"One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men was the first single to top the charts.
[citation needed] The show became as instant success, as different genres were able to enter the countdown due to Asia's diversity to music.
Artists like the Backstreet Boys, Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey, the Spice Girls, Britney Spears, and Green Day were known to be chart toppers in the Hitlist.
The MTV Asia Hitlist is based on viewers' requests, album and singles sales, radio airplay and music downloads.
Various reasons for charting songs have special cases, and are deliberated by the makers of the MTV Asia Hitlist.
However, in the case of Mariah Carey's "Always Be My Baby," which was double-sided with "Slipping Away," the former charted as the official release excluding the latter from gaining popularity.
The song was not aired during the period wherein there was no accompanying video, and a picture of Sisqo was shown during recaps of the countdown.
In 1999, Mariah Carey's single "I Still Believe" came out with a remix featuring Da Brat and Krayzie Bone entitled "I Still Believe/Pure Imagination."
"Thank God I Found You" was given an exception, since the remix version was entirely of a different structure and it no longer resembled the original recording.
The same trend followed in the 2000s, wherein Jennifer Lopez' remixes for "I'm Real" and "Ain't It Funny" topped the chart.
Both the original versions of the song were able to chart during its release, but their follow-up remixes were of higher popularity and airplay.
Extreme airplay and viewer requests increased at the hype of the video's popularity, giving it enough points to break in the Top 20.
Considering the fact that it was a North American release, and the song was commercially viable, it was finally enabled to chart.
In the part where Aguilera is in a boxing ring with her dancers at the beginning, a Thai poster is situated at the background while the dance is shown.
The video was banned in Thailand but in other parts of Asia, the dance sequence in the beginning were shortened.