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Circle Chart Music Awards
South Korean music awards ceremony
South Korean music awards ceremony
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The Circle Chart Music Awards (), formerly known as the Gaon Chart Music Awards , is a major music awards ceremony that is presented annually in South Korea by the Korea Music Content Association primarily based on the commercial performance of the songs and albums based on the national music record chart Circle Chart.
Since 2017, the awarding ceremony has been broadcast live worldwide via Mnet and V Live. In addition to the Gaon Chart being rebranded to the Circle Chart on July 7, 2022, it was announced the Gaon Chart Music Awards would be renamed to the Circle Chart Music Awards.
Host venues
Edition Year Date Host city Venue Host Ref. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 2011 February 22, 2012 Seoul Blue Square Samsung Card Hall Taeyeon and Joo Young-hoon 2012 February 13, 2013 Olympic Hall Gain and Joo Young-hoon 2013 February 12, 2014 Olympic Gymnastics Arena Yuri and Oh Sang-jin 2014 January 28, 2015 Leeteuk and Hyeri 2015 February 17, 2016 Olympic Hall Leeteuk and Yura 2016 February 22, 2017 Jamsil Arena Leeteuk and Solar 2017 February 14, 2018 Leeteuk and Dahyun 2018 January 23, 2019 Kim Jong-kook and Nancy 2019 January 8, 2020 Leeteuk and Lia 2020 January 13, 2021 CJ E&M Center Leeteuk, Lia, Jaejae and Joo Young-hoon 2021 January 27, 2022 Jamsil Arena Jaejae, Doyoung and Sieun 2022 February 18, 2023 KSPO Dome Doyoung and Miyeon title='작지만 꽉 찬 K팝스탠다드' 2022 써클차트 어워즈...'BTS·임영웅 다관왕→도영 소신발언' trans-title='Small but full K-pop standard' 2022 Circle Chart Awards... 'BTS, Lim Young-woong's multi-crown → Do-young's conviction' url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=030&aid=0003079256 via=Naver publisher=ET News language=ko last=Park first=Dong-sun date=February 18, 2023 access-date=February 19, 2023 archive-date=February 19, 2023 archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219111421/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=030&aid=0003079256 url-status=live}} 2023 January 10, 2024 Busan Busan Exhibition and Convention Center Leeteuk, Sieun and Seok Matthew
Awards
Artist of the Year – Physical
Current format
Edition Year Winners Ref. 13th 2023 Jungkook NCT Dream Seventeen Stray Kids
Previous format
Edition Year Winners Ref. 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 2011 TVXQ Beast Super Junior Girls' Generation 2012 BigBang Girls' Generation-TTS Super Junior TVXQ 2013 Girls' Generation Cho Yong-pil Exo 2014 TVXQ Exo Super Junior 2015 Exo Super Junior Exo 2016 Got7 Exo BTS 2017 BTS Seventeen BTS Wanna One 2018 Wanna One BTS Exo 2019 Seventeen BTS Seventeen 2020 BTS Baekhyun BTS 2021 Iz*One NCT Dream BTS NCT 127 2022 NCT Seventeen Stray Kids
Artist of the Year – Digital Music
Current format
Edition Year Winners Ref. Global Streaming Digital Streaming Unique Listeners 13th 2023 (G)I-dle Ive NewJeans Jungkook Aespa Jisoo Le Sserafim
Previous format
Edition Year Winners Ref. December January February March April May June July August September October November 9th 10th 11th 12th 2019 Ben MC the Max Hwasa Taeyeon Bolbbalgan4 Davichi Jang Hye-jin & Yoon Min-soo Ben Sunmi AKMU MC Mong IU 2020 Red Velvet Zico BTS MC the Max Oh My Girl IU Blackpink Zico BTS Chungha & Christopher Blackpink BTS 2021 Taeyeon IU Shinee IU Kang Daniel BTS Brave Girls BTS Red Velvet Coldplay & BTS IU Twice 2022 Ive Kep1er Taeyeon (G)I-dle Ive Le Sserafim BTS Aespa Blackpink Le Sserafim Itzy
