Music programs of South Korea#Chart systems

• Inkigayo or The Music Trend (previously known as SBS Popular Song) airs on SBS every Sunday.{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=001&aid=0000991553|script-title=ko:KBS '뮤직뱅크', SBS '인기가요'와 맞불|trans-title=KBS "Music Bank" and SBS "Popular Songs"|last=Seok|first=Jae-hyun|date=May 2, 2005|work=Yonhap News|language=ko|access-date=August 15, 2021|via=Naver|archive-date=August 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815101559/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=001&aid=0000991553|url-status=live}} It is currently hosted by actor Moon Seong-hyun, Yujin of Zerobaseone and Leeseo of Ive.{{Cite web|title=노정의·서범준·연준, 오늘(3일) '인기가요' MC 신고식|trans-title=Noh Jeong-eui·Seo Beom-jun·Yeonjun, Today(3rd) 'Inkigayo' MC|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=052&aid=0001721308|via=Naver|publisher=YTN|language=ko|last=Kwak|first=Hyeon-su|date=April 3, 2022|access-date=April 3, 2022|archive-date=April 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403054733/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=052&aid=0001721308|url-status=live}}
• The Show airs on SBS FunE every Tuesday. It is currently hosted by Xiaojun of WayV, Hyeongjun of Cravity and Saebi of izna.{{Cite web|first=Seung-hoon|last=Lee|title=[단독]케플러 김채현, '더쇼' 새 MC 확정..'걸스플래닛999' 1위의 대세 행보|trans-title=[Exclusive] Kepler Kim Chae-hyun, 'The Show' new MC confirmed... 'Girls Planet 999' trending|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/109/0004538954|access-date=2022-01-10|website=n.news.naver.com|language=ko|archive-date=2022-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110063454/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/109/0004538954|url-status=live}}
• Show Champion airs on MBC M every Wednesday. It is currently hosted by Seongmo of 82Major, Minwook and Yeojun of Close Your Eyes.{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=109&aid=0003875745|script-title=ko:[단독] '주간아이돌', 水오후 5시로 편성 이동.."오리지널 콘텐츠 강화"|trans-title=[Exclusive] Weekly Idol, moving to 5 p.m. "Enhancing Original Content"|last=Yoo|first=Ji-hye|date=October 4, 2018|work=Osen|language=ko|access-date=August 15, 2021|via=Naver|archive-date=August 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815102844/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=109&aid=0003875745|url-status=live}}
• M Countdown airs on Mnet every Thursday.{{cite web|url=https://www.mk.co.kr/news/entertain/view/2019/04/203533/|script-title=ko:이대휘-한현민 '엠카운트다운' 고정 MC 발탁|trans-title=Lee Dae-hwi and Han Hyun-min selected as fixed MCs for 'M Countdown'|last=Park|first=Se-yeon|date=April 3, 2019|work=Maeil Economic Daily|language=ko|access-date=August 15, 2021|archive-date=October 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018002939/https://www.mk.co.kr/news/entertain/view/2019/04/203533/|url-status=live}} It is currently hosted by Jaehyun of BoyNextDoor and Hanbin of Zerobaseone.{{Cite web |last=Park |first=Sang-hoo |date=January 10, 2024 |title=새롭게 바뀐 '엠카'…MC·로고·차트·무대 전격 리뉴얼 : 네이트 연예 |trans-title=The new ‘M Countdown’… MC, logo, chart, and stage renewal |url=https://m.news.nate.com/view/20240110n37539?mid=e01 |access-date=January 12, 2024 |website=모바일 네이트 뉴스 |language=ko}}
