List of M Countdown Chart winners (2021)

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.

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

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

 

 

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.

 

Kim Wooseok of Up10tion (pictured) won his first ever music show trophy as a soloist on the February 18 broadcast, for his song "Sugar".

 

 

 

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.

Key

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

Episode	Date	Artist	Song	Points	Ref.
—	January 7	No Broadcast or Winner			^[3]^[4]
694	January 14	Rain & J. Y. Park	"Switch to Me"	5,886	^[5]^[6]
695	January 21	(G)I-dle	"Hwaa"	9,594	^[7]^[8]
696	January 28			7,725	^[9]
697	February 4			7,173	^[10]^[11]
—	February 11	No Broadcast or Winner			^[12]
698	February 18	Kim Woo Seok	"Sugar"	6,747	^[13]^[14]
699	February 25	Kang Daniel	"Paranoia"	8,599	^[15]
700	March 4	Shinee	"Don't Call Me"	10,990	^[16]
701	March 11			7,505	^[17]
702	March 18	Brave Girls	"Rollin'"	6,347	^[18]
703	March 25	Rosé	"On the Ground"	—	^[19]
704	April 1	IU	"Lilac"	7,064	^[20]
705	April 8	Rosé	"On the Ground"	7,483	^[21]
706	April 15	Astro	"One"	9,097	^[22]
—	April 22	No Broadcast or Winner			^[23]
707	April 29	NU'EST	"Inside Out"	7,700	^[24]
708	May 6	Itzy	"In the Morning"	6,120	^[25]
709	May 13			8,526	^[26]
710	May 20	NCT Dream	"Hot Sauce"	10,800	^[27]
711	May 27			8,275	^[28]
712	June 3			6,723	^[29]
713	June 10	TXT	"0X1=Lovesong (I Know I Love You)"	6,770	^[30]
714	June 17	Twice	"Alcohol-Free"	10,123	^[31]
715	June 24			—	^[32]
716	July 1	Seventeen	"Ready to Love"	7,932	^[33]
717	July 8	NCT Dream	"Hello Future"	7,915	^[34]
718	July 15			7,002	^[35]
—	July 22	No Broadcast or Winner			^[36]
719	July 29	Jeon So-yeon	"Beam Beam"	9,322	^[37]
—	August 5	No Broadcast or Winner			^[38]
720	August 12	Somi	"Dumb Dumb"	7,125	^[39]
721	August 19	The Boyz	"Thrill Ride"	—	^[40]^[41]
722	August 26	Red Velvet	"Queendom"	9,345	^[42]
723	September 2	Stray Kids	"Thunderous"	7,180	^[43]
724	September 9			9,421	^[44]
725	September 16	STAYC	"Stereotype"	8,146	^[45]
726	September 23	NCT 127	"Sticker"	—	^[46]
727	September 30			8,755	^[47]
728	October 7			9,200	^[48]
729	October 14	Itzy	"Loco"	6,215	^[49]
—	October 21	No Broadcast or Winner			^[50]
730	October 28	Seventeen	"Rock With You"	6,380	^[51]
731	November 4	NCT 127	"Favorite (Vampire)"	7,549	^[52]
732	November 11			7,690	^[53]
—	November 18	No Broadcast or Winner			^[54]
733	November 25	MAMA Nominees Special; No Winner			^[citation needed]
734	December 2				^[citation needed]
—	December 9	No Broadcast or Winner			^[55]
—	December 16				^[56]
—	December 23				^[57]
—	December 30				^[citation needed]

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