2009 Vh1 Top 20

December 26, 2009. A basement bedroom in a suburban house. Posters of Lady Gaga, The Black Eyed Peas, and Kings of Leon on the walls. A clunky desktop computer with iTunes open. A TV tuned to VH1.

Before Ke$ha was a star, she was just the voice saying "You spin my head right round." The video featured the "Pussycat Dolls" aesthetic on steroids. Flo Rida broke the digital sales record with this track, and VH1 played the video every single hour. 2009 vh1 top 20

Jim Shearer held up a sparkly disco ball. “Your #1 video of 2009!” December 26, 2009

Let’s crack open the vault and revisit the definitive countdowns of 2009—the artists, the controversies, and the one-hit wonders that defined the year. A clunky desktop computer with iTunes open

After a hiatus, will.i.am introduced the world to "beat-bot" auto-tune. The video was a blue-screen mess of futuristic nonsense, but the hook was undeniable. This song marked the exact moment pop music abandoned guitars for drum machines.

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