The Inkigayo Chart is a music program record chart that gives an award to the best-performing single of the week in South Korea. The 2017 chart measured digital performance in domestic online music services (5,500 points), social media via YouTube views (3,500 points), advanced viewer votes (500 points), and album sales (500 points) in its ranking methodology. The candidates for the number-one song of the week received additional points from live votes (1,000 points). Utilization of live votes was discontinued in February. Songs that spend three weeks at number one are awarded a Triple Crown and are removed from the chart and ineligible to win again. Twice member Jeongyeon, actress Gong Seung-yeon, and actor Kim Min-seok had hosted the show since July 2016 and continued to do so until January 22, 2017. Got7 member Park Jin-young, Blackpink member Jisoo, and NCT member Doyoung were announced as new hosts the following week.
In 2017, there were 30 singles that ranked number one on the chart and 22 music acts received award trophies for this feat. Eight songs collected trophies for three weeks and earned a Triple Crown: BigBang's "Fxxk It", IU's "Palette", Blackpink's "As If It's Your Last", Sunmi's "Gashina", BTS's "DNA", and Twice's "Knock Knock", "Signal", and "Likey". Five acts ranked more than one single at number one on the chart in 2017. Boy groups Exo and BTS achieved two singles at number one with "Ko Ko Bop" and "Power", and "Spring Day" and "DNA", respectively. BTS's "DNA" went on to achieve a triple crown in October. Soloist IU achieved two number one singles on the chart in 2017 with "Through The Night" and "Palette"; the latter went on to rank number one for three consecutive weeks and achieved a triple crown on the May 14 broadcast. Girl group Red Velvet ranked three number one singles on the chart in 2017: "Rookie", "Red Flavor", and "Peek-a-Boo". The only other girl group to rank more than one single at number one was Twice. They ranked four singles at number one on the chart throughout the year. Their singles "Knock Knock", "Signal", and "Likey" ranked number one for three weeks each and achieved triple crowns in 2017, while "Heart Shaker" went on to achieve a triple crown the following year. The four songs spent a total of 11 weeks atop the chart, making Twice the act with the most wins of the year. Of all releases for the year, BigBang's "Fxxk It" acquired the highest point total on the January 8 broadcast with a score of 10,500. The single also achieved a triple crown.
Boy group Wanna One received its first Inkigayo trophy with its debut song "Energetic". BtoB's number one with "Missing You" on the October 29 broadcast helped them achieve their first number one on the chart more than six years after their debut. "Some" gained music duo Bolbbalgan4 its first award on the program. Singer Jung Key won his first award with "Anymore" despite a lack of promotional activities on music programs. "Gashina" earned Sunmi her first music show award since leaving JYP Entertainment and signing with MakeUs Entertainment. She also achieved her first Triple Crown. Soloist Minseo took her first award win for "Yes".
Chart history
+Key Indicates the song achieved a Triple Crown Indicates the highest score of the year — No show was held
+ Episode Date Artist Song Points 894 BigBang "Fxxk It" 10,186 895 10,500 896 Shinhwa "Touch" 7,378 897 8,873 — I.O.I "Downpour" 5,558 898 Dynamic Duo & Chen "Nosedive" 6,703 899 Red Velvet "Rookie" 8,075 900 8,901 901 BTS "Spring Day" 8,643 902 Twice "Knock Knock" 9,688 903 8,976 — 9,421 904 Jung Key "Anymore" 5,407 905 Highlight "Plz Don't Be Sad" 9,274 906 IU "Through The Night" 7,576 — Winner "Really Really" 8,811 907 7,836 908 IU "Palette" 6,250 909 9,790 910 8,691 911 Psy "I Luv It" 8,546 912 Twice "Signal" 9,190 913 10,421 914 9,499 915 G-Dragon "Untitled, 2014" 9,000 916 8,768 917 Blackpink "As If It's Your Last" 7,685 918 8,652 919 7,944 920 Red Velvet "Red Flavor" 9,467 921 Exo "Ko Ko Bop" 8,372 922 8,346 923 GFriend "Love Whisper" 8,915 924 Wanna One "Energetic" 9,965 925 6,494 926 Sunmi "Gashina" 6,943 927 7,385 — Exo "Power" 6,483 928 Sunmi "Gashina" 7,335 929 BTS "DNA" 7,422 930 7,421 931 6,475 — Bolbbalgan4 "Some" 6,514 932 BtoB "Missing You" 9,238 933 6,594 934 Twice "Likey" 9,808 935 8,744 936 7,707 937 Minseo "Yes" 5,936 938 Red Velvet "Peek-a-Boo" 8,295 939 Zion.T "Snow" 6,637 — Twice "Heart Shaker" 10,236 — 8,878
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