Winners at Circle Chart Music Awards
The Circle Chart Music Awards 2022 ceremony was held on Feb. 18 at the KSPO Dome in Seoul.
BTS won five awards, the most by any K-pop artist. They won Artist of the Year (digital music) in June 2022 for "Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)"; Artist of the Year (physical album) in the third quarter of 2022 for “Proof”’; Retail Album of the Year for “Proof”; Social Hot Star of the Year; and Idolplus Global Artist.
BLACKPINK followed next with four awards: Artist of the Year (digital music) in August 2022 for “Pink Venom”; Artist of the Year (digital music) in September 2022 for “Shut Down”; MuBeat Global Choice (female); and Female Group of the Year.
Trot singer Lim Young-woong and girl group IVE won three awards each while NCT and Seventeen bagged two each.
Here are the winners at the Circle Chart Music Awards 2022:
Artist of the Year Award (Digital Music)
IVE - Eleven (December 2021)
Kep1er - Wa Da Da (January 2022)
Taeyeon - INVU (February 2022)
(G)I-DLE- Tomboy (March 2022)
IVE - Love Dive (April 2022)
Le Sserafim - Fearless (May 2022)
BTS - Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment) (June 2022)
Aespa - Girls (July 2022)
BLACKPINK - Pink Venom (August 2022)
BLACKPINK - Shut Down (September 2022)
Le Sserafim - Antifragile (October 2022)
ITZY - Cheshire (November 2022)
Artist of the Year (Physical Album)
NCT - Universe (1st Quarter, December 2021-February 2022)
Seventeen - Face the Sun (2nd Quarter, (March-May 2022)
BTS - Proof (3rd Quarter, June-August 2022)
Stray Kids - Maxident (4th Quarter, September-November 2022)
Male Solo Artist of the Year - Lim Young-woong
Female Solo Artist of the Year Award - Nayeon
Male Group of the Year Award - Seventeen
Female Group of the Year Award - BLACKPINK
New Artist of the Year (Digital Music) - NewJeans, “Attention”
New Artist of the Year (Physical Album) - IVE, “After Like”
New Icon of the Year - NMIXX, Choi Yena
Best Kit Album of the Year - NCT
Retail Album of the Year - BTS, “Proof”
Social Hot Star of the Year - BTS
MuBeat Global Choice (Male) - Lim Young-woong
MuBeat Global Choice (Female) -BLACKPINK
World K-pop Star - Tomorrow X Together (TXT)
World K-pop Rookie- STAYC
Idolplus New Star - Tempest
Idolplus Global Artist - BTS
Record Production of the Year - (G)I-DLE (Cube), “I Never Die”
Performer of the Year (Musical Instrument) - Choi In-Sung
Performer of the Year (Chorus) - Bae Soo-jeong
Discovery of the Year (Hip-Hop) - Be’O
Discovery of the Year (Rock/Metal) - Younha
Hot Performance of the Year - ENHYPEN
Music Steady Seller of the Year - Lim Young-woong, “Love Always Runs Away”
Style Award of the Year (Visual Director) - Park Min-hee
Style of the Year Award (Performance Director) - Kim Eun-ju, Kim Young-hoo
Composer of the Year - Ryan Jhun
Lyricist of the Year - Seo Ji-eum
Song of the Year in International Pop - The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber, "Stay"
International Rising Star of the Year- Gayle