Mnet M! Countdown’s ranking system raises eyebrows

[jangwooyoung.livejournal.com]

Another K-pop controversy alert: Mnet Countdown is rigging their chart ranks?

A large portion of netizens has begun to bring out various fishy elements on Mnet Countdown’s ranking system, suspecting that the program is not being completely honest with their results.

Many believe that artist Seven claiming the #1 spot on August 5th’s airing is not right and fair, as Mnet’s close relationship with YG Entertainment might have resulted in possible ranking manipulation.

Netizens also believe that with Mnet’s chart system being divided into: 50% Sales Count, 30% Online Voting, 10% Mnet’s Judging, and 10% Live Text Voting, Seven’s track Better Together should be placed around 9th place in the chart. So how could it have been #1 this week?

It is true that close affiliation between the program and the entertainment companies may affect the outcome. But do you think Mnet is really manipulating their results?

For the record, Se7en’s Better Together was ranked No.10 on the August 6th episode of Music Bank.

Source: Allkpop & Newsen

Comments

[gardenintheair.livejournal.com]

BRAND NEW INFORMATION!!!!!11one

[summanaro.livejournal.com]

[chrismakkuh.livejournal.com]

Lol.

Where's that haters gonna hate little whistle dude gif?

[yulins.livejournal.com]

[byronsbitch.livejournal.com]

Music show results are manipulated. I, for one, am shocked.

[daifukuu.livejournal.com]

*gasp* who would have ever thought that?



/btw love you hanchul icon :D

[laos7.livejournal.com]

:/

[xalexandriam.livejournal.com]

Haters are going to continue to hate.

[fay-of-sunshine.livejournal.com]

Lol, Malfoy..err, I mean Felton. >.>

[dabysam.livejournal.com]

hm nothing new there

[x-undercover-x.livejournal.com]

I am so shocked by this totally new piece of information.

[byronsbitch.livejournal.com]

My world has come crashing down around me.

[taecish.livejournal.com]

damn I read that as ranks eyebrows and was excited for a lulz poll

[kiku-cha8-8.livejournal.com]

Siwon would own that poll if it ever was made 8D

[letsrelapse.livejournal.com]

LE GASP!

[x3sarang.livejournal.com]

I need that gif with Phoebe going 'THIS IS BRAND NEW INFORMATION!!11!!!!"

[woaiweier.livejournal.com]

[asth77.livejournal.com]

"But do you think Mnet is really manipulating their results?"
YES they did it once and many times except last time akp didn't report it, who knows why LOL.(biased much?)

[ms-rancha.livejournal.com]

ikr? akp ~kinda~ hate yge.

[jaemin0.livejournal.com]

yeah it shocked me how se7en claimed 1st spot yesterday but today was on like the 9th or 10th place.
who knows :)
i like the track though
but it isnt THAT good and there's always bias around

[tees2mai.livejournal.com]

Their point is?

[byronsbitch.livejournal.com]

to point out the pointedly obvious

[mei-zi.livejournal.com]

netizens need a life. end of story.

[czarny.livejournal.com]

Do we?

*is Omona member*

Oh yes, point taken.

[inudela.livejournal.com]

obligatory gif

[jangwooyoung.livejournal.com]

Se7en is still awesome no matter what way you look at it.

[fseventh.livejournal.com]

lol, weekly awards in Korea are jokes. I only believe on Oricon ranks and RIAJ Digital Track chart in Japan and Hanteo Chart in Korea. Sales are sadly the only scientifically thing to prove whether someone deserves to get award or not. I hope there will be digital sales chart in Korea (which covers all the digital sales not only from one provider site) so we can see which song that actually do well for people there in general.

[byronsbitch.livejournal.com]

Korea really needs a consolidated chart like Oricon or Billboard chart.

[melonfucka.livejournal.com]

lol k

a question...

[byronsbitch.livejournal.com]

OT but I have never part taken in the FFA here and I don't know what time it usually starts on Fridays (it will be Saturday for me). Could someone please tell me when it begins? I wanna join in the fun :)

[czarny.livejournal.com]

lol.

[czarny.livejournal.com]

SURPRISE SURPRISE.

[cuidano.livejournal.com]

whatever se7en is a gqbamf and he deserves any award he gets

[kms012.livejournal.com]

LOL, THIS!

ORLY?

[chalakchalak.livejournal.com]

(http://tinypic.com?ref=35d8ck0)

Fans are just upset that a REAL artist is actually winning, and not the others.

Yeah, I went there. Whacha gonna do about it?

Re: ORLY?

[jyului.livejournal.com]

Can I ask where that gif comes from??

[jyului.livejournal.com]

I knew it. There's no way MCD can be legit.

Re: yeah we know already...

[mycorrhizoid.livejournal.com]

It isn't just SM though - for him to rank 1st when he's actually 9th, he's jumping over not just the SM artists but G.NA, DJ DOC, Miss A etc.

[summanaro.livejournal.com]

jesus I was half asleep when I posted that gif. by now the brand new information gif is brand new information. like a paradox of itself. I need to go to fucking sleep.