Show! Music Core

Show! Music Core
Logo used since June 1, 2019
Hangul
쇼! 음악중심
Hanja
쇼! 音樂中心
RRSyo! Eumakjungsim
MRSyo! Ŭmakchungsim
GenreMusic
Presented by
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes964
Production
Running time80 minutes
Production companyMBC Entertainment
Original release
Network
ReleaseOctober 29, 2005 (2005-10-29) –
present

Show! Music Core (Korean: 쇼! 음악중심; RR: Syo! Eumakjungsim), 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 (쇼 네트워크)
November 9, 1990 – April 30, 1993 Everyone's Popular Songs (여러분의 인기가요)
May 7, 1993 – October 8, 1993 Choice Best Popular Songs (결정 최고 인기가요)
April 21, 1995 – January 17, 1998 Popular Songs Best 50 [ko]
January 24, 1998 – April 18, 1998 Live Young Times (생방송 젊은 그대)
April 25, 1998 – January 23, 1999 Music Camp (음악캠프)
February 30, 1999 – May 8, 1999 Family Camp (가족캠프)
May 15, 1999 – July 30, 2005 Live Music Camp [ko]

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.[citation needed]

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.[needs update]

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

List of hosts
Sungho
Sangwon
BoyNextDoor's Sungho (left), and Alpha Drive One's Sangwon (right) will be hosting the show from September 5, 2026
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

