In line with gender roles, women often perform gender and are sexualized and objectified within music videos across different genres, though less often in country music (Aubrey, Stevens, and Frisby, 2011; Wiggins, 2009, 8). Pop music video \u201cHeartbreaker\u201d by Mariah Carey, number three on Billboard\u2019s list of most-aired MTV videos during the same week as \u201cReady to Run,\u201d sexualizes Carey throughout the video (\u201cVideo Monitor,\u201d 1999). In contrast to \u201cReady to Run,\u201d \u201cHeartbreaker\u201d depicts Carey in a crop top sexily dancing alongside other women, a common theme throughout many MTV videos during the time. Because pop videos were more about the \u201clook\u201d of the video rather than the story (as was central to country music), the focus of the video is on Carey\u2019s body and performance (Tannenbaum and Marks, 2012, 118). Though there are some clips interspersed throughout the video that tell a narrative in line with the lyrics, it is less coherent, wholistic, and central than in country music videos.<\/p>\n