10th Gaon Chart Music Awards
2021 South Korean award ceremony
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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.[1]
Winners and nominees
- Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double-dagger (â¡).[2]
Main awards
| Artist of the Year â Digital Music | |
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| December 2019 | January 2020 |
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| February 2020 | March 2020 |
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| April 2020 | May 2020 |
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| June 2020 | July 2020 |
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| August 2020 | September 2020 |
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| October 2020 | November 2020 |
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| Artist of the Year â Physical Album | |
| 1st Quarter (December 2019 â February 2020) |
2nd Quarter (March â May 2020) |
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| 3rd Quarter (June â August 2020) |
4th Quarter (September â November 2020) |
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| New Artist of the Year | |
| Digital Music | Physical Album |
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Special awards
| Category | Winner |
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| Lyricist of the Year | IU |
| Music Steady Seller of the Year | IU â "Blueming" |
| Retail Album of the Year | BTS â 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 |