Published January 10, 2021, 7:34 PM
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, Seventeen, GOT7, TXT, BLACKPINK, EXO, Baekhyun, NCT 127, TWICE and NCT (JTBC Awards, GDA, Twitter)
K-pop superstars BTS won the “daesang” (grand prize), or Album of the Year, on the second day of the 35th Golden Disc Awards (GDA) held on Jan. 10 and hosted by actress Lee Da-hee and singer Sung Si-kyung.
This is BTS’ fourth straight year to win the Album of the Year at GDA after bagging it for the years 2017, 2018 and 2019.
BTS took home the daesang for “Map of the Soul: 7,” which was released on Feb. 21, 2020 and recorded 4.37 million copies in sales for the year, according to Gaon Music Chart’s Album Chart. They also won a “bonsang” (main prize) and the Most Popular Artist award.
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Global pop stars BTS have concluded the award show performances in South Korea on a high note. The seven members - RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook, attended Day 2 of the 35th Golden Disc Awards on Sunday, January 10, 2021. The group won the Best Album Daesang (Grand Prize) at the awards ceremony making it their 4th year in a row winning the GDA Album Daesang!
Apart from winning Best Digital Song Bonsang (Main Prize) for their Grammy-nominated track Dynamite during the awards night on Day 1, on Day 2 they also took home the Popularity Award and Best Album Bonsang as well.
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BTS, Twice (BTS/Golden Disc Awards Twitter)
Golden Disc Awards 2021, one of the most-coveted K-pop award shows, started off on a grand note on January 9 and continued till January 10 to celebrate the best musical achievements by artists in 2020. While the first day was to highlight the global digital domination of various K-pop groups, Day 2 focussed on the spectacular physical sales of the K-pop stars worldwide. From BTS, Blackpink, Stray Kids, GOT7, EXO, Monsta X to IU, ITZY, The Boyz, Treasure, Loona and Enhypen, here are all the groups who won big at GDA 2021.
Day 2 Complete Winners List (Album Division)
BTS set a meaningful new record at the 35th Golden Disc Awards!
On January 10, BTS won the Album of the Year (Disc Daesang) at the 35th Golden Disc Awards. This is the group’s fourth year in a row that they have won the Disc Daesang. In addition to their Digital Daesang, which they won last year, BTS now has a total of five Daesangs from the Golden Disc Awards, a first for any artist in history.
In addition to the Grand Prize, BTS also took home a Bonsang in the digital song and album divisions and the Curaprox Golden Disc Most Popular Artist Award.