The Circle Chart Music Awards, previously known as the Gaon Chart Music Awards, have announced the artists who are eligible for this prestigious award.
The Circle Chart Music Awards took place for the first time since rebranding with a new name last year. The award was formerly known as the Gaon Chart Music Awards.
The awards are determined by the commercial performance of songs and albums based on the Circle charts and data from their new global K-pop charts entered for the first time this year.
As in previous years, the Artist of the Year award is divided into two categories: digital music and physical albums.
The digital music awards are given to the 12 songs with the highest digital downloads and streams each month from December 2021 to November 2022.
The physical album award is given to the four albums with the highest sales for each quarter during the same period.
List of winners of The Circle Chart Music Awards 2023
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 Jun
- 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 /celebrities.id
