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Circle Chart Music Awards
Current: 13th Circle Chart Music Awards
Official logo
Awarded for
Commercial performance of songs and albums
Country
South Korea
Presented by
Korea Music Content Association
First award
February 22, 2012; 13 years ago (2012-02-22)
Website
Official website
The Circle Chart Music Awards (Korean: 써클차트 뮤직 어워드), 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.[1]
Host venues
[edit]
Edition
Year
Date
Host city
Venue
Host
Ref.
1st
2011
February 22, 2012
Seoul
Blue Square Samsung Card Hall
Taeyeon and Joo Young-hoon
2nd
2012
February 13, 2013
Olympic Hall
Gain and Joo Young-hoon
3rd
2013
February 12, 2014
Olympic Gymnastics Arena
Yuri and Oh Sang-jin
4th
2014
January 28, 2015
Leeteuk and Hyeri
5th
2015
February 17, 2016
Olympic Hall
Leeteuk and Yura
6th
2016
February 22, 2017
Jamsil Arena
Leeteuk and Solar
7th
2017
February 14, 2018
Leeteuk and Dahyun
8th
2018
January 23, 2019
Kim Jong-kook and Nancy
9th
2019
January 8, 2020
Leeteuk and Lia
10th
2020
January 13, 2021
CJ E&M Center
Leeteuk, Lia, Jaejae and Joo Young-hoon
11th
2021
January 27, 2022
Jamsil Arena
Jaejae, Doyoung and Sieun
12th
2022
February 18, 2023
KSPO Dome
Doyoung and Miyeon
[2]
13th
2023
January 10, 2024
Busan
Busan Exhibition and Convention Center
Leeteuk, Sieun and Seok Matthew
[3]
Awards
[edit]
Artist of the Year – Physical
[edit]
Current format
[edit]
List of winners (2023–present)
Edition
Year
Winners
Ref.
13th
2023
Jungkook
NCT Dream
Seventeen
Stray Kids
TXT
[4]
Previous format
[edit]
List of winners (2011–2022)
Edition
Year
Winners
Ref.
1st Quarter
2nd Quarter
3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
1st
2011
TVXQ
Beast
Super Junior
Girls' Generation
2nd
2012
BigBang
Girls' Generation-TTS
Super Junior
TVXQ
3rd
2013
Girls' Generation
Cho Yong-pil
Exo
4th
2014
TVXQ
Exo
Super Junior
5th
2015
Exo
Super Junior
Exo
6th
2016
Got7
Exo
BTS
7th
2017
BTS
Seventeen
BTS
Wanna One
8th
2018
Wanna One
BTS
Exo
9th
2019
Seventeen
BTS
Seventeen
10th
2020
BTS
Baekhyun
BTS
11th
2021
Iz*One
NCT Dream
BTS
NCT 127
12th
2022
NCT
Seventeen
Stray Kids
[2]
Artist of the Year – Digital Music
[edit]
Current format
[edit]
List of winners (2023–present)
Edition
Year
Winners
Ref.
Global Streaming
Digital
Streaming Unique Listeners
13th
2023
(G)I-dle
[4]
Ive
NewJeans
Jungkook
Aespa
Jisoo
Le Sserafim
Previous format
[edit]
List of winners (2019–2022)
Edition
Year
Winners
Ref.
