SBS's 'Inkigayo' has decided to abolish its rank and award system.

Beginning on July 15th, 'Inkigayo' will be removing its Take 7, where the seven of the most popular artists from that week are featured, and the Mutizen Song award.

A producer of the show explained to Newsen through a phone call stating, "We believe that rather than the ranking system, the most important thing is the genre K-Pop being recognized worldwide. Therefore, we have decided to abolish the system after much discussion. There's really no meaning behind a ranking system. We have decided to undergo this change in hopes that viewers can just enjoy the music."

"There are a lot of K-Pop stars in the music industry that have talent. We wanted to break free from the repetitive system, in which artists release new songs and perform, so we plan on redesiging our system by having the concept of more special stages . For viewers to enjoy the music, we will have more collaboration stages and much more."

With 'Inkigayo' following MBC's 'Music Core' of becoming an awardless program, KBS's 'Music Bank' remains as the only music program from the three major broadcasting stations with the awarding system.

Source & Image: Star News via Nate