The Circle Chart Music Awards 2023 (CCMA 2023) announced the nine celebrities who will present awards at the ceremony, which will take place at the Bexco convention center in Busan on Jan. 10.

The nine presenters are actor Ahn Bo-hyun; rapper Hanhae; actor Choo Young-woo; actor Lee Chae-min; actor Hong Jong-hyun; singer and actor Jinyoung; actor Lee Si-woo; actor Choi Ye-bin and actor Park Seo-ham.

Numerous awards will be presented to K-pop artists, including Artist of the Year and Rookie of the Year.

NewJeans, IVE, BTS’ Jungkook, aespa, and Blackpink’s Jisoo are some of the nominees for Artist of the Year.

Nominees for Rookie of the Year include K-pop artists like ZeroBaseOne, Riize and BabyMonster.

The ceremony will be hosted by Super Junior's Leeteuk, STAYC's Sieun and ZeroBaseOne's Seok Matthew.

The awards will also have 13 artists performing, including boy bands NCT Dream and Tomorrow X Together, girl groups Kiss of Life and STAYC, and K-pop duo AKMU.

Dance crew EO-DDAE from Mnet’s dance survival program “Street Man Fighter” (2022) and Mannequeen from the second season of “Street Woman Fighter” (2023) are set to perform during the ceremony.

CCMA 2023 will be broadcast live on SPOTV and STATV.

The awards began in 2011 as the Gaon Chart Kpop Awards. It changed its name to the Circle Chart Music Award in 2022 after Gaon Chart changed its name to Circle Chart.

The presented awards are based on compiled album sales, streaming and other data from the Circle Music Chart.

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BY KIM JI-YE [kim.jiye@joongang.co.kr]