List of Inkigayo Chart winners (2021)
Inkigayo Chart winners (2021) | |
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Highlights | |
Artist(s) with most wins | IU (9) |
Song with highest score | "Savage" by Aespa (10,699) |
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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. The chart measures 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) in its ranking methodology.[1] Beginning on January 24, Inkigayo implemented real-time voting via the Starpass mobile app accounting for an additional 500 points.[2][3] Songs that spend three weeks at number one are awarded a Triple Crown and are removed from the chart and ineligible to win again. Since October 20, 2019, Monsta X member Minhyuk, NCT member Jaehyun, and April member Lee Na-eun had been hosting the show and continued to do so till February 28, 2021.[4] Treasure's Jihoon, Riize's Sungchan, and Iz*One's An Yu-jin were announced as new hosts of the show the following week.[5]
In 2021, 27 singles ranked number one on the chart and 18 music acts received an award trophy for this feat. Nine songs collected trophies for three weeks and earned a Triple Crown: Twice's "I Can't Stop Me",[6] IU's "Celebrity",[7] "Lilac"[8] and "Strawberry Moon",[9] Brave Girls' "Rollin'",[10] BTS' "Butter"[11] and "Permission to Dance",[12] Lee Mu-jin's "Traffic Light,[13] and Aespa's "Savage".[14] The first number one of the year was "I Can't Stop Me" by Twice marking its third week at number one and achieving a triple crown. Eight artists had their first number one song on the chart in 2021. Girl group Aespa had their first number one on the chart in January with their debut single "Black Mamba".[15] Their single "Savage" also ranked number one on the chart in October. The single spent three non consecutive weeks at number one and achieved a triple crown. On the October 17 broadcast, it achieved 10,699 points, making it the single with the highest points of the year. Brave Girls won their first Inkigayo award for "Rollin'" over four years after its release after a YouTube video featuring performances of the song went viral, making it rise on South Korean music charts.[16][17] The single also spent three non consecutive weeks at number one and achieved a triple crown. In July they had another number one single with "Chi Mat Ba Ram".
Four boy groups achieved their first ever Inkigayo award in 2021. NCT's subunits NCT Dream and NCT 127 both ranked number one for the first time in May with "Hot Sauce" and "Sticker" in October, respectively.[18][19] The former group went on to rank another single at number one with "Hello Future" in July. Other first time number one artist include "Stray Kids" with their single "Thunderous" from their second studio album.[20] The last boy group to get their first Inkigayo trophy in 2021 was The Boyz with "Maverick".[21] Two soloists also achieved their first ever number one on the chart in 2021. KyoungSeo with her debut single "Shiny Star (2020)" and Lee Mu-jin with his debut single "Traffic Light".[22][23] In addition to Aespa, Brave Girls and NCT Dream, four other artists had more than one number one single on the chart in 2021. BTS had two chart toppers throughout the year; "Butter" and "Permission to Dance". Both singles also achieved a triple crown. Itzy also had two number one singles achieved with "In the Morning" and "Loco". IU's "Celebrity", "Lilac" and "Strawberry Moon" achieved three number ones each helping the singles achieve triple crowns. All three singles spent a total of nine weeks at number one making IU the artist with the most number ones of the year. The only other act to achieve three number ones was Twice with "I Can't Stop Me", "Alcohol-Free" and "Scientist".
