The nominees for the 36th Golden Disc Awards have just been unveiled! 

The songs and albums on this list include those that were released between November 2020 to mid-November 2021.

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The Album Division category is composed solely of albums that have at least six new tracks—excluding intros, outros, and instrumentals. OSTs and project songs from TV programs were not considered either. 

Additionally, the final winners for the Bonsang (Main Award) and the Daesang (Grand Prize) are chosen based on sales counted (60%) until mid-December 2021 and on scoring by the expert panel (40%).

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The Rookie Artist of the Year is selected based on digital song sales (30%), physical album sales (30%), and scoring by the expert panel (40%). 

Voting will only be available for the Popularity Award, which will be determined by votes (100%). 

Without further ado, the nominees are as follows:

Digital Song Division Bonsang (Main Award)

• 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”

Album Division Bonsang (Main Award)

• 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”

Rookie Artist of the Year

• aespa
• EPEX
• Jo Yu Ri
• Kwon Eun Bi
• Lee Chan Won
• MIRAE
• OMEGA X
• PURPLE KISS
• STAYC

The 36th Golden Disc Awards will be held on 8 January 2022 at 3 p.m. (KST) and will be broadcast via JTBC, JTBC2, and JTBC4.