List of Gaon Digital Chart number ones of 2020

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The Gaon Digital Chart is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles in South Korea. Managed by the domestic Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST), its data is compiled by the Korea Music Content Industry Association and published by the Gaon Music Chart. [1] [2] The ranking is based collectively on each single's download sales, stream count, and background music use. [2] In mid-2008, the Recording Industry Association of Korea ceased publishing music sales data. [3] The MCST established a process to collect music sales in 2009, and began publishing its data with the introduction of the Gaon Music Chart the following February. [4] With the creation of the Gaon Digital Chart, digital data for individual songs was provided in the country for the first time. [3] Gaon provides weekly (listed from Sunday to Saturday), monthly and yearly charts. Below is a list of singles that topped the weekly and monthly charts.

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Weekly charts

Zico's "Any Song" was the best performing song of February. Zico 2017 Monster 5 (cropped).jpg
Zico's "Any Song" was the best performing song of February.
"Eight" by IU featuring Suga was the best performing single of both May and June. 191215 TVN jeulgeoumjeon hoteldelruna tokeusesyeon aiyu (13).jpg
"Eight" by IU featuring Suga was the best performing single of both May and June.
Blackpink's "How You Like That" was the best performing song of July. Blackpink in 2020 for PUBG Mobile (derived).jpg
Blackpink's "How You Like That" was the best performing song of July.
BTS' "Dynamite" was the top song from September to November. It also became the first song to reach 11 weeks at number one as well to reach 3 months at number one BTS during a photoshoot for Korea Dispatch in Las Vegas, May 2019 01.jpg
BTS' "Dynamite" was the top song from September to November. It also became the first song to reach 11 weeks at number one as well to reach 3 months at number one
Key
†Indicates best-performing single of 2020 [5]
Week ending dateSongArtist(s)Ref.
January 4"Meteor" Changmo [6]
January 11 [7]
January 18"Any Song" (아무노래) † Zico [8]
January 25 [9]
February 1 [10]
February 8 [11]
February 15 [12]
February 22"Give You My Heart"
(마음을 드려요)		 IU [13]
February 29"On" BTS [14]
March 7"Any Song" (아무노래) †Zico [15]
March 14 [16]
March 21"Start Over" (시작) Gaho [17]
March 28 [18]
April 4"Bloom" (처음처럼) MC the Max [19]
April 11"Start Over" (시작)Gaho [20]
April 18"Aloha" (아로하) Jo Jung-suk [21]
April 25 [22]
May 2 [23]
May 9"Eight" (에잇)IU featuring Suga [24]
May 16 [25]
May 23 [26]
May 30"I Knew I Love"
(사랑하게 될 줄 알았어)		 Jeon Mi-do [27]
June 6 [28]
June 13"Eight" (에잇)IU featuring Suga [29]
June 20"Downtown Baby" Bloo [30]
June 27 [31]
July 4"How You Like That" Blackpink [32]
July 11 [33]
July 18 [34]
July 25"Beach Again"
(다시 여기 바닷가)		 SSAK3 [35]
August 1 [36]
August 8 [37]
August 15 [38]
August 22 [39]
August 29"Dynamite"BTS [40]
September 5 [41]
September 12 [42]
September 19 [43]
September 26 [44]
October 3 [45]
October 10 [46]
October 17"Don't Touch Me" Refund Sisters [47]
October 24 [48]
October 31"Dynamite"BTS [49]
November 7 [50]
November 14 [51]
November 21 [52]
November 28"VVS"Miranni, Munchman, Khundi Panda, Mushvenom
featuring Justhis 		[53]
December 5 [54]
December 12 [55]
December 19 [56]
December 26 [57]

Monthly charts

MonthSongArtist(s)Ref.
January"Meteor"Changmo [58]
February"Any Song" (아무노래)Zico [59]
March"Start Over" (시작)Gaho [60]
April"Aloha" (아로하)Jo Jung-suk [61]
May"Eight" (에잇)IU featuring Suga [62]
June [63]
July"How You Like That"Blackpink [64]
August"Beach Again"
(다시 여기 바닷가)		SSAK3 [65]
September"Dynamite"BTS [66]
October [67]
November [68]
December"VVS"Miranni, Munchman, Khundi Panda, Mushvenom
featuring Justhis 		[69]

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