The 35th Golden Disc Awards will be held on January 9 and 10, 2021.

The 35th Golden Disc Awards will present awards for the digital sound source category that selects this year's songs on January 9,

and the record category that selects this year's albums on January 10.

This year's Golden Disc Awards are scheduled to proceed non-face-to-face.

The screening period for the 35th Golden Disc Awards

covers sound sources and records released from November of last year to November 2020.

Songs and albums excluded from evaluation due to overlapping with the previous year's screening deadline period

will be included in this year's screening.

The Golden Disc Awards are evaluated as the most authoritative awards ceremony with fairness.

In particular, it appeals for fairness and transparency in awardee selection through an awards ceremony that discloses the selection process for major award categories and the screening scores of the expert evaluation committee.

Candidates for major categories are selected based on quantitative evaluations such as sound source usage and record sales.

Based on this, an expert evaluation committee screening is conducted.

As questions about the reliability of sound source charts continue to be raised,

at the 34th awards, the executive committee, composed of six industry experts including representatives from domestic leading sound source distributors and experts,

increased the screening ratio from the existing 30% to 40%.

This year, the screening ratio will be maintained at 40%.

The screening will be undertaken by the Golden Disc Awards Executive Committee and

an expert evaluation committee composed of 50 experts, including representatives from sound source distributors, music program PDs from broadcasting companies, critics, and reporters.

They will conduct qualitative evaluations by comprehensively considering musical achievements, socio-cultural impact, etc.

To prevent major award categories such as the Bonsang, Daesang, and Rookie Award from being distorted into popularity awards,

the Golden Disc Awards, which have increased the value and weight of online voting in the screening criteria,

will reflect online voting scores only for the popularity award this year as well.

The Golden Disc Awards, which has continued for 35 years since its first ceremony in 1986,

has established itself as the top music festival with fair award results,

as well as innovative stage direction and planning.

These are English translations of articles from our GTTOUR Japanese website.