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Thursday 6 December 2012

Girls’ Generation TaeTiSeo Nominated in the ’27th Golden Disk Awards’

Girls’ Generation – TTS has been nominated in three categories at the “Samsung Galaxy The 27th Golden Disk Awards in Kuala Lumpur”: the Disk Album Award, the Digital Music Award, and the Popularity Award. The group will be competing against other artists such as BIG BANG, PSY, and Busker Busker, as well as fellow SM Entertainment artists, including Super Junior, SHINee, f(x), and EXO.

The winners of the album and digital music awards will be determined from the artists’ sales during the year of 2012, from January to December. The receiver of the Popularity Award will be decided by a popularity vote and the judges’ ratings of the nominees.

January 15th will be the start of this two-day event, which will be held at Sepang International Circuit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. jTBC will broadcast the show. This year’s “Golden Disk Awards” will begin at 7:30PM MYT on January 15th for the Album portion and resume at the same time on the 16th for the Digital Music section of the award ceremony.

Last year, Girls’ Generation won the Digital Daesang at the “26th Golden Disk Awards“, making them the first girl group to win three Daesangs.

Source: K-POP Wave & soshified

Girls’ Generation Nominated for ’2012 World Music Awards’ and ’2012 SBS MTV Best of the Best’

Girls’ Generation has been nominated for “World’s Best Group” at the “2012 World Music Awards”, taking place on December 20th at Marlins Park Stadium in Miami, Florida. The “2012 World Music Awards” is famously set to enter the “Guiness Book of World Records” as the biggest live music awards show ever going live to the most countries, with more than a billion viewers seeing this live three hour event.

The “World Music Awards”, an international award show founded in 1989, annually honors recording artists based on worldwide sales data provided by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). This year, Girls’ Generation is up for the award of “World’s Best Group” among 41 other artists, including fellow K-Pop acts Big Bang and Wonder Girls. Online voting is currently opened on the official “World Music Awards” website. Fans can vote once per day.

Also, Girls’ Generation – TTS and Jessica are both nominated for three different categories at the “2012 SBS MTV Best of the Best’”. Girls’ Generation – TTS is nominated for both “Best Global” in the “Best Music Video” category and “Artist of the Year” in the “Best Live” category. Jessica is nominated for “Best Cameo” for her appearance in SHINee’s “Sherlock” under the “Best Music Video” category. Voting is available online at the official SBS MTV website. Fans can vote for each category once per hour.

Sources: World Music Awards, mtv.co.kr & soshified