36th Golden Disc Awards

The 36th Golden Disc Awards (Korean: 36th 골든 디스크 시상식; RR: 36th Goldeun diseukeu sisangsik), was an award ceremony held on January 8, 2022, and broadcast through various television networks and streaming platforms in various countries. The ceremony was hosted by Lee Seung-gi, Lee Da-hee, and Sung Si-kyung.^[1]

36th Golden Disc Awards
Title card
Date	January 8, 2022 (2022-01-08)
Venue	Gocheok Sky Dome
Country	South Korea
Hosted by	Lee Seung-gi Lee Da-hee Sung Si-kyung
Website	goldendisc.co.kr
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Criteria

All songs and albums that were eligible to be nominated were released between the end of November 2020 and the end of November 2021.^[2] Songs and albums that were excluded from the nominations in the 35th edition due to overlapping in the counting deadline were included in this edition.^[3]

Category	Online voting	Panelist^[A]	Sales
Digital Daesang (Song of the Year)	—	40%	60%
Disc Daesang (Album of the Year)
Digital Song Bonsang
Album Bonsang
Rookie Artist of the Year^[B]
Seezn Most Popular Artist Award	100%	—
Panelist consisted of 50 people such as industry officials, K-pop reporters, music program producers, pop culture critics, major distribution officials, and Golden Disc Awards evaluation committee.^[2] Applies to all digital singles, extended plays/single albums with 6 or less songs, and studio albums.^[2]

Winners and nominees

 

BTS won four awards, including the Disc Daesang (Album of the Year), Digital Song Bonsang, Album Bonsang, and Seezn Most Popular Artist Award.

 

IU won three awards, including the Digital Daesang (Song of the Year), Digital Song Bonsang, and Album Bonsang.

 

Aespa won four awards, including the Artist of the Year, Digital Song Bonsang, Rookie Artist of the Year, and Cosmopolitan Artist Award.

Winners and nominees are listed in alphabetical order. Winners are listed first and emphasized in bold.^[4]

Main Awards

The list of nominees for:

• Seezn Most Popular Artist Award were announced on December 20, 2021, through Seezn website.^[5]
• remaining categories except Digital Daesang (Song of the Year) and Disc Daesang (Album of the Year) were announced on December 8, 2021, through the official website.^[6]
• Digital Daesang (Song of the Year) and Disc Daesang (Album of the Year) were chosen from the winners of Digital Song Daesang and Album Bonsang.^[2]

The voting for Seezn Most Popular Artist Award opened on Seezn website on December 20, 2021, and closed on December 31, 2021.^[5]

