Music Bank winners 2021

“Celebrity” by IU won Music Bank 4 times in 2021, “Dynamite” 4 and “Universe (Let's Play Ball)” 2. Every #1 of the year with points and sources.

Updated Sep 6, 202653 trophiesSource: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Every #1 of 2021, newest first: date, episode, song, artist, points and source.
Date	Ep.	Song	Artist	Points
Dec 31	—	“Universe (Let's Play Ball)”	NCT U	6,611
Dec 24	—	“Universe (Let's Play Ball)”	NCT U	7,584
Dec 17	—	“Eleven”	Ive	4,445
Dec 10	1101	“Christmas EveL”	Stray Kids	4,620
Dec 3	1100	“Trauma”	SF9	4,971
Nov 26	1099	“Rush Hour”	Monsta X	4,057
Nov 19	1098	“Scientist”	Twice	4,133
Nov 12	1097	“Maverick”	The Boyz	5,302
Nov 5	1096	“Rock With You”	Seventeen	9,084
Oct 29	1095	“Rock With You”	Seventeen	7,387
Oct 22	1094	“Tamed-Dashed”	Enhypen	8,967
Oct 15	1093	“Savage”	aespa	7,958
Oct 8	1092	“Loco”	Itzy	6,033
Oct 1	1091	“Sticker”	NCT 127	7,930
Sep 24	1090	“Sticker”	NCT 127	4,784
Sep 17	1089	“Lalisa”1st win	Lisa	5,068
Sep 10	1088	“Traffic Light”	Lee Mu-jin	3,631
Sep 3	1087	“Thunderous”	Stray Kids	6,686
Aug 27	1086	“Queendom”	Red Velvet	5,982
Aug 20	1085	“Thrill Ride”	The Boyz	7,810
Aug 13	1084	“After Midnight”	Astro	4,988
Aug 6	—	“Rose”1st win	D.O.	6,546
Jul 30	—	“Permission to Dance”	BTS	10,437
Jul 23	1083	“Permission to Dance”	BTS	11,145
Jul 16	1082	“Butter”	BTS	11,051
Jul 9	1081	“Hello Future”	NCT Dream	8,184
Jul 2	1080	“Ready to Love”	Seventeen	8,202
Jun 25	1079	“Ready to Love”	Seventeen	7,640
Jun 18	1078	“Don't Fight the Feeling”	Exo	6,720
Jun 11	1077	“0X1=Lovesong (I Know I Love You)”	Tomorrow X Together	6,970
Jun 4	1076	“Butter”	BTS	6,326
May 28	1075	“Hot Sauce”	NCT Dream	9,083
May 21	—	“Hot Sauce”	NCT Dream	10,607
May 14	1074	“In the Morning”	Itzy	6,156
May 7	1073	“Drunk-Dazed”	Enhypen	6,275
Apr 30	1072	“Inside Out”	NU'EST	5,446
Apr 23	1071	“Antidote”	Kang Daniel	6,156
Apr 16	1070	“Lilac”	IU	5,763
Apr 9	1069	“Bambi”	Baekhyun	8,009
Apr 2	1068	“Celebrity”	IU	8,140
Mar 26	1067	“On the Ground”	Rosé	6,897
Mar 19	1066	“Rollin'”1st win	Brave Girls	5,379
Mar 12	1065	“Celebrity”Triple crown	IU	4,456
Mar 5	1064	“Dynamite”	BTS	4,990
Feb 26	1063	“Dynamite”	BTS	9,812
Feb 19	1062	“Sugar”	Kim Woo-seok	5,851
Feb 12	—	“Celebrity”	IU	6,394
Feb 5	1061	“Celebrity”	IU	4,558
Jan 29	1060	“Thank U”1st win	U-Know	5,063
Jan 22	1059	“Hwaa”	I-dle	5,846
Jan 15	1058	“90's Love”	NCT U	4,620
Jan 8	1057	“Dynamite”	BTS	4,447
Jan 1	—	“Dynamite”	BTS	3,904

Songs with the most wins this year: “Celebrity” 4 · “Dynamite” 4 · “Universe (Let's Play Ball)” 2. 4 first-ever wins: Lisa, D.O., Brave Girls, U-Know.

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.

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Who won Music Bank the most in 2021?: BTS with 8 wins, ahead of IU (5); the most-decorated song was “Celebrity” (4).
How many Music Bank trophies were awarded in 2021?: 53 trophies across 53 broadcasts.
Which songs completed a triple crown on Music Bank in 2021?: “Celebrity” by IU.
Who was the latest Music Bank winner of 2021?: “Universe (Let's Play Ball)” by NCT U won Music Bank on December 31, 2021 with 6,611 points.

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