Winners From the 4th Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards

The 4th Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards show took place last night in Seoul’s Olympic Gymnastics Arena. Super Junior took home three awards with 3rd Quarter, 4th Quarter and the Weibo K-Pop Star Award. Soyu also received three awards with two coming from her duet track “Some” and one with her group SISTAR.

The Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards show is Korea’s official music awards ceremony, and its winners are based on Gaon’s aggregate data for the year’s song and album sales. The show is unique in that it features no single grand prize for top album or single, instead giving awards by month and quarter.

Following are the winners of the 4th Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards.

Album of the Year (given quarterly):

2nd quarter – EXO “Overdose”

Fan Vote Popularity Award – EXO

+++Single of the Year (given monthly):

January – Girl’s Day “Something”

February – Soyu x JungGiGo “Some”

March – 2NE1 “Come Back Home”

April – Akdong Musician “200%”

May - g.o.d “The Lone Duckling”

June – Taeyang “Eyes, Nose, Lips”

July – San E x Raina “A Midsummer Night’s Sweetness”

August – Park Bo Ram “Beautiful”

September – SISTAR “I Swear”

October – Kim Dong Ryul “How I Am”

November – MC Mong “Miss Me or Diss Me“

December – A Pink – “LUV”

Album of the Year (given quarterly):

1st quarter – TVXQ “Tense”

2nd quarter – EXO “Overdose”

3rd quarter – Super Junior “MAMACITA”

4th quarter – Super Junior “This Is Love”

New Artist of the Year – WINNER, MAMAMOO

Performers of the Year – Jang Hyuk, Kang Tae Woo

Popular Singer of the Year – Lim Chang Jung

Fan Vote Popularity Award – EXO

Weibo K-Pop Star Award – Super Junior

K-POP World Hallyu Star Award – KARA

K-POP Contribution Award – Shin Hae Chul

Long-Run Song of the Year – Soyu x JungGiGo

Hot Performance of the Year – AOA

Hot Trend of the Year – EXID, Block B

Genre Award – Epik High

World Rookie of the Year – Bangtan Boys

Composer of the Year – Min Yeon Jae

Lyricist of the Year – Kim Do Hoon

Producer of the Year – Kim Shi Dae

Music Distribution Award – Universal Music

New Media Platform Award – KakaoMusic

Style Award – Choreography Team DQ, Park Seo Hyun, Choi Ji Hyang