 " The Sweet Escape " premiered on MTV 's top @-@ 10 video chart program Total Request Live at number seven January 16 , 2007 , and it peaked at number two the next month . The video was nominated for Most Earthshattering Collaboration , one of four categories created for the reinvented 2007 MTV Video Music Awards , but lost to Beyoncé and Shakira 's " Beautiful Liar " . After its January 20 debut on MuchMusic 's Countdown , it reached number one for two weeks in March 2007 . In December 2007 , MTV International introduced a certification system to recognize music videos that were successful on stations outside the US . Plays were totaled from February through June 2007 , and with 11 @,@ 000 plays , " The Sweet Escape " was the most successful video , receiving a platinum award . 