  1. ↑ Lee Seung-gi (ep. 27, May 13, 2006); Park Myung-soo (ep. 29, May 27, 2006), Jun Jin (ep. 48, October 21, 2006); MC Mong (ep. 49, November 4, 2006)
  2. ↑ T.O.P & G-Dragon (ep. 58, January 13, 2007)
  3. ↑ Bae Seul-ki (ep. 69, April 7, 2007); Yeeun (ep. 70, April 14, 2007); Ahn So-hee (ep. 70 (April 14, 2007), ep. 73 (May 12, 2007)); Sunmi (ep.70, April 14, 2007); Hyuna (ep.70 (April 14, 2007), ep. 73 (May 12, 2007)); Sunye (ep. 70, April 14, 2007); Younha (ep. 71, April 21, 2007); Ivy (ep. 72, April 28, 2007)
  4. ↑ Dana (ep. 82, July 14, 2007); Sunday (ep. 82, July 14, 2007);
  5. ↑ G-Dragon (ep. 103 (January 5, 2008), ep. 105 (January 19, 2008), ep. 109-111 (February 23 - March 8, 2008)); Taeyang (ep. 105, January 19, 2008); Daesung (ep. 105, January 19, 2008); Seungri (ep. 105, January 19, 2008); Yubin (ep. 114 (March 29, 2008), ep. 116 (April 12, 2008)); Yeeun (ep. 114 (March 29, 2008), ep. 116 (April 12, 2008)); Sunmi (ep. 114 (March 29, 2008), ep. 116 (April 12, 2008))
  6. ↑ Andy (ep. 120, May 24, 2008); all members of SS501 (ep. 122, June 7, 2008); Lee Jaehoon (ep. 132, August 16, 2008); Kim Sungsoo (ep. 132, August 16, 2008); Yunho (ep. 140, November 1, 2008); Max Changmin (ep. 140, November 1, 2008); all members of Girls' Generation (ep. 152, January 31, 2009)
  7. ↑ Leeteuk (ep. 165, May 9, 2009); Kangin (ep. 165, May 9, 2009); Jay Park (ep. 165, May 9, 2009); Nichkhun (ep. 165, May 9, 2009); Seohyun (ep. 180 (September 5, 2009), ep. 182 (September 19, 2009), ep. 213 (June 19, 2010)); Sooyoung (ep. 180 (September 5, 2009) ep. 182 (September 19, 2009)); Oh Sang-jin (ep. 181, September 12, 2009);Sunye (ep. 210 May 29, 2010); Yubin (ep. 210, May 29, 2010); Yonghwa (ep. 2010 (May 29, 2010), ep. 213 (June 19, 2010)); Eunhyuk (ep. 211, June 5, 2010); Siwon (ep. 211, June 5, 2010); Krystal (ep. 211, June 5, 2010); Seungyeon (ep. 212, June 12, 2010); Hara (ep. 212, June 12, 2010); Kim Hyun-joong (ep. 212, June 12, 2010);
  8. ↑ Krystal Jung (August 7, August 14); Onew (August 7, August 14); Nichkhun (August 14); Suzy (August 14); IU (August 21); Doojoon (August 21); Gikwang (August 21); Jinwoon (August 28); Hyomin (August 28); Jiyeon (August 28); Oh Sang-jin (September 4); Hyuna (September 11, 2010); Hongki (September 11, 2010); Sunhwa (September 11, 2010); Eunhyuk (September 18, 2010); Lizzy (September 18, 2010); Krystal (September 18, 2010); Shin Hyun-joon (September 25, 2010); Jung Joon-ho (September 25, 2010); Oh Sang-jin (October 2, 2010), Son Dam-bi (October 2, 2010); Sandara Park (October 9, 2010), Minzy (October 9, 2010); Key (October 16, 2010), Taemin (October 16, 2010); Min (October 16, 2010); Junho (October 23, 2010); Chansung (October 23, 2010)
  9. ↑ Hongki (ep. 293, February 4, 2012); Jaejin (ep. 293, February 4, 2012); Jonghoon (ep. 293, February 4, 2012); Chunji (ep. 294, February 11, 2012); Niel (ep. 294, February 11, 2012); L.Joe (ep. 294, February 11, 2012)
  10. ↑ Hyoyeon, Yonghwa (April 7); Eunhyuk, Kyuhyun, Ji-yeon (July 28); Doo-joon, Bora (August 4, 18, 25); Dasom (August 4); Yoseob (August 18, 25); Siwan, Zinger (September 22); Kwanghee, Sunhwa (September 22, 29); Hyoseong (September 29) Hyoseong (October 20); Sunhwa (October 20); Daehyun (November 10); Min (November 10); Suzy (November 10); Sunhwa (November 24);
  11. ↑ Haha (June 29); Park Hyung-sik (July 6, August 3, August 10); Yang Yo-seob (August 24);
  12. ↑ Goo Hara (August 30); Lee Junho (September 13); SinB (March 21); Kangnam, Bomi, Kyunsung (April 25)
  13. ↑ Wendy and Jung Yong-hwa (July 29, ep. 562); N (September 2, ep. 567); Jeong Yeon and Na Yeon (December 16, ep. 571); Seong-jong and Ji Ho a former member of Oh My Girl (January 20, ep. 575); Bobby, B.I, Yeri (February 3, ep. 577)
  14. ↑ Onew and Lee Taemin (June 23, ep. 593); Choi Minho and Noh Hong-chul (August 11, ep. 600)
  15. ↑ Park Sung-kwang (October 6, 13, ep.605 and 606 ); Juyeon (October 6. ep. 605); Shownu, Minhyuk, Bomin, Donghyun, Hyunjin and Bang Chan from Stray Kids (all for ep. 608, October 27); Chanyeol (November 17, ep. 610); Cha Eun-woo (December 8, ep. 612, December 15, ep. 613) and Kang Seung-yoon (December 22, ep. 614).
