Winnews from 'The 6th GAON Chart Kpop Awards'

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The 'GAON Chart K-Pop Awards' is back for its sixth year! The '6th GAON Chart K-Pop Awards', which will be recognizing awards for 2016, is being held at Jamsil Arena with hostsSuper Junior'sLeeteukandMAMAMOO'sSolar.

The 'Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards' is held by South Korea's national music record chart, Gaon Chart. The organization's awards recognize songs, albums, and artists as well as stylists, choreographers, producers, composers, and other professionals in the music industry. Award winners are determined according to the previous year's Gaon year-end chart of sales.

Checkout the winners below and theperformances here!

▲Song/Artist of the Year

January -G-Friend

February - MAMAMOO

March - Jang Bum Joon

April - TWICE

May - Urban Zakapa

June - SISTAR

July - Wonder Girls

August - Black Pink

September - Lim Chang Jung

October - TWICE

November - Black Pink

December - Big Bang

▲Album of the Year

1st quarter - GOT7 'Flight Log: Turbulence'

2nd quarter - EXO 'EX'ACT'

3rd quarter - EXO 'EX'ACT'

4th quarter - BTS 'Wings'

▲New Artist of the Year (Rookie Award)

NCT 127 | Black Pink

▲Performers of the Year

Lee Tae Yoon | Kang Sung Ho

▲Hot Performance of the Year

SEVENTEEN | INFINITE

▲Discovery of the Year

Hip Hop | BewhY

Indie | Bolbbalgan4

Ballad | Han Dong Geun

R&B | DEAN

▲World Hallyu Award

SHINee

▲Mobile Vote Popularity Award

EXO's Sehun | EXO

EXO

▲V Live Global Popularity Award

BTS

▲Lyricist/Composer of the Year

Jo Yoon Kyung | Black Eyed Victory

▲Producer of the Year

Bang Si Hyuk (Big Hit Entertainment)

▲Style of the Year

Son Sung Deuk | Choi Hee Sun

▲International Song of the Year

Maroon 5 "Don't Wanna Know"

(Allkpop)