Music Bank (TV series)

Music Bank (Korean: 뮤직뱅크) is a South Korean music program which airs every Friday at 17:00 KST on KBS2. As of 2015, the show is also broadcast in more than a hundred countries through KBS World. Episodes are filmed at the KBS New Wing Open Hall in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu.[1] The show also organizes the global live concert Music Bank World Tour.[2][3]

Music Bank
GenreMusic
Presented by
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes1,061 (as of February 5, 2021)
Production
Running time90 minutes
Production companyKBS Entertainment Production Department
Release
Original network
  • KBS Heart (DMB Broadcast)
  • KBS Joy (Reruns)
  • (U.S.)
  • BS Japan (Japan)
  • Hallypop (Philippines)
Picture format1080i (ATSC)
Audio formatStereo
Original release16 June 1998 (1998-06-16) –
present
External links
Website

History

Prior to Music Bank, Top 10 Songs (가요톱10) debuted in 1981 airing live at 6:30 (KST) on Fridays and aired until 1998. For the first few months of 1998, Bravo New Generation took its place, but due to low ratings, it was quickly replaced by Music Bank on June 18, 1998. The chart format that was used since Top 10 Songs was abandoned in late 2001 due to controversy and was changed into a request format.

Oh My Girl's Arin (left) and TXT's Soobin (right) have hosted since July 2020.

In 2005, the show was moved to Sunday afternoons at 12:45 (KST) and became a recorded broadcast. Due to sinking ratings, in September 2007, the show returned to its original time slot of Fridays evenings at 6:30 (KST) and returned to a live format. The charts were revived as category-based charts.

In January 2008, the category-based charts were combined into the K-Chart which is the familiar countdown chart and the only program to do so. In June 2008, the show extended to 70 minutes, airing from 6:30 (KST) to 7:40 (KST) making it the longest music program on air. In November 2008, as part of the Autumn format changes, the show began airing from 6:40 (KST) to 8:00 (KST) for 80 minutes. In May 2010, as part of the Spring format changes, the show began airing from 5:50 (KST) to 7:10 (KST) for 80 minutes.

On August 27, 2010, Music Bank began airing live to 54 different countries around the world through KBS World, and included new interactive features for international viewers through Twitter.

On November 11, 2011, as part of the autumn format changes, the show began airing for 105 minutes from 6:10 (KST) to 7:55 (KST), following KBS News 6.

In August 2012, Asian American cable network Myx TV began airing the first English dubbed version of Music Bank.

Since October 25, 2013, the show began airing for 80 minutes from 6:30 (KST) to 7:50 (KST), following KBS Global 24, which was transferred from KBS1 with effect from October 21, 2013.

Since July 2020, it is hosted by TXT's Choi Soobin and Oh My Girl's Arin. Past hosts include Song Hye-kyo, Rain, Ji Sung, Song Joong-ki, Uee, Yoon Bo-ra, Park Seo-joon, Irene, Park Bo-gum, Choi Bo-min, and Shin Ye-eun among others.[4][5]

K-Chart

K-Chart is the countdown charts of Music Bank. The charts are calculated by combining the Digital Music Charts (65%), Album Sales (5%), Number of times broadcast on KBS TV only (20%), and Viewers Choice Charts (10%).[6] The Top 50 songs of the week are featured on the show, where the Top 21–50 songs are shown via marquee and the Top 20–3 songs are featured by the hosts. The hosts then showcase the Top Two songs and announce who will be the winner of the week. The Number 1 song on the chart is the winner of that week's chart and receives an award.

During the last week of June, the most popular song of the first half of the year is awarded the Music Bank First Half 1st Place award. During the last week of December, the Music Bank 1st Place award (or Music Bank MVP in 2008) is awarded to the most popular song of the entire year.

Prior to the combined K-Charts, category-based charts were used. From September to December 2007, every week a different category (Digital Music Charts, Karaoke Charts, Viewers Choice Charts, Album Sales Charts) was featured. Technically, each category would only be featured once a month. It was similar to K-Chart except the results each week could only be based on a specific chart, and not all the charts combined. From January 2008 to April 2009, two charts were used. Every week, the Digital Music Charts and Album Sales Charts were used, and at the end of the month were the combined charts (Album Sales Charts (20%) + Digital Music Charts (50%) + Viewers Choice Charts (30%)). In May 2009, this was abandoned for the combined charts featured every week. Note that the Music Bank ranking system is different from other previous and current televised K-Pop music shows, in that an artist can win an unlimited number of times for the same song (other shows generally remove it from the charts after three wins.) While other music chart shows have a full score of 10,000 or 11,000, Music Bank's full score is 200,000, meaning Digital Music Charts category have 130,000 score as full score, 40,000 for Broadcast, 20,000 for Viewers' Choice and finally 10,000 for Album Sales.

