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List of Inkigayo Chart winners (2021)

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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. In 2021, the chart measured 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, for a total of 11,000 points.[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]

Artist(s) with most winsIU (9)
Song with highest score"Savage" by Aespa (10,699)
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Artist(s) with most winsIU (9)
Song with highest score"Savage" by Aespa (10,699)
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Aespa received their first ever music show win with their Inkigayo trophy for "Black Mamba". Their succeeding single "Savage" earned the highest score of 2021, with 10,699 points on the October 17 broadcast, and achieved the group's first Triple Crown.

In 2021, 27 singles ranked number one on the chart and 18 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 latter 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 spent three non-consecutive weeks at number one and achieved a triple crown.[18] In July they had another number-one single with "Chi Mat Ba Ram".[19]

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.[20][21] The former group went on to rank another single at number one with "Hello Future" in July. Other first-time number-one artists included Stray Kids with their single "Thunderous" from their second studio album.[22] The last boy group to get their first Inkigayo trophy in 2021 was The Boyz with "Maverick".[23] Three soloists also achieved their first ever number one on the chart in 2021: KyoungSeo with her debut single "Shiny Star (2020)",[24] Rosé of Blackpink with her debut single "On the Ground",[25] and Lee Mu-jin with his debut single "Traffic Light".[26] 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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IU earned three Inkigayo Triple Crowns in 2021 for her singles "Celebrity", "Lilac", and "Strawberry Moon".
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Brave Girls received their first music show win with their trophy for "Rollin'" on Inkigayo. The song also achieved a Triple Crown.
Soloists Rosé of Blackpink (left), Kang Daniel (middle), and Lee Mu-jin (right) received their first Inkigayo trophies for "On the Ground", "Antidote", and "Traffic Light" respectively.
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NCT Dream (top) received their first Inkigayo award with their win for "Hot Sauce", marking the first NCT group to win first place on the program. NCT 127 (bottom) won Inkigayo for the first time with "Sticker".
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Stray Kids won their first Inkigayo trophy for "Thunderous".
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The Boyz received their first Inkigayo award for "Maverick".
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Episode Date Artist Song Points Ref.
— January 3 Twice "I Can't Stop Me" †[a] 5,158 [27]
1,076 January 10 KyoungSeo "Shiny Star (2020)" 4,863 [28][24]
1,077 January 17 Aespa "Black Mamba" 4,097 [29][15]
1,078 January 24 (G)I-dle "Hwaa" 9,653 [30][31]
1,079 January 31 6,412 [32][33]
1,080 February 7 IU "Celebrity" † 9,073 [34][35]
— February 14 No show, winner not announced [36]
1,081 February 21 IU "Celebrity" † 8,101 [37][38]
1,082 February 28 6,546 [39]
1,083 March 7 Shinee "Don't Call Me" 9,115 [40][41]
1,084 March 14 Brave Girls "Rollin'" † 6,270 [42][43]
1,085 March 21 6,569 [44][45]
1,086 March 28 Rosé "On the Ground" 8,351 [46][25]
1,087 April 4 IU "Lilac" † 7,521 [47]
1,088 April 11 7,706 [48][49]
1,089 April 18 6,760 [50]
1,090 April 25 Kang Daniel "Antidote" 6,539 [51][52]
1,091 May 2 NU'EST "Inside Out" 6,047 [53][54]
1,092 May 9 Brave Girls "Rollin'" † 6,411 [55][56]
1,093 May 16 Itzy "In the Morning" 7,391 [57][58]
1,094 May 23 NCT Dream "Hot Sauce" 9,405 [59][20]
1,095 May 30 BTS "Butter" † 7,161 [60][61]
1,096 June 6 10,262 [62][63]
1,097 June 13 9,744 [64]
1,098 June 20 Twice "Alcohol-Free" 7,002 [65][66]
1,099 June 27 8,440 [67][68]
1,100 July 4 Brave Girls "Chi Mat Ba Ram" 8,001 [69][19]
1,101 July 11 NCT Dream "Hello Future" 7,323 [70][71]
1,102 July 18 BTS "Permission to Dance" † 6,933 [72][73]
— July 25 No show, winner not announced [74]
— August 1 [75]
1,103 August 8 BTS "Permission to Dance" † 8,651 [76][77]
1,104 August 15 7,090 [78]
1,105 August 22 Lee Mu-jin "Traffic Light" † 6,081 [79][26]
1,106 August 29 Red Velvet "Queendom" 8,378 [80][81]
1,107 September 5 Stray Kids "Thunderous" 6,116 [82][22]
1,108 September 12 Red Velvet "Queendom" 5,781 [83][84]
1,109 September 19 Lee Mu-jin "Traffic Light" † 5,636 [85][86]
1,110 September 26 5,523 [87]
1,111 October 3 NCT 127 "Sticker" 5,849 [88][21]
1,112 October 10 Itzy "Loco" 6,379 [89][90]
1,113 October 17 Aespa "Savage" † 10,699 ‡ [91][92]
1,114 October 24 9,388 [93][94]
1,115 October 31 IU "Strawberry Moon" † 7,994 [95][96]
— November 7 No show, winner not announced [97]
1,116 November 14 The Boyz "Maverick" 5,902 [98][23]
1,117 November 21 IU "Strawberry Moon" † 6,191 [99][100]
1,118 November 28 Twice "Scientist" 5,988 [101][102]
1,119 December 5 Aespa "Savage" † 6,330 [103]
1,120 December 12 IU "Strawberry Moon" † 5,533 [104]
— December 19 No show, winner not announced [105]
— December 26
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  1. [a]
    "I Can't Stop Me" ranked number one for two weeks in 2020.

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