Golden Disk Awards
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Awarded
for
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Outstanding
achievements in the music industry
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Presented
by
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Music
Industry Association of Korea
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Country
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First
awarded
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1986
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Official
website
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The Golden Disk Awards (Hangul: 골든 디스크 어워드) 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.[1]
It is dubbed as the Korean Grammy Awards.
Trophy
The trophy
is called "Statue of a Woman Playing a Reed Instrument" (Korean:
생황 부는 여인상) that was
designed by professor Kim Soo-Hyun (Hangul: 김수현).[2]
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 is awarded to the performer of the best of the best full-length album belong to "Records of the Year".
- Grand Prize in Digital Releasing is awarded to the performer of the best of the best full-length album, mini-album (extended play) or single (which was digital released), belong to "Records of the Year in Digital Releasing".
- Records of the Year are awarded to the performers of top 5 full-length albums of the year.
- Records of the Year in Digital Releasing are awarded to the performers of top 5 full-length album, mini-albums (extended plays) or 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.
- Newbie Awards of the Year are awarded to the newbie 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.
Grand Prize Winners (Disk Daesang)
Bout
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Year
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Winner
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Title Song
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Album
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Note
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25th
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2010
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"Oh!"
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The 2nd album
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24th
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2009
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The 3rd album
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23rd
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2008
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"Mirotic"
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The 4th album
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22nd
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2007
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