10th Gaon Chart Music Awards

{{Infobox award

| name = 10th Gaon Chart Music Chart Awards

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| date = January 13, 2021

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| host = Leeteuk
Lia
Jaejae
Joo Young-hoon

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| previous = 9th

| main = Gaon Chart Music Awards

| next = 11th

| most_awards = BTS (6)

| most_nominations = BTS (10)

| website =

}}

The 10th Gaon Chart Music Awards ceremony was held on January 13, 2021, via virtual livestream from studio without any performance and on-site audience due to COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea. BTS was the most awarded act with 6 awards, followed by Blackpink with 4 and IU with 3.{{cite web|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2021/01/398_302474.html|title=BTS wins 6 prizes at 2021 Gaon Chart Music Awards|date=January 14, 2021|website=The Korea Times|agency=Yonhap News Agency|access-date=November 28, 2021}}

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double-dagger ({{double-dagger}}).{{cite web|url=https://mb.com.ph/2021/01/14/winners-at-10th-gaon-chart-music-awards/|title=Winners at 10th Gaon Chart Music Awards|last=Hicap|first=Jonathan|date=January 14, 2021|website=Manila Bulletin|access-date=November 29, 2021}}
Nominees{{cite web|url=http://gaonmusicawards.com/sub.php?sub=3&ti=1|title=10th Gaon Chart Music Awards: Artist of the Year – Digital Music Nominees|website=www.gaonmusicawards.com|publisher=Korea Music Content Association|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104191234/http://gaonmusicawards.com/sub.php?sub=3&ti=1|archive-date=January 4, 2021|url-status=dead|access-date=November 29, 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://gaonmusicawards.com/sub.php?sub=3&ti=2|title=10th Gaon Chart Music Awards: Artist of the Year – Physical Album Nominees|website=www.gaonmusicawards.com|publisher=Korea Music Content Association|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104200732/http://gaonmusicawards.com/sub.php?sub=3&ti=2|archive-date=January 4, 2021|url-status=dead|access-date=November 29, 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://gaonmusicawards.com/sub.php?sub=3&ti=3|title=10th Gaon Chart Music Awards: New Artist of the Year Nominees|website=www.gaonmusicawards.com|publisher=Korea Music Content Association|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104134326/http://gaonmusicawards.com/sub.php?sub=3&ti=3|archive-date=January 4, 2021|url-status=dead|access-date=November 29, 2021}}

