| Artist and Video | Retirement Date | Notes |
| Chris Cagle "Laredo" | 8-24-2001 | 65 days on the countdown |
| Faith Hill "There You'll Be" | 8-24-2001 | 65 days on the countdown, first #1 on MWL, 23 days at #1 |
| Toby Keith "I'm Just Talking About Tonight" | 8-31-2001 | 65 days on the countdown, the first male artist to reach #1 on MWL, 2 days at #1. |
| Chely Wright "Never Love You Enough" | 9-18-2001 | Spent 50 straight days at #1, with 57 total days on the countdown. Was the first artist to be retired early, due to 50 days at #1. |
| Blake Shelton "Austin" | 11-8-2001 | 65 days on the countdown, now the only male artist to have a video retire and not have hit #1 on the countdown. |
| Toby Keith "I Wanna Talk About Me" | 12-12-2001 | First artist to get two videos retired from the countdown, 65 total days on the countdown, 36 days at #1 gives him the record for most days by a male artist at #1. Final video that was retired in 2001. |
| Tim McGraw "The Cowboy In Me" | 4-19-2002 | 8 days at the top of the countdown, 65 total days on the countdown...first video to be retired in 2002. |
| Kenny Chesney "Young" | 4-19-2002 | 24 days at the top, 65 total days on the countdown...retired only a half-hour after Tim McGraw. |
| Carolyn Dawn Johnson "I Don't Want You To Go" | 8-8-2002 | 13 days at #1, 65 total days on the countdown...took her 182 days from her debut to get here. |
| Kenny Chesney "The Good Stuff" | 9-6-2002 | 15 days at #1, 58 days on the countdown, first video to be affected by the change in the retirement requirement. |
| Toby Keith "My List" | 9-6-2002 | 5 days at #1, 59 total days on the countdown, however, one of the most screwed videos in MWL history, but it got retired anyways. |
| Brad Paisley "I'm Gonna Miss Her" | 9-12-2002 | 1 day at #1, 50 total days on the countdown |
| Toby Keith "Who's Your Daddy?" | 12-18-2002 | |
| Rascal Flatts "These Days" | 12-20-2002 |