1998
List of First Place winners

1999
List of First Place winners

2000
List of First Place winners

2001
List of First Place winners

2002
List of First Place winners

2003
List of First Place winners

2004
List of First Place winners

2005
List of First Place winners

2006
List of First Place winners

2007
List of First Place winners

2008
List of First Place winners
Key
Highest score in 2008
— No show was held
Episode Date Artist Song Points
445 January 4 Wonder Girls "Tell Me" 4,938
446 January 11 Big Bang "Last Farewell" 4,573
447 January 18 Haha "You Are My Destiny" 2,952
448 January 25 Toy "Warm Hello" 1,663
449 February 1 Big Bang "Last Farewell" 4,285
— February 8 No chart and winner
450 February 15 Park Ji-hun "보고 싶은 날엔" 2,790
451 February 22 Brown Eyed Girls "L.O.V.E" 2,352
452 February 29 Girls' Generation "Kissing You" 5,248
453 March 7 Jewelry "One More Time" 4,653
454 March 14 3,921
455 March 21 3,788
456 March 28 6,088
457 April 4 3,023
458 April 11 2,967
459 April 18 3,374
460 April 25 Lee Seung-gi "I Will Give You Everything" 7,448
461 May 2 MC Mong "Circus" 3,223
462 May 9 4,137
463 May 16 4,330
464 May 23 3,930
465 May 30 8,971
466 June 6 Wonder Girls "So Hot" 3,529
467 June 13 4,522
468 June 20 4,965
469 June 27 10,135
470 July 4 No chart and winner
471 July 11 Wonder Girls "So Hot" 3,254
472 July 18 Davichi "Love and War" 3,342
473 July 25 Brown Eyes "Don't Leave" 10,386
474 August 1 Lee Hyori "U-Go-Girl" 4,364
475 August 8 4,389
— August 15 N/A
— August 22 Big Bang "Day by Day" 6,026
476 August 29 Seo Taiji "Moai" 11,485
477 September 5 Big Bang "Day by Day" 5,116
478 September 12 4,968
— September 19 4,268
479 September 26 10,872
480 October 3 Wonder Girls "Nobody" 6,400
481 October 10 8,350
482 October 17 6,504
483 October 24 5,884
— October 31 TVXQ "Mirotic" 16,403
484 November 7 Kim Jong-kook "Today More Than Yesterday" 5,792
485 November 14 5,131
486 November 21 Big Bang "Sunset Glow" 6,026
487 November 28 11,784
488 December 5 Baek Ji-young "Like Being Hit by a Bullet" 5,741
489 December 12 5,444
490 December 19 4,557
491 December 26 Big Bang "Sunset Glow" 9,147
TVXQ "Mirotic" N/A

2009
List of First Place winners
Key
Highest score in 2009
— No show was held
Episode Date Artist Song Points
492 January 2 Baek Ji-young "Like Being Hit by a Bullet" 3,996
493 January 9 4,438
494 January 16 Girls' Generation "Gee" 4,299
495 January 23 7,397
496 January 30 11,984
497 February 6 5,093
498 February 13 4,227
499 February 20 4,099
500 February 27 12,982
501 March 6 3,237
502 March 13 3,136
503 March 20 Davichi "8282" 3,410
504 March 27 Super Junior "Sorry, Sorry" 10,193
505 April 3 Davichi "8282" 4,258
506 April 10 Son Dam-bi "Saturday Night" 4,613
507 April 17 3,606
508 April 24 Super Junior "Sorry, Sorry" 10,186
509 May 1 8,670
510 May 8 8,057
511 May 15 7,906
512 May 22 "It's You" 10,347
— May 29 Shinee "Juliette" 10,375
513 June 5 8,176
514 June 12 2PM "Again & Again" 6,903
515 June 19 Shinee "Juliette" 8,464
516 June 26 Girls' Generation "Gee" 9,021
517 July 3 2PM "I Hate You" 6,511
518 July 10 Girls' Generation "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" 17,995
519 July 17 2NE1 "I Don't Care" 12,013
520 July 24 12,578
521 July 31 13,499
522 August 7 12,053
523 August 14 10,667
— August 21 Brown Eyed Girls "Abracadabra" 10,733
524 August 28 G-Dragon "Heartbreaker" 15,323
525 September 4 21,322
526 September 11 18,995
527 September 18 12,370
528 September 25 9,316
— October 2 Kim Tae-woo "Love Rain" 10,656
529 October 9 9,516
530 October 16 9,515
— October 23 Leessang "Girl Unable To Break Up, Boy Unable To Leave" 12,530
531 October 30 Shinee "Ring Ding Dong" 13,189
532 November 6 11,525
533 November 13 SS501 "Love Like This" 11,054
534 November 20 10,813
535 November 27 2PM "Heartbeat" 12,255
536 December 4 10,648
537 December 11 9,781
538 December 18 7,966
539 December 25 Girls' Generation "Gee" 7,265

2010
List of First Place winners
Key
Highest score in 2010
— No show was held
Episode Date Artist Song Points
540 January 1 T-ara "Bo Peep Bo Peep" 7,652
541 January 8 7,665
542 January 15 Gain & Jo Kwon "We Fell in Love" 8,905
543 January 22 7,510
544 January 29 CNBLUE "I'm a Loner" 11,956
545 February 5 Girls' Generation "Oh!" 23,077
546 February 12 22,689
547 February 19 20,284
548 February 26 20,549
549 March 5 15,931
550 March 12 Kara "Lupin" 11,180
551 March 19 10,798
552 March 26 10,322
— April 2 Girls' Generation "Run Devil Run" 21,223
— April 9 13,524
— April 16 Rain "Love Song" 16,871
— April 23 14,475
553 April 30 12,837
554 May 7 2PM "Without U" 12,847
555 May 14 7,789
556 May 21 Super Junior "Bonamana" 14,720
557 May 28 14,366
558 June 4 11,184
559 June 11 SS501 "Love Ya" 10,483
560 June 18 9,787
561 June 25 Girls' Generation "Oh!" 8,796
562 July 2 IU "Nagging" 7,928
563 July 9 Super Junior "No Other" 11,306
564 July 16 Taeyang "I Need a Girl" 8,522
565 July 23 Miss A "Bad Girl Good Girl" 9,364
566 July 30 Shinee "Lucifer" 14,612
567 August 6 15,129
568 August 13 BoA "Hurricane Venus" 13,677
569 August 20 12,989
570 August 27 12,195
571 September 3 Homme "I Was Able to Eat Well" 8,003
572 September 10 F.T. Island "Love Love Love" 12,414
573 September 17 2NE1 "Can't Nobody" 10,319
574 September 24 "Go Away" 12,711
575 October 1 13,917
576 October 8 Beast "Breath" 10,292
— October 15 Shinee "Hello" 11,182
577 October 22 2PM "I'll Be Back" 9,271
578 October 29 12,064
579 November 5 Girls' Generation "Hoot" 17,285
580 November 12 20,561
581 November 19 14,730
— November 26 13,247
582 December 3 10,436
583 December 10 Kara "Jumping" 9,070
584 December 17 Girls' Generation "Oh!" 6,929
Sistar "How Dare You" 9,441
585 December 24 IU "Good Day" 17,011
— December 31 17,451