Digital Daesang (Song of the Year)	Disc Daesang (Album of the Year)
IU – "Celebrity" Aespa – "Next Level" AKMU – "Nakka" (with IU) BTS – "Butter" Heize – "Happen" Lee Mu-jin – "Traffic Light" Oh My Girl – "Dun Dun Dance" STAYC – "ASAP"	BTS – Be Enhypen – Dimension: Dilemma IU – Lilac NCT 127 – Sticker NCT Dream – Hot Sauce Seventeen – Attacca Stray Kids – Noeasy Tomorrow X Together – The Chaos Chapter: Freeze
Digital Song Bonsang	Album Bonsang
Aespa – "Next Level" AKMU – "Nakka" (with IU) BTS – "Butter" Heize – "Happen" IU – "Celebrity" Lee Mu-jin – "Traffic Light" Oh My Girl – "Dun Dun Dance" STAYC – "ASAP" (G)I-dle – "Hwaa" Ash Island – "Melody" Ben – "Lonely Night" Big Mama – "One Day More" Brave Girls – "Chi Mat Ba Ram" Davichi – "Just hug me" GyeongseoYeji & Jeon Keon-ho – "If you lovingly call my name" Huh Gak – "How did we" Hyuna – "I'm Not Cool" Itzy – "In the Morning" Jeon Somi – "Dumb Dumb" Joy – "Hello" Jung Dong-ha – "I Still Love You" Lee Ye-joon – "On That Day" Lim Young-woong – "My Starry Love" Red Velvet – "Queendom" Rosé – "On The Ground" Shinee – "Don't Call Me" Sojung – "If You Were Still Here" Song I-han – "I Will Be Your Shining Star" Taeyeon – "Weekend" Twice – "Alcohol-Free"	BTS – Be Enhypen – Dimension: Dilemma IU – Lilac NCT 127 – Sticker NCT Dream – Hot Sauce Seventeen – Attacca Stray Kids – Noeasy Tomorrow X Together – The Chaos Chapter: Freeze (G)I-dle – I Burn 2PM – Must Aespa – Savage Astro – All Yours Ateez – Zero: Fever Part.3 Cravity – Season 3. Hideout: Be Our Voice D.O. – Empathy Golden Child – Game Changer Got7 – Breath of Love: Last Piece Kim Ho-joong – The Classic Album I – My Favorite Arias Itzy – Crazy in Love Loona – [&] Monsta X – One of a Kind NCT – NCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 2 NU'EST – Romanticize Oneus – Blood Moon Red Velvet – Queendom Shinee – Don't Call Me Super Junior – The Renaissance The Boyz – Thrill-ing Twice – Taste of Love Yunho – Noir
Rookie Artist of the Year	Seezn Most Popular Artist Award
Aespa STAYC Epex Jo Yu-ri Kwon Eun-bi Lee Chan-won Mirae Omega X Purple Kiss	BTS (G)I-dle 2PM Aespa AKMU Ash Island Astro Ateez Ben Big Mama Brave Girls Cravity Davichi D.O. Epex Enhypen Golden Child Got7 GyeongseoYeji & Jeon Keon-ho Itzy IU Heize Huh Gak Hyuna Jeon Somi Joy Jo Yu-ri Jung Dong-ha Kim Ho-joong Kwon Eun-bi Lee Chan-won Lee Mu-jin Lee Ye-joon Lim Young-woong Loona Mirae Monsta X NCT NCT 127 NCT Dream NU'EST Oh My Girl Omega X Oneus Purple Kiss Red Velvet Rosé Seventeen Shinee Sojung Song I-han STAYC Stray Kids Super Junior Taeyeon The Boyz Tomorrow X Together Twice Yunho

Other awards

Artist of the Year
Aespa
Best Group	Best Performance
Brave Girls	Jeon Somi The Boyz
Best Solo Artist	Cosmopolitan Artist Award
Lim Young-woong	Aespa Seventeen

Multiple awards

The following artist(s) received three or more awards:

Awards	Artist(s)
4	Aespa
	BTS
3	IU

Presenters

The list of presenters was announced on January 3, 2022.^[7]

Order of the presentation, name of the artist(s), and award(s) they presented

Order	Artist(s)	Presented
1	Woo Do-hwan	Rookie Artist of the Year
2	Lee Si-eon	Best Group
3	Jeon Jong-seo	Digital Song Bonsang
4	Han Sun-hwa	Best Performance
5	Ahn Bo-hyun	Best Solo Artist + Cosmopolitan Artist Award
6	Shin Hyun-been	Album Bonsang
7	Ahn Hyo-seop	Digital Song Bonsang
8	Lee Do-hyun	Album Bonsang
9	Jeon So-min	Digital Song Bonsang
10	Koo Kyo-hwan	Seezn Most Popular Artist Award
11	Han Chae-young	Album Bonsang
12	Park Hee-soon
13	Oh Jung-se	Digital Song Bonsang
14	Jin So-yeon	Artist of the Year
15	Ju Ji-hoon	Disc Daesang (Album of the Year)
16	Jung Woo-sung and JTBC's President Hong Jeong-do	Digital Daesang (Song of the Year)

Performers

The first lineup was announced on December 28, 2021.^[8] The second lineup was announced on December 30, 2021.^[9]

