MTV's TRL Top 40 of 2000
MTV's Total Request Live Year-End Top 40 Countdown of music videos from 2000.
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- DirectorWayne IshamStars*NSYNCLance BassJC ChasezThe video, directed by Wayne Isham and choreographed by Darrin Dewitt Henson, features NSYNC as puppets controlled by an evil puppetress (played by Kim Smith). She cuts Joey and Chris loose first, and they run over the top of a speeding train, then hide among the passengers to escape her. She cuts Justin loose next, and he outruns her trained dogs through a warehouse, eventually escaping into the pouring rain. Then Lance and JC are cut loose and fall into a red Dodge Viper RT/10. They speed away from her, while being chased by her silver BMW Z3. All of this is interspersed with shots of the band dancing in a blue box with a fixed camera, making them appear as though they are on different planes of gravity.
- DirectorNigel DickStarsBritney SpearsAlyma DorseyTJ EspinozaAn astronaut goes to Mars to give Britney a special necklace.
- DirectorPhilip G. AtwellDr. DreStarsEminemDr. DreD12Music video for the 2000 song "The Real Slim Shady" by Eminem. It features him performing the song in a psychiatric ward, a local Detroit neighborhood nearside a park, a fast-food joint, the Grammy Awards, and even in a clone factory.
- DirectorPaul HunterStarsChristina AguileraMusic video for "Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)" by Christina Aguilera.
- DirectorJoseph KahnStarsSisqóLarry 'Jazz' AnthonyMelyssa FordSisqo performs in the music video "Thong Song" from the album "Unleash the Dragon" recorded for Def Soul Records. The music video begins with Sisqó at home on his phone when his daughter presents a thong and asks what it is. He sings on the beach with woman sunbathing in bikinis and thongs.
- DirectorMartin WeiszStarsJonathan DavisJames 'Munky' ShafferReginald 'Fieldy' ArvizuMusic video for "Make Me Bad" by Korn from their fourth studio album Issues. The Alien-inspired clip is one of the most expensive videos Korn have ever filmed.
- DirectorWayne IshamStars*NSYNCLance BassJC ChasezThe video begins in a large toy store, with "Bye Bye Bye" playing in the background. Each group member is an animated plastic doll version of themselves in a box similar to their album cover. They punch through the plastic front of their boxes and try to attract the attention of the girl shopping (Kim Smith, who also appears as the puppeteer in "Bye Bye Bye") so that they can be bought. Army men abseil down from a higher shelf, destroy their boxes, and laugh at them when they are purchased. Next, the boys spot a set of Barbie-like dolls and go hang out with them. The Barbies drop a net on them, and again tease them when they are bought and NSYNC is not. Finally, the group gets back to their shelf and does a dance for the shopping girl.
- DirectorDave MeyersStarsJuvenileMannie FreshLil' WayneJuvenile performs in the music video "Back That Thang Up" from the album "400 Degreez" recorded for Cash Money and Universal Records. Juvenile performs onstage at an outdoor concert and walks near a fence while women dance at a variety of locations. The video also features Mannie Fresh and Lil Wayne.
- StarsHansonIsaac HansonTaylor HansonHanson performs in the music video "If Only" from the album "This Time Around" recorded for Island Records. The music video opens with Hanson and friends on in a large recreational vehicle that is traveling through the desert. They sing in the desert while people ride motorcycles.
- DirectorFred DurstStarsLimp BizkitWes BorlandLeor DimantPromo video for Limp Bizkit: Rollin'.
- DirectorStuart GoslingStarsBackstreet BoysNick CarterHowie DoroughOfficial music video for "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" by Backstreet Boys.
- DirectorDave MeyersStarsBritney SpearsBritney Spears' official music video for 'Lucky'.
- DirectorPhilip G. AtwellStarsDr. DreEminemHittmanDr. Dre and Eminem perform in the music video "Forgot About Dre" from the album "2001" recorded for Aftermath and Interscope Records. The music video opens at night with Dr. Dre rapping in front of a newsstand in a city. Eminem raps as he walks through a dark city street. Later the two of them arrive at a suburban home drunk. He is, then, interviewed by a reporter about a house fire.
- DirectorWayne IshamStarsRicky MartinChanning Tatum
- DirectorDiane MartelStarsChristina AguileraBrandon RouthThe video's narrative features Aguilera unwinds a performance given to thank her lover. An opening shot shows men cycling and DJ-ing. Aguilera's troupe enters, moves the men towards the far-end of the room, and, after asking the men to cover their eyes, breaks into a tightly choreographed dance as Aguilera introduces the song's hook. Solo shots of Aguilera seated atop speakers punctuate the dance sequence. As the dance sequence in the first room ends, the camera moves over the ceiling of the venue and cuts to Aguilera dressed in medieval garb lying on a chaise longue whilst women dance around her with fans. After the bridge section finishes the video cuts back to the dancers in the first room and the video ends with a bird-eye-view shot of everyone in the room surrounding Aguilera and a male character who are intimately dancing. The video includes to a then-unknown Superman actor Brandon Routh as extra, playing one of the guys in the group.
- DirectorLiz FriedlanderStarsBlink-182Travis BarkerTom DeLonge
- DirectorJoseph KahnStarsDestiny's ChildBeyoncéFarrah FranklinMusic video by Destiny's Child performing 'Say My Name'.
- DirectorDave MeyersStarsJoe C.Ron JeremyKid Rock
- DirectorGregory DarkStarsBritney SpearsA music video for Britney Spears's song 'From the Bottom of My Broken Heart'.
