List of M Countdown Chart winners (2018)

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.

iKon (top) and Blackpink (bottom) achieved the only triple crowns of the year with "Love Scenario" and "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" respectively.

"Fake Love" by BTS (top) and "I Want You" by Shinee (bottom) earned the only perfect scores of the year, on episodes 572 and 575 respectively.

In 2018, 35 singles ranked number one on the chart and 21 music acts were awarded first-place trophies. Two songs collected trophies for three weeks and achieved a triple crown: "Love Scenario" by iKon, and "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" by Blackpink. Of all releases for the year, only two songs earned a perfect score of 11,000 points: "Fake Love" by BTS and "I Want You" by Shinee.

Scoring system

11 June 2015 – 12 April 2018

Scoring System: Digital Music Sales (50%), Album Sales (15%), Social Media Score (YouTube official music video views + SNS buzz) (15%), Popularity Score (global fan votes + age range preference) (10%), Mnet Broadcast Score (10%) + SMS Voting Score (10%).

26 April 2018 – 21 May 2020

Scoring System: Digital Music Sales (45%), Album Sales (15%), Social Media Score (YouTube official music video views + SNS buzz) (20%), Global Fan Votes (10%), Mnet Broadcast Score (10%), SMS Live Vote 10%.

Chart history

iKon (top), Twice (center), and Wanna One (bottom) each ranked three singles at number one with iKon garnering a combined six wins, the most of any act in 2018.

Momoland achieved their first ever music show win with "Bboom Bboom" on episode 553.

Iz*One received their first ever music show win for their debut single "La Vie en Rose" on episode 595.

Mino, of boy group Winner, received his first music show award as a soloist for "Fiancé" on episode 598.

(G)I-dle (top) and Monsta X (bottom) received their first ever M Countdown trophies on episodes 571 and 594 with "Latata" and "Shoot Out" respectively.

Key

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

Episode	Date	Artist	Song	Points	Ref.
—	January 4	No Broadcast or Winner			[1]
553	January 11	Momoland	"Bboom Bboom"	7,811	[2]
554	January 18	Infinite	"Tell Me"	10,554	[3]
555	January 25	Sunmi	"Heroine"	7,919	[4][5]
556	February 1	iKon	"Love Scenario"	7,789	[6]
557	February 8	Red Velvet	"Bad Boy"	10,032	[7]
558	February 15			—	[8]
559	February 22	Momoland	"Bboom Bboom"	8,834	[9]
560	March 1	iKon	"Love Scenario"	8,467	[10]
561	March 8			8,001	[11]
562	March 15	Mamamoo	"Starry Night"	9,820	[12]
563	March 22			7,938	[13]
564	March 29	Wanna One	"Boomerang"	10,805	[14]
565	April 5			9,981	[15]
566	April 12	Winner	"Everyday"	9,687	[16]
567	April 19	Twice	"What Is Love?"	—	[17]
568	April 26			9,360	[18]
569	May 3	Winner	"Everyday"	7,463	[19]
570	May 10	GFriend	"Time for the Moon Night"	10,700	[20]
—	May 17	No Broadcast or Winner			[21]
571	May 24	(G)I-dle	"Latata"	8,183	[22]
572	May 31	BTS	"Fake Love"	11,000	[23]
573	June 7			9,666	[24]
574	June 14	Wanna One	"Light"	10,320	[25]
575	June 21	Shinee	"I Want You"	11,000	[26]
576	June 28	Blackpink	"Ddu-Du Ddu-Du"	8,706	[27]
577	July 5			—	[28]
578	July 12				[29]
579	July 19	Twice	"Dance the Night Away"	10,933	[30]
580	July 26	Seventeen	"Oh My!"	8,546	[31]
581	August 2	Mamamoo	"Egotistic"	7,731	[32]
582	August 9	iKon	"Killing Me"	7,888	[33]
—	August 16	M Countdown No.1 Special			[34][35]
583	August 23	Red Velvet	"Power Up"	8,761	[36]
584	August 24	KCON 2018 LA x M COUNTDOWN, No Winner			[34]
585	August 30	Red Velvet	"Power Up"	8,444	[37]
586	September 6	(G)I-dle	"Hann"	7,213	[38]
587	September 13	Sunmi	"Siren"	7,624	[39][40]
588	September 20			7,381	[41]
589	September 27	Got7	"Lullaby"	—	[42]
590	October 4			10,595	[43]
591	October 11	iKon	"Goodbye Road"	—	[44]
592	October 18			8,286	[45]
593	October 25	NCT 127	"Regular"	10,000	[46]
594	November 1	Monsta X	"Shoot Out"	6,349	[47]
595	November 8	Iz*One	"La Vie en Rose"	10,884	[48]
596	November 15	Twice	"Yes or Yes"	8,695	[49][50]
—	November 22	Special Broadcast of Wanna One Comeback Show			[51]
597	November 29	Wanna One	"Spring Breeze"	—	[52]
598	December 6	Mino	"Fiancé"		[53]
—	December 13	Special Edition (KCON Japan 2018)			[54]
—	December 20				[55]
599	December 27	Winner	"Millions"	—	[56]