List of Inkigayo Chart winners (2021)

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Inkigayo Chart winners (2021)
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Artist(s) with most wins IU (9)
Song with highest score"Savage" by Aespa (10,699)
  2020  · by year ·  2022  
Aespa (pictured) received their first ever music show win with their Inkigayo trophy for "Black Mamba." Their succeeding single "Savage" earned the highest score of 2021, with 10,699 points on the October 17 broadcast, and achieved the group's first Triple Crown. 20211116 iteoneol riteon X aespa (3).jpgGiselleWinterKarinaNingningFile:20211116 이터널 리턴 X aespa (3).jpg
Aespa (pictured) received their first ever music show win with their Inkigayo trophy for "Black Mamba." Their succeeding single "Savage" earned the highest score of 2021, with 10,699 points on the October 17 broadcast, and achieved the group's first Triple Crown.

The Inkigayo Chart is a music program record chart on Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) that gives an award to the best-performing single of the week in South Korea. The chart measures digital performance in domestic online music services (5,500 points), social media via YouTube views (3,000 points), album sales (1,000 points), network on-air time (1,000 points), and advanced viewer votes (500 points) in its ranking methodology. [1] Beginning on January 24, Inkigayo implemented real-time voting via the Starpass mobile app accounting for an additional 500 points. [2] [3] Songs that spend three weeks at number one are awarded a Triple Crown and are removed from the chart and ineligible to win again. Since October 20, 2019, Monsta X member Minhyuk, NCT member Jaehyun, and April member Lee Na-eun had been hosting the show and continued to do so till February 28, 2021. [4] Treasure's Jihoon, Riize's Sungchan, and Iz*One's An Yu-jin were announced as new hosts of the show the following week. [5]

Contents

In 2021, 27 singles ranked number one on the chart and 18 music acts received an award trophy for this feat. Nine songs collected trophies for three weeks and earned a Triple Crown: Twice's "I Can't Stop Me", [6] IU's "Celebrity", [7] "Lilac" [8] and "Strawberry Moon", [9] Brave Girls' "Rollin' ", [10] BTS' "Butter" [11] and "Permission to Dance", [12] Lee Mu-jin's "Traffic Light, [13] and Aespa's "Savage". [14] The first number one of the year was "I Can't Stop Me" by Twice marking its third week at number one and achieving a triple crown. Eight artists had their first number one song on the chart in 2021. Girl group Aespa had their first number one on the chart in January with their debut single "Black Mamba". [15] Their single "Savage" also ranked number one on the chart in October. The single spent three non consecutive weeks at number one and achieved a triple crown. On the October 17 broadcast, it achieved 10,699 points, making it the single with the highest points of the year. Brave Girls won their first Inkigayo award for "Rollin'" over four years after its release after a YouTube video featuring performances of the song went viral, making it rise on South Korean music charts. [16] [17] The single also spent three non consecutive weeks at number one and achieved a triple crown. In July they had another number one single with "Chi Mat Ba Ram".

Four boy groups achieved their first ever Inkigayo award in 2021. NCT's subunits NCT Dream and NCT 127 both ranked number one for the first time in May with "Hot Sauce" and "Sticker" in October, respectively. [18] [19] The former group went on to rank another single at number one with "Hello Future" in July. Other first time number one artist include "Stray Kids" with their single "Thunderous" from their second studio album. [20] The last boy group to get their first Inkigayo trophy in 2021 was The Boyz with "Maverick". [21] Two soloists also achieved their first ever number one on the chart in 2021. KyoungSeo with her debut single "Shiny Star (2020)" and Lee Mu-jin with his debut single "Traffic Light". [22] [23] In addition to Aespa, Brave Girls and NCT Dream, four other artists had more than one number one single on the chart in 2021. BTS had two chart toppers throughout the year; "Butter" and "Permission to Dance". Both singles also achieved a triple crown. Itzy also had two number one singles achieved with "In the Morning" and "Loco". IU's "Celebrity", "Lilac" and "Strawberry Moon" achieved three number ones each helping the singles achieve triple crowns. All three singles spent a total of nine weeks at number one making IU the artist with the most number ones of the year. The only other act to achieve three number ones was Twice with "I Can't Stop Me", "Alcohol-Free" and "Scientist".

