Circle Chart Music Awards
Korean award
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
Awards
Artist of the Year – Physical
Current format
Previous format
Artist of the Year – Digital Music
Current format
Previous format
New Artist of the Year
Current format
Previous format
Discovery of the Year
Music Steady Seller of the Year
Retail Album of the Year
Top Kit Seller of the Year
Popular Singer of the Year
Overseas Music Awards
Composer/Lyricist of the Year
Performers of the Year
Style of the Year
Record Production of the Year
Social Hot Star of the Year
Hot Performance of the Year
World K-pop Star
World K-Pop Rookie
International Rising Star of the Year
Mubeat Choice Award
Mobile Vote Popularity Award
Discontinued awards
K-pop Contribution Award / Lifetime Achievement Award
Special awards
Technical Award
Hot Trend Award
Producer of the Year
New Media Platform
Music Distribution
Sound Engineer of the Year
Most awards
The following artists (arranged in alphanumeric order) has received three or more awards.
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