Making the Video is an MTV show, consisting of half-hour episodes, which chronicles the process of filming various music videos. Usually the director outlines the concept of the video (or treatment) and the show often includes light-hearted and humorous moments. It always concludes with a premiere of the finished video. The show premiered on July 11, 1999 and is currently on a hiatus as of 2009.
MTV2 has a similar show entitled [Name of Band/Artist] Makes a Video that has featured artists such as 50 Cent, Fall Out Boy, Dashboard Confessional, Evanescence, and Mos Def among others.
98 Degrees - "I Do (Cherish You)" (1999)
Britney Spears - (You Drive Me) Crazy (1999)
LL Cool J - "Deepest Bluest" (1999)
Jordan Knight - "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" (1999)
Jennifer Lopez - "Waiting for Tonight" (1999)
Jay-Z - "Girl's Best Friend" (1999)
Jewel - "Jupiter (Swallow the Moon)" (1999)
Blink-182 - "All The Small Things" (1999)
Mariah Carey - "Heartbreaker" (1999)
Chris Cornell - "Can't Change Me" (1999)
Puff Daddy featuring R. Kelly - "Satisfy You" (1999)
The Offspring - "She's Got Issues" (1999)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Around The World" (1999)
Sugar Ray - "Falls Apart" (1999)
Garbage - "The World Is Not Enough" (1999)
Enrique Iglesias - "Rhythm Divine" (1999)
Whitney Houston - "I Learned From the Best" (1999)
R.E.M. - "The Great Beyond" (1999)
Dr. Dre featuring Eminem - "Forgot About Dre" (2000)
*NSYNC - "Bye Bye Bye" (2000)
Sisqo - "Thong Song" (2000)
Mandy Moore - "Walk Me Home" (2000)
Hanson - "This Time Around" (2000)
Jay-Z - "Big Pimpin'" (2000)
No Doubt - "Ex-Girlfriend" (2000)
Da Brat featuring Tyrese - "What'Chu Like" (2000)
Jessica Simpson featuring Nick Lachey - "Where You Are" (2000)
Stone Temple Pilots - "Sour Girl" (2000)
Beck - "Mixed Bizness" (2000)
Christina Aguilera - "I Turn To You" (2000)
Britney Spears - "Oops...I Did It Again" (2000)
Kid Rock - "American Bad Ass" (2000)
Eminem - "The Real Slim Shady" (2000)
Foo Fighters - "Breakout" (2000)
Metallica - "I Disappear" (2000)
*NSYNC - "It's Gonna Be Me" (2000)
Janet Jackson - "Doesn't Really Matter" (2000)
LL Cool J - "Imagine That" (2000)
Britney Spears - "Lucky" (2000)
Busta Rhymes - "Fire" (2000)
Big Tymers - "#1 Stunna" (2000)
98 Degrees - "Give Me Just One Night" (2000)
Christina Aguilera - "Come on over Baby (All I Want Is You)" (2000)
2gether - "The Hardest Part Of Breaking Up" (2000)
Lenny Kravitz - "Again" (2000)
Destiny's Child - "Independent Women Pt. 1" (2000)
Ricky Martin - "She Bangs" (2000)
Backstreet Boys - "Shape of My Heart" (2000)
Blink-182 - "Man Overboard" (2000)
OutKast - "Ms. Jackson" (2000)
Britney Spears - "Stronger" (2000)
BBMak - "Still On Your Side" (2000)
Jennifer Lopez - "Love Don't Cost a Thing" (2000)
Ricky Martin featuring Christina Aguilera - "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" (2001)
Snoop Dogg - "Lay Low" (2001)
Eve - "Who's That Girl?" (2001)
The Jackson 5 - "La-La Means I Love You (snippet)" - with a cameo appearance by Rob Thomas from Matchbox Twenty (2001)
Aerosmith - "Jaded" (2001)
Matchbox Twenty - "Mad Season" (2001)