===Main awards===

colspan="2" style="background:#FFAA00" \| Artist of the Year – Digital Music
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style="background:#EEDD82; width:40%" \| December 2019 ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:40%" \| January 2020
valign="top"\| Red Velvet – "Psycho" {{double-dagger}} Davichi – "Dear." Baek Ye-rin – "Square (2017)" Baek Ji-young – "No Love, No Heartbreak" Jung Seung-hwan – "My Christmas Wish" \| valign="top"\| Zico – "Any Song" {{double-dagger}} BTS – "Black Swan" Younha – "Dark Cloud" Taeyeon – "Dear Me" Paul Kim and Chungha – "Loveship"
style="background:#EEDD82"\| February 2020 ! style="background:#EEDD82"\| March 2020
valign="top"\| BTS – "On" {{double-dagger}} BTS – "00:00 (Zero O'Clock)" BTS – "Friends" BTS – "Filter" IzOne – "Fiesta" \| valign="top"\| MC the Max – "Bloom"* {{double-dagger}} Itzy – "Wannabe" Winner – "Hold" Suho – "Let's Love" Ovan – "I Need You"
style="background:#EEDD82"\| April 2020 ! style="background:#EEDD82"\| May 2020
valign="top"\| Oh My Girl – "Nonstop" {{double-dagger}} Oh My Girl – "Dolphin" Apink – "Dumhdurum" Chungha – "Stay Tonight" Paul Kim – "But I'll Miss You" \| valign="top"\| IU – "Eight" (featuring Suga) {{double-dagger}} Baekhyun – "Candy" Bolbbalgan4 – "Leo" (featuring Baekhyun) Bolbbalgan4 – "Hug" Taeyeon – "Happy"
style="background:#EEDD82"\| June 2020 ! style="background:#EEDD82"\| July 2020
valign="top"\| Blackpink – "How You Like That" {{double-dagger}} Twice – "More & More" Sunmi – "Pporappippam" Sik-K, pH-1, Jay Park and Gaon – "Gang - Official Remix" Hwasa – "María" \| valign="top"\| Zico – "Summer Hate" (featuring Rain) {{double-dagger}} Lee Hi – "Holo" Red Velvet – Irene & Seulgi – "Monster" Jessi – "Nunu Nana" Chungha – "Play"
style="background:#EEDD82"\| August 2020 ! style="background:#EEDD82"\| September 2020
valign="top"\| BTS – "Dynamite" {{double-dagger}} (G)I-dle – "Dumdi Dumdi" Blackpink – "Ice Cream" (with Selena Gomez) Itzy – "Not Shy" Park Jin-young – "When We Disco" (with Sunmi) \| valign="top"\| Chungha and Christopher – "Bad Boy" {{double-dagger}} 10cm – "Tight" Kim Ho-joong – "In Full Bloom" Yooa – "Bon Voyage" Ovan – "Happy Birthday"
style="background:#EEDD82"\| October 2020 ! style="background:#EEDD82"\| November 2020
valign="top"\| Blackpink – "Lovesick Girls" {{double-dagger}} Jawsh 685, Jason Derulo, and BTS – "Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat) (BTS Remix)" Mamamoo – "Dingga" Im Chang-jung – "Love Should Not Be Harsh On You" Jang Beom-june – "Can't Sleep" \| valign="top"\| BTS – "Life Goes On" {{double-dagger}} KyoungSeo – "Shiny Star" Lim Young-woong – "Hero" Lee Seung-gi – "The Ordinary Man" Jannabi – A Thought On An Autumn Night
colspan="2" style="background:#FFAA00"\| Artist of the Year – Physical Album
valign="top" style="background:#EEDD82"\| 1st Quarter {{small\|(December 2019 – February 2020)}} ! valign="top" style="background:#EEDD82"\| 2nd Quarter {{small\|(March – May 2020)}}
valign="top"\| BTS – Map of the Soul: 7 {{double-dagger}} Ateez – Treasure Epilogue: Action to Answer IzOne – BloomIz Stray Kids – Clé: Levanter Red Velvet – The ReVe Festival: Finale \| valign="top"\| Baekhyun – Delight {{double-dagger}} Got7 – Dye NCT 127 – NCT #127: Neo Zone NCT 127 – NCT #127 Neo Zone: The Final Round NCT Dream – Reload
valign="top" style="background:#EEDD82"\| 3rd Quarter {{small\|(June – August 2020)}} ! valign="top" style="background:#EEDD82"\| 4th Quarter {{small\|(September – November 2020)}}
valign="top"\| Seventeen – Heng:garæ {{double-dagger}} Ateez – Zero: Fever Part.1 IzOne – Oneric Diary* Twice – More & More Exo-SC – 1 Billion Views \| valign="top"\| BTS – Be {{double-dagger}} Blackpink – The Album NCT – NCT Resonance Pt. 1 NCT – NCT Resonance Pt. 2 Seventeen – Semicolon
colspan="2" style="background:#FFAA00"\| New Artist of the Year
valign="top" style="background:#EEDD82"\| Digital Music ! valign="top" style="background:#EEDD82"\| Physical Album
valign="top"\| Aespa – "Black Mamba" {{double-dagger}} STAYC – "So Bad" Bang Ye-dam – "Wayo" Gyeong Seo Yeji – "Why Has Your Love Changed?" Gunho – "Actually I Miss You" \| valign="top"\| Enhypen – Border: Day One {{double-dagger}} Cravity – Season 2. Hideout: The New Day We Step Into Drippin – Boyager Treasure – The First Step: Chapter One WEi – Identity: First Sight

=Special awards=

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style="background:#EEDD82"\| Category ! style="background:#EEDD82"\| Winner
Lyricist of the Year \| IU
Music Steady Seller of the Year \| IU – "Blueming"
Retail Album of the Year \| BTS – Map of the Soul: 7
World K-Pop Rookie \| Ateez Itzy
Social Hot Star of the Year \| Blackpink
Mubeat Global Choice \| Blackpink Lim Young-woong
Hot Performance of the Year \| Iz*One Stray Kids
Top Kit Seller of the Year \| NCT
World Hallyu Star Award \| NCT
K-pop Contribution of the Year \| Lee Soo-man of SM Entertainment
Composer of the Year \| Pop Time
Record Production of the Year \| Changmo Ambition Musik
Discovery of the Year \| Young Tak
Performer of the Year \| Young (musical instrument) Kriz (chorus)
Popular Singer of the Year \| Hwang In-wook
Style of the Year \| Son Sung-deuk (choreography) Park Min-hee and Kim Bal-ko (stylist)
International Rising Star of the Year \| Tones and I

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style="background:#EEDD82"| Category

! style="background:#EEDD82"| Winner

Lyricist of the Year

| IU

Music Steady Seller of the Year

| IU – "Blueming"

Retail Album of the Year

| BTS – Map of the Soul: 7

World K-Pop Rookie

| Ateez
Itzy

Social Hot Star of the Year