# The 4th V Chart Awards

The 4th V Chart Awards (第四届音悦V榜年度盛典) is a music awards hosted by YinYueTai in 2016 at Cadillac Arena, Beijing. The emcee for the awards were David Wu, Li Ai and Tao Guo.

## Shortlisted criteria

* The "data-based category" award nominees are artists who released an official MV in between January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2016, and the artist must be ranked in the chart throughout the whole year.
* "The Most Popular Artists" series of shortlisted nominees are the top 30 artists in the TOP100 list in all five regions.
* "Artist Award" series nominees are artists who released music-related work(s) in between January 2016 to December 31, 2016. In addition to the results of the MV chart, the awards will be based on a combination of criteria: the standard of the released album, participation in offline activities, performances, film and television, hosting and the results that accompanies.
* "Composition Category" award nominees are artists who released an official MV from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2016, and the artist must have the most #1 wins in the chart throughout the whole year. "MV Awards" are based on MV production standards, word of mouth, shooting, conception, production and list of achievements to determine the winning entries.
* "Album of The Year" is determined according to the annual album sales data ranking on the Yin Yue Shopping Mall 2016. Shortlisted nominees are the top 10 albums on the data ranking.

## Voting

On February 5, 2016, the award ceremony was officially launched. On February 29, the nominees for the "Favourite Artist of the Year" series was announced. Voting of the first phase of nominees commenced on March 7 and ended on March 19. On the March 8, a concept video was released. On March 21, the voting for the second phase of the "Favourite Artist of the Year" ended on April 5.

## Cinematography

The presentation of the ceremony used live webcast technology which divided into Live HD and a 360-degree panorama live accompanied with three interfaces for the backstage live. Live broadcast has a choice of standard definition and HD to choose from. The 360-degree panoramic live technology facilitates live performances from different angles. Backstage live showcases interviews with various artists who are present.

## Personnel
### Host

YinYueTai

### Official Broadcasting Site

StarTV YinYueTai

### Data provider

YinYueTai Mobile App, YinYueTai PC App, YinYueTai Official Website, Baidu

### Interworking Partners

Billboard, Gaon Charts

### Collaboration Partners

Hunan Broadcasting System, Dragon TV, Sohu TV, KpopStars, Baidu, Miaopai by MeituPic and more.

## Winners and nominees

Singer Category (歌手类) :
| Top Male Artist | Top Female Artist |
| Luhan - Medals | Li Yunchun - "混蛋，我想你" (Idiot, I Miss You) |
| From other regions JJ Lin - HK & Taiwan Justin Bieber - Western Jang Hyun Seung - Korea Akanishi Jin - Japan | From other regions G.E.M. - HK & Taiwan Taylor Swift - Western Hahm Eun Jung - Korea Ayumi Hamasaki - Japan |
| Top Group | Top New Artist |
| TFBoys - Adore | Wang Qing & Feng Jianyu |
| From other regions Sodagreen - HK & Taiwan Maroon 5 - Western T-ara - Korea AKB48 - Japan | From other regions Yoyo Sham - HK & Taiwan Sam Smith - Western GFriend - Korea lol - Japan |
| Top Promising Artist | Breakthrough Artist Of The Year |
| UNIQ SpeXial Tomomi Kasai | Chi YueHan Vivi Jiang EXID |
| Hot Trend Artist Of The Year | Indie Artist Of The Year |
| Joker Xue Will Pan Jessica Jung Tomomi Itano | Peng Dan (彭坦) Chen Li Guba Ahsan (贾巴阿叁) |
| Best Singer Songwriter Of The Year | All-round Artist Of The Year |
| Silence Wang Kenji Wu | Joker Xue |
| Most Influential Artist of Asia | BRC Artist of the Year |
| Li Yunchun | G.E.M. |
| Recommended Artist of Yinyue Tai ||
| Li Yunchun ||
| Works Category (作品类) ||
| Best OST／The Annual Film Songs | The Best Cooperation Of The Year |
| Alan Dawa Dolma - "Through the Ages" (千古) (The Journey of Flower) Zhang Yixing (Lay) - "Alone" (一个人) (Ex-Files 2) | M.I.C. Steelo ft. Shen MengChen - "Dying To See You" Kenji Wu ft. Song Ji Hyo - "Neo gwi yeop da" (你好可爱/너 귀엽다) |
| Best Stage Performance of the Year | Best Album of The Year |
| VIXX Will Pan Li Yunchun | Luhan - Reloaded EXO - Exodus Eason Chan - Getting Ready |
| Popularity Award (人气类） ||
| Most Popular Artist Of The Night ||
| Wang Qing & Feng Jianyu ||
| Favorite Artist Of The Year ||
| Wang Qing & Feng Jianyu ||
| From other regions G.E.M. Avril Lavigne Baekhyun Akanishi Jin ||
| Best Producer | Best Director |
| PSY | Yeap Shaohu - "小镇青年" Muh Chen - I'm Not Yours Mika Ninagawa - "さよなら,アリス" |

## Wardrobe Malfunctions

G.E.M. suffered a wardrobe malfunction which caused her to fell on stage. Luhan was seen with a running nose which he later explained himself to be having rhinitis during the backstage interview.