Overview
- Jennie won the new Artist Daesang, Stray Kids earned Album of the Year for Karma, and G-Dragon took Digital Song of the Year for Home Sweet Home featuring Taeyang and Daesung.
- The January 10 event was staged at Taipei Dome and hosted by singer Sung Si Kyung and actress Moon Ga Young, with presenters including Song Joong Ki, Byeon Woo Seok and Ahn Hyo Seop.
- Organizers HLL JoongAng used a 60% quantitative and 40% jury split for top awards, incorporating Circle Chart global metrics in the evaluation.
- Rookie Artist of the Year honors went to ALLDAY PROJECT and CORTIS.
- Eighteen K-pop acts performed, and the show streamed internationally via Naver CHZZK in Korea, ABEMA in Japan, TVBS and Disney+ in Taiwan, and PRIZM globally.