List of Music Bank Chart winners (2019)

The Music Bank Chart is a record chart established in 1998 on the South Korean KBS television music program Music Bank. Every week during its live broadcast, the show gives an award for the best-performing single on the South Korean chart. The chart includes digital performance on domestic online music services (65%), album sales (5%), number of times the single was broadcast on KBS TV (20%), and viewers' choice (10%) in its ranking methodology.[1][2] The score for domestic online music services is calculated using data from Melon, Bugs, Genie Music and Soribada.[3] The show was hosted by actor Choi Won-myeong and Lovelyz member Kei from June 15, 2018, until June 28, 2019.[4][5] Actress Shin Ye-eun and Golden Child member Choi Bo-min were announced as new hosts the following week.[6]

Music Bank Chart winners (2019)
Highlights
Song with most wins"Boy with Luv" by BTS (7)
Artist(s) with most winsBTS (7)
Song with highest score"Boy with Luv" by BTS (13,007)
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BTS on the Golden Disc Awards red carpet in 2019
Halsey performing at the Grammy Museum in 2019
"Boy with Luv" by BTS (left) and Halsey (right) received the highest score of 2019, earning 13,007 points on the April 26 broadcast and winning for seven weeks.

In 2019, 38 singles achieved a number one on the chart and 28 music acts were awarded first-place trophies. "Boy with Luv" by BTS and American singer-songwriter Halsey won for seven weeks and is the song with the most wins of the year. The seven number ones helped BTS become the act with the most wins of the year. The song also acquired the highest point total on the April 26 broadcast with a score of 13,007. Ten acts achieved more than one number one on the chart in 2019. The first number one of the year was achieved by Exo with their single "Tempo"; the group went on to have another number one single in December with "Obsession" which spent two consecutive weeks at the top. NU'EST ranked number one on the chart for the first time with "Bet Bet" over seven years after their debut.[7] Their single "Love Me" went on to rank number one on the chart on the November 1 broadcast. Two other boy groups ranked more than one single at number one on the chart in 2019: Got7 with "Eclipse" and "You Calling My Name", and Seventeen with "Home" and "Fear".

Former I.O.I member Chungha achieved two number one singles with "Gotta Go" and "Snapping". Singer-songwriter IU ranked two singles at number one on the chart, achieved with "Love Poem" and "Blueming". Four girl groups had more than one number one single on the chart. Itzy won on Music Bank for the first time with their debut single "Dalla Dalla" and went on to rank another single at number one with "Icy" in August.[8] Both singles ranked number one for two weeks. GFriend, Mamamoo and Red Velvet ranked two singles at number one with "Sunrise" and "Fever", "Gogobebe" and "Hip", and "Zimzalabim" and "Umpah Umpah", respectively.

Besides Itzy and NU'EST, seven other acts achieved their first number one on Music Bank in 2019. Exo's subunit Exo-SC achieved their first music show award for "What a Life".[9] Exo member Baekhyun ranked number one on a music show for the first time with "UN Village" on Music Bank while fellow member Chen achieved his first Music Bank award with "Shall We?".[10][11] Duo Bolbbalgan4's single "Workaholic" helped them achieve their first number one on the chart on the September 20 broadcast.[12] Former members of Wanna One – a group formed through the second season of the survival reality show Produce 101Kang Daniel and Park Ji-hoon won their first ever music show award with "What Are You Up To" and "L.O.V.E", respectively.[13][14] Iz*One and X1, formed through the third and fourth seasons of Produce 101 gained their first number one on the chart with "Violeta" and "Flash", respectively.[15][16] The latter group would go on to disband in January 2023 due to the Mnet vote manipulation investigation.[17]

Chart history

Several members of Exo won Music Bank in 2019: Baekhyun (left) and sub-unit Exo-SC (middle) received their first music show wins for "UN Village" and "What a Life", respectively, while Chen (right) won his first Music Bank award for "Shall We?".
Iz*One (top) and NU'EST (bottom) received their first broadcast music show wins with their Music Bank trophies for "Violeta" and "Bet Bet", respectively.
Itzy (top) and Bolbbalgan4 (bottom) won Music Bank for the first time with "Dalla Dalla" and "Workaholic", respectively.
Former Wanna One members Kang Daniel (left) and Park Ji-hoon (right) won their first ever music show trophies as soloists with their wins for "What Are You Up To" and "L.O.V.E", respectively.
Key
Highest score in 2019
No show was broadcast
Chart history
EpisodeDateArtistSongPointsRef(s)
961January 4Exo"Tempo"9,055[18][19]
962January 11Winner"Millions"3,382[20][21]
963January 18Chungha"Gotta Go"4,824[22][23]
964January 25GFriend"Sunrise"5,600[24][25]
965February 1Seventeen"Home"9,466[26][27]
966February 84,017[28][29]
967February 155,249[30][31]
968February 22Taemin"Want"7,141[32][33]
969March 1Monsta X"Alligator"6,922[34][35]
970March 8Itzy"Dalla Dalla"5,104[36][8]
971March 154,405[37][38]
972March 22Epik High"Lovedrunk"4,397[39][40]
973March 29Mamamoo"Gogobebe"4,691[41][42]
974April 5Park Ji-hoon"L.O.V.E"6,030[43][14]
975April 12Iz*One"Violeta"7,238[44][15]
976April 19BTS"Boy with Luv"11,231[45][46]
977April 2613,007 ‡[47][48]
978May 37,397[49][50]
979May 10NU'EST"Bet Bet"8,586[51][7]
980May 17BTS"Boy with Luv"6,092[52][53]
981May 247,662[54][55]
982[a]May 31Got7"Eclipse"5,101[56][57]
[b]June 7NCT 127"Superhuman"4,458[58][59]
983June 14BTS"Boy with Luv"4,591[60][61]
984June 214,427[62][63]
985June 28Red Velvet"Zimzalabim"4,868[64][65]
986July 5Chungha"Snapping"5,592[66][67]
987July 12GFriend"Fever"5,014[68][69]
988July 19Baekhyun"UN Village"8,401[70][10]
989July 266,266[71][72]
990August 2Exo-SC"What a Life"7,164[73][9]
991August 9Kang Daniel"What Are You Up To"8,177[74][13]
992August 16Itzy"Icy"4,440[75][76]
993August 234,094[77][78]
994August 30Red Velvet"Umpah Umpah"4,898[79][80]
995[c]September 6X1"Flash"9,021[81][16]
[b]September 136,407[82]
996September 20Bolbbalgan4"Workaholic"3,539[83][12]
997September 27Seventeen"Fear"11,565[84][85]
998October 4Twice"Feel Special"8,821[86][87]
999October 11Chen"Shall We?"7,161[88][11]
1,000October 18AKMU"How Can I Love the Heartbreak, You're the One I Love"5,190[89]
1,001October 25Super Junior"Super Clap"8,514[90][91]
1,002November 1NU'EST"Love Me"6,660[92][93]
1,003November 8Taeyeon"Spark"6,104[94][95]
1,004November 15Got7"You Calling My Name"5,937[96][97]
1,005November 22Mamamoo"Hip"5,163[98][99]
1,006November 29IU"Love Poem"8,329[100][101]
1,007December 6Exo"Obsession"8,970[102][103]
1,008December 135,716[104][105]
1,009[b]December 20IU"Blueming"4,527[106]
[b]December 274,116[107]

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