12th Circle Chart Music Awards

2023 edition of award ceremony
  • Doyoung
  • Miyeon
Most awardsBTS (5)Most nominations
  • BTS
  • Blackpink
  • Ive (6)
Websitecirclechartmusicawards.comTelevision/radio coverageNetwork
  • STATV
  • SPOTV2
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The 12th Circle Chart Music Awards (Korean: 써클차트 뮤긱 어워즈 2022; RR: Sseokeulchateu myujig eoweojeu 2022) was a award ceremony organized by Circle Chart, held at KSPO Dome in Seoul on February 18, 2023. It recognized the best artists and recordings, primarily based on Circle Music Chart of the year from December 1, 2021, to November 30, 2022.[1] The ceremony was hosted by Doyoung and Miyeon.[2]

It was broadcast live on STATV and SPOTV2 in South Korea. It was also available to watch live on online platform Idolplus.[3]

On December 7, 2022, it was announced that the Gaon Chart Music Awards rebranded as Circle Chart Music Awards.[4]

Winners and nominees

Winners and nominees are listed in alphabetical order.[5][6][7] Winners are listed first and emphasized in bold.[8]

Main awards

Artist of the Year – Global Digital Music
December 2021 January 2022
  • Ive – "Eleven"
    • Aespa – "Dreams Come True"
    • Be'O – "Counting Stars" (featuring Beenzino)
    • BTS – "Butter (Holiday Remix)"
    • IU – "Winter Sleep"
February 2022 March 2022
April 2022 May 2022
  • Ive – "Love Dive"
    • Big Bang – "Still Life"
    • Seventeen – "Darl+ing"
    • Psy – "That That" (featuring Suga)
    • Jessi – "Zoom"
June 2022 July 2022
  • BTS – "Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)"
    • Nayeon – "Pop!"
    • BTS – "Run BTS"
    • BTS – "For Youth"
    • BTS – "Born Singer"
  • Aespa – "Girls"
    • Itzy – "Sneakers"
    • J-Hope – "More"
    • J-Hope – "Arson"
    • Seventeen – "_World"
August 2022 September 2022
  • Blackpink – "Shut Down"
    • Blackpink – "Typa Girl"
    • Blackpink – "Hard to Love"
    • Blackpink – "The Happiest Girl"
    • Crush – "Rush Hour" (featuring J-Hope)
October 2022 November 2022
  • Itzy – "Cheshire"
    • Red Velvet – "Birthday"
    • Red Velvet – "Bye Bye"
    • Bibi – "Bibi Vengeance"
    • Kara – "When I Move"
Artist of the Year – Physical Album
1st Quarter
(December 2021 – February 2022) 		2nd Quarter
(March – May 2022)
  • NCT – Universe
    • Enhypen – Dimension: Answer
    • Nmixx – Ad Mare
    • SM Town – 2021 Winter SM Town: SMCU Express
    • Treasure – The Second Step: Chapter One
3rd Quarter
(June – August 2022) 		4th Quarter
(September – November 2022)
New Artist of the Year
Digital Music Physical Album

Other awards

Other Categories Winner
Record Production of the Year (G)I-dle (Cube Entertainment) – 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 and 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

Performers

Order of the performance, name of the artist(s), and song(s) they performed
Order Artist(s) Song performed
1 WeDemBoyz Dance performance[a]
2 Nmixx "O.O" + "Dice"
3 Kep1er "Wa Da Da" + "We Fresh"
4 Pengsoo and Jung Ji-so "This is Pengsoo"
5 Tempest "Dragon" + "Bad News"
6 Choi Ye-na "Love War" + "Smiley"
7 Be'O "Counting Stars" + "Without You" + "Flick"
8 Enhypen "One in a Billion" + "Future Perfect (Pass the Mic)" + "Fever"
9 Just B 2022 All the K-POP (Dance medley)[b]
10 STAYC "Beautiful Monster" + "Run2u" + "Teddy Bear"
11 Tomorrow X Together "Good Boy Gone Bad" + "Sugar Rush Ride"
12 Aespa "Illusion" + "Girls"
13 BSS "Fighting" + "Just Do It"

