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MTV: 20 YEARS OF POP

Maverick | USA | 07/03/01

Tracklist
Borderline - Madonna
Waterfalls - TLC
Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers
That's The Way Love Goes - Janet Jackson
Free Your Mind - En Vogue
Genie In A Bottle - Christina Aguilera
3 AM - Matchbox 20
Don't Speak - No Doubt
You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette
No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys
Buddy Holly - Weezer
Slide - Goo Goo Dolls
I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston
I Want It That Way - Backstreet Boys
Information
In the span of two decades, MTV has served as a conduit for up-and-coming bands while pulling double-duty as a mirror of pop music trends. Although this single-disc compilation could have easily run to box set length there's an even-handed sampling of artists whose careers can be traced to a symbiotic relationship with MTV. Madonna, the grand dame of video, appropriately kicks off the proceedings with "Borderline" and from here you get a timeline of pop divas. Included are old-schoolers Whitney Houston ("I Wanna Dance With Somebody [Who Loves Me]") and Janet Jackson ("That's The Way Love Goes"), proto-grunge princess Alanis Morissette ("You Oughta Know") and millennial newbie Christina Aguilera ("Genie In A Bottle").

MTV also served as a bridge from the alt-rock underground to greater crossover success for a number of groups including R.E.M. ("Losing My Religion"), the Red Hot Chili Peppers ("Higher Ground") and the Goo Goo Dolls ("Slide"). Most of all, MTV has served as the springboard for new bands with funny names including the Beastie Boys, Weezer, and No Doubt.