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MTV Asia Hitlist
MTV Asia Hitlist to the audience. After a year, they resumed the Top 20,
this time, acquiring only one hour, since not all videos
Format Countdown from the Top 20 were shown.
Created by MTV Asia
Affiliations
Starring MTV VJs
The MTV Asia Hitlist is based on viewers’ requests, album
Country of origin Asia and singles sales, radio airplay and music downloads [2].
Production Determining the singles that enter the Top 20 is in co-
operation of the record labels and companies, Nielsen
Running time 1 hour with adverts.
Soundscan, and the Asian 100 Singles Airplay. In Asia, the
Broadcast MTV Network works in cooperation with extensive re-
search from local MTV stations like MTV Indonesia, MTV
Original channel MTV
India, MTV Philippines, MTV Mainland China, and MTV
Original run January 1, 1996 – 2005 Japan.
MTV Asia Hitlist is an Asian chart show or countdown on
MTV Asia, produced by MTV Asia and hosted by MTV VJs,
Policies
which first aired in 1996. It resembles the MTV US show Policies in the Asia Hitlist have been made in accordance
TRL, which also featured music videos in a countdown. to charting songs in the countdown. Several songs may
From 1996-1999, the show presented the Top 20 videos in have been given consideration due to its extreme recep-
Asia, lasting for two hours with advertisements. Howev- tion in the Asian market. Various reasons for charting
er, in 2000, it was reduced to the Top 10, now consum- songs have special cases, and are deliberated by the mak-
ing only one hour. A year later, the Top 20 was brought ers of the MTV Asia Hitlist.
back this time lasting only one hour as not all the videos
were shown. "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz Multiple Entries
II Men was the first single to top the charts. Artists may have multiple entries in the chart, and may
occupy the top positions at the same time, which hap-
History pened in 2002, where the Top 3 songs in one week were
all of Mandy Moore’s songs from her movie "A Walk to
It was believed that MTV Asia had yet to come up with Remember." "Cry," "Someday We’ll Know," and "Only
an update as to what shows can bring viewers’ attention Hope" occupied the Top 3 positions in May 2002, and all
to the Asian version of MTV.[citation needed] Since MTV Asia songs were able to top the charts, earning Moore her first
had less shows, the producers decided to create a count- three #1 singles.
down that resembled the Billboard Hot 100, however,
having Asia as the direct source of popularity.[citation need- Scope Release
ed] The show became as instant success, as different gen-
Regardless of the scope of release, Asia was exempted
res were able to enter the countdown due to Asia’s di-
from US and UK release. One example is "Born To Make
versity to music. Artists like the Backstreet Boys, Jennifer
You Happy" and "From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart"
Lopez, Mariah Carey, the Spice Girls, Britney Spears, and
by Britney Spears. "Born To Make You Happy" was re-
Green Day were known to be chart toppers in the
leased in the UK and other parts of the globe except for
Hitlist.[1]
the US, while "From The Bottom Of my Broken Heart"
Reformat was only released in the US. In the Asia Hitlist, both sin-
gles charted with the former topping the chart for 2
After four years of having the Top 20 videos being broad- weeks, and the latter peaking at #2.
casted, the network decided to lessen the number of
videos to ten since there were many shows to accommo- Double-sided Releases
date.[1] In 2000, only the Top 10 were shown, though peo-
Double-sided releases were not considered to be a major
ple speculated that the producers tabulated the Top 20,
factor in Asian releases. It was noted that each of the sin-
since there were "bubbling up" videos that were shown
gles chart differently, since both songs totally differed
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from another. One example is the double-sided single sion and remix version staying at the chart at the same
"Mama" and "Who Do You Think You Are" by the Spice time, as well as both versions being able to top the charts
Girls. Considered a double-sided single in the UK, it as well.
charted in the Asia Hitlist as two different entries, with An arising conflict fell once again when Britney
each video justifying its eligibility to chart. However, in Spears released "Overprotected" in 2002. In January, the
the case of Mariah Carey’s "Always Be My Baby," which album version (or more commonly known as the "Inter-
was double-sided with "Slipping Away," the former national Version") of the song was released and peaked
charted as the official release excluding the latter from at #3. After "I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman," which
gaining popularity. "Always Be My Baby" became Carey’s topped the charts that year, the "Darkchild Remix" was
#1 hit while "Slipping Away" was disregarded and was released in the US. Considering that the song resembled
not released. the original structure and melody of the song, it was
at first, prohibited to chart. The video was extensively
Video Accompaniment played on MTV Non-Stop Hits, but never charted. Ex-
Charting songs have been completely eligible when there treme airplay and viewer requests increased at the hype
is an accompanying music video, which is used for com- of the video’s popularity, giving it enough points to break
mercial release. The first song to chart without a com- in the Top 20. Considering the fact that it was a North
mercial video release was "Incomplete" by Sisqo, his sec- American release, and the song was commercially viable,
ond number one. The single didn’t have an accompany- it was finally enabled to chart. Surprisingly, the song
ing video for a release, but eight weeks later after chart- peaked #2, one notch higher than the placement of its
ing, an official video was released. The song was not aired original version. Spears became the second artist (and
during the period wherein there was no accompanying the third instance) to which both the original version and
video, and a picture of Sisqo was shown during recaps of remix version were able to chart in the countdown.