  16. ↑ CNU (January 19, ep. 618)
  17. ↑ Kang Seung-yoon (April 27, ep. 630); Q from The Boyz (May 11, ep. 631); Bae Jin-young (August 10, ep. 643); I.N (September 21, ep. 649, December 28, ep. 661); Inseong (September 28, ep. 650); Yeji from Itzy (October 19, ep. 652); Ren (November 2, ep. 654); Kim Sejeong (November 9, ep. 655) Hyojin (November 16, ep. 656); Park Ji-hoon (December 7, ep. 658); and Kim Jae-hwan (December 21, ep. 660) for 2019. For 2020, this includes Hongjoong from ATEEZ (Feb 01, ep. 665); Jangjun from Golden Child (band) (Feb 08, ep. 666); Hongseok (Feb 15, ep. 667); Chuu (Feb 29, ep. 669)
  18. ↑ Kim Hyun-soo (Feb 20, ep. 714); Yeji (Feb 27, ep. 715); Choi Minho (March 6, ep. 716); Kim Se-jeong (March 13, ep. 717); Park Ji-hoon (March 20, ep. 718); Mina (March 27, ep. 719); Joohoney (April 17, ep. 720); Cha Eun-woo (April 24, ep. 721)
  19. ↑ Mark Lee (May 29, ep. 726);
  20. ↑ Na Jae-min (ep. 751, December 18, 2021); Chani (ep. 754, January 15, 2022); Juyeon (ep. 755, January 22, 2022); Jaejun (ep. 758-759, March 12–19, 2022); Han (ep. 760, March 26, 2022; ep. 783, October 22, 2022); Cha Eun-woo (May 21, ep. 766); Jo Yu-ri (June 4, ep. 767); Kim Jaehwan (June 11, ep. 678, September 17, ep. 779); Dahyun (June 25 - July 2, ep. 769-770, September 17, ep. 779); Kang Seung-yoon (July 9, 771); Yeji (ep. 772-773, July 16-23, 2022; ep. 788, December 3, 2022); Juyeon from The Boyz (August 20, ep. 776); Seungmin from Stray Kids (October 8, ep. 782); Doyoung (November 12, ep. 785); Lia (ep. 788, December 3, 2022) Moonbin & Sanha (ep. 792, January 7, 2023), Joohoney (ep. 793, January 14, 2023); Minhyuk (ep. 793, January 14, 2023)
  21. ↑ Johnny from NCT (February 4-11, ep. 795-796; April 8, ep. 803); Park Si-eun (February 18, ep. 797); Hyunjae and Q from The Boyz (February 25, ep. 798); Younghoon and Juyeon from The Boyz (February 25 - March 4, ep. 798-799); Kang Mi-na (March 11, ep. 800); Chani (March 11, ep. 800); Sullyoon (March 25, ep. 802)
  22. ↑ Karina (May 13, ep. 808); Lee Min-hyuk (May 13, ep. 808); Changbin (June 24, ep. 814), Yunho (July 01, ep. 815) Jun Hyun-moo (July 22, ep. 818); Haewon (July 22, ep. 818); Ju Haknyeon and Sunwoo of The Boyz (August 19, ep. 822; September 16, ep. 826), and Eric of The Boyz (August 19, ep. 822); Mark Lee (September 2, ep. 824); Eunseok of Riize (September 9, ep. 825; October 28, ep. 830 ), Key (September 23, ep. 827); Seunghee (September 23, ep. 827); Seunghan formerly of Riize (October 28, ep. 830); Bae & Kyujin
  23. ↑ Lee Mi-joo and Park Jin-joo (December 9, ep. 836), Eric (January 13, 2024, ep. 838), Dohoon (February 3, ep. 841)
  24. ↑ Bang Jee-min, Minje and Leesol (March 29, ep. 893), Leesol and Sui (April 12, ep. 895), Kyungmin (April 26, ep. 897 and October 25, ep. 920), Youngjae (May 3, ep. 898 and November 1, ep. 921), Narin (May 9, ep.899), Lee Jung-ha (June 28, ep. 906), Beomgyu (August 2, ep. 810), Haruto, Park Jeong-woo and Yoon Jae-hyuk (Treasure) (September 20, ep, 916), Hearts2Hearts (October 4, ep. 918), Jihoon (October 18, ep. 919 and December 27, ep. 927), Sunwoo (November 15, ep. 922), Woochan (November 22, ep. 923), Jungwoo and Mark (November 29, ep. 924), Song Ha-young, Park Ji-won and Baek Ji-heon (Fromis 9) (December 6, ep. 925), Kangmin and Chuei Liyu (December 13, ep. 926), Park Cho-rong and Yoon Bo-mi (January 10, 2026, ep. 928), Sunoo (January 17, ep. 929), Sui (January 31, ep. 931), Yuha (March 7, ep. 937) and Kim Chaewon (April 25, ep. 943)
  25. ↑ Sakuya and Wonhee (May 9, ep. 945), Wonhee (May 16, ep. 946), Sullyoon (May 23, ep. 947), Martin and Kazuha (May 30, ep. 948), Karina (June 6, ep. 949), Rora (June 13, ep. 950 and August 8, ep. 958), Sungho and Sooin (June 20, ep. 951), Seeun and Yoon (STAYC) (June 27, ep. 952), Yuha, Stella and A-na (Hearts2Hearts) (July 4, ep. 953), Asa and Rora (Babymonster) (July 11, ep. 954), Zhang Hao and Yoo Seung-eon (July 18, ep. 955), Song Ha-young, Lee Na-gyung and Baek Ji-heon (Fromis 9) (July 25, ep. 956), Jeon So-young (August 15, ep. 959) and Tomoya, So Geon and Yuki (Nexz) (August 29, ep. 961)

