List of M Countdown Chart winners (2012)

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 2012, 28 singles ranked number one on the chart and 26 music acts were awarded first-place trophies. Nine songs collected trophies for three weeks and achieved a triple crown: "Twinkle" by Girls' Generation-TTS, "The Chaser" by Infinite, "Electric Shock" by f(x), "Sexy, Free & Single" by Super Junior, "Beautiful Night" by Beast, "Gangnam Style" by Psy, "Crayon" by G-Dragon, "1,2,3,4" by Lee Hi, and "Return" by Lee Seung-gi. No release for the year earned a perfect score, but "Twinkle" by Girls' Generation-TTS acquired the highest point total on the May 10 broadcast with a score of 9,357.

Scoring system

22 December 2011 – 23 August 2012

Digital Single Sales 45%, Album Sales 10%, Global Fan Vote 15%, Mnet Broadcasting 5%, Preferences of Music Experts 10%, Real-Time Charts 5%, SMS Vote 10%.

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%.

Chart history

Key

	Triple Crown
	Highest score of the year
—	No show was held

Date	Artist	Song	Points	Ref.
January 5	Apink	"My My"	8,224	[1]
January 12	T-ara	"Lovey-Dovey"	8,097	[2]
January 19			8,588	[3]
January 26	MBLAQ	"This Is War"	8,865	[4]
February 2			8,869	[5]
February 9	F.T. Island	"Severely"	8,637	[6]
February 16	Seven	"When I Can't Sing"	8,876	[7]
February 23	F.T. Island	"Severely"	8,689	[8]
March 1	Miss A	"Touch"	8,734	[9]
March 8	Big Bang	"Blue"	9,081	[10]
March 15		Fantastic Baby	9,096	[11]
March 22			9,204	[12]
March 29	Shinee	"Sherlock (Clue + Note)"	9,081	[13]
April 5	CNBLUE	"Hey You"	8,864	[14]
April 12	Busker Busker	"Cherry Blossom Ending"	8,577	[15]
April 19	Shinhwa	"Venus"	8,810	[16]
April 26	Sistar	"Alone"	8,182	[17][18]
May 3	4Minute	"Volume Up"	8,105	[19]
May 10	Girls' Generation-TTS	"Twinkle"	9,355	[20]
May 17			9,357	[21]
May 24			8,831	[22]
May 31	Infinite	"The Chaser"	—	[23]
June 7			8,703	[24]
June 14			8,422	[25]
June 21	f(x)	"Electric Shock"	9,296	[26]
June 28			—	[27][28]
July 5			8,940
July 12	Super Junior	"Sexy, Free & Single"	8,837	[29]
July 19			8,658	[30]
July 26			8,432	[31]
August 2	Beast	"Beautiful Night"	8,696	[32]
August 9			8,876	[33]
August 16			8,951	[34]
August 23	Psy	"Gangnam Style"	8,423	[35]
August 30			8,561	[36]
September 6			8,637	[37][38]
September 13	Kara	"Pandora"	8,515	[39]
September 20	F.T. Island	"I Wish"	7,264	[40]
September 27	G-Dragon	"Crayon"	8,924	[41]
October 4			—	[citation needed]
October 11
October 18	Gain	"Bloom"	7,533	[42]
October 25	K.Will	"Please Don't..."	—	[43]
November 1			8,418	[44]
November 8	Lee Hi	"1,2,3,4"	7,890	[45][46]
November 15			8,454	[47]
November 22			—	[48]
November 29	Lee Seung-gi	"Return"		[49][50][51]
December 6
December 13			8,593
December 20	Yang Yo-seob	"Caffeine"	9,267	[52]
December 27			—	[53]