The 28th Golden Disk Awards is back in Korea after the last edition was held in Malaysia. The Golden Disk Awards is the most prestigious award in K-Pop which is industry voted plus physical sales combined to decide the winners.
The 28th Golden Disk Awards will be held on Thursday 16th January 2014 at Kyunghee University, Seoul, South Korea. The awards will be broadcasted by jTBC and will feature all the hottest K-Pop acts of 2013.
The GDA contains four major award categories with the following award sub categories:
Disk Album Grand Prize in Disk Album Disk Album of the Year
Digital Music Grand Prize in Song of the Year Digital Music of the Year
New Rising Star Disk Newcomer Award Digital Newcomer Award
Popularity Award Disk Popularity Award Digital Popularity Award
Special Field Special Awards
The nominees for each category are:
Disk Album 2AM - One Spring Day 2PM - Grown Apink - Secret Garden B1A4 - What's Going On? B.A.P - Badman Beast - Hard To Love, How To Love Block B - Very Good Busker Busker - Autumn Night Cho Yong Pil - Hello CNBlue - RE:Blue EXO - XOXO F.T Island - Thanks To f(x) - Pink Tape G-Dragon - Coup D'etat Girls' Generation - I Got A Boy Henry - Trap Infinite - Destiny IU - Modern Times Kim Hyun Joong - Round 3 KARA - Full Bloom Lee Seung Chul - My Love MBLAQ - Love Beat MyName - First Mini Album (aka Baby I'm Sorry) Seungri - Let's Talk About Love SHINee - The Misconceptions of You (aka Dream Girl) Shinhwa - The Classic T-ara - Again Teen Top - Class VIXX - Jekyll ZE:A - Illusion
Digital Music 2NE1 - Missing You 4men - Proposal Song, 28.2 mil 4Minute - What's Your Name?, 37.8 mil, 1.47 mil Ailee - U & I Apink - NoNoNo Baechigi - Shower of Tears Cho Yong Pil - Bounce CNBlue - I'm Sorry Crayon Pop - Bar Bar Bar Davichi - Turtle Dynamic Duo - BAAAM EXO - Growl G-Dragon - Crooked Girl's Day - Expect Girls' Generation - I Got A Boy Geeks - How Are You Huh Gak ft. Yoo Seung Woo - Monodrama IU - The Red Shoes K.will - Love Blossom Lee Hi - Rose Lee Hyori - Miss Korea Lee Seung Chul - My Love Lyn - Tonight miss A - Hush PSY - Gentleman Roy Kim - Spring Spring Spring Secret - Yoohoo SISTAR - Give It To Me SISTAR19 - Gone Not Around Any Longer Trouble Maker - Now
New Rising Star (Disk)
Bangtan Boys - 2 Cool 4 Skool Boys' Republic - Party Rock History - Dreamer Jung Joon Young - Spotless Mind Roy Kim - Love Love Love
New Rising Star (Digital)
2EYES - Don't Mess With Me Crayon Pop - Bar Bar Bar Kim Yerim (Lim Kim) - All Right Ladies' Code - Pretty Pretty Yoo Seung Woo - Hello
Kim Hyun Joong from upcoming KBS2 Wed-Thu drama 'Inspirinig Generation : the Birth of the GOD of battles' reveals his nice look in Chinese dress chángpáo on 18th by the production company.
In the photo, Kim Hyun Joong is wearing white chángpáo (Chinese dress) and offering incense to mourn someone's death, suppressing sadness.
The white chángpáo presents Kim Hyun Joong's determined and sober feelings boldly.
Inspiring Generation is set in Shanghai in 1930's, so Kim Hyun Joong's perfect look in chángpáo attracts people's attention.
Choi Il Hwa, who's playing as 'Hwang Bang Pa''s big boss 'Seol Doo Sung' in 'Bang Sam Tong' in Shanghai, also looks good in chángpáo. He is broad-minded with remarkable strategies, and will help Jung Tae (Kim Hyun Joong) to stand against 'Il Kook Hwoi (Japanese Yakuza)' which intends to swallow the continent.
Jung Tae's another helper is 'Wang Baek San', charismatic actor Jung Ho Bin is playing as, who is the 'Hwang Bang Pa''s under boss. (in black chángpáo in the pix)
It is said Choi Il Hwa and Jung Ho Bin attentively taught and discussed about acting with Kim Hyun Joong when camera was off in the filming set. Kim Hyun Joong said "I am very glad to work with these big seniors. I will definitely do my best"
The production company 'Ray&Mo''s source said "The actors work in perfect harmony between older and younger and that creates a synergy effect. Please expect famous supporting actors' transformation into something different roles and Kim Hyun Joong's significant growth as well."
Inspiring Generation is a huge scaled 'emotional romantic noir' with first-class action, set in 1930's Shanghai, showing love and royalty between young fighters from Korea· China· Japan.
It is planned to premiere in January 15 following 'Pretty Man'.