The Circle Chart Music Awards (), formerly known as the Gaon Chart Music Awards, are 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

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Host venues

Awards

Artist of the Year – Physical

Artist of the Year – Digital Music

New Artist of the Year

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

International Song of the Year

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

Discontinued awards

K-pop Contribution Award / Lifetime Achievement Award

Mobile Vote Popularity Award

Special Awards

Hot Trend Award

Producer of the Year

New Media Platform

Music Distribution

Sound Engineer of the Year

Records

Most 'Artist of the Year – Physical' Awards

Most 'Artist of the Year – Digital' Awards

References

External links

Official website
{{South Korean Music Award Shows South Korean music awards Awards established in 2012 Annual events in South Korea Recurring events established in 2012