Show! Music Core (), or simply Music Core is a South Korean music television program broadcast by MBC. It airs live every Saturday at 15:30 (KST). The show features some of the latest and most popular artists who perform live on stage. It is broadcast from MBC Dream Center in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province.
History Prior to the current Show! Music Core, numerous music programs with similar content were aired on MBC. Below is the list in chronological order.
Broadcast date Program name October 30, 1989 – November 2, 1990 Show Network () November 9, 1990 – April 30, 1993 Everyone's Popular Songs () May 7, 1993 – October 8, 1993 Choice Best Popular Songs () April 21, 1995 – January 17, 1998 January 24, 1998 – April 18, 1998 Live Young Times () April 25, 1998 – January 23, 1999 Music Camp () February 30, 1999 – May 8, 1999 Family Camp () May 15, 1999 – July 30, 2005
Live Music Camp was cancelled due to a broadcast accident of revealing genitalia.
After a brief hiatus, Show! Music Core began airing on October 29, 2005, with charts similar to its predecessors. However, the charts were removed on January 7, 2006, and it continues to air without any charts or awards. Even without the weekly chart award, the show was known for its special production and stages.
From 2007 to 2008, a "Mobile Ranking" segment was used to rank the popularity of songs downloaded to mobile phones and from online music sites.
On March 11, 2013, MBC announced that they would return their chart system after seven years without the segment. The ranking system was reinstalled on April 20, 2013, with a first-place trophy given to the top song amongst the nominees for each week.
November 21, 2015, MBC announced that their chart system would be removed once again. The MBC variety department said: "Instead of the ranking system, we intend to show more diverse genres of music and continue to work hard to be a representative music program of Korea."
On February 11, 2016, MBC announced a trial phase of their simultaneous live broadcast of Show! Music Core in HD and UHD (ultra-high-definition) utilizing a dedicated 4K camera, in preparation for their launch of UHD broadcasts scheduled for 2017. The trial phase had taken place February 13 through March 12, 2016.
On April 5, 2017, MBC announced that they would, yet again, return to their chart ranking system since April 22, 2017.
In June 2023 MBC reactivated their YouTube channel MBC World. In October 2023 it was announced that the chart show is officially available for live streaming for fans worldwide.
Hosts
Episodes Date Host(s) Guest Host(s) 1 - 25 October 29, 2005 – April 29, 2006 Shin Dong-wook, Hong Soo-ah - 26 - 49 May 6 – November 4, 2006 Brian, Jang Mi-inae 50 - 68 November 11, 2006 – March 31, 2007 Brian, Kim Hyun-joong 69 - 74 April 7 - May 19, 2007 Brian 75 - 80 May 26 – June 30, 2007 Brian, Ahn So-hee, Hyuna - 81 - 96 July 7 – November 3, 2007 Brian, Kang-in 97 - 117 November 10, 2007 – April 26, 2008 T.O.P, Ahn So-hee, Sunye 118 - 159 May 10, 2008 – March 28, 2009 Seungri, Daesung, Sol Bi 160 - 219 April 4, 2009 – July 31, 2010 Tiffany, Yuri 220 - 231 August 7 - October 23, 2010 Various Guest Hosts 232 - 266 October 30, 2010 – July 9, 2011 Onew, Minho, Suzy, Jiyeon - 267 - 279 July 16 – October 8, 2011 Suzy, Jiyeon - 280 - 292 October 15, 2011 – January 28, 2012 Tiffany, Yuri - 293 - 294 February 4 - 11, 2012 Various Guest Hosts 295 - 354 February 18, 2012 - April 13, 2013 Taeyeon, Seohyun, Tiffany 355 - 414 April 20, 2013 – July 12, 2014 Minho, Kim So-hyun, Noh Hong-chul 415 - 453 July 19, 2014 – April 25, 2015 Minho, Kim So-hyun, Zico 454 - 479 May 2 – November 14, 2015 Minho, N, Yeri - 480 - 523 November 21, 2015 – September 24, 2016 Kim Sae-ron, Kim Min-jae - 524 - 547 October 1, 2016 – April 15, 2017 Kim Sae-ron, Cha Eun-woo, Lee Soo-min - 548 - 577 April 22, 2017 – February 3, 2018 Cha Eun-woo, Xiyeon 578 - 603 February 24 – September 22, 2018 Ong Seong-wu, Mina, Mark 604 - 617 September 29, 2018 – January 12, 2019 Mina, Mark Lee 618 - 620 January 19 - February 2, 2019 Mina, Cha Eun-woo 621 - 681 February 16, 2019 – May 30, 2020 Mina, Chani, Hyunjin 682 - 713 June 13, 2020 – February 6, 2021 Chani, Hyunjin, Kim Min-ju - 714 - 721 February 20 - April 24, 2021 Chani, Kim Min-ju 722 - 733 May 1 – July 17, 2021 Chani, Kim Min-ju, Yeji 734 - 794 August 14, 2021 - January 28, 2023 Kim Min-ju, Jungwoo, Lee Know 795 - 803 February 4, 2023 - April 8, 2023 Jungwoo and Lee Know 804 - 831 April 15 - November 4, 2023 Jungwoo, Lee Know, Sullyoon 832 - 888 November 11, 2023 – February 15, 2025 Sullyoon, Lee Jung-ha, Younghoon 890 - 944 March 1, 2025 – May 2, 2026 A-Na, Dohoon, and Kim Gyu-vin 945 - 960 May 9, 2026 - August 22, 2026 Dohoon and Kim Gyu-vin 962 - present September 5, 2026 - present Sungho and Sangwon