December
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
9th
2019
Ben
MC the Max
Hwasa
Taeyeon
Bolbbalgan4
Davichi
Jang Hye-jin & Yoon Min-soo
Ben
Sunmi
AKMU
MC Mong
IU
10th
2020
Red Velvet
Zico
BTS
MC the Max
Oh My Girl
IU
Blackpink
Zico
BTS
Chungha & Christopher
Blackpink
BTS
11th
2021
Taeyeon
IU
Shinee
IU
Kang Daniel
BTS
Brave Girls
BTS
Red Velvet
Coldplay & BTS
IU
Twice
12th
2022
Ive
Kep1er
Taeyeon
(G)I-dle
Ive
Le Sserafim
BTS
Aespa
Blackpink
Le Sserafim
Itzy
[2]
List of winners (2011–2018)
Edition
Year
Winners
Ref.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
1st
2011
Secret
IU
K.will
BigBang
2NE1
Secret
T-ara
Leessang
Davichi
Lee Seung-gi
Wonder Girls
IU
2nd
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
3rd
2013
Girls' Generation
Sistar19
Davichi
Psy
4Minute
Sistar
Dynamic Duo
San E
Soyou & Mad Clown
IU
Miss A
Seo In-guk & Zia
4th
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
5th
2015
Mad Clown
Naul
MC Mong
Miss A
BigBang
iKon
Taeyeon
Zico
Psy
6th
2016
GFriend
Mamamoo
Jang Beom-june
Twice
Urban Zakapa
Sistar
Wonder Girls
Blackpink
Im Chang-jung
Twice
Blackpink
BigBang
7th
2017
AKMU
Twice
IU
Psy
G-Dragon
Exo
Sunmi
Sechs Kies
Epik High
Wanna One
Twice
8th
2018
iKon
Roy Kim
BigBang
Twice
Bolbbalgan4
Blackpink
Twice
Red Velvet
Im Chang-jung
IU
Jennie
Lovelyz
New Artist of the Year
[edit]
Current format
[edit]
List of winners (2023–present)
Edition
Year
Winners
Ref.
Global Streaming
Streaming Unique Listeners
Album
13th
2023
Babymonster
Riize
Zerobaseone
[4]
Previous format
[edit]
List of winners (2011–2022)
Edition
Year
Winners
Ref.
Male Group
Female Group
Male Solo
Female Solo
1st
2011
B1A4
Apink
Huh Gak
Kim Bo kyung
2nd
2012
B.A.P
Hello Venus
John Park
Ailee
3rd
2013
BTS
Ladies' Code
Jung Joon-young
Lim Kim
4th
2014
Winner
Mamamoo
—
—
5th
2015
iKon
GFriend
—
—
6th
2016
NCT 127
Blackpink
—
—
7th
2017
Wanna One
Weki Meki
Woo Won-jae
—
8th
2018
Stray Kids
(G)I-dle & Iz*One
Haon
—
9th
2019
TXT
Itzy
—
—
10th
2020
Enhypen
Aespa
—
—
11th
2021
—
—
Lee Mu-jin & Lee Chan-won
—
12th
2022
Tempest
NewJeans & Ive
—
—
[2]
Discovery of the Year
[edit]
Edition
Year
Winners (Category)
Ref.
Hip-Hop
Indie
R&B
Ballad
Trot
Group
J-Pop
1st
2011
—
The Koxx
Noel
—
—
Girl's Day
—
2nd
2012
Double K
3rd Line Butterfly
—
—
Apink
—
—
3rd
2013
—
Rose Motel
—
—
—
—
—
4th
2014
Epik High
—
Red Velvet
—
—
Lovelyz
—
5th
2015
Song Min-ho
Hyukoh
Zion.T
—
Lee Ae Ran
—
—
6th
2016
BewhY
Bolbbalgan4
Dean
Han Dong-geun
—
—
—
7th
2017
Changmo
MeloMance
Heize
Hwang Chi-yeul
—
—
—
8th
2018
—
—
Punch
Ben
—
Stray Kids
—
9th
2019
—
—
—
Kassy
—
N.Flying
—
10th
2020
—
—
—
—
Young Tak
—
—
11th
2021
Homies
—
—
—
—
STAYC
—
12th
2022
Be'O
—
—
—
—
—
—
[2]
13th
2023
—
—
—
Parc Jae-jung
Lee Chan-won
—
imase
[4]
Music Steady Seller of the Year
[edit]
Edition
Year
Winner
Song
Ref.
