Winners Of The Circle (Gaon) Chart Music Awards

The Circle Chart Music Awards (formerly known as the Gaon Chart Music Awards) held its first-ever ceremony under its new name last night!

On February 18, the Circle Chart Music Awards took place for the first time since rebranding under a new name last year. The awards are primarily determined by the commercial performance of songs and albums based on the Circle charts, and data from their new global K-pop charts was included for the first time this year.

As in previous years, the Artist of the Year awards are divided into two categories: digital music and physical albums. The digital music awards were given to the 12 songs with the highest digital downloads and streams for each month from December 2021 to November 2022, while the physical album awards were given to the four albums with the highest sales for each quarter during the same period.

Check out the list of this year’s winners below!

Artist of the Year (Digital Music – Monthly)

December 2021: IVE’s “ELEVEN”
January 2022: Kep1er’s”WA DA DA”
February: Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon’s “INVU”
March: (G)I-DLE’s “TOMBOY”
April: IVE’s “LOVE DIVE”
May: LE SSERAFIM’s “FEARLESS”
June: BTS’s “Yet to Come”
July: aespa’s “Girls”
August: BLACKPINK’s “Pink Venom”
September: BLACKPINK’s “Shut Down”
October: LE SSERAFIM’s “ANTIFRAGILE”
November: ITZY’s “CHESHIRE”

Artist of the Year (Physical Album – Quarterly)

First Quarter (December 1, 2021 – February 28, 2022): NCT’s “Universe”
Second Quarter (March 1 – May 31): SEVENTEEN’s “Face the Sun”
Third Quarter (June 1 – August 31): BTS’s “Proof”
Fourth Quarter (September 1 – November 30): Stray Kids’ “MAXIDENT”

Retail Album of the Year: BTS’s “Proof”
Top Kit Seller of the Year: NCT DREAM
Music Steady Seller of the Year: Lim Young Woong’s “Love Always Runs Away”
Record Production of the Year: (G)I-DLE’s “TOMBOY”

Group of the Year (Female): BLACKPINK
Group of the Year (Male): SEVENTEEN

Solo Artist of the Year (Female): TWICE’s Nayeon
Solo Artist of the Year (Male): Lim Young Woong

World K-Pop Star: TXT

Rookie of the Year (Digital Music): NewJeans
Rookie of the Year (Physical Album): IVE

World K-Pop Rookie: STAYC

MuBeat Global Choice Award (Female): BLACKPINK
MuBeat Global Choice Award (Male): Lim Young Woong

Social Hot Star of the Year: BTS
Hot Performer of the Year: ENHYPEN
New Icon of the Year: NMIXX, Choi Ye Na

idolplus Global Artist: BTS
idolplus New Star: TEMPEST

Discovery of the Year (Rock/Metal): Younha
Discovery of the Year (Hip Hop): BE’O

International Song of the Year: The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber’s “STAY”
International Rising Star of the Year: GAYLE

Composer of the Year: Ryan Jhun
Lyricist of the Year: Seo Ji Eum

Style of the Year (Performance Director): Kim Eun Ju, BLACK.Q
Style of the Year (Visual Director): Park Min Hee

Congratulations to all the winners!

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