Determining the Longest Winning Streaks in Music Show History (The #1 Song Won 19 Music Shows in a Row!)

Recently, godkingteshub posted a thread entitled "Do you think Aespa will start sweeping music shows like SNSD and Twice did (With Gee and Cheer Up respectively?)". This got me thinking: did Girls' Generation and Twice really sweep music shows when they were in their prime? And by "sweep", I mean win every single music show over a period of time.

As you might know, I maintain a database of music show wins, and given that I have everything contained in a single spreadsheet, it was easy for me to determine which songs have achieved the longest music show winning streaks. The results of my analysis are shown below (note that only songs that have won six or more times in a row are listed):

19 Consecutive Wins

Seo Taiji and Boys – 난 알아요 (I Know)

15 Consecutive Wins

Apink – Luv

14 Consecutive Wins

Wanna One – Energetic

13 Consecutive Wins

Shin Seung-hun – 보이지 않는 사랑 (Invisible Love)

Kim Gun-mo – 잘못된 만남 (Wrongful Encounter)

Im Chang-jung – 그때 또 다시 (Again)

12 Consecutive Wins

H.O.T. – 캔디 (Candy)

Girls' Generation-TTS – Twinkle

11 Consecutive Wins

Kim Gun-mo – 핑계 (Excuses)

Roo'ra – 날개 잃은 천사 (Angel without Wings)

Seo Taiji and Boys – Come Back Home

Cool – 운명 (Fate)

Cool – 애상 (Sorrow)

g.o.d – 거짓말 (Lies)

Kim Jong-kook – 제자리 걸음 (Walking in the Same Place)

Sistar – Give It to Me

X1 – Flash

10 Consecutive Wins

Cho Yong-pil – 못찾겠다 꾀꼬리 (Can't Find the Oriole)

Lee Sang-woo – 그녀를 만나는 곳 100m 전 (100m Before Meeting Her)

Kim Soo-hee – 애모 (Sad Love)

Kim Won-joon – 너 없는 동안 (While You Are Away)

Noise – 상상속의 너 (You in My Imagination)

Yoo Seung-jun – 나나나 (Na Na Na)

g.o.d – 길 (Road)

S.E.S. – U

Cool – 결혼을 할거라면 (If You Will Get Married)

Lee Hyori – 10 Minutes

TVXQ – "O"-正・反・合 ("O"-Jung.Ban.Hap.)

G-Dragon – Heartbreaker

BTS – DNA

GFriend – Time for the Moon Night

9 Consecutive Wins

Byun Jin-sub – 희망사항 (Wishes)

Kim Min-woo – 사랑일뿐야 (It's Only Love)

Shin Seung-hun – 그후로 오랫동안 (For a Long Time After That)

Turbo – Twist King

UP – 뿌요뿌요 (Puyo Puyo)

Big Bang – Tonight

Girls' Generation – The Boys

EXO – Growl

EXO – Ko Ko Bop

Red Velvet – Power Up

8 Consecutive Wins

Kim Heung-gook – 호랑나비 (Swallowtail)

Min Hae-kyung – 보고싶은 얼굴 (Face That I Miss)

015B – 신 인류의 사랑 (Love of New Generations)

Kim Gun-mo – 스피드 (Speed)

Clon – 쿵따리 샤바라 (Kung Ddari Sha Bah Rah)

Hong Kyung-min – 흔들린 우정 (Broken Friendship)

g.o.d – 니가 있어야 할 곳 (Place Where You Need To Be)

Seven – 와줘 (Come Back to Me)

MC the Max – 사랑의 시 (Love's Poem)

Koyote – 디스코왕 (Disco King)

Ivy – 유혹의 소나타 (Sonata of Temptation)

Lee Hyori – U-Go-Girl

Busker Busker – Love, at First

Soyou & Junggigo – Some

7 Consecutive Wins

Cho Yong-pil – 촛불 (Candlelight)

Shin Seung-hun – 미소 속에 비친 그대 (Reflection of You in Your Smile)

Shim Sin – 오직 하나뿐인 그대 (My One And Only You)

