The Inkigayo Chart is a music program record chart on Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) that gives an award to the best-performing single of the week in South Korea. In 2020, the chart measured digital performance in domestic online music services (5,500 points), social media via YouTube views (3,000 points), album sales (1,000 points), network on-air time (1,000 points), and advanced viewer votes (500 points), a method that had been in use since February 3, 2019. Songs that spend three weeks at number one are awarded a Triple Crown and are removed from the chart and ineligible to win again. In 2020, the show was hosted by Monsta X member Lee Min-hyuk, NCT member Jaehyun, and April member Lee Na-eun. They had been hosting the show together since October 20, 2019.

In 2020, 26 singles ranked number one on the chart and 21 music acts received an award trophy for this feat. Eleven songs collected trophies for three weeks and earned a Triple Crown: Red Velvet's "Psycho", Zico's "Any Song", BTS's "On", "Dynamite", and "Life Goes On", Itzy's "Wannabe", IU's "Eight", Blackpink's "How You Like That", "Ice Cream" and "Lovesick Girls", and Hwasa's "María". Three groups achieved their first number one on the chart in 2020. Girl group (G)I-dle achieved their first ever number one on the chart on the April 19 episode with their single "Oh My God". They went on to achieve another number one with "Dumdi Dumdi" in August. Iz*One, formed through the third season of Produce 101, gained their first Inkigayo number one with "Secret Story of the Swan" in June. Their single "Panorama" also ranked number one on the December 20 broadcast. Finally, on the February 23 broadcast, Noel's "Late Night" helped the boy band achieve their first number one on the chart.

Five soloists won their first Inkigayo award in 2020. Suho of Exo and Taemin of Shinee had their first number one on the chart with their singles "Let's Love" and "Idea", respectively. Mamamoo member Hwasa won her first ever Inkigayo award with her single "María". The single went on to rank number one for three consecutive weeks and achieved a Triple Crown. BTS ranked three singles at number one on the chart in 2020, with "On", "Dynamite" and "Life Goes On". All three singles ranked number one for three weeks and achieved Triple Crowns. Their single "On" went on to accumulate 10,627 points on the March 8 broadcast, making it the single with the highest points of the year. Member Suga ranked number one on the chart with "Eight" as a featured artist. The single also achieved a Triple Crown. In addition to BTS, girl group Blackpink also had three number one singles in 2020: "How You Like That", "Ice Cream" and "Lovesick Girls". The latter two singles helped the group rank number one for six weeks in a row, the first time this had occurred. Twice had two number one singles in 2020, achieved with "More & More" and "I Can't Stop Me". The latter went on to achieve a Triple Crown the following year.

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 1,029 Red Velvet "Psycho" 10,028 1,030 8,992 1,031 7,644 — Zico "Any Song" 7,038 1,032 9,033 1,033 8,464 1,034 GFriend "Crossroads" 5,999 1,035 Noel "Late Night" 5,864 1,036 BTS "On" 7,393 1,037 10,627 1,038 9,682 1,039 Itzy "Wannabe" 10,108 1,040 9,315 1,041 7,752 1,042 Suho "Let's Love" 5,707 1,043 (G)I-dle "Oh My God" 8,332 1,044 Apink "Dumhdurum" 9,103 1,045 6,553 1,046 Oh My Girl "Nonstop" 9,737 1,047 IU "Eight" 8,853 1,048 8,834 1,049 7,588 1,050 Baekhyun "Candy" 7,767 1,051 Twice "More & More" 10,558 1,052 9,309 1,053 Iz*One "Secret Story of the Swan" 6,911 1,054 Blackpink "How You Like That" 6,027 1,055 8,973 1,056 8,929 1,057 Hwasa "María" 6,936 1,058 7,889 1,059 8,045 1,060 (G)I-dle "Dumdi Dumdi" 7,143 1,061 7,007 1,062 BTS "Dynamite" 6,397 1,063 8,935 1,064 8,626 1,065 Blackpink and Selena Gomez "Ice Cream" 6,484 1,066 6,428 — 6,267 1,067 Blackpink "Lovesick Girls" 6,376 1,068 10,239 1,069 7,532 — Seventeen "Home;Run" 6,889 1,070 Twice "I Can't Stop Me" 7,460 1,071 6,965 1,072 Taemin "Idea" 5,911 1,073 BTS "Life Goes On" 6,758 1,074 10,234 1,075 9,196 — Iz*One "Panorama" 6,907 — Taeyeon "What Do I Call You" 5,744

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