The '' Inkigayo'' Chart is a music program

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on Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) that gives an award to the best-performing single of the week in South Korea. The chart measures digital performance in domestic online music services (55%), social media via

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views (30%), album sales (10%), network on-air time (10%), and advanced viewer votes (5%) in its ranking methodology. Beginning on January 24, ''Inkigayo'' implemented real-time voting via the Starpass

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accounting for an additional 5%. In 2021, 27 singles ranked number one on the chart and 18 music acts received an award trophy for this feat. Nine songs collected trophies for three weeks and earned a

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's " I Can't Stop Me", IU's "

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", " Lilac" and " Strawberry Moon",

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' " Rollin',

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' "

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's "Traffic Light, and

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's " Savage".

Chart history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Inkigayo Chart 2021 in South Korean music South Korea Inkigayo Lists of number-one songs in South Korea