• Music Bank airs on KBS2 and KBS World every Friday.{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=311&aid=0001298491|script-title=ko:있지, 브레이브걸스 제치고 1위…오마이걸·NCT DREAM 컴백(뮤직뱅크)[종합]|trans-title=ITZY, beat Brave Girls for 1st place... Oh My Girl and NCT Dream comeback (Music Bank) [General]|last=Kang|first=Hyun-jin|date=May 14, 2021|website=X Sports News|language=ko|access-date=August 15, 2021|via=Naver|archive-date=August 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815114320/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=311&aid=0001298491|url-status=live}} It is currently hosted by Minju of ILLIT and actor Moon Sang-min.{{cite web|script-title=ko:문상민, '르세라핌 홍은채, '뮤뱅' MC 하차… 후임 아일릿 민주|trans-title=LE SSERAFIM Hong Eun-chae, 'Music Bank' MC Steps Down... Successor Ilit Minju [Official Statement]|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/437/0000410175|via=Naver|publisher=Newsen|language=ko|last=Lee|first=Ye-jin|date=May 27, 2024|access-date=May 28, 2024}}
• Show! Music Core airs on MBC every Saturday. It is currently hosted by Dohoon of TWS, Gyuvin of Zerobaseone and A-na of Hearts2Hearts.{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=408&aid=0000130427|script-title=ko:NCT 정우-Stray Kids 리노, '쇼! 음악중심' MC 발탁|trans-title=NCT Jungwoo-Stray Kids Lee Know, Picked as MC for "Show! Music Core".|last=Kim|first=Hye-young|date=August 9, 2021|work=MBC Entertainment News|language=ko|access-date=August 15, 2021|via=Naver|archive-date=October 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009075647/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=408&aid=0000130427|url-status=live}}
• Simply K-Pop airs on Arirang TV every Friday.{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=016&aid=0000643949|script-title=ko:권소현, 인상 찌푸려도 귀여워 "'미쳐' 포미닛 나는 권소현"|trans-title=Kwon So-hyun is cute even when she frowns. "'Crazy' 4Minute Kwon So-hyun".|last=Jeon|first=Yoon-hee|date=February 23, 2015|work=Herald Economy|language=ko|access-date=August 15, 2021|via=Naver|archive-date=August 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815131419/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=016&aid=0000643949|url-status=live}} It is the only South Korean music program that has never had a chart system. It is also the only English-language South Korean music show. It is currently hosted by Lee Dae-hwi from AB6IX.{{Cite web |title=이대휘, '심플리 케이팝 콘투어' 새 MC 확정 |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/015/0004669605 |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=n.news.naver.com |language=ko |archive-date=2023-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215182513/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/015/0004669605 |url-status=live }}