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 Voting
April 20 – 27, 2013 N/A 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, 2022 10% 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:[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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

List of first place winners
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

List of first place winners
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 Music Core Summer Special – No Chart
August 17 Music Core 2013 Korea Music Festival in Sokcho – No Chart
August 24 Exo "Growl" 8,666
August 31 8,074
September 7 6,925
September 14 Music Core Pre-record Show – No Chart
September 21 Music Core K-POP Festival – No Chart
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 Music Core Pre-record Show – No Chart
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 Music Core Year End Chart Special – No Chart

2014

List of first place winners
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 1Music Core Pre-record Show – No Chart
February 8 B1A4 "Lonely" 7,162
February 15 B.A.P "1004 (Angel)" 8,575
February 22Soyou & Junggigo"Some"7,158
March 17,259
March 8 Music Core 400th Episode Special
TVXQ "Spellbound" 9,050
March 15Girls' Generation"Mr.Mr."8,303
March 227,537
March 29 No Chart
April 5 Park Hyo-shin "Wild Flower" 7,576
April 12 Apink "Mr. Chu" 9,447
April 19AKMU"200%"7,446
April 267,965
May 38,490
May 108,754
May 17Exo-K"Overdose"9,257
May 247,633
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 57,777
July 127,274
July 19 f(x) "Red Light" 9,074
July 26 Girl's Day "Darling" 7,344
August 2 Infinite "Back" 7,154
August 9Sistar"Touch My Body"9,151
August 168,360
August 23 Block B "H.E.R" 8,239
August 30 Taemin "Danger" 7,368
September 6 Sistar "I Swear" 6,532
September 13Super Junior"Mamacita"6,993
September 206,035
September 27 No Chart
October 4
October 11 Girls' Generation-TTS "Holler" 8,220
October 18 Roy Kim "Home" 8,527
October 25 No Chart
November 1Beast"12:30"9,197
November 88,555
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 6Apink"Luv"9,237
December 137,822
December 207,185
December 27 No Chart