2011
List of First Place winners
Key
Highest score in 2011
— No show was held
Episode Date Artist Song Points
586 January 7 IU "Good Day" 12,743
587 January 14 TVXQ "Keep Your Head Down" 16,051
588 January 21 16,181
589 January 28 17,168
— February 4 Secret "Shy Boy" 10,471
590 February 11 10,279
591 February 18 11,477
592 February 25 G.NA "Black & White" 9,257
593 March 4 Big Bang "Tonight" 14,617
594 March 11 20,214
595 March 18 13,198
596 March 25 TVXQ "Before U Go" 11,556
597 April 1 CNBLUE "Intuition" 12,997
598 April 8 15,383
599 April 15 11,676
600 April 22 Big Bang "Love Song" 10,757
601 April 29 f(x) "Pinocchio (Danger)" 14,523
602 May 6 Jay Park "Abandoned (Feat. Dok2)" 13,477
603 May 13 11,554
604 May 20 f(x) "Pinocchio (Danger)" 10,340
— May 27 Beast "On Rainy Days" 14,602
605 June 3 "Fiction" 15,630
606 June 10 15,046
607 June 17 Kim Hyun-joong "Break Down" 15,780
608 June 24 17,294
609 July 1 2PM "Hands Up" 15,950
610 July 8 15,582
611 July 15 14,547
612 July 22 14,011
613 July 29 Miss A "Good-bye Baby" 10,990
614 August 5 2NE1 "I Am the Best" 12,304
615 August 12 Super Junior "Mr. Simple" 16,815
616 August 19 19,813
617 August 26 20,653
618 September 2 17,464
619 September 9 17,735
620 September 16 Kara "Step" 11,270
621 September 23 14,708
622 September 30 Huh Gak "Hello" 11,449
623 October 7 Davichi "Don't Say Goodbye" 11,944
624 October 14 12,346
625 October 21 Kim Hyun-joong "Lucky Guy" 15,729
626 October 28 Girls' Generation "The Boys" 16,726
627 November 4 15,349
628 November 11 13,373
629 November 18 13,033
630 November 25 10,351
631 December 2 12,324
632 December 9 IU "You & I" 14,592
633 December 16 16,245
— December 23 13,827
634 December 30 11,784

2012
List of First Place winners
Key
Highest score in 2012
— No show was held
Episode Date Artist Song Points
635 January 6 IU "You & I" 16,037
636 January 13 11,639
637 January 20 T-ara "Lovey-Dovey" 12,489
638 January 27 12,333
639 February 3 Teen Top "Going Crazy" 11,276
640 February 10 T-ara "Lovey-Dovey" 10,592
641 February 17 11,472
642 February 24 Jay Park "Know Your Name" 11,588
643 March 2 K.Will "I Need You" 12,224
644 March 9 Big Bang "Blue" 15,421
645 March 16 13,821
646 March 23 2AM "I Wonder If You Hurt Like Me" 12,210
647 March 30 16,953
— April 6 Shinee "Sherlock•셜록 (Clue + Note)" N/A
648 April 13 11,984
649 April 20 CNBLUE "Hey You" 11,637
650 April 27 Sistar "Alone" 17,810
651 May 4 10,561
652 May 11 Girls' Generation-TTS "Twinkle" 14,217
653 May 18 13,070
654 May 25 11,374
655 June 1 Infinite "The Chaser" 11,533
656 June 8 G.NA "2HOT" 10,872
657 June 15 Wonder Girls "Like This" 10,780
658 June 22 f(x) "Electric Shock" 12,304
659 June 29 11,017
— July 6 Jo Kwon "I'm Da One (feat. Zion.T)" 7,979
660 July 13 Sistar "Loving U" 15,582
661 July 20 Super Junior "Sexy, Free & Single" 14,789
662 July 27 9,172
— August 3 Sistar "Loving U" 9,533
663 August 10 Beast "Beautiful Night" 16,303
664 August 17 Psy "Gangnam Style" 18,601
665 August 24 21,399
666 August 31 22,737
667 September 7 Kara "Pandora" 16,415
668 September 14 Psy "Gangnam Style" 21,085
669 September 21 20,236
670 September 28 20,529
671 October 5 28,006
672 October 12 30,454
673 October 19 24,433
674 October 26 19,806
675 November 2 19,661
676 November 9 14,259
677 November 16 13,554
678 November 23 Ailee "I Will Show You" 9,577
679 November 30 Psy "Gangnam Style" 10,714
680 December 7 Lee Seung-gi "Return" 12,861
— December 14 Yang Yo-seob "Caffeine" 10,624
681 December 21 Psy "Gangnam Style" 12,443
Yang Yo-seob "Caffeine" 10,271
— December 28 Psy "Gangnam Style" 10,856

