The first nominees for the upcoming Circle Chart Music Awards have been announced.
The Circle Chart Music Awards, formerly known as the Gaon Chart Music Awards, are preparing to hold their first awards ceremony since rebranding with a new name in July this year. This year’s award ceremony will be on his February 18, 2023.
The Circle Chart Music Awards are based primarily on the commercial performance of songs and albums based on the Circle Chart, and for the first time this year will include new global K-pop chart data.
Check out the nominees announced so far below!
Artist of the Year (Digital Music – Monthly)
One winner will be selected each month based on pie chart data from December 2021 to November 2022. Nominees for November 2022 have not yet been announced.
December 2021
- aespa – “dreams come true”
- BE’O – “Counting Stars” (feat. Benzino)
- BTS – “Butter (Holiday Remix)”
- IU – “Winter Sleep”
- Ive – “Eleven”
January 2022
- Choi Yena – “SMILEY” (feat. BIBI)
- ENHYPEN “Polaroid Love”
- GOT THE BEAT – “Step Back”
- Kep1er – “WA DA DA”
- Taeyeon (Girls’ Generation) – “I can’t control myself”
February 2022
- NMIXX – “OO”
- STAYC – “RUN2U”
- Taeyeon (Girls’ Generation) – “INVU”
- Treasure “Darari”
- Treasure – “Jikujin”
March 2022
- (G)I-DLE – 「TOMBOY」
- Jay Park – “GANADARA” (feat. IU)
- NCT DREAM – “Glitch Mode”
- Red Velvet “Feel My Rhythm”
- Stray Kids – “MANIAC”
April 2022
- BIGBANG – “Still life”
- IVE – “LOVE DIVE”
- Jessie “ZOOM”
- PSY – “That That” (Produced and featuring by Suga of BTS)
- SEVENTEEN – “Darling”
May 2022
- Le Seraphim – “Fearless”
- NCT DREAM – “Beatbox”
- SEVENTEEN「HOT」
- TXT – “Good Boy Gone Bad”
- TXT – “Opening Sequence”
June 2022
- BTS – “Natural Singers”
- BTS – “For Youth”
- BTS – “Run BTS”
- BTS – “From now on”
- Nayeon (TWICE) – “POP!”
July 2022
- aespa – “girls”
- ITZY – “Sneakers”
- J-Hope (BTS) – “Arson”
- J-Hope (BTS) – “MORE”
- SEVENTEEN – “_WORLD”
August 2022
- BLACKPINK – “Pink Venom”
- IVE – “After Likes”
- NewJeans – “Attention”
- New Jeans – “Hype Boy”
- TWICE “Talk That Talk”
September 2022
- BLACKPINK – “The Happiest Girl”
- BLACKPINK – “Hard to Love”
- BLACKPINK – “Shutdown”
- BLACKPINK – “Taipa Girl”
- Crush – “Rush Hour” (featuring J-Hope from BTS)
October 2022
- (G)I-DLE – “Nxde”
- Jin (BTS) – “Astronaut”
- THE SSERAFIM – “Antifragile”
- Red Velvet Seulgi “28 Reasons Why”
- Stray Kids – “CASE 143”
Artist of the Year (Physical Album – Quarterly)
Four winners will be selected. She’s one of this year’s awards for each quarter of the 12-month qualifying period.
First quarter (December 1, 2021 to February 28, 2022)
- ENHYPEN – “Dimensions: Answers”
- NCT – “Universe”
- NMIXX “Admare”
- SMTOWN – “2021 Winter SMTOWN : SMCU EXPRESS”
- TREASURE – “Phase 2: Chapter 1”
Second Quarter (March 1, 2022 – May 31, 2022)
- NCT DREAM – “Beatbox”
- NCT DREAM – “Glitch Mode”
- SEVENTEEN “face to face”
- Stray Kids – “ODDINARY”
- TXT – “minisode 2: Child of Thursday”
Third Quarter (June 1, 2022 to August 31, 2022)
- aespa – “girls”
- BTS – “Proof”
- ENHYPEN – “MANIFEST : DAY 1”
- IVE – “After Likes”
- SEVENTEEN – “SECTOR 17”
Fourth Quarter (September 1, 2022 to November 30, 2022)
- BLACKPINK – “BORN PINK”
- (G) I-DLE “I love you”
- Jin (BTS) – “Astronaut”
- NCT 127 – “Two Buddies”
- Stray Kids – “MAXIDENT”
Pay attention to this year’s Rookie of the Year candidate!
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