The Music Bank Chart is a record chart established in 1998 on the South Korean KBS television music program Music Bank. Every week during its live broadcast, the show gives an award for the best-performing single on the South Korean chart. The chart includes digital performances on domestic online music services (65%), album sales (5%), number of times the single was broadcast on KBS TV (20%), and viewers' choice from online surveys (10%), a methodology that has been used since November 2020. On February 25, 2022, KBS changed the methodology to include social media score (5%), calculated using YouTube and TikTok data gathered from the Gaon charts. They also reduced the percentage from domestic online music services to 60%. The score for domestic online music services is calculated using data from Melon, Bugs, Genie Music, Naver Vibe and Flo. Ive member Jang Won-young and Enhypen member Park Sung-hoon, had been hosting the show since October 8, 2021. Sung-hoon continued to host the show till September 2, 2022. He was later replaced by actor Lee Chae-min starting September 30.

In 2022, 41 singles achieved number one on the chart, and 31 acts were awarded first-place trophies. "Hot" by Seventeen had the highest score of the year, with 13,816 points on the June 3 broadcast. Ive's "After Like" won four trophies, making it the most-awarded song of the year. Ive had three number one singles on the chart in 2022 achieved with "Eleven", "Love Dive" and "After Like". The three songs spent a total of nine weeks atop the chart, making Ive the act with the most wins of the year. Boy group NCT Dream also had three number-one singles on the chart achieved with "Glitch Mode", "Beatbox" and "Candy". In addition to Ive and NCT Dream, six other acts had more than one single rank number one on the chart in 2022. Girl groups Itzy, Kep1er and Le Sserafim had two number one singles on the chart achieved with "Sneakers" and "Cheshire", "Wa Da Da" and "Up!", and "Fearless" and "Antifragile", respectively. The latter group's win with "Fearless" on the May 13 broadcast marked their first number one on the chart. Three boy groups ranked two singles at number one on the chart in 2022. Enhypen with "Blessed-Cursed" and "Future Perfect (Pass the MIC)", Seventeen with "Hot" and "_World", and Stray Kids with "Maniac" and "Case 143".

Besides Le Sserafim, six other acts achieved their first number one on Music Bank in 2022. "♡Ticon" helped girl group CSR gain their first ever music show award on the December 2 broadcast. Pentagon achieved their first number one on the chart with "Feelin' Like". STAYC and Ateez gained their first number ones on the chart with "Run2U" and "Guerrilla", respectively. Both singles spent two weeks atop the chart. Girl group Fromis 9 won their first ever Music Bank award with "Stay This Way" in July. The last first-time winner on the chart was Oneus on September 16. They achieved this feat with their single "Same Scent".

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