Edition Year Winners Ref. January February March April May June July August September October November December 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 2011 Secret IU K.will BigBang 2NE1 Secret T-ara Leessang Davichi Lee Seung-gi Wonder Girls IU 2012 T-ara BigBang Busker Busker Girls' Generation-TTS Wonder Girls 2NE1 Psy Jung Eun-ji & Seo In-guk Gain Lee Hi Lee Seung-gi 2013 Girls' Generation Sistar19 Davichi Psy 4Minute Sistar Dynamic Duo San E Soyou & Mad Clown IU Miss A Seo In-guk & Zia 2014 Girl's Day Soyou & Junggigo 2NE1 AKMU g.o.d Taeyang San E & Raina Park Bo-ram Sistar Kim Dong-ryool MC Mong Apink 2015 Mad Clown Naul MC Mong Miss A BigBang iKon Taeyeon Zico Psy 2016 GFriend Mamamoo Jang Beom-june Twice Urban Zakapa Sistar Wonder Girls Blackpink Im Chang-jung Twice Blackpink BigBang 2017 AKMU Twice IU Psy G-Dragon Exo Sunmi Sechs Kies Epik High Wanna One Twice 2018 iKon Roy Kim BigBang Twice Bolbbalgan4 Blackpink Twice Red Velvet Im Chang-jung IU Jennie Lovelyz
New Artist of the Year
Current format
Edition Year Winners Ref. Global Streaming Streaming Unique Listeners Album 13th 2023 Babymonster Riize Zerobaseone
Previous format
Edition Year Winners Ref. Male Group Female Group Male Solo Female Solo 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 2011 B1A4 Apink Huh Gak Kim Bo kyung 2012 B.A.P Hello Venus John Park Ailee 2013 BTS Ladies' Code Jung Joon-young Lim Kim 2014 Winner Mamamoo — — 2015 iKon GFriend — — 2016 NCT 127 Blackpink — — 2017 Wanna One Weki Meki Woo Won-jae — 2018 Stray Kids (G)I-dle & Iz*One Haon — 2019 TXT Itzy — — 2020 Enhypen Aespa — — 2021 — — Lee Mu-jin & Lee Chan-won — 2022 Tempest NewJeans & Ive — —
Discovery of the Year
Edition Year Winners (Category) Ref. Hip-Hop Indie R&B Ballad Trot Group J-Pop 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 2011 — The Koxx Noel — — Girl's Day — 2012 Double K 3rd Line Butterfly — — Apink — — 2013 — Rose Motel — — — — — 2014 Epik High — Red Velvet — — Lovelyz — 2015 Song Min-ho Hyukoh Zion.T — Lee Ae Ran — — 2016 BewhY Bolbbalgan4 Dean Han Dong-geun — — — 2017 Changmo MeloMance Heize Hwang Chi-yeul — — — 2018 — — Punch Ben — Stray Kids — 2019 — — — Kassy — N.Flying — 2020 — — — — Young Tak — — 2021 Homies — — — — STAYC — 2022 Be'O — — — — — — 2023 — — — Parc Jae-jung Lee Chan-won — imase
Music Steady Seller of the Year
Edition Year Winner Song Ref. 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 2013 Girl's Day "Expectation" 2014 Soyou & Junggigo "Some" 2015 Naul "You in The Same Time" 2016 MC the Max "No Matter Where" 2017 IU "Through the Night" 2018 iKon "Love Scenario" 2019 Paul Kim "Me After You" 2020 IU "Blueming" 2021 BTS "Dynamite" 2022 Lim Young-woong "Love Always Runs Away" 2023 NewJeans "Hype Boy"
Retail Album of the Year
Edition Year Winner Album Ref. 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 2019 BTS Map of the Soul: Persona 2020 Map of the Soul: 7 2021 Butter 2022 Proof 2023 Seventeen FML
Top Kit Seller of the Year
Edition Year Winner Album Ref. 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 2019 Exo Obsession 2020 NCT NCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 1 2021 NCT Dream Hot Sauce 2022 NCT Universe 2023 Seventeen
