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 2016, 36 singles achieved a number one on the show and 27 music acts were awarded first-place trophies. Six songs collected trophies for three weeks and achieved a triple crown: "Daddy" by Psy, "Dumb & Dumber" by iKon, "Rough" and "Navillera" by GFriend, "Cheer Up" by Twice, and "Monster" by Exo. No release for the year earned a perfect score, but "Monster" acquired the highest point total on the June 23 broadcast with 10,849 points.
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 a live SMS vote (10%) that took place during the show, for a total of 11,000 points.
Triple Crown | |
Highest score in 2016 | |
— | No show was held |
Episode | Date | Artist | Song | Points | Ref. |
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455 | January 7 | Psy | "Daddy" | 8,433 | [1] |
456 | January 14 | iKon | "Dumb & Dumber" | 10,175 | [2] |
457 | January 21 | 9,499 | [3] | ||
458 | January 28 | 8,930 | [4] | ||
459 | February 4 | GFriend | "Rough" | 9,424 | [5] |
460 | February 11 | — | [6] | ||
461 | February 18 | 8,959 | [7] | ||
462 | February 25 | Winner | "Sentimental" | 9,895 | [8] |
463 | March 3 | Taemin | "Press Your Number" | 7,771 | [9] |
464 | March 10 | Mamamoo | "You're the Best" | 9,528 | [10] |
465 | March 17 | Lee Hi | "Breathe" | 8,210 | [11] |
466 | March 24 | Red Velvet | "One of These Nights" | 7,922 | [12] |
467 | March 31 | Got7 | "Fly" | 7,032 | [13] |
468 | April 7 | BtoB | "Remember That" | 7,140 | [14] |
469 | April 14 | CNBLUE | "You're So Fine" | — | [15] |
470 | April 21 | Block B | "Toy" | 9,092 | [16] |
471 | April 28 | Jung Eun-ji | "Hopefully Sky" | 8,614 | [17] |
472 | May 5 | Twice | "Cheer Up" | 10,264 | [18] |
473 | May 12 | BTS | "Fire" | 7,692 | [19] |
474 | May 19 | Twice | "Cheer Up" | 9,205 | [20] |
475 | May 26 | 9,095 | [21] | ||
476 | June 2 | Baek A-yeon | "So-So" | — | [22] |
477 | June 9 | 7,084 | [23] | ||
478 | June 14 | KCON France Special Episode, winners were not announced | [24] | ||
479 | June 16 | Exo | "Monster" | 9,877 | [25] |
480 | June 23 | 10,849 | [26] | ||
481 | June 30 | — | [27] | ||
482 | July 7 | Sistar | "I Like That" | 9,519 | [28] |
483 | July 14 | Wonder Girls | "Why So Lonely" | 8,250 | [29] |
484 | July 21 | GFriend | "Navillera" | 9,154 | [30] |
485 | July 28 | 9,406 | [31] | ||
486 | August 4 | — | [32] | ||
487 | August 9 | KCON LA Special Episode, winners were not announced | [33] | ||
488 | August 11 | Hyuna | "How's This?" | 8,403 | [34] |
489 | August 18 | I.O.I | "Whatta Man" | 8,158 | [35] |
490 | August 25 | Exo | "Lotto" | 8,310 | [36] |
491 | September 1 | 8,150 | [37] | ||
492 | September 8 | Blackpink | "Whistle" | 7,330 | [38] |
— | September 15 | Red Velvet | "Russian Roulette" | — | [39] [40] |
493 | September 22 | 9,576 | |||
494 | September 29 | Infinite | "The Eye" | 7,714 | [41] |
495 | October 6 | Got7 | "Hard Carry" | 7,994 | [42] |
496 | October 13 | Shinee | "1 of 1" | 10,023 | [43] |
497 | October 20 | BTS | "Blood Sweat & Tears" | 9,852 | [44] |
498 | October 27 | I.O.I | "Very Very Very" | — | [45] |
499 | November 3 | Twice | "TT" | 10,511 | [46] [47] |
500 | November 10 | 8,362 | [48] | ||
501 | November 17 | MAMA Special Broadcast, winners were not announced | [49] | ||
502 | November 24 | ||||
— | December 1 | ||||
— | December 8 | ||||
503 | December 15 | Seventeen | "Boom Boom" | 6,834 | [50] |
504 | December 22 | Big Bang | "Fxxk It" | 8,535 | [51] |
— | December 29 | No. 1 Special Broadcast, winners were not announced | [52] | ||
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