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Jan 13, 2021
Global Stars BTS, BLACKPINK, IU, NCT, and more swept multiple awards during the 2020 GAON Chart Music Awards !
On Jan. 13, Wednesday, the annual GAON Chart Music Awards gave various awards to numerous K-pop stars, artists, and groups in which songs and albums shone the most last 2020, based on Gaon Charts.
Among the music artists that released songs to comfort and give hope to their fans throughout the world amid the pandemic, top-notch artists including BTS, BLACKPINK, Red Velvet, IU, ZICO, NCT along with the rookie groups Stray Kids, ITZY, Aespa, ENHYPEN took home awards, acknowledging their great contributions in the promoting music, particularly K-pop.
th Gaon Chart Music Awards have been unveiled!
On Jan. 5, the Gaon Music Awards website was updated, and nominated K-pop groups, and solo artists for the four categories were revealed. There will be 12 winners for the Artist of the Year (Digital Music) and four winners for the Artist of the Year (Physical Album). Meanwhile, there can only be one winner for the digital music and physical album classifications for the Rookie of the Year.
(Photo : SM Entertainment Official Twitter Account) NCT 127
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The 12 winners for the Artist of the Year will be determined by evaluating the songs released from December 2019 to November 2020, with only one K-pop act winning each month. As for the physical album, the four winners will be chosen by quarter (first to fourth).