The 12th Circle Chart Music Awards were held on February 18, 2023, to celebrate the best of Asian music and artists. The ceremony, previously named the Gaon Chart Music Awards, was renamed Circle Chart in July last year.
The event took place at the KSPO Dome in Seoul and was hosted by Doyoung and Miyeon. The winners were decided based on the performance of their works on the Circle Chart, which is the national record chart in South Korea.
12th Circle Chart Music Awards Winners
The albums and songs released between December 1, 2021, and November 30, 2022, were taken into consideration for the awards. Like every year, quarterly winners were announced for the artist of the year – physical sales and monthly honors were given to the artist of the year – digital music. The full list of winners is as below:
Main Categories:
Artist of the Year – Physical Album:
December 2021 to February 2022: NCT’s UniverseÂ
March 2021 to May 2022: SEVENTEEN’s Face The SunÂ
June 2022 to August 2022: BTS’s ProofÂ
September 2022 to November 2022: Stray Kids’ Maxident
Artist of the Year – Global Digital Music:
December 2021: IVE’s ‘Eleven’Â
January 2022: Kep1er’s Wa Da DaÂ
February 2022: Taeyeon’s INVUÂ
March 2022: (G)I-DLE’s TomboyÂ
April 2022: IVE’s Love DiveÂ
May 2022: LE SSERAFIM’s FearlessÂ
June 2022: BTS’ Yet To ComeÂ
July 202: aespa’s GirlsÂ
August 2022: BLACKPINK’s Pink VenomÂ
September 2022: BLACKPINK’s Shut DownÂ
October 2022: LE SSERAFIM’s AntifragileÂ
November 2022: ITZY’s Chesire
New Artist of the Year:
Physical Album: IVE’s After Like
Digital Music: NewJeans’ Attention
Special Categories:
Record Production of the Year: (G)I-dle (Cube Entertaiment) – I Never Die
Discovery of the Year: Hiphop: Be’O
Discovery of the Year: Rock & Metal: Younha
Composer of the Year: Ryan S. Jhun
Lyricist of the Year: Seo Ji-eum
Performer of the Year – Musical Instrument: Choi In-sung
Performer of the Year – Chorus: Sophia Pae
Style of the Year – Performance Director: Kim Eun-ju & Kim Young-hoo
Style of the Year – Visual Director: Park Min-hee
Female Solo Artist of the Year: Nayeon
Male Solo Artist of the Year: Lim Young-woong
Female Group of the Year: Blackpink
Male Group of the Year: Seventeen
New Icon of the Year: Nmixx & Choi Ye-na
Hot Performance of the Year: Enhypen
Song of the Year in International Pop: The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber – Stay
International Rising Star of the Year: Gayle
Music Steady Seller of the Year: Lim Young-woong – Love Always Runs Away
World K-POP Star: Tomorrow X Together
World K-POP Rookie: STAYC
Retail Album of the Year: BTS – Proof
Best KIT-Album of the Year: NCT
Social Hot Star of the Year: BTS
MuBeat Global Choice (Female): Blackpink
MuBeat Global Choice (Male): Lim Young-woong
idolplus Global Artist: BTS
idolplus New Star: Tempest
Circle Chart Music Awards Performers
The ceremony also saw performances by a number of artists, including Nmixx (O.O and Dice), Kep1er (Wa Da Da and We Fresh), Pengsoo & Jung Ji-so (This is Pengsoo), Tempest (Dragon and Bad News), Choi Ye-na (Love War and Smiley), Be’O (Counting Stars, Without You and Flick), Enhypen (One in a Billion, Future Perfect – Pass the Mic and Fever).
Congratulations to all the winners! For more news and updates, keep watching this space.