Chart history
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† | Indicates the song achieved a Triple Crown |
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‡ | Indicates the highest score of the year |
— | No show was held |
Episode | Date | Artist | Song | Points | Ref. |
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— | January 3 | Twice | "I Can't Stop Me" †[a] | 5,158 | [24] |
1,076 | January 10 | KyoungSeo | "Shiny Star (2020)" | 4,863 | [25][22] |
1,077 | January 17 | Aespa | "Black Mamba" | 4,097 | [26][15] |
1,078 | January 24 | (G)I-dle | "Hwaa" | 9,653 | [27][28] |
1,079 | January 31 | 6,412 | [29][30] | ||
1,080 | February 7 | IU | "Celebrity" † | 9,073 | [31][32] |
— | February 14 | No show, winner not announced | [33] | ||
1,081 | February 21 | IU | "Celebrity" † | 8,101 | [34][35] |
1,082 | February 28 | 6,546 | [36] | ||
1,083 | March 7 | Shinee | "Don't Call Me" | 9,115 | [37][38] |
1,084 | March 14 | Brave Girls | "Rollin'" † | 6,270 | [39][40] |
1,085 | March 21 | 6,569 | [41][42] | ||
1,086 | March 28 | Rosé | "On the Ground" | 8,351 | [43][44] |
1,087 | April 4 | IU | "Lilac" † | 7,521 | [45] |
1,088 | April 11 | 7,706 | [46][47] | ||
1,089 | April 18 | 6,760 | [48] | ||
1,090 | April 25 | Kang Daniel | "Antidote" | 6,539 | [49][50] |
1,091 | May 2 | NU'EST | "Inside Out" | 6,047 | [51][52] |
1,092 | May 9 | Brave Girls | "Rollin'" † | 6,411 | [53][54] |
1,093 | May 16 | Itzy | "In the Morning" | 7,391 | [55][56] |
1,094 | May 23 | NCT Dream | "Hot Sauce" | 9,405 | [57][18] |
1,095 | May 30 | BTS | "Butter" † | 7,161 | [58][59] |
1,096 | June 6 | 10,262 | [60][61] | ||
1,097 | June 13 | 9,744 | [62] | ||
1,098 | June 20 | Twice | "Alcohol-Free" | 7,002 | [63][64] |
1,099 | June 27 | 8,440 | [65][66] | ||
1,100 | July 4 | Brave Girls | "Chi Mat Ba Ram" | 8,001 | [67][68] |
1,101 | July 11 | NCT Dream | "Hello Future" | 7,323 | [69][70] |
1,102 | July 18 | BTS | "Permission to Dance" † | 6,933 | [71][72] |
— | July 25 | No show, winner not announced | [73] | ||
— | August 1 | [74] | |||
1,103 | August 8 | BTS | "Permission to Dance" † | 8,651 | [75][76] |
1,104 | August 15 | 7,090 | [77] | ||
1,105 | August 22 | Lee Mu-jin | "Traffic Light" † | 6,081 | [78][23] |
1,106 | August 29 | Red Velvet | "Queendom" | 8,378 | [79][80] |
1,107 | September 5 | Stray Kids | "Thunderous" | 6,116 | [81][20] |
1,108 | September 12 | Red Velvet | "Queendom" | 5,781 | [82][83] |
1,109 | September 19 | Lee Mu-jin | "Traffic Light" † | 5,636 | [84][85] |
1,110 | September 26 | 5,523 | [86] | ||
1,111 | October 3 | NCT 127 | "Sticker" | 5,849 | [87][19] |
1,112 | October 10 | Itzy | "Loco" | 6,379 | [88][89] |
1,113 | October 17 | Aespa | "Savage" † | 10,699 ‡ | [90][91] |
1,114 | October 24 | 9,388 | [92][93] | ||
1,115 | October 31 | IU | "Strawberry Moon" † | 7,994 | [94][95] |
— | November 7 | No show, winner not announced | [96] | ||
1,116 | November 14 | The Boyz | "Maverick" | 5,902 | [97][21] |
1,117 | November 21 | IU | "Strawberry Moon" † | 6,191 | [98][99] |
1,118 | November 28 | Twice | "Scientist" | 5,988 | [100][101] |
1,119 | December 5 | Aespa | "Savage" † | 6,330 | [102] |
1,120 | December 12 | IU | "Strawberry Moon" † | 5,533 | [103] |
— | December 19 | No show, winner not announced | [104] | ||
— | December 26 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ "I Can't Stop Me" ranked number one for two weeks in 2020.
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