2013
List of First Place winners
Key
Highest score in 2013
— No show was held
Episode Date Artist Song Points
682 January 4 Psy "Gangnam Style" 15,078
683 January 11 Girls' Generation "I Got a Boy" 15,955
684 January 18 18,778
685 January 25 14,121
686 February 1 CNBLUE "I'm Sorry" 18,103
687 February 8 14,521
688 February 15 Sistar19 "Gone Not Around Any Longer" 19,651
689 February 22 14,205
690 March 1 12,981
691 March 8 Shinee "Dream Girl" 12,323
692 March 15 13,421
693 March 22 2AM "One Spring Day" 13,869
694 March 29 G.NA "Oops!" 7,020
695 April 5 Infinite "Man In Love" 16,387
696 April 12 10,846
697 April 19 K.Will "Love Blossom" 13,217
698 April 26 Psy "Gentleman" 15,768
699 May 3 Cho Yong-pil "Bounce" 16,309
— May 10 12,778
700 May 17
No chart and winner
701 May 24 2PM "Comeback When You Hear This Song" 13,037
702 May 31 Shinhwa "This Love" 9,482
703 June 7 Lee Hyori "Bad Girls" 10,085
704 June 14 Exo "Wolf" 14,419
— June 21 Sistar "Give It To Me" 14,040
705 June 28 16,347
706 July 5 15,542
707 July 12 Dynamic Duo "BAAAM" 14,499
708 July 19 Apink "No No No" 10,342
709 July 26 Ailee "U&I" 16,069
710 August 2 13,835
711 August 9 f(x) "Rum Pum Pum Pum" 16,888
712 August 16 Exo "Growl" 12,225
713 August 23 8,129
714 August 30 Crayon Pop "Bar Bar Bar" 5,770
715 September 6 Teen Top "Rocking" 6,824
— September 13 Kara "Damaged Lady" 6,350
— September 20 G-Dragon "Who You?" 6,441
716 September 27 "Crooked" 6,493
717 October 4 Busker Busker "Love, at first" 8,077
718 October 11 7,098
719 October 18 IU "The Red Shoes" 7,565
720 October 25 Shinee "Everybody" 7,649
— November 1 K.Will "You Don't Know Love" 6,324
721 November 8 Trouble Maker "Now" 6,273
722 November 15 4,768
723 November 22 Miss A "Hush" 5,722
724 November 29 Lee Juck "Lie Lie Lie" 4,544
725 December 6 VIXX "Voodoo Doll" 5,084
726 December 13 Hyolyn "One Way Love" 5,399
727 December 20 Cho Yong-pil "Bounce" 3,678
Exo "Miracles in December" 11,148
— December 27
No chart and winner

2014
List of First Place winners
Key
Highest score in 2014
— No show was held
Episode Date Artist Song Points
728 January 3 IU "Friday" 4,927
729 January 10 Rain "La Song" 4,722
730 January 17 TVXQ "Something" 9,749
731 January 24 B1A4 "Lonely" 8,408
— January 31 5,373
732 February 7 TVXQ "Something" 4,839
733 February 14 B.A.P "1004 (Angel)" 6,748
734 February 21 Soyou & Junggigo "Some" 11,011
735 February 28 9,202
736 March 7 7,451
737 March 14 Girls' Generation "Mr.Mr." 9,418
738 March 21 Soyou & Junggigo "Some" 6,142
739 March 28 CNBLUE "Can't Stop" 6,119
740 April 4 Soyou & Junggigo "Some" 4,757
741 April 11 Apink "Mr. Chu" 6,332
— April 18 AKMU "200%" 10,585
April 25 10,795
May 2 10,835
May 9 Crayon Pop "Uh-ee!" 7,944
May 16 Exo-K "Overdose" 8,445
May 23 9,254
May 30 Infinite "Last Romeo" 6,899
June 6 Fly to the Sky "You You You" 6,002
742 June 13 Infinite "Last Romeo" 6,286
743 June 20 Taeyang "Eyes, Nose, Lips" 6,674
744 June 27 Beast "Good Luck" 6,699
745 July 4 7,338
746 July 11 6,499
747 July 18 f(x) "Red Light" 6,542
748 July 25 B1A4 "Solo Day" 6,883
749 August 1 Sistar "Touch My Body" 9,397
750 August 8 8,213
751 August 15 5,930
752 August 22 Winner "Empty" 6,224
753 August 29 Taemin "Danger" 6,180
— September 5 Sistar "I Swear" 4,880
754 September 12 Super Junior "Mamacita" 6,318
— September 19 7,232
755 September 26 Teen Top "Missing" 6,751
756 October 3 Girls' Generation-TTS "Holler" 6,430
757 October 10 Ailee "Don't Touch Me" 6,601
758 October 17 Kim Dong-ryool "How I Am" 6,863
759 October 24 VIXX "Error" 5,939
760 October 31 Beast "12:30" 8,229
761 November 7 7,261
762 November 14 3,875
763 November 21 Kyuhyun "At Gwanghwamun" 5,359
764 November 28 Toy "Three of Us" 6,778
765 December 5 Apink "Luv" 8,599
766 December 12 8,021
767 December 19 6,006
— December 26 4,960

2015
List of First Place winners
Key
Highest score in 2015
— No show was held
Episode Date Artist Song Points
768 January 2 Exo "December, 2014 (The Winter's Tale)" 4,924
769 January 9 EXID "Up & Down" 5,054
770 January 16 4,224
771 January 23 Jonghyun "Déjà-Boo" 8,835
772 January 30 Jung Yong-hwa "One Fine Day" 7,810
773 February 6 Davichi "Cry Again" 5,748
774 February 13 Jung Yong-hwa "One Fine Day" 5,799
— February 20 Naul "You From The Same Time" 6,541
775 February 27 Niel "Lovekiller" 6,226
776 March 6 VIXX "Love Equation" 8,963
777 March 13 Shinhwa "Sniper" 7,614
778 March 20 Super Junior-D&E "Growing Pains" 6,442
779 March 27 Red Velvet "Ice Cream Cake" 5,156
780 April 3 F.T. Island "Pray" 4,454
781 April 10 Exo "Call Me Baby" 12,681
782 April 17 10,525
783 April 24 8,182
784 May 1 7,746
785 May 8 BTS "I Need U" 5,973
786 May 15 Big Bang "Loser" 8,999
787 May 22 6,277
788 May 29 Shinee "View" 7,297
789 June 5 8,272
790 June 12 Exo "Love Me Right" 10,595
791 June 19 8,084
792 June 26 Baek A-yeon "Don’t If Ask To How" 5,907
793 July 3 Sistar "Shake It" 8,180
794 July 10 7,762
795 July 17 Girls' Generation "Party" 7,380
796 July 24 Infinite "Bad" 6,770
797 July 31 Apink "Remember" 6,645
798 August 7 Beast "YeY" 9,299
799 August 14 Shinee "Married to the Music" 6,636
800 August 21 Big Bang "Let's Not Fall In Love" 6,755
801 August 28 Girls' Generation "Lion Heart" 5,612
802 September 4 9,280
803 September 11 8,235
804 September 18 6,382
— September 25 CNBLUE "Cinderella" 6,267
805 October 2 5,793
806 October 9 Im Chang-jung "Love Again" 8,113
807 October 16 Taeyeon "I" 8,708
808 October 23 8,382
809 October 30 6,007
810 November 6 f(x) "4 Walls" 7,105
811 November 13 5,836
812 November 20 VIXX "Chained Up" 6,659
813 November 27 B.A.P "Young, Wild & Free" 5,574
814 December 4 Lee Hong-gi "Insensible" 3,919
815 December 11 BTS "Run" 7,799
816 December 18 Exo "Sing for You" 8,372
817 December 25 7,607

