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 2021, 26 singles ranked number one on the chart and 23 music acts received first-place trophies. "Hwaa" by (G)I-dle, "Hot Sauce" by NCT Dream and "Sticker" by NCT 127 are the only songs to achieve a triple crown. No release earned a perfect score, but "Don't Call Me" by Shinee acquired the highest point total of the year on the March 4 broadcast with a score of 10,990.
Songs are judged based on a combination of Digital Sales (45%; Melon, Genie, FLO), Album Sales (15%), Social Media (15%; YouTube MV views), Global Fan Vote (15%), Mnet Broadcast (10%; Mnet TV, MCD Stage, M2 Contents), Live Vote (10%; for first place nominees only).[1][2]
Triple Crown | |
Highest score of the year | |
— | No show was held |
Episode | Date | Artist | Song | Points | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
— | January 7 | No Broadcast or Winner | [3][4] | ||
694 | January 14 | Rain & J. Y. Park | "Switch to Me" | 5,886 | [5][6] |
695 | January 21 | (G)I-dle | "Hwaa" | 9,594 | [7][8] |
696 | January 28 | 7,725 | [9] | ||
697 | February 4 | 7,173 | [10][11] | ||
— | February 11 | No Broadcast or Winner | [12] | ||
698 | February 18 | Kim Woo Seok | "Sugar" | 6,747 | [13][14] |
699 | February 25 | Kang Daniel | "Paranoia" | 8,599 | [15] |
700 | March 4 | Shinee | "Don't Call Me" | 10,990 | [16] |
701 | March 11 | 7,505 | [17] | ||
702 | March 18 | Brave Girls | "Rollin'" | 6,347 | [18] |
703 | March 25 | Rosé | "On the Ground" | — | [19] |
704 | April 1 | IU | "Lilac" | 7,064 | [20] |
705 | April 8 | Rosé | "On the Ground" | 7,483 | [21] |
706 | April 15 | Astro | "One" | 9,097 | [22] |
— | April 22 | No Broadcast or Winner | [23] | ||
707 | April 29 | NU'EST | "Inside Out" | 7,700 | [24] |
708 | May 6 | Itzy | "In the Morning" | 6,120 | [25] |
709 | May 13 | 8,526 | [26] | ||
710 | May 20 | NCT Dream | "Hot Sauce" | 10,800 | [27] |
711 | May 27 | 8,275 | [28] | ||
712 | June 3 | 6,723 | [29] | ||
713 | June 10 | TXT | "0X1=Lovesong (I Know I Love You)" | 6,770 | [30] |
714 | June 17 | Twice | "Alcohol-Free" | 10,123 | [31] |
715 | June 24 | — | [32] | ||
716 | July 1 | Seventeen | "Ready to Love" | 7,932 | [33] |
717 | July 8 | NCT Dream | "Hello Future" | 7,915 | [34] |
718 | July 15 | 7,002 | [35] | ||
— | July 22 | No Broadcast or Winner | [36] | ||
719 | July 29 | Jeon So-yeon | "Beam Beam" | 9,322 | [37] |
— | August 5 | No Broadcast or Winner | [38] | ||
720 | August 12 | Somi | "Dumb Dumb" | 7,125 | [39] |
721 | August 19 | The Boyz | "Thrill Ride" | — | [40][41] |
722 | August 26 | Red Velvet | "Queendom" | 9,345 | [42] |
723 | September 2 | Stray Kids | "Thunderous" | 7,180 | [43] |
724 | September 9 | 9,421 | [44] | ||
725 | September 16 | STAYC | "Stereotype" | 8,146 | [45] |
726 | September 23 | NCT 127 | "Sticker" | — | [46] |
727 | September 30 | 8,755 | [47] | ||
728 | October 7 | 9,200 | [48] | ||
729 | October 14 | Itzy | "Loco" | 6,215 | [49] |
— | October 21 | No Broadcast or Winner | [50] | ||
730 | October 28 | Seventeen | "Rock With You" | 6,380 | [51] |
731 | November 4 | NCT 127 | "Favorite (Vampire)" | 7,549 | [52] |
732 | November 11 | 7,690 | [53] | ||
— | November 18 | No Broadcast or Winner | [54] | ||
733 | November 25 | MAMA Nominees Special; No Winner | [citation needed] | ||
734 | December 2 | [citation needed] | |||
— | December 9 | No Broadcast or Winner | [55] | ||
— | December 16 | [56] | |||
— | December 23 | [57] | |||
— | December 30 | [citation needed] |