• Gayo Top 10 was previously aired on KBS from February 10, 1981 to February 11, 1998. Its popularity in South Korea was unrivaled, since it was airing at a time when cable television and the internet wasn't as developed. It was revived on March 25, 2022 as Virtual Gayo Top 10 and was aired on KBS World hosted by AleXa. It had a song ranking system similar to Music Bank which replaced Bravo New Generation, a music program originally intended to be the show's replacement but stopped airing only after a few months.{{cite web|title='17년' 역사의 가요 프로그램, 마지막 방송 보니…|website=JoongAng Ilbo|url=http://news.joins.com/article/21133857|access-date=December 10, 2017|date=January 17, 2017|language=ko|archive-date=December 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210015837/http://news.joins.com/article/21133857|url-status=live}}
• Show Network was a song ranking program which aired on MBC from October 30, 1989, to November 9, 1990, when the station decided to change its name to a Korean one, which eventually became 여러분의 인기가요, or Everyone's Popular Songs.{{cite web|title=MBC프로이름한글로|publisher=Dong a Ilbo|url=http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1990110900209209005&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1990-11-09&officeId=00020&pageNo=9&printNo=21294&publishType=00020|access-date=December 10, 2017|date=October 11, 1990|language=ko|archive-date=July 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720065202/https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1990110900209209005&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1990-11-09&officeId=00020&pageNo=9&printNo=21294&publishType=00020|url-status=live}}
• Everyone's Popular Songs aired on MBC from November 9, 1990, to April 30, 1993. It was replaced by Choice! Most Popular Songs which ended in the same year.{{cite web|title=TV쇼프로 10代(대)취향 벗어난다|publisher=Dong a Ilbo|url=http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1993042200209121001&editNo=40&printCount=1&publishDate=1993-04-22&officeId=00020&pageNo=21&printNo=22149&publishType=00010|access-date=December 10, 2017|date=April 23, 1993|language=ko|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719232507/https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1993042200209121001&editNo=40&printCount=1&publishDate=1993-04-22&officeId=00020&pageNo=21&printNo=22149&publishType=00010|url-status=live}}
• Live TV Gayo 20 replaced Inkigayo or SBS Popular Song in 1994 and aired until 1998, when SBS revived Inkigayo.{{cite web|title=SBS 가족중심 교양프로 늘린다 18일부터 봄철 프로개편 단행|publisher=Kyunghyang Shinmun|url=http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1994041400329114007&editNo=15&printCount=1&publishDate=1994-04-14&officeId=00032&pageNo=14&printNo=15056&publishType=00010|access-date=December 10, 2017|date=April 14, 1994|language=ko|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719232429/https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1994041400329114007&editNo=15&printCount=1&publishDate=1994-04-14&officeId=00032&pageNo=14&printNo=15056&publishType=00010|url-status=live}}
• Popular Songs Best 50 began airing on MBC on April 21, 1995, and lasted until January 17, 1998, when it was cancelled due to high production cost caused by the IMF crisis in 1997.{{cite web|title=연예계"IMF가 무섭네요"|publisher=Dong a Ilbo|url=http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1998020300209136001&editNo=45&printCount=1&publishDate=1998-02-03&officeId=00020&pageNo=36&printNo=23783&publishType=00010|access-date=December 10, 2017|date=February 3, 1998|language=ko|archive-date=July 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721012022/https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1998020300209136001&editNo=45&printCount=1&publishDate=1998-02-03&officeId=00020&pageNo=36&printNo=23783&publishType=00010|url-status=live}}
• {{ill|Show! Music Tank|ko|쇼 뮤직탱크}} was the longest-running music program aired on the cable music channel KMTV Asia for 13 years (from March 11, 1995, to May 29, 2008).
• Live Young Times was a music show with a chart system that aired on MBC from January to April 1998, but was replaced by Music Camp.
• Music Camp was a music program that aired on MBC, but was cancelled after an incident that was broadcast live where two band members exposed their genitalia during a segment of the show.{{cite news |title=Naked Bodies Shown for Five Seconds on Live TV |newspaper=The Dong-a Ilbo |url=http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2005080118148 |access-date=October 18, 2014 |date=August 1, 2005 |archive-date=October 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024004022/http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2005080118148 |url-status=live }}
• K-PopCon was a music program that aired on Channel A between December 2011 and March 2012.
• Music on Top was a music program that aired on JTBC, but was cancelled due to low ratings. Like most music programs, it also had a chart system that awarded music show wins to artists every week.{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=213&aid=0000169726|script-title=ko:'뮤직온탑', '엠카운트다운'에 참패 차트제 통할까|trans-title=Will 'Music On Top' and 'M Countdown' work through the chart system?|last=Seo|first=Mi-yeon|date=January 5, 2012|work=TV Report|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918054327/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=213&aid=0000169726|archive-date=September 18, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=September 18, 2021|via=Naver}}
• Pops in Seoul was a music program that aired on Arirang TV from 1998 to March 31, 2021. The show never had a chart system.
• Music Universe K-909 was aired on JTBC from September 4, 2022 to July 8, 2023.{{cite web|last1=Park|first1=Ah-reum|url=https://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=202209210915101910|script-title=ko:JTBC ‘뮤직 유니버스 K-909’는 무엇이 다를까|trans-title=What's different about JTBC's 'Music Universe K-909'|publisher=Newsen|date=September 21, 2022|access-date=October 5, 2022|archive-date=October 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005163358/https://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=202209210915101910|url-status=live}} It was hosted by soloist BoA.{{cite web|last1=Lee|first1=Min-ji|url=https://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=202208261305282410|script-title=ko:보아, JTBC 새 음악프로 ‘뮤직 유니버스 K-909’ MC 확정 [공식]|trans-title=BoA confirmed as MC for JTBC's new music program 'Music Universe K-909' [Official]|publisher=Newsen|date=August 26, 2022|access-date=October 4, 2022|archive-date=October 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004055404/https://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=202208261305282410|url-status=live}}

