On the 4th and 5th, the ’39th Golden Disk Awards’ was held at the PayPay Dome in Fukuoka, Japan under the theme of ‘Coexistence, Connection, and Expansion’. Originally, the awards ceremony was scheduled to be broadcast live, but due to the Jeju Air plane disaster at Muan Airport, it was converted to a recorded broadcast.
At this ’39th Golden Disk Awards’, the grand prize of honor went to Seventeen in the album category and Aespa in the digital music category. The two teams won two gold medals in each category, including the main prize.
SEVENTEEN kicked off their 10th anniversary of debut on a positive note by winning the grand prize in the album category for the second year in a row with ‘SPILL THE FEELS’. Aespa, who created the ‘Supernova’ syndrome last year, rose to the top by winning the grand prize in the digital music category four years after his debut.
The main awards in the album category went to 10 teams, including Seventeen, Stray Kids, Ive, Aespa, ATEEZ, NCT Dream, Enhyphen, Zero Base One, Tomorrow ·The main characters are 10 teams, including Ive, IU, Aillet, Aespa, Taeyeon, Tours, and (G)I-DLE.
The Rookie of the Year Awards went to Aillet, Tours, Baby Monster, and NCT Wish, making them new icons of growth that will lead the next generation of K-pop. Also, the Next Generation winner is Kiss of Life.
Day6, who has been at the forefront of popularizing band music and reexamining the music of the past 10 years, raising expectations for the next 10 years, announced the beginning of their 10th anniversary with the Best Band award, and Crush won the OST ‘I’m Sorry’ for tvN’s ‘Queen of Tears’, which was loved as much as the drama. Won the Best OST trophy with ‘I Hate You, I Love You’.
Additionally, Le Seraphim left a strong impact on stage and received the Best Group Award. (G)I-DLE’s Yuqi proved her unique presence by winning the Best Solo Artist Award.
The Golden Disk Male and Female Popularity Awards, which were decided by ‘100% voting’, were won by Flave and Le Seraphim, taking first place. The total cumulative number of votes for men and women combined was a whopping 44 million, with Flave receiving 15,669,774 out of 39,561,956 votes and Le Seraphim receiving 1,781,032 out of 4,809,908 votes.
In addition, the Global K-Pop Artist Award went to Ive and Enhyphen, the Cosmopolitan Artist Award went to New Jeans, and the Fans’ Choice with Nongshim Shin Ramyun went to Enhyphen.
The late Shin Hae-cheol, who celebrated his 10th anniversary this year, was awarded the Golden Honorable Choice, confirming the great legacy and power of music that coexists with us.
In addition, Master Professional (MP) Han Seong-soo of Pledis Entertainment, who produced K-pop’s representative boy group Seventeen and 2024’s representative rookie tours, won the first Golden Disk Producer Award.
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