List of M Countdown Chart winners (2015)

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 2015, 30 singles ranked number one on the chart and 25 music acts were awarded first-place trophies. Four songs collected trophies for three weeks and earned a triple crown: "Sniper" by Shinhwa, "Call Me Baby" by Exo, "Lion Heart" by Girls' Generation and "I" by Taeyeon. No release for the year achieved a perfect score, but "Lion Heart" acquired the highest point total on the September 3 broadcast with a score of 10,988.

"Lion Heart" by Girls' Generation (above) was the highest-scoring song on M Countdown for 2015. It won first place on episode 441 with a total of 10,988 points and also earned a triple crown.

BTS received their first M Countdown trophy for their single "I Need U" on episode 423.

Scoring system

February 27, 2014–June 4, 2015

Songs that appeared on the show from January 1–June 4 were scored based on a combination of digital single sales (50%), album sales (10%), social media performance (official YouTube music video views and SNS buzz: 10%), preference points (global fan votes and age range preference: 10%), Mnet's broadcast score (10%), and SMS votes (10%), for a total of 11,000 points.

June 11, 2015–April 12, 2018

Mnet changed its scoring system effective the June 11 broadcast. Digital sales still accounted for 50% of a song's score, but points for album sales and social media performance were increased to 15% each. The popularity, broadcast, and voting percentages remained unchanged. No song achieved a perfect score under either system for the year.

Chart history

Key

	Triple Crown
	Highest score in 2015
—	No show was held

Episode	Date	Artist	Song	Points	Ref.
—	January 1	No.1 Special			[1]
407	January 8	EXID	"Up & Down"	N/A	[2]
408	January 15				[3]
409	January 22	Jonghyun	"Déjà-Boo"	6,995	[4]
410	January 29	Mad Clown	"Fire"	7,409	[5]
411	February 5	Davichi	"Cry Again"	7,238	[6]
412	February 12	Infinite H	"Pretty"	7,209	[7]
—	February 19	4Minute	"Crazy"	N/A	[8]
413	February 26			8,636	[9]
414	March 5	VIXX	"Love Equation"	8,403	[10]
415	March 12	Shinhwa	"Sniper"	N/A	[11]
416	March 19			7,965	[12]
417	March 26			8,554	[13]
418	April 2	Red Velvet	"Ice Cream Cake"	8,069	[14]
419	April 9	Exo	"Call Me Baby"	7,745	[15]
420	April 17			7,756	[16]
421	April 23	KCON Japan Special Episode, winners were not announced			[17]
422	April 30	Exo	"Call Me Baby"	7,652	[18]
423	May 7	BTS	"I Need U"	6,876	[19]
424	May 14	Big Bang	"Loser"	9,669	[20]
425	May 21			8,188	[21]
426	May 28	Shinee	"View"	9,037	[22]
427	June 4			9,762	[23]
428	June 11	Big Bang	"Bang Bang Bang"	9,669	[24]
429	June 18	Exo	"Love Me Right"	9,238	[25]
430	June 25	Big Bang	"Bang Bang Bang"	9,124	[26]
431	July 2	Sistar	"Shake It"	N/A	[27]
432	July 9	Big Bang	"Sober"	8,487	[28]
433	July 16	Girls' Generation	"Party"	10,654	[29]
434	July 23	Infinite	"Bad"	8,851	[30]
435	July 30	Apink	"Remember"	9,244	[31]
436	August 6	Beast	"YeY"	N/A	[32]
437	August 13	KCON LA Special Episode, winners were not announced			[33]
438	August 15	KCON NY Special Episode, winners were not announced
439	August 20	GD & TOP	"Zutter"	10,741	[34]
440	August 27	Girls' Generation	"Lion Heart"	9,868	[35]
441	September 3			10,988	[36]
442	September 10			10,961	[37]
443	September 17	Red Velvet	"Dumb Dumb"	10,085	[38]
444	September 24			N/A	[39]
445	October 1	Soyou & Kwon Jeong Yeol	"Lean On Me"	7,137	[40]
446	October 8	iKon	"Rhythm Ta"	7,068	[41]
447	October 15	Taeyeon	"I"	10,929	[42]
448	October 22			9,541	[43]
449	October 29			10,093	[44]
450	November 5	f(x)	"4 Walls"	10,688	[45]
—	November 12	No Broadcast or Winner			[46]
451	November 19	f(x)	"4 Walls"	N/A	[47]
452	November 26	Dynamic Duo	"Jam"		[48]
—	December 3	No Broadcast or Winner			[49]
—	December 10				[50]
453	December 17	Psy	"Daddy"	N/A	[51]
454	December 24				[52]
—	December 31	No Broadcast or Winner

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