# 10th Gaon Chart Music Awards

The 10th Gaon Chart Music Awards ceremony was held on January 13, 2021, via virtual livestream from studio without any performance and on-site audience due to COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea. BTS was the most awarded act with 6 awards, followed by Blackpink with 4 and IU with 3.

## Winners and nominees

* Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double-dagger (‡).
** Nominees

### Main awards

Artist of the Year – Digital Music :
| December 2019 | January 2020 |
| Red Velvet – "Psycho" ‡ Davichi – "Dear." Baek Ye-rin – "Square (2017)" Baek Ji-young – "No Love, No Heartbreak" Jung Seung-hwan – "My Christmas Wish" | Zico – "Any Song" ‡ BTS – "Black Swan" Younha – "Dark Cloud" Taeyeon – "Dear Me" Paul Kim and Chungha – "Loveship" |
| February 2020 | March 2020 |
| BTS – "On" ‡ BTS – "00:00 (Zero O'Clock)" BTS – "Friends" BTS – "Filter" Iz*One – "Fiesta" | MC the Max – "Bloom" ‡ Itzy – "Wannabe" Winner – "Hold" Suho – "Let's Love" Ovan – "I Need You" |
| April 2020 | May 2020 |
| Oh My Girl – "Nonstop" ‡ Oh My Girl – "Dolphin" Apink – "Dumhdurum" Chungha – "Stay Tonight" Paul Kim – "But I'll Miss You" | IU – "Eight" (featuring Suga) ‡ Baekhyun – "Candy" Bolbbalgan4 – "Leo" (featuring Baekhyun) Bolbbalgan4 – "Hug" Taeyeon – "Happy" |
| June 2020 | July 2020 |
| Blackpink – "How You Like That" ‡ Twice – "More & More" Sunmi – "Pporappippam" Sik-K, pH-1, Jay Park and Gaon – "Gang - Official Remix" Hwasa – "María" | Zico – "Summer Hate" (featuring Rain) ‡ Lee Hi – "Holo" Red Velvet – Irene & Seulgi – "Monster" Jessi – "Nunu Nana" Chungha – "Play" |
| August 2020 | September 2020 |
| BTS – "Dynamite" ‡ (G)I-dle – "Dumdi Dumdi" Blackpink – "Ice Cream" (with Selena Gomez) Itzy – "Not Shy" Park Jin-young – "When We Disco" (with Sunmi) | Chungha and Christopher – "Bad Boy" ‡ 10cm – "Tight" Kim Ho-joong – "In Full Bloom" Yooa – "Bon Voyage" Ovan – "Happy Birthday" |
| October 2020 | November 2020 |
| Blackpink – "Lovesick Girls" ‡ Jawsh 685, Jason Derulo, and BTS – "Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat) (BTS Remix)" Mamamoo – "Dingga" Im Chang-jung – "Love Should Not Be Harsh On You" Jang Beom-june – "Can't Sleep" | BTS – "Life Goes On" ‡ KyoungSeo – "Shiny Star" Lim Young-woong – "Hero" Lee Seung-gi – "The Ordinary Man" Jannabi – A Thought On An Autumn Night |
| Artist of the Year – Physical Album ||
| 1st Quarter (December 2019 – February 2020) | 2nd Quarter (March – May 2020) |
| BTS – Map of the Soul: 7 ‡ Ateez – Treasure Epilogue: Action to Answer Iz*One – Bloom*Iz Stray Kids – Clé: Levanter Red Velvet – The ReVe Festival: Finale | Baekhyun – Delight ‡ Got7 – Dye NCT 127 – NCT #127: Neo Zone NCT 127 – NCT #127 Neo Zone: The Final Round NCT Dream – Reload |
| 3rd Quarter (June – August 2020) | 4th Quarter (September – November 2020) |
| Seventeen – Heng:garæ ‡ Ateez – Zero: Fever Part.1 Iz*One – Oneric Diary Twice – More & More Exo-SC – 1 Billion Views | BTS – Be ‡ Blackpink – The Album NCT – NCT Resonance Pt. 1 NCT – NCT Resonance Pt. 2 Seventeen – Semicolon |
| New Artist of the Year ||
| Digital Music | Physical Album |
| Aespa – "Black Mamba" ‡ STAYC – "So Bad" Bang Ye-dam – "Wayo" Gyeong Seo Yeji – "Why Has Your Love Changed?" Gunho – "Actually I Miss You" | Enhypen – Border: Day One ‡ Cravity – Season 2. Hideout: The New Day We Step Into Drippin – Boyager Treasure – The First Step: Chapter One WEi – Identity: First Sight |

### Special awards

| Category | Winner |
| Lyricist of the Year | IU |
| Music Steady Seller of the Year | IU – "Blueming" |
| Retail Album of the Year | BTS – Map of the Soul: 7 |
| World K-Pop Rookie | Ateez Itzy |
| Social Hot Star of the Year | Blackpink |
| Mubeat Global Choice | Blackpink Lim Young-woong |
| Hot Performance of the Year | Iz*One Stray Kids |
| Top Kit Seller of the Year | NCT |
| World Hallyu Star Award | NCT |
| K-pop Contribution of the Year | Lee Soo-man of SM Entertainment |
| Composer of the Year | Pop Time |
| Record Production of the Year | Changmo Ambition Musik |
| Discovery of the Year | Young Tak |
| Performer of the Year | Young (musical instrument) Kriz (chorus) |
| Popular Singer of the Year | Hwang In-wook |
| Style of the Year | Son Sung-deuk (choreography) Park Min-hee and Kim Bal-ko (stylist) |
| International Rising Star of the Year | Tones and I |