| Countdown | |
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| Also known as | 
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| Genre | Music | 
| Created by | Moses Znaimer | 
| Country of origin | Canada | 
| Original language | English | 
| No. of seasons | 22 | 
| No. of episodes | 1,144 | 
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Moses Znaimer | 
| Running time | 60 minutes | 
| Production companies |  CHUM Television (1996-2007) CTVglobemedia/Bell Media (2007-2017)  | 
| Original release | |
| Network | MuchMusic | 
| Release | January 1, 1996 – November 17, 2017  | 
The Much Countdown (also known as the Much Top 30 Countdown, and formerly known as The MuchMusic Top 20 Countdown) is an hour-long musical television program, usually hosted by a VJ, that aired on Canadian music television station MuchMusic from 1996 to 2017. [1] [2] Countdown was one of the longest-running programs that has aired on MuchMusic since the channel's debut. Originally sponsored by Coca-Cola, it was known for the first several years as the Coca-Cola Countdown. [3]
The program aired a playlist of the most well-known songs in the mainstream in Canada. The order that the videos were played went from No. 30 to No. 1, although only about a dozen or so of those videos were actually played. The countdown usually followed certain rules regarding what videos it played and its structure: [4]
Here is a listing of number ones from 1996 onwards: