Show! Music Core

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.

Show! Music Core
Logo used since June 1, 2019
Hangul	쇼! 음악중심
Hanja	쇼! 音樂中心
Revised Romanization	Syo! Eumakjungsim
McCune–Reischauer	Syo! Ŭmakchungsim
Genre	Music
Presented by	Noh Yu-na (Hearts2Hearts) Kim Do-hoon (TWS) Kim Gyu-vin (Zerobaseone)
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	862
Production
Running time	80 minutes
Production company	MBC Entertainment
Original release
Network	MBC (live) MBC M (tape delay)
Release	October 29, 2005 (2005-10-29) – present

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 (인기가요 베스트 50)
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 (생방송 음악캠프)

Live Music Camp was cancelled due to a broadcast accident of revealing genitalia.^[1]

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.

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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."^[4]

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][5]}

On April 5, 2017, MBC announced that they would, yet again, return to their chart ranking system since April 22, 2017.^[6]

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

Zerobaseone's Kim Gyu-vin (left), Hearts2Hearts's A-Na (center), and TWS's Dohoon (right) are hosting the show as of March 1, 2025

Date	Host(s)	Guest Host(s)
October 29, 2005 – April 29, 2006	Shin Dong-wook, Hong Soo-ah	-
May 6 – November 4, 2006	Brian, Jang Mi-inae	-
November 11, 2006 – March 31, 2007	Brian, Kim Hyun-joong	-
April 7 - May 5, 2007	Brian	[i]
May 12 – June 30, 2007	Brian, Ahn So-hee, Hyuna	-
July 7 – November 3, 2007	Brian, Kang-in	-
November 10, 2007 – April 26, 2008	T.O.P, Ahn So-hee, Sunye	-
May 10, 2008 – March 28, 2009	Seungri, Daesung, Sol Bi	-
April 4, 2009 – September 4, 2010	Tiffany[a], Yuri[b]	[ii]
September 11, 2010	Hyuna, Hongki, Sunhwa	-
September 18, 2010	Eunhyuk, Lizzy, Krystal	-
September 25, 2010	Shin Hyun-joon, Jung Joon-ho	-
October 2, 2010	Oh Sang-jin, Son Dam-bi	-
October 9, 2010	Sandara Park, Minzy	-
October 16, 2010	Key, Taemin, Min	-
October 23, 2010	Junho, Chansung	-
October 30, 2010 – July 9, 2011	Onew, Minho, Suzy, Jiyeon	-
July 16 – October 8, 2011	Suzy, Jiyeon	-
October 15, 2011 – January 28, 2012	Tiffany, Yuri	-
February 4, 2012	Hongki, Jaejin, Jonghoon	-
February 11, 2012	Chunji, Niel, L.Joe	-
February 18, 2012 - April 13, 2013	Taeyeon,[c] Seohyun,[d] Tiffany[e]	[iii]
April 20, 2013 – July 12, 2014	Minho,[f] Kim So-hyun,[g] Noh Hong-chul[h]	[iv]
July 19, 2014 – April 25, 2015	Minho,[i] Kim So-hyun,[j] Zico[k]	[v]
May 2 – November 14, 2015	Minho, N, Yeri	-
November 21, 2015 – September 24, 2016	Kim Sae-ron, Kim Min-jae	-
October 1, 2016 – April 15, 2017	Kim Sae-ron, Cha Eun-woo, Lee Soo-min	-
April 22, 2017 – February 3, 2018	Cha Eun-woo,[l] Xiyeon[m]	[vi]
February 24 – September 22, 2018	Ong Seong-wu,[n] Mina, Mark [o]	[vii]
September 29, 2018 – January 12, 2019	Mina,[p] Mark Lee[q]	[viii]
January 19 - February 2, 2019	Mina, Cha Eun-woo	[ix]
February 16, 2019 – May 30, 2020	Mina,[r] Chani,[s] Hyunjin [t]	[x]
June 13, 2020 – February 6, 2021	Chani, Hyunjin, Kim Min-ju	-
February 20 - April 24 2021	Chani, Kim Min-ju	[xi]
May 1 – July 17, 2021	Chani, Kim Min-ju, Yeji	[xii]
August 14, 2021 - January 28, 2023	Kim Min-ju,[u] Jungwoo,[v] Lee Know [w]	[xiii]
February 4, 2023 - April 8, 2023	Jungwoo[x] and Lee Know[y]	[xiv]
April 15 - November 4, 2023[7]	Jungwoo,[z] Lee Know,[aa] Sullyoon[ab]	[xv]
November 11, 2023 – February 15, 2025[8][9]	Sullyoon,[ac] Lee Jung-ha, Younghoon[ad]	[xvi]
March 1, 2025 – present[10]	A-Na, Dohoon, and Kim Gyu-vin	-

