Dubbed the “fairest of them all” awards because this one focuses more on songs and albums on top of artistes and songs that have received the most attention and love throughout the year, the “2nd Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards” ceremony took place just hours ago at the Seoul Olympic Hall.
Hosted by Brown Eyed Girls’ Gain and Joo Young Hoon, this year’s awards show gave mentions and recognition to more than just the artistes alone. Gaon Chart also made it a point to give out accolades for “Best Producer”, “Composer”, “Lyricist”, even right down to choreography and styling. But before we go on, watch what happened when BIGBANG’s leader G-Dragon stepped up to receive the “Best Producer” award for YG Entertainment’s CEO, Yang Hyun Suk:
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The “2nd Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards” also saw performances by some of the South Korea’s most popular K-Pop idols/idol groups such as Super Junior, T-ara, CNBlue, Double K, Ailee, TTS, and Lee Hi, just to name a few. The full list of winners are as follows:
New Artists of the Year
- Male Group – B.A.P
- Female Group – Hello Venus
- Male Solo – John Park
- Female Solo – Ailee
Songs of the Year (Digital Awards)
- January – T-ara “Lovey Dovey”
- February – BIGBANG “Blue”
- March – BIGBANG “Fantastic Baby”
- April – Busker Busker “Cherry Blossom Ending”
- May – TaeTiSeo “Twinkle”
- June – Wonder Girls “Like This”
- July – 2NE1 “I Love You”
- August – Psy “Gangnam Style”
- September – Seo In Guk & A Pink‘s Eunji “All For You”
- October – Ga In “Bloom”
- November – Lee Hi “1,2,3,4”
- December – Lee Seung Gi “Return”
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Albums of the Year
- 1st Quarter – BIGBANG “Alive”
- 2nd Quarter – TaeTiSeo “Twinkle”
- 3rd Quarter – Super Junior “Sexy, Free & Single”
- 4th Quarter – TVXQ “Catch Me”
Hot Trend Award
- A Pink
Hip Hop Award
- Double K
Hallyu Special Award
- CNBlue
Best Producer Award
- Yang Hyun Suk of YG Entertainment
Composer Award
- Teddy Park
Lyricist Award
- Kim Min Ah
Style of the Year
- Choreography – Lee Ju Seon
- Stylist – Sung Jung Ok
International Song of the Year
- Maroon 5 “Payphone“
Check out our photo compilation of the “2nd Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards” in the gallery below!
Sources: sup3rjunior, cnbluestorm, TV Daily Korea, dkpopnews, and others as watermarked.