Order of the performance, name of the artist(s), and song(s) they performed

Order	Artist(s)	Song performed	Ref.
1	Kardi	Cover of "Celebrity" + "Next Level" + "Butter" + "Dun Dun Dance" + "Rock with You" + "Thunderous"	^[10]
2	STAYC	"So Bad" (Tak Remix) + "ASAP"	^[11]
3	Brave Girls	"Rollin'" + "Chi Mat Ba Ram"	^[12]
4	Lee Mu-jin	"The Assignment Song" + "Traffic Light"	^[13]
5	Jeon Somi	"XOXO" + "Dumb Dumb" (Remix version)	^[14]
6	The Boyz	"Thrill Ride" (8 bit version) + "Hypnotized"	^[15]
7	Lee Mu-jin (featuring Heize)	"When It Snows"	^[16]
8	Lim Young-woong	"Love Always Run Away" + "My Starry Love"	^[17]
9	Enhypen	"Drunk-Dazed" + "Tamed-Dashed" (Rock version)	^[18]
10	Tomorrow X Together	"No Rules" + "Anti-Romantic" + "0x1=Lovesong (I Know I Love You)"	^[19]
11	Oh My Girl	"Quest" + "Dun Dun Dance"	^[20]
12	Tomorrow X Together	"It Boy, The Rockstar" (Golden Stage)	^[21]
13	Heize	"Happen" + "On Rainy Day" (2021)	^[22]
14	Aespa	"Black Mamba" (Intro) + "Next Level" + "Savage"	^[23]
15	Stray Kids	"Thunderous" + "Top" + "Wolfgang"	^[24]
16	Big Mama	Cover of "Butter" + "Lilac" + "Dun Dun Dance" + "0x1=Lovesong (I Know I Love You)" + "Traffic Light"	^[25]
		"Break Away" + "One Day More" + "Refusal" + "Never Mind"
17	Seventeen	"Not Alone" + "Imperfect Love" + "Gam3 Bo1" + "Pang!" + "Rock with you"	^[26]
18	IU	"Celebrity" + "Lilac"	^[27]
19	BTS^[A]	"Life Goes On" + "Butter"	^[28]

Broadcast

Region	Network/Platform	Ref.
Brunei	Astro Go	^[29]
Indonesia	Vidio
Japan	TBS	^[30]
Malaysia	Astro Go	^[29]
Singapore	meWatch
South Korea	JTBC JTBC2 JTBC4 Seezn	^[31]
Vietnam	FPT Play	^[29]

Notes

1. BTS did not attend the ceremony due to their temporary hiatus, but revealed exclusive footage from their Los Angeles concert for the first time on television.^[8]

