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

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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.

Current

  • Inkigayo or The Music Trend (previously known as SBS Popular Song), airs on SBS every Sunday at 12:10 PM KST. It is currently hosted by Park Jin-young, Kim Ji-soo and Kim Do-young.
  • Show! Music Core airs on MBC every Saturday at 3:45 PM KST. It is currently hosted by Kim Sae-ron, Cha Eun-woo and Lee Soo-min.
  • Music Bank airs on KBS2 and KBS World every Friday at 5:00 PM KST (UTC +9). It is currently hosted by Lee Seo-won and Laboum's Solbin.
  • M Countdown airs on Mnet every Thursday at 6:00 PM KST. It is currently hosted by SHINee's Key.
  • Show Champion airs on MBC Music every Wednesday at 7:00 PM KST. It is currently hosted by comedian Kim Shin-young.
  • The Show airs on SBS MTV every Tuesday at 8:00 PM KST. It is currently hosted by Jeon So-mi and Kim Woo-seok.
  • Pops in Seoul and Simply K-Pop are both aired on Arirang TV and are known to be the only South Korean music programs that never had a chart system. Simply K-Pop is also the only English-language South Korean music show.
  • Open Concert airs on KBS1 every Sunday at 06:00 PM KST. It is currently hosted by Lee Hyun-ju.

    • Past music programs

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • K-PopCon was a music program that aired on Channel A between December 2011 and March 2012.

    • 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.

    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.

    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.

    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, KBS' Music Bank's K-Chart included the song's physical sales in their computation, while SBS' Inkigayo's chart did not.

    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.

  • 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.
  • Inkigayo revamped the show on 15 July 2012 without the chart system but revived it again on 17 March 2013.
  • The Show broadcast for over three years before it introduced a chart system on 28 October 2014.
  • 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

    Girls' Generation has the most music show wins among all artists in South Korea with 100 wins. They earned their 100th trophy on September 19, 2015 on Show! Music Core with the song "Lion Heart".

    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) and Music Bank (a total of 16 weeks including a record 10-consecutive-week), surpassing the previous record of nine consecutive wins by Girls' Generation's "Gee" in 2009.

    Exo holds the record for the most first-place wins in a year, as they won a total of 32 times in 2015 with four different songs.

    References

    Music programs of South Korea Wikipedia
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