Gaon Chart Music Awards was held last night with a new name. The awards are determined by the commercial performance of songs and albums according to the Gaon charts, and data from their new global K-pop charts were included for the first time this year.
Check out the winners below:
Artist of the Year (Digital Music – Monthly)
December 2021: IVE’s “ELEVEN”
January 2022: Kep1er’s”WA DA DA”
February: Taeyeon’s “INVU”
March: (G)I-DLE’s “TOMBOY”
April: IVE’s “LOVE DIVE”
May: LE SSERAFIM’s “FEARLESS”
June: BTS’s “Yet to Come”
July: aespa’s “Girls”
August: BLACKPINK’s “Pink Venom”
September: BLACKPINK’s “Shut Down”
October: LE SSERAFIM’s “ANTIFRAGILE”
November: ITZY’s “CHESHIRE”
Artist of the Year (Physical Album – Quarterly)
First Quarter (December 1, 2021 – February 28, 2022): NCT’s “Universe”
Second Quarter (March 1 – May 31): SEVENTEEN’s “Face the Sun”
Third Quarter (June 1 – August 31): BTS’s “Proof”
Fourth Quarter (September 1 – November 30): Stray Kids’ “MAXIDENT”
Retail Album of the Year: BTS’s “Proof”
Top Kit Seller of the Year: NCT DREAM
Music Steady Seller of the Year: Lim Young Woong’s “Love Always Runs Away”
Record Production of the Year: (G)I-DLE’s “TOMBOY”
Group of the Year (Female): BLACKPINK
Group of the Year (Male): SEVENTEEN
Solo Artist of the Year (Female): TWICE’s Nayeon
Solo Artist of the Year (Male): Lim Young Woong
World K-Pop Star: TXT
Rookie of the Year (Digital Music): NewJeans
Rookie of the Year (Physical Album): IVE
World K-Pop Rookie: STAYC
MuBeat Global Choice Award (Female): BLACKPINK
MuBeat Global Choice Award (Male): Lim Young Woong
Social Hot Star of the Year: BTS
Hot Performer of the Year: ENHYPEN
New Icon of the Year: NMIXX, Choi Yena
idolplus Global Artist: BTS
idolplus New Star: TEMPEST
Discovery of the Year (Rock/Metal): Younha
Discovery of the Year (Hip Hop): BE’O
International Song of the Year: The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber’s “STAY”
International Rising Star of the Year: GAYLE
Composer of the Year: Ryan Jhun
Lyricist of the Year: Seo Ji Eum
Style of the Year (Performance Director): Kim Eun Ju, BLACK.Q
Style of the Year (Visual Director): Park Min Hee
The AOTY awards have been divided into two categories: digital music and physical albums. The digital music AOTY awards are given to 12 songs h the highest digital downloads and streams whereas the physical album AOTY awards are given to groups/artists or four albums with the highest sales for each quarter.
Congrats to all the winners!
Check out the winners below:
Artist of the Year (Digital Music – Monthly)
December 2021: IVE’s “ELEVEN”
January 2022: Kep1er’s”WA DA DA”
February: Taeyeon’s “INVU”
March: (G)I-DLE’s “TOMBOY”
April: IVE’s “LOVE DIVE”
May: LE SSERAFIM’s “FEARLESS”
June: BTS’s “Yet to Come”
July: aespa’s “Girls”
August: BLACKPINK’s “Pink Venom”
September: BLACKPINK’s “Shut Down”
October: LE SSERAFIM’s “ANTIFRAGILE”
November: ITZY’s “CHESHIRE”
Artist of the Year (Physical Album – Quarterly)
First Quarter (December 1, 2021 – February 28, 2022): NCT’s “Universe”
Second Quarter (March 1 – May 31): SEVENTEEN’s “Face the Sun”
Third Quarter (June 1 – August 31): BTS’s “Proof”
Fourth Quarter (September 1 – November 30): Stray Kids’ “MAXIDENT”
Retail Album of the Year: BTS’s “Proof”
Top Kit Seller of the Year: NCT DREAM
Music Steady Seller of the Year: Lim Young Woong’s “Love Always Runs Away”
Record Production of the Year: (G)I-DLE’s “TOMBOY”
Group of the Year (Female): BLACKPINK
Group of the Year (Male): SEVENTEEN
Solo Artist of the Year (Female): TWICE’s Nayeon
Solo Artist of the Year (Male): Lim Young Woong
World K-Pop Star: TXT
Rookie of the Year (Digital Music): NewJeans
Rookie of the Year (Physical Album): IVE
World K-Pop Rookie: STAYC
MuBeat Global Choice Award (Female): BLACKPINK
MuBeat Global Choice Award (Male): Lim Young Woong
Social Hot Star of the Year: BTS
Hot Performer of the Year: ENHYPEN
New Icon of the Year: NMIXX, Choi Yena
idolplus Global Artist: BTS
idolplus New Star: TEMPEST
Discovery of the Year (Rock/Metal): Younha
Discovery of the Year (Hip Hop): BE’O
International Song of the Year: The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber’s “STAY”
International Rising Star of the Year: GAYLE
Composer of the Year: Ryan Jhun
Lyricist of the Year: Seo Ji Eum
Style of the Year (Performance Director): Kim Eun Ju, BLACK.Q
Style of the Year (Visual Director): Park Min Hee
The AOTY awards have been divided into two categories: digital music and physical albums. The digital music AOTY awards are given to 12 songs h the highest digital downloads and streams whereas the physical album AOTY awards are given to groups/artists or four albums with the highest sales for each quarter.
Congrats to all the winners!
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