List of M Countdown Chart winners (2008)

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{{short description|Winners of South Korean music program M Countdown}}

The M Countdown Chart is a record chart on the South Korean Mnet television music program M Countdown. Every week, the show awards the best-performing single on the chart in the country during its live broadcast.

In 2008, 17 songs ranked number one on the chart and 14 acts received first-place trophies. Six songs collected trophies for three consecutive weeks and achieved a triple crown: "Circus" by MC Mong, "Look Only At Me" by Taeyang, "So Hot" by Wonder Girls, "U-Go-Girl" by Lee Hyori, "Haru Haru" by Big Bang, and "Mirotic" by TVXQ. Girls' Generation acquired the highest point total of the year on the February 28 broadcast, with a score of 965 for "Kissing You".

Chart history

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| Triple Crown

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| Highest score of the year

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! Episode

! Date

! Artist

! Song

! Points

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89

| {{dts|January 17}}

| Big Bang

| "Last Farewell"

| 939

| rowspan="4" | {{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

90

| {{dts|January 31}}

| SeeYa

| "Sad Footsteps"

| 914

91

| {{dts|February 14}}

| rowspan="2" | Girls' Generation

| rowspan="2" | "Kissing You"

| 927

92

| {{dts|February 28}}

| style="background: #ffebd2" | 965

93

| {{dts|March 13}}

| Jewelry

| "One More Time"

| 924

| {{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=076&aid=0001943943|script-title=ko:쥬얼리, '엠카' 정상...공중파와 케이블 음악프로 석권|trans-title=Jewelry top 'M Countdown'...Over the air and cable music charts.|last=Lee|first=Seung-woo|date=March 13, 2008|work=Sports Chosun|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906234840/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=076&aid=0001943943|archive-date=September 6, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=September 6, 2021|via=Naver}}

94

| {{dts|March 27}}

| Gummy

| "I'm Sorry"

| 916

| {{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0001942763|script-title=ko:'컴백' 거미, 음악방송 첫 1위에 눈물 '펑펑'|trans-title=Gummy 'Comeback', tears stream for first No.1 on a music show|last=Kim|first=Ji-yeon|date=March 28, 2008|work=Money Today Star News|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907001303/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0001942763|archive-date=September 7, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=September 6, 2021|via=Naver}}

95

| {{dts|April 10}}

| Girls' Generation

| "Baby Baby"

| 919

| {{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0001943896|script-title=ko:소녀시대, 데뷔곡 포함 '4곡 연속' 1위 질주|trans-title=Girls' Generation Races to First Place "Four Songs in a Row" Including Debut Song|last=Gil|first=Hye-seong|date=April 11, 2008|work=Money Today Star News|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907002011/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0001943896|archive-date=September 7, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=September 6, 2021|via=Naver}}

96

| {{dts|April 24}}

| Lee Seung-gi

| "I'll Give You My Everything"

| 949

| {{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=109&aid=0001952349|script-title=ko:이승기 '다줄꺼야', 순위 프로그램 첫 1위|trans-title=Lee Seung-gi's "I'll Give You Everything" first No.1 on music ranking program|last=Lee|first=Jung-ah|date=April 25, 2008|work=Osen|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907002806/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=109&aid=0001952349|archive-date=September 7, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=September 6, 2021|via=Naver}}

97

| {{dts|May 8}}

| rowspan="3" | MC Mong

| rowspan="3" style="font-weight: bold; background: navajowhite;" | "Circus"

| 912

| rowspan="3" | {{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=109&aid=0001961284|script-title=ko:MC몽, '서커스'로 '엠카운트다운' 3주 연속 1위|trans-title=MC Mong, 'Circus' No.1 for 3 consecutive weeks on 'M Countdown'|last=Kim|first=Ji-yeon|date=June 12, 2008|work=Osen|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907013226/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=109&aid=0001961284|archive-date=September 7, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=September 6, 2021|via=Naver}}

98

| {{dts|May 22}}

| 943

99

| {{dts|June 12}}

| 923

100

| {{dts|June 19}}

| rowspan="3" | Taeyang

| rowspan="3" style="font-weight: bold; background: navajowhite;" | "Look Only At Me"

| 936

| rowspan="3" | {{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=109&aid=0001965161|script-title=ko:태양, 3주 연속 1위 '엠카 역사상 6번째'|trans-title=Taeyang is No. 1 for 3 consecutive weeks "The 6th in M Countdown history"|last=Lee|first=Jung-ah|date=July 3, 2008|work=Osen|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907052838/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=109&aid=0001965161|archive-date=September 7, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=September 7, 2021|via=Naver}}{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=109&aid=0001968361|script-title=ko:태양, '인기가요' 3주 연속 1위...콘서트 준비로 불참|trans-title=Taeyang won first place on "Inkigayo" for three weeks in a row. Absent due to concert preparation.|last=Lee|first=Jung-ah|date=July 20, 2008|work=Osen|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907052300/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=109&aid=0001968361|archive-date=September 7, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=September 7, 2021|via=Naver}}

