Nominees have been announced for the 34th Golden Disc Awards!

Songs and albums that were released between October 2018 through October 2019 were eligible to be nominated this year. Data regarding sales and usage on streaming sites until mid-December will be gathered from the Gaon Chart and reflected in the results.

The nominees are as follows:

Digital Song Division Bonsang

Album Division Bonsang

Rookie of the Year

AB6IX

ATEEZ

CIX

HAEUN

HYNN

ITZY

Kang Daniel

Kim Jae Hwan

Park Ji Hoon

TXT

X1

Popularity Award

AB6IX

ASTRO

ATEEZ

BLACKPINK

BTOB

BTS

Chungha

EXO

GFRIEND

GOT7

ITZY

Kang Daniel

Kim Jae Hwan

MAMAMOO

MONSTA X

NCT Dream

N.Flying

NU’EST

Park Ji Hoon

Red Velvet

SEVENTEEN

Stray Kids

Super Junior

Taemin (SHINee)

Taeyeon (Girls’ Generation)

The Boyz

TVXQ

TWICE

TXT

WINNER

Voting is only be available for the Popularity Award, which will be 100 percent determined by votes through the TikTok application until December 27. There is also a Chinese popularity award titled the NetEase Music Fans’ Choice K-pop Star Award, and voting will be available for Chinese fans through NetEase Music until December 27.

Starting from the 32nd Golden Disc Awards, online votes has not been a criteria that determines the winners of the main categories. Voting will only take place for the Popularity Award.

The 34th Golden Disc Awards will be held on January 4 and 5 at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, with the first day for digital releases and the second day for physical album releases. The ceremony will be broadcasted live via JTBC, JTBC2, and JTBC4.

Stay tuned for more updates!

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