M Countdown

M Countdown is a South Korean music program broadcast by Mnet. The show features some of the latest and most popular artists who perform live on stage. It is broadcast from CJ E&M Center Studio in Sangam-dong, Mapo District, Seoul, South Korea

Broadcast
M Countdown airs live on domestic television at 6PM KST every Thursday. Live streaming is available internationally via the M Countdown On Air page on Mwave's website.

In the Philippines, online multi-view live broadcast of the show is available via gigafest.smart. It began airing on free-to-air television through TV5 from January 31, 2021—episodes are shown every Sunday.

Segments
Current Segments include MCD Dance Challenge, Storage M, and M Studio. Previous Segments that airing includes B'SHOP where songwriter Bang Si-hyuk introduces some hit songs, MCD DRAMA where the hosts act out scenarios, MCD NEWS which reports the latest music industry news, and MCD Ranking which ranks celebrities with certain topics..

Hosts

 * Tony An and Shin So-yul (March 10, 2011 – August 23, 2012)
 * Lee Hong-gi (August 30, 2012 – December 13, 2012)
 * Kim Woo-bin (August 15, 2013 – February 13, 2014)
 * Ahn Jae-hyun and Jung Joon-young (February 27, 2014 – November 20, 2014)
 * Lee Jung-shin, Key, BamBam and Park Jin-young (March 19, 2015 – March 3, 2016)
 * Lee Jung-shin and Key (March 17, 2016 – September 8, 2016)
 * Key (September 22, 2016 – April 13, 2017)
 * Daehwi and Han Hyun-min (April 4, 2019 – February 4, 2021)
 * Miyeon and Nam Yoon-su (February 18, 2021–present)

Between April 2017 and April 2018, each episode of the show was hosted by special guest presenters. Between April 2018 and March 2019, the show was hosted by a "Global MC Crew" of idols who spoke foreign languages

M Countdown chart
As of May 28, 2020, the chart featured on M Countdown was calculated by combining Digital Single Sales (45%), Album Sales (15%), Social Media Points (YouTube official music video views) (15%), Votes (through Mwave, Mnet Japan, Genie, Whosfan) (15%), Mnet Broadcast Points (10%), and live-vote (10%); for a total of 11,000 points. This chart's data is collected from Monday to Sunday (10 days prior to 4 days prior)

To be eligible for M countdown chart, artist must "promote" their songs in at least one music show (no need to attend M countdown), and songs receive triple crown is not eligible.

As of May 2019, only Exo, Shinee, BTS, Twice, and NU'EST have achieved the perfect score under the then two most recent scoring systems (sixth and seventh systems).

Previously, only Girls' Generation achieved the perfect score of 10,000 points, twice, under the fourth and fifth scoring systems in 2013 and 2014.

Winners
While previous revisions of this article included winners for 2004–2007, that information was not supported by any secondary sources since its initial addition in 2011. A lack of coverage of the show on Naver for those particular years makes sourcing the information difficult. As such, those sections have been removed from the page and only winners from 2008 to present are cited.

Triple Crowns
The term triple crown refers to when a song achieves three wins (consecutive or non-consecutive) on the show. After that, it is removed from the chart and is no longer eligible for first place.