References

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10. [제36회 골든디스크] 오프닝 무대 - 카디 'The Grand Opening' | JTBC 220108 방송 [[The 36th Golden Disc] Opening Stage - Kardi 'The Grand Opening' | JTBC 220108 Broadcast] (in Korean). JTBC. January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022 – via Naver TV.
11. [제36회 골든디스크] STAYC - 'So Bad + Dance Performance + ASAP' | JTBC 220108 방송 [[The 36th Golden Disc] STAYC - 'So Bad + Dance Performance + ASAP' | JTBC 220108 Broadcast] (in Korean). JTBC. January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022 – via Naver TV.
12. [제36회 골든디스크] 브레이브걸스 - '롤린(Rollin') + Tango Performance + 치맛바람' | JTBC 220108 방송 [[The 36th Golden Disc] Brave Girls - 'Rollin' + Tango Performance + Chi Mat Ba Ram' | JTBC 220108 Broadcast] (in Korean). JTBC. January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022 – via Naver TV.
13. [제36회 골든디스크] 이무진 - '과제곡 (교수님 죄송합니다) + 신호등' | JTBC 220108 방송 [[The 36th Golden Disc] Lee Mu-jin - 'Professor Song (Sorry, Professor) + Traffic Light' | JTBC 220108 Broadcast] (in Korean). JTBC. January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022 – via Naver TV.
14. [제36회 골든디스크] 전소미 - 'XOXO + Dumb Dumb (Remix Ver)' | JTBC 220108 방송 [[The 36th Golden Disc] Jeon Somi - 'XOXO + Dumb Dumb (Remix Ver)' | JTBC 220108 Broadcast] (in Korean). JTBC. January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022 – via Naver TV.
15. [제36회 골든디스크] 더보이즈 - 'THRILL RIDE (8 Bit ver.) + Hypnotized' | JTBC 220108 방송 [[The 36th Golden Disc] The Boyz - 'Thrill Ride (8 Bit ver.) + Hypnotized' | JTBC 220108 Broadcast] (in Korean). JTBC. January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022 – via Naver TV.
16. [제36회 골든디스크] 이무진 & 헤이즈 - '눈이 오잖아' | JTBC 220108 방송 [[The 36th Golden Disc] Lee Mu-jin & Heize - 'When It Snows' | JTBC 220108 Broadcast] (in Korean). JTBC. January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022 – via Naver TV.
17. [제36회 골든디스크] 임영웅 - '사랑은 늘 도망가 + 별빛 같은 나의 사랑아' | JTBC 220108 방 [[The 36th Golden Disc] Lim Young-woong - 'Love Always Run Away + My Starry Love' | JTBC 220108 Room] (in Korean). JTBC. January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022 – via Naver TV.
18. [제36회 골든디스크] Enhypen 'Intro + Drunk-Dazed + Tamed-Dashed' | JTBC 220108 방송 [[The 36th Golden Disc] Enhypen 'Intro + Drunk-Dazed + Tamed-Dashed' | JTBC 220108 Broadcast] (in Korean). JTBC. January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022 – via Naver TV.
19. [제36회 골든디스크] Tomorrow X Together 'No Rules + Anti-Romantic' 외 1곡 | JTBC 220108 방송 [[The 36th Golden Disc] Tomorrow X Together 'No Rules + Anti-Romantic' and 1 more | JTBC 220108 Broadcast] (in Korean). JTBC. January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022 – via Naver TV.
20. [제36회 골든디스크] 오마이걸 - 'INTRO + Quest + INTRO + Dun Dun Dance' | JTBC 220108 방송 [[The 36th Golden Disc] Oh My Girl - 'INTRO + Quest + INTRO + Dun Dun Dance' | JTBC 220108 Broadcast] (in Korean). JTBC. January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022 – via Naver TV.
21. [제36회 골든디스크] Tomorrow X Together - 'It Boy, The Rockstar' [[The 36th Golden Disc] Tomorrow X Together - 'It Boy, The Rockstar'] (in Korean). JTBC. January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022 – via Naver TV.
22. [제36회 골든디스크] 헤이즈 - '헤픈 우연 + 비가 오는 날엔 (2021)' | JTBC 220108 방송 [[The 36th Golden Disc] Heize - 'Happen + On Rainy Days (2021)' | JTBC 220108 Broadcast] (in Korean). JTBC. January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022 – via Naver TV.
23. [제36회 골든디스크] Aespa - 'INTRO(Black Mamba) + Next Level + Savage' | JTBC 220108 방송 [[The 36th Golden Disc] Aespa - 'INTRO(Black Mamba) + Next Level + Savage' | JTBC 220108 Broadcast] (in Korean). JTBC. January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022 – via Naver TV.
24. [제36회 골든디스크] Stray Kids - '소리꾼 + Top + Wolfgang' | JTBC 220108 방송 [[The 36th Golden Disc] Stray Kids - 'Thunderous + Top + Wolfgang' | JTBC 220108 Broadcast] (in Korean). JTBC. January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022 – via Naver TV.
25. [제36회 골든디스크] 빅마마 - 'Butter + 라일락 + Dun Dun Dance' 외 2곡 | JTBC 220108 방송 [[The 36th Golden Disc] Big Mama - 'Butter + Lilac + Dun Dun Dance' and 2 other songs | JTBC 220108 Broadcast] (in Korean). JTBC. January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022 – via Naver TV.
26. [제36회 골든디스크] Seventeen - '혼자가 아니야 + 매일 그대라서 행복하다 + Gam3 Bo1'외 2곡 | JTBC 220108 방송 [[The 36th Golden Disc] Seventeen - 'Not Alone + Imperfect Love + Gam3 Bo1' and 2 other songs | JTBC 220108 Broadcast] (in Korean). JTBC. January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022 – via Naver TV.
27. [제36회 골든디스크] 아이유 - 'Celebrity + 라일락' | JTBC 220108 방송 [[The 36th Golden Disc] IU - 'Celebrity + Lilac' | JTBC 220108 Broadcast] (in Korean). JTBC. January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022 – via Naver TV.
28. [제36회 골든디스크] 방탄소년단 - 'Life Goes On + INTRO + Butter' | JTBC 220108 방송 [[The 36th Golden Disc] BTS - 'Life Goes On + INTRO + Butter' | JTBC 220108 Broadcast] (in Korean). JTBC. January 8, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022 – via Naver TV.
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External links

• Official website (in English and Korean)