Breakdown of How Music Shows Rank Songs

 

For those who are curious like me, this is how fans can help their artists win LOL

 

M COUNTDOWN: digital single sales 50%, album sales 10%, age preference 20%, global fan vote 10%, sms vote 5%

KBS MUSIC BANK: digital music sales 65%, album sales 5%, tv appearance 20%, tv viewers preference 10%

SBS INKIGAYO: digital music sales and album sales 50%, social media referrals (fb, twitter) 30%, tv viewer vote 20%

MBC SHOW! MUSIC CORE: youtube hit, early voting, digital music sales and album sales, text vote

 

 

Digital music sales make up a huge chunk of their criteria. Even though Wolf ranked at #70/#50, I can now see why EXO still bagged the awards. It is because of the other criteria like physical album sales and votes. EXO has a huge fandom for a nugu group. Plus the international fandom is notorious when it comes to increasing views in youtube, online votes, and social media referrals. K-fans must be rich too, to send in all those text votes. So, now I know the reason behind those missions LOL

Sistar is currently number one on digital charts but they have a smaller fandom compared to EXO. So, we'll see next week who claims the top spot.

 

 

 

 

References

M COUNTDOWN RANK SELECTION METHOD 

Debunking How Kpop Charts Music Charts Are Made Part 1 Part 2

Exo wins  #1 on Music Bank in Netizen BUZZ

SISTAR maintains #1 for 6 days in a row despite strong competition

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hyo_jinki
#1
Show Champion: Digital Sales (75%), Preference of Netizens / Netizens Votes (15%), Evaluation by Experts (10%)

Show Champion and Mubank take consideration of the digital the most, while inkigayo and music core are more fans-friendly. LOL.

Yeah, let's see how it turns out next week. xD
kpopartory
#2
digital single music sale, that speaks money hahaha

I smell trouble in the air
nizzyool #3
I realize this when I watched one of their winnings where Minho and Sohyun read the details. SM tried another way, I saw. Instead of 'buying' awards by themselves, they 'made' fans 'buy' the award for them. SM's actions always bring them benefits, like always kkk