Chart history

IU (pictured) earned three Inkigayo Triple Crowns in 2021 for her singles "Celebrity", "Lilac," and "Strawberry Moon," respectively. 200109 bolryumeulnopyeoyo aiyu (4).jpg
IU (pictured) earned three Inkigayo Triple Crowns in 2021 for her singles "Celebrity", "Lilac," and "Strawberry Moon," respectively.
Brave Girls (pictured) received their first music show win with their trophy for "Rollin'" on Inkigayo. The song also achieved a Triple Crown. Brave Girls 2021 5.png
Brave Girls (pictured) received their first music show win with their trophy for "Rollin' " on Inkigayo. The song also achieved a Triple Crown.
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Soloists Lee Mu-jin (left) and KyoungSeo (right) received their first Inkigayo trophies for "Traffic Light" and "Shiny Star (2020)", respectively. The former single went on to achieve a triple crown.
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NCT Dream (top) received their first Inkigayo award with their win for "Hot Sauce," marking the first NCT group to win first place on the program. NCT 127 (bottom) won Inkigayo for the first time with "Sticker."
Stray Kids (pictured) won their first Inkigayo trophy for "Thunderous." 191216 Stray Kids for JYP Ent Audition (2).png
Stray Kids (pictured) won their first Inkigayo trophy for "Thunderous."
The Boyz (pictured) received their first Inkigayo award for "Maverick." The Boyz at the Dream Concert event on May 18, 2019.jpg
The Boyz (pictured) received their first Inkigayo award for "Maverick."
Key
Indicates the song achieved a Triple Crown
Indicates the highest score of the year
No show was held
EpisodeDateArtistSongPointsRef.
January 3 Twice "I Can't Stop Me" [lower-alpha 1] 5,158 [24]
1,076January 10 KyoungSeo "Shiny Star (2020)"4,863 [25] [22]
1,077January 17 Aespa "Black Mamba"4,097 [26] [15]
1,078January 24 (G)I-dle "Hwaa"9,653 [27] [28]
1,079January 316,412 [29] [30]
1,080February 7 IU "Celebrity" 9,073 [31] [32]
February 14No show, winner not announced [33]
1,081February 21 IU "Celebrity" 8,101 [34] [35]
1,082February 286,546 [36]
1,083March 7 Shinee "Don't Call Me"9,115 [37] [38]
1,084March 14 Brave Girls "Rollin' "6,270 [39] [40]
1,085March 216,569 [41] [42]
1,086March 28 Rosé "On the Ground"8,351 [43] [44]
1,087April 4 IU "Lilac" 7,521 [45]
1,088April 117,706 [46] [47]
1,089April 186,760 [48]
1,090April 25 Kang Daniel "Antidote"6,539 [49] [50]
1,091May 2 NU'EST "Inside Out"6,047 [51] [52]
1,092May 9 Brave Girls "Rollin' "6,411 [53] [54]
1,093May 16 Itzy "In the Morning"7,391 [55] [56]
1,094May 23 NCT Dream "Hot Sauce"9,405 [57] [18]
1,095May 30 BTS "Butter" 7,161 [58] [59]
1,096June 610,262 [60] [61]
1,097June 139,744 [62]
1,098June 20 Twice "Alcohol-Free"7,002 [63] [64]
1,099June 278,440 [65] [66]
1,100July 4 Brave Girls "Chi Mat Ba Ram"8,001 [67] [68]
1,101July 11 NCT Dream "Hello Future"7,323 [69] [70]
1,102July 18 BTS "Permission to Dance" 6,933 [71] [72]
July 25No show, winner not announced [73]
August 1 [74]
1,103August 8 BTS "Permission to Dance" 8,651 [75] [76]
1,104August 157,090 [77]
1,105August 22 Lee Mu-jin "Traffic Light" 6,081 [78] [23]
1,106August 29 Red Velvet "Queendom"8,378 [79] [80]
1,107September 5 Stray Kids "Thunderous"6,116 [81] [20]
1,108September 12 Red Velvet "Queendom"5,781 [82] [83]
1,109September 19 Lee Mu-jin "Traffic Light" 5,636 [84] [85]
1,110September 265,523 [86]
1,111October 3 NCT 127 "Sticker"5,849 [87] [19]
1,112October 10 Itzy "Loco"6,379 [88] [89]
1,113October 17 Aespa "Savage" 10,699 [90] [91]
1,114October 249,388 [92] [93]
1,115October 31 IU "Strawberry Moon" 7,994 [94] [95]
November 7No show, winner not announced [96]
1,116November 14 The Boyz "Maverick"5,902 [97] [21]
1,117November 21 IU "Strawberry Moon" 6,191 [98] [99]
1,118November 28 Twice "Scientist"5,988 [100] [101]
1,119December 5 Aespa "Savage" 6,330 [102]
1,120December 12 IU "Strawberry Moon" 5,533 [103]
December 19No show, winner not announced [104]
December 26

Notes

  1. "I Can't Stop Me" ranked number one for two weeks in 2020.

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