# 12th Circle Chart Music Awards

The 12th Circle Chart Music Awards (Korean: 써클차트 뮤긱 어워즈 2022; RR: Sseokeulchateu myujik eowojeu 2022) 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 (December 2021 – February 2022) | 2nd Quarter (March – May 2022) |
| 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 (June – August 2022) | 4th Quarter (September – November 2022) |
| 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 |
| New Icon of the Year | 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 |