Top 10 Choreographed Dance Music Videos of Each Year (2000-2009)

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The 2000s were the decade of dance music videos. Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the Top 10 Choreographed Dance Music Videos of Each Year 2000-2009,  taking into consideration the dancing and the overall video.

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00:00Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 choreographed

00:10dance music videos of each year, 2000 to 2009, taking into consideration the dancing

00:16and the overall video.

00:222000

00:24Oops I Did It Again

00:25Britney Spears

00:30At the turn of the century, Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears were the pop couple everyone

00:37was talking about, as were the two videos they each released that year. Along with his

00:42boy bandmates, JT gave the world Bye Bye Bye. And while it's great, it was his better

00:52half Britney who broke free with Oops I Did It Again. Not only did it have more dancing,

00:57but Spears did most of it in a skin-tight PVC suit.

01:06Now, we're not professional dancers, but we're pretty sure that isn't easy.

01:10And we definitely also have to mention JLo, who told us that love don't cost a thing

01:15while tossing expensive jewelry, dancing on a postcard, and rolling around in the sand.

01:252001

01:26Weapon of Choice

01:27Fatboy Slim featuring Bootsy Collins

01:37Christopher Walken dancing and flying around the empty lobby of the Marriott Hotel in Los

01:42Angeles. Need we say more? We needn't, but we shall. The brilliance of the video is in

01:48the contradictions.

01:49It's a simple premise set in the large, grand lobby. It's the reality of a guy dancing around,

02:00mixed with the flying. And it's Christopher Walken,

02:04the guy who stuck a watch up his butt and asked for more cowbell, dancing. And dancing well.

02:10In April 2002, VH1 surveyed the music industry and selected the top 100 videos of all time.

02:17Weapon of Choice came in at number one.

02:262002

02:27Dirty

02:27Christina Aguilera featuring Redman

02:30When a video starts with Christina Aguilera in underwear and leather chaps riding a motorcycle

02:35into a nightclub, you know you're in for something good. And back in 2002, we sure were.

02:45Matching the title of the song, Aguilera didn't want anything clean and pretty.

02:50She wanted the video to be dirty and gritty.

02:58Combine that with some great, aggressive choreography, and this one comes out on top of

03:032002. Although, we would be remiss if we didn't mention Missy Elliott and the Work It video,

03:14which came out that same year and featured great dancing and live bees.

03:18Yes, those were actual live honeybees.

03:252003

03:26Crazy in Love

03:27Beyonce featuring Jay-Z

03:34Booty shaking, model posing, great choreography, and about five or more costume changes.

03:40Whether she's dancing on her own or with a group of gorgeous backup dancers,

03:44you can't take your eyes off the queen bee in this video.

03:53Throw in an awesome featured rap by her king, and it's easy to see why we're crazy in love

03:58with this one from 2003. And we aren't the only ones. The video took home the awards for best

04:04female video, best R&B video, and best choreography at the MTV Video Music Awards that year.

04:162004

04:17Yeah!

04:17Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris

04:27Usher has been described by some as his generation's Michael Jackson,

04:30so it's appropriate that his video for Yeah! harkened back almost 25 years to the King of

04:35Pop's Rock With You. And although the video's director, Mr. X, wasn't thinking about the

04:40Jackson video when they conceived it, he told MTV that it did come to mind while they were shooting.

04:51The dance sequences in the video grow from solo Usher cuts to awesome group work.

04:56And while those are great choreographed dances,

04:59much of the solo Usher stuff was conceived on the spot.

05:07As X told MTV, quote,

05:09Those dance moves are all in his head.

05:11Moves we wanna watch again, so please excuse us while we take that and rewind it back.

05:202005

05:22Lose Control

05:23Missy Elliott featuring Ciara and Fatman Scoop

05:26I got a cute face, chubby waist, thick legs in shape

05:312005 was a good year for music videos. And when it came to dancing, the best of the best

05:36found themselves on opposite ends of the spectrum. On one end, we were introduced

05:41to OK Go with a one-take video of four guys dancing on motorized treadmills.

05:51And on the other end, we got Missy Elliott and a group of amazing dancers in all varieties of

05:56settings and outfits. They're both so different, but you can't look away from either of them.

06:06And while the creativity of the treadmill dance is endearing,

06:09Missy's Lose Control video attacks us with music, visuals, dancing, and a levitating Tommy Lee.

06:16It was the most played video on BET and MTV2 that year, and we understand why.

06:272006

06:30Hips Don't Lie

06:31Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean

06:38Wyclef probably wasn't the only one who didn't know that Shakira could dance like this.

06:43But after the Hips Don't Lie video came out in 2006, everyone knew the truth.

06:48And with that, the Colombian singer's hips became the most famous in the world.

06:56The video itself is pretty simple, with a few sets and costume changes,

07:01and it keeps its focus on Shakira.

07:08But given her awe-inspiring and mesmerizing hips, we aren't lying when we say the video

07:13could've been Shakira alone in an empty room and still would've been the best of the year.

07:182007

07:24Umbrella

07:24Rihanna featuring Jay-Z

07:30Rihanna's dancing in the Umbrella video is rather simplified,

07:34but she does it all with such a sultry grace that she commands the screen.

07:38It's been said that this video is responsible for Rihanna going from girl next door to sex symbol,

07:43and it's easy to see why.

07:48Also, the visuals of each section of the video are quite impressive,

07:54particularly the way she moves around the computer-generated water

07:58and the Goldfinger-esque full-body silver paint job.

08:02And as cool as the final act is with RiRi and her dancers performing in the rain of fire,

08:06we might have to give the very slight edge to Tom Holland when it comes to the rain dancing.

08:112008

08:18Single Ladies, Put A Ring On It

08:20Beyonce

08:25As good as Lady Gaga's Poker Face video was, the best to come out of 2008 was a video with a lot

08:31more dancing and a lot less everything else. A black and white video of three women dancing on

08:36an empty stage might not sound like a great concept, but it is if one of those women is

08:41Beyonce. This 2009 MTV Video of the Year award winner was inspired by Mexican Breakfast,

08:52a 1969 dance choreographed by Bob Fosse.

08:56Don't treat me to these things of the world, I'm not that kind of girl.

09:02According to Beyonce, they kept much of the Fosse choreo and added the J setting,

09:07where one person does something and the next person follows.

09:16For anyone who thinks it's easy, just watch Justin,

09:19Andy, and Bobby attempt to keep up with Queen B.

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09:40switch on notifications. 2009

09:45Bad Romance, Lady Gaga

09:47Gaga, ooh la la, what's your bad romance?

09:51While Lady Gaga just missed out on the top spot for 2008,

09:54she easily topped our list with the video for her 2009 hit, Bad Romance.

09:59The basic idea of the video is Gaga being kidnapped and drugged by supermodels,

10:04who proceed to sell her to the Russian mafia for a million rubles.

10:08Gaga has said that she loved working with director Francis Lawrence because she knew she,

10:13could give him all my weirdest, most psychotic ideas, and he would make it work.

10:25But whether you understand that's what is happening or not, it doesn't really matter,

10:30because this amazingly weird and wonderful music video is great regardless.

10:35The costumes, the sets, and all the dancing complement the catchy beat, and all that iconic

10:42Gaga. Ooh la la, what's your bad romance?

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