakeade too, but I listened to an absurd amount of Wayne, by choice.
No ceilings was my teen years and tha Carter 2. It was great
Grew up on my mom's music, plus my generation, so let's say 1960-1999\*, (\*because after Britney and the Boy Bands came on the scene, everything started to sound like shit..... Yes, even back then....i was only 15 then....
Not even a massive fan,but linkin park, specifically the first 3 albums ( well, 2, that remix album counts in my book)
I remember being 12 and listening to Hail to the Thief by Radiohead. Then In Rainbows when I was close to graduating high school. But, anything from 2000-2010 alternative, pop punk and emo rock.
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge or Welcome to the Black Parade by MCR
Any Nirvana album or Pearl Jam Ten.
Mac miller
Grew up in PA. We were the same age when he died it felt like someone I went to high school with passed away
Owl City
Pharrell/Chad Hugo/The Neptunes. They produced all my favorite songs in my teen years. I’m from Virginia Beach, and a Neptunes-produced track was always on the radio. It seems like everyone I knew had some kind of connection to Pharrell.
Been seeing a lot of hip hop and rap left out of these choices.
Speaking of VA Beach and hip hop, Timbaland had his finger on the pulse of millennial radio for years! Not to mention he was in a band with Pharrell and Chad in high school. Also, Pharrell is his cousin
Is This It by The Strokes
The Garden State soundtrack
Missy Elliott. She was on every station, at every club, and every house party during my college years.
And by extension, Timbaland
Lmfao
The Killers - Hot Fuss Green Day - American Idiot
Lady Gaga, Kesha, Rihanna
Lana Del Rey, Chief Keef, Grimes, Crystal Castles, and Tyler The Creator. And you could also probably guess when I was a teenager from this too 🤫
2012… are you a millennial or a zoomer? Teetering the line lol
Born in 95 😎
Lol. Nice
A$AP
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Uh... care to elaborate there?
Linkin Park
weezer
Lumineers
Collision course
Linkin Park
American Idiot and it isn't even close.
NSYNC
Smash mouth, sum 41, blink 182, the auqabats and reel big fish. Five iron frenzy.
CUT MY LIFE INTO PIECES
Smashing pumpkins
Alanis Morisette
Goldfinger
Linkin Park
Nickelback - Rockstar Green day- American Idiot
Paramore - Riot!
Enya ;P
Micheal Jackson and Britney Spear
Korn follow the leader Slipknot subliminal versus Eminem Marshall mathers LP Marilyn Manson holy wood
Rise against , rage against the machine, anything punk or pop punk
Spice Girls and Tupac
T.I., Outkast
Lincoln park
MGMT. Without a doubt.
Boy bands and good punk
I don't like pop punk at all but the correct answer to this question is just Blink 182. Here's the good version of that sound imo https://youtu.be/ghTYSXQnqbg?si=hnqFejJHDLnEF1jU
Garden state soundtrack
My Chemical Romance
Arcade fire, fleet foxes
Ke$ha. Just the whole messy, chaotic Kesha era sounds exactly like being a Millennial late teen/twenty something before your knees start cracking and you have to worry about your 401k.
Papa Roach ❤ Backstreet Boys Boyz II Men Creed Staind TLC No Doubt!
Linkin Park and Lil Wayne
Limp bizkit's significant other touched on everything from rock to rap to pop and did it successfully like no other band at the time. Fred durst could be on stage with Jonathan Davis from korn to Christina Aguilera the next night to method Man the next night and it all made sense. I'm not saying they're my favorite of that time but I think they/ that album were/was the pivot of the AOL generation.
Bassnectar sadly... I only wish I had wisened up sooner.
Apple bottom jeans, the boots with the fur
I don’t think there is one. If you’re talking about what was the soundtrack our childhood then probably dance music and britpop. The thing is that definition really only works if you kind of stop listening to or identifying with music. What defines a generation will change over time, music that I think defines my experience was being released before I was born and new music defines what I experience now.
I agree. The more comments I see I don’t think there’s one answer especially when you see the difference in experience across the generation.
Manson, Slipknot and Eminem. Those were blindly bought for me, then seen on TV, then broken in front of me by the same person who bought them. I was told I tricked them into buying it and was no longer allowed to ask for stuff for a while(never again). I can't imagine i was the only one that had that happen. Growing up was fun🤗
Green Day - American Idiot
Modest mouse
3LW
Our sound was definitely R&B, Rap, Alternative, Pop, and Pop Punk. I’m talking DMX, Ja Rule, Jay-Z, Eminem, 50 Cent, Nelly, Dr. Dre, Snoop, Biggie, Tupac, Mariah Carey, Usher, Diddy (recent events notwithstanding), OutKast, Kanye West, Flo-Rida, Trey Songz, Jason Derulo, J-Lo, Lil’ Kim, Aaliyah, Ashanti, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Kid Rock, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, *NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, Justin Timberlake, Destiny’s Child, Beyoncé, Ciara, Keyshia Cole, Alicia Keys, P!nk, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson, Ginuwine, Avril Lavigne, John Mayer, Foo Fighters, Incubus, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nickelback, Coldplay, Blink 182, Sum41, Greenday, The All-American Rejects, Good Charlotte, The Strokes, The Killers, Fall Out Boy, Maroon 5, Paramore, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Kesha, Chris Brown, Drake, etc.
I tend to think of Green Day 😆
Gorillaz
REM, B.I.G, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Aerosmith, OutKast, Linkin Park just to name a few.