35th Golden Disc Awards
# 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. Lee Seung-gi and Park So-dam served as hosts on the first day, Lee Da-hee and Sung Si-kyung on the second.

## 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.

## Winners and nominees

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

Listing adapted from Golden Disc Awards.

| 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 |
| Performance Award | (G)I-dle |
| Best OST | Jo Jung-suk |
| Best Group Award | Monsta X |
| Next Generation Award | Loona |
| Next Generation Award | The Boyz |
| Cosmopolitan Artist Award | NCT 127 |
| Golden Choice | NU'EST |
| Trend of the Year | Zico |