2016
List of First Place winners
Key
Highest score in 2016
— No show was held
Episode Date Artist Song Points
— January 1 Exo "Sing for You" 4,893
818 January 8 BTS "Run" 4,765
819 January 15 Suzy & Baekhyun "Dream" 4,229
820 January 22 8,391
821 January 29 Teen Top "Warning Sign" 7,128
822 February 5 GFriend "Rough" 6,605
823 February 12 6,823
824 February 19 6,377
825 February 26 6,215
826 March 4 Taemin "Press Your Number" 6,229
827 March 11 Mamamoo "You're the Best" 7,370
828 March 18 5,537
829 March 25 Red Velvet "One of These Nights" 6,427
830 April 1 Got7 "Fly" 6,967
831 April 8 BtoB "Remember That" 6,140
832 April 15 CNBLUE "You're So Fine" 5,763
833 April 22 4,974
834 April 29 VIXX "Dynamite" 6,262
835 May 6 Twice "Cheer Up" 8,079
836 May 13 BTS "Fire" 8,869
837 May 20 Twice "Cheer Up" 6,535
838 May 27 6,350
839 June 3 6,535
840 June 10 5,734
841 June 17 Exo "Monster" 11,570
842 June 24 10,188
843 July 1 7,837
844 July 8 Taeyeon "Starlight" 8,425
845 July 15 Beast "Ribbon" 6,539
846 July 22 GFriend "Navillera" 6,851
847 July 29 6,648
848 August 5 Wonder Girls "Why So Lonely" 6,284
849 August 12 GFriend "Navillera" 6,499
850 August 19 I.O.I "Whatta Man" 7,128
851 August 26 Exo "Lotto" 8,574
852 September 2 7,151
853 September 9 Han Dong-geun "Making A New Ending For This Story" 6,421
— September 16 Im Chang-jung "The Love That I Committed" 9,813
854 September 23 10,315
855 September 30 Infinite "The Eye" 9,129
856 October 7 Got7 "Hard Carry" 7,438
857 October 14 Shinee "1 of 1" 7,100
858 October 21 BTS "Blood Sweat & Tears" 10,985
859 October 28 8,384
860 November 4 Twice "TT" 11,274
861 November 11 8,127
862 November 18 7,429
863 November 25 7,580
864 December 2 6,218
865 December 9 B1A4 "A Lie" 6,694
866 December 16 Seventeen "Boom Boom" 7,252
867 December 23 Big Bang "Last Dance" 4,720
— December 30 Exo "For Life" 8,142

2017
List of First Place winners
Key
Highest score in 2017
— No show was held
Episode Date Artist Song Points
868 January 6 Twice "TT" 6,037
869 January 13 Big Bang "Fxxk It" 7,067
870 January 20 5,173
— January 27 Suzy "Pretend" 4,288
871 February 3 3,986
872 February 10 Red Velvet "Rookie" 6,275
873 February 17 6,621
874 February 24 BTS "Spring Day" 13,250
875 March 3 Twice "Knock Knock" 12,175
876[lower-alpha 1] March 10 Taeyeon "Fine" 9,533
— March 17 Twice "Knock Knock" 6,014
877 March 24 Got7 "Never Ever" 8,695
878 March 31 Highlight "Plz Don't Be Sad" 8,502
879 April 7 6,204
880 April 14 5,231
881 April 21 Teen Top "Love Is" 6,189
882 April 28 Laboum "Hwi Hwi" 4,546
— May 5 IU "Palette" 7,921
883 May 12 Sechs Kies "Be Well" 8,031
884 May 19 IU "Palette" 4,303
885 May 26 Twice "Signal" 11,362
886 June 2 Seventeen "Don't Wanna Cry" 9,627
887 June 9 Twice "Signal" 6,430
888 June 16 6,501
889 June 23 Hwang Chi-yeul "A Daily Song" 6,380
890 June 30 G-Dragon "Untitled, 2014" 7,458
891 July 7 Mamamoo "Yes I Am" 7,641
892 July 14 Heize "You, Clouds, Rain" 7,174
893 July 21 Red Velvet "Red Flavor" 9,383
894 July 28 Exo "Ko Ko Bop" 12,181
895 August 4 12,103
— August 11 GFriend "Love Whisper" 7,486
— August 18 Wanna One "Energetic" 10,823
896 August 25 11,014
897 September 1 Yoon Jong-shin "Like It" 7,420
898 September 8 6,707
899 September 15 Exo "Power" 9,914
900 September 22 6,929
901 September 29 BTS "DNA" 12,581
— October 6 8,876
902 October 13 9,851
903 October 20 NU'EST W "Where You At" 7,153
904 October 27 BtoB "Missing You" 7,526
905 November 3 Epik High "Love Story" 5,562
906 November 10 Twice "Likey" 9,231
907 November 17 Seventeen "Clap" 6,275
908 November 24 Wanna One "Beautiful" 10,828
909 December 1 6,676
910 December 8 Minseo "Yes" 4,873
911 December 15 Naul "Emptiness In Memory" 5,241
912 December 22 Twice "Heart Shaker" 6,880
— December 29 5,592

