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VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown
The 20 (formerly known as the VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown) is a weekly music video countdown television show that aired on the VH1 cable television network in the United States. The long-running show was first introduced in 1994 as VH1 Top 10 Countdown, part of VH1's "Music First" re-branding effort. Over the years, a variety of hosts counted down the top 10 or 20 music videos of the week. The order of countdown was initially decided by a mix of record sales, radio airplay, video spins, message board posts, and conventional mail. The final episode aired unexpectedly without fanfare on November 28, 2015.
As part of VH-1's rebranding as "VH1: Music First" in 1994, the channel launched a new show, the VH1 Top 10 Countdown, that counted down the top 10 music videos played on the channel each week. A combination of record sales, radio airplay, video spins, message board posts, and conventional mail decided the order of the countdown. A rotating cast of VJs picked up hosting duties for the show over the years. The show expanded from 10 to 20 music videos, becoming VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown, on April 13, 2001.
Each week, the show was broadcast from another location around New York, often at the Virgin Records store in Union Square. Following a decline in the show's relevance, popular Survivor contestant Jenna Lewis was hired to host the show in 2001. After her departure from the show, from 2002 to 2006, the show was usually hosted by either Rachel Perry, Bradford How, or Aamer Haleem, but occasionally another VJ would fill in. At this point, the show's first airing would premiere on Saturdays at 3:00 AM Eastern, then later at 9:00 AM Eastern, followed by additional airings on Sunday Mornings at 8:00 AM Eastern, and Tuesday mornings at 9:00 AM Eastern. On July 22, 2005, VH1 moved the show's first airing of the week to Friday evenings at 6:00 PM Eastern, followed by additional airings on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
The show became known as the VSPOT Top 20 Video Countdown on April 7, 2006, and had received a new on-air look, a new studio at the MTV headquarters in Times Square (where TRL located at), and a new host, Matt Pinfield, the venerable VJ from both MTV and MTV2 in the 1990s and former host of MTV's 120 Minutes. In a fundamental change from the show's older format of compiling the top 20 videos of the week, online votes resolved the entire order of the countdown. Fan participation was introduced via VSPOT, VH1's online music video outlet. On the week of July 15, 2006, the show stopped airing on Friday evenings.
On the September 16, 2006, episode, Pinfield announced that a video would be retired after being on the countdown for 20 weeks. Before this time, videos could remain on the countdown for as long as seemed appropriate, though almost all were gone by the 24th week. One notable exception, however, was Keane's "Somewhere Only We Know", which remained in the countdown for 28 non-consecutive weeks in two countdown runs. The video only peaked at #8, and its second wind was caused by the popularity of the VH1.com live version of the video.
After Pinfield did not show up for a few recordings of the show[citation needed] on October 7, 2006, former host Aamer Haleem returned to host the show once again. Starting the week of February 17, 2007, after a mass layoff of music producers at MTV Networks (now known as "Paramount Media Networks"), the show left MTV Studios and became broadcast from another location every week, as it was in the late 1990s and early 2000s (decade), starting at New York's Grand Central Terminal. Haleem continued to host the show every week from another location until August 4, 2007, when he hosted his final episode.
Alison Becker became the new host on August 11, 2007. Around this time, the VSPOT online video center was renamed to "Video.VH1.com," so the series readded its original title, VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown. Since then, each episode has usually featured one or two interviews with all celebrities of latest notoriety who either have a video, movie, or TV show of interest at the time. The countdown sometimes has videos high in its countdown despite virtually has no radio airplay for the song. One example is Bret Michaels' Go That Far which was directed by Shane Stanley. This video spent 12 weeks on the countdown and bowed out at #7. The video supported Michaels' show Rock of Love which is shown on the network.
David Cook and David Archuleta, the seventh-season winner and runner-up of American Idol were the first guest stars to introduce their own music video at the #1 spot. David Archuleta introduced his video "Crush" on November 15, 2008. The following countdown on November 22, 2008, Cook made a guest appearance to introduce his music video for "Light On" which was making its countdown debut at #1. Rock group Shinedown joined the list to introduce a song at #1 when their video for "Second Chance" was #1 on May 16, 2009. Introducing "Come Back To Me" at #1 on May 30, 2009, made Cook the first to introduce two music videos at #1 on two occasions. Later in 2009, rock group Daughtry introduced their music video for "No Surprise" at #1 on July 18, 2009, and British pop singer Jay Sean and hip-hop rapper Lil Wayne introduced their music video for "Down" at #1 on October 17, 2009. After four months of no one introducing their own video at #1, Pop-rock singer Adam Lambert would also join the list as he introduced his video, "Whataya Want from Me," at #1 on February 20, 2010. At VH1's "Winter Wonderland" countdown special, Irish rock group The Script introduced their video, Breakeven at #1 on March 6, 2010. For five months, no one had introduced their song at #1 until August 21, 2010, when hip-hop rapper B.o.B and pop-rock singer Hayley Williams introduced Airplanes at #1. Two months later, on October 9, R&B/pop singer Bruno Mars introduced his #1 single, "Just the Way You Are," at #1. Following a four to five-month absence of an artist introduction at #1, on February 26, 2011, British pop singer Adele introduced "Rolling in the Deep" at #1. On November 5, 2011, pop singer Kelly Clarkson introduced "Mr. Know It All" at #1. On March 24, 2012, hip-hop group Gym Class Heroes and British pop singer Neon Hitch introduced "Get Yourself Back Home" at #1. On July 27, 2013, R&B singer Robin Thicke introduced "Blurred Lines at #1. Since then, no other artists have introduced their own videos at #1.
