Golden Disc Awards

The Golden Disc Awards (Hangul: 골ë"  ë""스크 어워ë"œ) is an awards show founded in 1986 that is presented annually by the Music Industry Association of Korea for outstanding achievements in the music industry in South Korea. It was originally called the Korea Visual and Records Grand Prize Award (Hangul: 대한민국 영상음반대상), but the name was changed to the Golden Disc Awards in 2001.

Trophy

The trophy is called "Statue of a Woman Playing a Reed Instrument" (Korean: 생황 부ëŠ" 여인상) that was designed by professor Kim Soo-hyun (Hangul: 김수현).

Categories

Currently there are seven awards which are not restricted by genre, and three awards which are each in hip hop, rock, trot.

• Grand Prize in Album Releasing (Disc Daesang), is awarded to the performer of the best of the best full-length album, mini-album (extended play) from the "Records of the Year".
• Grand Prize in Digital Releasing (Digital Daesang), is awarded to the performer of the best of the best single (which was digital released), from the "Records of the Year in Digital Releasing".
• Records of the Year are awarded to the performers of best full-length albums, mini-albums (extended plays) of the year.
• Records of the Year in Digital Releasing are awarded to the performers of best singles of the year (which was digital released).
• Record Producer of the Year is awarded to a record producer of the year.
• Hip Hop Record of the Year is awarded to the performer of the hip hop album of the year.
• Rock Record of the Year is awarded to the performer of the rock album of the year.
• Pop Record of the Year is awarded to the performer of the pop album of the year.
• Trot Record of the Year is awarded to the performer of the trot album of the year.
• Popularity Awards of the Year are awarded to the performers who gained popularity of the year.
• Newcomer Awards of the Year are awarded to the newcomer performers of the year.
• Special Award is awarded to the performer or the production team who gained popularity or outstanding achievement in miscellaneous topics of Korean music industry.
• Popular M/V of the Year are awarded to the Music Video who gained popularity of the year.
• @ = Mnet Asian Music Awards Winner
• § = MelOn Music Awards Winner
• $ = Nominated Mnet Asian Music Awards
•  ! = Nominated MelOn Music Awards

Past events

Broadcast

Grand Prize Winners â€" Disc Daesang / Album of the Year

Note: 2011 did not have an award show, it was later moved to 2012 instead. Order is listed correctly as announced

Grand Prize Winners â€" Digital Daesang / Song of the Year

Note: 2011 did not have an award show, it was later moved to 2012 instead. Order is listed correctly as announced.

Bonsang / Best Artist (Judge Choice)

Note: 2011 did not have an award show, it was later moved to 2012 instead. Order is listed correctly as announced.

Newcomer Winners / New Artist of the Year

Note: 2011 did not have an award show, it was later moved to 2012 instead. Order is listed correctly as announced.

Popularity Award Winners / Best Popular Artist by Netizen

Note: 2011 did not have an award show, it was later moved to 2012 instead. Order is listed correctly as announced.

Music genre awards

Best R&B/Soul Award Winners

Best Rap/Hip Hop Award Winners

Best Trot Award Winners

Best OST Award Winners

Best Rock Award Winners

Best Pop Award Winners

Music video awards

Best Music Video Award

Best Music Video Director Award

Popular Music Video Award Winners

Music producer awards

Best Producer Award Winners

Special Achievement Award Winners

Other awards

Note: 2011 did not have an award show, it was later moved to 2012 instead. Order is listed correctly as announced.

Most awards

• The current holder who has won the most awards is Super Junior (19 times) including Kyuhyun's solo in 2016, Girls' Generation (18 times) including Taeyeon's solo awards in 2008 and 2016, SHINee (17 times) including Taemin's solo awards in 2015 and 2017 and Jonghyun's solo awards in 2016, CNBLUE (16 times) including Jung Yong Hwa's solo awards in 2016, and BEAST (12 times) .
• The artists with the most awards won in a single category is Super Junior with 7 Popularity Awards, 7 Disc Bonsang and 3 Disc Daesang, followed by Jang Yun-jeong for the 4 Trot Award.
• EXO has won the Disc Daesang for four consecutive years from 2014â€"2017.
• Kim Gun-mo has won the Disc Daesang for three consecutive years. Girls' Generation has won the grand award for three consecutive years: Digital Daesang (2009), Disc Daesang (2010) and Digital Daesang (2011). SG Wannabe has won the grand award for three consecutive years: Disc Daesang (2005), Digital Daesang (2006), and Disc Daesang (2007).
• Jo Sungmo and Super Junior have also won the grand award 3 times non-consecutively, followed by TVXQ, Shin Seung-hun, Byeon Jin-seob, and each with 2 grand awards.

See also

• Seoul Music Awards
• Mnet Asian Music Awards
• Melon Music Awards
• Korean Music Awards
• Cyworld Digital Music Awards
• Mnet 20's Choice Awards
• Asia Song Festival

References

External links

• Golden Disc Awards official Korean website
• Golden Disc Awards official English website