31st Golden Disc Awards

2017 award ceremony

Hwang Chi-yeul
Seohyun
Jung Yong-hwa
Kang So-ra
Sung Si-kyung

Television/radio coverageNetworkJTBC, JTBC2

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The 31st Golden Disc Awards ceremony was held on January 13–14, 2017. The JTBC network broadcast the show from the Korea International Exhibition Center (KINTEX) in Ilsan.^[1] Hwang Chi-yeul, Seohyun and Jung Yong-hwa served as hosts on the first day, with Kang So-ra and Sung Si-kyung on the second.^[2]

Criteria

Albums and songs released between November 1, 2015, and November 30, 2016, were eligible to be nominated for the 31st Golden Disc Awards. The winners of the digital music, album and rookie categories were determined by music sales (70%), a panel of music experts (20%) and online votes (10%). Music sales were based on data from Gaon Music Chart and were counted until December 31, 2016.^[3] The Popularity Award was based entirely on online votes.^[4]

Winners and nominees

Main awards

Winners^[5]^[6] and nominees^[7] are listed in alphabetical order. Winners are listed first and emphasized in bold.

Digital Daesang (Song of the Year)	Disc Daesang (Album of the Year)
Twice – "Cheer Up" GFriend – "Rough" Im Chang-jung – "The Love I Committed" Lee Hi – "Breathe" Mamamoo – "You're the Best" Suzy & Baekhyun – "Dream" Taeyeon – "Rain" Urban Zakapa – "I Don't Love You" Zico – "I Am You, You Are Me"	Exo – Ex'Act BTS – Wings Got7 – Flight Log: Turbulence Infinite – Infinite Only Monsta X – The Clan Pt. 1 Lost Seventeen – Love & Letter Shinee – 1 of 1 Taemin – Press It VIXX – Chained Up
Digital Song Bonsang	Album Bonsang
GFriend – "Rough" Im Chang-jung – "The Love I Committed" Lee Hi – "Breathe" Mamamoo – "You're the Best" Suzy & Baekhyun – "Dream" Taeyeon – "Rain" Twice – "Cheer Up" Urban Zakapa – "I Don't Love You" Zico – "I Am You, You Are Me" 10cm – "What the Spring?" Ailee – "If You" AKMU – "Re-Bye" Baek A-yeon – "So So" Blackpink – "Whistle" Crush – "Don't Forget" EXID – "L.I.E" Exo – "Monster" Gary – "Lonely Night" I.O.I – "Very Very Very" Jang Beom-june – "Fallen in Love" John Park – "Thought of You" Jeong Eun-ji – "Hopefully Sky" MC the Max – "No Matter Where" Park Hyo-shin – "Breath" Park Kyung – "Inferiority Complex" Red Velvet – "Russian Roulette" Sistar – "I Like That" Sechs Kies – "Three Words" Standing Egg – "Summer Night You and I" Wonder Girls – "Why So Lonely"	BTS – Wings Exo – Ex'Act Got7 – Flight Log: Turbulence Infinite – Infinite Only Monsta X – The Clan Pt. 1 Lost Seventeen – Love & Letter Shinee – 1 of 1 Taemin – Press It VIXX – Chained Up 2PM – Gentlemen's Game B1A4 – Good Timing B.A.P – Carnival GFriend – LOL Beast – Highlight BtoB – Remember That F.T. Island – Where's the Truth? I.O.I – Chrysalis Jessica – With Love, J Jonghyun – She Is Jun. K – Mr. No Kim Jae-joong – No.X Nam Woo-hyun – Write.. NCT 127 – NCT #127 Red Velvet – Russian Roulette Taeyeon – Why Teen Top – Red Point Tiffany – I Just Wanna Dance Twice – Twicecoaster: Lane 1 Up10tion – Spotlight Yesung – Here I Am
Rookie Artist of the Year	Popularity Award
Blackpink (digital) Bolbbalgan4 (digital) I.O.I (album) NCT 127 (album) Astro Gugudan Imfact Jung Seung-hwan KNK Pentagon Snuper WJSN	Shinee

Special awards

Award	Winner
Best R&B/Soul Award	Crush
Best OST Award	Gummy
Best Male Performance	Sechs Kies
Best Female Performance	Sistar
Ceci Asia Icon Award	Exo
Ceci Asia Icon Award	Red Velvet
Producer Award	Bang Si-hyuk
Best K-pop Band	CNBLUE
Asia Popularity Award	Kim Jae-joong
Global K-pop Artist Award	BTS

Gallery

Partial award ceremony gallery
Exo
Twice
BTS
GFriend
Blackpink
Kim Jae-joong
BTS's Jimin
BTS's Jimin
BTS's Jungkook
BTS's J-Hope
GFriend's Yuju
I.O.I's Kim Se-jeong
Exo's Xiumin

References

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