3rd
2013
Girl's Day
"Expectation"
4th
2014
Soyou & Junggigo
"Some"
5th
2015
Naul
"You in The Same Time"
6th
2016
MC the Max
"No Matter Where"
7th
2017
IU
"Through the Night"
8th
2018
iKon
"Love Scenario"
9th
2019
Paul Kim
"Me After You"
10th
2020
IU
"Blueming"
11th
2021
BTS
"Dynamite"
12th
2022
Lim Young-woong
"Love Always Runs Away"
13th
2023
NewJeans
"Hype Boy"
[4]
Retail Album of the Year
[edit]
Edition
Year
Winner
Album
Ref.
9th
2019
BTS
Map of the Soul: Persona
10th
2020
Map of the Soul: 7
11th
2021
Butter
12th
2022
Proof
[2]
13th
2023
Seventeen
FML
[4]
Top Kit Seller of the Year
[edit]
Edition
Year
Winner
Album
Ref.
9th
2019
Exo
Obsession
10th
2020
NCT
NCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 1
11th
2021
NCT Dream
Hot Sauce
12th
2022
NCT
Universe
[2]
13th
2023
Seventeen
—N/a
[4]
Popular Singer of the Year
[edit]
Edition
Year
Winner
Song
Ref.
3rd
2013
Roy Kim & Jung Joon-young
"Becoming Dust"
4th
2014
Im Chang-jung
"A Glass of Soju"
5th
2015
So Chan Whee
"Tears"
6th
2016
MC the Max
"No Matter Where"
7th
2017
Yoon Jong-shin
"Like It"
8th
2018
Jang Deok Cheol
"Good Old Days"
9th
2019
Lim Jae-hyun
"If There Was Practice in Love"
10th
2020
Hwang in-wook
"Phocha"
11th
2021
Standing Egg
"Old Song"
Overseas Music Awards
[edit]
Edition
Year
Winner
Song
Ref.
1st
2011
Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera
"Moves like Jagger"
[5]
2nd
2012
Maroon 5
"Payphone"
3rd
2013
DJ Gollum
"The Bad Touch"
4th
2014
Maroon 5
"Maps"
5th
2015
Adele
"Hello"
6th
2016
Maroon 5
"Don't Wanna Know"
7th
2017
Ed Sheeran
"Shape of You"
8th
2018
Camila Cabello
"Havana"
9th
2019
Anne-Marie
"2002"
11th
2021
Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon
"Peaches"
12th
2022
The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber
"Stay"
[2]
13th
2023
Charlie Puth
"Dangerously"
[4]
Composer/Lyricist of the Year
[edit]
Edition
Year
Winners
Ref.
Composer
Lyricist
1st
2011
Yoon Sang
Kim Eana
2nd
2012
Teddy
Kim Eana
3rd
2013
Duble Sidekick
Kim Eana
4th
2014
Min Yeon-jae
Kim Do-hoon
5th
2015
Black Eyed Pilseung
Kim Eana
6th
2016
Black Eyed Pilseung
Jo Yoon-kyung
7th
2017
Pdogg
IU
8th
2018
Teddy
Seo Ji-eum
9th
2019
Black Eyed Pilseung
Min Yeon-jae
10th
2020
Pop Time
IU
11th
2021
Ryan S. Jhun
IU
12th
2022
Ryan S. Jhun
Seo Ji-eum
[2]
13th
2023
250
Gigi
[4]
Performers of the Year
[edit]
Edition
Year
Winners
Ref.
Chorus
Musical Instrument
1st
2011
Kim Hyun-a
Kang Soo-ho
2nd
2012
Kim Hyo-soo
Shin Hyun-kwon
3rd
2013
Gil Eun-kyung
Tommy Kim
4th
2014
Kang Tae-woo
Jang-hyeok
5th
2015
Lee Tae-yoon
Kang Sung-ho
6th
2016
Kim Ryeong
Lee Seong-yeol & Choi Tae-wan
7th
2017
Kang Tae-woo
Lee Seung-yeob
8th
2018
Jun Jae Hee
Kim Mi-jung & Shin Sang-won
9th
2019
Joo Chan Yang
Choi Hun
10th
2020
KREEZE
Jung Jae-pil (Young)
11th
2021
Kim Yeon Seo
Jung Jae-pil (Young)
12th
2022
Bae Soo-jung
Choi In-sung
[2]
13th
2023
Perrie
Hareem
[4]
Style of the Year
[edit]
Edition
Year
Winners
Ref.
