Gaon Chart Music Awards ke-11 digelar pada 27 Januari di Jamsil Arena, dan dipandu oleh JaeJae, Sieun STAYC, dan Doyoung NCT.
Para pemenang penghargaan di Gaon Chart Music Awards ditentukan berdasarkan hasil komersial lagu dan album menurut Gaon Music Chart nasioal. Artist of the Year dibagi menjadi kategori musik digital dan album fisik. Penghargaan musik digital diberikan kepada lagu dengan jumlah unduhan dan streaming digital tertinggi untuk setiap bulan dari Desember 2020 hingga November 2021. Penghargaan album fisik diberikan kepada album dengan penjualan tertinggi untuk setiap kuartal selama periode yang sama.
Berikut daftar lengkap pemenangnya!
Artist of the Year (Digital Music – Monthly)
December 2020: Taeyeon SNSD – “What Do I Call You”
January 2021: IU – “Celebrity”
February: SHINee – “Don’t Call Me”
March: IU – “LILAC”
April: Kang Daniel – “Antidote”
May: BTS – “Butter”
June: Brave Girls – “Chi Mat Ba Ram”
July: BTS – “Permission to Dance”
August: Red Velvet – “Queendom”
September: BTS dan Coldplay – “My Universe”
October: IU – “strawberry moon”
November: TWICE – “SCIENTIST”
Artist of the Year (Physical Album – Quarterly)
First quarter: IZ*ONE “One-reeler / Act IV”
Second quarter: NCT DREAM “Hot Sauce”
Third quarter: BTS “Butter”
Fourth quarter: NCT 127 “Sticker”
Retail Album of the Year: BTS “Butter”
Top Kit Seller of the Year: NCT DREAM
Music Steady Seller of the Year: BTS “Dynamite”
Popular Singer of the Year: Standing Egg “Old Song”
Adult Contemporary Music of the Year: Lim Young Woong
Record Production of the Year: IU dan EDAM Entertainment “LILAC”
Rookie of the Year: Lee Chan Won “..Gift” (album fisik), Lee Mujin “Scent of the Day” (digital)
World Rookie of the Year: ENHYPEN, aespa
World Hallyu Award: Stray Kids
Mubeat Global Choice Award: BTS, Lisa BLACKPINK
Discovery of the Year (Hot Trend): STAYC “ASAP”
Discovery of the Year (Hip Hop): Homies “Siren”
International Song of the Year: Justin Bieber “Peaches”
International Rising Star of the Year: The Kid LAROI dan Justin Bieber “Stay”
Social Hot Star of the Year: BTS
Composer of the Year: Ryan Jhun
Lyricist of the Year: IU
Hot Performance of the Year: Oh My Girl, THE BOYZ
Performer of the Year: Jung Jae Pil (instrumental), Kim Yeon Seo (chorus)
Style of the Year (Stylist): Kim Wook
Style of the Year (Choreography): Son Sung Deuk
Selamat untuk seluruh pemenang!