Guest Hosts
Chart system Music Core brought back the show's chart on April 20, 2013. First-place winners are determined using the ranking system below. The list also shows the current and former scoring computation used. As of June 8, 2013, four nominees had decreased to three nominees. This chart is called M-chart, and tracking from Monday to Monday of the following week. + Period covered Chart system Broadcast Digital sales Physical album Video views April 20 – 27, 2013 rowspan="4" 30% 10% 15% 45% (20% committee + 25% live-vote) May 4, 2013 – June 1, 2013 50% 10% 30% (10% committee + 20% live-vote) June 8, 2013 – June 14, 2014 60% 20% (10% committee + 10% live-vote) June 21, 2014 – November 14, 2015 50% 30% (15% committee + 15% live-vote) April 22, 2017 – August 17, 2019 5% (MBC radio) 25% (10% committee + 15% live-vote) August 24, 2019 – March 14, 2020 60% (50% gaon + 10% Vibe*) March 21, 2020 – July 18, 2020 35% (10% committee + 10% pre-vote* + 15% live-vote) July 25, 2020 – September 19, 2020 50% September 26, 2020 – February 20, 2021 60% (50% gaon + 10% FLO*) February 27, 2021 – May 8, 2021 10% (MBC TV + Radio) 15% 25% (5% committee + 10% pre-vote + 10% live-vote) May 8, 2021 – May 29, 2021 50% June 5, 2021 – October 8, 202210% 20% (5% committee + 5% pre-vote + 10% live-vote) October 22, 2022 – present 60% Asterisk (*) indicates the criteria that are for first-place nominees only.
Based source and explanations for each criterion, in alphabetical order: Broadcast: MBC radio (April 22, 2017 - now) + TV (February 27, 2021 - now). Digital sales: Numbers of download, streaming based on Gaon digital chart. During the time that Vibe and FLO sponsor Music Core, this also include Vibe and FLO respectively as a separate criterion and that criterion is for first-place nominees only Live-vote: Voting during the show. Currently via text message + Mubeat app (June 5, 2021 - now). Always for 1st place nominees only. Physical sales: Number of copies, based on Gaon album chart Pre-vote: Mubeat app. Before February 27, 2021; this criterion is only for 1st place nominees only. This is held from Tuesday to Thursday (mean 4 days prior to 2 days prior; before February 27, 2021 is Tuesday to Friday, which mean 4 days prior to a day prior). Video views or SNS: YouTube views, only count from official MV. Viewer committee: A survey via official Music Core website, 2000 MBC accounts will be randomly chosen to be part of viewer committee voting. This is held from Wednesday to Thursday.
The Top 50 songs of the week are featured on the show, where the Top 30–11 songs are shown via two marquee (one is for 30-21 and another is for 20-11) in the last of two different stages and the Top 10–4 songs are featured by the hosts. The hosts then showcase the Top three songs and announce who will be the winner of the week. The Number 1 song on the chart is the winner of that week's chart and receives an award. Every songs that have been released no more than two months and not got quintuple crown (i. e: 5 wins in this show) yet are eligible on chart. However, OST, songs released through audition program and deemed unsuitable (at MBC's discretion) is not eligible. For top 50 songs of the week (full chart), it will be posted on music show's official website every Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday of the following week.
From May 20, 2017, to February 20, 2021, the rule was every song that is not released no more than three months is eligible. Before May 20, 2017; every songs, regardless of when it release or number of time get the first place, are eligible.
