K-pop boy band Seventeen and girl group NewJeans won their first Golden Disc Awards (GDA) “daesang” or grand prizes.
The 38th Golden Disc Awards ceremony was held on Jan. 6 at the Jakarta International Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia and was hosted by K-pop idol-actor Cha Eun-woo and singer Sung Si-kyung.
Seventeen won Album of the Year (GDA)
NewJeans won Song of the Year (GDA)
GDA emcees Cha Eun-woo (right) and Sung Si-kyung (GDA)
The GDA honored winners in digital music and albums “released between mid-November 2022 and early-November 2023” based on Circle Chart (formerly Gaon) data, according to the awards website.
Seventeen won the Album Daesang or Album of the Year for their record-setting “FML,” bagging the award nearly nine years after their debut in 2015.
NewJeans, which debuted in July 2022, took home the grand prize or Digital Daesang or Song of the Year for “Ditto.”
The winners at the 38th Golden Disc Awards (Photos from GDA's X account)
Winning the Album Bonsang or main prize are BTS’ Jungkook, Aespa, ZeroBaseOne, Tomorrow X Together, ENHYPEN, IVE, Le Sserafim, Seventeen, Stray Kids and NCT Dream.
The awardees for Digital Bonsang or main prize are BLACKPINK’s Jisoo, Seventeen, IVE, (G)I-DLE, Seventeen’s BSS, BTS’ Jungkook, NewJeans and Parc Jae-jung.
Here are the winners at the 38th Golden Disc Awards, according to the GDA website:
Album Daesang or Album of the Year (Grand Prize) - Seventeen, “FML”
Digital Daesang or Song of the Year (Grand Prize) - NewJeans, “Ditto”
Album Bonsang (Main Prize)
Aespa – My World
ENHYPEN – Dark Blood
IVE – I've Mine
BTS’ Jungkook – Golden
Le Sserafim – Unforgiven
NCT Dream – ISTJ
Seventeen – FML
Stray Kids – 5-Star
Tomorrow X Together – The Name Chapter: Freefall
Zerobaseone – Youth in the Shade
Digital Bonsang (Main Prize)
(G)I-DLE – "Queencard"
Seventeen’s BSS – "Fighting"
IVE – "I Am"
BLACKPINK’s Jisoo – "Flower"
BTS’ Jungkook – "Seven"
Le Sserafim – "Unforgiven"
NewJeans – "Ditto"
Parc Jae-jung – "Let's Say Goodbye"
Seventeen – "Super"
Rookie Artist of the Year
ZeroBaseOne
Fifty Fifty
Special Awards
Bugs Favorite Golden Disc Most Popular Artist Award - Lim Young-woong
Bugs Favorite Golden Disc Most Popular Artist Award - BLACKPINK’s Jisoo
Global K-pop Artist Award - Stray Kids
Indonesia Fans Choice – Tomorrow X Together
Next Generation - BOYNEXTDOOR
Best Producer - Min Hee-jin, Ador