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 2017, 31 singles ranked number one on the chart and 23 music acts were awarded first-place trophies. Four songs collected trophies for three weeks and achieved a triple crown: "Fxxk It" by Big Bang, "Yes I Am" by Mamamoo, "Ko Ko Bop" by Exo, and "Energetic" by Wanna One. Of all releases for the year, only two songs earned a perfect score of 11,000 points: "Power" by Exo and "DNA" by BTS.
Songs were judged based on a combination of digital music sales (50%), album sales (15%), social media performance (official YouTube music video views and SNS buzz: 15%), popularity (global fan votes and age range preference) (10%), Mnet's broadcast score (10%), and SMS voting (10%).
Triple Crown | |
Highest score in 2017 | |
— | No show was held |
Episode | Date | Artist | Song | Points | Ref. |
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505 | January 5 | Big Bang | "Fxxk It" | 9,750 | [1] |
506 | January 12 | 10,225 | [2] | ||
507 | January 19 | AKMU | "Last Goodbye" | 6,432 | [3] |
508 | January 26 | Seohyun | "Don't Say No" | 7,411 | [4] [5] |
509 | February 2 | AOA | "Excuse Me" | — | [6] |
510 | February 9 | Red Velvet | "Rookie" | 10,503 | [7] |
511 | February 16 | 10,903 | [8] | ||
512 | February 23 | BTS | "Spring Day" | 10,629 | [9] |
513 | March 2 | Twice | "Knock Knock" | 9,942 | [10] |
514 | March 9 | Taeyeon | "Fine" | 9,747 | [11] |
515 | March 16 | Twice | "Knock Knock" | 9,440 | [12] |
516 | March 23 | Got7 | "Never Ever" | 7,976 | [13] |
517 | March 30 | Highlight | "Plz Don't Be Sad" | — | [14] |
518 | April 6 | 8,821 | [15] | ||
519 | April 13 | Winner | "Really Really" | 9,216 | [16] |
520 | April 20 | 8,903 | [17] | ||
521 | April 27 | IU | "Palette" | 7,626 | [18] |
522 | May 4 | — | [19] | ||
523 | May 11 | Hyukoh | "Tomboy" | 7,121 | [20] |
524 | May 18 | Psy | "I Luv It" | 7,843 | [21] |
525 | May 25 | Twice | "Signal" | — | [22] |
526 | June 1 | 8,867 | [23] | ||
527 | June 8 | Highlight | "Calling You" | 9,182 | [24] |
528 | June 15 | Seventeen | "Don't Wanna Cry" | 8,990 | [25] |
529 | June 22 | NCT 127 | "Cherry Bomb" | 7,325 | [26] |
530 | June 29 | Mamamoo | "Yes I Am" | — | [27] |
531 | July 6 | — | [28] | ||
532 | July 13 | 8,163 | [29] | ||
533 | July 20 | Red Velvet | "Red Flavor" | 10,877 | [30] |
534 | July 27 | Exo | "Ko Ko Bop" | 8,982 | [31] |
535 | August 3 | 9,003 | [32] [33] | ||
536 | August 10 | 9,353 | [34] | ||
537 | August 17 | Wanna One | "Energetic" | 10,666 | [35] [36] |
538 | August 24 | 10,844 | [37] | ||
539 | August 31 | — | [38] | ||
540 | September 7 | Sunmi | "Gashina" | 8,486 | [39] |
541 | September 14 | Exo | "Power" | 11,000 | [40] |
542 | September 21 | GFriend | "Summer Rain" | 10,091 | [41] |
543 | September 28 | BTS | "DNA" | 11,000 | [42] |
544 | October 5 | — | [43] | ||
— | October 12 | Special Broadcast of BTS Countdown | [44] | ||
545 | October 19 | NU'EST W | "Where You At" | 9,521 | [45] |
546 | October 26 | BtoB | "Missing You" | 10,330 | [46] |
547 | November 2 | 9,968 | [47] | ||
548 | November 9 | Twice | "Likey" | 10,082 | [48] |
549 | November 16 | — | [49] | ||
550 | November 23 | Wanna One | "Beautiful" | — | [50] |
— | November 30 | MAMA Special Broadcast, winners were not announced | [51] | ||
— | December 7 | [52] | |||
— | December 14 | [53] | |||
551 | December 21 | Twice | "Heart Shaker" | 9,776 | [54] |
552 | December 28 | — | [55] | ||
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