With Busan Exhibition and Convention Centre (BEXCO) as this year’s venue, the illustrious award ceremony held on January 10, 204, has unveiled the glamorous 13th Circle Chart Music Awards winners list. From NCT DREAM and Hwasa, to actor Ahn Bo-hyun and others, many Korean public figures attended the annual extravaganza, previously recognised as the Gaon Chart Music Awards. Hosted by Super Junior’s Leeteuk, STAYC’s Sieun and ZEROBASEONE’s Seok Matthew, the show has been organised by Korea Music Content Association (KMCA), SPOTV and Circle Chart.
The Circle Chart Music Awards’ lineup for the thirteenth edition of the series welcomed AKMU, KISS OF LIFE, NCT DREAM, STAYC, RIIZE, NiziU, imase, ZEROBASEONE, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, Hwasa, Lee Chan-won, Parc Jae-jung and Kyungseo. The award show commenced at 7 PM KST, and also invited a rich panel of presenters including Ahn Bo-hyun, Park Seo-ham, Lee Si-woo, Lee Chae-min, Jinyoung, Choi Ye-bin, Chu Young-woo, Hanhae and Hong Jong-hyun.
Ps. Although the event is being held at the onset of 2024, it highlights the musical contributions made in the past year of 2023. This conflation has led some sources to refer to the new victors as the 2024 Circle Chart Music Awards winners as well.
List of 13th Circle Chart Music Awards Winners
New Artist of the Next Generation
KISS OF LIFE
NiziU
Rookie of the Year – Unique Listener: RIIZE
Rookie of the Year – Physical Album: ZEROBASEONE
Rookie of the Year – Global Streaming: BABYMONSTER
Genre of the Year – J-Pop: imase
Genre of the Year – Trot: Lee Chan-won
Genre of the Year – Ballad: Parc Jae-jung
Busan is Good Award
AKMU
Kyoungseo
Mubeat Global Choice Award – Male: Lim Young-woong
Mubeat Global Choice Award – Female: NiziU
VIAJE Global Popularity Award
ZEROBASEONE
Zhang Hao
World K-pop Star: NCT DREAM
Song of the Year – International Pop: Charlie Puth
Social Hot Star of the Year: BLACKPINK
Retail Album of the Year: FML by SEVENTEEN
KIT-Album of the Year: SEVENTEEN
Music Steady Seller of the Year: Hype Boy by NewJeans
Composer of the Year: 250 (Lee Ho-hyeong) for Ditto and ETA
Lyricist of the Year: Gigi for Love Me Again, Slow Dancing, Cool With You, ETA, New Jeans, OMG and Super Shy
Artist of the Year – Global Streaming
(G)I-DLE for Queencard
IVE for I Am
NewJeans for Super Shy
Jisoo for Flower
Jungkook for Seven ft Latto
Artist of The Year – Unique Listener
(G)I-DLE for Queencard
aespa for Spicy
IVE for I Am
LE SSERAFIM for Unforgiven ft Nile Rodgers
NewJeans for Ditto
Artist of the Year – Physical Album
SEVENTEEN for SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN
Stray Kids for 5-STAR
Jungkook for GOLDEN
NCT DREAM for ISTJ
TOMORROW X TOGETHER for The Name Chapter: FREEFALL
New Icon of the Year
Hwasa
STAYC
V Colouring of the Year: AKMU
Performance Director of the Year: Park So-yeon for LE SSERAFIM’s Perfect Night, Eve Psyche & the Bluebird’s Wife and Antifragile
Visual Director of the Year: Kim Hye-soo for LE SSERAFIM’s Perfect Night, Unforgiven, Eve Psyche & the Bluebird’s Wife
Chorus Performer of the Year: Perrie for IVE’s Baddie, Off the Record; fromis_9’s Love Me Back and ISEGYE IDOL’s Over
Musical Instrument Performer of the Year: hareem for LE SSERAFIM’s Unforgiven; Cho Young-nam, Kim Ho-joong, Ahn Sung-hoon’s Life is Harmony; Hong Ja, Yoon Jong-shin’s Connori
Digital Album of the Year: NCT DREAM – ISTJ
Congratulations to all the 2023 Circle Chart Music Awards winners!