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 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
+Key Triple Crown Highest score of the year — No show was held
Episode Date Artist Song Points — January 4 colspan="3" 553 January 11 Momoland "Bboom Bboom" 7,811 554 January 18 Infinite "Tell Me" 10,554 555 January 25 Sunmi "Heroine" 7,919 556 February 1 iKon "Love Scenario" 7,789 557 February 8 Red Velvet "Bad Boy" 10,032 558 February 15 559 February 22 Momoland "Bboom Bboom" 8,834 560 March 1 iKon "Love Scenario" 8,467 561 March 8 8,001 562 March 15 Mamamoo "Starry Night" 9,820 563 March 22 7,938 564 March 29 Wanna One "Boomerang" 10,805 565 April 5 9,981 566 April 12 Winner "Everyday" 9,687 567 April 19 Twice "What Is Love?" 568 April 26 9,360 569 May 3 Winner "Everyday" 7,463 570 May 10 GFriend "Time for the Moon Night" 10,700 — May 17 colspan="3" 571 May 24 (G)I-dle "Latata" 8,183 572 May 31 BTS "Fake Love" 11,000 573 June 7 9,666 574 June 14 Wanna One "Light" 10,320 575 June 21 Shinee "I Want You" 11,000 576 June 28 Blackpink "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" 8,706 577 July 5 rowspan="2" 578 July 12 579 July 19 Twice "Dance the Night Away" 10,933 580 July 26 Seventeen "Oh My!" 8,546 581 August 2 Mamamoo "Egotistic" 7,731 582 August 9 iKon "Killing Me" 7,888 — August 16 colspan="3" 583 August 23 Red Velvet "Power Up" 8,761 584 August 24 colspan="3" 585 August 30 Red Velvet "Power Up" 8,444 586 September 6 (G)I-dle "Hann" 7,213 587 September 13 Sunmi "Siren" 7,624 588 September 20 7,381 589 September 27 Got7 "Lullaby" 590 October 4 10,595 591 October 11 iKon "Goodbye Road" 592 October 18 8,286 593 October 25 NCT 127 "Regular" 10,000 594 November 1 Monsta X "Shoot Out" 6,349 595 November 8 Iz*One "La Vie en Rose" 10,884 596 November 15 Twice "Yes or Yes" 8,695 — November 22 colspan="3" 597 November 29 Wanna One "Spring Breeze" rowspan="2" 598 December 6 Mino "Fiancé" — December 13 colspan="3" rowspan="2" — December 20 599 December 27 Winner "Millions"
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