36th Golden Disc Awards

The 36th Golden Disc Awards, was an award ceremony held on January 8, 2022, and broadcast through various television networks and streaming platforms in various countries. The ceremony was hosted by Lee Seung-gi, Lee Da-hee, and Sung Si-kyung.

Criteria

All songs and albums that were eligible to be nominated were released between the end of November 2020 and the end of November 2021. Songs and albums that were excluded from the nominations in the 35th edition due to overlapping in the counting deadline were included in this edition.

Winners and nominees

Winners and nominees are listed in alphabetical order. Winners are listed first and emphasized in bold.

Main Awards

The list of nominees for:

Seezn Most Popular Artist Award were announced on December 20, 2021, through Seezn website.
remaining categories except Digital Daesang and Disc Daesang were announced on December 8, 2021, through the official website.
Digital Daesang and Disc Daesang were chosen from the winners of Digital Song Daesang and Album Bonsang.

The voting for Seezn Most Popular Artist Award opened on Seezn website on December 20, 2021, and closed on December 31, 2021.

Digital Daesang	Disc Daesang
IU – "Celebrity" * Aespa – "Next Level" * AKMU – "Nakka" * BTS – "Butter" * Heize – "Happen" * Lee Mu-jin – "Traffic Light" * Oh My Girl – "Dun Dun Dance" * STAYC – "ASAP"	BTS – Be * Enhypen – Dimension: Dilemma**** * IU – Lilac * NCT 127 – Sticker * NCT Dream – Hot Sauce * Seventeen – Attacca * Stray Kids – Noeasy * Tomorrow X Together – The Chaos Chapter: Freeze
Digital Song Bonsang	Album Bonsang
Aespa – "Next Level" AKMU – "Nakka" BTS – "Butter" Heize – "Happen" IU – "Celebrity" Lee Mu-jin – "Traffic Light" Oh My Girl – "Dun Dun Dance" STAYC – "ASAP" * I-dle – "Hwaa" * Ash Island – "Melody" * Ben – "Lonely Night" * Big Mama – "One Day More" * Brave Girls – "Chi Mat Ba Ram" * Davichi – "Just hug me" * GyeongseoYeji & Jeon Keon-ho – "If you lovingly call my name" * Huh Gak – "How did we" * Hyuna – "I'm Not Cool" * Itzy – "In the Morning" * Jeon Somi – "Dumb Dumb" * Joy – "Hello" * Jung Dong-ha – "I Still Love You" * Lee Ye-joon – "On That Day" * Lim Young-woong – "My Starry Love" * Red Velvet – "Queendom" * Rosé – "On The Ground" * Shinee – "Don't Call Me" * Sojung – "If You Were Still Here" * Song I-han – "I Will Be Your Shining Star" * Taeyeon – "Weekend" * Twice – "Alcohol-Free"	BTS – Be Enhypen – Dimension: Dilemma IU – Lilac NCT 127 – Sticker NCT Dream – Hot Sauce Seventeen – Attacca Stray Kids – Noeasy Tomorrow X Together – The Chaos Chapter: Freeze * I-dle – I Burn * 2PM – Must * Aespa – Savage * Astro – All Yours * Ateez – Zero: Fever Part.3 * Cravity – Season 3. Hideout: Be Our Voice * D.O. – Empathy * Golden Child – Game Changer * Got7 – Breath of Love: Last Piece * Kim Ho-joong – The Classic Album I – My Favorite Arias * Itzy – Crazy in Love * Loona – & \| * Monsta X – One of a Kind * NCT – NCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 2 * NU'EST – Romanticize * Oneus – Blood Moon * Red Velvet – Queendom * Shinee – Don't Call Me * Super Junior – The Renaissance * The Boyz – Thrill-ing * Twice – Taste of Love * U-Know Yunho – Noir
Rookie Artist of the Year	Seezn Most Popular Artist Award
Aespa STAYC * Epex * Jo Yu-ri * Kwon Eun-bi * Lee Chan-won * Mirae * Omega X * Purple Kiss	BTS * I-dle * 2PM * Aespa * AKMU * Ash Island * Astro * Ateez * Ben * Big Mama * Brave Girls * Cravity * Davichi * D.O. * Epex * Enhypen * Golden Child * Got7 * GyeongseoYeji & Jeon Keon-ho * Itzy * IU * Heize * Huh Gak * Hyuna * Jeon Somi * Joy * Jo Yu-ri * Jung Dong-ha * Kim Ho-joong * Kwon Eun-bi * Lee Chan-won * Lee Mu-jin * Lee Ye-joon * Lim Young-woong * Loona * Mirae * Monsta X * NCT * NCT 127 * NCT Dream * NU'EST * Oh My Girl * Omega X * Oneus * Purple Kiss * Red Velvet * Rosé * Seventeen * Shinee * Sojung * Song I-han * STAYC * Stray Kids * Super Junior * Taeyeon * The Boyz * Tomorrow X Together * Twice * Yunho