2018
List of First Place winners
Key
Highest score in 2018
— No show was held
Episode Date Artist Song Points
913 January 5 Exo "Universe" 10,371
914 January 12 6,324
915 January 19 Infinite "Tell Me" 5,393
916 January 26 JBJ "My Flower" 5,531
917 February 2 Jonghyun "Shinin'" 5,560
— February 9 Red Velvet "Bad Boy" 5,962
— February 16 Seventeen "Thanks" 7,540
918 February 23 Momoland "Bboom Bboom" 7,633
919 March 2 iKon "Love Scenario" 6,056
920 March 9 Kim Sung-kyu "True Love" 5,831
— March 16 Mamamoo "Starry Night" 6,015
921 March 23 Got7 "Look" 9,927
922 March 30 Wanna One "Boomerang" 10,298
923 April 6 7,103
924 April 13 6,151
925 April 20 Twice "What Is Love?" 9,335
926 April 27 8,367
927 May 4 Hwang Chi-yeul "Star, You" 6,552
928 May 11 GFriend "Time for the Moon Night" 8,690
929 May 18 6,154
930 May 25 BTS "Fake Love" 10,493
931 June 1 15,019
932 June 8 10,647
933 June 15 Wanna One "Light" 11,260
934 June 22 7,528
935 June 29 Blackpink "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" 10,095
936 July 6 NU'EST W "Dejavu" 10,151
937 July 13 Apink "I'm So Sick" 5,930
938 July 20 Twice "Dance the Night Away" 11,347
939 July 27 Seventeen "Oh My!" 11,345
940 August 3 Twice "Dance the Night Away" 5,338
941 August 10 Shaun "Way Back Home" 4,729
942 August 17 Red Velvet "Power Up" 8,882
943 August 24 6,536
944 August 31 BTS "Idol" 9,567
945 September 7 11,949
946 September 14 5,275
947 September 21 Sunmi "Siren" 5,433
948 September 28 Got7 "Lullaby" 9,751
949 October 5 5,323
950 October 12 iKon "Goodbye Road" 5,239
951 October 19 IU "Bbibbi" 4,338
952 October 26 NCT 127 "Regular" 6,585
953 November 2 Monsta X "Shoot Out" 7,067
954 November 9 Exo "Tempo" 8,561
955 November 16 9,417
956 November 23 BtoB "Beautiful Pain" 6,680
957 November 30 Wanna One "Spring Breeze" 11,509
958 December 7 NU'EST W "Help Me" 6,686
959 December 14 Got7 "Miracle" 4,679
960 December 21 Exo "Love Shot" 7,267
— December 28 7,742

2019
List of First Place winners
Key
Highest score in 2019
— No show was held
Episode Date Artist Song Points
961 January 4 Exo "Tempo" 9,055
962 January 11 Winner "Millions" 3,382
963 January 18 Chungha "Gotta Go" 4,824
964 January 25 GFriend "Sunrise" 5,600
965 February 1 Seventeen "Home" 9,466
966 February 8 4,017
967 February 15 5,249
968 February 22 Taemin "Want" 7,141
969 March 1 Monsta X "Alligator" 6,922
970 March 8 Itzy "Dalla Dalla" 5,104
971 March 15 4,405
972 March 22 Epik High "Love Drunk" 4,397
973 March 29 Mamamoo "Gogobebe" 4,691
974 April 5 Park Ji-hoon "L.O.V.E" 6,030
975 April 12 Iz*One "Violeta" 7,238
976 April 19 BTS "Boy with Luv" 11,231
977 April 26 13,007
978 May 3 7,397
979 May 10 NU'EST "Bet Bet" 8,586
980 May 17 BTS "Boy with Luv" 6,092
981 May 24 7,662
982[lower-alpha 2] May 31 Got7 "Eclipse" 5,101
—[lower-alpha 3] June 7 NCT 127 "Superhuman" 4,458
983 June 14 BTS "Boy with Luv" 4,591
984 June 21 4,427
985 June 28 Red Velvet "Zimzalabim" 4,868
986 July 5 Chungha "Snapping" 5,592
987 July 12 GFriend "Fever" 5,014
988 July 19 Baekhyun "UN Village" 8,401
989 July 26 6,266
990 August 2 Exo-SC "What a Life" 7,164
991 August 9 Kang Daniel "What Are You Up To" 8,177
992 August 16 Itzy "Icy" 4,440
993 August 23 4,094
994 August 30 Red Velvet "Umpah Umpah" 4,898
995 [lower-alpha 4] September 6 X1 "Flash" 9,021
—[lower-alpha 3] September 13 6,407
996 September 20 Bolbbalgan4 "Workaholic" 3,539
997 September 27 Seventeen "Fear" 11,565
998 October 4 Twice "Feel Special" 8,821
999 October 11 Chen "Shall We?" 7,161
1,000 October 18 AKMU "How Can I Love the Heartbreak, You're the One I Love" 5,190
1,001 October 25 Super Junior "Super Clap" 8,514
1,002 November 1 NU'EST "Love Me" 6,660
1,003 November 8 Taeyeon "Spark" 6,104
1,004 November 15 Got7 "You Calling My Name" 5,937
1,005 November 22 Mamamoo "Hip" 5,163
1,006 November 29 IU "Love Poem" 8,329
1,007 December 6 Exo "Obsession" 8,970
1,008 December 13 5,716
1,009[lower-alpha 3] December 20 IU "Blueming" 4,527
—[lower-alpha 3] December 27 4,116

