Editing Total Request Live (section)

==Impact==
''TRL'' became "appointment after-school TV, its studio at 1515 Broadway a pop-culture fishbowl where rabid teens could catch a glimpse of their favorite stars."<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Rapkin |first=Mickey |date=2017-09-28 |title=An Oral History of 'TRL': Trump's Demands, Mariah's Meltdown and Anthrax Scares |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/television/7981612/trl-oral-history-trump-demands-mariah-meltdown-anthrax |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |language=en}} Retrieved July 30, 2021.</ref> Debuting before social media platforms like [[Twitter]], [[Instagram]], and Facebook, the show is considered one "of the first truly interactive television shows, utilizing the synergy of the internet and television to countdown the top music videos of the day."<ref>{{Cite web |title=MTV History |url=https://www.mtvpress.com/networks/mtv-history |access-date=2021-07-30 |website=MTVPress}}</ref> Among the interactive features of ''TRL'' was the video shoutout, a 15-second video clip where fans could "appear, screen-within-screen, during the airing of a music video" screaming about their love for an artist or band.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Marks |first=Craig |date=2017-11-08 |title=How Total Request Live Created the Boy-Band Boom and Saved MTV (for a While) |url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/11/mtv-total-request-live-history.html |access-date=2021-07-30 |website=Vulture |language=en-us}}</ref> Because ''TRL'' was initially filmed in an age before social media, the show was seen as "the last pure view of...big celebrities. You were getting unadulterated ego."<ref name=":0" /> The show had a number of notably unscripted moments happen in studio, such as band members streaking or celebrities showing up unannounced.<ref name=":0" /> [[Taylor Hanson]] of Hanson, a frequent guest on ''TRL'', said "Before you could see what an artist had for breakfast from Twitter, ''TRL'' was the place you were going to hear about it."<ref name=":0" />

''TRL'' not only became "destination TV" for young people to get news on their favorite stars and on pop culture, but also a place for viewers to stay updated with major world events as ''MTV News'' reporters would make regular appearances announcing news headlines. As ''MTV News'' correspondent [[SuChin Pak]] said, "For young people, ''TRL'' was not only where you got to see your rock idols and pop stars, but where you connected with the major events happening around the world, outside the small town you were living in."<ref name=":0" />

The show was likened to the millennial generation's version of ''[[American Bandstand]]'' or ''[[Soul Train]],''<ref name=":0" /> averaging 853,000 viewers in 1999 according to Nielsen.<ref name=":1" /> ''TRL'' is widely viewed as the show that launched the careers of many artists from the late 1990s and early 2000s. ''MTV News'' correspondent [[John Norris (reporter)|John Norris]] said, "It's an interesting debate whether NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, Britney [Spears], Christina [Aguilera], Jessica [Simpson] and [[Good Charlotte]] would have had the careers they had without ''TRL''."<ref name=":0" /> Writing for ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'', Peter Gaston opined that ''TRL'' "helped keep the major labels afloat by boosting pop artists sales numbers on the ''Billboard'' charts."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gaston |first=Peter |date=2008-11-17 |title=Goodbye, 'TRL' -- We'll Miss You! |url=https://www.spin.com/2008/11/goodbye-trl-well-miss-you/ |access-date=2021-07-30 |website=[[SPIN (magazine)|SPIN]]}}</ref> ''TRL'' became a "must-stop on every celebrity's promotional itinerary."<ref name=":1" /> Musicians themselves including Eminem and Britney Spears<ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine |last=Bruner |first=Raisa |date=2017-10-02 |title=10 of MTV TRL's Most Unforgettable On-Air Moments |url=https://time.com/4957664/trl-best-moments/ |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |language=en}} Retrieved July 30, 2021.</ref> would sometimes fill in for the hosts. The show was also the site of in-studio performances by big artists promoting album releases.<ref name=":2" />

