Inkigayo Chart winners (2021) | |
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Highlights | |
Artist(s) with most triple crowns | IU (3) |
Artist(s) with most wins | IU (9) |
Song with highest score | "Savage" by Aespa (10,699) |
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 (55%), social media via YouTube views (30%), album sales (10%), network on-air time (10%), and advanced viewer votes (5%) in its ranking methodology. [1] Beginning on January 24, Inkigayo implemented real-time voting via the Starpass mobile app accounting for an additional 5%. [2] [3]
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", [4] IU's "Celebrity", [5] "Lilac" [6] and "Strawberry Moon", [7] Brave Girls' "Rollin' ", [8] BTS' "Butter" [9] and "Permission to Dance", [10] Lee Mu-jin's "Traffic Light, [11] and Aespa's "Savage". [12]
† | Indicates a Triple Crown |
‡ | Indicates the highest score of the year |
Episode | Date | Artist | Song | Points | Ref. |
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— | January 3 | Twice | "I Can't Stop Me" † | 5,158 | [13] |
1,076 | January 10 | KyoungSeo | "Shiny Star (2020)" | 4,863 | [14] [15] |
1,077 | January 17 | Aespa | "Black Mamba" | 4,097 | [16] [17] |
1,078 | January 24 | (G)I-dle | "Hwaa" | 9,653 | [18] [19] |
1,079 | January 31 | 6,412 | [20] [21] | ||
1,080 | February 7 | IU | "Celebrity" † | 9,073 | [22] [23] |
— | February 14 | No show, winner not announced | [24] | ||
1,081 | February 21 | IU | "Celebrity" † | 8,101 | [25] [26] |
1,082 | February 28 | 6,546 | [27] | ||
1,083 | March 7 | Shinee | "Don't Call Me" | 9,115 | [28] [29] |
1,084 | March 14 | Brave Girls | "Rollin' "† | 6,270 | [30] [31] |
1,085 | March 21 | 6,569 | [32] [33] | ||
1,086 | March 28 | Rosé | "On the Ground" | 8,351 | [34] [35] |
1,087 | April 4 | IU | "Lilac" † | 7,521 | [36] |
1,088 | April 11 | 7,706 | [37] [38] | ||
1,089 | April 18 | 6,760 | [39] | ||
1,090 | April 25 | Kang Daniel | "Antidote" | 6,539 | [40] [41] |
1,091 | May 2 | NU'EST | "Inside Out" | 6,047 | [42] [43] |
1,092 | May 9 | Brave Girls | "Rollin' "† | 6,411 | [44] [45] |
1,093 | May 16 | Itzy | "In the Morning" | 7,391 | [46] [47] |
1,094 | May 23 | NCT Dream | "Hot Sauce" | 9,405 | [48] [49] |
1,095 | May 30 | BTS | "Butter" † | 7,161 | [50] [51] |
1,096 | June 6 | 10,262 | [52] [53] | ||
1,097 | June 13 | 9,744 | [54] | ||
1,098 | June 20 | Twice | "Alcohol-Free" | 7,002 | [55] [56] |
1,099 | June 27 | 8,440 | [57] [58] | ||
1,100 | July 4 | Brave Girls | "Chi Mat Ba Ram" | 8,001 | [59] [60] |
1,101 | July 11 | NCT Dream | "Hello Future" | 7,323 | [61] [62] |
1,102 | July 18 | BTS | "Permission to Dance" † | 6,933 | [63] [64] |
— | July 25 | No show, winner not announced | [65] | ||
— | August 1 | [66] | |||
1,103 | August 8 | BTS | "Permission to Dance" † | 8,651 | [67] [68] |
1,104 | August 15 | 7,090 | [69] | ||
1,105 | August 22 | Lee Mu-jin | "Traffic Light" † | 6,081 | [70] [71] |
1,106 | August 29 | Red Velvet | "Queendom" | 8,378 | [72] [73] |
1,107 | September 5 | Stray Kids | "Thunderous" | 6,116 | [74] [75] |
1,108 | September 12 | Red Velvet | "Queendom" | 5,781 | [76] [77] |
1,109 | September 19 | Lee Mu-jin | "Traffic Light" † | 5,636 | [78] [79] |
1,110 | September 26 | 5,523 | [80] | ||
1,111 | October 3 | NCT 127 | "Sticker" | 5,849 | [81] [82] |
1,112 | October 10 | Itzy | "Loco" | 6,379 | [83] [84] |
1,113 | October 17 | Aespa | "Savage" † | 10,699 ‡ | [85] [86] |
1,114 | October 24 | 9,388 | [87] [88] | ||
1,115 | October 31 | IU | "Strawberry Moon" † | 7,994 | [89] [90] |
— | November 7 | No show, winner not announced | [91] | ||
1,116 | November 14 | The Boyz | "Maverick" | 5,902 | [92] [93] |
1,117 | November 21 | IU | "Strawberry Moon" † | 6,191 | [94] [95] |
1,118 | November 28 | Twice | "Scientist" | 5,988 | [96] [97] |
1,119 | December 5 | Aespa | "Savage" † | 6,330 | [98] |
1,120 | December 12 | IU | "Strawberry Moon" † | 5,533 | [99] |
— | December 19 | No show, winner not announced | [100] | ||
— | December 26 | ||||
"—" denotes an episode did not air that week. |
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