Aespa received their first ever music show win with theirInkigayo trophy for "Black Mamba". Their succeeding single "Savage" earned the highest score of 2021, with 10,699 points on the October 17 broadcast, and achieved the group's first Triple Crown.
TheInkigayo Chart is amusic programrecord chart onSeoul Broadcasting System (SBS) that gives an award to the best-performingsingle of the week in South Korea. In 2021, the chart measured digital performance in domestic online music services (5,500 points), social media viaYouTube views (3,000 points), album sales (1,000 points), network on-air time (1,000 points), and advanced viewer votes (500 points) in its ranking methodology, for a total of 11,000 points.[1] Beginning on January 24,Inkigayo implemented real-time voting via the Starpassmobile app accounting for an additional 500 points.[2][3] Songs that spend three weeks at number one are awarded aTriple Crown and are removed from the chart and ineligible to win again. Since October 20, 2019,Monsta X memberMinhyuk,NCT memberJaehyun, andApril memberLee Na-eun had been hosting the show and continued to do so till February 28, 2021.[4]Treasure'sJihoon,Riize's Sungchan, andIz*One'sAn Yu-jin were announced as new hosts of the show the following week.[5]
In 2021, 27 singles ranked number one on the chart and 18 acts received an award trophy for this feat. Nine songs collected trophies for three weeks and earned a Triple Crown:Twice's "I Can't Stop Me",[6]IU's "Celebrity",[7] "Lilac"[8] and "Strawberry Moon",[9]Brave Girls' "Rollin'",[10]BTS' "Butter"[11] and "Permission to Dance",[12]Lee Mu-jin's "Traffic Light",[13] andAespa's "Savage".[14] The first number one of the year was "I Can't Stop Me" by Twice marking its third week at number one and achieving a triple crown. Eight artists had their first number one song on the chart in 2021.Girl group Aespa had their first number one on the chart in January with their debut single "Black Mamba".[15] Their single "Savage" also ranked number one on the chart in October. The latter single spent three non-consecutive weeks at number one and achieved a triple crown. On the October 17 broadcast, it achieved 10,699 points, making it the single with the highest points of the year. Brave Girls won their firstInkigayo award for "Rollin'" over four years after its release after a YouTube video featuring performances of the song went viral, making it rise on South Korean music charts.[16][17] The single spent three non-consecutive weeks at number one and achieved a triple crown.[18] In July they had another number-one single with "Chi Mat Ba Ram".[19]
Four boy groups achieved their first everInkigayo award in 2021. NCT's subunitsNCT Dream andNCT 127 both ranked number one for the first time in May with "Hot Sauce" and "Sticker" in October, respectively.[20][21] The former group went on to rank another single at number one with "Hello Future" in July. Other first-time number-one artists includedStray Kids with their single "Thunderous" from their second studio album.[22] The last boy group to get their firstInkigayo trophy in 2021 wasThe Boyz with "Maverick".[23] Three soloists also achieved their first ever number one on the chart in 2021:KyoungSeo with her debut single "Shiny Star (2020)",[24]Rosé ofBlackpink with her debut single "On the Ground",[25] and Lee Mu-jin with his debut single "Traffic Light".[26] In addition to Aespa, Brave Girls and NCT Dream, four other artists had more than one number one single on the chart in 2021. BTS had two chart toppers throughout the year; "Butter" and "Permission to Dance". Both singles also achieved a triple crown. Itzy also had two number-one singles achieved with "In the Morning" and "Loco". IU's "Celebrity", "Lilac" and "Strawberry Moon" achieved three number ones each helping the singles achieve triple crowns. All three singles spent a total of nine weeks at number one making IU the artist with the most number ones of the year. The only other act to achieve three number ones was Twice with "I Can't Stop Me", "Alcohol-Free" and "Scientist".
IU earned threeInkigayo Triple Crowns in 2021 for her singles "Celebrity", "Lilac", and "Strawberry Moon".Brave Girls received their first music show win with their trophy for "Rollin'" onInkigayo. The song also achieved a Triple Crown.
NCT Dream(top) received their firstInkigayo award with their win for "Hot Sauce", marking the firstNCT group to win first place on the program.NCT 127(bottom) wonInkigayo for the first time with "Sticker".
Stray Kids won their firstInkigayo trophy for "Thunderous".The Boyz received their firstInkigayo award for "Maverick".
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