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 2014, 28 singles ranked number one on the chart and 27 music acts were awarded first-place trophies. Six songs collected trophies for three weeks and achieved a triple crown: "Miracles in December" by Exo, "Something" by TVXQ, "200%" by AKMU, "Eyes, Nose, Lips" by Taeyang, "Empty" by Winner, and "Happen Ending" by Epik High. Of all releases for the year, only one song earned a perfect score of 10,000 points: "Mr.Mr." by Girls' Generation.
Scoring system
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%
27 February 2014 – 4 June 2015 Digital Single Sales 50%, Album Sales 10%, Social Media Points (YouTube official music video views + SNS buzz) 10%, Preference Points (global fan votes + age range preference) 10%, Mnet Broadcast Points 10%, SMS Votes 10%
Chart history +Key Triple Crown Highest score of the year— No show was held Date Artist Song Points January 2 Exo "Miracles in December" January 9 Rain "30 Sexy" 6,285 January 16 TVXQ "Something" 9,244 January 23 rowspan="2" January 30 February 6 Girl's Day "Something" 9,047 February 13 7,332 February 20 Soyou & Junggigo "Some" 8,272 February 27 7,252 March 6 Girls' Generation "Mr.Mr." 9,363 March 13 10,000 March 20 2NE1 "Come Back Home" 8,869 March 27 7,585 April 3 4Minute "Whatcha Doin' Today" 6,555 April 10 Apink "Mr. Chu" 8,323 April 17 AKMU "200%" rowspan="3" April 24 May 1 May 8 Apink "Mr. Chu" 9,577 May 15 Exo-K "Overdose" 9,706 May 22 8,368 May 29 Infinite "Last Romeo" 6,473 June 5 7,063 June 12 Taeyang "Eyes, Nose, Lips" 7,303 June 19 9,255 June 26 Beast "Good Luck" July 3 Taeyang "Eyes, Nose, Lips" 8,353 July 10 K.Will "Day 1" July 17 f(x) "Red Light" 9,772 July 24 B1A4 "Solo Day" July 31 Sistar "Touch My Body" 7,359 August 7 rowspan="2" August 14 Block B "H.E.R" August 21 Winner "Empty" 8,005 August 28 7,986 September 4 Sistar "I Swear" 7,661 September 11 Super Junior "Mamacita" 7,638 September 18 Winner"Empty" 7,042 September 25 Girls' Generation-TTS "Holler" 8,751 October 2 October 9 Ailee "Don't Touch Me" 7,417 October 16 Roy Kim "Home" 8,596 October 23 Gaeko "No Make Up" 6,709 October 30 Epik High "Happen Ending" November 6 7,209 November 13 7,588 November 20 Kyuhyun "At Gwanghwamun" 7,947 November 27 December 4 colspan="3" rowspan="2" December 11 December 18Apink"Luv" December 25 7,791
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