30th Golden Disc Awards | |
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Date | January 20–21, 2016 |
Location | Grand Peace Palace, Kyung Hee University, Seoul |
Country | South Korea |
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Television/radio coverage | |
Network | QTV, JTBC, iQiyi |
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]
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 [6] and nominees [5] [7] are listed in alphabetical order. Winners are listed first and emphasized in bold.
Award | Winner |
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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 |