- DirectorBille WoodruffStars98 DegreesJessica SimpsonMusic video for 98 Degrees's song 'My Everything'.
- DirectorMarcos SiegaStarsPapa RoachDave BucknerChris CarrollPapa Roach performs in the music video "Last Resort" from the album "Infest" recorded for DreamWorks records. The band performs the song as they stand on a white illuminated stage. A crowd of young people surrounded the stage and jump with the music. Periodically, the video offers snippets of members of the audience at their homes.
- DirectorHype WilliamsStarsJay-ZUGKBun BJay-Z and UGK perform in the music video "Big Pimpin'" from the album "Vol. 3 - Life and Times of S. Carter" recorded for Roc-A-Fella and Def Jam Records. The music video begins with Jay-Z on an enormous yacht singing as he is surrounded by women in bikinis. Later he and UGK appear in Trinidad enjoying themselves during a parade.
- DirectorRichard ReinesStarsBloodhound GangSpanky G.Jared 'Evil' HasselhoffMusic video for The Bloodhound Gang's song, 'The Bad Touch'.
- DirectorStephen ScottStarsSoulDecisionDavid BowmanTrevor GuthrieSoulDecision performs in the music video "Faded" from the album "No One Does It Better" recorded for MCA Records. The music video opens with shots of people in windows of a skyscraper. The group performs in an all white room and Trevor Guthrie sings while he sits in a room with dancing women.
- DirectorChris RobinsonStarsLydia BellLauren C. MayhewMandy MooreMusic video for Mandy Moore's song, Candy.
- DirectorFred DurstStarsLimp BizkitLily AldridgeMike AustinVideo promo for Limp Bizkit: Break Stuff.
- DirectorPaul HunterStarsEminemNathan MathersThe clip begins with an instrumental version of the song Kim and part of the "Steve Berman" skit. In the video, Eminem, inspired by the Coen Brothers film "The Hudsucker Proxy," jumps in the window, as does the hero of that film. Marilyn Manson appears in a cameo. During the fall of Eminem Flashback appears, in which his family, fans who ask for his autograph, the house in which he grew up, also the house is depicted on the cover of "The Marshall Mathers LP" and more. At the end of the video, the rapper falls to the ground, shaped like a giant mattress. There is not much light on the video, it shows darkness in Eminem's soul and anger.
- DirectorNigel DickStarsJessica SimpsonJessica dances in the streets, in a car and on a boardwalk with a bunch of random guys and girls.
- DirectorDave MeyersStars*NSYNCLance BassJC ChasezThe video, directed by Dave Meyers, shows the group members clad in turtlenecks singing in the Redwood National and State Parks, with different shots of different love relationships being shown in bubbles floating around the forest. Footage of the San Francisco skyline appears at different intervals and at the key change, the video switches to the group sitting at a table of an outdoor eatery along the Embarcadero, with a little girl blowing bubbles around.
- DirectorMarc KlasfeldStarsNellyNelly performs in the music video "Country Grammar" from the album "Country Grammar" recorded for Universal Records. The music video opens with Nelly standing under the Gateway Arch. He things sings as he walks in front in front of park cars in a neighborhood. Ladies dance as he raps.
- DirectorJoseph KahnStarsBritney SpearsPaul HutchingsAngela SarafyanA music video for Britney Spears's song 'Stronger'.
- DirectorMarcos SiegaStarsP.O.D.Noah Bernardo Jr.Marcos CurielP.O.D. performs in the music video "Rock the Party (Off the Hook)" from the album "The Fundamental Elements of Southtown" recorded for Atlantic Records. The video begins with a tour bus pulling up at a truck-stop. The band performs in the tour bus surrounded by dancing people as the bus travels.
- DirectorPhilip G. AtwellDr. DreStarsEminemDidoDevon SawaA music video for Eminem's song "Stan".
- DirectorEric HeimboldStarsBaha MenPatrick CareyAnthony 'Monks' FlowersMusic video for "Who Let The Dogs Out?" performed by Baha Men.
- DirectorPaul HunterStarsCris JuddJennifer LopezThe music video opens with Lopez at her rich boyfriend's mansion. He calls her to inform her that he can't make their date, but has left her another golden bracelet. Strapped in jewelry, she angrily hangs up the phone and leaves. She gets in her Aston Martin convertible and begins driving down the highway. While driving, she throws a purse he gave her into the air. Lopez pulls over at a tropical beach and begins to strip all of her clothes and expensive jewelry off. She then pulls out a postcard he gave her; and the screen zooms into a dance break, where Lopez is backed by dancers on a tropical beach. Lopez rips up the card and frolics on the beach and in the water and before the video ends with JLo stripping off her clothes.
- DirectorDave MeyersStarsDMXIn the official music video for his song "Party Up (Up in Here)", DMX is mistaken for the bank robber in a holdup.
- DirectorDani JacobsStarsBBMakMark BarryChristian BurnsBBMak performs in the US version of the music video "Back Here" from the album "Sooner or Later" recorded for Telestar Productions. The music video begins with the band members getting off a train and playing their guitars as they try to gain the attention of a girl who passes by. Clips of them at the London Eye feature throughout.
- DirectorGregory DarkStars2getherNoah BastianMichael Cuccione2gether performs in the music video "The Hardest Part of Breaking Up (Is Getting Back Your Stuff)" from the album "2gether: Again" recorded for TVT Records. The music video opens with the group sitting in their kitchen. They sing to the camera and dance with as a young girl takes stuff from them.