Stray Kids, Jennie, and G-Dragon Win Grand Prizes at the Golden Disc Awards

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Stray Kids. Provided by JYP Entertainment

The group Stray Kids, along with singers G-Dragon and Jennie, each won grand prizes in their respective categories at the 40th Golden Disc Awards held at the Taipei Dome on January 10.

Stray Kids took home the grand prize in the album category, while G-Dragon received the grand prize in the digital music category. Jennie was awarded the newly established Artist of the Year grand prize.

Stray Kids, who won the grand prize in the album category, received their first grand prize seven years after winning the Rookie of the Year award at the 33rd ceremony in 2019. With their fourth full-length album "KARMA" surpassing 3 million copies sold in its first week, Stray Kids achieved two awards, winning both the main album award and the grand prize.

G-Dragon won the grand prize in the digital music category with "HOME SWEET HOME," the title track from his third full-length album "?bermensch." This marks his first grand prize as a solo artist since winning the main digital music award at the 27th ceremony in 2013. G-Dragon claimed three awards in total: the grand prize and main award in the digital music category, as well as the main album award.

Jennie, the inaugural winner of the newly established Artist of the Year grand prize, was recognized for her achievements with her solo album "Ruby" and its title track "like JENNIE." Jennie also won the main digital music award both as a solo artist and as a member of BLACKPINK for the hit "JUMP," and took home a total of four trophies, including the Global Impact Award with PRISM.

The 40th Golden Disc Awards scene. Photo by HLL Jungang

The main album award was given to ten teams: RIIZE, SEVENTEEN, Stray Kids, IVE, ATEEZ, NCT WISH, ENHYPEN, ZEROBASEONE, G-Dragon, and TOMORROW X TOGETHER.

The main digital music award was claimed by ten teams: Ros?, LE SSERAFIM, BOYNEXTDOOR, BLACKPINK, IVE, aespa, All Day Project, Jennie, Jo Jjaezu, and G-Dragon. Notably, IVE won both the main digital music and album awards for the third consecutive year.

The Rookie of the Year award went to All Day Project and Cortiz. The Next Generation Award was given to Kiki, while the Best Performance Award went to Tours and Izna.

The following is a list of winners by category:

▲Grand Prize (Album) = Stray Kids

▲Grand Prize (Digital Music) = G-Dragon

▲Grand Prize (Artist of the Year) = Jennie

▲Main Album Award = RIIZE, SEVENTEEN, Stray Kids, IVE, ATEEZ, NCT WISH, ENHYPEN, ZEROBASEONE, G-Dragon, TOMORROW X TOGETHER

▲Main Digital Music Award = Ros?, LE SSERAFIM, BOYNEXTDOOR, BLACKPINK, IVE, aespa, All Day Project, Jennie, Jo Jjaezu, G-Dragon

▲Rookie of the Year = All Day Project, Cortiz

▲Best Group = MONSTA X

▲Best Performance = Izna, Tours

▲Next Generation = Kiki

▲Golden Choice = Ark, Close Your Eyes

▲Golden Disc Upbeat Popularity Award = Jin, Hearts2Hearts