In Honor Of TRL Premiering 20 Years Ago Today, The Ultimate Top-10 TRL Countdown

20 years ago today Carson Daly came into our lives as one of the most important shows for us in our 30s premiered. That’s right, September 14, 1998, Total Request Live became a thing. It gave us the Britney vs Christina rivalry. It gave us Backstreet Boys vs NSync. It gave us something to watch the moment we got home from school and then get pissed about where a song was ranked. It was wonderful. I know TRL lasted years longer, but it really ended in 2003 when Daly left the show to do his own thing. So we’ll look at 1998-2002. In honor of TRL, this is the top-10 TRL songs from that timeframe. There is no rhyme or reason to this list besides of being the 10 music videos/songs I think of when I think of TRL. Let me know what your top-10 would be.

10. Korn – Freak on a Leash (7 times No. 1)

9. Christina Aguilera, Lil Kim, Mya, Pink – Lady Marmalade (0 No. 1s)

8. Fat Lip – Sum 41 (7 times No. 1)

7. Limp Bizkit – Nookie (4 No. 1s)

6. Eminem – The Real Slim Shady (10 No. 1s)

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5. Blink 182 – What’s My Age Again? (0 No. 1s)

4. Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way (14 No. 1s)

3. Christina Aguilera – Dirrty (4 No. 1s)

2. NSYNC – Bye, Bye, Bye (13 No. 1s)

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1. Britney Spears – …Baby One More Time (13 No. 1s)