List of M Countdown Chart winners (2021)

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Shinee (pictured) earned the highest score of 2021, with 10,990 points for "Don't Call Me" on the March 4 broadcast. syaini(SHINee) dusitalcul keoltusyo 02.png
Shinee (pictured) earned the highest score of 2021, with 10,990 points for "Don't Call Me" on the March 4 broadcast.

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.

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In 2021, 26 singles ranked number one on the chart and 23 music acts received first-place trophies. "Hwaa" by (G)I-dle, "Hot Sauce" by NCT Dream and "Sticker" by NCT 127 are the only songs to achieve a triple crown. No release earned a perfect score, but "Don't Call Me" by Shinee acquired the highest point total of the year on the March 4 broadcast with a score of 10,990.

Scoring system

Songs are judged based on a combination of Digital Sales (45%; Melon, Genie, FLO), Album Sales (15%), Social Media (15%; YouTube MV views), Global Fan Vote (15%), Mnet Broadcast (10%; Mnet TV, MCD Stage, M2 Contents), Live Vote (10%; for first place nominees only). [1] [2]

Chart history

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Rain (left) and J.Y. Park (right) won M Countdown for "Switch to Me," marking Rain's first win on the program since 2014, and Park's first M Countdown trophy and first music show award since 2007.
(G)I-dle's (pictured) M Countdown wins for "Hwaa" marked the group's first ever triple crown. Member Jeon So-yeon (third from left) also won her first solo trophy on the program for "Beam Beam". Member Miyeon (second from left) currently co-hosts M Countdown. 20210114 (yeoja)aideul (G)I-DLE SBS Radio.png
(G)I-dle's (pictured) M Countdown wins for "Hwaa" marked the group's first ever triple crown. Member Jeon So-yeon (third from left) also won her first solo trophy on the program for "Beam Beam". Member Miyeon (second from left) currently co-hosts M Countdown.
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Kim Wooseok of Up10tion (left) won his first ever music show trophy as a soloist for "Sugar", while Rosé of Blackpink (right) won her first M Countdown trophy as a soloist for "On the Ground".
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Brave Girls (top), Astro (middle), and STAYC (bottom) won their first ever M Countdown trophies with "Rollin'," "One," and "Stereotype" respectively.
NCT 127's (pictured) M Countdown wins for "Sticker" served as the group's first ever Triple Crown. NCT 127 at SBS Power FM on March 19, 2020 01.png
NCT 127's (pictured) M Countdown wins for "Sticker" served as the group's first ever Triple Crown.
Key
Triple Crown
Highest score of the year
No show was held
EpisodeDateArtistSongPointsRef.
January 7No Broadcast or Winner [3] [4]
694January 14 Rain & J. Y. Park "Switch to Me"5,886 [5] [6]
695January 21 (G)I-dle "Hwaa"9,594 [7] [8]
696January 287,725 [9]
697February 47,173 [10] [11]
February 11No Broadcast or Winner [12]
698February 18 Kim Woo Seok "Sugar"6,747 [13] [14]
699February 25 Kang Daniel "Paranoia"8,599 [15]
700March 4 Shinee "Don't Call Me"10,990 [16]
701March 117,505 [17]
702March 18 Brave Girls "Rollin'"6,347 [18]
703March 25 Rosé "On the Ground" [19]
704April 1 IU "Lilac"7,064 [20]
705April 8Rosé"On the Ground"7,483 [21]
706April 15 Astro "One"9,097 [22]
April 22No Broadcast or Winner [23]
707April 29 NU'EST "Inside Out"7,700 [24]
708May 6 Itzy "In the Morning"6,120 [25]
709May 138,526 [26]
710May 20 NCT Dream "Hot Sauce"10,800 [27]
711May 278,275 [28]
712June 36,723 [29]
713June 10 TXT "0X1=Lovesong (I Know I Love You)"6,770 [30]
714June 17 Twice "Alcohol-Free"10,123 [31]
715June 24 [32]
716July 1 Seventeen "Ready to Love"7,932 [33]
717July 8NCT Dream"Hello Future"7,915 [34]
718July 157,002 [35]
July 22No Broadcast or Winner [36]
719July 29 Jeon So-yeon "Beam Beam"9,322 [37]
August 5No Broadcast or Winner [38]
720August 12 Somi "Dumb Dumb"7,125 [39]
721August 19 The Boyz "Thrill Ride" [40] [41]
722August 26 Red Velvet "Queendom"9,345 [42]
723September 2 Stray Kids "Thunderous"7,180 [43]
724September 99,421 [44]
725September 16 STAYC "Stereotype"8,146 [45]
726September 23 NCT 127 "Sticker" [46]
727September 308,755 [47]
728October 79,200 [48]
729October 14Itzy"Loco"6,215 [49]
October 21No Broadcast or Winner [50]
730October 28Seventeen"Rock With You"6,380 [51]
731November 4NCT 127"Favorite (Vampire)"7,549 [52]
732November 117,690 [53]
November 18No Broadcast or Winner [54]
733November 25MAMA Nominees Special; No Winner[ citation needed ]
734December 2[ citation needed ]
December 9No Broadcast or Winner [55]
December 16 [56]
December 23 [57]
December 30[ citation needed ]

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