The original format of the show had been shown on the majority of the regional MTV channels in Europe and aired from 1988 until 2009.
Although the chart exists on various local MTV channels across Europe, the music aired is largely adapted to the music scene of those regions and thus not a pan-European chart as was originally intended.
After the cancellation in 2009, the show was relaunched as Euro Hitlist on MTV Europe and shown with a varying compilation method until its complete termination in August 2012.
Another adaption of the chart aired on MTV Music Polska until the channel was shut down.
In 2021 the show was relaunched as a weekly music countdown on the pan-European version of MTV Hits on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 17:00 (CET).