VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown

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VSpot Top 20 Countdown is a weekly television show on the VH1 cable network. Until the week of March 31, 2006, it was simply called Top 20 Countdown, and it counted down the top videos of the week by record sales, radio airplay, video spins, message board posts and snail mail. The show was usually hosted by either Rachel Perry, Bradford How, or Aamer Haleem, but occasionally another VJ would fill in for however long. In 2005, the show moved its first airing of the week to Fridays once again, instead of Saturday mornings. On April 7, 2006, the show got a new look and host (Matt Pinfield), with total fan participation via the VSpot, VH1's online music video center. On the week July 15, 2006, the show stopped airing on Friday afternoons and a new airing on Mondays at 1:00 pm was added, which was moved in January 2007 to 11:00 am the same day. Aamer Haleem returned as host once again in late 2006 after Pinfield did not show up for a few recordings of the show. Starting with the episode for the week of February 10, The show left the studio at MTV headquaters in Times Square and "Taking it to the streets", starting at New York's Grand Central Terminal.

Specials

  • Fairway to Heaven (the show is cut down to 18 videos and takes place at a celebrity golf tournament)
  • Top 40 Videos of the year (the top forty videos are counted down and commentary is added by different celebrities)

#1 Videos

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Retired Videos

On the September 16, 2006 episode, VJ Matt Pinfield announced that after being on the countdown for 20 weeks, a video will be retired. Here is the list of those videos and their retirement position.

# Artist Song Retirement Date Peaked at Retired at
1 The Pussycat Dolls featuring Snoop Dogg "Buttons" September 16, 2006 #2 (4x) #11
2 Dixie Chicks "Not Ready to Make Nice" October 7, 2006 #1 (14x) #9
3 Brooke featuring Paul Wall "About Us" November 18, 2006 #1 (3x) #11
4 Nickelback "Far Away" December 9, 2006 #1 (4x) #2
5 The All-American Rejects "It Ends Tonight" February 10, 2007 #2 (1x) #10
6 The Fray "How to Save a Life" February 24, 2007 #2 (1x) #8

Prior to this announcement, videos could remain on the countdown for as long as seemed appropriate, though almost all were gone by the 24th week. One notable exception was Keane's Somewhere Only We Know, which remained in the countdown for 28 non-consecutive weeks (in two countdown runs). Notably, the video did not reach the top 10, and its "second wind" was caused by the popularity of the Vh1.com Live Version of the Video.

Show Information

Hosts

Air Times

  • Saturday at 3:00am
  • Saturday at 9:00am
  • Sunday at 8:00am
  • Monday at 11:00am
  • Tuesday at 9:00am

See Also

External Links

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