Destiny's Child - "Survivor" (2001)
Jay-Z featuring R. Kelly - "Guilty Until Proven Innocent"/"Fiesta" (2001)
Dream - "This Is Me"/Tyrese - "I Like Them Girls" (2001)
Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa, & Pink - "Lady Marmalade" (2001)
Baha Men - "Best Years of Our Lives" (2001)
U2 - "Elevation" (2001)
*NSYNC - "Pop" (2001)
Destiny's Child - "Bootylicious" (2001)
Sisqo - "Can I Live" (2001)
Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule - "I'm Real (Murder Remix)" (2001)
Ludacris featuring Nate Dogg - "Area Codes" (2001)
Britney Spears - "I'm a Slave 4 U" (2001)
On the Line All-Stars - "On the Line" (2001)
P. Diddy - "Diddy" (2001)
Janet Jackson - "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is about You)" (2001)
P!nk - "Get The Party Started" (2001)
No Doubt - "Hey Baby" (2001)
Ja Rule featuring Ashanti - "Always On Time" (2001)
Creed - "My Sacrifice" (2001)
Kid Rock - "Forever" (2001)
Marilyn Manson - "Tainted Love" (2001)
Nick Cannon, Lil' Romeo, & 3LW - "Parents Just Don't Understand" (2001)
Britney Spears - "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman" (2001)
Foo Fighters - "The One" (2001)
Enrique Iglesias - "Escape" (2002)
Brandy - "What About Us?" (2002)
Shakira - "Underneath Your Clothes" (2002)
P!nk - "Don't Let Me Get Me" (2002)
Usher featuring Ludacris - "U Don't Have To Call" (2002)
Godsmack - "I Stand Alone" (2002)
No Doubt - "Hella Good" (2002)
Sum 41 - "What We're All About" (2002)
Puddle of Mudd - "Drift & Die" (2002)
P.O.D. - "Boom" (2002)
Eminem - "Without Me" (2002)
P. Diddy featuring Loon, Ginuwine & Mario Winans - "I Need A Girl Pt. 2" (2002)
Jennifer Lopez featuring Nas - "I'm Gonna Be Alright" (2002)
Papa Roach - "She Loves Me Not" (2002)
Nelly - "Hot In Herre" (2002)
Will Smith - "Nod Ya Head" (2002)
Beyoncé - "Work It Out" (2002)
Kelly Osbourne - "Papa Don't Preach" (2002)
Eve featuring Alicia Keys - "Gangsta Lovin'" (2002)
Jennifer Love Hewitt - "BareNaked" (2002)
Shakira - "Objection (Tango)" (2002)
Michelle Branch - "Goodbye To You" (2002)
Jimmy Fallon - "Idiot Boyfriend" (2002)
Lil' Bow Wow, Lil Wayne, Lil' Zane, & Sammie - "Hardball" (2002)
Avril Lavigne - "Sk8er Boi" (2002)
Justin Timberlake - "Like I Love You" (2002)
Nick Carter - "Help Me" (2002)
Kelly Clarkson - "Before Your Love" (2002)
Christina Aguilera featuring Redman - "Dirrty" (2002)
Madonna - "Die Another Day" (2002)
Missy Elliott - "Work It" (2002)
Jennifer Lopez - "Jenny from the Block" (2002)
Good Charlotte - "The Anthem" (2003)
Mariah Carey featuring Cam'ron - "Boy (I Need You)" (2003)
DMX - "Gonna Give It To Ya" (2003)
Justin Timberlake - "Rock Your Body" (2003)
Linkin Park - "Somewhere I Belong" (2003)
Avril Lavigne - "Losing Grip" (2003)
Jennifer Lopez - "I'm Glad" (2003)
Christina Aguilera - "Fighter" (2003)
Ludacris - "Act A Fool" (2003)
Pink - "Feel Good Time" (2003)
Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z - "Crazy In Love" (2003)
Mýa - "My Love Is Like...Wo!" (2003)
Ruben Studdard - "Flying Without Wings" (2003)
Madonna - "Hollywood" (2003)
Nelly featuring Murphy Lee & P. Diddy - "Shake Ya Tailfeather" (2003)
Jessica Simpson - "Sweetest Sin"/ Nick Lachey - "Shut Up"
