List of Music Bank Chart winners (2023)

The Music Bank Chart is a record chart established in 1998 on the South Korean KBS television music program Music Bank. Every week during its live broadcast, the show gives an award for the best-performing single on the South Korean chart. Since the episode on January 6, 2024, the chart utilizes digital performances on domestic online music services (60%), number of times the single was broadcast on KBS TV, radio and digital channels (20%), global pre-vote derived from the Mubeat app (10%),[1] album sales (5%), and a social media score calculated using YouTube and TikTok data gathered from the Circle chart (5%)[2] in its ranking methodology.[3] The score for domestic online music services is calculated using data from Melon, Bugs, Genie Music, Naver Vibe and Flo.[4]

Music Bank Chart winners (2023)
Highlights
Song with most wins"Crazy Form" by Ateez (3)
Artist(s) with most winsAteez (6)
Song with highest score"God of Music" by Seventeen (16,281)
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Seventeen receiving their cultural award.WooziSeungkwanMingyuJeonghanVernonHoshiThe8DinoJoshuaDKJunWonwooS.CoupsFile:220623 세븐틴 SEVENTEEN.jpg
Seventeen's (pictured) win for "God of Music" had the highest score of 2023, with 16,281 points at the November 3 broadcast.

Actor Lee Chae-min and Ive member Jang Won-young had been hosting the show together since September 30, 2022.[5] Nmixx member Haewon appeared as a guest host on the first broadcast of the year in lieu of Won-young.[6] Won-young went on to leave the show on January 13, 2023, after hosting the show for 1 year and 4 months.[7] For the next three weeks NewJeans member Minji and Oh My Girl member Mimi appeared as guest hosts alongside Chae-min. Le Sserafim's Hong Eun-chae was announced as the new co-host of the show on February 10, 2023.[8] Since then, Dahyun,[9] NewJeans' Hanni,[10] Arin,[11] Kim Se-jeong,[12] TXT's Choi Soo-bin,[13] and Umji[14] have appeared as guest hosts in lieu of Eun-chae.

In 2023, 42 singles achieved number one on the chart, and 30 acts were awarded first-place trophies. "God of Music" by Seventeen had the highest score of the year, with 16,281 points on the November 3 broadcast. Ateez's "Crazy Form" won three trophies, making it the most awarded song of the year. Ateez had three number-one singles on the chart in 2023 achieved with "Halazia", "Bouncy (K-Hot Chilli Peppers)", and "Crazy Form". The three songs spent a total of six weeks atop the chart, making Ateez the act with the most wins of the year. Boy group The Boyz also had three number-one singles on the chart achieved with "Roar", "Lip Gloss", and "Watch It". In addition to Ateez and The Boyz, eight other acts had more than one single ranked number one on the chart in 2023. Girl groups NewJeans and STAYC had two number-one singles on the chart achieved with "Ditto" and OMG", and "Teddy Bear" and "Bubble", respectively. Six boy groups ranked two singles at number one on the chart in 2023: TXT with "Sugar Rush Ride" and "Chasing That Feeling", NCT 127 with "Ay-yo" and "Fact Check", Seventeen with "Super" and "God of Music", Enhypen with "Bite Me" and "Sweet Venom", Stray Kids with "S-Class" and "Lalalala", and Exo with "Cream Soda" and "The First Snow".

Ten acts achieved their first number one on Music Bank in 2023. "Rover", "Killin' Me Good", and "Perfume" helped solo artists Kai and Jihyo and boy group NCT DoJaeJung gain their first ever music show awards on the March 24, August 25 and September 29 broadcasts, respectively.[9][15][16] BSS and Tempest achieved their first number ones on the chart with "Fighting" and "Vroom Vroom", respectively.[17][18] BTS members Jimin, V, and Jungkook gained their first solo number ones on the chart with "Like Crazy", "Slow Dancing", and "Seven", respectively.[19][20][21] The former two went on to rank number one for two weeks on the chart. Blackpink's Jisoo achieved her first number one on Music Bank on the April 14 broadcast with "Flower".[22]

