TRL's Number Ones is the collection of

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that had reached the number-one spot on the daily music video countdown show ''

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'' which aired on

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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

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, the ''Billboard'' charts, ratings on the radio and downloads over the internet.

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Final top 10

TRL chose the top ten most iconic videos and aired them as their final countdown.

References

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