September 2026 produced 15 wins across the six music shows, shared by 12 artists and 12 songs, so no single act dominated the month. The most wins went to Alpha Drive One, whose "Born Dire" took The Show on September 1, Show Champion on September 2 and Music Bank on September 4, for 3 in total. Next came Evan's "Death of Me" with 2, on The Show on September 15 and Show Champion on September 16. Every other song won once.
After the first week the winners changed from show to show. Show! Music Core on September 5 went to "Blingy" by NCT 127, Inkigayo on September 6 to "Biiig" by BigBang, Show Champion on September 9 to "Like Fire" by 82Major, Music Bank on September 11 to "Magic" by Monsta X, Show! Music Core on September 12 to "Float" by Taemin, and Inkigayo on September 13 to "Bad" by Ateez. Music Bank on September 25 went to "Gogo" by Young Tak.
Three artists earned their first-ever music show win this month: 82Major with "Like Fire" on Show Champion on September 9, Evan with "Death of Me" on The Show on September 15, and Young Tak with "Gogo" on Music Bank on September 25. No song swept five or more of the six shows. The full dated list is in the table below, and each date opens an episode page showing that week's other shows.
written 2026-09-26September 2026 produced 15 #1s across six music shows, shared by 12 artists and 12 songs.
The most wins went to Alpha Drive One (3), followed by Evan (2) and Ateez (1).
The most-awarded song was “Born Dire” by Alpha Drive One with 3 wins on 3 shows, then “Death of Me” with 2.
No song swept five or more shows.
First-ever music show wins went to 82Major, Evan, Young Tak — 3 artists in total.
Counts are recomputed every morning from each show's published results (Wikipedia lists, CC BY-SA). Weeks without a broadcast or record are shown in grey; dates open episode pages.
| 1 | RedRedCortis | 220 |
| 2 | BadAteez | 218 |
| 3 | 퇴사할게여Soyeon | 215 |
| 4 | 노스탈지아Big Naughty | 214 |
| 5 | Pretty GirlRescene | 211 |
| 6 | Love AttackRescene | 204 |
| 7 | Deja VuRescene | 204 |
| 8 | 0+0hanroro | 202 |
| 9 | Dear my crazy soulmateIU | 201 |
| 10 | Pop Off Pop OffKiiiKiii | 199 |
| Date | Show | Song · Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | The Show | Born DireAlpha Drive One |
| 2026-09-02 | Show Champion | Born DireAlpha Drive One |
| 2026-09-04 | Music Bank | Born DireAlpha Drive One |
| 2026-09-05 | Show! Music Core | BlingyNCT 127 |
| 2026-09-06 | Inkigayo | BiiigBigBang |
| 2026-09-09 | Show Champion | Like Fire82Major |
| 2026-09-11 | Music Bank | MagicMonsta X |
| 2026-09-12 | Show! Music Core | FloatTaemin |
| 2026-09-13 | Inkigayo | BadAteez |
| 2026-09-15 | The Show | Death of MeEvan |
| 2026-09-16 | Show Champion | Death of MeEvan |
| 2026-09-17 | M Countdown | ClickJisoo |
| 2026-09-18 | Music Bank | Mark on Me&Team |
| 2026-09-19 | Show! Music Core | ToToLim Young-woong |
| 2026-09-25 | Music Bank | GogoYoung Tak |