Two Two – 일과 이분의 일 (One and a Half)

Panic – 달팽이 (Snail)

S.E.S. – 너를 사랑해 (I Love You)

Yoo Seung-jun – 열정 (Passion)

Sechs Kies – Com' Back

Shinhwa – 너의 결혼식 (Your Wedding)

TVXQ – Hug

Buzz – 겁쟁이 (Coward)

BoA – Girls on Top

2NE1 – I Don't Care

2PM – Heartbeat

Sistar19 – Gone Not Around Any Longer

Trouble Maker – Now

Jonghyun – Déjà-Boo

VIXX – Love Equation

GFriend – Rough

EXO – Monster

Twice – Heart Shaker

Seventeen – Home

Iz*One – Secret Story of the Swan

(G)I-dle – Hwaa

NCT 127 – Sticker

6 Consecutive Wins

Kim Ji-ae – 얄미운 사람 (A Cheeky Man)

Sunshine Village – 유리창엔 비 (Rain on the Window)

Tae Jin-ah – 거울도 안보는 여자 (Woman Who Doesn’t Even Look in the Mirror)

Noh Sa-yeon – 만남 (Meeting)

Lee Moo-song – 사는게 뭔지 (What Is Life?)

Roo'ra – 비밀은 없어 (There's No Secret)

Kim Jung-min – 애인 (Lover)

Yangpa – 애송이의 사랑 (Young Love)

Im Chang-jung – 별이 되어 (Be a Star)

Kim Hyun-jung – 그녀와의 이별 (Breakup With Her)

Baek Ji-young – Dash

Jo Sung-mo – 아시나요 (Do You Know)

BoA – No.1

Tei – 사랑은 향기를 남기고 (Love Leaves a Scent)

Kim Jong-kook – 사랑스러워 (Lovely)

TVXQ – Rising Sun

Wonder Girls – Tell Me

Big Bang – Day by Day

Beast – Fiction

Super Junior – Mr. Simple

f(x) – Electric Shock

Super Junior – Sexy, Free & Single

Akdong Musician – 200%

Super Junior – Mamacita

EXO – Love Me Right

Girls' Generation – Party

Girls' Generation – Lion Heart

Mamamoo – You're the Best

BtoB – Missing You

iKon – Goodbye Road

GFriend – Sunrise

GFriend – Fever

Red Velvet – Umpah Umpah

BTS – On

Apink – Dumhdurum

So as we can see, neither Gee nor Cheer Up appear above, though SNSD is indeed reasonably well represented.

To further examine Gee and Cheer Up's performance on music shows, I now present the entire series of music show wins that occurred when both of those song were released:

2009-01-16: Gee – Girls' Generation [Music Bank]

2009-01-18: Gee – Girls' Generation [Inkigayo]

2009-01-22: Strong Baby – Seungri [M Countdown]

2009-01-23: Gee – Girls' Generation [Music Bank]

2009-01-30: Gee – Girls' Generation [Music Bank]

2009-02-01: Gee – Girls' Generation [Inkigayo]

2009-02-05: Strong Baby – Seungri [M Countdown]

2009-02-06: Gee – Girls' Generation [Music Bank]

2009-02-08: Gee – Girls' Generation [Inkigayo]

2009-02-13: Gee – Girls' Generation [Music Bank]

2009-02-15: Strong Baby – Seungri [Inkigayo]

2009-02-19: Strong Baby – Seungri [M Countdown]

2009-02-20: Gee – Girls' Generation [Music Bank]

2009-02-22: Strong Baby – Seungri [Inkigayo]

2009-02-26: Strong Baby – Seungri [M Countdown]

2009-02-27: Gee – Girls' Generation [Music Bank]

2009-03-01: Strong Baby – Seungri [Inkigayo]

2009-03-05: Honey – Kara [M Countdown]

2009-03-06: Gee – Girls' Generation [Music Bank]

2009-03-08: Honey – Kara [Inkigayo]

2009-03-12: Honey – Kara [M Countdown]

2009-03-13: Gee – Girls' Generation [Music Bank]

