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VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown
StarringJim Shearer
Country of origin United States
Production
Running time120 minutes
Original release
NetworkVH1
Release1994 –
present

VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown is a weekly television show on the VH1 cable television network in the United States. The long-running series began in 1994 as the VH1 Top 10 Countdown, as part of VH1's "Music First" rebranding effort.[1] Since then, the series has been a consistent weekly institution on VH1, and it is now the main source of music video programming on the channel.

Over the years, a variety of hosts have counted down the top ten or twenty music videos of the week. The order of countdown was originally decided by a mix of record sales, radio airplay, video spins, message board posts, and conventional mail, but since 2006, online votes have directly influenced the countdown.

Currently, Top 20 Video Countdown airs with a pre-airing Friday nights (early Saturday mornings) at 3 a.m. eastern time, with new episodes premiering on Saturdays at 9 a.m. and an encore every Sunday at 8 a.m and Tuesday at 9 a.m. eastern time.[2]

History

As part of VH-1's rebranding as "VH1: Music First" in 1994, the channel launched a new series, the VH1 Top 10 Countdown, that counted down the top ten music videos played on VH1 each week. A combination of record sales, radio airplay, video spins, message board posts, and conventional mail would decide the order of the countdown. A rotating cast of VJs picked up hosting duties for the show over the years. The series expanded from ten to twenty music videos, becoming the VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown, in 1999.

Each week, the show would broadcast from a different location around New York City, 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.

The series became known as the VSPOT Top 20 Video Countdown on April 7, 2006, at which time it received a new on-air look, a new studio at the MTV headquarters in Times Square, and a new host, Matt Pinfield, the venerable VJ from MTV and MTV2 in the 1990s and former host of MTV's 120 Minutes. In a fundamental change from the show's classic format of compiling the top twenty videos of the week, Internet votes determined the entire order of the countdown. Fan participation was introduced via VSPOT, VH1's online music video outlet. Also as part of the change, VH1 temporarily moved the show's first airing of the week to Friday evenings instead of Saturday mornings. On the week of July 15, 2006, the show stopped airing on Friday evenings.

On the September 16, 2006, episode, host Matt Pinfield announced that after being on the countdown for 20 weeks, a video would be retired. 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 did not reach the top ten and its second wind was caused by the popularity of the VH1.com live version of the video.

After host Matt Pinfield did not show up for a few recordings of the show[citation needed] in late 2006, former host Aamer Haleem returned to host the show once again. Beginning the week of February 17, 2007, after a mass layoff of music producers at MTV Networks[3], the show left the MTV studios and became broadcast from a different location every week, as it was in the late 1990s and early 2000s, starting at New York's Grand Central Terminal. Haleem continued to host VH1 Top 20 every week from a different 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 regained its classic title, VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown. Since then, each episode has usually featured one or two interviews with a celebrity or celebrities of current notoriety who either have a video, movie, or television show of interest at the time. The countdown sometimes has videos high in its countdown despite virtually no radio airplay for the song. One example is Bret Michaels Go That Far which was directed by Shane Stanley. This video spent twelve weeks on the countdown and bowed out at number seven. The video supported Michaels' show Rock of Love which is shown on the network.

David Cook and David Archuleta, the winner and runner-up of American Idol season 7 are currently the only guest stars on the countdown who have had the privilege of introducing their own video at #1, Archuleta made a guest appearance on the November 15, 2008, show and introduced his video for ""Crush" at #1 and Cook made a guest appearance on November 22, 2008, show and introduced his video "Light On" at #1. As of May 16, 2009, the members of Shinedown have now joined the ranks of introducing their video "Second Chance" at #1, while guest appearing. On May 30, 2009, David Cook became the the first to introduce two of his videos at #1 with "Come Back To Me" on May 30, 2009 and "Light On" on November 22, 2008. On July 18, 2009, Daughtry introduced their video "No Surprise" at #1. On October 17, 2009, Jay Sean introduced his video "Down" at #1, which would turn out to be the second week in a row that video held the #1 spot.

Alison Becker announced at the end of the January 3, 2009, broadcast that it would be her last show as host. The new host, Jim Shearer, taped his first show on January 5, 2009, at the Virgin Megastore at Union Square in New York, for broadcast on January 10.

In 2009, VH1 has taken tighter control of the songs played on the show, with the number of videos available to be voted onto the Top 20 Countdown reduced to less than 30, and several videos removed from the voting list while they were still in the top half of the Countdown.

Special editions

Occasionally, VH1 will air special editions of the Top 20 Video Countdown:

  • Fairway to Heaven: The show is condensed to 18 videos and takes place at a celebrity golf tournament. The title is a reference to the song "Stairway to Heaven."[4]
  • Lift Ticket to Ride: An annual winter ski party event. The title is a reference to the song "Ticket to Ride."[5]
  • VH1's Top 40 Videos of the Year: The year's best videos are counted down with commentary from celebrities. Prior to 2002, the special was a top 50 countdown, and was five hours long to allow most or all of each video to be played. Beginning in 2002, the special was condensed to its current format, which more resembles VH1's occasional "Top 100" countdowns.
  • Rock Across America: Each summer through 2001, the show became a traveling event across the country.[6]


20/20 Club

The 20/20 Club is achieved when a Video has been on the VH1 Countdown for 20 consecutive weeks. On it's 20th week the host will say it's reached 20 weeks and will be the last time it would be shown on the countdown.