Popular Singer of the Year
Edition Year Winner Song Ref. 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 2013 Roy Kim & Jung Joon-young "Becoming Dust" 2014 Im Chang-jung "A Glass of Soju" 2015 So Chan Whee "Tears" 2016 MC the Max "No Matter Where" 2017 Yoon Jong-shin "Like It" 2018 Jang Deok Cheol "Good Old Days" 2019 Lim Jae-hyun "If There Was Practice in Love" 2020 Hwang in-wook "Phocha" 2021 Standing Egg "Old Song"
Overseas Music Awards
Edition Year Winner Song Ref. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 11th 12th 13th 2011 Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera "Moves like Jagger" 2012 Maroon 5 "Payphone" 2013 DJ Gollum "The Bad Touch" 2014 Maroon 5 "Maps" 2015 Adele "Hello" 2016 Maroon 5 "Don't Wanna Know" 2017 Ed Sheeran "Shape of You" 2018 Camila Cabello "Havana" 2019 Anne-Marie "2002 " 2021 Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon "Peaches" 2022 The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber "Stay" 2023 Charlie Puth "Dangerously"
Composer/Lyricist of the Year
Edition Year Winners Ref. Composer Lyricist 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 2011 Yoon Sang Kim Eana 2012 Teddy Kim Eana 2013 Duble Sidekick Kim Eana 2014 Min Yeon-jae Kim Do-hoon 2015 Black Eyed Pilseung Kim Eana 2016 Black Eyed Pilseung Jo Yoon-kyung 2017 Pdogg IU 2018 Teddy Seo Ji-eum 2019 Black Eyed Pilseung Min Yeon-jae 2020 Pop Time IU 2021 Ryan S. Jhun IU 2022 Ryan S. Jhun Seo Ji-eum 2023 250 Gigi
Edition Year Winners Ref. Chorus Musical Instrument 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 2011 Kim Hyun-a Kang Soo-ho 2012 Kim Hyo-soo Shin Hyun-kwon 2013 Gil Eun-kyung Tommy Kim 2014 Kang Tae-woo Jang-hyeok 2015 Lee Tae-yoon Kang Sung-ho 2016 Kim Ryeong Lee Seong-yeol & Choi Tae-wan 2017 Kang Tae-woo Lee Seung-yeob 2018 Jun Jae Hee Kim Mi-jung & Shin Sang-won 2019 Joo Chan Yang Choi Hun 2020 KREEZE Jung Jae-pil (Young) 2021 Kim Yeon Seo Jung Jae-pil (Young) 2022 Bae Soo-jung Choi In-sung 2023 Perrie Hareem
Style of the Year
Edition Year Winners Ref. Choreographer Stylist 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 2011 Prepix Seo Soo-kyung 2012 Lee Ju-sun Song Jeong-ok 2013 Yama & Hot Chicks Jung Bo-yoon 2014 Choreography Team DQ Park Seo-hyun, Choi Ji-hyang 2015 Yama & Hot Chicks Ji Eunie 2016 Son Sung Deuk Choi Hee Sun 2017 Lia Kim Kim Ye-jin, Choi Kyung-won 2018 Son Sung Deuk Ji Eunie 2019 Choi Ri An Choi Hee Sun 2020 Son Sung Deuk Kim Bal-ko & Park Min-hee 2021 Son Sung Deuk Kim Wook 2022 Kim Eun-ju & Kim Young-hoo Park Min-hee 2023 Park So-yeon Kim Hye-soo
Record Production of the Year
Edition Year Winner Record Ref. 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 2017 Fave Entertainment IU – "Through the Night" 2018 iKon iKon – "Love Scenario" 2019 MNH Entertainment Chungha – "Gotta Go" 2020 Ambition Musik Changmo – "Meteor" 2021 EDAM Entertainment IU – "Lilac" 2022 Cube Entertainment (G)I-dle – I Never Die
Social Hot Star of the Year
Edition Year Winner Ref. 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 2019 BTS 2020 Blackpink 2021 BTS 2022 BTS 2023 Blackpink
Edition Year Winner Ref. 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 2013 Apink 2014 AOA 2015 Red Velvet VIXX 2016 Seventeen Infinite 2017 NU'EST W Got7 2018 Seventeen 2019 NCT Dream Chungha 2020 Iz*One Stray Kids 2021 Oh My Girl The Boyz 2022 Enhypen
