EvERY era has had its greats and stars regardless of my personal opinion. You can look at the 40's to 90's and name the greats in various musical categories and they are all legends and fondly remembered. Objectively, I guess Beyonce would be one of the names in the past decade so in that sense, I guess she is one. However, and maybe I'm just old but I'm not sure, I just don't see the greats from the past decade standing up to the previous ones. We'll see what the consensus will be 10-20 years from now but I doubt the 00's will carry much weight musically for a variety of reasons. Or I'm just out of touch and people have always said things like this and blah-blah, still not sure because I do think music has become devalued as an entertainment form and the quality of the greats mirror that...