The 26th Japan Gold Disc Awards were held on January 27th in Tokyo, and some of your favorite Korean bands were big winners!
KARA won the most awards, with five total: “Best Asian Artist, “Best 3 Asian Albums,” “Download Song of the Year,” “Best 5 Downloads,” and “Best Music Video.”
Girls Generation also received recognition with the awards, “Album of the Year” and “Best 3 Asian Albums.” 2PM took home the “New Artist of the Year” and “Best 3 New Artists” awards, which also went to Jang Geunseuk and BEAST. TVXQ was the other Korean band to nab the “Best 3 Asian Albums” award. Finally, Park Hyun Bin was awarded the “Best Enka/Kyokyoku New Artist.”
In total, Korean artists won 13 awards at the Japanese ceremony. Congratulation to them!
Source: in2kpop
