Their song Idol won Best Male Dance Performance and Best Music Video and was nominated for Song of the Year. Before we talk more about daesang, we should know that there is bonsang, too. We can search for their official shops from their official website. It is a newly-formed award ceremony that took place in 2017 for the first time. They provide bonsang (known as Best Artist of the Year) and daesang. Award ceremonies in Korea that provide daesang are Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA), Melon Music Awards (MMA), Golden Disc Awards (GDA), Asia Artist Awards (AAA), Seoul Music Awards (SMA), Korean Music Awards (KMA), and the newly-introduced, Soribada Best K-Music Awards (SOBA). Their song, DNA, was nominated for Mwave Global Fans’ Choice, Best Dance Performance – Male Group, and Song of the Year. The other recipients of the Bonsang Award include AB6IX, ASTRO, GFRIEND, Im Young Woong, IZ*ONE, MAMAMOO, NCT Dream, Oh My Girl, Red Velvet, and VICTON.

Various idol groups and soloists also graced the event, wherein they mesmerized fans by performing their latest tracks. BTS won two daesangs for Artist of the Year and Digital Album of the Year (Love Yourself: Answer, beating Bobbalggan4, iKON, Wanna One, and Epik High). ", New Artist Award: CRAVITY, TOO, MCNDNext Artist Award: DKB, AleXaRising Star Award: GWSN, LOONA, NATUREProducer Award: Kim Do HoonSongwriter Award: Turns Out Comatose - Lee Han GilMusic Icon Award: ONEUS, WJSNOST Award: GahoTrot Rising Star Award: Kim Soo Chan, Second Aunt Kim Da Bi (Kim Shin Young)Global Hot Trend Award: Stray Kids, IZ*ONEArtist Award: TXT, ITZYVoice Award: Kim Jae Hwan, UP10TION’s Kim Woo Seok, HOTSHOT’s Ha Sung WoonFavourite Female Bias Award: TWICEFavourite Male Bias Award: BTSGlobal Artist Award: ASTROPerformance Award: (G)I-DLE, The BoyzReal Fan Award: Kang DanielBonsang: Im Young Woong, NCT Dream, Oh My Girl, GFRIEND, BTS, MAMAMOO, VICTON, AB6IX, ASTRO, Red Velvet, TWICE, Kang DanielStage of the Year: Kang DanielMusic of the Year: Red VelvetArtist of the Year: TWICEDaesang: BTS, Songwriter Award: Turns Out Comatose - Lee Han Gil, Trot Rising Star Award: Kim Soo Chan, Second Aunt Kim Da Bi (Kim Shin Young), Global Hot Trend Award: Stray Kids, IZ*ONE, Voice Award: Kim Jae Hwan, UP10TION’s Kim Woo Seok, HOTSHOT’s Ha Sung Woon, Bonsang: Im Young Woong, NCT Dream, Oh My Girl, GFRIEND, BTS, MAMAMOO, VICTON, AB6IX, ASTRO, Red Velvet, TWICE, Kang Daniel, ALSO READ: MTV VMAs 2020 Nominations List: Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande lead the pack; BTS receives 3 nods. GDA divides daesang and bonsang in two categories, disc (physical album) and digital (online streaming). The charming and multi-talented performer acquired three awards at this year’s Soribada Best K-Music Awards. Speaking of BTS, the septet was unable to attend the award ceremony owing to their tightly-packed schedule but accepted their Daesang virtually and gave a heartwarming speech as well. According to fellow ARMY member @doolsetbangtan's translation, RM thanked everyone for giving them a "priceless award" while Jin gave a shoutout to ARMY for their "unwavering support and love". On December 2, MAMA was held in the Asia World Arena in Hong Kong. Channel-Korea is your Korean news, entertainment, music & fashion website. Their song DNA was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Pop Song.

Not to mention they have to compete against the other artists and their fans. Unlike the other music award ceremonies, the Korean Music Awards doesn’t use the record sales to determine the winners.

The eldest member of BTS noted how it was because of the fandom that they received the award and that BTS truly loves ARMY. But what is daesang? Find The Details, Here! It was presented annually by Music Industry Association of Korea. At the 32nd GDA (January 11), BTS won Disc Daesang for the first time at GDA after being awarded for Disc Bonsang since 2015. Asia Artist Awards (AAA) is organized by the South Korea-based business newspaper Money Today and its global media brands, StarNews and MTN, which first awarded in 2016 in the entertainment industry (they divide nominations and awards for music and movies/television shows). They won daesang against eleven other artists, including EXO, Got7, BLACKPINK, and Wanna One. Not only do the artists have to work hard to produce music, their fans also have to work hard to help with the selling, streaming, and voting. The judging criteria include online voting from domestic and international fans. It can be from Melon, Spotify, YouTube, Shazam, and others, depending on the award ceremonies’ policies. From the explanation above, it’s easy to see that it isn’t easy to win daesang, or even bonsang. Bonsang can be awarded to up to a dozen artists at the same time.