Circle (Gaon) Chart Music Awards Announces 1st Set Of Nominees

The upcoming Circle Chart Music Awards has revealed its first batch of nominees!

Formerly known as the Gaon Chart Music Awards, the Circle Chart Music Awards is gearing up to hold its first ceremony since rebranding under a new name this past July. This year’s award ceremony will take place on February 18, 2023.

The Circle Chart Music Awards are primarily based on the commercial performance of songs and albums based on the Circle charts, and data from their new global K-pop charts will be included for the first time this year.

Check out the nominees that have been announced thus far below!

Artist of the Year (Digital Music – Monthly)

One winner will be chosen for each month from December 2021 to November 2022 based on Circle Chart data. The nominees for November 2022 have yet to be announced.

December 2021

• aespa – “Dreams Come True”
• BE’O – “Counting Stars” (featuring Beenzino)
• BTS – “Butter (Holiday Remix)”
• IU – “Winter Sleep”
• IVE – “ELEVEN”

January 2022

• Choi Ye Na – “SMILEY” (featuring BIBI)
• ENHYPEN – “Polaroid Love”
• GOT the beat – “Step Back”
• Kep1er – “WA DA DA”
• Taeyeon (Girls’ Generation) – “Can’t Control Myself”

February 2022

• NMIXX – “O.O”
• STAYC – “RUN2U”
• Taeyeon (Girls’ Generation) – “INVU”
• TREASURE – “DARARI”
• TREASURE – “JIKJIN”

March 2022

• (G)I-DLE – “TOMBOY”
• Jay Park – “GANADARA” (featuring IU)
• NCT DREAM – “Glitch Mode”
• Red Velvet – “Feel My Rhythm”
• Stray Kids – “MANIAC”

April 2022

• BIGBANG – “Still Life”
• IVE – “LOVE DIVE”
• Jessi – “ZOOM”
• PSY – “That That” (produced by and featuring BTS’ Suga)
• SEVENTEEN – “Darl+ing”

May 2022

• LE SSERAFIM – “FEARLESS”
• NCT DREAM – “Beatbox”
• SEVENTEEN – “HOT”
• TXT – “Good Boy Gone Bad”
• TXT – “Opening Sequence”

June 2022

• BTS – “Born Singer”
• BTS – “For Youth”
• BTS – “Run BTS”
• BTS – “Yet to Come”
• 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 LIKE”
• NewJeans – “Attention”
• NewJeans – “Hype Boy”
• TWICE – “Talk that Talk”

September 2022

• BLACKPINK – “The Happiest Girl”
• BLACKPINK – “Hard to Love”
• BLACKPINK – “Shut Down”
• BLACKPINK – “Typa Girl”
• Crush – “Rush Hour” (featuring BTS’s J-Hope)

October 2022

• (G)I-DLE – “Nxde”
• Jin (BTS) – “The Astronaut”
• LE SSERAFIM – “ANTIFRAGILE”
• Seulgi (Red Velvet) – “28 Reasons”
• Stray Kids – “CASE 143”

Artist of the Year (Physical Album – Quarterly)

Four winners will be chosen—one for each quarter of the 12-month period of eligibility for this year’s awards.

First Quarter (December 1, 2021 – February 28, 2022)

• ENHYPEN – “DIMENSION : ANSWER”
• NCT – “Universe”
• NMIXX – “AD MARE”
• SMTOWN – “2021 Winter SMTOWN : SMCU EXPRESS”
• TREASURE – “THE SECOND STEP : CHAPTER ONE”

Second Quarter (March 1, 2022 – May 31, 2022)

• NCT DREAM – “Beatbox”
• NCT DREAM – “Glitch Mode”
• SEVENTEEN – “Face the Sun”
• Stray Kids – “ODDINARY”
• TXT – “minisode 2: Thursday’s Child”

Third Quarter (June 1, 2022 – August 31, 2022)

• aespa – “Girls”
• BTS – “Proof”
• ENHYPEN – “MANIFESTO : DAY 1”
• IVE – “After LIKE”
• SEVENTEEN – “SECTOR 17”

Fourth Quarter (September 1, 2022 – November 30, 2022)

• BLACKPINK – “BORN PINK”
• (G)I-DLE – “I love”
• Jin (BTS) – “The Astronaut”
• NCT 127 – “2 Baddies”
• Stray Kids – “MAXIDENT”

Stay tuned for this year’s nominees for Rookie of the Year!