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Manila Bulletin devider Entertainment devider EXO, TWICE top 31st Golden Disc Awards

EXO, TWICE top 31st Golden Disc Awards

Published Jun 30, 2020 03:40 pm
K-pop groups EXO and TWICE were the biggest winners at the 31st Golden Disc Awards (GDA) held for two days on January 13 and 14 at the Korean International Exhibition Center (KINTEX) in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. The first day honored artists who excelled in digital music and the second day for achievements in album. On the first day, TWICE bagged the Song of the Year or Digital Daesang for their hit song “Cheer Up,” which became the No. 1 digital song in Korea in 2016 based on downloads, streaming and BGM sales. First day winners (clockwise from top left) TWICE, GFriend, Taeyeon, Zico, Suzy and Baekhyun, Black Pink, CNBLUE, Mamamoo and Jaejoong. (Photos courtesy of JTBC/Golden Disc Awards) | Manila Bulletin First day winners (clockwise from top left) TWICE, GFriend, Taeyeon, Zico, Suzy and Baekhyun, Black Pink, CNBLUE, Mamamoo and Jaejoong. (Photos courtesy of JTBC/Golden Disc Awards) | Manila Bulletin TWICE also won the Digital Bonsang along with GFriend, Urban Zakapa, Suzy and Baekhyun, Zico, Mamamoo, Lee Hi, Lim Chang Jung and Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon. The Best Performance Awards were given to Sechs Kies (male) and SISTAR (female) while the Best R&B Soul Award went to Crush. CNBLUE took home the Best K-pop Band Award while Gummy won the Best OST Award and Black Pink and Bolbbalgan4 grabbed the Rookie Awards. JYJ’s Jaejoong, who was discharged from the military last December, won the Asia Popularity Award. Second day winners (clockwise from top left) EXO, BTS, Seventeen, VIXX, SHINee, Monsta X, NCT 127, GOT7 and Infinite. (Photos courtesy of JTBC/Golden Disc Awards) | Manila Bulletin Second day winners (clockwise from top left) EXO, BTS, Seventeen, VIXX, SHINee, Monsta X, NCT 127, GOT7 and Infinite. (Photos courtesy of JTBC/Golden Disc Awards) | Manila Bulletin On the second day, EXO emerged as the winner of the Album of the Year or Disk Daesang. EXO set a record by winning the award four times from 2014 to 2017, the most by any artist. The Disk Bonsang Awards were given to EXO, BTS, Monsta X, Seventeen, GOT7, Taemin, VIXX, SHINee and Infinite. BTS received the Global K-pop Artist Award while their agency founder Bang Si-hyuk of Big Hit Entertainment won the Producer Award. EXO and Red Velvet were the recipients of the CeCi Asia Icon Award and SHINee grabbed the Popularity Award. NCT 127 and I.O.I got the Rookie Awards.
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