2015 – present

Achievements by artists

List of most No. 1 winners
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
List of longest consecutive No. 1 songs
Rank Artist Song Count Year
1st BTS "Dynamite" 10 times 2020
2nd "Boy With Luv" 9 times 2019
3rd "Life Goes On" 6 times 2020 – 2021
4th Apink "Luv" 5 times 2014 – 2015
BTS "On" 2020
"Butter" 2021
IU "Strawberry Moon"
(G)I-dle "Queencard" 2023
9th g.o.d "2 Love" 4 times 2005
AKMU "200%" 2014
Exo "Call Me Baby" 2015
Wanna One "Beautiful" 2017
Blackpink "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" 2018
Zico "Any Song" 2020
Ive "Eleven" 2021 – 2022
Taeyeon "INVU" 2022
Ive "After Like"
NewJeans "Ditto" 2023
Jungkook "Seven"
20th Epik High "Fly" 3 times 2005
Exo "Growl" 2013
Beast "Good Luck" 2014
Exo "Love Me Right" 2015
CNCO "Reggaetón Lento (Bailemos)" 2016
Elenco de Soy Luna (Karol Sevilla, Ruggero Pasquarelli, Michael Ronda, Valentina Zenere, Carolina Kopelioff, Agustín Bernasconi, Gastón Vietto, Katja Martínez, Malena Ratner, Jorge López, Ana Jara, Lionel Ferro & Chiara Parravicini) "Alas (Radio Disney Vivo)"
Wanna One "Energetic" 2017
iKon "Love Scenario" 2018
BTS "Fake Love"
Twice "Dance the Night Away"
IU "Bbibbi"
Itzy "Icy" 2019
Red Velvet "Psycho" 2020
Blackpink "How You Like That"
Red Velvet "Queendom" 2021
BigBang "Still Life" 2022
Le Sserafim "Antifragile"
(G)I-dle "Queencard" 2023
Taeyeon "To. X" 2024
IU "Love Wins All"
Illit "Magnetic"
NewJeans "How Sweet"
Lee Young-ji "Small Girl"
Day6 "Melt Down"
Rosé and Bruno Mars "APT."
G-Dragon "Home Sweet Home" 2024-2025
Ive "Rebel Heart" 2025
G-Dragon "Too Bad"
Blackpink "Jump"
Aespa "Rich Man"
Nmixx "Blue Valentine"
BTS "Swim" 2026
Top 10 Highest Scores (1st – 3rd system)
Rank Artist Song Score Date
1st IU "The Red Shoes" 9,846 October 19, 2013
2nd Infinite "Destiny" 9,770 July 23, 2013
3rd Shinee "Everybody" 9,641 October 26, 2013
4th Apink "Mr. Chu" 9,447 April 12, 2014
5th Exo-K "Overdose" 9,257 May 17, 2014
6th Exo "Miracles in December" 9,032 December 21, 2013
7th "Growl" 8,666 August 24, 2013
8th Shinhwa "This Love" 8,540 June 1, 2013
9th B1A4 "What's Going On?" 8,479 May 18, 2013
10th Sistar "Give It To Me" 8,473 June 29, 2013
Top 10 Highest Scores (4th system)
Rank Artist Song Score Date
1st Beast "Good Luck" 10,000 June 28, 2014
2nd Girls' Generation "Lion Heart" 9,699 September 19, 2015
3rd Exo "Love Me Right" 9,666 June 13, 2015
4th Girls' Generation "Party" 9,660 July 18, 2015
5th Exo "Love Me Right" 9,562 June 20, 2015
6th BigBang "Let's Not Fall in Love" 9,472 August 22, 2015
7th Shinee "View" 9,251 June 6, 2015
8th Apink "Luv" 9,237 December 6, 2014
9th Beast "12:30" 9,197 November 1, 2014
10th VIXX "Love Equation" 9,094 March 7, 2015
Top 10 Highest Scores (5th system)
Rank Artist Song Score Date
1st BTS "Fake Love" 10,000 June 2, 2018
"Boy with Luv" April 27, 2019
2nd Twice "Heart Shaker" 9,929 December 23, 2017
3rd "Dance the Night Away" 9,792 July 21, 2018
4th Wanna One "Energetic" 9,703 August 19, 2017
5th Red Velvet "Red Flavor" 9,427 July 22, 2017
6th "Power Up" 9,387 August 18, 2018
7th Exo "Ko Ko Bop" 9,316 August 5, 2017
8th Wanna One "Boomerang" 9,289 March 31, 2018
9th Exo "Ko Ko Bop" 9,266 August 12, 2017
10th Winner "Everyday" 9,112 April 14, 2018
Top 10 Highest Scores (6th system)
Rank Artist Song Score Date
1st Red Velvet "Psycho" 10,895 January 4, 2020
2nd BTS "On" 10,518 March 7, 2020
3rd Taeyeon "Spark" 9,740 November 9, 2019
4th Red Velvet "Psycho" 9,398 January 11, 2020
5th IU "Love Poem" 8,830 November 16, 2019
6th AKMU "How Can I Love the Heartbreak, You're the One I Love" 8,390 October 26, 2019
7th BTS "On" 8,288 February 29, 2020
8th Zico "Any Song" 8,267 February 1, 2020
9th Exo "Obsession" 8,194 December 7, 2019
10th Red Velvet "Psycho" 8,047 January 18, 2020
Top 10 Highest Scores (7th – 9th system)
Rank Artist Song Score Date
1st BTS "Life Goes On" 11,881 December 5, 2020
2nd 10,981 December 12, 2020
3rd Twice "More & More" 10,871 June 13, 2020
4th Apink "Dumhdurum" 10,780 April 25, 2020
5th BTS "Life Goes On" 10,656 November 28, 2020
6th "Dynamite" 10,602 September 26, 2020
7th Blackpink "How You Like That" 10,464 July 11, 2020
8th BTS "Dynamite" 10,319 October 10, 2020
9th IU "Celebrity" 10,204 February 6, 2021
10th Apink "Dumhdurum" 10,147 May 2, 2020
Top 10 Highest Scores (10th – 11th system)
Rank Artist Song Score Date
1st Kang Daniel "Antidote" 10,702 April 24, 2021
2nd "Paranoia" 10,323 February 27, 2021
3rd NCT Dream "Hot Sauce" 10,000 May 22, 2021
4th Shinee "Don't Call Me" 9,546 March 6, 2021
5th NU'EST "Inside Out" 8,800 May 1, 2021
6th Rosé "On the Ground" 8,394 March 27, 2021
7th BTS "Butter" 8,344 May 29, 2021
8th Lim Young-woong "My Starry Love" 8,292 March 20, 2021
9th Highlight "Not The End" 7,504 May 15, 2021
10th IU "Lilac" 6,949 May 8, 2021
Top 10 Highest Scores (12th system)
Rank Artist Song Score Date
1st NCT Dream "Beatbox" 9,800 June 11, 2022
2nd Ive "I Am" 9,668 April 22, 2023
3rd Plave "Dash" 9,571 February 15, 2025
4th NCT Dream "ISTJ" 9,420 July 29, 2023
5th The Boyz "Roar" 9,401 March 4, 2023
6th NCT Dream "Glitch Mode" 9,300 April 9, 2022
7th Seventeen "Maestro" 9,278 May 11, 2024
8th Shinee "Hard" 9,196 July 8, 2023
9th Ive "After Like" 9,191 September 3, 2022
10th Aespa "Savage" 9,099 October 16, 2021
Top 10 Highest Scores (all time)
Rank Artist Song Score Date
1st BTS "Life Goes On" 11,881 December 5, 2020
2nd 10,981 December 12, 2020
3rd Red Velvet "Psycho" 10,895 January 4, 2020
4th Twice "More & More" 10,871 June 13, 2020
5th Apink "Dumhdurum" 10,780 April 25, 2020
6th Kang Daniel "Antidote" 10,702 April 24, 2021
7th BTS "Life Goes On" 10,656 November 28, 2020
8th "Dynamite" 10,602 September 26, 2020
9th "On" 10,518 March 7, 2020
10th Blackpink "How You Like That" 10,464 July 11, 2020

