Inkigayo winners
“Bloody Paradise” by Enhypen won Inkigayo on August 30, 2026. Every Inkigayo #1 since 2013, updated after each Sunday broadcast.
Updated 653 trophiesSource: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Sunday · 15:20 KST
SBS · #1 since 2013
Recent winners
Records on Inkigayo
Most wins
Most-decorated songs
- 1It's Me3Illit · 2026
- 2RedRed3Cortis · 2026
- 3Swim3BTS · 2026
- 4Good Goodbye3Hwasa · 2025
- 5Blue Valentine3Nmixx · 2025
Highest scores
- 1“Boy with Luv”11,000BTS · April 28, 2019
- 2“Monster”11,000Exo · June 19, 2016
- 3“Let's Not Fall in Love”11,000BigBang · August 23, 2015
- 4“Good Luck”11,000Beast · June 29, 2014
- 5“Now”11,000Trouble Maker · November 10, 2013
97 songs won Inkigayo three times or more (all triple crowns).
Scoring
What a Inkigayo trophy measures, and how that has changed.
How Inkigayo picks its #1Digital sales 50 % · Video views and social 20 % · Physical album 10 % · … · since October 2024
- 50 %Digital sales (Melon, Genie, Flo, Circle Global K-pop Chart)
- 20 %Video views and social (YouTube)
- 10 %Physical album (Circle Album Chart)
- 10 %On-air (SBS TV and radio)
- 5 %Pre-vote
- 5 %Live vote
Changes
- 2021-01-24: pre-vote and live vote both counted; digital 5,500, YouTube 3,000, album 1,000, on-air 1,000 points – perfect score 11,000.
- 2024-10-06: digital 5,500 → 5,000 and YouTube 3,000 → 2,000 points; Circle Global K-pop Chart and global platforms added.
- Formula since
- October 2024
- Perfect score
- 10,000 points
- Voting
- Pre-vote Monday to Saturday (LiNC; earlier Starpass); live vote for the nominees during the broadcast via the Higher app.
- Win limit
- Triple crown: after three first-place wins a song leaves the chart. OSTs and audition-show songs are not eligible.
- Not confirmed
- The 10,000 maximum is derived from digital 5,000 points = 50 %; no article states it outright. The start time: the 2026 winners list says 15:20, the Korean Namu wiki 15:40.
By year
Every year's full table: date, episode, song, artist, points.
Winners compiled from Wikipedia's per-year winner lists (CC BY-SA 4.0); points and episode numbers as published there, each row links to its source. Where a broadcast is listed without a winner, the source lists none.
Quick answers
- Who won Inkigayo most recently?
- “Bloody Paradise” by Enhypen won Inkigayo on August 30, 2026 with 4,815 points.
- Who has the most Inkigayo wins?
- BTS with 36 Inkigayo trophies, ahead of Twice (36) and IU (32).
- Which song has won Inkigayo the most times?
- “It's Me” by Illit, 3 times. The highest score ever listed is 11,000 points for “Boy with Luv” by BTS (April 28, 2019).
- How is the Inkigayo winner decided?
- Digital sales (Melon, Genie, Flo, Circle Global K-pop Chart) 50 %, Video views and social (YouTube) 20 %, Physical album (Circle Album Chart) 10 %, On-air (SBS TV and radio) 10 %, Pre-vote 5 %, Live vote 5 %; a perfect score is 10,000 points. Triple crown: after three first-place wins a song leaves the chart. OSTs and audition-show songs are not eligible.
- When does Inkigayo air?
- Sundays at 15:20 KST on SBS. Results are on this site within hours of the broadcast.
- What is the longest Inkigayo winning streak?
- Blackpink: 6 weeks in a row (Aug 30 – Sep 4 – Oct 11–16, 2022) with “Shut Down” and “Pink Venom”.
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