| 12th Circle Chart Music Awards | |
| Date: | February 18, 2023 |
| Location: | KSPO Dome, Seoul |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Presenter: | Korea Music Content Association and SPOTV |
| Most Awards: | BTS (5) |
| Previous: | 11th |
| Main: | Circle Chart Music Awards |
| Next: | 13th |
The 12th Circle Chart Music Awards was an award ceremony organized by Circle Chart, held at KSPO Dome in Seoul on February 18, 2023. It recognized the best artists and recordings, primarily based on Circle Music Chart of the year from December 1, 2021, to November 30, 2022.[1] The ceremony was hosted by Doyoung and Miyeon.[2]
It was broadcast live on STATV and SPOTV2 in South Korea. It was also available to watch live on online platform Idolplus.[3]
On December 7, 2022, it was announced that the Gaon Chart Music Awards rebranded as Circle Chart Music Awards.[4]
Winners and nominees are listed in alphabetical order.[5] [6] [7] Winners are listed first and emphasized in bold.[8]
| Artist of the Year – Global Digital Music | ||
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| December 2021 | January 2022 | |
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| February 2022 | March 2022 | |
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| April 2022 | May 2022 | |
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| June 2022 | July 2022 | |
| August 2022 | September 2022 | |
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| October 2022 | November 2022 | |
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| Artist of the Year – Physical Album | ||
| 1st Quarter | 2nd Quarter | |
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| 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter | |
| New Artist of the Year | ||
| Digital Music | Physical Album | |
| Other Categories | Winner | |
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| Record Production of the Year | (G)I-dle (Cube Entertainment) – I Never Die | |
| Discovery of the Year – Hiphop | Be'O | |
| Discovery of the Year – Rock & Metal | Younha | |
| Composer of the Year | Ryan S. Jhun | |
| Lyricist of the Year | Seo Ji-eum | |
| Performer of the Year – Musical Instrument | Choi In-sung | |
| Performer of the Year – Chorus | Sophia Pae | |
| Style of the Year – Performance Director | Kim Eun-ju & Kim Young-hoo | |
| Style of the Year – Visual Director | Park Min-hee | |
| Female Solo Artist of the Year | Nayeon | |
| Male Solo Artist of the Year | Lim Young-woong | |
| Female Group of the Year | Blackpink | |
| Male Group of the Year | Seventeen | |
| New Icon of the Year | Nmixx | |
| Choi Ye-na | ||
| Hot Performance of the Year | Enhypen | |
| Song of the Year in International Pop | The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber – "Stay" | |
| International Rising Star of the Year | Gayle | |
| Music Steady Seller of the Year | Lim Young-woong – "Love Always Runs Away" | |
| World K-Pop Star | Tomorrow X Together | |
| World K-Pop Rookie | STAYC | |
| Retail Album of the Year | BTS – Proof | |
| Best Kit Album of the Year | NCT | |
| Social Hot Star of the Year | BTS | |
| Mubeat Global Choice – Female | Blackpink | |
| Mubeat Global Choice – Male | Lim Young-woong | |
| Idolplus Global Artist | BTS | |
| Idolplus New Star | Tempest |
| Artist(s) | Song performed | ||
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| 1 | WeDemBoyz | Dance performance | |
| 2 | Nmixx | "O.O" + "Dice" | |
| 3 | Kep1er | "Wa Da Da" + "We Fresh" | |
| 4 | Pengsoo and Jung Ji-so | "This is Pengsoo" | |
| 5 | Tempest | "Dragon" + "Bad News" | |
| 6 | Choi Ye-na | "Love War" + "Smiley" | |
| 7 | Be'O | "Counting Stars" + "Without You" + "Flick" | |
| 8 | Enhypen | "One in a Billion" + "Future Perfect (Pass the Mic)" + "Fever" | |
| 9 | Just B | 2022 All the K-POP (Dance medley) | |
| 10 | STAYC | "Beautiful Monster" + "Run2u" + "Teddy Bear" | |
| 11 | Tomorrow X Together | "Good Boy Gone Bad" + "Sugar Rush Ride" | |
| 12 | Aespa | "Illusion" + "Girls" | |
| 13 | BSS | "Fighting" + "Just Do It" |
| Artist(s) | Presented | ||
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| 1 | Moon Sang-min and Oh Ye-ju | New Icon of the Year | |
| 2 | Lee Jin-ho and Hwang Jae-song | Artist of the Year – Digital Music (December, January, February) | |
| 3 | Shin Seung-ho and Kim Da-som | Artist of the Year – Digital Music (March, April, May) | |
| 4 | Pengsoo and Jung Ji-so | World K-Pop Star and Best Kit Album of the Year | |
| 5 | Kim Ho-young | Idolplus Global Artist and Idolplus New Star | |
| 6 | Sunghoon | Performer of the Year – Musical Instrument, Chorus | |
| 7 | Vata and Ingyoo (WeDemBoyz) | Discovery of the Year – Hiphop, Rock & Metal | |
| 8 | Lee Yi-kyung and Lee Mi-joo | Hot Performance of the Year | |
| 8 | Lee Hye-ri and Kim Young-dae | World K-POP Star, Female and Male Group of the Year | |
| 9 | Yoon Il-sang | Composer of the Year and Lyricist of the Year | |
| 10 | Seo Hyun-woo and Cha Joo-young | Artist of the Year – Digital Music (June, July, August) | |
| 11 | Park Sung-hoon and Park Ji-hyun | Artist of the Year – Physical Album (1st and 2nd Quarter) | |
| 12 | Lee Je-hoon | Record Production of the Year |