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