The 26th Golden Disk Awards Announces Its Nominees

The 26^th Golden Disk Awards has recently released its list of nominees for the album, digital album and most popular artist categories. The Golden Disk Awards are compiled from the sales performance and ratings of the judges in each of the categories. Nominees are culled from releases made from January 1 to November 30, 2011.

Nominees for Golden Disk Album, given to the artist and the album are:

• 2PM, “Hands Up”
• 4Minute, “4MINUTES LEFT”
• Lee SSang, “Asura Balbalta”
• Jay Park, “Take a Deeper Look”
• Brown Eyed Girls, “Sixth Sense”
• Sung Si Kyung, “The First”
• Super Junior, “Mr. Simple”
• SNSD, “The Boys”
• Wonder Girls, “Wonder World”
• After School, “Virgin”
• Lee Seung Ki, “Tonight”
• Jang Ki Ha and the Faces, “Jang Ki Ha and the Faces”
• BEAST, “Fiction and Fact”
• CN Blue, “First Step”
• FT Island, “Return”
• f(x), “Pinocchio”
• INFINITE, “Over the Top”
• Kara, “Step”
• MBLAQ, “BLAQ Style”
• miss A, “A Class”

Nominees for Golden Disk Digital Album, given to the artist and song that performed well in downloads and mobile ringbacks are:

• 2NE1, “Lonely”
• 2PM, “Hands Up”
• 4men, “Live at Least Once”
• 4Minute, “Mirror Mirror”
• Jay Park, “Don’t Cry”
• SNSD, “The Boys”
• IU, “The Story I Didn’t Know”
• Wonder Girls, “Be My Baby”
• Lee Seung Ki, “Time for Love”
• Wheesung, “Heart-aching Story”
• BEAST, “On Rainy Days”
• CN Blue, “Intuition”
• FT Island, “Hello Hello”
• f(x), “Pinocchio (Danger)”
• G.NA, “Black and White”
• K.Will, “My Heart Is Beating”
• MBLAQ, “Mona Lisa”
• miss A, “Good-Bye Baby”
• Secret, “Starlight Moonlight”
• SISTAR, “How Dare You”

Nominees for Most Popular Artist Award are:

• 2NE1
• 2PM
• 4men
• 4Minute
• Lee SSang
• Jay Park
• Brown Eyed Girls
• Sung Si Kyung
• Super Junior
• SNSD
• IU
• Wonder Girls
• After School
• Lee Seung Ki
• Jang Ki Ha and the Faces
• Wheesung
• BEAST
• CN Blue
• FT Island
• f(x)
• G.NA
• INFINITE
• Kara
• K.Will
• MBLAQ
• miss A
• Secret
• SISTAR

The ceremonies will be held in Osaka, Japan on January 11 and 12, 2012. The 2012 Golden Disk Awards will hold its ceremonies overseas for the first time in its 26-year history.