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 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 13th 2023 January 10, 2024 Busan Busan Exhibition and Convention Center Leeteuk, Sieun and Seok Matthew
Awards Artist of the Year – Physical Current format + List of winners (2023–present) Edition Year Winners 13th 2023 Jungkook NCT Dream Seventeen Stray Kids TXT
Previous format + List of winners (2011–2022) Edition Year Winners 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 BTSSeventeen 10th 2020 BTS Baekhyun BTS 11th 2021 Iz*One NCT DreamBTS NCT 127 12th 2022 NCT Seventeen Stray Kids
Artist of the Year – Digital Music Current format + List of winners (2023–present) Edition Year Winners Global Streaming Digital Streaming Unique Listeners 13th 2023 (G)I-dle Ive NewJeans Jungkook Aespa Jisoo Le Sserafim
Previous format + List of winners (2019–2022) Edition Year Winners 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
+ List of winners (2011–2018) Edition Year Winners 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 Current format + List of winners (2023–present) Edition Year Winners Global Streaming Streaming Unique Listeners Album 13th 2023 Babymonster Riize Zerobaseone
Previous format + List of winners (2011–2022) Edition Year Winners 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 — —
Discovery of the Year Edition Year Winners (Category) 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 — — — — — — 13th 2023 — — — Parc Jae-jung Lee Chan-won — imase
Music Steady Seller of the Year Edition Year Winner Song 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"
Retail Album of the Year Edition Year Winner Album 9th 2019 BTS Map of the Soul: Persona 10th 2020 Map of the Soul: 7 11th 2021 Butter 12th 2022 Proof 13th 2023 Seventeen FML
Top Kit Seller of the Year Edition Year Winner Album 9th 2019 Exo Obsession 10th 2020 NCT NCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 1 11th 2021 NCT Dream Hot Sauce 12th 2022 NCT Universe 13th 2023 Seventeen
Popular Singer of the Year Edition Year Winner Song 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 Edition Year Winner Song 1st 2011 Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera "Moves like Jagger" 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" 13th 2023 Charlie Puth "Dangerously"
Composer/Lyricist of the Year Edition Year Winners 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 13th 2023 250 Gigi
Performers of the Year Edition Year Winners 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 13th 2023 Perrie Hareem
Style of the Year Edition Year Winners 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 13th 2023 Park So-yeon Kim Hye-soo
Record Production of the Year Edition Year Winner Record 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
Social Hot Star of the Year Edition Year Winner 9th 2019 BTS 10th 2020 Blackpink 11th 2021 BTS 12th 2022 BTS 13th 2023 Blackpink
Hot Performance of the Year Edition Year Winner 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
World K-pop Star Edition Year Winner 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 13th 2023 NCT Dream
World K-Pop Rookie Edition Year Winners 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
International Rising Star of the Year Edition Year Winner 6th 2016 Charlie Puth 7th 2017 Shawn Mendes 9th 2019 Billie Eilish 10th 2020 Tones and I 11th 2021 Kid Laroi 12th 2022 Gayle
Mubeat Choice Award Edition Year Winners Male Female 10th 2020 Lim Young-woong Blackpink 11th 2021 BTS Lisa 12th 2022 Lim Young-woong Blackpink 13th 2023 Lim Young-woong NiziU
Mobile Vote Popularity Award Edition Year Winner 3rd 2013 Exo 4th 2014 Exo 5th 2015 Exo 6th 2016 Sehun Exo 7th 2017 Taeyeon Wanna One 13th 2023 Zhang Hao
Discontinued awards K-pop Contribution Award / Lifetime Achievement Award Edition Year Winner 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 Edition Year Awards Winner 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 Edition Year Winner 1st 2011 Ko Seung-wook
Hot Trend Award Edition Year Winners 2nd 2012 Apink — 3rd 2013 Crayon Pop — 4th 2014 Block B EXID 5th 2015 B.A.P Baek A Yeon
Producer of the Year Edition Year Winner 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 Edition Year Winners 1st 2011 Daum YouTube 3rd 2013 Bugs! 4th 2014 Kakao Music
Music Distribution Edition Year Winners Online Offline 2nd 2012 LOEN Entertainment KMP Holdings 3rd 2013 CJ E&M Music 4th 2014 Universal Music
Sound Engineer of the Year Edition Year Winners 1st 2011 Ko Seung-wook 2nd 2012 Jeon Hoon 3rd 2013 Jo Joon-sung
Most awards The following artists (arranged in alphanumeric order) has received three or more awards.
Overall Awards Artist 32 BTS 16 Exo IU 14 Blackpink 12 Seventeen