Carson Daly, fittingly, was fast to acknowledge the significance of the day:

“25 yrs in the past at present, earlier than Instagram, TikTok & Fb there was TRL,” Daly wrote on Instagram. “The first actually interactive, fan pushed present on television. It was my residence for among the finest years of my life. I had the privilege to introduce a lot to so many. Music, motion pictures, celebrities, world occasions & extra. All Stay, on a regular basis. I am so grateful for that point & all of you who allowed me (and my T-Cell SideKick) to be aside of your life. I hope this finds you content & wholesome 25 yrs later. Hey, I ponder if that Backstreet Boys fangirl who yelled at me remains to be mad? Lol…Good occasions.”

Half live performance, half discuss present and half countdown of the day’s high movies as voted on by followers, the primary iteration of TRL — formally known as Complete Request Stay — ran till 2008. Most of it hosted by Daly, a former radio persona at legendary Los Angeles station KROQ, who has continued to work in TV, on The Voice and As we speak. TRL additionally boosted the careers of those that stepped into the function after he had left by 2003, individuals like La La Anthony, Hilarie Burton and Vanessa Lachey.

Viewers might often count on to see stars equivalent to Brandy, Usher, Eve, Snoop Canine, No Doubt, Jennifer Lopez and Jessica Simpson. Celebs in any type of media, whether or not motion pictures, TV or music, normally made a TRL cease earlier than a brand new launch.

In honor of the present’s format, this is a countdown of TRL‘s most memorable moments:

10. Tom Inexperienced’s “Lonely Swedish (The Bum Bum Music)” takes the highest spot

The Canadian comic’s MTV present, which was half sketches, half pranks, half discuss and all ridiculous (and fairly humorous) — debuted within the U.S. in early 1999. He shortly riffed on a line from one of many episodes — “My bum is on the rail” — to create a complete track and music video that, for no matter cause, resonated with TRL viewers. When he requested them to vote for it, they did, till he voluntarily retired it, no less than that is the way it appeared. The long run Mr. Drew Barrymore stated years afterward The Joe Rogan Expertise that he was pressured to take action by MTV execs.

9. Eminem hosts “Em TV”

When the rapper hosted the present in Might 2000, he did away with the standard countdown and selected his personal playlist. He additionally slammed the movies of Britney Spears, NSync and the Backstreet Boys.

8. Beyoncé and Jay-Z grow to be a duet

The artists joined forces in 2002 — in matching denim, because the period required — to carry out their first monitor collectively, “’03 Bonnie & Clyde.” They’d not but confirmed that they had been collectively, however the Future’s Youngster star stated the 2 had “met a very long time in the past.”

7. NSync promotes ‘Tearin’ Up My Coronary heart’ in ’90s vogue

TRL hadn’t been on the air lengthy when Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick made their means there to carry out their second single. They drove the women within the viewers loopy with their dance strikes and their tremendous ’90s vogue, exemplified with Timberlake’s bleached ‘do, Kirkpatrick’s overalls — and simply the entire thing.

6. Diddy (then P. Diddy) runs on the treadmill for an hour

In October 2003, Sean “Diddy” Combs — then often known as P. Diddy — took to a treadmill forward of his run within the New York Metropolis Marathon for, as he put it, the youngsters of New York Metropolis. As he appeared like a real athlete (in type, after all), none aside from Britney Spears was there to ask how he was doing and wipe his sweat.

5. Christina Aguilera performs ‘Dirrty’ for the first time

Aguilera was a part of the pop invasion of the late ’90s, however she set herself aside in 2002 with the discharge of her raunchy video for “Dirrty.” And the “What a Lady Desires” singer debuted this new type — the place else — however on a TRL particular to have fun the discharge of her album Stripped.

4. Britney Spears is launched to the world

The Louisiana native premiered the music video for her very first single, “…Child One Extra Time,” on TRL-. The clip, which featured her in a schoolgirl outfit, dancing by means of the halls of a faculty, was vastly well-liked and helped propel her to the standing of icon. MTV’s cute footage of Spears speaking to Daly reveals she did her personal stunts within the video, due to her gymnastics coaching.

3. Future’s Youngster says goodbye

With movies like “Survivor” and “Say My Identify,” the combo of Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams had a historical past at TRL. in 2005, they made what was (on the time) their final look as a bunch on the present and answered questions from followers.

2. Mariah Carey has an on-air ‘remedy session’

The TRL favourite’s July 19, 2001 look on the present gave the impression to be a complete shock to Daly. What’s extra, Carey, who was pushing an ice cream cart, appeared out of it. “Generally you would possibly simply go a bit loopy” with out ice cream, she stated. Daly declared the present the “most weird” he had ever hosted. The songstress advised him, “You might be my remedy session proper now, Carson. Now and again, any individual wants a bit remedy, and at present is that day for me.” Whereas Carey’s publicist stated quickly after that Carey had had an “emotional and bodily breakdown,” and the star checked right into a rehabilitation facility days later, Carey herself later stated she had merely been overworked. Glitter, the film during which she starred and did music for, was weeks away from launch. She stated the incident was “A. Stunt. Gone. Awry.”

1. The Backstreet Boys shut down Occasions Sq.

When BSB appeared on a TRL particular forward of releasing their 1999 album Millennium, their followers overran Occasions Sq., and the bustling district needed to be shut down. “That was an incredible time in our lives,” Kevin Richards advised Leisure Tonight in Might 2019. The “I Need It That Method” singers’ “Form of My Coronary heart” holds the report for video with essentially the most days within the No. 1 spot. The Boy Band Period was so on.