Show! Music Core
Show! Music Core, or simply Music Core is a South Korean music television program broadcast by MBC. It airs live every Saturday at 15:30. The show features some of the latest and most popular artists who perform live on stage. It is broadcast from MBC Dream Center in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province.
History
Prior to the current Show! Music Core, numerous music programs with similar content were aired on MBC. Below is the list in chronological order.| Broadcast date | Program name |
| October 30, 1989 – November 2, 1990 | Show Network |
| November 9, 1990 – April 30, 1993 | Everyone's Popular Songs |
| May 7, 1993 – October 8, 1993 | Choice Best Popular Songs |
| April 21, 1995 – January 17, 1998 | ' |
| January 24, 1998 – April 18, 1998 | Live Young Times |
| April 25, 1998 – January 23, 1999 | Music Camp |
| February 30, 1999 – May 8, 1999 | Family Camp |
| May 15, 1999 – July 30, 2005 | ' |
Live Music Camp was cancelled due to a broadcast accident of revealing genitalia.
After a brief hiatus, Show! Music Core began airing on October 29, 2005, with charts similar to its predecessors. However, the charts were removed on January 7, 2006, and it continues to air without any charts or awards. Even without the weekly chart award, the show was known for its special production and stages.
From 2007 to 2008, a "Mobile Ranking" segment was used to rank the popularity of songs downloaded to mobile phones and from online music sites.
On March 11, 2013, MBC announced that they would return their chart system after seven years without the segment. The ranking system was reinstalled on April 20, 2013, with a first-place trophy given to the top song amongst the nominees for each week.
November 21, 2015, MBC announced that their chart system would be removed once again. The MBC variety department said: "Instead of the ranking system, we intend to show more diverse genres of music and continue to work hard to be a representative music program of Korea."
On February 11, 2016, MBC announced a trial phase of their simultaneous live broadcast of Show! Music Core in HD and UHD utilizing a dedicated 4K camera, in preparation for their launch of UHD broadcasts scheduled for 2017. The trial phase had taken place February 13 through March 12, 2016.
On April 5, 2017, MBC announced that they would, yet again, return to their chart ranking system since April 22, 2017.
In June 2023 MBC reactivated their YouTube channel MBC World. In October 2023 it was announced that the chart show is officially available for live streaming for fans worldwide.
Hosts
| Episodes | Date | Host | Guest Host |
| 1 - 25 | October 29, 2005 – April 29, 2006 | Shin Dong-wook, Hong Soo-ah | - |
| 26 - 49 | May 6 – November 4, 2006 | Brian, Jang Mi-inae | |
| 50 - 68 | November 11, 2006 – March 31, 2007 | Brian, Kim Hyun-joong | |
| 69 - 74 | April 7 - May 19, 2007 | Brian | |
| 75 - 80 | May 26 – June 30, 2007 | Brian, Ahn So-hee, Hyuna | - |
| 81 - 96 | July 7 – November 3, 2007 | Brian, Kang-in | |
| 97 - 117 | November 10, 2007 – April 26, 2008 | T.O.P, Ahn So-hee, Sunye | |
| 118 - 159 | May 10, 2008 – March 28, 2009 | Seungri, Daesung, Sol Bi | |
| 160 - 219 | April 4, 2009 – July 31, 2010 | Tiffany, Yuri | |
| 220 - 231 | August 7 - October 23, 2010 | Various Guest Hosts | |
| 232 - 266 | October 30, 2010 – July 9, 2011 | Onew, Minho, Suzy, Jiyeon | - |
| 267 - 279 | July 16 – October 8, 2011 | Suzy, Jiyeon | - |
| 280 - 292 | October 15, 2011 – January 28, 2012 | Tiffany, Yuri | - |
| 293 - 294 | February 4 - 11, 2012 | Various Guest Hosts | |
| 295 - 354 | February 18, 2012 - April 13, 2013 | Taeyeon, Seohyun, Tiffany | |
