The 10th Gaon Chart Music Awards ceremony was held on Jan. 13 to honor outstanding songs and albums released in Korea between December 2019 to November 2020.
K-pop idol group BTS emerged as the biggest winner, bagging six awards. They won Artist of the Year in digital music, which was awarded by month, for February with “ON,” August with “Dynamite” and November with “Life Goes On.”
In Artist of the Year in physical albums, awarded by quarter, BTS won the first quarter with “Map of the Soul: 7” and fourth quarter with “BE.” In addition, “Map of the Soul: 7” was awarded Retail Album of the Year.
BLACKPINK won four awards: Artist of the Year (digital music) for June with “How You Like That” and October with “Lovesick Girls,” Social Hot Star of the Year and Mubeat Global Choice.
IU bagged three awards: Artist of the Year (digital music) for May with “Eight” featuring BTS’ Suga, Lyricist of the Year and Music Steady Seller of the Year with "Blueming."
The Rookie of the Year award went to boy band ENHYPEN in the physical album category, their third new artist award, and girl group Aespa in the digital music category.
Here is the complete list of winners at the 10th Gaon Chart Music Awards 2020:
Artist of the Year-Digital Music (Awarded by month)
• December 2019 - Red Velvet - "Psycho"
• January 2020 - Zico - "Any Song"
• February 2020 - BTS - "ON"
• March 2020 - MC the Max - "Bloom"
• April 2020 - Oh My Girl - "Nonstop"
• May 2020 - IU - "Eight" featuring BTS’ Suga
• June 2020 - BLACKPINK - "How You Like That"
• July 2020 - Zico - "Summer Hate" featuring Rain
• August 2020 - BTS - "Dynamite"
• September 2020 - Chungha and Christopher - "Bad Boy"
• October 2020 - BLACKPINK - "Lovesick Girls"
• November 2020 - BTS - "Life Goes On"
Artist of the Year-Physical Album (Awarded by quarter)
• First Quarter (December 2019 to February 2020) - BTS - “Map of the Soul: 7”
• Second Quarter (March to May 2020) - EXO’s Baekhyun - “Delight”
• Third Quarter (June to August 2020) - Seventeen - “Heng:garae”
• Fourth Quarter (September to November 2020) - BTS - “BE”
Lyricist of the Year - IU
Music Steady Seller of the Year: IU - “Blueming”
Retail Album of the Year: BTS - “Map of the Soul: 7”
Rookie of the Year - ENHYPEN (physical album) and Aespa (digital music)
World K-Pop Rookie - ATEEZ and ITZY
Social Hot Star of the Year - BLACKPINK
Mubeat Global Choice - BLACKPINK and Im Young-woong
Hot Performance of the Year - IZ*ONE and 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 and Ambition Musik
Discovery of the Year - Young Tak
Performer of the Year - Young (musical instrument) and Kriz (chorus)
Popular Singer of the Year - Hwang In-wook
Style of the Year - Son Sung-deuk (choreography) and Park Min-hee and Kim Bal-ko (stylist)
International Rising Star of the Year - Tones and I