Choreographer
Stylist
1st
2011
Prepix
Seo Soo-kyung
2nd
2012
Lee Ju-sun
Song Jeong-ok
3rd
2013
Yama & Hot Chicks
Jung Bo-yoon
4th
2014
Choreography Team DQ
Park Seo-hyun, Choi Ji-hyang
5th
2015
Yama & Hot Chicks
Ji Eunie
6th
2016
Son Sung Deuk
Choi Hee Sun
7th
2017
Lia Kim
Kim Ye-jin, Choi Kyung-won
8th
2018
Son Sung Deuk
Ji Eunie
9th
2019
Choi Ri An
Choi Hee Sun
10th
2020
Son Sung Deuk
Kim Bal-ko & Park Min-hee
11th
2021
Son Sung Deuk
Kim Wook
12th
2022
Kim Eun-ju & Kim Young-hoo
Park Min-hee
[2]
13th
2023
Park So-yeon
Kim Hye-soo
[4]
Record Production of the Year
[edit]
Edition
Year
Winner
Record
Ref.
7th
2017
Fave Entertainment
IU – "Through the Night"
8th
2018
iKon
iKon – "Love Scenario"
9th
2019
MNH Entertainment
Chungha – "Gotta Go"
10th
2020
Ambition Musik
Changmo – "Meteor"
11th
2021
EDAM Entertainment
IU – "Lilac"
12th
2022
Cube Entertainment
(G)I-dle – I Never Die
[2]
Social Hot Star of the Year
[edit]
Edition
Year
Winner
Ref.
9th
2019
BTS
10th
2020
Blackpink
11th
2021
BTS
12th
2022
BTS
[2]
13th
2023
Blackpink
[4]
Hot Performance of the Year
[edit]
Edition
Year
Winner
Ref.
3rd
2013
Apink
4th
2014
AOA
5th
2015
Red Velvet
VIXX
6th
2016
Seventeen
Infinite
7th
2017
NU'EST W
Got7
8th
2018
Seventeen
9th
2019
NCT Dream
Chungha
10th
2020
Iz*One
Stray Kids
11th
2021
Oh My Girl
The Boyz
12th
2022
Enhypen
[2]
World K-pop Star
[edit]
Edition
Year
Winner
Ref.
3rd
2013
2NE1
4th
2014
Kara
5th
2015
BTS
6th
2016
Shinee
7th
2017
Got7
8th
2018
Seventeen
9th
2019
Monsta X
10th
2020
NCT
11th
2021
Stray Kids
12th
2022
Tomorrow X Together
[2]
13th
2023
NCT Dream
[4]
World K-Pop Rookie
[edit]
Edition
Year
Winners
Ref.
3rd
2013
B.A.P
—
4th
2014
BTS
—
5th
2015
Seventeen
AOA
7th
2017
—
Blackpink
8th
2018
The Boyz
Momoland
9th
2019
Stray Kids
(G)I-dle
10th
2020
Ateez
Itzy
11th
2021
Enhypen
Aespa
12th
2022
STAYC
[2]
International Rising Star of the Year
[edit]
Edition
Year
Winner
Ref.
6th
2016
Charlie Puth
7th
2017
Shawn Mendes
9th
2019
Billie Eilish
10th
2020
Tones and I
11th
2021
Kid Laroi
12th
2022
Gayle
[2]
Mubeat Choice Award
[edit]
Edition
Year
Winners
Ref.
Male
Female
10th
2020
Lim Young-woong
Blackpink
11th
2021
BTS
Lisa
12th
2022
Lim Young-woong
Blackpink
[2]
13th
2023
Lim Young-woong
NiziU
[4]
Mobile Vote Popularity Award
[edit]
Edition
Year
Winner
Ref.