| 355 - 414 | April 20, 2013 – July 12, 2014 | Minho, Kim So-hyun, Noh Hong-chul | |
| 415 - 453 | July 19, 2014 – April 25, 2015 | Minho, Kim So-hyun, Zico | |
| 454 - 479 | May 2 – November 14, 2015 | Minho, N, Yeri | - |
| 480 - 523 | November 21, 2015 – September 24, 2016 | Kim Sae-ron, Kim Min-jae | - |
| 524 - 547 | October 1, 2016 – April 15, 2017 | Kim Sae-ron, Cha Eun-woo, Lee Soo-min | - |
| 548 - 577 | April 22, 2017 – February 3, 2018 | Cha Eun-woo, Xiyeon | |
| 578 - 603 | February 24 – September 22, 2018 | Ong Seong-wu, Mina, Mark | |
| 604 - 617 | September 29, 2018 – January 12, 2019 | Mina, Mark Lee | |
| 618 - 620 | January 19 - February 2, 2019 | Mina, Cha Eun-woo | |
| 621 - 681 | February 16, 2019 – May 30, 2020 | Mina, Chani, Hyunjin | |
| 682 - 713 | June 13, 2020 – February 6, 2021 | Chani, Hyunjin, Kim Min-ju | - |
| 714 - 721 | February 20 - April 24, 2021 | Chani, Kim Min-ju | |
| 722 - 733 | May 1 – July 17, 2021 | Chani, Kim Min-ju, Yeji | |
| 734 - 794 | August 14, 2021 - January 28, 2023 | Kim Min-ju, Jungwoo, Lee Know | |
| 795 - 803 | February 4, 2023 - April 8, 2023 | Jungwoo and Lee Know | |
| 804 - 831 | April 15 - November 4, 2023 | Jungwoo, Lee Know, Sullyoon | |
| 832 - 888 | November 11, 2023 – February 15, 2025 | Sullyoon, Lee Jung-ha, Younghoon | |
| 890 - present | March 1, 2025 – present | A-Na, Dohoon, and Kim Gyu-vin | - |
Chart system
Music Core brought back the show's chart on April 20, 2013. First-place winners are determined using the ranking system below. The list also shows the current and former scoring computation used. As of June 8, 2013, four nominees had decreased to three nominees. This chart is called M-chart, and tracking from Monday to Monday of the following week.Asterisk indicates the criteria that are for first-place nominees only.
Based source and explanations for each criterion, in alphabetical order: Broadcast: MBC radio + TV.Digital sales: Numbers of download, streaming based on Gaon digital chart. During the time that Vibe and FLO sponsor Music Core, this also include Vibe and FLO respectively as a separate criterion and that criterion is for first-place nominees onlyLive-vote: Voting during the show. Currently via text message + Mubeat app. Always for 1st place nominees only.Physical sales: Number of copies, based on Gaon album chartPre-vote: Mubeat app. Before February 27, 2021; this criterion is only for 1st place nominees only. This is held from Tuesday to Thursday.Video views or SNS: YouTube views, only count from official MV.Viewer committee: A survey via official Music Core website, 2000 MBC accounts will be randomly chosen to be part of viewer committee voting. This is held from Wednesday to Thursday.
The Top 50 songs of the week are featured on the show, where the Top 30–11 songs are shown via two marquee in the last of two different stages and the Top 10–4 songs are featured by the hosts. The hosts then showcase the Top three songs and announce who will be the winner of the week. The Number 1 song on the chart is the winner of that week's chart and receives an award. Every songs that have been released no more than two months and not got quintuple crown yet are eligible on chart. However, OST, songs released through audition program and deemed unsuitable is not eligible. For top 50 songs of the week, it will be posted on music show's official website every Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday of the following week.
From May 20, 2017, to February 20, 2021, the rule was every song that is not released no more than three months is eligible. Before May 20, 2017; every songs, regardless of when it release or number of time get the first place, are eligible.
