Golden Disc Awards 2021: Why is BTS not performing on Day 1? The Boyz, Mamamoo, Monsta X and all the performers raising the heat
The much-coveted Golden Disc Awards 2021 with a star-studded K-pop lineup is here to set the mood for the new year, but the two-day award show will unfortunately not have all the K-pop superstars on the same day. Fans of Grammy-nominated K-pop group BTS are just finding out that the septet will be appearing for Day 2 of GDA 2021.
here’s the gda schedule, apparently bts will perform and attend on day 2 pic.twitter.com/zjTst9BVoc
— athy⁷ (@jeonlvr) January 9, 2021
Why is BTS not performing on GDA 2021 Day 1?
The Golden Disc Awards 2021 slated to take place from January 9 to January 10 has made sure to divide the K-pop stars lineup in a way so that fans can get equal amount of brilliant performances throughout both the days. The first day of the award show dedicated to highlighting the digital sales of the K-pop music industry in 2020 will have some of the biggest names including Mamamoo, The Boyz, Monsta X and ITZY performing. However, BTS will only appear on Day 2, when the award show will focus on the records of physical sales of albums that happened in 2020.
BTS has broken some major records this year in terms of physical sales. The group sold more than 4.3M copies of 'Map of the Soul: 7' in just over six months, which makes BTS a strong contender for the second-day main award of GDA 2021, Album Division Bonsang.
Golden Disc Awards 2021 Day 1 performers' list
On the first day of Golden Disc Awards 2021, some of the global favorite K-pop stars will appear. Take a look at the list below.
Lee Seunggi
ITZY
Noeul
NU’EST
The Boyz
Mamamoo
Monsta X
IU
OH MY GIRL
LOONA
Lim Yeong Woong
Changmo
To know all about the nominations of both the days including Digital Song Division Bonsang and Album Division Bonsang click here.
What are fans saying?
BTS ARMY who were waiting for BTS to perform on GDA 2021 will have to wait for another day to see the global K-pop stars. One fan tweeted, “bts won't be performing on day one of gda but they are nominated for some awards today so there might be acceptance speeches later.” Another said, “gda being two seperate days is so great because i dont have to watch 6 hours just for bts to be last.”
bts won't be performing on day one of gda but they are nominated for some awards today so there might be acceptance speeches later.
— rai⁷ 🐯 (@kimvanadium) January 9, 2021
gda being two seperate days is so great because i dont have to watch 6 hours just for bts to be last 😭
— cherry⁷ (@googiestim) January 9, 2021
Golden Disc Awards 2021 will be hosted by ‘Parasite’ and ‘Record of Youth’ actress Park So-dam, ‘Because You're My Woman’ crooner Lee Seung-gi, ‘The Beauty Inside’ actress Lee Da-hee and ‘The Voice of Korea 2020’ host Sung Si-kyung. While Park So Dam and Lee Seung Gi will host the mega event on the first day of the award show, Lee Da-hee and Sung Si-kyung will ramp the stage on day two.
To check out the complete performers' list click here.
GDA 2021 will kickstart at 3.50 pm KST on January 2021.
Check out the YouTube streaming link of the award show here.