Golden Disc Awards


The Golden Disc Awards is an annual South Korean music awards ceremony that honors achievements in the local music industry.
The 34th Golden Disc Awards were held on 4–5 January 2020 at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul.

History

The first awards ceremony was held in 1986. The event was called the Korea Visual and Records Grand Prize Award until 2001, when the event named was changed to the Golden Disc Awards.
The awards ceremony was hosted in South Korea until 2012, when it was hosted in Osaka, Japan. The ceremony was also hosted internationally in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2013, and in Beijing, China in 2015.
The Golden Disc Awards trophies were designed by sculptor Kim Su-hyeon, a professor at Chungbuk National University. The trophy is in the shape of a woman playing a traditional Korean wind instrument.

Ceremonies

Categories

As of the 34th Golden Disc Awards, there were two grand prizes: Album of the Year and Digital Song of the Year. Main prizes are awarded to multiple artists in both the Album and Digital Song categories. The grand prize winners are chosen from the main prize winners.

Album of the Year (Album Daesang)

Song of the Year (Digital Daesang)

Main prizes

Album Bonsang

Digital Song Bonsang

Rookie of the Year Award

Winners are listed alphabetically by year.

Popularity Award

Winners are listed alphabetically by year.

Genre awards

R&B/Soul Award

Hip Hop Award

Trot Award

Rock Award

Ballad Award

OST Award

Special awards

Next Generation Artist Award

Best Group Award

Best Solo Artist Award

Performance Award

Ceci Asia Icon Award

Cosmopolitan Artist Award

Producer Award

International Recognition Awards

Special Recognition Golden Disc Awards

Other awards

Discontinued awards

Achievement Award

Music Video Awards

Producer Daesang

Encouragement Award

Other Technical awards

Most awarded artists

Most grand prizes awarded

This list includes both Album of the Year and Digital Song of the Year award winners.
AwardsArtist
4BTS
4Exo
3Girls' Generation
3Jo Sung-mo
3Kim Gun-mo
3SG Wannabe
3Super Junior
2Byeon Jin-seob
2Psy
2Shin Seung-hun
2TVXQ

Most awarded overall

AwardsArtist
20Super Junior
20BTS
16Exo
15-
15Girls' Generation
15CNBLUE
13Shinee
12Beast
12Shin Seung-hun

General references

All award winners in this article are sourced from the Golden Disc Awards official website. See and .