the countdown. It was only after it fell from the top spot
that that video was released, thus the airplay of the song Edited Videos
was eligible.[3] Video editing has been the most controversial act im-
posed by MTV Asia. It rarely happens but once it is im-
Remixes posed on a video, it is never revoked. Videos are edited
In the early years of the Hitlist, remixes were eligible to for several reasons. Nudity, explicit viewing content, and
chart if it was a dance remix or "radio" mix of an album’s violence are certain examples of reasons for editing
cut. It means that a remix’s eligibility to chart depends videos. The first video to be edited was "Thank U" by Ala-
entirely on the original version, since both versions are nis Morissette. In the video, Alanis is nude, but her pri-
credited as one. The more popular the remix is, the high- vate parts aren’t shown in the video. However, this has
er the chart position. In 1999, Mariah Carey’s single "I been marred too explicit especially to the younger gen-
Still Believe" came out with a remix featuring Da Brat and eration, and other religious sects in Asia. An edited ver-
Krayzie Bone entitled "I Still Believe/Pure Imagination." sion of the video was released, covering almost the whole
Since it was an entirely different track from the original, screen except for Morissette’s face. "Thank U" topped
it was considered to chart as a different entry. Conflict the chart in early 1999.
arose with her next remixes for singles "Heartbreaker" Another video that was edited is George Michael’s
and "Thank God I Found You," which the former was said "Outside." Due to its sexual content, it was never fully
to be based on the original version, and the latter to on- shown on MTV. Even when it charted, only about 57 sec-
ly adapt the chorus of the original version as an adlib. onds of the video were shown due to enormous sexual
"Thank God I Found You" was given an exception, since content.
the remix version was entirely of a different structure The most controversial video to have been extensive-
and it no longer resembled the original recording. ly edited by the network was "Dirrty" by Christina Aguil-
The same trend followed in the 2000s, wherein Jen- era. In the part where Aguilera is in a boxing ring with
nifer Lopez’ remixes for "I’m Real" and "Ain’t It Funny" her dancers at the beginning, a Thai poster is situated
topped the chart. Both the original versions of the song at the background while the dance is shown. Depicted in
were able to chart during its release, but their follow-up Thai language in the poster were the words "Thai Sex
remixes were of higher popularity and airplay. "Ain’t It Tourism" and "Young Underage Girls." The video was
Funny" peaked at #10 and one year later, the remix ver- banned in Thailand but in other parts of Asia, the dance
sion topped the charts. The original version of "I’m Real" sequence in the beginning were shortened. A live version
also topped the charts in 2001, and when sales started to of the video was mostly played. Regardless of the video’s
decline, the remix version was released and was enabled limited release, the song still topped the charts.
to chart as a different single. This made history as "I’m After the video for "Dirrty," Aguilera drew more con-
Real" became the first song with both the original ver- troversy with her next single "Beautiful". In the video,
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two men were seen kissing each other and were deemed • Cassie, a female singer of Filipino and African-
too racy for MTV viewers. Again, MTV Asia edited the American descent, peaked at #2 with "Me & U" in
video by completely removing the gay scenes out of the 2006. "Long Way 2 Go" peaked at #7 in the same year.
video. "Beautiful" became her next number one single • Filipino-German and Pussycat Dolls lead singer
and the edited version was played throughout MTV Asia. Nicole Scherzinger topped the charts alongside rap
mogul Diddy in 2006 with "Come To Me" for 3 weeks.
Records • Half-Filipino and half-British singer Mutya Buena,
formerly of the Sugababes, entered the charts with
"Real Girl" in 2007.
Asian Breakthrough
• The first artist to enter the Asia Hitlist was 1990s
Singaporean violinist Vanessa-Mae. "Storm" peaked • The highest debut was "Thank U" by the Alanis
at #10 in 1997. Her next single "I Feel Love" peaked Morissette. The song debuted at #7 during 1998.
at #4 the same year. • Both Elton John and the Spice Girls have the longest
• Malaysian act KRU entered the charts in 1998 with running single in the Top 20. "Candle In The Wind"
the single "The Way We Jam." The song peaked at #3. (1997) and "2 Become 1" (1996) spent 21 weeks in the
• Indonesian artist Anggun was the first Asian artist to charts.
top the charts in 1998. "Snow In The Sahara" spent 2
weeks at the top. 2000s
• Filipino band and MTV Video Music Award winner
Eraserheads, entered the charts in 1997 with "Ang • Mandy Moore was the first female artist to occupy
Huling El Bimbo." The song peaked at #6 due to its the Top 3 positions at the same week. "Cry,"
strong performance resulting from their win at the "Someday We’ll Know," and "Only Hope" occupied
MTV Video Music Awards in New York. In 1998, the Top 3 positions in 2002. All three singles
"Julie Tearjerky" peaked at #16. managed to top the charts as well.
• Taiwanese singer CoCo Lee topped the charts in 1999 • JoJo is the youngest artist to enter the charts. "Leave
with the single "Before I Fall In Love." Her next two (Get Out)" (2004) was released when she was only 13
singles, "Do You Want My Love" and "Wherever You years of age. The song peaked at #3. Her next single
Go," peaked at #2 and #3 respectively. "Baby It’s You" featuring Bow Wow peaked at #2.
• Filipino-American apl.de.ap or Allan Pineda Lindo, a "Too Little Too Late" (2006) also peaked at #2 while
member of The Black Eyed Peas had hits of his own. she was 15.
"The APL Song" debuted at #11, the highest for an
Asian artist, and peaked at #5. His next solo single External links
"Bebot," peaked at #3 in 2006.
[1] ^ www.mtvasia.com
• Thailand’s Tata Young entered the charts in 2004,
[2] www.ipod.com
becoming the first pure Asian artist to enter after
[3] www.mtv.com
nearly four years. "Sexy Naughty Bitchy" peaked at
• Official site
#4 and "I Believe" peaked at #10.
• MTV Asia Top 100 2008
• MTV US
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