The annual two-day award show, Golden Disk Awards, is back and this time it will be held on January 13-14 in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province. The Golden Disk Awards will honour the best of K-pop music industry in 2016.
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Like every year, this time too, an array of celebrities from the South Korean entertainment industry will attend the award show on both the days. The organisers of the show recently announced the first lineup, and the list includes GOT7, SEVENTEEN, BTS, EXO, INFINITE, MAMAMOO, Urban Zakapa, GFRIEND, Zico and TWICE.
The organisers had earlier revealed the names of celebrities who will host the events on both the days. Singer and actor Jung Yong Hwa of boy band CN Blue, Hwang Chi Yeol and Girls' Generation's Seohyun will host the Golden Disk Awards 2017 on the first day, while actress Kang So-ra and singer and actor Sung Si-kyung will host the event on the second day. Along with these celebrities, several other K-pop artistes will take the stage to entertain fans.
The award show will honour the K-pop stars in three different categories – album, digital, and rookie artists. While the album and digital categories feature 30 nominations, the rookie artist category features 12 nominations.
Check out the complete list of nominees below:
Albums
- 2PM - Gentleman's Game
- AOA - Good Luck
- B.A.P - Carnival
- FT Island - Where's The Truth
- GOT7 - Flight Log: Turbulence
- I.O.I - Chrysalis
- NCT 127 - NCT 127
- Jaejoong - No. X
- Woohyun - Write
- Red Velvet - Russian Roulette
- Monsta X - The Clan Pt. 1 Lost
- BTS - Wings
- Beast - Highlight
- BTOB - Remember That
- VIXX - Chained Up
- SHINee - 1 of 1
- Seventeen - Love&Letter
- Up10tion - Spotlight
- EXO - EX'ACT
- G-Friend - L.O.L
- Infinite - Infinite Only
- Jung Eunji - Dream
- Jessica - With Love, J
- Jonghyun - She is
- Jun. K - Mr. No
- Taemin - Press It
- Taeyeon - Why
- TWICE - TwiceCoaster Lane 1
- Teen Top - Red Point
- Tiffany - I Just Wanna Dance
Digital
- 10cm - What the Spring??
- EXID - L.I.E
- I.O.I - Very Very Very
- Gary (feat. Gaeko of Dynamic Duo) - Lonely Night
- Red Velvet - Russian Roulette
- Mamamoo - You're The Best
- Park Kyung (feat. Eunha of G-Friend) - Inferiority Complex
- Park Hyo Shin - Breathe
- Baek Ah Yeon - So-So
- Black Pink - Whistle
- Suzy, Baekhyun - Dream
- Standing Egg - Summer Night You And I
- SISTAR - I Like That
- Akdong Musician - Re-Bye
- Urban Zakapa - I Don't Love You
- Ailee - If You
- EXO - Monster
- M.C The Max - No Matter Where
- G-Friend - Rough
- Wonder Girls - Why So Lonely
- Lee Hi - Breathe
- Lim chang Jung - Love That I Committed
- Jang Beom June - Fallen in Love
- Jung Eunji (feat. Hareem) - Hopefully Sky
- Sechs Kies - Three Words
- John Park - Thought of You
- Zico - I Am You, You Are Me
- Crush (feat. Taeyeon) - Don't Forget
- Taeyeon - Rain
- TWICE - Cheer Up
Rookie Artists
- NCT127
- I.O.I
- Gugudan
- Bolbbalgan4
- Black Pink
- Snuper
- Kwon Jin Ah
- WJSN
- Imfact
- KNK