Artists commonly pre-record performances and appear live on the show for interviews and the ending of the show, where the week's winning artist is announced. For all music shows, artists accumulate points from the previous week for them to be nominated for first place in the next.{{cite magazine|last=Kelley|first=Caitlin|title=How Korean Music Shows Diverged From MTV and Became the Epicenter of K-Pop Fan Culture|magazine=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/7990486/korean-music-shows-mtv-trl-bts-history|date=October 9, 2019}}

They also use music programs to promote. 'Debut stage' is the term used for artists who perform on the shows for the first time, usually serving as their first live performance when they debut as an artist. On the other hand, a 'comeback stage' is the term used for the first performance of the artist on the shows with their new songs and the start of a new promotional cycle, after the end of their debut cycle.{{cite news|last=Ramstad|first=Evan|title=Korea Counts Down Not Just To New Year, But to New Girls' Album|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2012/12/31/korea-counts-down-not-just-to-new-year-but-to-new-girls-album/|work=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=October 19, 2015|quote=One of the unique things about album releases by K-pop artists is that they are routinely called 'comebacks' even when there's been no evidence that the musician or group went away or, in the conventional sports usage of the term, experienced a setback or loss.|archive-date=June 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606142118/https://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2012/12/31/korea-counts-down-not-just-to-new-year-but-to-new-girls-album/|url-status=dead}}

Fans are also allowed to attend pre-recordings and live shows to support the artists for free if they apply for tickets on each of the show's websites, with the condition that they don't record or take photos during the recording. Fans who disobey these rules will be banned from the show, along with fellow fans who came to support the group.{{cite web |title=EXO Fans Banned from Entering 'Inkigayo' |website=enewsWorld |url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/42588/exo-fans-are-not-allowed-in-inkigayo |access-date=May 18, 2016 |date=August 5, 2013 |archive-date=July 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719064645/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/42588/exo-fans-are-not-allowed-in-inkigayo |url-status=dead }}

In an interview with Newsen in July 2014, Music Core{{'}}s chief producer, Park Hyun Suk, said that the show would "not allow people who are not equipped with the basics as a singer to perform on stage. Even if one's individual part is short, that is fine. The singers who perform on stage must sing." The measure was enacted to discourage entertainment agencies and producers who pushed "for performances that merely look[ed] good" and to "prevent singers from cheating".{{cite news|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/69674/music-core-wont-let-singers-lip-sync-anymore|title='Music Core' to Ban Lip Syncing|last=Jung|first=Ji Won|date=July 1, 2014|work=Newsen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604173843/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/69674/music-core-wont-let-singers-lip-sync-anymore|archive-date=June 4, 2016|url-status=dead|access-date=May 18, 2016|via=Mwave News}}

A crucial element of each music program in South Korea is that every program has a voting system. Each program has different ways to count the votes and decide the winning artist of the week, so the possibilities of an artist winning is different for every program. Billboard reasoned that it is so that the music show scene "doesn't feel static", wherein the result would be the same for each show. While most programs prioritize digital sales, they differ in other areas such as SNS points, physical sales, broadcast points, live votes, etc. For instance, for some time, Music Bank's K-Chart included the song's physical sales in their computation, while SBS' Inkigayo's chart did not. Because an artist must accumulate points during the first week of promotions, they are not eligible to win on music shows in first week and may only be included in the music charts since and include the second week.

Paul Han, who is a co-owner of the English-language K-pop blog Allkpop claims that it is gratifying for dedicated fans of these artists to watch these music shows when their favorite artists win because of the presence of an actual trophy and an encore stage. Han said that "It's just much more satisfactory to receive a big trophy with all of your peers around. In a way, it's sort of like a mini-music award show every week, and only one can be the winner".

