The Show! Music Core Chart is a record chart on the South Korean MBC television music program Show! Music Core. Every week, the show awards the best-performing single on the chart in the country during its live broadcast.
In 2021, 27 singles have ranked at number one on the chart and 19 music acts received first-place trophies. No release for the year achieved a perfect score, but "Antidote" by Kang Daniel, which attained the highest point total on the April 24 broadcast with 10,702 points. "Butter" by BTS and "Strawberry Moon" by IU were number 1 for 5 consecutive weeks, both earning a Quintuple Crown. The artist with the most number of wins was also IU with 10 total wins.
Scoring system Period coveredChart systemBroadcastDigital salesPhysical albumVideo viewsVotingSeptember 26, 2020 – February 20, 20215% (MBC radio)60% (50% gaon + 10% FLO*)10%10%35% (10% committee + 10% pre-vote* + 15% live-vote)February 27, 2021 – May 8, 202110% (MBC TV + Radio)15%25% (5% committee + 10% pre-vote + 10% live-vote)May 8, 2021 - May 29, 202150%June 5, 2021 – present10%20% (5% committee + 5% pre-vote + 10% live-vote)
Chart history
+Key Indicates a Quintuple Crown Highest score in 2021 — No show was held Episode Date Artist Song Points 708 BTS "Life Goes On" 8,141 709 8,389 710 7,819 711 (G)I-dle "Hwaa" 9,831 712 7,454 713 IU "Celebrity" 10,204 — colspan="3" 714 IU "Celebrity" 8,847 715 Kang Daniel "Paranoia" 10,323 716 Shinee "Don't Call Me" 9,546 717 IU "Celebrity" 6,935 718 Lim Young-woong "My Starry Love" 8,292 719 Rosé "On the Ground" 8,394 — colspan="3" rowspan="2" — 720 IU "Lilac" 6,883 721 Kang Daniel "Antidote" 10,702 722 NU'EST "Inside Out" 8,800 723 IU "Lilac" 6,949 724 May 15 Highlight "Not The End" 7,504 725 NCT Dream "Hot Sauce" 10,000 726 BTS "Butter" 8,344 727 8,300 728 8,200 729 7,792 730 7,907 731 Brave Girls "Chi Mat Ba Ram" 7,268 732 NCT Dream "Hello Future" 6,720 733 BTS "Permission to Dance" 7,310 — colspan="3" rowspan="3" — — 734 Astro "After Midnight" 8,015 735 The Boyz "Thrill Ride" 7,401 736 Red Velvet "Queendom" 8,967 737 6,454 738 7,321 — colspan="3" 739 NCT 127 "Sticker" 8,602 740 8,532 741 Key "Bad Love" 6,419 742 Aespa "Savage" 9,099 743 7,271 744 IU "Strawberry Moon" 6,797 745 NCT 127 "Favorite (Vampire)" 8,456 746 The Boyz "Maverick" 7,435 747 IU "Strawberry Moon" 6,039 748 5,823 749 5,530 750 5,570 751 Ive "Eleven" 7,486 752 colspan="3"
See also List of Show! Music Core Chart winners (2020)
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