Chart history

BSS (top), NCT DoJaeJung (middle) and Tempest (bottom) received their first major broadcast music show wins with their Music Bank trophies for "Fighting", "Perfume" and "Vroom Vroom", respectively.
Exo's Kai and Twice's Jihyo received their first ever music show award trophies at Music Bank as solo artists with "Rover", and "Killin' Me Good", respectively.
Blackpink's Jisoo (top left), BTS' Jimin (top right), V (bottom left) and Jungkook (bottom right) received their first Music Bank trophies as solo artists with "Flower", "Like Crazy", "Slow Dancing" and "Seven - Clean Ver.", respectively.
Key
Highest score in 2023
No show was held
Chart history
EpisodeDateArtistSongPointsRef.
1,146January 6Ateez"Halazia"8,793[3][23]
1,147January 13NewJeans"Ditto"11,011[24][25]
1,148January 20Monsta X"Beautiful Liar"10,600[26][27]
1,149January 27NewJeans"OMG"7,612[28][29]
1,150February 3TXT"Sugar Rush Ride"13,245[30][31]
1,151February 10NCT 127"Ay-Yo"11,861[32][33]
1,152February 17BSS"Fighting"8,828[34][17]
1,153February 24STAYC"Teddy Bear"7,566[35][36]
1,154March 3The Boyz"Roar"8,514[37][38]
[a]March 106,013[39]
1,155March 17Twice"Set Me Free"12,587[40][41]
1,156March 24Kai"Rover"8,161[42][9]
1,157March 31Jimin"Like Crazy"9,198[43][19]
1,158April 77,682[44][45]
1,159April 14Jisoo"Flower"7,140[46][22]
1,160April 21Ive"I Am"14,690[47][48]
1,161April 28NCT DoJaeJung"Perfume"8,350[49][16]
1,162May 5Seventeen"Super"13,059[50][51]
1,163May 12Le Sserafim"Unforgiven"13,498[52][53]
1,164May 19Aespa"Spicy"11,842[54][55]
1,165May 26(G)I-dle"Queencard"10,487[56][57]
1,166June 2Enhypen"Bite Me"12,595[58][59]
1,167June 9Stray Kids"S-Class"13,481[60][61]
1,168June 168,333[62][63]
1,169June 23Ateez"Bouncy (K-Hot Chilli Peppers)"11,624[64][65]
1,170June 307,410[66][67]
1,171July 7Shinee"Hard"6,453[68][69]
1,172July 14(G)I-dle"Queencard"5,154[70][71]
1,173July 21Exo"Cream Soda"7,269[72][73]
1,174July 28NCT Dream"ISTJ"11,841[74][75]
1,175August 46,841[76][77]
[a]August 11Itzy"Cake"10,866[78]
1,176August 18The Boyz"Lip Gloss"7,306[79][80]
1,177August 25Jihyo"Killin' Me Good"5,525[81][15]
1,178September 1STAYC"Bubble"5,928[82][83]
1,179September 8NCT U"Baggy Jeans"11,881[84][85]
1,180September 15V"Slow Dancing"9,234[86][20]
1,181September 226,587[87][88]
[a]September 29Tempest"Vroom Vroom"5,914[89][18]
[a]October 6Oneus"Baila Conmigo"5,408[90][91]
1,182October 13NCT 127"Fact Check"8,896[92][93]
[a]October 20TXT"Chasing That Feeling"8,897[94]
1,183October 275,906[95][96]
1,184November 3Seventeen"God of Music"16,281 ‡[97][98]
1,185November 10Jungkook"Seven"9,776[99][21]
1,186November 17Stray Kids"Lalalala"10,481[100][101]
1,187November 24Enhypen"Sweet Venom"11,542[102][103]
1,188December 1The Boyz"Watch It"7,511[104][105]
[a]December 8Ateez"Crazy Form"10,386[106]
[a]December 156,348[107]
[a]December 225,411[108][109]
[a]December 29Exo"The First Snow"4,543[110][111]

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