2011 Golden Disk Awards

25 November:

The Golden Disk Awards (better known as the Korean equivalent of the Grammys) will soon be entering its 26th year, and organizers have just announced its list of nominees.

Separated into ‘Digital’ and ‘Album’ awards, the Golden Disk is known for selecting winners based on sales figures over the year. For this year’s nominees, the committee considered albums released from January 1st, 2011 to November 30th, 2011.

The 26th Golden Disk Awards will be held in Osaka, Japan on January 11th and 12, 2012 at the Kyocera Dome.

Check out the categories and nominees below:

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< Album Award >
[ Presented to the most popular artist based on album sales figures for the year and ratings from judges ]

- 2PM (Hands Up)
- 4minute (4MINUTES Left)
- Leessang (Asura Balbalta)
- Jay Park (Take a Deeper Look)
- Brown Eyed Girls (Sixth Sense)
- Sung Si Kyung (The First)
- Super Junior (Mr. Simple)
- SNSD (The Boys)
- Wonder Girls (Wonder World)
- After School (Virgin)
- Lee Seung Gi (Tonight)
- Jang Gi Ha and the Faces (Jang Gi Ha and the Faces)
- B2ST (Fiction & Fact)
- CNBLUE (First Step)
- F.T. Island (Return)
- f(x) (Pinocchio)
- INFINITE (Over the Top)
- KARA (Step)
- MBLAQ (BLAQ Style)
- miss A (A Class)

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< Digital Album Award >
[ Presented to the most popular artist based on online (BGM/downloads) and mobile ringback sales figures and statistics]

- 2NE1 (Lonely)
- 2PM (Hands Up)
- 4men (Live at Least Once)
- 4minute (Mirror Mirror)
- Park Bom (Don’t Cry)
- SNSD (The Boys)
- IU (The Story I Didn’t Know)
- Wonder Girls (Be My Baby)
- Lee Seung Gi (Time for Love)
- Wheesung (Heartaching Story)
- B2ST (On Rainy Days)
- CNBLUE (Intuition)
- F.T. Island (Hello Hello)
- f(x) (Pinocchio)
- G.NA (Black & White)
- K.Will (My Heart is Beating)
- MBLAQ (Mona Lisa)
- miss A (Goodbye Baby)
- SECRET (Starlight Moonlight)
- SISTAR (How Dare You)

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< Most Popular Artist Award >

[Presented to the most popular artist after tallying results from popularity vote and ratings from judges]

- 2NE1 (Lonely)
- 2PM (Hands Up)
- 4men (Once in Your Life)
- 4minute (Mirror Mirror)
- Leessang (You’re the Answer to a Guy Like Me)
- Park Bom (Don’t Cry)
- Brown Eyed Girls (Sixth Sense)
- Sung Si Kyung (I Like It)
- Super Junior (Mr. Simple)
- SNSD (The Boys)
- IU (The Story I Didn’t Know)
- Wonder Girls (Be My Baby)
- After School (Virgin)
- Lee Seung Gi (Tonight)
- Jang Gi Ha and the Faces (Just Another Relationship)
- Wheesung (Heart-aching Story)
- B2ST (Fiction)
- CNBLUE (Intuition)
- F.T. Island (Hello Hello)
- f(x) (Pinocchio)
- G.NA (Black & White)
- INFINITE (Be Mine)
- KARA (Step)
- K.Will (Be Mine)
- MBLAQ (Stay)
- miss A (Goodbye Baby)
- SECRET (Starlight Moonlight)
- SISTAR (How Dare You)

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Source: GDA official homepage - allkpop

27 October:

The 26th ‘2011 Golden Disk Awards‘ has announced that it will be held in Japan this coming January.

Although ‘MAMA‘ created history by being the first awards ceremony to be held overseas, the ‘Golden Disk’ will be following in its footsteps this year.

On October 25th, representatives revealed, “Sponsored by Ilgan Sports, the ‘Golden Disk Awards’ will be held at the Osaka Dome on January 11th and 12th. It’s been in preparation for years now, but finalizations were finally made. They felt that it was the best location to truly show the power of K-Pop, considering how Japan is one of the biggest supporters of the Hallyu wave.”

A large factor in the ceremony’s decision to be held in Japan was also because of the establishment ofjTBC, a subsidiary of the ceremony. jTBC will exclusively broadcast the ceremony live.

Another representative revealed, “With the fantastic opportunity of a great concert hall, we’re focusing our attention on raising the participation of singers. The ceremony will be directed by MBC PD Go Jae Hyung.”

The ‘Golden Disk’ is a prestigious awards ceremony first launched in 1986, and it nominates 10 singers of the year through album sales, digital sales, and phone votes. Last year, SNSD‘s “Oh!” took home the honorable ‘Daesang’.

Source: TV Report via Nate - allkpop