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 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).
Chart history
+Key Triple Crown Highest score of the year — No show was held
Episode Date Artist Song Points colspan="3" 694 Rain & J. Y. Park "Switch to Me" 5,886 695 (G)I-dle "Hwaa" 9,594 696 7,725 697 7,173 colspan="3" 698 Kim Woo Seok "Sugar" 6,747 699 Kang Daniel "Paranoia" 8,599 700 Shinee "Don't Call Me" 10,990 701 7,505 702 Brave Girls "Rollin' 6,347 703 Rosé "On the Ground" 704 IU "Lilac" 7,064 705 Rosé "On the Ground" 7,483 706 Astro "One" 9,097 colspan="3" 707 NU'EST "Inside Out" 7,700 708 Itzy "In the Morning" 6,120 709 8,526 710 NCT Dream "Hot Sauce" 10,800 711 8,275 712 6,723 713 TXT "0X1=Lovesong (I Know I Love You)" 6,770 714 Twice "Alcohol-Free" 10,123 715 716 Seventeen "Ready to Love" 7,932 717 NCT Dream "Hello Future" 7,915 718 7,002 colspan="3" 719 Jeon So-yeon "Beam Beam" 9,322 colspan="3" 720 Somi "Dumb Dumb" 7,125 721 The Boyz "Thrill Ride" 722 Red Velvet "Queendom" 9,345 723 Stray Kids "Thunderous" 7,180 724 9,421 725 STAYC "Stereotype" 8,146 726 NCT 127 "Sticker" 727 8,755 728 9,200 729 Itzy "Loco" 6,215 colspan="3" 730 Seventeen "Rock With You" 6,380 731 NCT 127 "Favorite (Vampire)" 7,549 732 7,690 colspan="3" 733 rowspan="2" colspan="3" 734 rowspan="4" colspan="3"
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