2020 – present

Hosts
Date Hosts
1998 Ryu Si-won, Kim Ji-ho
1999 Ryu Si-won, Hwang Yu-sun
Kim Seung-hyun, Hwang Yu-sun
Ju Young-hun, Hwang Yu-sun
2000 Ju Young-hun, Kim Gyu-ri
Lee Hwi-jae, Song Hye-kyo
Lee Hwi-jae, Lee Na-young
2001 Lee Hwi-jae, Kim Bo-kyung
November 8, 2001 – April 18, 2002 Lee Hwi-jae, Kim Min-sun
April 25 – October 24, 2002 Lee Hwi-jae, Kim Min-jung
October 31, 2002 – January 30, 2003 Rain, Shoo
February 6 – June 19, 2003 Jun Jin, Shoo
June 26, 2003 – June 11, 2004 Choi Jung-won, Park Jung-ah
June 18 – November 5, 2004 Ji Sung, Park Eun-hye
November 12, 2004 – April 29, 2005 Namkoong Min, So Yi-hyun
May 8 – October 30, 2005 Ji Hyun-woo, Kim Bo-min
November 6, 2005 – March 12, 2006 Kang Kyung-joon, Park Kyung-lim
March 26 – November 19, 2006 Kang Kyung-joon, Jang Hee-jin
November 26, 2006 – April 1, 2007 Haha, Lee So-yeon
April 8, 2007 – February 1, 2008 Haha, Lee Hyun-ji
February 15 – May 16, 2008 Tablo, Kim Sung-eun
May 23 – August 8, 2008 Tablo, Min Seo-hyun
August 29, 2008 – January 9, 2009 Yoo Se-yoon, Seo In-young
January 16 – July 31, 2009 Yoo Se-yoon, Park Eun-young
August 7, 2009 – November 19, 2010 Song Joong-ki, Seo Hyo-rim
December 3, 2010 – October 21, 2011 Hyun Woo, Kim Min-ji
October 28, 2011 – November 11, 2011 Hyun Woo, Uee
November 18, 2011 Tim, Sohee, Sunye
November 25, 2011 Shindong, Sohee, Sunye
December 2, 2011 Minho, Sohee, Yubin
December 9, 2011 Minho, Sohee, Sunye
December 16, 2011 Shindong, Sohee, Yubin
December 23, 2011 Jung Yong-hwa, Choi Siwon, Yoon Doojoon, Jun Hyun-moo
January 6, 2012 – March 29, 2013 Lee Jang-woo, Uee
April 5, 2013 Lee Jang-woo, Kang Min-kyung
April 12, 2013 – October 4, 2013[7] Jeong Jinwoon, Park Se-young
September 6, 2013 Jo Kwon, Park Se-young
October 11, 2013 Seulong, Park Se-young
October 18, 2013 Jo Kwon
October 25, 2013 – April 24, 2015 Park Seo-joon, Yoon Bora
May 1, 2015 – June 24, 2016 Park Bo-gum, Irene
December 4, 2015 Park Bo-gum, V, Him-chan
July 1, 2016 – November 4, 2016 Kang Min-hyuk, Solbin
July 15, 2016 Kang Min-hyuk, Solbin, Son Dong-woon
November 11, 2016 – May 11, 2018[8] Lee Seo-won, Solbin
May 18, 2018 Solbin, N
May 25, 2018 Solbin, Son Dong-woon
June 1, 2018 Solbin, Taemin
June 8, 2018 Solbin, Kim Seok-jin
June 15, 2018 – June 28, 2019 Kei, Choi Won-myung
July 5, 2019 – July 17, 2020 Shin Ye-eun, Choi Bo-min
July 24, 2020 – Present Arin, Choi Soo-bin

Achievements by artists
List of winners of Music Bank 1st Place Award of the Year

winners of Music Bank 1st Place Award of the Year

Year Artist Song
2007 Wonder Girls "Tell Me"
2008 TVXQ "Mirotic"
2009 Girls' Generation "Gee"
2010 "Oh!"
2011 IU "Good Day"
2012 Psy "Gangnam Style"
2013 Cho Yong-pil "Bounce"
List of most No. 1 winners

Most No. 1 winners

Rank Artist Count
1st Girls' Generation 42
2nd BTS 41
3rd Exo 33
4th Big Bang 27
Twice
6th Psy 25
Super Junior
8th Shinhwa 24
9th BoA 22
TVXQ
11th Yoo Seung-jun 21
12th g.o.d 20
Im Chang-jung
14th IU 18
Wonder Girls
16th Shinee 17
17th Beast / Highlight 16
18th Sechs Kies 15
2PM
20th S.E.S. 14
MC Mong
Rain
Sistar
List of longest consecutive No. 1 songs

Longest consecutive No. 1 songs

Rank Artist Song Count Year
1st Psy "Gangnam Style" 10 2012
2nd Girls' Generation "Gee" 9 2009
3rd Jewelry "One More Time" 7 2008
4th Girls' Generation "The Boys" 6 2011
IU "You and I" 2011–2012
BTS "Dynamite" 2020
7th Yoo Seung-jun "Passion" 5 1999
"Vision" 1999–2000
MC Mong "Circus" 2008
Wonder Girls "So Hot"
G-Dragon "Heartbreaker" 2009
2NE1 "I Don't Care" 2009
Girls' Generation "Oh!" 2010
"Hoot"
Super Junior "Mr. Simple" 2011
Twice "TT" 2016
List of most awarded songs

Songs with most number of awards: Includes accumulated wins in weekly K-Chart and special chart awards (consecutively and non-consecutively)

Rank Artist Song Count Year
1st Psy "Gangnam Style" 17 2012–2013
2nd BTS "Dynamite" 14 2020-2021
3rd Girls' Generation "Gee" 11 2009
4th BoA "My Name" 7 2004
Jewelry "One More Time" 2008
Girls' Generation "Oh!" 2010
BTS "Boy with Luv" 2019
8th Wonder Girls "Tell Me" 6 2007
Girls' Generation "The Boys" 2011
IU "You and I" 2011–2012
Twice "TT" 2016–2017
12th Yoo Seung-jun "Passion" 5 1999
"Vision" 1999–2000
MC Mong "Circus" 2008
Wonder Girls "So Hot"
Big Bang "Day by Day"
Baek Ji-young "Like Being Hit by a Bullet" 2008–2009
Super Junior "Sorry, Sorry" 2009
2NE1 "I Don't Care"
G-Dragon "Heartbreaker"
Girls' Generation "Hoot" 2010
Super Junior "Mr. Simple" 2011
Soyou & Junggigo "Some" 2014
Twice "Cheer Up" 2016
List of top 10 highest scores (1st system)