List of hosts

Guest Hosts

1. Bae Seul-ki (April 7); Hyuna (April 14); Ahn So-hee (April 14); Younha (April 21); Ivy (April 28); Nam Gyu-ri (May 5)
2. Sooyoung (March 6); Seohyun (March 6, June 19); Sunye (May 29); Yubin (May 29); Yonghwa (May 29, June 19); Eunhyuk (June 5); Siwon (June 5); Krystal (June 5); Seungyeon (June 12); Hara (June 12); Kim Hyun-joong (June 12); 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)
3. 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);
4. Haha (June 29); Park Hyung-sik (July 6, August 3, August 10); Yang Yo-seob (August 24);
5. Goo Hara (August 30); Lee Junho (September 13); SinB (March 21); Kangnam, Bomi, Kyunsung (April 25)
6. 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)
7. Onew and Lee Taemin (June 23, ep. 593); Choi Minho and Noh Hong-chul (August 11, ep. 600)
8. Park Sung-kwang (October 6, 13, ep.605 and 606 ); Juyeon (October 6. ep. 605); Shownu, Minhyuk, Bomin, Donghyun, Hyunjin and Bang Chan (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).
9. CNU (January 19, ep. 618)
10. 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 (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 (Feb 01, ep. 665); Jangjun from Golden Child (band) (Feb 08, ep. 666); Hongseok (Feb 15, ep. 667); Chuu (Feb 29, ep. 669)
11. 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)
12. Mark Lee (May 29, ep. 726);
13. Na Jae-min (December 18, ep 751) for 2021 and Chani (January 15, ep 754); Juyeon (January 22, ep 755); Jaejun (March 12–19, ep. 758-759); Han (March 26, ep. 760; October 22, ep. 783); 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 (July 16, July 23, ep. 772-773), December 3, ep. 788); Juyeon from The Boyz (August 20, ep. 776); Seungmin (October 8, ep. 782); Doyoung (November 12, ep. 785); Lia from Itzy (December 3, ep. 788) for 2022, and Moonbin & Sanha (January 7, ep. 792), Joohoney (January 14, ep. 793); Minhyuk (January 14, ep. 793) for 2023.
14. Johnny from NCT (February 4, February 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)
15. Karina (May 13, ep. 808); Lee Min-hyuk (May 13, ep. 808); Changbin (June 24, ep. 814), 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 ) Seunghan of Riize (October 28, ep. 830)
16. Lee Mi-joo (December 9 2023, ep. 839), Park Jin-joo(December 9, ep. 836), Eric (January 13, ep. 838), Dohoon (February 3, ep. 841)

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:

• Broadcast: MBC radio (April 22, 2017 - now) + TV (February 27, 2021 - now).
• Digital sales: Numbers of download, streaming based on Gaon digital chart. During the time that Vibe and FLO sponsor Music Core, this also include Vibe and FLO respectively as a separate criterion and that criterion is for first-place nominees only
• Live-vote: Voting during the show. Currently via text message + Mubeat app (June 5, 2021 - now). Always for 1st place nominees only.
• Physical sales: Number of copies, based on Gaon album chart
• Pre-vote: Mubeat app. Before February 27, 2021; this criterion is only for 1st place nominees only. This is held from Tuesday to Thursday (mean 4 days prior to 2 days prior; before February 27, 2021 is Tuesday to Friday, which mean 4 days prior to a day prior).
• Video views or SNS: YouTube views, only count from official MV.
• Viewer committee: A survey via official Music Core website, 2000 MBC accounts will be randomly chosen to be part of viewer committee voting. This is held from Wednesday to Thursday.

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.

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

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

List of first place winners

2013

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

List of first place winners

2014

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 1	Music Core Pre-record Show – No Chart
February 8	B1A4	"Lonely"	7,162
February 15	B.A.P	"1004 (Angel)"	8,575
February 22	Soyou & Junggigo	"Some"	7,158
March 1			7,259
March 8	Music Core 400th Episode Special
	TVXQ	"Spellbound"	9,050
March 15	Girls' Generation	"Mr.Mr."	8,303
March 22			7,537
March 29	No Chart
April 5	Park Hyo-shin	"Wild Flower"	7,576
April 12	Apink	"Mr. Chu"	9,447
April 19	AKMU	"200%"	7,446
April 26			7,965
May 3			8,490
May 10			8,754
May 17	Exo-K	"Overdose"	9,257
May 24			7,633
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 5			7,777
July 12			7,274
July 19	f(x)	"Red Light"	9,074
July 26	Girl's Day	"Darling"	7,344
August 2	Infinite	"Back"	7,154
August 9	Sistar	"Touch My Body"	9,151
August 16			8,360
August 23	Block B	"H.E.R"	8,239
August 30	Taemin	"Danger"	7,368
September 6	Sistar	"I Swear"	6,532
September 13	Super Junior	"Mamacita"	6,993
September 20			6,035
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 1	Beast	"12:30"	9,197
November 8			8,555
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 6	Apink	"Luv"	9,237
December 13			7,822
December 20			7,185
December 27	No Chart

List of first place winners^[11]

2015 – present

• 2015
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
• 2022
• 2023
• 2024
• 2025

