35th Golden Disc Awards

The 35th Golden Disc Awards ceremony was held from January 9–10, 2021. The show was aired on JTBC network from South Korea. It was held without a live audience due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Lee Seung-gi and Park So-dam served as hosts on the first day, Lee Da-hee and Sung Si-kyung on the second.[2][3]

35th Golden Disc Awards
Title card
Sponsored by	Curaprox
Date	January 9–10, 2021
Country	South Korea
Hosted by	Lee Seung-gi Park So-dam Lee Da-hee Sung Si-kyung
Highlights
Disc Daesang Album of the Year	Map of the Soul: 7 by BTS
Digital Daesang Song of the Year	"Blueming" by IU
Television/radio coverage
Network	JTBC, JTBC2, JTBC4, Vlive

Criteria

The first part of this two-day award ceremony will highlight the biggest digital releases in 2020. The second part, taking place on January 10, will recognize achievements in the category of physical album releases. For judging the awards, music and albums released from November 2019 to November 2020 are considered. Those songs and albums which were excluded from the evaluation due to the judging count deadline in 34th awards are also included in this year's awards.[4]

Winners and nominees

Winners and nominees lists adapted from Golden Disc Awards.[5][6]

Daesang Award

Award	Winning Album/Song	Winner	Nominees
Disc Daesang Album of the Year	Map of the Soul: 7	BTS	AB6IX – Vivid Ateez – Zero: Fever Part.1 Baekhyun – Delight Blackpink – The Album BTS – Map of the Soul: 7 Cravity – Season 2. Hideout: The New Day We Step Into EXO – Obsession Exo-SC – 1 Billion Views Got7 – Dye Itzy – Not Shy IU - Love poem Kai - Kai (开) Kang Daniel - Magenta Kim Ho Joong – We Are Family Mamamoo – Travel Monsta X – Fatal Love NCT – NCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 1 NCT 127 – Neo Zone Nu'est - “The Table” Red Velvet - Irene & Seulgi – Monster Seventeen – Heng:garæ Stray Kids – In Life Suho - Self-Portrait Super Junior-K.R.Y. – When We Were Us SuperM – Super One Taemin – Never Gonna Dance Again: Act 1 TXT – The Dream Chapter: Eternity Twice – More & More Wonho – Love Synonym #1: Right for Me WOODZ – Equal
Digital Daesang Song of the Year	"Blueming"	IU	Apink – "Dumhdurum" Baek Ji-young – "No love, No Heartbreak" Baek Ye-rin – "Square (2017)" Blackpink – "How You Like That" Bolbbalgan4 – "Leo" (Feat. Baekhyun) BTS – "Dynamite" Changmo – "Meteor” Davichi – "Dear." Hwang In Wook – "Sad Drinking” Hwasa – "Maria" Itzy – "Wannabe" IU – "Blueming" Jessi – "Nuna" Jin Minho – "half" Park Jin-young – "When We Disco" (Duet with Sunmi) Kim Na-young, Yang Da-il – "Goodbye List" Lee Hi– "Holo" Lim Young Woong – "Trust in me" Mamamoo – "HIP" MC Mong – "Fame" (Feat. Song Ga-in, Chancellor) MC the Max – "Bloom" Noel – "Late Night" Oh My Girl – "Nonstop" OVAN – "I Need You" Red Velvet – "Psycho" Sin Ye Young – "Why Break Up?" Sunmi – "Pporappippam" Twice – "More & More" VIBE – "Call me back" Zico – "Any Song"

Bonsang award

Award	Winning Album/Song	Winner
Digital Song Bonsang	"How You Like That"	Blackpink
	"Dynamite"	BTS
	"María"	Hwasa
	"Wannabe"	Itzy
	"Blueming"	IU
	"HIP"	Mamamoo
	"Late Night"	Noel
	"Nonstop"	Oh My Girl
	"Psycho"	Red Velvet
	"Any Song"	Zico
Album Bonsang	Delight	Baekhyun
	The Album	Blackpink
	Map of the Soul: 7	BTS
	Obsession	Exo
	Dye	Got7
	NCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 1	NCT
	Neo Zone	NCT 127
	Heng:garæ	Seventeen
	More & More	Twice
	The Dream Chapter: Eternity	TXT

Special Awards

Award	Winner	Nominees
Rookie Artist of the Year	Enhypen Treasure Kim Ho Joong	Cravity Drippin Enhypen H&D Kim Ho Joong Lee Eun Sang MCND Sin Ye Young TOO Treasure WEi

Genre & Other Awards

Award	Winner
Best R&B/Hip-Hop Award	Changmo
Best Solo Artist	Jessi
Best Trot Award	Lim Young-woong
Best Ballad Award	Lee Seung-gi
Curaprox Popularity Award	BTS
QQ Fans Choice K-Pop Star Award	Exo
Performance Award	Stray Kids
	(G)I-dle
Best OST	Jo Jung-suk
Best Group Award	Monsta X
Next Generation Award	Loona
	The Boyz
Cosmopolitan Artist Award	NCT 127
Golden Choice	NU'EST
Trend of the Year	Zico

References

1. Miji Kim. "'35회 골든디스크 어워즈', 내년 1월 9일·10일 개최 확정[공식입장]" ['35th Golden Disc Awards' confirmed to be held on January 9th and 10th next year [Official Admission]]. X-Sports News (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
2. "BTS at 35th Golden Disc Awards Day 1: Suga gets 'hero' welcome; Jungkook leaves ARMY gasping with blonde hair". PINKVILLA.
3. "35th Golden Disc Awards Day 2 Winners: BTS picks Daesang, EXO and BLACKPINK bag wins too". PINKVILLA.
4. Cho, Seung-Hyun. "'골든디스크 어워즈' 내년 1월 9~10일 양일 개최···비대면 진행" ['Golden Disc Awards' held on both days of January 9-10 next year...non-face-to-face]. Seoul Economic Daily (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
5. "Golden Disc Awards Nominees". Golden Disc. JTBC Plus. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
6. Jung, Byeong-geun (January 11, 2021). "[35회 골든디스크] 방탄소년단, 4년 연속 음반 대상…NCT·엑소 3관왕". The Fact. Retrieved February 1, 2021 – via Naver.