Just a 10% fan voted
In the first week of a comeback in 'Music Bank' , voting was often omitted, so viewers protested on the bulletin board
'Music Bank' side affirms "we act according to internal regulations"
'Music Bank' side responded to the inquiry related to viewers voting, saying that it was 'according to internal regulations'.
On march 7th, an official from KBS 2TV's 'Music Bank' told about the K-pop fan vote, which is included in 10% of the 'Music Bank' chart', and 'K-Chart', saying, "We cannot disclose the criteria in detail, but He dismissed the controversy, saying, "It is not that the counting standards are different every week."
K-Chart' received votes using an app called 'Mubeat' of K-POP fans voting for 60% of digital music, 20% of the number of broadcasts, 5% of albums, and 5% of social media. However, some fans point out that some of the songs of artists during comeback are not updated, so voting itself is not possible, so even if they come in first place, it is pointed out that they will be treated as '0 points'.
"Music Bank" explained, "We received a lot of requests to disclose the standards, but we are inevitably unable to do so because disclosure can interfere with fair business performance. We believe that keeping those standards is the most fair way."
At the same time, he added, "We understand the fans" about the controversy and also add "it can be upset from the fandom's point of view."
There are several cases where Mubeat was not mentioned as a candidate for pre-voting for 'Music Bank' and thus received 0 points. Recently, Seok-soon Boo, a unit of the group Seventeen, was omitted, and Le Seraphim, New Jeans, Young-woong Lim, and Kara also had a history of receiving 0 points.