3rd
2013
Exo
4th
2014
Exo
5th
2015
Exo
6th
2016
Sehun
Exo
7th
2017
Taeyeon
Wanna One
13th
2023
Zhang Hao
[4][6]
Discontinued awards
[edit]
K-pop Contribution Award / Lifetime Achievement Award
[edit]
Edition
Year
Winner
Ref.
1st
2011
Lee Soo-man
2nd
2012
Hong Seung-sung
3rd
2013
Cho Yong-pil
4th
2014
Shin Hae-chul
6th
2016
Sechs Kies
7th
2017
Yoon Jong-shin
8th
2018
BTS
10th
2020
Lee Soo-man
Special Awards
[edit]
Edition
Year
Awards
Winner
Ref.
1st
2011
Oricon Special Award
Girls' Generation
2nd
2012
Hallyu Special Award
CNBLUE
4th
2014
Weibo Kpop Star Award
Super Junior
5th
2015
Weibo Kpop Star Award
Sehun
Most Influential Group of Asia
Big Bang
6th
2016
V Live Global Popularity Award
BTS
Technical Award
[edit]
Edition
Year
Winner
Ref.
1st
2011
Ko Seung-wook
Hot Trend Award
[edit]
Edition
Year
Winners
Ref.
2nd
2012
Apink
—
3rd
2013
Crayon Pop
—
4th
2014
Block B
EXID
5th
2015
B.A.P
Baek A Yeon
Producer of the Year
[edit]
Edition
Year
Winner
Ref.
1st
2011
Kim Kwang-soo (Core Contents Media)
2nd
2012
Yang Hyun-suk (YG Entertainment)
3rd
2013
Yang Hyun-suk (YG Entertainment)
4th
2014
Kim Shi-dae (Starship Entertainment)
5th
2015
Yang Hyun-suk (YG Entertainment)
6th
2016
Bang Si-hyuk (Big Hit Entertainment)
New Media Platform
[edit]
Edition
Year
Winners
Ref.
1st
2011
Daum
YouTube
3rd
2013
Bugs!
4th
2014
Kakao Music
Music Distribution
[edit]
Edition
Year
Winners
Ref.
Online
Offline
2nd
2012
LOEN Entertainment
KMP Holdings
3rd
2013
CJ E&M Music
4th
2014
Universal Music
Sound Engineer of the Year
[edit]
Edition
Year
Winners
Ref.
1st
2011
Ko Seung-wook
2nd
2012
Jeon Hoon
3rd
2013
Jo Joon-sung
Most awards
[edit]
The following artists (arranged in alphanumeric order) has received three or more awards.
Overall
[edit]
Awards
Artist
32
BTS
16
Exo
IU
14
Blackpink
12
Seventeen
Artist of the Year – Physical
[edit]
Awards
Artist
10
BTS
Exo
6
Seventeen
5
Super Junior
3
TVXQ
Artist of the Year – Digital
[edit]
Awards
Artist
11
IU
9
BigBang
7
Blackpink
BTS
Twice
See also
[edit]
Record production portal
References
[edit]
^Lee, Tae-soo (July 7, 2022). 가온차트, 써클차트로 개편...국내·해외 판매량 구분해 공개 [Gaon chart reorganized into Circle Chart...Domestic and overseas sales disclosed separately] (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. Archived from the original on July 7, 2022. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
^ abcdefghijklmnopqrPark, Dong-sun (February 18, 2023). "'작지만 꽉 찬 K팝스탠다드' 2022 써클차트 어워즈...'BTS·임영웅 다관왕→도영 소신발언'" ['Small but full K-pop standard' 2022 Circle Chart Awards... 'BTS, Lim Young-woong's multi-crown → Do-young's conviction'] (in Korean). ET News. Archived from the original on February 19, 2023. Retrieved February 19, 2023 – via Naver.
^"'써클차트 뮤직어워즈 2023' 내년 1월 10일 부산 개최 [공식]" ['Circle Chart Music Awards 2023' will be held in Busan on January 10th next year [official]]. Newsen (in Korean). Naver. October 13, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
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