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 2012, 28 singles ranked number one on the chart and 26 music acts were awarded first-place trophies. Nine songs collected trophies for three weeks and achieved a triple crown: "Twinkle" by Girls' Generation-TTS, "The Chaser" by Infinite, "Electric Shock" by f(x), "Sexy, Free & Single" by Super Junior, "Beautiful Night" by Beast, "Gangnam Style" by Psy, "Crayon" by G-Dragon, "1,2,3,4" by Lee Hi, and "Return" by Lee Seung-gi. No release for the year earned a perfect score, but "Twinkle" by Girls' Generation-TTS acquired the highest point total on the May 10 broadcast with a score of 9,357.
Scoring system
22 December 2011 – 23 August 2012 Digital Single Sales 45%, Album Sales 10%, Global Fan Vote 15%, Mnet Broadcasting 5%, Preferences of Music Experts 10%, Real-Time Charts 5%, SMS Vote 10%.
30 August 2012 – 20 February 2014 Digital Single Sales 50%, Album Sales 10%, Age Preference 20%, Global Fan Vote 5%, Live Show Preferences 10%, SMS Vote 5%.
Chart history +Key Triple Crown Highest score of the year— No show was held Date Artist Song Points Apink "My My" 8,224 T-ara "Lovey-Dovey" 8,097 8,588 MBLAQ "This Is War" 8,865 8,869 F.T. Island "Severely" 8,637 Seven "When I Can't Sing" 8,876 F.T. Island "Severely" 8,689 Miss A "Touch" 8,734 BigBang "Blue" 9,081 Fantastic Baby 9,096 9,204 Shinee "Sherlock (Clue + Note)" 9,081 CNBLUE "Hey You" 8,864 Busker Busker "Cherry Blossom Ending" 8,577 Shinhwa "Venus" 8,810 Sistar "Alone" 8,182 4Minute "Volume Up" 8,105 Girls' Generation-TTS "Twinkle" 9,355 9,357 8,831 Infinite "The Chaser" 8,703 8,422 f(x) "Electric Shock" 9,296 8,940 Super Junior "Sexy, Free & Single" 8,837 8,658 8,432 Beast "Beautiful Night" 8,696 8,876 8,951 Psy "Gangnam Style" 8,423 8,561 8,637 Kara "Pandora" 8,515 F.T. Island "I Wish" 7,264 G-Dragon "Crayon" 8,924 rowspan="2" Gain "Bloom" 7,533 K.Will "Please Don't..." 8,418 Lee Hi "1,2,3,4" 7,890 8,454 rowspan="3" Lee Seung-gi "Return" 8,593 Yang Yo-seob "Caffeine" 9,267
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