# Circle Chart Music Awards

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.

## 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 | Seoul | Olympic Hall | Gain and Joo Young-hoon |
| 3rd | 2013 | February 12, 2014 | Seoul | Olympic Gymnastics Arena | Yuri and Oh Sang-jin |
| 4th | 2014 | January 28, 2015 | Seoul | Olympic Gymnastics Arena | Leeteuk and Hyeri |
| 5th | 2015 | February 17, 2016 | Seoul | Olympic Hall | Leeteuk and Yura |
| 6th | 2016 | February 22, 2017 | Seoul | Jamsil Arena | Leeteuk and Solar |
| 7th | 2017 | February 14, 2018 | Seoul | Jamsil Arena | Leeteuk and Dahyun |
| 8th | 2018 | January 23, 2019 | Seoul | Jamsil Arena | Kim Jong-kook and Nancy |
| 9th | 2019 | January 8, 2020 | Seoul | Jamsil Arena | Leeteuk and Lia |
| 10th | 2020 | January 13, 2021 | Seoul | CJ E&M Center | Leeteuk, Lia, Jaejae and Joo Young-hoon |
| 11th | 2021 | January 27, 2022 | Seoul | Jamsil Arena | Jaejae, Doyoung and Sieun |
| 12th | 2022 | February 18, 2023 | Seoul | 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 | Winners | Winners | Winners | Winners | Ref. |
| 13th | 2023 | Jungkook | NCT Dream | Seventeen | Stray Kids | TXT | |

#### Previous format

List of winners (2011–2022) :
| Edition | Year | Winners | Winners | Winners | Winners | Ref. |
| Edition | Year | 1st Quarter | 2nd Quarter | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter | Ref. |
| 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 | Exo | |
| 4th | 2014 | TVXQ | Exo | Super Junior | Super Junior | |
| 5th | 2015 | Exo | Exo | Super Junior | Exo | |
| 6th | 2016 | Got7 | Exo | Exo | BTS | |
| 7th | 2017 | BTS | Seventeen | BTS | Wanna One | |
| 8th | 2018 | Wanna One | BTS | BTS | Exo | |
| 9th | 2019 | Seventeen | BTS | Seventeen | Exo | |
| 10th | 2020 | BTS | Baekhyun | Seventeen | BTS | |
| 11th | 2021 | Iz*One | NCT Dream | BTS | NCT 127 | |
| 12th | 2022 | NCT | Seventeen | BTS | Stray Kids | |

### Artist of the Year – Digital Music
#### Current format

List of winners (2023–present) :
| Edition | Year | Winners | Winners | Winners | Ref. |
| Edition | Year | Global Streaming | Digital | Streaming Unique Listeners | Ref. |
| 13th | 2023 | (G)I-dle | (G)I-dle | (G)I-dle | |
| 13th | 2023 | Jungkook | Jungkook | Aespa | |
| 13th | 2023 | Jisoo | Le Sserafim | Le Sserafim | |

#### Previous format

List of winners (2019–2022) :
| Edition | Year | Winners | Winners | Winners | Winners | Winners | Winners | Winners | Winners | Winners | Winners | Winners | Winners | Ref. |
| Edition | Year | December | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | Ref. |
| 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 | Blackpink | Le Sserafim | Itzy | |
List of winners (2011–2018) :
| Edition | Year | Winners | Winners | Winners | Winners | Winners | Winners | Winners | Winners | Winners | Winners | Winners | Winners | Ref. |
| Edition | Year | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Ref. |
| 1st | 2011 | Secret | IU | K.will | BigBang | 2NE1 | Secret | T-ara | Leessang | Davichi | Lee Seung-gi | Wonder Girls | IU | |
| 2nd | 2012 | T-ara | BigBang | 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 | BigBang | BigBang | 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 | 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 | Winners | Winners | Ref. |
| Edition | Year | Global Streaming | Streaming Unique Listeners | Album | Ref. |
| 13th | 2023 | Babymonster | Riize | Zerobaseone | |

#### Previous format

List of winners (2011–2022) :
| Edition | Year | Winners | Winners | Winners | Winners | Ref. |
| Edition | Year | Male Group | Female Group | Male Solo | Female Solo | Ref. |
| 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) | Winners (Category) | Winners (Category) | Winners (Category) | Winners (Category) | Winners (Category) | Winners (Category) | Ref. |
| Edition | Year | Hip-Hop | Indie | R&B | Ballad | Trot | Group | J-Pop | Ref. |
| 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 | BTS | Map of the Soul: 7 |
| 11th | 2021 | BTS | Butter |
| 12th | 2022 | BTS | 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 | Winners | Ref. |
| Edition | Year | Composer | Lyricist | Ref. |
| 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 | Winners | Ref. |
| Edition | Year | Chorus | Musical Instrument | Ref. |
| 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 | Winners | Ref. |
| Edition | Year | Choreographer | Stylist | Ref. |
| 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 |
| 5th | 2015 | VIXX |
| 6th | 2016 | Seventeen |
| 6th | 2016 | Infinite |
| 7th | 2017 | NU'EST W |
| 7th | 2017 | Got7 |
| 8th | 2018 | Seventeen |
| 9th | 2019 | NCT Dream |
| 9th | 2019 | Chungha |
| 10th | 2020 | Iz*One |
| 10th | 2020 | Stray Kids |
| 11th | 2021 | Oh My Girl |
| 11th | 2021 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Winners | Ref. |
| Edition | Year | Male | Female | Ref. |
| 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 |
| 6th | 2016 | Exo |
| 7th | 2017 | Taeyeon |
| 7th | 2017 | 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 |
| 5th | 2015 | Most Influential Group of Asia | Big Bang |
| 6th | 2016 | V Live Global Popularity Award | BTS |

### Technical Award

| Edition | Year | Winner | Ref. |
| 1st | 2011 | Ko Seung-wook | |

### Hot Trend Award

| Edition | Year | Winners | 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 |
| 1st | 2011 | YouTube |
| 3rd | 2013 | Bugs! |
| 4th | 2014 | Kakao Music |

### Music Distribution

| Edition | Year | Winners | Winners | Ref. |
| Edition | Year | Online | Offline | Ref. |
| 2nd | 2012 | LOEN Entertainment | KMP Holdings | |
| 3rd | 2013 | CJ E&M Music | CJ E&M Music | |
| 4th | 2014 | Universal Music | 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 |
| 16 | IU |
| 14 | Blackpink |
| 12 | Seventeen |

### Artist of the Year – Physical

| Awards | Artist |
| 10 | BTS |
| 10 | Exo |
| 6 | Seventeen |
| 5 | Super Junior |
| 3 | TVXQ |

### Artist of the Year – Digital

| Awards | Artist |
| 11 | IU |
| 9 | BigBang |
| 7 | Blackpink |
| 7 | BTS |
| 7 | Twice |