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 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
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Criteria

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

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first in alphabetical order and emphasized in bold.

Listing adapted from Golden Disc Awards.^[5][6]

Digital Daesang (Song of the Year)	Disc Daesang (Album of the Year)
IU – "Blueming" Blackpink – "How You Like That" BTS – "Dynamite" Hwasa – "Maria" Itzy – "Wannabe" Mamamoo – "Hip" Noel – "Late Night" Oh My Girl – "Nonstop" Red Velvet – "Psycho" Zico – "Any Song"	BTS – Map of the Soul: 7 Baekhyun – Delight Blackpink – The Album Exo – Obsession Got7 – Dye NCT – NCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 1 NCT 127 – Neo Zone Seventeen – Heng:garæ Tomorrow X Together – The Dream Chapter: Eternity Twice – More & More
Digital Song Bonsang	Album Bonsang
Blackpink – "How You Like That" BTS – "Dynamite" Hwasa – "Maria" Itzy – "Wannabe" IU – "Blueming" Mamamoo – "Hip" Noel – "Late Night" Oh My Girl – "Nonstop" Red Velvet – "Psycho" Zico – "Any Song" Apink – "Dumhdurum" Baek Ji-young – "No love, No Heartbreak" Baek Ye-rin – "Square (2017)" Bolbbalgan4 – "Leo" (Feat. Baekhyun) Changmo – "Meteor" Davichi – "Dear." Hwang In-wook – "Sad Drinking" 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" MC Mong – "Fame" (Feat. Song Ga-in, Chancellor) MC the Max – "Bloom" Ovan – "I Need You" Sin Ye-young – "Why Break Up?" Sunmi – "Pporappippam" Twice – "More & More" Vibe – "Call me back"	Baekhyun – Delight Blackpink – The Album BTS – Map of the Soul: 7 Exo – Obsession Got7 – Dye NCT – NCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 1 NCT 127 – Neo Zone Seventeen – Heng:garæ Tomorrow X Together – The Dream Chapter: Eternity Twice – More & More AB6IX – Vivid Ateez – Zero: Fever Part.1 Cravity – Season 2. Hideout: The New Day We Step Into Exo-SC – 1 Billion Views Itzy – Not Shy IU - Love poem Kai - Kai (开) Kang Daniel - Magenta Kim Ho-joong – We Are Family Mamamoo – Travel Monsta X – Fatal Love NU'EST - The Table Red Velvet - Irene & Seulgi – Monster 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 Wonho – Love Synonym #1: Right for Me Woodz – Equal
Rookie Artist of the Year
Enhypen Kim Ho-joong Treasure Cravity Drippin H&D Lee Eun-sang MCND Sin Ye-young TOO 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.