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30th Golden Disc Awards

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30th Golden Disc Awards
DateJanuary 20–21, 2016
LocationGrand Peace Palace, Kyung Hee University, Seoul
CountrySouth Korea
Hosted by
Television/radio coverage
NetworkQTV, JTBC, iQiyi
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The 30th Golden Disc Awards ceremony was held on January 20–21, 2016. It was initially scheduled to be held at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center in Shenzhen, China,[1] but was instead staged at Kyung Hee University's Grand Peace Palace in Seoul due to security concerns.[2] Jun Hyun-moo, Kim Jong-kook and Seohyun served as hosts on the first day, with Jun, Krystal and Leeteuk on the second.[3][4]

Criteria

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The winners of the digital music and album categories were determined by music sales (80%) and a panel of music experts (20%). The Rookie Artist of the Year award was based on album sales (80%), a panel of music experts (10%) and online votes (10%), while the Popularity Award was based on online votes (80%) and album sales (20%).[5]

Winners and nominees

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Main awards

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Winners[6] and nominees[5][7] are listed in alphabetical order. Winners are listed first and emphasized in bold.

Digital Daesang
(Song of the Year)
Disc Daesang
(Album of the Year)
Digital Song Bonsang Album Bonsang
Rookie Artist of the Year Popularity Award
List of nominees

Special awards

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Award Winner
Best R&B/Hip-Hop Award San E
Best Rock Band Award Hyukoh
Next Generation Award Monsta X
Global Popularity Award Exo
iQiyi Male Artist Award Big Bang
iQiyi Female Artist Award Taeyeon
Best Vocal Award BtoB
Jung Yong-hwa

References

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  1. ^ Jung, Jun-hwa (December 7, 2015). 30th 골든디스크, 가수 20여 팀 참여..'역대급' 규모 [More than 20 teams will participate in the 30th Golden Disc Awards... 'All-time' scale]. Osen (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 8, 2022. Retrieved May 7, 2022 – via Naver.
  2. ^ Kim, Soo-hyang (January 20, 2016). "30th Golden Disc Awards to be star-studded event". Kpop Herald. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  3. ^ Yoon, Seong-yeol (January 20, 2016). 빅뱅, 30회 골든디스크 음원 부문 대상..3관왕 쾌거(종합) [Big Bang won the grand prize at the Golden Disc Awards... three wins]. Star News (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 8, 2022. Retrieved May 7, 2022 – via Naver.
  4. ^ Kim, Dong-ju (January 21, 2016). '골든디스크' 엑소, 3년 연속 대상 수상...역대급 기록 달성 ['Golden Disc': Exo wins grand prize for third year in a row... Record-breaking achievement]. Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 8, 2022. Retrieved May 7, 2022 – via Naver.
  5. ^ a b "30th Anniversary Candidates". Ilgan Sports. Archived from the original on December 14, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  6. ^ "History". Golden Disc Awards (in Korean). Archived from the original on January 8, 2022. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  7. ^ "International Voting". Ilgan Sports. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2022.