# 30th Golden Disc Awards

The 30th Golden Disc Awards ceremony was held on January 20–21, 2016. It was initially scheduled to be held at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center in Shenzhen, China, but was instead staged at Kyung Hee University's Grand Peace Palace in Seoul due to security concerns. Jun Hyun-moo, Kim Jong-kook and Seohyun served as hosts on the first day, with Jun, Krystal and Leeteuk on the second.

## Criteria

The winners of the digital music and album categories were determined by music sales (80%) and a panel of music experts (20%). The Rookie Artist of the Year award was based on album sales (80%), a panel of music experts (10%) and online votes (10%), while the Popularity Award was based on online votes (80%) and album sales (20%).

## Winners and nominees
### Main awards

Winners and nominees 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) |
| Big Bang – "Loser" AOA – "Heart Attack" EXID – "Up & Down" Girls' Generation – "Lion Heart" J. Y. Park – "Who's Your Mama?" Kyuhyun – "At Gwanghwamun" Red Velvet – "Ice Cream Cake" Sistar – "Shake It" Taeyeon – "I" Zion.T – "Eat" | Exo – Exodus Apink – Pink Memory Beast – Ordinary BTS – The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 1 CNBLUE – 2gether f(x) – 4 Walls Jonghyun – Base Shinee – Odd Super Junior – Devil VIXX – Error |
| Digital Song Bonsang | Album Bonsang |
| AOA – "Heart Attack" Big Bang – "Loser" EXID – "Up & Down" Girls' Generation – "Lion Heart" J. Y. Park – "Who's Your Mama?" Kyuhyun – "At Gwanghwamun" Red Velvet – "Ice Cream Cake" Sistar – "Shake It" Taeyeon – "I" Zion.T – "Eat" Apink – "Remember" Baek A-yeon – "Shouldn't Have" CNBLUE – "Cinderella" Davichi – "Two Lovers" Exo – "Call Me Baby" f(x) – "4 Walls" Gain – "Apple" Gary – "Get Some Air" Huh Gak – "Snow of April" Hyukoh – "Comes and Goes" iKon – "My Type" Im Chang-jung – "Love Again" Jonghyun – "Déjà-Boo" Mamamoo – "Um Oh Ah Yeh" MC Mong – "Love Mash" Miss A – "Only You" Naul – "Living in the Same Time" San E – "Me You" Shinee – "View" Wonder Girls – "I Feel You" | Apink – Pink Memory Beast – Ordinary BTS – The Most Beautiful Moment in Life, Pt. 1 CNBLUE – 2gether Exo – Exodus f(x) – 4 Walls Jonghyun – Base Shinee – Odd Super Junior – Devil VIXX – Error 2PM – No.5 4Minute – Crazy B1A4 – Sweet Girl BtoB – Complete Girls' Generation – Lion Heart Got7 – Mad iKon – Welcome Back Infinite – Reality Jung Yong-hwa – One Fine Day Kim Sung-kyu – 27 Kyuhyun – At Gwanghwamun Monsta X – Rush Red Velvet – The Red Seventeen – Boys Be Shinhwa – We Sistar – Shake It Taeyeon – I Teen Top – Natural Born Teen Top TVXQ – Rise as God Xia – Flower |
| Rookie Artist of the Year | Popularity Award |
| GFriend iKon Seventeen Twice CLC Lovelyz Monsta X Oh My Girl | Shinee List of nominees 2PM 4Minute AOA Apink B1A4 Baek A-yeon Beast Big Bang BtoB BTS CNBLUE Davichi EXID Exo f(x) Gain Gary Girls' Generation Got7 Huh Gak Hyukoh iKon Im Chang-jung Infinite Jonghyun Jung Yong-hwa J. Y. Park Kim Sung-kyu Kyuhyun Mamamoo MC Mong Miss A Monsta X Naul Red Velvet San E Seventeen Shinhwa Sistar Super Junior Taeyeon Teen Top TVXQ VIXX Wonder Girls Xia Zion.T |

### Special awards

| Award | Winner |
| Best R&B/Hip-Hop Award | San E |
| Best Rock Band Award | Hyukoh |
| Next Generation Award | Monsta X |
| Global Popularity Award | Exo |
| iQiyi Male Artist Award | Big Bang |
| iQiyi Female Artist Award | Taeyeon |
| Best Vocal Award | BtoB |
| Best Vocal Award | Jung Yong-hwa |