Quintuple Crown

Starting from February 27, 2021, Show! Music Core implemented the Quintuple Crown, which is a song that has received first place five times. After that, the song is removed from the chart and ineligible to win again.

List of Quintuple Crowns
Artist Song Wins
2021
BTS "Butter" May 29, June 5, June 12, June 19, June 26
IU "Strawberry Moon" October 30, November 20, November 27, December 4, December 11
2023
(G)I-dle "Queencard" May 27, June 3, June 10, June 24, July 1

Triple Crown

Starting from April 13, 2024, Show! Music Core implemented the Triple Crown, which is a song that has received first place three times. After that, the song is removed from the chart and ineligible to win again.

List of Triple Crowns
Artist Song Wins Ref.
2024
Illit "Magnetic" April 13, April 20, April 27
NewJeans "How Sweet" June 8, June 15, June 22
Lee Young-ji "Small Girl" July 6, July 13, July 20
Day6 "Melt Down" September 14, September 21, September 28
Rosé & Bruno Mars "Apt." November 2, November 9, November 16
2025
G-Dragon "Home Sweet Home" December 21, January 11, January 18
Ive "Rebel Heart" January 25, February 8, February 22
G-Dragon "Too Bad" March 8, March 15, March 29
Blackpink "Jump" August 2, August 16, August 23
Aespa "Rich Man" September 20, September 27, October 4
Nmixx "Blue Valentine" October 25, November 15, November 22
2026
BTS "Swim" April 4, April 11, April 18
Cortis "RedRed" May 16, May 23, May 30
I.O.I "Suddenly" June 13, June 27, July 4