101

| {{dts|June 26}}

| 951

102

| {{dts|July 3}}

| 942

103

| {{dts|July 10}}

| rowspan="3" | Wonder Girls

| rowspan="3" style="font-weight: bold; background: navajowhite;" | "So Hot"

| 939

| rowspan="3" | {{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0001952866|script-title=ko:원더걸스, '엠카운트다운' 3주 연속 1위|trans-title=Wonder Girls topped "M Countdown" for 3 consecutive weeks.|last=Choi|first=Moon-jung|date=July 24, 2008|work=Money Today Star News|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907055223/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0001952866|archive-date=September 7, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=September 7, 2021|via=Naver}}

104

| {{dts|July 17}}

| 945

105

| {{dts|July 24}}

| 944

106

| {{dts|July 31}}

| rowspan="3" | Lee Hyori

| rowspan="3" style="font-weight: bold; background: navajowhite;" | "U-Go-Girl"

| 944

| {{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=076&aid=0001962823|script-title=ko:섹시퀸 이효리, 음반 판매 6만장 육박 등 '거침없는 인기'|trans-title=Sexy Queen Lee Hyori, 'unstoppable popularity' with nearly 60,000 album sales|last=Lee|first=Jung-hyuk|date=August 3, 2008|work=Sports Chosun|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907055250/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=076&aid=0001962823|archive-date=September 7, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=September 7, 2021|via=Naver}}

107

| {{dts|August 14}}

| 939

| rowspan="2" | {{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

108

| {{dts|August 21}}

| 936

109

| {{dts|August 28}}

| rowspan="3" | Big Bang

| rowspan="3" style="font-weight: bold; background: navajowhite;" | "Haru Haru"

| 950

| {{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0001956290|script-title=ko:앨범 발매 20일 빅뱅, '엠카' 월 장원 선정 '기염'|trans-title=On the 20th day of release, Big Bang was selected as the monthly winner of "M Countdown".|last=Choi|first=Moon-jung|date=August 28, 2008|work=Star News|language=ko|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210912223021/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0001956290|archive-date=September 12, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=September 12, 2021|via=Naver}}

110

| {{dts|September 4}}

| 955

| {{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=117&aid=0001975413|script-title=ko:빅뱅, '뮤뱅' 1위…가요순위 프로그램 '천하통일'|trans-title=Big Bang, won first place on 'Music Bank'...K-pop program, "Unification of the world".|last=Kang|first=Ji-hoon|date=September 5, 2008|work=My Daily|language=ko|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210912231301/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=117&aid=0001975413|archive-date=September 12, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=September 12, 2021|via=Naver}}

111

| {{dts|September 11}}

| 946

| {{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

112

| {{dts|September 18}}

| Shinee

| "Love Like Oxygen"

| 921

| {{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=117&aid=0001978555|script-title=ko:샤이니, 데뷔 4개월만에 첫 지상파 1위|trans-title=SHINee topped the terrestrial chart for the first time in 4 months since their debut.|last=Kang|first=Ji-hoon|date=September 21, 2008|work=My Daily|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913210041/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=117&aid=0001978555|archive-date=September 13, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=September 13, 2021|via=Naver}}

113

| {{dts|September 25}}

| Big Bang

| style="font-weight: bold; background: navajowhite;" |"Haru Haru"

| 960

| {{Cite web|last=Yoon|first=Min-ho|date=September 25, 2008|title=|script-title=ko:[사진]빅뱅,'1위 했어요!'|trans-title=[Photo] BIGBANG, 'I won first place!'|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/109/0001980917|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=November 29, 2020|website=Osen|language=ko|via=Naver}}

114

| {{dts|October 2}}

| F.T. Island

| "After Love"

| 939

| {{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

115

| {{dts|October 9}}

| rowspan="3" | TVXQ

| rowspan="3" style="font-weight: bold; background: navajowhite;" | "Mirotic"

| 950

| rowspan="3" | {{Cite web|title=동방신기 "1년7개월만의 컴백, 좋은 평가 기쁘다"|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0001963488|access-date=2021-01-06|website=n.news.naver.com|language=ko}}

116

| {{dts|October 23}}

| 952

117

| {{dts|October 30}}

| 963

118

| {{dts|November 6}}

| rowspan="2" | Rain

| rowspan="2" | "Rainism"

| 933

| {{Cite web|title=비, 동영상 응원메시지 "긴장 말고 수능 잘 보세요"|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0001964231|access-date=2021-01-06|website=n.news.naver.com|language=ko}}

119

| {{dts|November 27}}

| 939

| {{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

120

| {{dts|December 4}}

| Big Bang

| "Sunset Glow"

| 949

| {{Cite web|title=[사진]빅뱅,'1위했어요!'|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/109/0001994748|access-date=2021-01-06|website=n.news.naver.com|language=ko}}

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