2016-05-05: Cheer Up – Twice [M Countdown]

2016-05-06: Cheer Up – Twice [Music Bank]

2016-05-08: Cheer Up – Twice [Inkigayo]

2016-05-10: Dynamite – VIXX [The Show]

2016-05-11: Pretty U – Seventeen [Show Champion]

2016-05-12: Fire – BTS [M Countdown]

2016-05-13: Fire – BTS [Music Bank]

2016-05-15: Fire – BTS [Inkigayo]

2016-05-17: I Just Wanna Dance – Tiffany [The Show]

2016-05-18: I Just Wanna Dance – Tiffany [Show Champion]

2016-05-19: Cheer Up – Twice [M Countdown]

2016-05-20: Cheer Up – Twice [Music Bank]

2016-05-22: Cheer Up – Twice [Inkigayo]

2016-05-24: Good Luck – AOA [The Show]

2016-05-25: Good Luck – AOA [Show Champion]

2016-05-26: Cheer Up – Twice [M Countdown]

2016-05-27: Cheer Up – Twice [Music Bank]

2016-05-29: Cheer Up – Twice [Inkigayo]

2016-05-31: She Is – Jonghyun [The Show]

2016-06-01: She Is – Jonghyun [Show Champion]

2016-06-02: So-So – Baek A-yeon [M Countdown]

2016-06-03: Cheer Up – Twice [Music Bank]

2016-06-05: So-So – Baek A-yeon [Inkigayo]

2016-06-08: L.I.E. – EXID [Show Champion]

2016-06-09: So-So – Baek A-yeon [M Countdown]

2016-06-10: Cheer Up – Twice [Music Bank]

As we can see, Gee and Cheer Up could only sweep a maximum of three music shows, despite both song's unquestionable popularity. Of course, part of this is due to show attendance requirements, as well as "Triple Crown" rules.

Do note that Gee had the advantage of only having to manage three music shows per week, while Cheer Up had to deal with five. In both cases, Music Core wasn't giving out awards at the time.

Quote from dizzcity

Interesting. So TWICE's best streak of music show wins was actually Heart Shaker.

To be fair, though, the ability of a song to sustain a streak probably depends a lot on the release window and the power of other competing acts. As the industry gets more crowded and release intervals between songs become smaller, I think it's going to be harder and harder to have long-running streaks.

Yes, I think that's an accurate assessment. Timing is crucial when it comes to music show wins.

And in Twice's case, the length of their winning streaks is limited by the fact that they typically don't appear on The Show, which requires attendance to be considered for an award. Heart Shaker's winning streak was actually made possible by the fact that The Show was cancelled for a week during the song's promotion cycle.

And as we can see below, Apink's Luv is an extreme example of this type of phenomenon!

2014-12-02: Luv – Apink [The Show]

2014-12-03: <No Winner> [Show Champion]

2014-12-04: <No Winner> [M Countdown]

2014-12-05: Luv – Apink [Music Bank]

2014-12-06: Luv – Apink [Music Core]

2014-12-07: Luv – Apink [Inkigayo]

2014-12-09: Luv – Apink [The Show]

2014-12-10: <No Winner> [Show Champion]

2014-12-11: <No Winner> [M Countdown]

2014-12-12: Luv – Apink [Music Bank]

2014-12-13: Luv – Apink [Music Core]

2014-12-14: Luv – Apink [Inkigayo]

2014-12-16: Luv – Apink [The Show]

2014-12-17: <No Winner> [Show Champion]

2014-12-18: Luv – Apink [M Countdown]

2014-12-19: Luv – Apink [Music Bank]

2014-12-20: Luv – Apink [Music Core]

2014-12-21: <No Winner> [Inkigayo]

2014-12-23: <No Winner> [The Show]

2014-12-24: <No Winner> [Show Champion]

2014-12-25: Luv – Apink [M Countdown]

2014-12-26: Luv – Apink [Music Bank]

2014-12-27: <No Winner> [Music Core]

2014-12-28: Luv – Apink [Inkigayo]