The world was a lot different the first time Tom Brady won a Super Bowl

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Tom Brady first super bowl

A whole lot has changed since Tom Brady’s first Super Bowl appearance – and – win – from 2002. The #1 song on the charts was”X,””A Beautiful Mind” won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and also the iPhone had yet to become invented.Check outside just what the world was like if Brady won his first Super Bowl and see each INSIDER’s Super Bowl 2019 coverage here.

No quarterback in the history of the NFL has become more dominant than Tom Brady.

Brady made his first Super Bowl appearance as a second-year quarterback in 2002. Only days after officially getting the nod to start under center, he led the 14-point underdog New England Patriots into a magnificent victory over the St. Louis Rams en route to making Super Bowl XXXVI MVP honors.

Ever since then, the 14-time Pro Bowler has made it to nine more Super Bowl games and won six Super Bowl rings. And while Brady’s dominance has stayed constant over the last 19 decades, practically everything else has changed in this period.

Check out the world had been like if Brady won his first Super Bowl in 2002:

Tom Brady won his first Super Bowl back in 2002.

Tom Brady first super bowl

Ever since then, the 14-time Pro Bowler has appeared in seven more Super Bowl games and got a full hand’s worth of Super Bowl rings.

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Though Brady’s dominance has stayed constant, the remaining part of the planet has changed greatly since then.

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The entire year of Brady’s first Super Bowl win, the normal cost of gasoline was $1.36 per gallon.

gas station

Source: Energy.gov

George W. Bush was just two years into his first term as President of the United States.

Bush State of the Union 2002

He established the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after that year.

DHS car

Source: DHS.gov

And Vice President Dick Cheney had not yet accidentally shot his friend on this notorious hunting excursion.

cheney

Source: The Hill

Things were very different in the realm of pop culture also.

mary kate and ashley 2002

Usher’s”U Got It Bad” was the best song on Billboard’s Top 100 the week at the Super Bowl.

Usher Lil Bow Wow
Usher and Lil' Bow Wow at Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards later that season.

Source: Billboard

Ja Rule, Ashanti, also Nelly also dominated the charts that season.

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Ja Rule in March 2002.

Source: Billboard

Eminem’s”Lose Yourself” dropped in October of 2002 and topped the charts for 2 consecutive weeks to finish the year.

Eminem 2002

Source: Billboard

“A Beautiful Mind” won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

A Beautiful Mind

Source: Oscars

Denzel Washington took home the Oscar for Best Actor in a leading role for his role in”Training Day.”

Denzel Washington Oscar

Source: Oscars

While Halle Berry won the Academy Award for Best Actress in the character in”Monster’s Ball,” getting the first African-American girl to win the Oscar in this category.

Halle Berry 2002 oscars

Source: Oscars

“Shrek” won as best animated feature film, but”Monster’s Inc.” was nominated.

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"Shrek Forever After. "

Some noteworthy films that came out in 2002 include”Lilo & Stitch,””8 Mile,””Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,””Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers,””Ice Age,””Men in Black II,” and”My Big Fat Greek Wedding.”

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Source: IMDb

The TV lineup was starkly different as well.

Fear-Factor-NBC

“Friends” was still on the air.

friends

As was “The West Wing.”

the west wing

And”The Bachelor” conducted its first time in 2002.

Bachelor in Paradise ABC Chris Harrison

Source: IMDb

And so did”American Idol.”

american idol

Source: IMDb

And celebrity couples seemed really different back then. Brady hadn’t even met now-wife Gisele Bundchen yet.

Tom Brady Gisele Bundchen

Read more: GISELE BUNDCHEN AND TOM BRADY: How the supermodel-quarterback power couple earns and spends their millions

Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears awakened in 2002, just 1 year later making waves with their famous denim ensemble.

Justin Timberlake Britney Spears

Source: E! News

Ryan Gosling and Sandra Bullock started dating in 2002.

Murder By Numbers Ryan Gosling Sandra Bullock

Source: Cosmopolitan

Thus did Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, leading to the first mainstream power-couple nickname,”Bennifer.”

Ben Affleck Jennifer Lopez

Source: Cosmopolitan

Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson were all the rage.

lachey simpson wedding

Source: Cosmopolitan

Jennifer Anniston and Brad Pitt were still together afterward, too.

AP brad pitt jennifer aniston 1999 Emmys

Source: Marie Claire

And 2002 was the year Michael Jackson arrived under fire after holding Prince Michael II over his hotel balcony in Berlin.

Michael Jackson Prince Michael II Balcony

Source: Billboard

And, in that time, so many things we take for granted today didn’t even exist yet.

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Like the original iPhone, which came out five decades later.

original iphone

Source: Apple

And here are the things iPods looked like.

iPod in 2002
A man strikes the Apple iPod mp3 music player on screen throughout the Macworld Conference and Convention January 8, 2002 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The convention officially opened today after Apple CEO Steve Jobs delivered a keynote speech the day ahead, where he announced the arrival of the redesigned iMac.

Or Facebook, that debuted as”The Facebook” at 2004.

Facebook 2004

Source: The Guardian

Others, courtesy of Jon Erlichman, include: Android, YouTube, MySpace, Instagram, Tesla, Spotify, Skype, Twitter, LinkedIn, Gmail, Uber, Lyft, Airbnb, Google Maps, iTunes Store, SoundCloud, Nintendo Wii, Dropbox, Hashtags, SpaceX, Reddit, Fitbit, GoPro, along with iPad.

social media

Source: Jon Erlichman / Twitter

For the album, Business Insider didn’t exist then, either. Neither did our predecessor, Silicon Alley Insider.

silicon alley insider pre business insider then

Source: Business Insider

After Tom Brady won his first Super Bowl, Justin Bieber had been years old.

young justin bieber

And so was Jared Goff, ” the Los Angeles Rams’ quarterback who will face Brady in the Super Bowl.

Jared Goff

Which reminds us just how different sports were back then, too.

Serena Venus 2002

LeBron James was in high school.

Lebron 2002

And Seattle still had an NBA franchise.

Kevin Durant Seattle Supersonics

Tiger Woods won the Masters and the U.S. Open, completing a stretch in which he won seven out of 11 majors.

2002 Tiger Woods

Source: PGA

And Roger Federer was still a year away from winning his first Grand Slam title.

Roger Federer 2002

The Anaheim Angels won the World Series.

Angels World Series

And the Los Angeles Lakers swept the New Jersey Nets in the NBA Finals. Shaquille O’Neal was named finals MVP.

Kobe Shaq Lakers

Source: Basketball Reference

And Rick Nash made his NHL debut.

Rick Nash

Source: NHL

The Winter Olympics were hosted in Salt Lake City, Utah that year.

romney 2002 olympics
In this Oct. 1, 2001, file photo Mitt Romney, president of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, announces there are 70,000 additional tickets available for purchase for the 2002 Winter Games during a news conference in Salt Lake City.

But Shaun White wouldn’t make his debut and earn his”Flying Tomato” nickname till four decades later.

Shaun White

There was also a World Cup in 2002. Ronaldinho and Rivaldo directed Brazil ago Germany in the last.

Brazil World Cup 2002

But through each the changes of the last 17 decades, at least one thing has stayed the same.

Tom Brady

Tom Brady is still playing football better than almost everyone else.

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Now check out exactly what happened to Tom Brady’s mates from his first Super Bowl.

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Tom Brady’s mates on his first Super Bowl group
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