TRL's Number Ones is the collection of
music videos
A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device ...
that had reached the number-one spot on the daily music video countdown show ''
Total Request Live
''Total Request Live'' (known commonly as ''TRL'') was an American television program broadcast on MTV that premiered on September 14, 1998. TRL featured popular music videos played during its countdown, and was also used as a promotion tool by ...
'' which aired on
MTV
MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...
from 1998 to 2008. Usually, the same video would stay at the number-one spot for a significant period of time until it was retired or honorably discharged from the countdown and put into a "hall of fame". The countdown was usually determined in various ways such as voting online on
MTV.com
MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...
, the
''Billboard'' charts, ratings on the radio and downloads over the internet.
1998
1999
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2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Final top 10
TRL chose the top ten most iconic videos and aired them as their final countdown.
See also
* ''
106 & Park
''106 & Park'' is an American hip hop and R&B music video show, set up in a countdown format, that was broadcast on weekdays at 6:00 pm ET/5:00 pm CT on BET; it aired on a one-day delay on BET International. It was the network's highest- rated ...
''
* ''
MuchOnDemand
''MuchOnDemand'' (also called MOD) is an hour-long per broadcast viewer interactive television program aired on MuchMusic, Monday through Friday at 5pm ET. It was broadcast live from 299 Queen Street West in Toronto, Ontario. ''The Best of M ...
''
References
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1990s American music television series
2000s American music television series
1998 American television series debuts
2008 American television series endings
Lists of music videos
MTV original programming