On January 8, the 36th Golden Disc Awards was held in the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul.

In past years, the Golden Disc Awards were held over two days, with the categories of Album and Digital Song being separated. To meet with social distance requirements, the entire ceremony was held on one day this year. The performances were pre-recorded and there was no audience.

BTS won Album of the Year (Disc Daesang) for the sixth year in a row, while IU won Digital Song of the Year (Digital Daesang) for the second year in a row.

Check out the complete list of winners and awardees below!

Digital Song of the Year (Daesang): IU

Album of the Year (Daesang): BTS

Digital Song Division Bonsang: Lee Mujin, STAYC, Oh My Girl, AKMU, Heize, aespa, IU, BTS

Album Division Bonsang: TXT, ENHYPEN, IU, NCT DREAM, Stray Kids, NCT 127, SEVENTEEN, BTS

Artist of the Year: aespa

seezn Golden Disc Popularity Award: BTS

Cosmopolitan Artist Award: SEVENTEEN, aespa

Best Solo Artist: Lim Young Woong

Best Performance: THE BOYZ, Jeon Somi

Best Group: Brave Girls

Best Rookie Artist: STAYC, aespa

All of the singles and albums nominated were released between November 2020 and November 2021. Quantitative criteria such as streaming numbers and album sales were used to choose nominees for major categories.

The final winners were determined by a judge panel of 50 industry experts, including music journalists, music program producing directors, music critics, music distribution representatives, and the ceremony's executive committee, who scored 60 percent of the entries based on sales until mid-December 2021 and 40 percent based on the judge panel's scoring.

Best wishes to the winners!