Controversy

On 20 April 2013, MBC introduced a brand new ranking system for Show! Music Core, and as such had nominated INFINITE, K.Will, Davichi, and Lee Hi for the first place award. Singer K.Will was mistakenly announced as the winner. He looked confused, and was about to say thanks when the Show! Music Core staff quickly informed everyone on stage that there had been a mistake and that INFINITE was the actual winner. K.Will laughed it off and said: "It's okay, I'm okay." He shouted, "I love INFINITE!" The INFINITE members looked unsure about accepting the trophy.[citation needed]

Afterwards, the staff of the show was highly criticized by viewers. The staff made a statement on their official board and said,

This is the 'Show! Music Core' staff. There was a mistake in announcing the 1st-place winner on the 20 April broadcast. This was a mistake because the text votes were mixed up for the two 1st place nominees. The two team's scores are 100% fair results. The text votes accumulation company has promised to work harder to keep this from happening again. Please excuse us for not running a smooth live broadcast. Thank you.

Notes

  1. ↑ Brian was absent for episode 27, (May 13, 2006), episode 29, (May 27, 2006), episode 48, (October 21, 2006), and episode 49 (November 4, 2006)
  2. ↑ Kim Hyunjoong was absent for episode 58, dated January 13, 2007
  3. ↑ Ahn Sohee was absent for episodes 79-80, dates June 23 - 30, 2007
  4. ↑ Brian was absent for episode 85, dated August 4, 2007
  5. ↑ Kangin was absent for episode 82, dated July 14, 2007
  6. ↑ T.O.P was absent for episode 103 (January 5, 2008), episode 114 (March 29, 2008), and episode 116 (April 12, 2008)
  7. ↑ Ahn Sohee was absent for episodes 105-106, dates January 19 - 26, 2008 and episodes 109-111 dates February 23 - March 8, 2008
  8. ↑ Sunye was absent for episode 105 (January 19, 2008) and episodes 109-111 dates February 23 - March 8, 2008
  9. ↑ Seungri was absent for episode 120 (May 24, 2008), episode 122 (June 7, 2008) episode 132 (August 16, 2008), and episode 152 (January 31, 2009)
  10. ↑ Daesung was absent for episode 120 (May 24, 2008), episode 122 (June 7, 2008), episode 132 (August 16, 2008), episode 152 (January 31, 2009), and episode 156 (March 7, 2009)
  11. ↑ Tiffany was absent for episode 165 (May 9, 2009), 180 dated September 5, 2009 and episode 182 dated September 19, 2009 2010 episode dated June 19
  12. ↑ Yuri was absent for episode 165 (May 9, 2009) dated March 6, 2010
  13. ↑ Taeyeon was absent for the 2012 episodes dated April 7, July 28, August 4, August 18, August 25, September 22, September 29, October 20, November 10, November 24, December 1, and the 2013 episodes dated January 19, February 9, February 23, March 9, March 16 and April 6
  14. ↑ Seohyun was absent for the 2012 episodes dated July 28, August 4, August 18, August 25, September 22, September 29, October 20, November 10, November 24, December 1, and the 2013 episodes dated January 19, February 9, February 23, March 9, March 16 and April 6
  15. ↑ Tiffany was absent for the 2012 episodes dated February 18, April 7, July 28, August 4, August 18, August 25, September 22, September 29, October 20, November 10, November 24, December 1, and the 2013 episodes dated January 19, February 9, February 23, March 9, March 16 and April 6
  16. ↑ Minho was absent for the 2013 episodes dated June 29, July 6, August 3, August 10, August 24, October 5, October 19, October 26, and November 30 as well as the 2014 episodes dated January 4, January 18, February 8, April 5, May 31, June 7.
  17. ↑ Kim Sohyun was absent for the episode dated May 31, 2014.
  18. ↑ Noh Hongchul was absent for the 2014 episodes dated July 5 and July 12.