===Boy bands===
Even though late 1990s [[boy band]]s like Backstreet Boys and NSYNC released albums before ''TRL'' began in the fall of 1998, both groups only reached their commercial peaks after their videos were seen on ''TRL''. In 1999, the Backstreet Boys' second LP, ''[[Millennium (Backstreet Boys album)|Millennium]]'', achieved the highest first week sales ever from an LP at the time.<ref>{{Cite web|last=O'Connor|first=Christopher|date=1999-05-26|title=Backstreet Boys Smash Sales Mark With Millennium|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/514418/backstreet-boys-smash-sales-mark-with-millennium/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415034513/http://www.mtv.com/news/514418/backstreet-boys-smash-sales-mark-with-millennium/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 15, 2019|website=MTV News|access-date=July 28, 2021|language=en}}</ref>

In 2000, when NSYNC released their second LP ''[[No Strings Attached ('N Sync album)|No Strings Attached]]'', they topped the Backstreet Boys' first week sales and set a record for first-week album sales that would last for 15 years until [[Adele]]'s ''[[25 (Adele album)|25]]'' surpassed the record in 2015.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=2015-11-24|title=Adele Breaks Single-Week U.S. Album Sales Record|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6776941/adele-breaks-album-sales-record-single-week-nsync|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224190907/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6776941/adele-breaks-album-sales-record-single-week-nsync|archive-date=2018-12-24|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 28, 2021}}</ref> Fans numbering in the thousands stood outside ''TRL''{{'s}} studio to see NSYNC or Backstreet Boys appear as guests, resulting in the closure of Times Square.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jackman|first=Ian|title=Total Request Live: The Ultimate Fan Guide|publisher=Simon and Schuster|year=2000|isbn=0-7434-1850-6|location=New York|pages=74}} "On their album release day, we probably had ten thousand kids outside."</ref><ref name=":0" /> Throughout most of 1998, 1999, and 2000, videos by the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC would claim the top position on the countdown.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haack |first=Brian |date=2017-08-02 |title=MTV Memories: 11 Most-Requested '"TRL" Videos |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/remember-these-11-most-requested-trl-videos |access-date=2021-07-28 |website=GRAMMY.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=2018-04-27 |title=The 10 Greatest Boy Band Videos of the TRL Era |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/8395651/best-boy-band-videos-trl |magazine=Billboard |language=en}} Retrieved July 28, 2021.</ref> Other boy bands of the era who achieved number one videos or received heavy rotation on the show included [[98 Degrees]], [[O-Town]], [[B2K]], [[soulDecision]],<ref name=":3" /> and [[LFO (American band)|LFO]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harvilla |first=Rob |date=2019-07-29 |title=How LFO's "Summer Girls" Explains the Weird, Wonderful Music of 1999 |url=https://www.theringer.com/music/2019/7/29/8934482/lfo-summer-girls-1999-music-abercrombie-fitch-song |access-date=2021-07-30 |website=[[The Ringer (website)|The Ringer]] |language=en}}</ref>

===Pop princesses===
Pop singers like Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, [[Mandy Moore]] and Jessica Simpson all made their music debuts on ''TRL'' as well. Spears, Aguilera, and Simpson would often appear as guests and their music videos would receive regular airplay. Simpson's video "[[Irresistible (Jessica Simpson song)|Irresistible]]" reached number two on the countdown in 2001. [[Shakira]] made her English-language pop debut with "[[Whenever, Wherever]]", and saw regular number one spot status with the songs "[[Objection (Tango)]]", "[[La Tortura]]" (the first only Spanish-speaking song to reach number one on the countdown), and "[[Hips Don't Lie]]". Mandy Moore saw success on the show with her debut single's "[[Candy (Mandy Moore song)|Candy]]" in 1999 and "[[I Wanna Be with You (Mandy Moore song)|I Wanna Be with You]]", but did not score her first number-one video until her 2002 single "[[Crush (Mandy Moore song)|Crush]]".

