The ''Music Bank'' Chart is a

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established in 1998 on the South Korean

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television music program ''

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''. Every week during its live broadcast, the show gives an award for the best-performing

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on the South Korean chart. The chart includes digital performances on domestic online music services (65%), album sales (5%), number of times the single was broadcast on KBS TV (20%), and viewers' choice from online surveys (10%), a methodology that has been used since November 2020. On February 25, 2022, KBS changed the methodology to include social media score (5%), calculated using

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data gathered from the Gaon charts. They also reduced the percentage from domestic online music services to 60%. The score for domestic online music services is calculated using data from

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member

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, had been hosting the show since October 8, 2021. Sung-hoon continued to host the show till September 2, 2022. He was later replaced by actor

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starting September 30. In 2022, 41 singles achieved number one on the chart, and 31 acts were awarded first-place trophies. "Hot" by Seventeen had the highest score of the year, with 13,816 points on the June 3 broadcast.

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" won four trophies, making it the most-awarded song of the year. Ive had three number one singles on the chart in 2022 achieved with "

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", " Love Dive" and "After Like". The three songs spent a total of nine weeks atop the chart, making Ive the act with the most wins of the year.

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also had three number-one singles on the chart achieved with "

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had two number one singles on the chart achieved with "

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" and " Up!", and " Fearless" and " Antifragile", respectively. The latter group's win with "Fearless" on the May 13 broadcast marked their first number one on the chart. Three boy groups ranked two singles at number one on the chart in 2022.

with "Blessed-Cursed" and "Future Perfect (Pass the MIC)", Seventeen with "Hot" and "_World", and

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". Besides Le Sserafim, six other acts achieved their first number one on Music Bank in 2022. "♡Ticon" helped

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CSR gain their first ever music show award on the December 2 broadcast.

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achieved their first number one on the chart with "Feelin' Like".

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gained their first number ones on the chart with "

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" and "Guerrilla", respectively. Both singles spent two weeks atop the chart. Girl group

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won their first ever Music Bank award with " Stay This Way" in July. The last first-time winner on the chart was

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on September 16. They achieved this feat with their single "Same Scent".

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