The 36th Golden Disc Awards unveiled candidates for each category.
The 36th Golden Disc Awards opened its official website on the morning of December 8th and introduced candidates in major categories such as the Digital Song Division Bonsang (Main Award), Album Division Bonsang (Main Award), and Rookie Artist of the Year.
Candidates were selected by screening and evaluation for digital and album sales from November 2020 to mid-November 2021. Digital and album sales, which were excluded from the evaluation in line with the tally deadline last year, were included in the screening this year.
In the Digital Song Division Bonsang category, the nominees include:
aespa – “Next Level”
AKMU – “NAKKA” (with IU)
ASH ISLAND – “MELODY”
BEN – “Lonely night”
Big Mama – “One Day More”
Brave Girls – “Chi Mat Ba Ram”
BTS – “Butter”
Davichi – “Just hug me”
(G)I-DLE – “HWAA”
GyeongseoYeji and Jeon Gunho – “If you lovingly call my name”
Heize – “HAPPEN”
Huh Gak – “How did we”
HyunA – “I’m Not Cool”
ITZY – “In the morning”
IU – “Celebrity”
Jeon Somi – “DUMB DUMB”
Joy – “Hello”
Jung Dong Ha – “I Still Love You”
Lee Mujin – “Traffic Light”
Lee Ye Joon – “On That Day”
Lim Young Woong – “My Starry Love”
Oh My Girl – “Dun Dun Dance”
Red Velvet – “Queendom”
Rosé – “On The Ground”
SHINee – “Don’t Call Me”
Sojeong – “If You Were Still Here”
Song I Han – “I will be your shining star”
STAYC – “ASAP”
Taeyeon – “Weekend”
TWICE – “Alcohol-Free”
The Album Division Bonsang category has 30 nominated artists, including:
2PM – “MUST”
aespa – “Savage”
ASTRO – “All Yours”
ATEEZ – “ZERO : FEVER Part.3”
BTS – “BE”
CRAVITY – “HIDEOUT: BE OUR VOICE – SEASON 3.”
D.O. – “Empathy”
ENHYPEN – “DIMENSION : DILEMMA”
(G)I-DLE – “I burn”
Golden Child – “GAME CHANGER”
GOT7 – “Breath of Love : Last Piece”
Kim Ho Joong – “The Classic Album I – My Favorite Arias”
ITZY – “CRAZY IN LOVE”
IU – “LILAC”
Key – “BAD LOVE”
LOONA – “[&]”
MONSTA X – “One Of A Kind”
NCT – “RESONANCE Pt. 2”
NCT 127 – “Sticker”
NCT DREAM – “Hot Sauce”
NU’EST – “Romanticize”
ONEUS – “BLOOD MOON”
PENTAGON – “LOVE or TAKE”
SEVENTEEN – “Attacca”
Stray Kids – “NOEASY”
Super Junior – “The Renaissance”
THE BOYZ – “THRILL-ING”
TWICE – “Taste of Love”
TXT – “The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE”
Yunho – “NOIR”
The candidates for the Rookie of the Year award, which is an award an artist can only receive once in their life, were selected by adding up the amount of digital and album sales.
aespa, EPEX, Jo Yu Ri, Kwon Eun Bi, Lee Chan Won, MIRAE, OMEGA X, PURPLE KISS, STAYC are the nominees of this category.
The 36th Golden Disc Awards will be held on January 8 next year at Gocheok Sky Dome in Guro-gu, Seoul. The safety of all artists, audiences, and staff will be the top priority, and whether the ceremony will have audiences is in accordance with the pandemic situation.