Top 10 highest scores (1st system) January 11, 2008 – April 24, 2009

Rank Artist Song Score Date
1st TVXQ "Mirotic" 16,403 2008/10/31
2nd Girls' Generation "Gee" 12,982 2009/02/27
3rd 11,984 2009/01/30
4th Big Bang "Sunset Glow" 11,784 2008/11/28
5th Seo Taiji "Moai" 11,485 2008/08/29
6th Big Bang "Day by Day" 10,872 2008/09/26
7th Brown Eyes "Don't Leave" 10,386 2008/07/25
8th Super Junior "Sorry, Sorry" 10,193 2009/03/27
9th 10,186 2009/04/24
10th Wonder Girls "So Hot" 10,135 2008/06/27
List of top 10 highest scores (2nd system)

Top 10 highest scores (2nd system) May 1, 2009 – May 7, 2010

Scoring system: digital music charts (60%), album sales (15%), number of hits on TV (15%), and viewers choice charts (10%)

Rank Artist Song Score Date
1st Girls' Generation "Oh!" 23,077 2010/02/05
2nd 22,689 2010/02/12
3rd G-Dragon "Heartbreaker" 21,322 2009/09/04
4th Girls' Generation "Run Devil Run" 21,223 2010/04/02
5th "Oh!" 20,549 2010/02/26
6th 20,284 2010/02/19
7th G-Dragon "Heartbreaker" 18,995 2009/09/11
8th Girls' Generation "Tell Me Your Wish" 17,995 2009/07/10
9th Rain "Love Song" 16,871 2010/04/16
10th Girls' Generation "Oh!" 15,931 2010/03/05
List of top 10 highest scores (3rd system)

Top 10 highest scores (3rd system) May 14, 2010 – November 4, 2011

Scoring system: digital music charts (60%), album sales (10%), number of times broadcast on TV/radio (20%), and viewers choice charts (10%)

Rank Artist Song Score Date
1st Super Junior "Mr. Simple" 20,653 2011/08/26
2nd Girls' Generation "Hoot" 20,561 2010/11/12
3rd Big Bang "Tonight" 20,214 2011/03/11
4th Super Junior "Mr. Simple" 19,813 2011/08/19
5th 17,735 2011/09/09
6th 17,464 2011/09/02
7th IU "Good Day" 17,451 2010/12/31
8th Kim Hyun-joong "Break Down" 17,294 2011/06/24
9th Girls' Generation "Hoot" 17,285 2010/11/05
10th TVXQ "Keep Your Head Down" 17,168 2011/01/28
List of top 10 highest scores (4th system)

Top 10 highest scores (4th system)

Rank Artist Song Score Date
1st Psy "Gangnam Style" 30,454 2012/10/12
2nd 28,006 2012/10/05
3rd 24,483 2012/10/19
4th 22,737 2012/08/31
5th 21,399 2012/08/24
6th 21,085 2012/09/14
7th 20,529 2012/09/28
8th 20,236 2012/09/21
9th 19,806 2012/10/26
10th 19,661 2012/11/02
List of top 10 highest scores (5th system)

Top 10 highest scores (5th system)

Scoring system: digital music charts (65%), album sales (5%), number of times broadcast on KBS TV only (20%), and viewers choice charts (10%)

Rank Artist Song Score Date
1st BTS "Fake Love" 15,019 2018/06/01
2nd "Spring Day" 13,250 2017/02/24
3rd "Boy with Luv" 13,007 2019/04/26
4th Exo "Call Me Baby" 12,681 2015/04/10
5th BTS "DNA" 12,581 2017/09/29
6th Exo "Ko Ko Bop" 12,181 2017/07/28
7th Twice "Knock Knock" 12,175 2017/03/03
8th Exo "Ko Ko Bop" 12,103 2017/08/04
9th BTS "On" 11,957 2020/03/06
10th "Idol" 11,949 2018/09/07
List of top 10 highest scores (all time)

Top 10 highest scores (all time) January 2008 – present

Rank Artist Song Score Date
1st Psy "Gangnam Style" 30,454 2012/10/12
2nd 28,006 2012/10/05
3rd 24,483 2012/10/19
4th Girls' Generation "Oh!" 23,077 2010/02/05
5th Psy "Gangnam Style" 22,737 2012/08/31
6th Girls' Generation "Oh!" 22,689 2010/02/12
7th Psy "Gangnam Style" 21,399 2012/08/24
8th G-Dragon "Heartbreaker" 21,322 2009/09/04
9th Girls' Generation "Run Devil Run" 21,223 2010/04/02
10th Psy "Gangnam Style" 21,085 2012/09/14

Tours

Controversies
Main article: Korean Broadcasting System § Controversies

Similar programs

See also

Notes
  1. Episode aired on March 17
  2. Episode 982 was recorded on May 31 and broadcast on June 7.
  3. This week's winners were announced on the station's official website.
  4. Episode 995 was recorded on September 6 and broadcast on September 13.

References

General

  • "List of winners since 2013" (in Korean). kbs.co.kr. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

Specific

  1. "How to apply for K-Pop Music Shows". Korea Tourism Organization. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
  2. "Music Bank' to restart its world tour starting in August". allKpop. Archived from the original on 2017-08-20. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  3. "Park Bo-gum, Irene to emcee Singapore tour of 'Music Bank'". Korea Herald.
  4. 심연희 (16 June 2016). [문화광장] 뮤직뱅크. KBS News (in Korean). Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  5. "[리폿@이슈] "송중기♥서효림→박보검♥아이린"…'뮤뱅' 역대 커플 MC" (in Korean). Naver. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  6. (in Korean) Official Music Bank homepage. How the K-Chart is calculated. KBS. Retrieved 4 October 2009
  7. "Jung Jin-woon & Park Se-young, the New Hosts of Music Bank". KBS World. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  8. "이서원, '뮤직뱅크' 새 MC 확정…박보검 뒤 잇는 스타될까" [Lee Seo Won Appointed as New Music Bank Host]. thestar.chosun.com. 4 November 2016. Archived from the original on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
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