Achievements by artists

Rank	Artist	Count
1st	BTS	40
2nd	IU	24
3rd	Exo	21
4th	Wanna One	12
	(G)I-dle
	Red Velvet
	Ive
8th	Twice	11
	Beast/Highlight
10th	Apink	10
	Taeyeon
12th	Lim Young-woong	9
	NewJeans
14th	BigBang	8
	Blackpink
	NCT 127

List of most No. 1 winners

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"		2021
7th	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"		2022
	NewJeans	"Ditto"		2023
	Jungkook	"Seven"
10th	Epik High	"Fly"	3 times	2005
	Exo	"Growl"		2013
	Beast	"Good Luck"		2014
	Exo	"Love Me Right"		2015
	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"

List of longest consecutive No. 1 songs

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 (1st – 3rd 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 (4th 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 (5th 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 (6th 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 (7th – 9th 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 (10th – 11th 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 (12th system)

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

Top 10 Highest Scores (all time)

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.^[12]

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

List of Quintuple Crowns

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.^[13]

Artist	Song	Wins	Ref.
2024
Illit	"Magnetic"	April 13, April 20, April 27	[14]
NewJeans	"How Sweet"	June 8, June 15, June 22	[15]
Lee Young-ji	"Small Girl"	July 6, July 13, July 20	[16]
Day6	"Melt Down"	September 14, September 21, September 28	[17]
Rosé & Bruno Mars	"Apt."	November 2, November 9, November 16	[18][19]
2025
G-Dragon	"Home Sweet Home"	December 21, January 11, January 18	[20][21]
Ive	"Rebel Heart"	January 25, February 8, February 22	[22][23]

List of Triple Crowns

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.

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.^[24]

Notes

1. Tiffany was absent for the 2010 episode dated June 19
2. Yuri was absent for the episode dated March 6, 2010
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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.
7. Kim Sohyun was absent for the episode dated May 31, 2014.
8. Noh Hongchul was absent for the 2014 episodes dated July 5 and July 12.
9. Minho was absent for the 2015 episodes dated March 21 and April 25.
10. Sohyun was absent for the 2015 episode dated April 25
11. Zico was absent for the 2014 episodes dated August 30 and September 13 and the 2015 episode dated April 25.
12. 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).
13. 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)
14. 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).
15. 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).
16. 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)
17. Mark was absent for the 2018 episodes dated October 6 (ep. 605) and October 27 (ep. 608).
18. 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).
19. 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).
20. 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)
21. Kim Minju was absent for the 2022 episode dated September 17 (ep. 779) and the 2023 episode dated January 14 (ep. 793)
22. Jungwoo was absent for the 2021 episode dated December 18 (ep. 751) and the 2022 episodes dated May 21 (ep. 766), June 4 (ep. 767), July 2 (ep. 770), August 13 (ep. 775), August 20 (ep. 776), August 27 (ep. 777), September 3 (ep. 778), September 17 (ep. 779), October 8 (ep. 782), October 22 (ep. 783), and December 3 (ep. 788) as well as the 2023 episodes dated January 7 (ep. 792) and January 14 (ep. 793).
23. Lee Know was absent for the 2022 episodes dated January 15 (ep. 754), January 22 (ep. 756), March 16 (ep. 759), March 26 (ep. 760), April 30 (ep. 763), June 11 (ep. 768), June 25 (ep. 769), July 2 (ep. 770), July 9 (ep. 771), July 16 (ep. 772), July 23 (ep. 773), September 17 (ep. 779), November 12 (ep. 785), and December 3 (ep. 788) as well as the 2023 episode dated January 7 (ep. 792).
24. Jungwoo was absent for the episode dated February 25 (ep. 798).
25. Lee Know was absent for the episodes dated February 4 (ep. 795), February 11 (ep. 796), February 18 (ep. 797), February 25 (ep. 798), March 4 (ep. 799), March 11 (ep. 800), March 25 (ep. 802), and April 8 (ep. 803).
26. Jungwoo was absent for the episodes dated June 24 (ep. 814), July 22 (ep. 818), August 19 (ep. 822), September 9 (ep. 825), September 16 (ep. 826), October 28 (ep. 830).
27. Lee Know was absent for the episodes dated May 13 (ep. 808), July 22 (ep. 818), August 19 (ep. 822), September 2 (ep. 824), September 9 (ep. 825), September 16 (ep. 826), and October 28 (ep. 830).
28. Sullyoon was absent for the 2023 episodes dated May 13 (ep. 808) and August 19 (ep. 822).
29. Sullyoon was absent for the 2023 episode dated December 9 (ep. 836).
30. 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).

Similar programs

• SBS Inkigayo
• KBS Music Bank
• Mnet M Countdown
• Arirang TV Simply K-Pop (formerly called The M-Wave and Wave K)
• JTBC Music Universe K-909
• MBC M Show Champion
• SBS M The Show

See also

• Music programs of South Korea
• MBC Gayo Daejejeon