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 Grand Prize this year.

Stray Kids, who won the grand prize in the album category, achieved their first grand prize in seven years since receiving 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 became double winners by securing 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 achieved a triple crown by winning the digital music grand prize, the main digital music award, and the main album award.

Jennie, the first recipient of the newly established Artist 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 with their 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 won by ten teams: Ros?, LE SSERAFIM, BOYNEXTDOOR, BLACKPINK, IVE, aespa, All Day Project, Jennie, Jojaezz, and G-Dragon. Notably, IVE won both the main digital music and main album awards simultaneously for the third consecutive year.

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

Below is the list of winners by category

▲Album Grand Prize = Stray Kids

▲Digital Music Grand Prize = G-Dragon

▲Artist Grand Prize = 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, Jojaezz, G-Dragon

▲Rookie of the Year = All Day Project, Cortis

▲Best Group = MONSTA X

▲Best Performance = Izna, Tours

▲Next Generation = Kiki

▲Golden Choice = Ark, Close Your Eyes

▲Golden Disc Upbeat Popularity Award = Jin, Hearts2Hearts