win music shows! ~ XXI GENERATION

They're part of KPOP ~

Music has no language barrier. It’s just music, you could just listen to it and feel it. When you’re on stage, you connect to it. It doesn’t matter if it’s in Korean, or in English. It’s just a matter of what we show and inspire.- CL

[TUTORIAL] How to Help 2NE1 and SNSD Win on Music Shows

Music Show Criteria

M! Countdown

50% Digital Single sales (Melon, Soribada, Bugs, etc)
10% Album Sales (Hanteo, Synnara, Hot tracks, etc)
10% Social Media Score (Youtube + SNS)
10% Rating (Fan voting + Age Preference)
10% Broadcast Score
10% Live Voting

Music Bank

65% Digital Sales (Melon, Soribada, Bugs, etc)
20% Broadcast Points (Frequency of appearances on KBS TV and Radio shows, song plays)
10% Voting (requires KSSN, international fans cannot vote)
5% Physical Sales (Hanteo, Synnara, Hot tracks, etc)

Show! Music Core

70% Physical + Digital Sales (Hanteo, Synnara, Hot tracks, etc) + (Melon, Soribada, Bugs, etc)
10% Music Video Views (must be from official channel)
10% Pre-Voting (voting through MBC’s website, voted by a committee of 2000 people)
10% Live Voting (top 3 nominees eligible only)

Inkigayo

60% Digital Sales
35% SNS Score (Youtube)
5% Pre-Voting (voting through mobile app ‘엠앤TV톡’)
10% Live Voting (only top 3 artists are eligible)

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Physical Sales

There are two major charts that monitor physical album sales in Korea: Hanteo and Gaon.
Hanteo chart counts daily, weekly, and monthly sales. Hanteo chart is used to count towards music show charts. A lot of stores send their sale counts to Hanteo to record, but not all do.
Gaon chart counts weekly, monthly and yearly physical and digital sales. Along with Hanteo, the Gaon chart is crucial for end-year award shows.
Sales from the following online stores count towards Hanteo and Gaon:
Leesmusic | Applemusic | Synnara | Dvdheaven | YesAsia | Kpoptown | Kpopmart

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Digital Sales/Downloads + Streaming

Downloads/streams from the following sites contribute toward digital sales:
MelOn | Bugs | Mnet | Soribada | Olleh | Monkey3 | Cyworld | Genie

iTunes does NOT count towards Korean charts whatsoever.

Downloading is when you buy a song and save it to your personal device (ex. iPod). It is similar to purchasing a song on iTunes.

Streaming is when you play a song through a respective site’s player or mobile application. This is similar to Spotify. Downloading the song and playing it through iTunes/Winamp/etc is not streaming.

MelOn is Korea’s largest digital music store. It dominates over 50% of the digital market. MelOn’s chart is heavily dependent on streaming. Unless you pay, you will only be able to stream 1 minute previews.

How to stream on Genie: (visual guide coming soon)

Login via Twitter or Facebook
Accept terms of agreement
Choose nickname
Go to the album page and stream ‘’!

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Online Voting

Click here to vote on M! Countdown. Use your Mnet, Twitter, and Facebook account for 3 votes. Making an Mnet account is easy as the site is available in English. You can also vote on Mnet’s Korean website. One vote per account. Click here for Mnet Japan’s site. This counts for 5% of M! Countdown’s criteria.
Music Bankrequires KSSN. Foreigners cannot vote
Voting on Show! Music Core is done by registering an MBC ID and applying to become a part of a special 2000 viewer committee. This counts for 10% of Show! Music Core’s criteria.

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Live SMS Voting

Real-time voting is done when the music show is live. An MC will signal when fans can start voting. One vote per mobile number. Charges may apply. It is best to text from a phone but you may also try smsrr or e-freesms (however, your vote may not be accepted). Your message must contain the group’s name in Korean: 태티서
M! Countdown

Vote for - if they are in the top 3.
Text - to +822566 or 00822566 (2566 if you are residing in Korea)
This is worth 10% of M! Countdown’s criteria..

Show! Music Core

Vote for - if they are in the top 3.
Text - to +820505 or 00820505 (0505 if you are residing in Korea)
Music Core REQUIRES you to vote for two nominees. For example, if Super Junior and Winner is nominated along with -, you must vote for one of them along with -. If I send “-,슈퍼주니어”, it means I’d be voting for - and Super Junior.
This is worth 10% of Show! Music Core’s criteria.

Inkigayo

Vote for - if they are in the top 3.
Text - to +821245 or 00821245 (1245 if you are residing in Korea)
This is worth 10% of Inkigayo’s criteria.

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SNS Points

SNS points are worth 10% of M! Countdown’s criteria and a whopping 35% of Inkigayo’s criteria. SNS points are mainly gathered through:
Streaming -’s music video from official channel is important, especially for Inkigayo!
Stream performances uploaded on broadcast’s official channels: SBS | MBC | MNet
Like, favorite, and comment on the MV/live performances
Make sure to play the videos in full
Like and leave comments on -'s official Facebook page
Tweet with the following hashtags on Twitter: - (+ a random message). It is recommended to use a maximum of 2 hashtags in a tweet or your tweet may be marked as spam. Make sure your account is a public account for tweets to count. This helps for M! Countdown.
Search - on Nate, Naver, and Daum to help raise awareness