Take a Look at the 36th Golden Disc Award's Winners

On January 8, the 36th annual Golden Disc Awards event
in South Korea took place, with musicians being awarded based on a combination
of panelist votes and sales figures. K-pop mainstays BTS and IU, as well as
rookie girl group aespa, swept this year's Golden Disc Awards, which nominated
releases between November 2020 and November 2021.

The solo singer took home Digital Song of the Year for
her popular single 'Celebrity,' while BTS took home Album of the Year for their
November 2020 studio album 'Be,' earning them the night's only two Daesang
(grand prize) winners. With their breakout single 'Next Level,' aespa also won
a Digital Song Bonsang (major prize), as well as Artist of the Year, the
Cosmopolitan Artist Award, and Rookie Artist of the Year.

This is the latest in a long line of successes for the
three acts, who have won the majority of prizes at recent award events such as
the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) and Melon Music Awards (MMA).

Check out the
winners for the 36th Golden Disc Awards:

Digital
Song of the Year (Daesang)

‘Next
Level’, aespa

‘Nakka’, AKMU ft. IU

‘Butter’, BTS

‘Happen’, Heize

‘Celebrity’, IU – winner

‘Traffic Light’, Lee Mu-jin

‘Dun Dun Dance’, OH MY GIRL

‘ASAP’, STAYC

Album
of the Year (Daesang)

‘Be’, BTS – winner
‘Dimension: Dilemma’, ENHYPEN
‘Lilac’, IU
‘Sticker’, NCT 127
‘Hot Sauce’, NCT Dream
‘Attacca’, SEVENTEEN
‘Noeasy’, Stray Kids
‘The Chaos Chapter: Freeze’, Tomorrow X Together

Digital
Song Bonsang winners

‘Next
Level’, aespa

‘Nakka’, AKMU ft. IU

‘Butter’, BTS

‘Happen’, Heize

‘Celebrity’, IU

‘Traffic Light’, Lee Mu-jin

‘Dun Dun Dance’, OH MY GIRL

‘ASAP’, STAYC

Album
Bonsang winners

‘Be’, BTS

‘Dimension: Dilemma’, ENHYPEN

‘Lilac’, IU

‘Sticker’, NCT 127

‘Hot Sauce’, NCT Dream

‘Attacca’, Seventeen

‘Noeasy’, Stray Kids

‘The Chaos Chapter: Freeze’, Tomorrow X Together

Rookie
Artist of the Year


aespa – winner

Epex

Jo Yu-ri

Kwon Eun-bi

Lee Chan-won

Mirae

Omega X

Purple Kiss

STAYC – winner

Seezn
Most Popular Artist Award


BTS – winner

Artist of the Year
aespa – winner

Best
Performance


Jeon Somi

The Boyz

Cosmopolitan
Artist Award


aespa

SEVENTEEN