Mary J. Blige - "Love @ 1st Sight" (2003)
Hilary Duff - "So Yesterday" (2003)
Beyoncé, Missy Elliott, MC Lyte & Free - "Fighting Temptation"
Da Band - "Bad Boy This, Bad Boy That" (2003)
Pink - "Trouble" (2003)
Limp Bizkit - "Behind Blue Eyes" (2003)
Britney Spears featuring Madonna - "Me Against The Music" (2003)
Blink-182 - "Feeling This" (2003)
Mary J. Blige featuring Eve - "Not Today" (2003)
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog - "I Keed" (2003)
Puddle of Mudd - "Away from Me" (2003)
Hilary Duff - "Come Clean" (2004)
Chingy featuring Jason Weaver - "One Call Away" (2004)
Britney Spears - "Toxic" (2004)
D12 - "My Band" (2004)
Jessica Simpson - "Take My Breath Away" (2004)
Jay-Z - "99 Problems" (2004)
Brandy featuring Kanye West - "Talk About Our Love" (2004)
Yellowcard - "Only One" (2004)
Hilary Duff & Haylie Duff - "Our Lips Are Sealed" (2004)
Usher - "Confessions Part II" (2004)
Mase - "Welcome Back" (2004)
Nelly - "Flap Your Wings"/Nelly featuring Jaheim - "My Place" (2004)
Green Day - "American Idiot" (2004)
Good Charlotte - "Predictable" (2004)
Ja Rule featuring R. Kelly & Ashanti - "Wonderful" (2004)
Xzibit - "Hey Now" (2004)
Eminem - "Just Lose It" (2004)
Lindsay Lohan - "Rumors" (2004)
Nelly featuring Christina Aguilera - "Tilt Ya Head Back" (2004)
Gwen Stefani - "What You Waiting For?" (2004)
Ashlee Simpson - "La La" (2004)
Jennifer Lopez - "Get Right" (2005)
Twista featuring Faith Evans - "Hope" (2005)
Snoop Dogg - "Let's Get Blown"
50 Cent featuring Olivia - "Candy Shop" (2005)
Mariah Carey - "It's Like That" (2005)
Snoop Dogg, Charlie Wilson & Justin Timberlake - "Signs" (2005)
Nelly - "Errtime" (2005)
Kelly Osbourne - "One Word" (2005)
Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz - "La Tortura" (2005)
The Game - "Dreams" (2005)
Ludacris featuring Bobby Valentino - "Pimpin' All Over the World" (2005)
Foo Fighters - "Best of You" (2005)
Jessica Simpson - "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" (2005)
Ashlee Simpson - "Boyfriend" (2005)
50 Cent - "Window Shopper" (2005)
Lindsay Lohan - "Confessions Of A Broken Heart (Daughter To Father)" (2005)
Shakira - "Don't Bother" (2005)
Jamie Foxx - "Unpredictable" (2005)
KoЯn - "Twisted Transistor" (2005)
Kanye West featuring Adam Levine - "Heard 'Em Say" (2005)
Beyoncé featuring Slim Thug - "Check On It" (2005)
The Notorious B.I.G. - "Spit Your Game" featuring Twista, Krayzie Bone, and 8Ball & MJG (2006)
Daddy Yankee - "Gangsta Zone" (2006)
Fall Out Boy - "A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More "Touch Me"" (2006)
Nick Lachey - "What's Left Of Me" (2006)
T.I. - "Why You Wanna" (2006)
Ashlee Simpson - "Invisible" (2006)
Christina Aguilera - "Ain't No Other Man" (2006)
Jessica Simpson - "A Public Affair" (2006)
Justin Timberlake - "SexyBack" (2006)
Janet Jackson featuring Nelly - "Call On Me" (2006)
Danity Kane - "Show Stopper" (2006)
Ludacris featuring Pharrell - "Money Maker" (2006)
Chris Cornell - "You Know My Name" (2006)
Diddy - "Tell Me" featuring Christina Aguilera (2006)
Gwen Stefani - "Wind It Up" (2006)
Beyoncé - "Listen" (2006)
Jennifer Lopez - "Que Hiciste" (2007)
