30th Golden Disc Awards


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, but was instead staged at Kyung Hee University's Grand Peace Palace in Seoul due to security concerns. Jun Hyun-moo, Kim Jong-kook and Seohyun served as hosts on the first day, with Jun, Krystal and Leeteuk on the second.

Criteria

The winners of the digital music and album categories were determined by music sales and a panel of music experts. The Rookie Artist of the Year award was based on album sales, a panel of music experts and online votes, while the Popularity Award was based on online votes and album sales.

Winners and nominees

Main awards

Winners and nominees are listed in alphabetical order. Winners are listed first and emphasized in bold.
Digital Daesang
Disc Daesang
Big Bang – "Loser"
Exo – Exodus
  • * Apink – Pink Memory
  • * Beast – Ordinary
  • * BTS – The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 1
  • * CNBLUE – 2gether
  • * f(x) – 4 Walls
  • * Jonghyun – Base
  • * Shinee – Odd
  • * Super Junior – Devil
  • * VIXX – Error
    • Digital Song BonsangAlbum Bonsang
    AOA – "Heart Attack"Big Bang – "Loser"EXID – "Up & Down"Girls' Generation – "Lion Heart"J. Y. Park – "Who's Your Mama?"Kyuhyun – "At Gwanghwamun"Red Velvet – "Ice Cream Cake"Sistar – "Shake It"Taeyeon – "I"Zion.T – "Eat"
  • * Apink – "Remember"
  • * Baek A-yeon – "Shouldn't Have"
  • * CNBLUE – "Cinderella"
  • * Davichi – "Two Lovers"
  • * Exo – "Call Me Baby"
  • * f(x) – "4 Walls"
  • * Gain – "Apple"
  • * Gary – "Get Some Air"
  • * Huh Gak – "Snow of April"
  • * Hyukoh – "Comes and Goes"
  • * iKon – "My Type"
  • * Im Chang-jung – "Love Again"
  • * Jonghyun – "Déjà-Boo"
  • * Mamamoo – "Um Oh Ah Yeh"
  • * MC Mong – "Love Mash"
  • * Miss A – "Only You"
  • * Naul – "Living in the Same Time"
  • * San E – "Me You"
  • * Shinee – "View"
  • * Wonder Girls – "I Feel You"
    		• Apink – Pink MemoryBeast – OrdinaryBTS – The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 1CNBLUE – 2getherExo – Exodusf(x) – 4 WallsJonghyun – BaseShinee – OddSuper Junior – DevilVIXX – Error
  • * 2PM – No.5
  • * 4Minute – Crazy
  • * B1A4 – Sweet Girl
  • * BtoB – Complete
  • * Girls' Generation – Lion Heart
  • * Got7 – Mad
  • * iKon – Welcome Back
  • * Infinite – Reality
  • * Jung Yong-hwa – One Fine Day
  • * Kim Sung-kyu – 27
  • * Kyuhyun – At Gwanghwamun
  • * Monsta X – Rush
  • * Red Velvet – The Red
  • * Seventeen – Boys Be
  • * Shinhwa – We
  • * Sistar – Shake It
  • * Taeyeon – I
  • * Teen Top – Natural Born Teen Top
  • * TVXQ – Rise as God
  • * Xia – Flower
    • Rookie Artist of the YearPopularity Award
    GFriendiKonSeventeenTwice
  • * CLC
  • * Lovelyz
  • * Monsta X
  • * Oh My Girl
    		• Shinee