[[Ashlee Simpson]] is another pop singer that has had success on ''TRL.'' Ashlee would go on to score two videos in the number one spot with "[[Boyfriend (Ashlee Simpson song)|Boyfriend]]" and "[[Invisible (Ashlee Simpson Single)|Invisible]]." The artist with the most retired videos is Britney Spears with 13 videos retired, an honorary retired video ("[[I'm a Slave 4 U]]"), and three videos retired number one. A "pop princess" streak occurred in March 2007, where the number one and number two spots were women for every show. There was no other month in the history of ''TRL'' where every show had a woman at the top spot.<ref>{{cite web |title=ATRL – TRL Recap (March & April 2007)<!-- Bot generated title --> |url=http://www.popfusion.net/forums/showthread.php?t=43280 |access-date=July 30, 2021 |archive-date=May 6, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070506061122/http://www.popfusion.net/forums/showthread.php?t=43280 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The TRL Archive – Recap, records, and statistics for MTV's Total Request Live |url=http://www.atrl.net/trlarchive/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122174802/http://classic.atrl.net/trlarchive/ |archive-date=January 22, 2017 |access-date=2012-11-07 |website=ATRL}}</ref>

===Rock bands===
Although best known for featuring pop acts, ''TRL'' regularly featured videos and performances from rock bands in genres such as [[nu metal]], [[pop punk]] and [[emo pop]]. The nu metal/rap metal bands Korn and Limp Bizkit were particularly popular on the program in the late 1990s, and often shared airtime with Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pop Vs. Nü-Metal: The Battle For TRL |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1876816/pop-vs-nu-metal-the-battle-for-trl/franchises/weird-90s/ |website=Stereogum |access-date=2 December 2018 |date=17 May 2016}}</ref> In later years, [[Green Day]], [[Blink-182]], [[My Chemical Romance]], [[Linkin Park]], [[Fall Out Boy (band)|Fall Out Boy]] and [[Sum 41]] also were successful on the TRL chart.<ref>{{cite web |title=How the Original 'TRL' Conquered Teen Culture |url=https://www.theringer.com/music/2017/10/2/16394708/trl-behind-the-scenes |website=The Ringer |date=October 2, 2017 |access-date=2 December 2018}}</ref>

===Disney stars===
Hilary Duff was the first Disney Star in heavy rotation on MTV, She premiered "[[So Yesterday]]", which peaked at number one days later, and continue to top the countdown with the videos for "[[Our Lips Are Sealed]]", "[[Fly (Hilary Duff song)|Fly]]", "[[Wake Up (Hilary Duff song)|Wake Up]]", "[[Beat of My Heart]]" and"[[With Love (Hilary Duff song)|With Love]]" and her popularity was a determining factor for another Disney stars on TRL. [[Vanessa Hudgens]] premiered "[[Come Back to Me (Vanessa Hudgens song)|Come Back to Me]]", which peaked at number three, and "[[Say OK]]", which only went to number ten. The [[Jonas Brothers]] premiered their songs "[[Hold On (Jonas Brothers song)|Hold On]]" and "[[SOS (Jonas Brothers song)|SOS]]" on the show; "SOS" made it on the countdown peaking at number six. "[[When You Look Me in the Eyes]]" was on the charts for several weeks before peaking at number one, after fans crushed and flooded the ''TRL'' site by requesting the video hundreds of times on March 19, 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anitai |first=Tamar |date=2008-03-18 |title=Jonas Brothers Phone a Fan on 'TRL' |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2291849/jonas-brothers-phone-a-fan-on-trl/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802140733/http://www.mtv.com/news/2291849/jonas-brothers-phone-a-fan-on-trl/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 2, 2021 |access-date=2021-08-16 |website=MTV News |language=en}}</ref> "[[Burnin' Up (Jonas Brothers song)|Burnin' Up]]" has also made it to the number-one spot on ''TRL''. [[Ashley Tisdale]] premiered "[[He Said She Said (Ashley Tisdale song)|He Said She Said]]" on ''TRL'' and it reached the number-one spot for 16 days and was retired at 40 days in the countdown, becoming the most successful song for a Disney recording artist in the show. [[Aly & AJ]]'s videos for "[[Rush (Aly & AJ song)|Rush]]", "[[Chemicals React]]" and "[[Potential Breakup Song]]" have all been on the countdown with "Rush" peaking at number two and "Chemicals React" peaking at number four, and "Potential Breakup Song" peaking at number five. [[Miley Cyrus]]'s "[[7 Things]]" premiered on ''TRL'' and reached number four on the show.