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 2015, 30 singles ranked number one on the chart and 25 music acts were awarded first-place trophies. Four songs collected trophies for three weeks and achieved a triple crown: "Sniper" by Shinhwa, "Call Me Baby" by Exo, "Lion Heart" by Girls' Generation and "I" by Taeyeon. No release for the year earned a perfect score, but "Lion Heart" acquired the highest point total on the September 3 broadcast with a score of 10,988.
Songs that appeared on the show from January 1–June 4 were scored based on a combination of digital single sales (50%), album sales (10%), social media performance (official YouTube music video views and SNS buzz: 10%), preference points (global fan votes and age range preference: 10%), Mnet's broadcast score (10%), and SMS votes (10%), for a total of 11,000 points.
Mnet changed its scoring system effective the June 11 broadcast. Digital sales still accounted for 50% of a song's score, but points for album sales and social media performance were increased to 15% each. The popularity, broadcast, and voting percentages remained unchanged. No song achieved a perfect score under either system for the year.
Triple Crown | |
Highest score in 2015 | |
— | No show was held |
Episode | Date | Artist | Song | Points | Ref. |
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— | January 1 | No.1 Special | [1] | ||
407 | January 8 | EXID | "Up & Down" | — | [2] |
408 | January 15 | [3] | |||
409 | January 22 | Jonghyun | "Déjà-Boo" | 6,995 | [4] |
410 | January 29 | Mad Clown | "Fire" | 7,409 | [5] |
411 | February 5 | Davichi | "Cry Again" | 7,238 | [6] |
412 | February 12 | Infinite H | "Pretty" | 7,209 | [7] |
— | February 19 | 4Minute | "Crazy" | — | [8] |
413 | February 26 | 8,636 | [9] | ||
414 | March 5 | VIXX | "Love Equation" | 8,403 | [10] |
415 | March 12 | Shinhwa | "Sniper" | — | [11] |
416 | March 19 | 7,965 | [12] | ||
417 | March 26 | 8,554 | [13] | ||
418 | April 2 | Red Velvet | "Ice Cream Cake" | 8,069 | [14] |
419 | April 9 | Exo | "Call Me Baby" | 7,745 | [15] |
420 | April 17 | 7,756 | [16] | ||
421 | April 23 | KCON Japan Special Episode, winners were not announced | [17] | ||
422 | April 30 | Exo | "Call Me Baby" | 7,652 | [18] |
423 | May 7 | BTS | "I Need U" | 6,876 | [19] |
424 | May 14 | Big Bang | "Loser" | 9,669 | [20] |
425 | May 21 | 8,188 | [21] | ||
426 | May 28 | Shinee | "View" | 9,037 | [22] |
427 | June 4 | 9,762 | [23] | ||
428 | June 11 | BigBang | "Bang Bang Bang" | 9,669 | [24] |
429 | June 18 | Exo | "Love Me Right" | 9,238 | [25] |
430 | June 25 | BigBang | "Bang Bang Bang" | 9,124 | [26] |
431 | July 2 | Sistar | "Shake It" | — | [27] |
432 | July 9 | BigBang | "Sober" | 8,487 | [28] |
433 | July 16 | Girls' Generation | "Party" | 10,654 | [29] |
434 | July 23 | Infinite | "Bad" | 8,851 | [30] |
435 | July 30 | Apink | "Remember" | 9,244 | [31] |
436 | August 6 | Beast | "YeY" | — | [32] |
437 | August 13 | KCON LA Special Episode, winners were not announced | [33] | ||
438 | August 15 | KCON NY Special Episode, winners were not announced | |||
439 | August 20 | GD & TOP | "Zutter" | 10,741 | [34] |
440 | August 27 | Girls' Generation | "Lion Heart" | 9,868 | [35] |
441 | September 3 | 10,988 | [36] | ||
442 | September 10 | 10,961 | [37] | ||
443 | September 17 | Red Velvet | "Dumb Dumb" | 10,085 | [38] |
444 | September 24 | — | [39] | ||
445 | October 1 | Soyou & Kwon Jeong Yeol | "Lean On Me" | 7,137 | [40] |
446 | October 8 | iKon | "Rhythm Ta" | 7,068 | [41] |
447 | October 15 | Taeyeon | "I" | 10,929 | [42] |
448 | October 22 | 9,541 | [43] | ||
449 | October 29 | 10,093 | [44] | ||
450 | November 5 | f(x) | "4 Walls" | 10,688 | [45] |
— | November 12 | No Broadcast or Winner | [46] | ||
451 | November 19 | f(x) | "4 Walls" | — | [47] |
452 | November 26 | Dynamic Duo | "Jam" | [48] | |
— | December 3 | No Broadcast or Winner | [49] | ||
— | December 10 | [50] | |||
453 | December 17 | Psy | "Daddy" | — | [51] |
454 | December 24 | [52] | |||
— | December 31 | No Broadcast or Winner |