28th Golden Disc Awards

The 28th Golden Disc Awards ceremony was held on January 16, 2014. The JTBC network broadcast the show from Kyung Hee University's Grand Peace Palace in Seoul.^[1][2] Minho, Jung Yong-hwa and Yoon Doo-joon served as hosts on the first day, with Taeyeon, Tiffany and Oh Sang-jin on the second.^[3]

28th Golden Disc Awards
Date	January 16, 2014
Location	Grand Peace Palace, Kyung Hee University, Seoul
Country	South Korea
Hosted by	Minho Jung Yong-hwa Yoon Doo-joon Taeyeon Tiffany Oh Sang-jin
Television/radio coverage
Network	JTBC
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Criteria

Albums and songs released between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2013, were eligible to be nominated for the 28th Golden Disc Awards.^[1] The winners of the digital music, album and rookie categories were determined by music sales (60%), a panel of music experts (20%) and online votes (20%). Music sales were based on data from Gaon Music Chart, Bugs!, Cyworld, Daum, Naver Music and Genie Music.^[4] The Popularity Award was based on online votes (80%) and a panel of music experts (20%).^[5]

Winners and nominees

Main awards

Winners^[1][6] and nominees^[5] 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)
Psy – "Gentleman" 2NE1 – "Missing You" 4Minute – "What's Your Name?" Ailee – "U&I" Apink – "No No No" CNBLUE – "I'm Sorry" Davichi – "Turtle" Lee Seung-chul – "My Love" Sistar – "Give It to Me"	Exo – XOXO B1A4 – What's Happening? Beast – Hard to Love, How to Love Cho Yong-pil – Hello f(x) – Pink Tape Girls' Generation – I Got a Boy Infinite – New Challenge Shinee – Dream Girl – The Misconceptions of You
Digital Song Bonsang	Album Bonsang
2NE1 – "Missing You" 4Minute – "What's Your Name?" Ailee – "U&I" Apink – "No No No" CNBLUE – "I'm Sorry" Davichi – "Turtle" Lee Seung-chul – "My Love" Psy – "Gentleman" Sistar – "Give It to Me" 4Men – "Propose Song" Baechigi – "Shower of Tears" (feat. Ailee) Cho Yong-pil – "Bounce" Crayon Pop – "Bar Bar Bar" Dynamic Duo – "Baaam" (feat. Muzie) Exo – "Growl" G-Dragon – "Crooked" Geeks – "How Are You" (feat. Hareem) Girl's Day – "Expect" Girls' Generation – "I Got a Boy" Huh Gak – "Monodrama" (feat. Yoo Seung-woo) IU – "The Red Shoes" K.Will – "Love Blossom" Lee Hi – "Rose" Lee Hyori – "Miss Korea" Lyn – "Tonight" (feat. Baechigi) Miss A – "Miss A" Roy Kim – "Bom Bom Bom" Secret – "YooHoo" Sistar19 – "Gone Not Around Any Longer" Trouble Maker – "Now"	B1A4 – What's Happening? Beast – Hard to Love, How to Love Cho Yong-pil – Hello Exo – XOXO f(x) – Pink Tape Girls' Generation – I Got a Boy Infinite – New Challenge Shinee – Dream Girl – The Misconceptions of You 2AM – One Spring Day 2PM – Grown Apink – Secret Garden B.A.P – Badman Block B – Very Good Busker Busker – Busker Busker 2nd Album CNBLUE – Re:Blue F.T. Island – Thanks To G-Dragon – Coup d'Etat Henry – Trap IU – Modern Times Kara – Full Bloom Kim Hyun-joong – Round 3 Lee Seung-chul – My Love MBLAQ – Love Beat Myname – Myname 1st Mini Album Seungri – Let's Talk About Love Shinhwa – The Classic T-ara – Again Teen Top – Teen Top Class VIXX – Jekyll ZE:A – Illusion
Rookie of the Year (Digital Category)	Rookie of the Year (Album Category)
Crayon Pop Lim Kim 2Eyes Ladies' Code Yoo Seung-woo	BTS Roy Kim Boys Republic History Jung Joon-young
Popularity Award
Beast (album) Girls' Generation (digital) Roy Kim (digital) Shinee (album) List of nominees 2AM 2Eyes 2NE1 2PM 4Men 4Minute Ailee Apink B1A4 Baechigi B.A.P Block B Boys Republic BTS Busker Busker Cho Yong-pil CNBLUE Davichi Dynamic Duo Crayon Pop Exo F.T. Island f(x) G-Dragon Geeks Girl's Day Henry History Huh Gak Infinite IU Jung Joon-young Kara Kim Hyun-joong K.Will Ladies' Code Lee Hi Lee Hyori Lee Seung-chul Lim Kim Lyn MBLAQ Miss A Myname Psy Secret Seungri Shinhwa Sistar Sistar19 T-ara Teen Top Trouble Maker VIXX Yoo Seung-woo ZE:A

Special awards

Award	Winner
Best Hip-Hop Award	Baechigi
Ceci Asia Icon Award	Shinee
	Sistar
Producer Award	Hong Seung-seong
Special Award	Deulgukhwa
Goodwill Star Award	CNBLUE

References

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2. Park, Jeong-seon (January 14, 2014). 케이팝 스타 총출동…230분의 축제 '골든디스크', 16일 개최 [All the K-pop stars are out... 'Golden Disc', a ceremony lasting 230 minutes, will be held on the 16th]. Maeil Broadcasting Network (in Korean). from the original on May 15, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2022 – via Naver.
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