23rd Golden Disk Awards

23rd Golden Disk Awards
Official poster for the 23rd Golden Disk Awards
Date	December 10, 2008
Location	Olympic Hall, Olympic Park, Seoul, South Korea
Hosted by	Shin Dong-yup Park Ji-yoon
Official website	isplus.joinsmsn.com/goldendisk
Television/Radio coverage
Network	Mnet KMTV

The 23rd Golden Disk Awards were held on December 10, 2008. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Presenters

• Kim So-yeon
• Lee So-yeon
• So Yi-hyun
• Song Dae-kwan
• Jeong Si-ah
• Jin Bo-ra
• Kim Seong-eun
• Moon Chae-won
• Park Ye-jin
• Go Ara
• Seo Woo

Awards

Grand Prize

• Grand Prize (full-length album for the Record of the Year)
  • TVXQ (performer) for "Mirotic" from Mirotic
• Grand Prize (EP or single for the Record of the Year; a.k.a. DaeSang in digital releasing)
  • Jewelry (performer) for "One More Time" from Kitchi Island

Record Producer of the Year

• Lee Soo-man (chairman of SM Entertainment)

Main Award Top 10 (BonSang)

• SG Wannabe = 5th Album My Friend
• Brown Eyes = 3rd Album Two Things Needed For The Same Purpose And 5 Objects
• Kim Dong-ryool = 7th Solo Album Monologue
• Rain = 5th Album Rainismn
• Shinhwa = 14th Album Vol.9
• TVXQ = 4th Album Mirotic
• Brown Eyed Girls = 1st Extended Play With L.O.V.E
• Jewelry = 5th Album Kitchi Island
• MC Mong = 4th Album Show Just Begun
• Wonder Girls = 1st Extended Play The Wonder Years: Trilogy

Rock Record of the Year

Rock Record of the Year was sponsored by Cosmopolitan.

• Nell = 4th Major Album Separetion Anxiety

Trot Record of the Year

• Jang Yoon-jeong = 4th Album Jang Yoon Jeong Twist

Newbie Award

Popularity Award was sponsored by Samsung Yepp.

• Davichi = 1st Album Amarath
• SHINee = 1st Extended Play Pretty

Popularity Award

Popularity Award was sponsored by Samsung Yepp.

• TVXQ = 4th Album Mirotic
• FT Island = 2nd Album Colorful Sensibility
• Son Ho-young = 2nd Album Return
• Kim Tae-yeon (leader of Girls' Generation)= 2008 Best OST Collection

New Trend Award

• Kim Jong-wook

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Kim Chang-wan (leader of Sanulrim)

References

1. TVXQ and other winners at Golden Disk Awards 2008 (in Korean) Asiae.co.kr (December 10, 2008). Retrieved on August 8, 2014.
2. http://www.kukinews.com/life/article/view.asp?page=1&gCode=ent&arcid=0921125354
3. http://www.segye.com/Articles/NEWS/ENTERTAINMENTS/Article.asp?aid=20081212001212
4. http://www.asiaeconomy.co.kr/uhtml/read.jsp?idxno=456148
5. http://www.sportsseoul.com/news2/entertain/hotentertain/2008/1211/20081211101040100000000_6342917269.html

External links

• Official website