NickMusic

NickMusic is an American pay television network. It is a spin-off of Nickelodeon. It mainly broadcasts music video and music-related programming from younger pop artists. Some videos are edited to meet a general TV-PG rating, or replaced with a lyric video instead. Initially at launch in 2002, the channel was a spin-off to MTV, entitled MTV Hits. In 2016, it changed to NickMusic.

NickMusic

Country	United States
Broadcast area	Nationwide
Network	Nickelodeon
Headquarters	One Astor Plaza New York City, New York, U.S.
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	480i 4:3 (SDTV) presented in 16:9 letterbox
Timeshift service	NickMusic+1
Ownership
Owner	Paramount Media Networks
Sister channels	Nickelodeon Nick at Nite Nick Jr. Channel Nicktoons TeenNick
History
Launched	May 1, 2002; 23 years ago (2002-05-01)
Replaced	MTV Hits
Closed	January 1, 2026; 7 days' time (2026-01-01)
Replaced by	NickMovies
Former names	MTV Hits (2002–16)

History

The network was launched on May 1, 2002 as MTV Hits. The network was named for a daily program on MTV also called MTV Hits. It was MTV's main pop music video program. The network included current hit music videos, along with a few older videos from earlier in the year, as well as a few from the late 1990s. The network maintained a commercial-free format, other than internal promotions for MTV and MTV-branded properties.

In 2005, the network began airing a feature called "My Hitlist Month". It was based on viewer selected playlists that were submitted to a new network website. My Hitlist Month, along with artist-selected playlists, were broadcast occasionally on the network until 2006.

In 2016, MTV Hits was re-branded NickMusic.