TRL and the End of the Video Age

The chart on the street, the countdown as democracy, and what happened to the clip once viewers took the controls.

Playlist by @music_video_birth

10 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. The Rise & Fall of MTV’s TRL (from Korn to Britney Spears) — The Punk Rock MBA
2. Tearin' Up My Charts: How MTV's 'Total Request Live' (And Pop-Culture Democracy) Got Rigged | PTFO — PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT
3. All the Songs Played on TRL in 1998 — Bored Music
4. All the Songs Played on TRL in 1999 — Bored Music
5. All the songs played on TRL in 2000 — Bored Music
6. TRL’s “Class of ‘99” Photoshoot w/ Britney Spears, NSYNC & More | You Had To Be There — MTV Vault
7. TRL (MTV week) 3/8/2000 (*NSYNC) — Grustle Media
8. MTV TRL 03 31 1999 — Jason Godwin
9. EMPTY VEE: TOTAL REQUEST LIVE (FROM 2007) FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES TO SHOW HOW MTV TURNED INTO CRAP. — cultureoutofcontrol
10. Are music videos still relevant? The rise, fall and future of music videos — Music Mongoose