{{Short description|2012 South Korean music awards ceremony}} {{use mdy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox award | name = 26th Golden Disc Awards | image = | alt = | sponsor = | date = January 11–12, 2012 | location = Kyocera Dome, Osaka | country = Japan | hosts = {{plainlist| * Leeteuk * Park Gyu-ri * Lee Hong-gi * Bae Suzy }} | network = JTBC | previous = 25th | main = Golden Disc Awards | next = 27th }}
The '''26th Golden Disc Awards''' took place on January 11–12, 2012, at the Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan. It honored the best in South Korean music released from January 1, 2011, through November 30, 2011. The event was held outside South Korea for the first time in the ceremony's history since its founding in 1986, as well as the first time at the beginning of the following year instead of December. Leeteuk, Park Gyu-ri, Lee Hong-gi, and Bae Suzy served as the hosts for the event.
== 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 == thumb|Super Junior – Album Bonsang, Album Daesang, Popularity Award and MSN Japan Award thumb|Beast – Album Bonsang, MSN International Award and Ceci Asia Icon Award thumb|Girls' Generation, Digital Bonsang and Digital Daesang thumb|Kara, Album Bonsang and Best Hallyu Star Award
=== Main awards === Winners<ref>{{Cite web |title=Golden Disc Awards – Winners History |url=https://www.goldendisc.co.kr/en/history |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508042745/https://www.goldendisc.co.kr/en/history |archive-date=May 8, 2022 |access-date=May 8, 2022 |website=Golden Disc Awards}}</ref> and nominees<ref>{{cite web |title=Korean 2011 Golden Disk Awards release nominations |url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/korean-2011-golden-disk-awards-release-nominations-101812574.html |website=Yahoo! Singapore |access-date=26 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526192032/https://sg.news.yahoo.com/korean-2011-golden-disk-awards-release-nominations-101812574.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-status=live |language=en-SG |date=29 November 2011}}</ref> are listed in alphabetical order. Winners are listed first and emphasized in '''bold'''.
{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%" ! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Digital Daesang <br /> (Song of the Year) ! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Disc Daesang <br /> (Album of the Year) |- | style="vertical-align:top" | * '''Girls' Generation''' '''– "The Boys"''' ** 4Minute – "Mirror Mirror" ** CNBLUE – "Intuition" ** G.NA – "Black and White" ** K.Will – "My Heart Is Beating" ** Miss A – "Good-Bye Baby" ** Secret – "Starlight Moonlight" ** Sistar – "So Cool" | style="vertical-align:top" | * '''Super Junior – ''Mr. Simple''''' ** Beast – ''Fiction and Fact'' ** CNBLUE – ''First Step'' ** f(x) – ''Pinocchio'' ** Infinite – ''Over the Top'' ** Jay Park – ''Take a Deeper Look'' ** Kara – ''Step'' ** MBLAQ – ''BLAQ Style'' |- ! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Digital Song Bonsang ! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Album Bonsang |- | style="vertical-align:top" | * '''4Minute – "Mirror Mirror"''' * '''CNBLUE – "Intuition"''' * '''Girls' Generation – "The Boys"''' * '''G.NA – "Black and White"''' * '''K.Will – "My Heart Is Beating"''' * '''Miss A – "Good-bye Baby"''' * '''Secret – "Starlight Moonlight"''' * '''Sistar – "So Cool"''' ** 2NE1 – "Lonely" ** 2PM – "Hands Up" ** 4Men – "Live at Least Once" ** Beast – "On Rainy Days" ** F.T. Island – "Hello Hello" ** f(x) – "Pinocchio (Danger)" ** IU – "The Story I Didn’t Know" ** Lee Seung-gi – "Time for Love" ** MBLAQ – "Mona Lisa" ** Park Bom – "Don’t Cry" ** Wheesung – "Heartsore Story" ** Wonder Girls – "Be My Baby" | style="vertical-align:top" | * '''Beast – ''Fiction and Fact''''' * '''CNBLUE – ''First Step''''' * '''f(x) – ''Pinocchio''''' * '''Infinite – ''Over the Top''''' * '''Jay Park – ''Take a Deeper Look''''' * '''Kara – ''Step''''' * '''MBLAQ – ''BLAQ Style''''' * '''Super Junior – ''Mr. Simple''''' ** 2PM – ''Hands Up'' ** 4Minute – ''4Minutes Left'' ** After School – ''Virgin'' ** Brown Eyed Girls – ''Sixth Sense'' ** F.T. Island – ''Return'' ** Girls' Generation – ''The Boys'' ** Kiha & The Faces – ''Kiha & The Faces'' ** Leessang – ''Asura Balbalta'' ** Lee Seung-gi – ''Tonight'' ** Miss A – ''A Class'' ** Sung Si-kyung – ''The First'' ** Wonder Girls – ''Wonder World'' |- ! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Rookie Artist of the Year ! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Popularity Award |- | style="vertical-align:top" | * '''Apink''' * '''B1A4''' * '''Dal Shabet''' * '''Boyfriend''' * '''Huh Gak''' | style="vertical-align:top" | * '''Super Junior''' |}
=== Special awards === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82" | Award ! scope="col" style="background:#EEDD82" | Winner(s) |- ! scope="row" |MSN International Award |Beast |- ! scope="row" |MSN Japan Award |Super Junior |- ! scope="row" |Best Asian Group Award |CNBLUE |- ! scope="row" |Best Hallyu Star Award |Kara |- ! scope="row" |Hallyu Icon Award |{{hlist|Infinite|Rainbow|Supernova}} |- ! scope="row" |ViVi Dream Award |CNBLUE |- ! scope="row" |Best Rock Band Award | rowspan="2" |F.T. Island |- ! scope="row" |Cosmopolitan Artist Award |- ! scope="row" |Ceci Asia Icon Award |Beast |- ! scope="row" |Producer Award |Hong Seung-seong (Cube Entertainment) |}
== Controversy == The event was met with several controversies.<ref name="kuki" /> The absences of popular artist such as 2NE1, Big Bang, IU, and T-ara, with none of them receiving any awards despite their successes during the year led to criticisms over fairness.<ref name="kuki">{{cite web |date=14 January 2012 |title=[Ki-Z 이슈] ‘골든디스크’, JTBC 홍보 콘서트로 전락하며 ‘권위’ 상실 |trans-title=[Ki-Z Issue] 'Golden Disc' loses 'authority' as it degenerates into JTBC promotional concert |url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=143&aid=0002058608 |access-date=8 May 2022 |website=Kuki News |publisher=Naver |language=ko}}</ref><ref name="herald pop" /> The ceremony was broadcast through JTBC's Lunar New Year special instead of being broadcast live, which drew accusations of the awards being a "JTBC promotional concert" in an attempt to boost the channel's ratings.<ref name="kuki" /> The ceremony also drew small controversy for being held abroad, with observers commenting that they did not see how Japan was relevant to the awards when sales figures were calculated from South Korea only. Others pointed out that although the Mnet Asian Music Awards is also a South Korean ceremony that have been held abroad, it had various participants from multiple countries around the world unlike the Golden Disc Awards, where only Korean artists participated.<ref name="herald pop">{{cite web |title=골든디스크 ‘K팝 장사’ 눈살 |trans-title=Golden Disc's 'K-pop business' glance |url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=016&aid=0000407345 |website=Herald POP |publisher=Naver |access-date=8 May 2022 |language=ko |date=10 January 2012}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
{{Golden Disc Awards}}
Category:2012 in South Korean music Category:2012 music awards Category:Golden Disc Awards ceremonies Category:January 2012 in Japan