Presenters

Order of the presentation, name of the artist(s), and award(s) they presented
Order Artist(s) Presented
1 Moon Sang-min and Oh Ye-ju New Icon of the Year
2 Lee Jin-ho and Hwang Jae-song Artist of the Year – Digital Music (December, January, February)
3 Shin Seung-ho and Kim Da-som Artist of the Year – Digital Music (March, April, May)
4 Pengsoo and Jung Ji-so World K-Pop Star and Best Kit Album of the Year
5 Kim Ho-young Idolplus Global Artist and Idolplus New Star
6 Sunghoon Performer of the Year – Musical Instrument, Chorus
7 Vata and Ingyoo (WeDemBoyz) Discovery of the Year – Hiphop, Rock & Metal
8 Lee Yi-kyung and Lee Mi-joo Hot Performance of the Year
8 Lee Hye-ri and Kim Young-dae World K-POP Star, Female and Male Group of the Year
9 Yoon Il-sang Composer of the Year and Lyricist of the Year
10 Seo Hyun-woo and Cha Joo-young Artist of the Year – Digital Music (June, July, August)
11 Park Sung-hoon and Park Ji-hyun Artist of the Year – Physical Album (1st and 2nd Quarter)
12 Lee Je-hoon Record Production of the Year

Notes

  1. ^ Kendrick Lamar's "N95", Tobe Nwigawe & Fat Nwigawe's "Get a Lil Bag", and Treasure's "VolKno"
  2. ^ BTS' "Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)", Ive's "Eleven", NCT U's "Universe (Let's Play Ball)", Taeyeon's "INVU", Le Sserafim's "Fearless", (G)I-dle's "Tomboy", Blackpink's "Pink Venom", Ive's "Love Dive", Stray Kids' "Case 143", Itzy's "Cheshire", Seventeen's "Hot", Le Sserafim's "Antifragile", and Blackpink's "Shut Down"

References

  1. ^ "Circle (Gaon) Chart Music Awards Announces 1st Set Of Nominees". Soompi. December 18, 2022. Archived from the original on December 23, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  2. ^ Moon, Wan-sik (January 30, 2023). NCT 도영·(여자)아이들 미연, 써클차트 뮤직 어워즈 2022 MC 확정 [NCT Doyoung and (G)I-DLE Miyeon confirmed as the 2022 MC of the Circle Chart Music Awards] (in Korean). Star News. Archived from the original on January 29, 2023. Retrieved January 30, 2023 – via Daum.
  3. ^ 이제훈•위댐보이즈•정지소•차주영•황제성 등, '써클차트 뮤직 어워즈 2022' 시상자 라인업 공개 [Lee Je-hoon, We Dam Boys, Jung Ji-so, Cha Joo-young, Hwang Je-sung, and others unveiled the lineup of awardees at the 'Circle Chart Music Awards 2022']. Circle Chart Music Awards (in Korean). February 10, 2023. Archived from the original on September 30, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  4. ^ Jang, Jin-ri (December 7, 2022). 가온차트 뮤직 어워즈→써클차트 뮤직 어워즈로 개편...내년 2월 18일 개최 [Gaon Chart Music Awards → reorganized into Circle Chart Music Awards...Held on February 18 next year] (in Korean). SPOTV News. Retrieved January 10, 2024 – via Naver.
  5. ^ "올해의 가수상 앨범부분 Nominees". Circle Chart Music Awards. Archived from the original on December 17, 2022. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
  6. ^ "올해의 가수상 음원부분 Nominees". Circle Chart Music Awards. Archived from the original on December 17, 2022. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
  7. ^ "The Rookie of the Year". Circle Chart Music Awards. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  8. ^ Gong, Min-a (February 20, 2023). '써클차트 뮤직 어워즈 2022', K팝 팬들도 호평...시상식 새로운 막 열었다 ['Circle Chart Music Awards 2022' is also well received by K-pop fans...The awards ceremony has just opened a new] (in Korean). SPOTV News. Archived from the original on February 21, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2024 – via Naver.