List of winners
2005
| Date | Artist | Song |
| October 29 | Epik High | "Fly" |
| November 5 | Epik High | "Fly" |
| November 12 | Epik High | "Fly" |
| November 19 | g.o.d. | "2 Love" |
| November 26 | g.o.d. | "2 Love" |
| December 3 | g.o.d. | "2 Love" |
| December 10 | g.o.d. | "2 Love" |
| December 17 | Tei | "Screaming I Miss You" |
| December 24 | MC the Max | "Love is Supposed to Hurt" |
| December 31 | MC the Max | "Love is Supposed to Hurt" |
Achievements by artists
| Rank | Artist | Count |
| 1st | BTS | 40 |
| 2nd | IU | 24 |
| 3rd | Exo | 22 |
| 4th | Wanna One | 12 |
| 4th | (G)I-dle | 12 |
| 4th | Red Velvet | 12 |
| 4th | Ive | 12 |
| 8th | Twice | 11 |
| 8th | Beast/Highlight | 11 |
| 8th | Blackpink | 11 |
| 11th | Apink | 10 |
| 11th | Taeyeon | 10 |
| 13th | Lim Young-woong | 9 |
| 13th | NewJeans | 9 |
| 15th | BigBang | 8 |
| 15th | NCT 127 | 8 |
| Rank | Artist | Song | Count | Year |
| 1st | BTS | "Dynamite" | 10 times | 2020 |
| 2nd | BTS | "Boy With Luv" | 9 times | 2019 |
| 3rd | BTS | "Life Goes On" | 6 times | 2020 – 2021 |
| 4th | Apink | "Luv" | 5 times | 2014 – 2015 |
| 4th | BTS | "On" | 5 times | 2020 |
| 4th | BTS | "Butter" | 5 times | 2021 |
| 4th | IU | "Strawberry Moon" | 5 times | 2021 |
| 7th | g.o.d | "2 Love" | 4 times | 2005 |
| 7th | AKMU | "200%" | 4 times | 2014 |
| 7th | Exo | "Call Me Baby" | 4 times | 2015 |
| 7th | Wanna One | "Beautiful" | 4 times | 2017 |
| 7th | Blackpink | "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" | 4 times | 2018 |
| 7th | Zico | "Any Song" | 4 times | 2020 |
| 7th | Ive | "Eleven" | 4 times | 2021 – 2022 |
| 7th | Taeyeon | "INVU" | 4 times | 2022 |
| 7th | Ive | "After Like" | 4 times | 2022 |
| 7th | NewJeans | "Ditto" | 4 times | 2023 |
| 7th | Jungkook | "Seven" | 4 times | 2023 |
| 10th | Epik High | "Fly" | 3 times | 2005 |
| 10th | Exo | "Growl" | 3 times | 2013 |
| 10th | Beast | "Good Luck" | 3 times | 2014 |
| 10th | Exo | "Love Me Right" | 3 times | 2015 |
| 10th | Wanna One | "Energetic" | 3 times | 2017 |
| 10th | iKon | "Love Scenario" | 3 times | 2018 |
| 10th | BTS | "Fake Love" | 3 times | 2018 |
| 10th | Twice | "Dance the Night Away" | 3 times | 2018 |
| 10th | IU | "Bbibbi" | 3 times | 2018 |
| 10th | Itzy | "Icy" | 3 times | 2019 |
| 10th | Red Velvet | "Psycho" | 3 times | 2020 |
| 10th | Blackpink | "How You Like That" | 3 times | 2020 |
| 10th | Red Velvet | "Queendom" | 3 times | 2021 |
| 10th | BigBang | "Still Life" | 3 times | 2022 |
| 10th | Le Sserafim | "Antifragile" | 3 times | 2022 |
| 10th | (G)I-dle | "Queencard" | 3 times | 2023 |
| 10th | Taeyeon | "To. X" | 3 times | 2024 |
| 10th | IU | "Love Wins All" | 3 times | 2024 |
| 10th | Illit | "Magnetic" | 3 times | 2024 |
| Rank | Artist | Song | Score | Date |
| 1st | IU | "The Red Shoes" | 9,846 | October 19, 2013 |
| 2nd | Infinite | "Destiny" | 9,770 | July 23, 2013 |
| 3rd | Shinee | "Everybody" | 9,641 | October 26, 2013 |
