A daesang is a prestigious and the highest award giving at
Korean Award Ceremonies. It is awarded especially between actors, idols and artists.
For actors it’s giving for outstanding performance on Korean dramas and movies.
When received, it’s an emotional win.
For artists/idols; the Daesang award is one of the highest achievements a group or
artist can achieve.
Winning a Daesang focuses on the records released by artists that year and how many copies they sold, both physically and digitally. It is awarded at korean award shows.
The record breaking and million selling boy group, Seventeen, have achieved a daesang of album of the year at the
AAA in
2019.
Bong Joon-Ho received the daesang grand prize for his work as the director of Parasite.