List of winners 2005
Date Artist Song October 29 Epik High "Fly" November 5 November 12 November 19 g.o.d. "2 Love" November 26 December 3 December 10 December 17 Tei "Screaming I Miss You" December 24 MC the Max "Love is Supposed to Hurt" December 31
2013
Date Artist Song Points April 20 Infinite "Man in Love" 7,587 April 27 Psy "Gentleman" 6,847 May 4 Cho Yong-pil "Bounce" 7,698 May 11 Roy Kim "Spring Spring Spring" 8,333 May 18 B1A4 "What's Going On?" 8,479 May 25 Shinhwa "This Love" 7,634 June 1 8,540 June 8 Beast "Will You Be Okay?" 7,348 June 15 Exo "Wolf" 6,392 June 22 Sistar "Give It To Me" 7,717 June 29 8,473 July 6 Roy Kim "Love Love Love" 8,270 July 13 Dynamic Duo "BAAAM" 7,885 July 20 2NE1 "Falling In Love" 7,691 July 27 Infinite "Destiny" 9,770 August 3 Beast "Shadow" 8,368 August 10 colspan="3" align="center" August 17 colspan="3" align="center" August 24 Exo "Growl" 8,666 August 31 8,074 September 7 6,925 September 14 colspan="3" align="center" September 21 colspan="3" align="center" September 28 Soyou & Mad Clown "Stupid In Love" 6,364 October 5 Busker Busker "Love, at first" 8,219 October 12 7,493 October 19 IU "The Red Shoes" 9,846 October 26 Shinee "Everybody" 9,641 November 2 K.Will "You Don't Know Love" 7,647 November 9 Trouble Maker "Now" 8,450 November 16 colspan="3" align="center" November 23 Davichi "The Letter" 6,614 November 30 2NE1 "Missing You" 8,454 December 7 Hyolyn "One Way Love" 7,295 December 14 Exo "Miracles in December" 7,458 December 21 9,032 December 28 colspan="3" align="center"
2014
Date Artist Song Points January 4 IU "Friday" 7,802 January 11 Girl's Day "Something" 6,748 January 18 TVXQ "Something" 7,753 January 25 B1A4 "Lonely" 7,311 February 1 colspan="3" February 8 B1A4 "Lonely" 7,162 February 15 B.A.P "1004 (Angel)" 8,575 February 22 Soyou & Junggigo "Some" 7,158 March 1 7,259 March 8 colspan="3" TVXQ "Spellbound" 9,050 March 15 Girls' Generation "Mr.Mr." 8,303 March 22 7,537 March 29 colspan="3" April 5 Park Hyo-shin "Wild Flower" 7,576 April 12 Apink "Mr. Chu" 9,447 April 19 AKMU "200%" 7,446 April 26 7,965 May 3 8,490 May 10 8,754 May 17 Exo-K "Overdose" 9,257 May 24 7,633 May 31 Fly to the Sky "You You You" 6,784 June 7 Gary & Jungin "Your Scent" 6,201 June 14 Taeyang "Eyes, Nose, Lips" 7,518 June 21 Beast "No More" 8,330 June 28 "Good Luck" 10,000 July 5 7,777 July 12 7,274 July 19 f(x) "Red Light" 9,074 July 26 Girl's Day "Darling" 7,344 August 2 Infinite "Back" 7,154 August 9 Sistar "Touch My Body" 9,151 August 16 8,360 August 23 Block B "H.E.R" 8,239 August 30 Taemin "Danger" 7,368 September 6 Sistar "I Swear" 6,532 September 13 Super Junior "Mamacita" 6,993 September 20 6,035 September 27 colspan="3" rowspan="2" October 4 October 11 Girls' Generation-TTS "Holler" 8,220 October 18 Roy Kim "Home" 8,527 October 25 colspan="3" November 1 Beast "12:30" 9,197 November 8 8,555 November 15 MC Mong "Miss Me Or Diss Me" 7,353 November 22 Kyuhyun "At Gwanghwamun" 7,455 November 29 Toy "Three of Us" 6,832 December 6 Apink "Luv" 9,237 December 13 7,822 December 20 7,185 December 27 colspan="3"
2015 – present
Achievements by artists
Rank Artist Count 1st BTS 43 2nd IU 24 3rd Exo 22 4th Wanna One 12 (G)I-dle Red Velvet Ive 8th Twice 11 Beast/Highlight Blackpink 11th Apink 10 Taeyeon 13th Lim Young-woong 9 NewJeans 15th BigBang 8 NCT 127