| 4th | Apink | "Mr. Chu" | 9,447 | April 12, 2014 |
| 5th | Exo-K | "Overdose" | 9,257 | May 17, 2014 |
| 6th | Exo | "Miracles in December" | 9,032 | December 21, 2013 |
| 7th | Exo | "Growl" | 8,666 | August 24, 2013 |
| 8th | Shinhwa | "This Love" | 8,540 | June 1, 2013 |
| 9th | B1A4 | "What's Going On?" | 8,479 | May 18, 2013 |
| 10th | Sistar | "Give It To Me" | 8,473 | June 29, 2013 |
| Rank | Artist | Song | Score | Date |
| 1st | Beast | "Good Luck" | 10,000 | June 28, 2014 |
| 2nd | Girls' Generation | "Lion Heart" | 9,699 | September 19, 2015 |
| 3rd | Exo | "Love Me Right" | 9,666 | June 13, 2015 |
| 4th | Girls' Generation | "Party" | 9,660 | July 18, 2015 |
| 5th | Exo | "Love Me Right" | 9,562 | June 20, 2015 |
| 6th | BigBang | "Let's Not Fall in Love" | 9,472 | August 22, 2015 |
| 7th | Shinee | "View" | 9,251 | June 6, 2015 |
| 8th | Apink | "Luv" | 9,237 | December 6, 2014 |
| 9th | Beast | "12:30" | 9,197 | November 1, 2014 |
| 10th | VIXX | "Love Equation" | 9,094 | March 7, 2015 |
| Rank | Artist | Song | Score | Date |
| 1st | BTS | "Fake Love" | 10,000 | June 2, 2018 |
| 1st | BTS | "Boy with Luv" | 10,000 | April 27, 2019 |
| 2nd | Twice | "Heart Shaker" | 9,929 | December 23, 2017 |
| 3rd | Twice | "Dance the Night Away" | 9,792 | July 21, 2018 |
| 4th | Wanna One | "Energetic" | 9,703 | August 19, 2017 |
| 5th | Red Velvet | "Red Flavor" | 9,427 | July 22, 2017 |
| 6th | Red Velvet | "Power Up" | 9,387 | August 18, 2018 |
| 7th | Exo | "Ko Ko Bop" | 9,316 | August 5, 2017 |
| 8th | Wanna One | "Boomerang" | 9,289 | March 31, 2018 |
| 9th | Exo | "Ko Ko Bop" | 9,266 | August 12, 2017 |
| 10th | Winner | "Everyday" | 9,112 | April 14, 2018 |
| Rank | Artist | Song | Score | Date |
| 1st | Red Velvet | "Psycho" | 10,895 | January 4, 2020 |
| 2nd | BTS | "On" | 10,518 | March 7, 2020 |
| 3rd | Taeyeon | "Spark" | 9,740 | November 9, 2019 |
| 4th | Red Velvet | "Psycho" | 9,398 | January 11, 2020 |
| 5th | IU | "Love Poem" | 8,830 | November 16, 2019 |
| 6th | AKMU | "How Can I Love the Heartbreak, You're the One I Love" | 8,390 | October 26, 2019 |
| 7th | BTS | "On" | 8,288 | February 29, 2020 |
| 8th | Zico | "Any Song" | 8,267 | February 1, 2020 |
| 9th | Exo | "Obsession" | 8,194 | December 7, 2019 |
| 10th | Red Velvet | "Psycho" | 8,047 | January 18, 2020 |
| Rank | Artist | Song | Score | Date |
| 1st | BTS | "Life Goes On" | 11,881 | December 5, 2020 |
| 2nd | BTS | "Life Goes On" | 10,981 | December 12, 2020 |
| 3rd | Twice | "More & More" | 10,871 | June 13, 2020 |
| 4th | Apink | "Dumhdurum" | 10,780 | April 25, 2020 |
| 5th | BTS | "Life Goes On" | 10,656 | November 28, 2020 |
| 6th | BTS | "Dynamite" | 10,602 | September 26, 2020 |
| 7th | Blackpink | "How You Like That" | 10,464 | July 11, 2020 |
| 8th | BTS | "Dynamite" | 10,319 | October 10, 2020 |
| 9th | IU | "Celebrity" | 10,204 | February 6, 2021 |
| 10th | Apink | "Dumhdurum" | 10,147 | May 2, 2020 |
