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 2019, 36 singles ranked number one on the chart and 25 music acts were awarded first-place trophies. Two songs collected trophies for three weeks and achieved a triple crown: "Home" by Seventeen and "Flash" by X1. [1] [2] Of all releases for the year, only three songs earned a perfect score of 11,000 points: "Boy with Luv" by BTS, "Fancy" by Twice, and "Bet Bet" by NU'EST. [3]
Songs were judged based on a combination of digital music sales (45%), album sales (15%), social media performance (official YouTube music video views and SNS buzz: 20%), global fan votes (10%), Mnet's broadcast score (10%), and a live SMS vote (10%) that took place during the show.
Triple Crown | |
Highest score of the year | |
— | No show was held |
Episode | Date | Artist | Song | Points | Ref. |
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600 | January 3 | Winner | "Millions" | N/A | [6] |
601 | January 10 | Chungha | "Gotta Go" | 9,389 | [7] [8] |
602 | January 17 | Apink | "%% (Eung Eung)" | 7,829 | [9] [10] |
603 | January 24 | GFriend | "Sunrise" | 7,653 | [11] [12] |
604 | January 31 | Seventeen | "Home" | 9,676 | [13] [14] |
605 | February 7 | N/A | [15] | ||
606 | February 14 | 6,669 | [16] [17] | ||
607 | February 21 | Itzy | "Dalla Dalla" | 8,527 | [18] [19] |
608 | February 28 | Monsta X | "Alligator" | 6,801 | [20] |
609 | March 7 | Itzy | "Dalla Dalla" | 6,800 | [21] |
610 | March 14 | TXT | "Crown" | 7,612 | [22] |
611 | March 21 | Mamamoo | "Gogobebe" | 9,386 | [23] |
612 | March 28 | 9,907 | [24] | ||
613 | April 4 | Stray Kids | "Miroh" | 5,870 | [25] |
614 | April 11 | Iz*One | "Violeta" | 10,775 | [26] |
615 | April 18 | 10,446 | [27] | ||
616 | April 25 | BTS | "Boy with Luv" | 11,000 | [28] |
617 | May 2 | Twice | "Fancy" | 11,000 | [29] |
618 | May 9 | NU'EST | "Bet Bet" | 11,000 | [30] |
619 | May 16 | Oh My Girl | "The Fifth Season (SSFWL)" | 8,117 | [31] |
620 | May 23 | Winner | "Ah Yeah" | 9,245 | [32] |
621 | May 30 | Got7 | "Eclipse" | N/A | [33] |
622 | June 6 | Lee Hi | "No One" | 6,663 | [34] |
623 | June 13 | Cosmic Girls | "Boogie Up" | 6,615 | [35] [36] |
624 | June 20 | Ateez | "Wave" | 5,482 | [37] [38] |
625 | June 27 | Red Velvet | "Zimzalabim" | 9,881 | [39] |
626 | July 4 | Chungha | "Snapping" | 9,025 | [40] |
627 | July 11 | GFriend | "Fever" | 7,890 | [41] |
628 | July 18 | Chungha | "Snapping" | 7,210 | [42] |
629 | July 25 | Day6 | "Time of Our Life" | N/A | [43] |
— | August 1 | No Broadcast or Winner | [44] | ||
630 | August 8 | Itzy | "Icy" | 8,087 | [45] |
— | August 15 | No Broadcast or Winner | [46] | ||
631 | August 22 | Itzy | "Icy" | 7,356 | [47] |
632 | August 29 | Red Velvet | "Umpah Umpah" | 9,282 | [48] |
633 | September 5 | X1 | "Flash" | 8,629 | [49] |
634 | September 12 | N/A | [50] | ||
635 | September 19 | 10,945 | [51] | ||
636 | September 26 | Seventeen | "Fear" | 10,800 | [52] |
637 | October 3 | Twice | "Feel Special" | 8,815 | [53] |
638 | October 10 | 9,222 | [54] | ||
639 | October 17 | AB6IX | "Blind For Love" | N/A | [55] |
640 | October 24 | Super Junior | "Super Clap" | 8,204 | [56] |
641 | October 31 | NU'EST | "Love Me" | 6,959 | [57] |
642 | November 7 | Monsta X | "Follow" | 6,427 | [58] |
— | November 14 | No Broadcast or Winner | [59] | ||
643 | November 21 | Mamamoo | "Hip" | N/A | [60] |
644 | November 28 | N/A | [61] | ||
— | December 5 | MAMA Special Broadcast, winners were not announced | [62] | ||
— | December 12 | No Broadcast or Winner | [63] | ||
645 | December 19 | Stray Kids | "Levanter" | N/A | [64] |
646 | December 26 | Golden Child | "Wannabe" | N/A | [65] |
"—" denotes an episode did not air that week. |
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