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VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown
The 20 (formerly known as the VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown) is a weekly music video countdown television show that aired on the VH1 cable television network in the United States. The long-running show was first introduced in 1994 as VH1 Top 10 Countdown, part of VH1's "Music First" re-branding effort. Over the years, a variety of hosts counted down the top 10 or 20 music videos of the week. The order of countdown was initially decided by a mix of record sales, radio airplay, video spins, message board posts, and conventional mail. The final episode aired unexpectedly without fanfare on November 28, 2015.
As part of VH-1's rebranding as "VH1: Music First" in 1994, the channel launched a new show, the VH1 Top 10 Countdown, that counted down the top 10 music videos played on the channel each week. A combination of record sales, radio airplay, video spins, message board posts, and conventional mail decided the order of the countdown. A rotating cast of VJs picked up hosting duties for the show over the years. The show expanded from 10 to 20 music videos, becoming VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown, on April 13, 2001.
Each week, the show was broadcast from another location around New York, often at the Virgin Records store in Union Square. Following a decline in the show's relevance, popular Survivor contestant Jenna Lewis was hired to host the show in 2001. After her departure from the show, from 2002 to 2006, the show was usually hosted by either Rachel Perry, Bradford How, or Aamer Haleem, but occasionally another VJ would fill in. At this point, the show's first airing would premiere on Saturdays at 3:00 AM Eastern, then later at 9:00 AM Eastern, followed by additional airings on Sunday Mornings at 8:00 AM Eastern, and Tuesday mornings at 9:00 AM Eastern. On July 22, 2005, VH1 moved the show's first airing of the week to Friday evenings at 6:00 PM Eastern, followed by additional airings on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
The show became known as the VSPOT Top 20 Video Countdown on April 7, 2006, and had received a new on-air look, a new studio at the MTV headquarters in Times Square (where TRL located at), and a new host, Matt Pinfield, the venerable VJ from both MTV and MTV2 in the 1990s and former host of MTV's 120 Minutes. In a fundamental change from the show's older format of compiling the top 20 videos of the week, online votes resolved the entire order of the countdown. Fan participation was introduced via VSPOT, VH1's online music video outlet. On the week of July 15, 2006, the show stopped airing on Friday evenings.
On the September 16, 2006, episode, Pinfield announced that a video would be retired after being on the countdown for 20 weeks. Before this time, videos could remain on the countdown for as long as seemed appropriate, though almost all were gone by the 24th week. One notable exception, however, was Keane's "Somewhere Only We Know", which remained in the countdown for 28 non-consecutive weeks in two countdown runs. The video only peaked at #8, and its second wind was caused by the popularity of the VH1.com live version of the video.
After Pinfield did not show up for a few recordings of the show[citation needed] on October 7, 2006, former host Aamer Haleem returned to host the show once again. Starting the week of February 17, 2007, after a mass layoff of music producers at MTV Networks (now known as "Paramount Media Networks"), the show left MTV Studios and became broadcast from another location every week, as it was in the late 1990s and early 2000s (decade), starting at New York's Grand Central Terminal. Haleem continued to host the show every week from another location until August 4, 2007, when he hosted his final episode.
Alison Becker became the new host on August 11, 2007. Around this time, the VSPOT online video center was renamed to "Video.VH1.com," so the series readded its original title, VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown. Since then, each episode has usually featured one or two interviews with all celebrities of latest notoriety who either have a video, movie, or TV show of interest at the time. The countdown sometimes has videos high in its countdown despite virtually has no radio airplay for the song. One example is Bret Michaels' Go That Far which was directed by Shane Stanley. This video spent 12 weeks on the countdown and bowed out at #7. The video supported Michaels' show Rock of Love which is shown on the network.
David Cook and David Archuleta, the seventh-season winner and runner-up of American Idol were the first guest stars to introduce their own music video at the #1 spot. David Archuleta introduced his video "Crush" on November 15, 2008. The following countdown on November 22, 2008, Cook made a guest appearance to introduce his music video for "Light On" which was making its countdown debut at #1. Rock group Shinedown joined the list to introduce a song at #1 when their video for "Second Chance" was #1 on May 16, 2009. Introducing "Come Back To Me" at #1 on May 30, 2009, made Cook the first to introduce two music videos at #1 on two occasions. Later in 2009, rock group Daughtry introduced their music video for "No Surprise" at #1 on July 18, 2009, and British pop singer Jay Sean and hip-hop rapper Lil Wayne introduced their music video for "Down" at #1 on October 17, 2009. After four months of no one introducing their own video at #1, Pop-rock singer Adam Lambert would also join the list as he introduced his video, "Whataya Want from Me," at #1 on February 20, 2010. At VH1's "Winter Wonderland" countdown special, Irish rock group The Script introduced their video, Breakeven at #1 on March 6, 2010. For five months, no one had introduced their song at #1 until August 21, 2010, when hip-hop rapper B.o.B and pop-rock singer Hayley Williams introduced Airplanes at #1. Two months later, on October 9, R&B/pop singer Bruno Mars introduced his #1 single, "Just the Way You Are," at #1. Following a four to five-month absence of an artist introduction at #1, on February 26, 2011, British pop singer Adele introduced "Rolling in the Deep" at #1. On November 5, 2011, pop singer Kelly Clarkson introduced "Mr. Know It All" at #1. On March 24, 2012, hip-hop group Gym Class Heroes and British pop singer Neon Hitch introduced "Get Yourself Back Home" at #1. On July 27, 2013, R&B singer Robin Thicke introduced "Blurred Lines at #1. Since then, no other artists have introduced their own videos at #1.