• Show! Music Core broadcast for over seven years without a chart system from December 31, 2005, before it was brought back on April 20, 2013. It was once again removed on November 21, 2015.{{cite web |title="Music Core" to Abolish Ranking System and Incorporate More Diverse Music |website=Soompi |url=http://www.soompi.com/2015/11/13/music-core-to-abolish-ranking-system-and-incorporate-more-diverse-music/ |access-date=December 14, 2015 |date=November 13, 2015 |archive-date=December 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218200703/http://www.soompi.com/2015/11/13/music-core-to-abolish-ranking-system-and-incorporate-more-diverse-music/ |url-status=live }} On April 22, 2017, the chart system was brought back yet again.{{Cite web|url=http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=109&aid=0003511064|title=[단독] '음악중심', 순위제 부활시킨다.."22일부터 시행"|last=Seon|first=Mi Kyung|date=April 5, 2017|website=Osen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816053817/http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=109&aid=0003511064|archive-date=August 16, 2017|url-status=dead}}
• Inkigayo revamped the show on July 15, 2012, without the chart system but revived it again on March 17, 2013.{{cite news|url=http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/22640/20130313/sbs-inkigayo-announces-new-ranking-system-for-music-chart.htm|title=SBS 'Inkigayo' Announces New Ranking System for Music Chart|publisher=kpopstarz.com|access-date=February 9, 2017|date=March 13, 2013|archive-date=February 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211075715/http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/22640/20130313/sbs-inkigayo-announces-new-ranking-system-for-music-chart.htm|url-status=live}}
• The Show broadcast for over three years before it introduced a chart system on October 28, 2014.{{cite news|url=http://program.sbs.co.kr/builder/verticalEndpage.do?pgm_id=22000006194&pgm_mnu_id=27806&pgm_build_id=7401&pageIdx=54&bbsCd=pt_thwshow10&searchCondition=title&searchKeyword=&contNo=273|title=슈퍼주니어-M 조미, 투도우와 함께하는 '더쇼 시즌4' MC 발탁|language=ko|publisher=Seoul Broadcasting System|access-date=February 9, 2017|date=October 27, 2014|archive-date=February 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080900/http://program.sbs.co.kr/builder/verticalEndpage.do?pgm_id=22000006194&pgm_mnu_id=27806&pgm_build_id=7401&pageIdx=54&bbsCd=pt_thwshow10&searchCondition=title&searchKeyword=&contNo=273|url-status=live}}
• Show Champion started broadcasting on February 21, 2012.
• Music Bank has been airing since June 16, 1998. The last winner was on August 2, 2001, before the chart system was abandoned. It was revived again on September 7, 2007.
• M Countdown has been airing since July 29, 2004 and has always had a chart system.

In 2012, Psy's "Gangnam Style" won on Music Bank for a record ten consecutive weeks,{{cite web |url=http://www.obsnews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=677669 |script-title=ko:뮤직뱅크 새해 첫 1위, 싸이 '강남스타일' 16주 동안 정상 |author=OBS news staff |work=OBS News |publisher=OBS Gyeongin TV |date=January 4, 2012 |access-date=February 9, 2017 |language=ko |archive-date=December 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210114120/http://www.obsnews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=677669 |url-status=live }} surpassing the previous record of nine consecutive wins by Girls' Generation's "Gee" in 2009.{{cite news|url=https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2009/06/135_46836.html|date=June 15, 2009|publisher=The Korea Times|access-date=February 9, 2017|title=Girls Generation to Return With New Album|archive-date=February 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201014822/http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2009/06/135_46836.html|url-status=live}}

In September 2015, Girls' Generation became the first artist in South Korea to accumulate a total of 100 wins on music shows.{{cite web |url=http://news.donga.com/View?gid=73762063&date=20150921 |access-date=August 25, 2016 |author=Kim Won-gyeom |website=dongA |date=September 21, 2015 |title=이승환·소녀시대, 한국 가요사에 이름 새기다 |language=ko |archive-date=March 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330213629/http://news.donga.com/View?gid=73762063&date=20150921 |url-status=live }}

