List of M Countdown Chart winners (2012)

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 2012, 28 singles ranked number one on the chart and 26 music acts were awarded first-place trophies. Nine songs collected trophies for three weeks and achieved a triple crown: "Twinkle" by Girls' Generation-TTS, "The Chaser" by Infinite, "Electric Shock" by f(x), "Sexy, Free & Single" by Super Junior, "Beautiful Night" by Beast, "Gangnam Style" by Psy, "Crayon" by G-Dragon, "1,2,3,4" by Lee Hi, and "Return" by Lee Seung-gi. No release for the year earned a perfect score, but "Twinkle" by Girls' Generation-TTS acquired the highest point total on the May 10 broadcast with a score of 9,357.

Scoring system

22 December 2011 – 23 August 2012

Digital Single Sales 45%, Album Sales 10%, Global Fan Vote 15%, Mnet Broadcasting 5%, Preferences of Music Experts 10%, Real-Time Charts 5%, SMS Vote 10%.

30 August 2012 – 20 February 2014

Digital Single Sales 50%, Album Sales 10%, Age Preference 20%, Global Fan Vote 5%, Live Show Preferences 10%, SMS Vote 5%.

Chart history

Key

	Triple Crown
	Highest score of the year
—	No show was held

Date	Artist	Song	Points	Ref.
January 5	Apink	"My My"	8,224	^[1]
January 12	T-ara	"Lovey-Dovey"	8,097	^[2]
January 19			8,588	^[3]
January 26	MBLAQ	"This Is War"	8,865	^[4]
February 2			8,869	^[5]
February 9	F.T. Island	"Severely"	8,637	^[6]
February 16	Seven	"When I Can't Sing"	8,876	^[7]
February 23	F.T. Island	"Severely"	8,689	^[8]
March 1	Miss A	"Touch"	8,734	^[9]
March 8	Big Bang	"Blue"	9,081	^[10]
March 15		Fantastic Baby	9,096	^[11]
March 22			9,204	^[12]
March 29	Shinee	"Sherlock (Clue + Note)"	9,081	^[13]
April 5	CNBLUE	"Hey You"	8,864	^[14]
April 12	Busker Busker	"Cherry Blossom Ending"	8,577	^[15]
April 19	Shinhwa	"Venus"	8,810	^[16]
April 26	Sistar	"Alone"	8,182	^[17]^[18]
May 3	4Minute	"Volume Up"	8,105	^[19]
May 10	Girls' Generation-TTS	"Twinkle"	9,355	^[20]
May 17			9,357	^[21]
May 24			8,831	^[22]
May 31	Infinite	"The Chaser"	—	^[23]
June 7			8,703	^[24]
June 14			8,422	^[25]
June 21	f(x)	"Electric Shock"	9,296	^[26]
June 28			—	^[27]^[28]
July 5			8,940
July 12	Super Junior	"Sexy, Free & Single"	8,837	^[29]
July 19			8,658	^[30]
July 26			8,432	^[31]
August 2	Beast	"Beautiful Night"	8,696	^[32]
August 9			8,876	^[33]
August 16			8,951	^[34]
August 23	Psy	"Gangnam Style"	8,423	^[35]
August 30			8,561	^[36]
September 6			8,637	^[37]^[38]
September 13	Kara	"Pandora"	8,515	^[39]
September 20	F.T. Island	"I Wish"	7,264	^[40]
September 27	G-Dragon	"Crayon"	8,924	^[41]
October 4			—	^[citation needed]
October 11
October 18	Gain	"Bloom"	7,533	^[42]
October 25	K.Will	"Please Don't..."	—	^[43]
November 1			8,418	^[44]
November 8	Lee Hi	"1,2,3,4"	7,890	^[45]^[46]
November 15			8,454	^[47]
November 22			—	^[48]
November 29	Lee Seung-gi	"Return"		^[49]^[50]^[51]
December 6
December 13			8,593
December 20	Yang Yo-seob	"Caffeine"	9,267	^[52]
December 27			—	^[53]

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