Music programs of South Korea

Music programs of South Korea are broadcast weekly, with different artists performing on the shows to promote their music.[1]

South Korea's largest broadcasting companies each have their own show, which are broadcast on different channels. SBS has Inkigayo, KBS has Music Bank, MBC has Show! Music Core, Mnet has M Countdown, MBC Music has Show Champion and SBS MTV has The Show.

Music programs

Current

Past music programs

  • Top 10 Songs aired on KBS from February 10, 1981 to February 11, 1998. Its popularity in South Korea was unrivaled, since it was airing at a time when cable television and the internet wasn't as developed. It had a song ranking system similar to Music Bank which replaced Bravo New Generation, a music program originally intended to be the show's replacement but stopped airing only after a few months.[8]
  • Show Network was a song ranking program which aired on MBC from October 30, 1989 to November 9, 1990 when the station decided to change its name to a Korean one, which eventually became 여러분의 인기가요, or Everyone's Popular Songs.[9]
  • Everyone's Popular Songs aired on MBC from November 9, 1990 - April 30, 1993. It was replaced by Choice! Most Popular Songs which ended in the same year.[10]
  • Live TV Gayo 20 replaced Inkigayo or SBS Popular Song in 1994 and aired until 1998, when SBS revived Inkigayo.[11]
  • Popular Songs Best 50 began airing on MBC on April 21, 1995 and lasted until January 17, 1998 when it was cancelled due to high production cost caused by the IMF crisis in 1997.[12]
  • Live Young Times was a music show with a chart system that aired on MBC from January to April 1998, but was replaced by Music Camp.
  • Music Camp was a music program that aired on MBC, but was cancelled after an incident that was broadcast live where two band members exposed their genitalia during a segment of the show.[13]
  • K-PopCon was a music program that aired on Channel A between December 2011 and March 2012.
  • Music on Top was a music program that aired on jTBC, but was cancelled due to low ratings. Like most of the music programs, it also had a chart system that awards music show wins to artists every week.

Performances

Artists commonly pre-record performances and appear live on the show for interviews and the ending of the show, where the week's winning artist is announced.

They also use music programs to promote. 'Debut stage' is the term used for artists who perform on the shows for the first time, usually serving as their first live performance when they debut as an artist. On the other hand, a 'comeback stage' is the term used for the first performance of the artist on the shows with their new songs and the start of a new promotional cycle, after the end of their debut cycle.[14]

Fans are also allowed to attend pre-recordings and live shows to support the artists for free if they apply for tickets on each of the show's websites, with the condition that they don't record or take photos during the recording. Fans who disobey these rules will be banned from the show, along with fellow fans who came to support the group.[15]

Show! Music Core's lip-sync ban

During an interview with 'Music Core' CP Park Hyun Suk on July 1, 2014, he was reported to have told Munhwa Ilbo, "We will not allow people who are not equipped with the basics as a singer to perform on stage. Even if one's individual part is short, that is fine. The singers who perform on stage must sing." He argues that this is to discourage groups who record almost 100% of their music for the shows, to determine the truly talented idol groups.[16]

Chart systems

Each music program of the different networks have different systems that they use to decide the winning artist of the week. For instance, for some time, Music Bank's K-Chart included the song's physical sales in their computation, while SBS' Inkigayo's chart did not.[17]

An artist is not eligible to win on music shows during the first week of promotions, and may only be included in the music charts in the second week.