BTS currently holds the record for most awarded song with "Dynamite", released in August 2020. The song won the first-place award for a total of 32 times.{{cite web|url=http://www.mydaily.co.kr/new_yk/html/read.php?newsid=202103051852962825|script-title=ko:방탄소년단, '뮤뱅'에서 또!…'다이너마이트' 통산 32번째 음악방송 1위 [종합]|trans-title=BTS, 'Music Bank' again!... 'Dynamite' ranked first on the 32nd total music broadcast|last=Park|first=Yoon-jin|date=March 5, 2021|website=My Daily|language=ko|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210305142230/http://www.mydaily.co.kr/new_yk/html/read.php?newsid=202103051852962825|archive-date=March 5, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=March 5, 2021}} The group also holds the record for the most first-place wins in a year as they won a total of 50 times, and won on Show! Music Core for a record 16 consecutive weeks (10 with Dynamite and 6 with Life Goes On) in 2020.{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0002852087|script-title=ko:'쇼음악중심' BTS, 활동 종료에도 1위 '16관왕'..강다니엘·옹성우 컴백[종합]|trans-title='Show Music Core' BTS, No. 1 at the end of the activity '16 Crowns'.. Kang Daniel·Ong Seong-woo Comeback|last=Han|first=Hae-sun|website=Star Today|date=March 28, 2020|language=ko|access-date=November 7, 2020|via=Naver|archive-date=April 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414205202/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0002852087|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Jeong|first=Hye-yeon|date=December 11, 2020|script-title=ko:'뮤직뱅크' 방탄소년단, '다이너마이트' 27관왕 성공..아이즈원→원위 컴백[종합]|trans-title='Music Bank' BTS succeeded in 27 crowns of 'Dynamite'.|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/112/0003376472|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211094155/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/112/0003376472|archive-date=December 11, 2020|access-date=December 11, 2020|website=Herald POP|language=ko|via=Naver}}{{cite web|date=December 29, 2020|script-title=ko:12월 4주순위 순위|trans-title=Music Bank ranking for the fourth week of December|url=http://pbbs.kbs.co.kr/general/read.html?bbs_id=T2000-0027-04-641103&id=1003310&post_no=419&page=1&post_header=#report|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105083415/http://pbbs.kbs.co.kr/general/read.html?bbs_id=T2000-0027-04-641103&id=1003310&post_no=419&page=1&post_header=#report|archive-date=January 5, 2021|access-date=December 29, 2020|work=KBS Music Bank|language=ko}}{{Cite web|last=Park|first=Panseok|date=December 13, 2020|script-title=ko:'인기가요' 방탄소년단, '1위 고즈 온' 어느새 6관왕..아이즈원 컴백 [종합]|trans-title='Inkigayo' BTS, 'No. 1 Life Goes On', 6 crowns.|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/109/0004325471|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213142532/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/109/0004325471|archive-date=December 13, 2020|access-date=December 13, 2020|website=Osen|language=ko|via=Naver}}

According to Caitlin Kelley of Billboard, South Korean music shows have incorporated international participation through social networking sites such as YouTube, which has been integrated into their voting system with the views of an artist's music video. She also credits these music shows for their participation in the globalization of K-pop. Every music program has its own regularly updated YouTube account, which allows persons outside of South Korea the opportunity to view the artists' performance, thereby offering a larger exposure of K-pop acts to other parts of the world. In a 2018 interview with Billboard, Dr. Suk-Young Kim, a professor at the University of California, claimed that "YouTube is how you circulate yourself internationally" but outside of the website, South Korean music had already reached overseas fans directly by "bringing those music chart shows overseas and creating a live concert out of them", citing Music Bank which has gone on world tours since 2011 as an example. Kim also mentioned KCON, a music festival organized by M Countdown, as a means to showcase "every element of Hallyu encompassing pop music, TV dramas, movies, fashion, food, and beauty".

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