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 2016, 36 singles achieved a number one on the show and 27 music acts were awarded first-place trophies. Six songs collected trophies for three weeks and achieved a triple crown: "Daddy" by Psy, "Dumb & Dumber" by iKon, "Rough" and "Navillera" by GFriend, "Cheer Up" by Twice, and "Monster" by Exo. No release for the year earned a perfect score, but "Monster" acquired the highest point total on the June 23 broadcast with 10,849 points.

Scoring system Songs were judged based on a combination of digital music sales (50%), album sales (15%), social media performance (official YouTube music video views and SNS buzz: 15%), popularity (global fan votes and age range preference: 10%), Mnet's broadcast score (10%), and a live SMS vote (10%) that took place during the show, for a total of 11,000 points.

Chart history +Key Triple Crown Highest score in 2016 — No show was held

Episode Date Artist Song Points 455 Psy "Daddy" 8,433 456 iKon "Dumb & Dumber" 10,175 457 9,499 458 8,930 459 GFriend "Rough" 9,424 460 461 8,959 462 Winner "Sentimental" 9,895 463 Taemin "Press Your Number" 7,771 464 Mamamoo "You're the Best" 9,528 465 Lee Hi "Breathe" 8,210 466 Red Velvet "One of These Nights" 7,922 467 Got7 "Fly" 7,032 468 BtoB "Remember That" 7,140 469 CNBLUE "You're So Fine" 470 Block B "Toy" 9,092 471 Jung Eun-ji "Hopefully Sky" 8,614 472 Twice "Cheer Up" 10,264 473 BTS "Fire" 7,692 474 Twice "Cheer Up" 9,205 475 9,095 476 Baek A-yeon "So-So" 477 7,084 478 colspan="3" 479 Exo "Monster" 9,877 480 10,849 481 482 Sistar "I Like That" 9,519 483 Wonder Girls "Why So Lonely" 8,250 484 GFriend "Navillera" 9,154 485 9,406 486 487 colspan="3" 488 Hyuna "How's This?" 8,403 489 I.O.I "Whatta Man" 8,158 490 Exo "Lotto" 8,310 491 8,150 492 Blackpink "Whistle" 7,330 — Red Velvet "Russian Roulette" 493 9,576 494 Infinite "The Eye" 7,714 495 Got7 "Hard Carry" 7,994 496 Shinee "1 of 1" 10,023 497 BTS "Blood Sweat & Tears" 9,852 498 I.O.I "Very Very Very" 499 Twice "TT" 10,511 500 8,362 501 colspan="3" rowspan="4" 502 — — 503 Seventeen "Boom Boom" 6,834 504 Big Bang "Fxxk It" 8,535 — colspan="3"

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