The M Countdown Chart is a record chart on the South Korean Mnet television music program M Countdown. Every week, the show awards the best-performing single on the chart in the country during its live broadcast.
In 2008, 17 songs ranked number one on the chart and 14 acts received first-place trophies. Six songs collected trophies for three consecutive weeks and achieved a triple crown: "Circus" by MC Mong, "Look Only At Me" by Taeyang, "So Hot" by Wonder Girls, "U-Go-Girl" by Lee Hyori, "Haru Haru" by Big Bang, and "Mirotic" by TVXQ. Girls' Generation acquired the highest point total of the year on the February 28 broadcast, with a score of 965 for "Kissing You".
Triple Crown | |
Highest score of the year | |
— | No show was held |
Episode | Date | Artist | Song | Points | Ref. |
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89 | January 17 | Big Bang | "Last Farewell" | 939 | [citation needed] |
90 | January 31 | SeeYa | "Sad Footsteps" | 914 | |
91 | February 14 | Girls' Generation | "Kissing You" | 927 | |
92 | February 28 | 965 | |||
93 | March 13 | Jewelry | "One More Time" | 924 | [1] |
94 | March 27 | Gummy | "I'm Sorry" | 916 | [2] |
95 | April 10 | Girls' Generation | "Baby Baby" | 919 | [3] |
96 | April 24 | Lee Seung-gi | "I'll Give You My Everything" | 949 | [4] |
97 | May 8 | MC Mong | "Circus" | 912 | [5] |
98 | May 22 | 943 | |||
99 | June 12 | 923 | |||
100 | June 19 | Taeyang | "Look Only At Me" | 936 | [6][7] |
101 | June 26 | 951 | |||
102 | July 3 | 942 | |||
103 | July 10 | Wonder Girls | "So Hot" | 939 | [8] |
104 | July 17 | 945 | |||
105 | July 24 | 944 | |||
106 | July 31 | Lee Hyori | "U-Go-Girl" | 944 | [9] |
107 | August 14 | 939 | [citation needed] | ||
108 | August 21 | 936 | |||
109 | August 28 | Big Bang | "Haru Haru" | 950 | [10] |
110 | September 4 | 955 | [11] | ||
111 | September 11 | 946 | [citation needed] | ||
112 | September 18 | Shinee | "Love Like Oxygen" | 921 | [12] |
113 | September 25 | Big Bang | "Haru Haru" | 960 | [13] |
114 | October 2 | F.T. Island | "After Love" | 939 | [citation needed] |
115 | October 9 | TVXQ | "Mirotic" | 950 | [14] |
116 | October 23 | 952 | |||
117 | October 30 | 963 | |||
118 | November 6 | Rain | "Rainism" | 933 | [15] |
119 | November 27 | 939 | [citation needed] | ||
120 | December 4 | Big Bang | "Sunset Glow" | 949 | [16] |