The 12th Circle Chart Music Awards () was an 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. The ceremony was hosted by Doyoung and Miyeon.
It was broadcast live on STATV and SPOTV2 in South Korea. It was also available to watch live on online platform Idolplus.
On December 7, 2022, it was announced that the Gaon Chart Music Awards rebranded as Circle Chart Music Awards.
Winners and nominees Winners and nominees are listed in alphabetical order. Winners are listed first and emphasized in bold.
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" Kep1er – "Wa Da Da" Enhypen – "Polaroid Love" Got the Beat – "Step Back" Choi Ye-na – "Smiley" (featuring (Bibi) Taeyeon – "Can't Control Myself" February 2022 March 2022 Taeyeon – "INVU" Nmixx – "O.O" STAYC – "Run2U" Treasure – "Jikjin" Treasure – "Darari" (G)I-dle – "Tomboy" NCT Dream – "Glitch Mode" Stray Kids – "Maniac" Red Velvet – "Feel My Rhythm" Jay Park – "Ganadara" (featuring IU) April 2022 May 2022 Ive – "Love Dive" Big Bang – "Still Life" Seventeen – "Darl+ing" Psy – "That That" (featuring Suga) Jessi – "Zoom" Le Sserafim – "Fearless" NCT Dream – "Beatbox" Seventeen – "Hot" Tomorrow X Together – "Opening Sequence" Tomorrow X Together – "Good Boy Gone Bad" 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 – "Pink Venom" Ive – "After Like" NewJeans – "Attention" NewJeans – "Hype Boy" Twice – "Talk That Talk" Blackpink – "Shut Down" Blackpink – "Typa Girl" Blackpink – "Hard to Love" Blackpink – "The Happiest Girl" Crush – "Rush Hour" (featuring J-Hope) October 2022 November 2022 Le Sserafim – "Antifragile" (G)I-dle – "Nxde" Stray Kids – "Case 143" Seulgi – "28 Reasons" Jin – "The Astronaut" Itzy – "Cheshire" Red Velvet – "Birthday" Red Velvet – "Bye Bye" Bibi – "Bibi Vengeance" Kara – "When I Move" Artist of the Year – Physical Album 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter NCT – Universe Enhypen – Dimension: Answer Nmixx – Ad Mare SM Town – 2021 Winter SM Town: SMCU Express Treasure – The Second Step: Chapter One Seventeen – Face the Sun NCT Dream – Glitch Mode NCT Dream – Beatbox Stray Kids – Oddinary Tomorrow X Together – Minisode 2: Thursday's Child 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter BTS – Proof Aespa – Girls Enhypen – Manifesto: Day 1 Ive – After Like Seventeen – Sector 17 Stray Kids – Maxident Blackpink – Born Pink Itzy – Cheshire NCT 127 – 2 Baddies Jin – The Astronaut New Artist of the Year Digital Music Physical Album NewJeans – "Attention" Ive – "Eleven" Kep1er – "Wa Da Da" Le Sserafim – "Fearless" Nmixx – "O.O" Ive – After Like Kep1er – Doublast Le Sserafim – Antifragile NewJeans – New Jeans Nmixx – Entwurf
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 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) 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
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