Videos Retired to the 20/20 Club

2004

2005

"Mr. Brightside" - The Killers

2006

"Not Ready To Make Nice" - Dixie Chicks

"Far Away" - Nickelback

2007

"It Ends Tonight" - The All-American Rejects

"How To Save A Life" - The Fray

"U + Ur Hand" - Pink

2008

"I'm Yours" - Jason Mraz

"Better in Time" - Leona Lewis

2009

"Second Chance" - Shinedown

"Lucky" - Jason Mraz and Colbie Calliat

"Stay" - Safetysuit

"I'm a Piece of Shit]]" - Kanye West

List of #1's

2006

  • Video of the Year: "Buttons" - Pussycat Dolls featuring Snopp Dogg

2007

  • January 6: "Irreplaceable - Beyonce
  • January 13: "If Everyone Cared" - Nickelback
  • January 20: "It's Not Over" - Daughtry
  • January 27: "It's Not Over" - Daughtry
  • February 3: "It's Not Over" - Daughtry
  • February 10: "It's Not Over" - Daughtry
  • February 17: "Into the Ocean" - Blue October
  • February 24: "It's Not Over" - Daughtry
  • March 3: "It's Not Over" - Daughtry
  • March 10: "Candyman - Christina Aguilera
  • March 17: "It's Not Over" - Daughtry
  • March 24: "Read My Mind" - The Killers
  • March 31: "Read My Mind" - The Killers
  • April 7: "Read My Mind" - The Killers
  • April 14: "Over It" - Katharine McPhee
  • April 21: "Over It" - Katharine McPhee
  • April 28: "Over It" - Katharine McPhee
  • May 4: "Home" - Daughtry
  • May 11: "Home" - Daughtry
  • May 18: "Home" - Daughtry
  • May 25: "(You Want To) Make a Memory" - Bon Jovi
  • June 1: "Home" - Daughtry
  • June 8: "(You Want To) Make a Memory" - Bon Jovi
  • June 15: "Wait for You" - Elliot Yamin
  • June 22: "Home" - Daughtry
  • June 29: "Wait for You" - Elliot Yamin
  • July 6: "Wait for You" - Elliot Yamin
  • July 13: "Wait for You" - Elliot Yamin
  • July 20: "Wait for You" - Elliot Yamin
  • July 27: "Wait for You" - Elliot Yamin
  • August 3: "Hey There Delilah" - Plain White T's
  • August 10: "Big Girls Don't Cry" - Fergie
  • August 17: "Wait for You" - Elliot Yamin
  • August 24: "Hey There Delilah" - Plain White T's
  • August 31: "Wait for You" - Elliot Yamin
  • September 7: "Do It" - Nelly Furtado
  • September 14: "Do It" - Nelly Furtado
  • September 21: "Rockstar" - Nickelback
  • September 28: "Rockstar" - Nickelback
  • October 4: "Over You" - Daughtry
  • October 11: "Over You" - Daughtry
  • October 18: "Over You" - Daughtry
  • October 25: "Over You" - Daughtry
  • November 1: "Over You" - Daughtry
  • November 8: "Over You" - Daughtry
  • November 15: "No One" - Alicia Keys
  • November 22: "Witness" - Bo Bice
  • November 29: "No One" - Alicia Keys
  • December 5: "Witness" - Bo Bice
  • December 12: "Witness" - Bo Bice
  • Video of the Year: "Big Girls Don't Cry" - Fergie

2008

2009

2010

  • January 2: "Fifteen" - Taylor Swift
  • January 9: "Never Gonna Be Alone" - Nickelback
  • January 16:
  • January 23:
  • January 30:
  • February 6:
  • February 13:
  • February 20:
  • February 27:
  • March 6:
  • March 13:
  • March 20:
  • March 27:
  • April 3:
  • April 10:
  • April 17:
  • April 24:
  • May 1:
  • May 8:
  • May 15:
  • May 22:
  • May 29:
  • June 5:
  • June 12:
  • June 19:
  • June 26:
  • July 3:
  • July 10:
  • July 17:
  • July 24:
  • July 31:
  • August 7:
  • August 14:
  • August 21:
  • August 28:
  • September 4:
  • September 11:
  • September 18:
  • September 25:
  • October 2:
  • October 9:
  • October 16:
  • October 23:
  • October 30:
  • November 6:
  • November 13:
  • November 20:
  • November 27:
  • December 4:
  • December 11:
  • Video of the Year:

List of hosts

Since the show's debut in 1994, it has featured a number of different hosts:

Records

  • Artist with most weeks at #1- Daughtry (34 weeks)
  • Artist with the most songs at #1 - Nickelback (10 songs)
  • Video with most weeks at #1- Not Ready to Make Nice, The Dixie Chicks (14 Weeks)
  • Most consecutive #1 video- Not Ready To Make Nice, The Dixie Chicks (13 weeks)

See also

References

  1. ^ IMDB "VH-1 Top 20 Video Countdown"
  2. ^ VH1 TV schedule
  3. ^ MTV2 and VH1 employees fired
  4. ^ Top 18 Video Countdown from VH1's Fairway to Heaven
  5. ^ VH1 HITS THE SLOPES WHILE VH1 CLASSIC SKIDS INTO DIRE STRAITS
  6. ^ Jenna Lewis, Host of Rock Across America
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