10th Gaon Chart Music Awards

The 10th Gaon Chart Music Awards ceremony was held on January 13, 2021, via virtual livestream from studio without any performance and on-site audience due to COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea. BTS was the most awarded act with 6 awards, followed by Blackpink with 4 and IU with 3.^[1]

10th Gaon Chart Music Chart Awards
Date	January 13, 2021
Hosted by	Leeteuk Lia Jaejae Joo Young-hoon
Most awards	BTS (6)
Most nominations	BTS (10)
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Winners and nominees

• Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double-dagger (‡).^[2]
  • Nominees^[3][4][5]

Main awards

Artist of the Year – Digital Music
December 2019	January 2020
Red Velvet – "Psycho" ‡ Davichi – "Dear." Baek Ye-rin – "Square (2017)" Baek Ji-young – "No Love, No Heartbreak" Jung Seung-hwan – "My Christmas Wish"	Zico – "Any Song" ‡ BTS – "Black Swan" Younha – "Dark Cloud" Taeyeon – "Dear Me" Paul Kim and Chungha – "Loveship"
February 2020	March 2020
BTS – "On" ‡ BTS – "00:00 (Zero O'Clock)" BTS – "Friends" BTS – "Filter" Iz*One – "Fiesta"	MC the Max – "Bloom" ‡ Itzy – "Wannabe" Winner – "Hold" Suho – "Let's Love" Ovan – "I Need You"
April 2020	May 2020
Oh My Girl – "Nonstop" ‡ Oh My Girl – "Dolphin" Apink – "Dumhdurum" Chungha – "Stay Tonight" Paul Kim – "But I'll Miss You"	IU – "Eight" (featuring Suga) ‡ Baekhyun – "Candy" Bolbbalgan4 – "Leo" (featuring Baekhyun) Bolbbalgan4 – "Hug" Taeyeon – "Happy"
June 2020	July 2020
Blackpink – "How You Like That" ‡ Twice – "More & More" Sunmi – "Pporappippam" Sik-K, pH-1, Jay Park and Gaon – "Gang - Official Remix" Hwasa – "María"	Zico – "Summer Hate" (featuring Rain) ‡ Lee Hi – "Holo" Red Velvet – Irene & Seulgi – "Monster" Jessi – "Nunu Nana" Chungha – "Play"
August 2020	September 2020
BTS – "Dynamite" ‡ (G)I-dle – "Dumdi Dumdi" Blackpink – "Ice Cream" (with Selena Gomez) Itzy – "Not Shy" Park Jin-young – "When We Disco" (with Sunmi)	Chungha and Christopher – "Bad Boy" ‡ 10cm – "Tight" Kim Ho-joong – "In Full Bloom" Yooa – "Bon Voyage" Ovan – "Happy Birthday"
October 2020	November 2020
Blackpink – "Lovesick Girls" ‡ Jawsh 685, Jason Derulo, and BTS – "Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat) (BTS Remix)" Mamamoo – "Dingga" Im Chang-jung – "Love Should Not Be Harsh On You" Jang Beom-june – "Can't Sleep"	BTS – "Life Goes On" ‡ KyoungSeo – "Shiny Star" Lim Young-woong – "Hero" Lee Seung-gi – "The Ordinary Man" Jannabi – A Thought On An Autumn Night
Artist of the Year – Physical Album
1st Quarter (December 2019 – February 2020)	2nd Quarter (March – May 2020)
BTS – Map of the Soul: 7 ‡ Ateez – Treasure Epilogue: Action to Answer Iz*One – Bloom*Iz Stray Kids – Clé: Levanter Red Velvet – The ReVe Festival: Finale	Baekhyun – Delight ‡ Got7 – Dye NCT 127 – NCT #127: Neo Zone NCT 127 – NCT #127 Neo Zone: The Final Round NCT Dream – Reload
3rd Quarter (June – August 2020)	4th Quarter (September – November 2020)
Seventeen – Heng:garæ ‡ Ateez – Zero: Fever Part.1 Iz*One – Oneric Diary Twice – More & More Exo-SC – 1 Billion Views	BTS – Be ‡ Blackpink – The Album NCT – NCT Resonance Pt. 1 NCT – NCT Resonance Pt. 2 Seventeen – Semicolon
New Artist of the Year
Digital Music	Physical Album
Aespa – "Black Mamba" ‡ STAYC – "So Bad" Bang Ye-dam – "Wayo" Gyeong Seo Yeji – "Why Has Your Love Changed?" Gunho – "Actually I Miss You"	Enhypen – Border: Day One ‡ Cravity – Season 2. Hideout: The New Day We Step Into Drippin – Boyager Treasure – The First Step: Chapter One WEi – Identity: First Sight

Special awards

Category	Winner
Lyricist of the Year	IU
Music Steady Seller of the Year	IU – "Blueming"
Retail Album of the Year	BTS – Map of the Soul: 7
World K-Pop Rookie	Ateez Itzy
Social Hot Star of the Year	Blackpink
Mubeat Global Choice	Blackpink Lim Young-woong
Hot Performance of the Year	Iz*One Stray Kids
Top Kit Seller of the Year	NCT
World Hallyu Star Award	NCT
K-pop Contribution of the Year	Lee Soo-man of SM Entertainment
Composer of the Year	Pop Time
Record Production of the Year	Changmo Ambition Musik
Discovery of the Year	Young Tak
Performer of the Year	Young (musical instrument) Kriz (chorus)
Popular Singer of the Year	Hwang In-wook
Style of the Year	Son Sung-deuk (choreography) Park Min-hee and Kim Bal-ko (stylist)
International Rising Star of the Year	Tones and I

References

1. "BTS wins 6 prizes at 2021 Gaon Chart Music Awards". The Korea Times. Yonhap News Agency. January 14, 2021. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
2. Hicap, Jonathan (January 14, 2021). "Winners at 10th Gaon Chart Music Awards". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
3. . www.gaonmusicawards.com (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. Archived from the original on January 4, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
4. . www.gaonmusicawards.com (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. Archived from the original on January 4, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
5. . www.gaonmusicawards.com (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. Archived from the original on January 4, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2021.