The ''Much Countdown'' (also known as the ''Much Top 30 Countdown'', and formerly known as ''The MuchMusic Top 20 Countdown'') is an hour-long musical television program, usually hosted by a VJ, that aired on Canadian music television station

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from 1996 to 2017. ''Countdown'' was one of the longest-running programs that has aired on MuchMusic since the channel's debut. Originally sponsored by

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, it was known for the first several years as the ''Coca-Cola Countdown''.

Format

The program aired a playlist of the most well-known songs in the

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in Canada. The order that the videos were played went from No. 30 to No. 1, although only about a dozen or so of those videos were actually played. The countdown usually followed certain rules regarding what videos it played and its structure: * The entire Top 10 was played, regardless of how the song was moving on the chart * Other videos that got played were big rising songs or songs that were debuting on the chart, with one exception ( Slipknot's "

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", which was later played when it peaked at 13). * Debuting songs always rose at least one spot the next week, the only exception was Mase's "

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" * After debuting, songs would rise until they hit No. 1 or they stall at a certain position, by remaining at that position for a second week in a row or by falling down the chart. * After a song stalls, it begins falling off the chart and never recovers, with a few exceptions * The chart program led off with the debuting songs, the only exception was when " 4AM" by

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led off the February 6, 1998 edition in its second week on the chart because the only debut that week was Celine Dion's "

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" at No. 22

Number ones

Here is a listing of number ones from 1996 onwards:

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

References

External links

The Top 20 CountdownMuchMusic Countdown chart and archive on Top40 Charts.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Countdown (Muchmusic Tv Series) Much (TV channel) original programming 1990s Canadian music television series Music chart television shows Television series by Bell Media 2000s Canadian music television series 2010s Canadian music television series