Other awards

Multiple awards

The following artist received three or more awards:

Awards	Artist
4	Aespa
4	BTS
3	IU

Presenters

The list of presenters was announced on January 3, 2022.

Order	Artist	Presented
1	Woo Do-hwan	Rookie Artist of the Year
2	Lee Si-eon	Best Group
3	Jeon Jong-seo	Digital Song Bonsang
4	Han Sun-hwa	Best Performance
5	Ahn Bo-hyun	Best Solo Artist + Cosmopolitan Artist Award
6	Shin Hyun-been	Album Bonsang
7	Ahn Hyo-seop	Digital Song Bonsang
8	Lee Do-hyun	Album Bonsang
9	Jeon So-min	Digital Song Bonsang
10	Koo Kyo-hwan	Seezn Most Popular Artist Award
11	Han Chae-young	Album Bonsang
12	Park Hee-soon	Album Bonsang
13	Oh Jung-se	Digital Song Bonsang
14	Jin So-yeon	Artist of the Year
15	Ju Ji-hoon	Disc Daesang
16	Jung Woo-sung and JTBC's President Hong Jeong-do	Digital Daesang

Performers

The first lineup was announced on December 28, 2021. The second lineup was announced on December 30, 2021.

Order	Artist	Song performed
1	Kardi	Cover of "Celebrity" + "Next Level" + "Butter" + "Dun Dun Dance" + "Rock with You" + "Thunderous"
2	STAYC	"So Bad" + "ASAP"
3	Brave Girls	"Rollin' + "Chi Mat Ba Ram"
4	Lee Mu-jin	"The Assignment Song" + "Traffic Light"
5	Jeon Somi	"XOXO" + "Dumb Dumb"
6	The Boyz	"Thrill Ride" + "Hypnotized"
7	Lee Mu-jin	"When It Snows"
8	Lim Young-woong	"Love Always Run Away" + "My Starry Love"
9	Enhypen	"Drunk-Dazed" + "Tamed-Dashed"
10	Tomorrow X Together	"No Rules" + "Anti-Romantic" + "0x1=Lovesong "
11	Oh My Girl	"Quest" + "Dun Dun Dance"
12	Tomorrow X Together	"It Boy, The Rockstar"
13	Heize	"Happen" + "On Rainy Day"
14	Aespa	"Black Mamba" + "Next Level" + "Savage"
15	Stray Kids	"Thunderous" + "Top" + "Wolfgang"
16	Big Mama	Cover of "Butter" + "Lilac" + "Dun Dun Dance" + "0x1=Lovesong " + "Traffic Light"
16	Big Mama	"Break Away" + "One Day More" + "Refusal" + "Never Mind"
17	Seventeen	"Not Alone" + "Imperfect Love" + "Gam3 Bo1" + "Pang!" + "Rock with you"
18	IU	"Celebrity" + "Lilac"
19	BTS	"Life Goes On" + "Butter"