| Rank | Artist | Song | Score | Date |
| 1st | Kang Daniel | "Antidote" | 10,702 | April 24, 2021 |
| 2nd | Kang Daniel | "Paranoia" | 10,323 | February 27, 2021 |
| 3rd | NCT Dream | "Hot Sauce" | 10,000 | May 22, 2021 |
| 4th | Shinee | "Don't Call Me" | 9,546 | March 6, 2021 |
| 5th | NU'EST | "Inside Out" | 8,800 | May 1, 2021 |
| 6th | Rosé | "On the Ground" | 8,394 | March 27, 2021 |
| 7th | BTS | "Butter" | 8,344 | May 29, 2021 |
| 8th | Lim Young-woong | "My Starry Love" | 8,292 | March 20, 2021 |
| 9th | Highlight | "Not The End" | 7,504 | May 15, 2021 |
| 10th | IU | "Lilac" | 6,949 | May 8, 2021 |
| Rank | Artist | Song | Score | Date |
| 1st | NCT Dream | "Beatbox" | 9,800 | June 11, 2022 |
| 2nd | Ive | "I Am" | 9,668 | April 22, 2023 |
| 3rd | Plave | "Dash" | 9,571 | February 15, 2025 |
| 4th | NCT Dream | "ISTJ" | 9,420 | July 29, 2023 |
| 5th | The Boyz | "Roar" | 9,401 | March 4, 2023 |
| 6th | NCT Dream | "Glitch Mode" | 9,300 | April 9, 2022 |
| 7th | Seventeen | "Maestro" | 9,278 | May 11, 2024 |
| 8th | Shinee | "Hard" | 9,196 | July 8, 2023 |
| 9th | Ive | "After Like" | 9,191 | September 3, 2022 |
| 10th | Aespa | "Savage" | 9,099 | October 16, 2021 |
| Rank | Artist | Song | Score | Date |
| 1st | BTS | "Life Goes On" | 11,881 | December 5, 2020 |
| 2nd | BTS | "Life Goes On" | 10,981 | December 12, 2020 |
| 3rd | Red Velvet | "Psycho" | 10,895 | January 4, 2020 |
| 4th | Twice | "More & More" | 10,871 | June 13, 2020 |
| 5th | Apink | "Dumhdurum" | 10,780 | April 25, 2020 |
| 6th | Kang Daniel | "Antidote" | 10,702 | April 24, 2021 |
| 7th | BTS | "Life Goes On" | 10,656 | November 28, 2020 |
| 8th | BTS | "Dynamite" | 10,602 | September 26, 2020 |
| 9th | BTS | "On" | 10,518 | March 7, 2020 |
| 10th | Blackpink | "How You Like That" | 10,464 | July 11, 2020 |
Quintuple Crown
Starting from February 27, 2021, Show! Music Core implemented the Quintuple Crown, which is a song that has received first place five times. After that, the song is removed from the chart and ineligible to win again.Triple Crown
Starting from April 13, 2024, Show! Music Core implemented the Triple Crown, which is a song that has received first place three times. After that, the song is removed from the chart and ineligible to win again.Controversy
On 20 April 2013, MBC introduced a brand new ranking system for Show! Music Core, and as such had nominated INFINITE, K.Will, Davichi, and Lee Hi for the first place award. Singer K.Will was mistakenly announced as the winner. He looked confused, and was about to say thanks when the Show! Music Core staff quickly informed everyone on stage that there had been a mistake and that INFINITE was the actual winner. K.Will laughed it off and said: "It's okay, I'm okay." He shouted, "I love INFINITE!" The INFINITE members looked unsure about accepting the trophy.Afterwards, the staff of the show was highly criticized by viewers. The staff made a statement on their official board and said,