World K-pop Star
Edition Year Winner Ref. 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 2013 2NE1 2014 Kara 2015 BTS 2016 Shinee 2017 Got7 2018 Seventeen 2019 Monsta X 2020 NCT 2021 Stray Kids 2022 Tomorrow X Together 2023 NCT Dream
World K-Pop Rookie
Edition Year Winners Ref. 3rd 4th 5th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 2013 B.A.P — 2014 BTS — 2015 Seventeen AOA 2017 — Blackpink 2018 The Boyz Momoland 2019 Stray Kids (G)I-dle 2020 Ateez Itzy 2021 Enhypen Aespa 2022 STAYC
International Rising Star of the Year
Edition Year Winner Ref. 6th 7th 9th 10th 11th 12th 2016 Charlie Puth 2017 Shawn Mendes 2019 Billie Eilish 2020 Tones and I 2021 Kid Laroi 2022 Gayle
Mubeat Choice Award
Edition Year Winners Ref. Male Female 10th 11th 12th 13th 2020 Lim Young-woong Blackpink 2021 BTS Lisa 2022 Lim Young-woong Blackpink 2023 Lim Young-woong NiziU
Mobile Vote Popularity Award
Edition Year Winner Ref. 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 13th 2013 Exo 2014 Exo 2015 Exo 2016 Sehun Exo 2017 Taeyeon Wanna One 2023 Zhang Hao script-title=ko:제로베이스원 장하오, 인기상 수상..."성장하는 아티스트될 것" [써클차트뮤직어워즈] trans-title=Zerobaseone Zhang Hao Won Popularity Award..."Will Grow Up as a Mature Artist" [CCMA] url=https://isplus.com/article/view/isp202401100234 website=Ilgan Sports language=ko last=Lee first=Se-bin date=January 10, 2024 access-date=January 10, 2024}}
Discontinued awards
K-pop Contribution Award / Lifetime Achievement Award
Edition Year Winner Ref. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 6th 7th 8th 10th 2011 Lee Soo-man 2012 Hong Seung-sung 2013 Cho Yong-pil 2014 Shin Hae-chul 2016 Sechs Kies 2017 Yoon Jong-shin 2018 BTS 2020 Lee Soo-man
Special Awards
Edition Year Awards Winner Ref. 1st 2nd 4th 5th 6th 2011 Oricon Special Award Girls' Generation 2012 Hallyu Special Award CNBLUE 2014 Weibo Kpop Star Award Super Junior 2015 Weibo Kpop Star Award Sehun Most Influential Group of Asia Big Bang 2016 V Live Global Popularity Award BTS
Technical Award
Edition Year Winner Ref. 1st 2011 Ko Seung-wook
Hot Trend Award
Edition Year Winners Ref. 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 2012 Apink — 2013 Crayon Pop — 2014 Block B EXID 2015 B.A.P Baek A Yeon
Producer of the Year
Edition Year Winner Ref. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 2011 Kim Kwang-soo (Core Contents Media) 2012 Yang Hyun-suk (YG Entertainment) 2013 Yang Hyun-suk (YG Entertainment) 2014 Kim Shi-dae (Starship Entertainment) 2015 Yang Hyun-suk (YG Entertainment) 2016 Bang Si-hyuk (Big Hit Entertainment)
Edition Year Winners Ref. 1st 3rd 4th 2011 Daum YouTube 2013 Bugs! 2014 Kakao Music
Music Distribution
Edition Year Winners Ref. Online Offline 2nd 3rd 4th 2012 LOEN Entertainment KMP Holdings 2013 CJ E&M Music 2014 Universal Music
Sound Engineer of the Year
Edition Year Winners Ref. 1st 2nd 3rd 2011 Ko Seung-wook 2012 Jeon Hoon 2013 Jo Joon-sung
Most awards
The following artists (arranged in alphanumeric order) has received three or more awards.
Overall
Awards Artist 32 16 14 12 BTS Exo IU Blackpink Seventeen
Artist of the Year – Physical
Awards Artist 10 6 5 3 BTS Exo Seventeen Super Junior TVXQ
Artist of the Year – Digital
Awards Artist 11 9 7 IU BigBang Blackpink BTS Twice
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