Natasha Bedingfield - "I Wanna Have Your Babies" (2007)
Rihanna - "Shut Up and Drive" (2007)
Foo Fighters - "The Pretender" (2007)
Avril Lavigne - "Hot" (2007)
Usher - "Love in This Club" (2008)
Bon Jovi - "Whole Lot Of Leavin'" (2008)
Natasha Bedingfield - "Pocketful of Sunshine" (2008)
Lily Allen - "The Fear" (2009)
Ashley Tisdale - "It's Alright, It's OK" (2009)
Katy Perry, Snoop Dogg - "California Gurls" (2010)
50 Cent featuring Mobb Deep - Outta Control (Remix) (2005)
50 Cent featuring Olivia - "Best Friend (Remix)" (2006)
Akon - "Ghetto" (2004)
Boyz n da Hood - "Felonies" (2005)
Cam'ron - "Touch It or Not"/"Wet Wipes" (2006)
Cassidy - "I'm A Hustla" (2005)
Ciara - "Oh" featuring Ludacris
Common - "The Corner"
Common - "Testify"
Daddy Yankee - "Rompe"
Dem Franchize Boyz - "Ridin' Rims" (2006)
DJ Khaled - "Grammy Family" featuring Kanye West, Consequence, and John Legend
DJ Khaled - "Holla At Me" featuring Lil Wayne, Paul Wall, Fat Joe, Rick Ross and Pitbull (2006)
E-40 - "Tell Me When To Go" (2006)
Eminem - "Ass Like That" (entitled "Eminem's Making The Ass" rather than "Eminem Makes A Video", but is considered a ...Makes a Video episode)
The Game - Let's Ride
Ghostface Killah featuring Ne-Yo - "Back Like That" (2006)
Green Day - "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Green Day - "Wake Me Up When September Ends"
Ice Cube - "Go To Church" featuring Snoop Dogg and Lil' Jon (2006)
J-Kwon featuring Petey Pablo - "Get XXX'd" (2005)
Jim Jones - "We Fly High"
Jim Jones featuring P. Diddy & Paul Wall - "What You Been Drankin' On" (2005)
Juelz Santana - "Oh Yes"/"Clockwork" (2006)
Juvenile featuring Mike Jones, Paul Wall, Skip and Wacko - "Way I Be Leanin'"
Kanye West - "All Falls Down" (2004)
Lil' Jon featuring E-40 and Sean Paul - "Snap Ya Finger's" (2006)
Lil' Jon & The Eastside Boyz featuring Ice Cube - "Roll Call" (2004/early 2005)
Lil' Scrappy featuring Young Buck - "Money In The Bank" (2006)
Lil Wayne - "Fireman" (2005)
Lil Wayne featuring Robin Thicke - "Shooter" (2006)
Linkin Park - "Breaking the Habit" (2004)
Ludacris featuring Field Mob - "Georgia" (2005)
Lupe Fiasco - "I Gotcha" (2006)
Memphis Bleek - "Like That"
Mike Jones "Back Then" (2005)
Mike Jones "Flossin'"/"Screw Dat" (2005)
Mobb Deep - "Got It Twisted" (2004)
Mobb Deep featuring 50 Cent - "Have A Party" (2005)
N.O.R.E. - "Oye Mi Canto"
Paul Wall - "Sittin' Sidewayz" (2005)
R. Kelly - "Playa's Only" featuring The Game (2005)
R. Kelly - "Trapped In The Closet (Chapter 6)"
Sleepy Brown featuring Pharrell & Big Boi - "Margarita" (2006)
Snoop Dogg featuring R. Kelly - "That's That"
T.I. featuring UGK - "Front Back" (2005)
T.I. - "ASAP/Motivation" (2005)
Three 6 Mafia - "Poppin' My Collar" (2006)
Twista featuring Pitbull - "Hit The Floor" (2005)
Xzibit - "Concentrate"
Ying Yang Twins - "Wait (The Whisper Song)" (2005)
Ying Yang Twins - "Shake" featuring Pitbull (2006)
Young Jeezy - "Trapstar"/"Go Crazy" (2005)
Yung Joc - "I Know You See It"/"Dope Boy Magic" (2006)
Eminem - "We Made You" (2009)
Shakira - "She Wolf" (2009)
Katy Perry - "The One That Got Away" (2011)
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