  19. ↑ Minho was absent for the 2015 episodes dated March 21 and April 25.
  20. ↑ Sohyun was absent for the 2015 episode dated April 25
  21. ↑ Zico was absent for the 2014 episodes dated August 30 and September 13 and the 2015 episode dated April 25.
  22. ↑ Cha Eun Woo was absent for the 2017 episode dated September 2 (ep. 567) and the 2018 episodes dated January 20 (ep. 575) and February 3 (ep. 577).
  23. ↑ Xiyeon was absent for the 2017 episode dated December 16, 2017 (ep. 571), and the 2018 episodes dated January 20 (ep. 575) and February 3 (ep. 577)
  24. ↑ Ong Seong-wu absent for the 2018 episodes dated May 12 (ep. 587), June 2 (ep. 590), June 23 (ep. 593), June 30 (ep. 594), July 7 (ep. 595), July 14 (ep. 596), July 21 (ep. 597), August 4 (ep. 599) and August 11 (ep. 600), August 18 (ep. 601), September 8 (ep. 602).
  25. ↑ Mark Lee was absent for the 2018 episodes dated April 28 (ep. 586), May 19 (ep. 588), June 23 (ep. 593), and August 11 (ep. 600).
  26. ↑ Mina was absent for the 2018 episode dated December 8, 2018 (ep. 612) as well as the 2019 episodes dated October 19 (ep. 652) and November 9 (ep. 655)
  27. ↑ Mark was absent for the 2018 episodes dated October 6 (ep. 605) and October 27 (ep. 608).
  28. ↑ Mina was absent for the episode dated December 8, 2018 (ep. 612) as well as the 2019 episodes dated October 19 (ep. 652) and November 9 (ep. 655).
  29. ↑ Chani was absent for the 2019 episodes dated April 20 (ep. 629), April 27 (ep. 630), May 11 (ep. 631), August 10 (ep. 644), August 17 (ep. 645), September 21 (ep. 649), November 16 (ep. 656), December 7 (ep. 658), December 21 (ep. 660), and December 28 (ep. 661) as well as the 2020 episode dated February 29 (ep. 669).
  30. ↑ Hyunjin was absent for the 2019 episodes dated February 23 (ep. 622), April 27 (ep. 630), May 18 (ep. 632), August 3rd (ep. 643), September 28 (ep. 650), November 2 (ep. 654), and November 23 (ep. 657) and for the 2020 episodes dated February 1 (ep. 665), February 8 (ep. 666), February 15 (ep. 667)
  31. ↑ Kim Minju was absent for the 2022 episode dated September 17 (ep. 779) and the 2023 episode dated January 14 (ep. 793)
  32. ↑ Jungwoo was absent for the 2021 episode dated December 18 (ep. 751) and the 2022 dates of May 21 - June 4 (ep. 766-767), July 2 (ep. 770), August 13 - September 17 (ep. 775-779), October 8-22 (ep. 782-783), December 3-10 (ep. 788-789), as well as the 2023 episodes dated January 7-28 (ep. 792-794).
  33. ↑ Lee Know was absent for the 2022 episodes dated January 15 (ep. 754), January 22 (ep. 756), March 16-26 (ep. 759-760), April 30 (ep. 763), June 11 - July 23 (ep. 768-773), September 17 (ep. 779), November 12-19 (ep. 785-786), and December 3 (ep. 788) as well as the 2023 episode dated January 7 (ep. 792).
  34. ↑ Jungwoo was absent for the episode dated February 25 (ep. 798).
  35. ↑ Lee Know was absent for the episodes dated February 4 - March 11 (ep. 795-800) and March 25 - April 8 (ep. 802-803).
  36. ↑ Jungwoo was absent for the episodes dated May 27 (ep. 810), June 24 (ep. 814), July 22 (ep. 818), August 19 - 26 (ep. 822-823), September 9-23 (ep. 825-827), October 21-28 (ep. 829-830)
  37. ↑ Lee Know was absent for the episodes dated May 13 (ep. 808), July 01 (ep. 815), July 22 (ep. 818), August 19 (ep. 822), September 2-23 (ep. 824-827), and October 21-28 (ep. 829-830).
  38. ↑ Sullyoon was absent for the 2023 episodes dated May 6-13 (ep. 807-808), August 19 (ep. 822), and October 14 (ep. 828)
  39. ↑ Sullyoon was absent for the 2023 episode and December 9 (ep. 836).
  40. ↑ Younghoon was absent for the 2023 episode dated December 9 (ep. 836) and the 2024 episodes dated January 13 (ep. 838) and February 3 (ep. 841).

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