Music program Channel Day Chart system
The Show SBS MTV Tuesday
  • Pre-score: Total 90% (Digital (downloads and streaming) (40%), album sales (10%), music video views (20%), expert reviews (15%), 5% Starpass Pre-Voting)
  • Starpass Live voting (for The Show Choice nominees only): 10%
Show Champion MBC Music Wednesday Digital (streaming + downloads) (30%), album sales (10%), Pre-voting (a sum of Genie (Domestic) and Idol Champ (Global) pre-votes (40%)), broadcast score (10%), Expert reviews (10%)[18]
M Countdown Mnet Thursday Digital (streaming + downloads) (45%), album sales (15%), music video views (20%), Pre-voting (a sum of pre-votes on Mwave, Mnet and Mnet Japan) (10%), broadcast score (10%), live text voting (10%) (weekly 1st place chart nominees only)[19]
Music Bank KBS Friday Digital (streaming + downloads) (65%), album sales (5%), KBS broadcast score (KBS2 (TV) and KBS Cool FM and KBS Happy FM (radio)) (20%), panel survey (10%)[20]
Show! Music Core MBC Saturday Digital (streaming + downloads) (50%), album sales (10%), music video views (10%), Panel survey (10%), MBC Radio broadcast score (MBC FM4U and MBC Standard FM) (5%), Live text voting (15%) (weekly 1st place chart nominees only)
Inkigayo SBS Sunday Digital (streaming + downloads) (55%), album sales (5%), music video views (35%), SBS broadcast score (SBS (TV) and SBS Power FM and SBS Love FM (radio)) (10%), Melon's AzTalk pre-voting (5%)[21]
  • Show! Music Core broadcast for over seven years without a chart system from 31 December 2005 before it was brought back on 20 April 2013. It was once again removed on November 21, 2015.[22] On 22 April 2017, the chart system was brought back yet again.[23]
  • Inkigayo revamped the show on 15 July 2012 without the chart system but revived it again on 17 March 2013.[24]
  • The Show broadcast for over three years before it introduced a chart system on 28 October 2014.[25]
  • Show Champion started broadcasting on 21 February 2012.
  • Music Bank has been airing since 18 June 1988. The last winner was on 2 August 2001 before the chart system was abandoned. It was revived again on 7 September 2007.
  • M Countdown has been airing since 29 July 2004 and has always had a chart system.

Chart records

In September 2015, Girls' Generation became the first artist in South Korea to accumulate a total of 100 wins on music shows.[26]

Psy currently holds the record for most awarded song with the 2012 global hit "Gangnam Style", which won the first-place award for a total of 20 times. The song became the first-place winner on M Countdown (three straight weeks)[27] and Music Bank (a total of 16 weeks, including a record 10-consecutive-week),[28] surpassing the previous record of nine consecutive wins by Girls' Generation's "Gee" in 2009.[29]

Twice holds the record for the most first-place wins in a year as they won a total of 36 times in 2017.[30] Exo holds the record for most wins for a single song by a group with 18 music show wins for "Call Me Baby", released in 2015.[31]

References

  1. ↑ "How to apply for K-Pop Music Shows". Visit Korea. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  2. ↑ "Three New MCs Selected for SBS 'Inkigayo'!". SBS News. 13 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "세븐틴 민규·다이아 정채연·송강, '인기가요' 새 MC 확정(공식)". YTN (in Korean). 13 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "NCT 제노·CLC 장예은·JBJ 김용국, '더쇼' 슈퍼 루키 MC 발탁" (in Korean). Naver. May 21, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  5. ↑ "MC 소개" (in Korean). mbcplus.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
  6. ↑ "트와이스, '엠카' 500회 1위…규현·효린 등 컴백 러시(종합)" (in Korean). news1.kr. November 10, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
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  8. ↑ "'17년' 역사의 가요 프로그램, 마지막 방송 보니…". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 17 January 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  9. ↑ "MBC프로이름한글로" (in Korean). Dong a Ilbo. 11 October 1990. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  10. ↑ "TV쇼프로 10代(대)취향 벗어난다" (in Korean). Dong a Ilbo. 23 April 1993. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  11. ↑ "SBS 가족중심 교양프로 늘린다 18일부터 봄철 프로개편 단행" (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 14 April 1994. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  12. ↑ "연예계"IMF가 무섭네요"" (in Korean). Dong a Ilbo. 3 February 1998. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  13. ↑ "Naked Bodies Shown for Five Seconds on Live TV". The Dong-a Ilbo. 1 August 2005. Retrieved 2014-10-18.
  14. ↑ Ramstad, Evan. "Korea Counts Down Not Just To New Year, But to New Girls' Album". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved October 19, 2015. One of the unique things about album releases by K-pop artists is that they are routinely called 'comebacks' even when there's been no evidence that the musician or group went away or, in the conventional sports usage of the term, experienced a setback or loss.
  15. ↑ "EXO Fans Banned from Entering 'Inkigayo'". enewsWorld. August 5, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  16. ↑ "'Music Core' to Ban Lip Syncing". Newsen. July 1, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  17. ↑ "'Inkigayo' reveals the details of its new ranking system". Allkpop. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  18. ↑ "Show Champion Chart" (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2017-06-04. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  19. ↑ "M COUNTDOWN Chart". Mnet. August 27, 2015. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
  20. ↑ "[Oh!쎈 초점] '뮤직뱅크' 해외 팬만 중요? 시청자 의견에 귀 닫았나". Chosun (in Korean). April 10, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
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