The 40th edition of the Golden Disc Awards 2026 is scheduled to be held on January 10, 2025, at the Taipei Dome in Taipei, Taiwan. It is an upcoming award ceremony, held to celebrate and honor the best in South Korean music. Know more in this guide.
The upcoming Golden Disc Awards 2026 ceremony marks its 40th edition, set to take place at the Taipei Dome in Taipei, Taiwan, on January 10, 2026.
Held to celebrate and honor the best in South Korean music, released between early-November 2024 and early-November 2025.
The event will be hosted by Sung Si-kyung and Moon Ga-young.
As the main award ceremony will be set to take place in January, on November 25, the organizing committee for the 40th Golden Disc Awards announced the nominees for the Digital Song Division, Album Division, and Rookie Artist of the Year.
This article of the National Film Awards presents the complete nominations list for the Golden Disc Awards 2026.
Also know: Golden Globes Awards 2026 Nominations List & Filmfare OTT Awards 2025 Nominees
Golden Disc Awards 2026 Nominations List
Check out the Complete Nominations list below:
Digital Song Bonsang
| Artist | Song |
|---|---|
| Aespa | Dirty Work |
| AllDay Project | Famous |
| Blackpink | Jump |
| BoyNextDoor | If I Say, I Love You |
| G-Dragon ft. Taeyang & Daesung | Home Sweet Home |
| Hearts2Hearts | The Chase |
| Hwang Ka-ram | I Miss You So Much |
| IU | Never Ending Story |
| Ive | Rebel Heart |
| Jennie | Like Jennie |
| KiiiKiii | I Do Me |
| Le Sserafim | Hot |
| Maktub | Starting with You |
| Meovv | Hands Up |
| Ovan | Flower |
| Plave | Dash |
| Rosé | Toxic Till the End |
| Seventeen | Thunder |
| Woody | Sadder Than Yesterday |
| Zo Zazz | Don’t You Know |
Album Bonsang
| Artist | Album |
|---|---|
| &Team | Back to Life |
| Aespa | Rich Man |
| Ateez | Golden Hour: Part 2 |
| Baekhyun | Essence of Reverie |
| CxM | Hype Vibes |
| Enhypen | Desire: Unleash |
| G-Dragon | Übermensch |
| I-dle | We Are |
| Ive | Ive Empathy |
| Jennie | Ruby |
| Jin | Happy |
| NCT Dream | Dreamscape |
| NCT Wish | Color |
| Riize | Odyssey |
| Seventeen | Happy Burstday |
| Stray Kids | Karma |
| The Boyz | Unexpected |
| Twice | Strategy |
| Tomorrow X Together | The Star Chapter: Together |
| Zerobaseone | Never Say Never |
Rookie Artist of the Year
| Artist |
|---|
| AHOF |
| AllDay Project |
| Close Your Eyes |
| Cortis |
| Hearts2Hearts |
| Idid |
| Idntt |
| Izna |
| KickFlip |
| KiiikKii |
| Nouera |
| Zo Zazz |
40th Golden Disc Awards Performers Line-Up
- AllDay Project
- Cortis
- Enhypen
- NCT Wish
- Ive
- Izna
- Le Sserafim
- Zerobaseone
- Zo Zazz
- ARrC
- Ateez
- BoyNextDoor
- Close Your Eyes
- KiiiKiii
- Monsta X
- Stray Kids
- TWS
- Jennie
40th Golden Disc Awards 2026 Winners
The winners of the 40th Golden Disc Awards are yet to be announced, as the main awards ceremony is scheduled to be held on 10 January 2026.
So stay tuned, guys, as soon as the winners are revealed, it will be updated soon.
But below we mentioned the winners of the 39th Golden Disc Awards.
Digital Daesang (Song of the Year)
- Aespa – “Supernova”
Album Daesang (Album of the Year)
- (G)I-dle – “Fate”
Rookie Artist of the Year
- BabyMonster
- Illit
- NCT Wish
- TWS
- All(H)Ours
- Ampers&One
- Nexz
- Nowadays
- One Pact
- Unis
Most Popular Artist – Female
- Le Sserafim
- (G)I-dle
- Aespa
- Babymonster
- Bibi
- Illit
- IU
- Ive
- Kiss of Life
- NewJeans
- Nmixx
- Lee Young-ji
- QWER
- Taeyeon
- Twice
- Unis
- Yuqi
- Viviz
- Plave
Most Popular Artist – Male
- All(H)Ours
- Ampers&One
- Ateez
- Baekhyun
- BoyNextDoor
- Day6
- Enhypen
- Lee Mu-jin
- Lim Jae-hyun
- NCT 127
- NCT Dream
- NCT Wish
- Nexz
- Nowadays
- One Pact
- Riize
- Seventeen
- Stray Kids
- Tomorrow X Together
- TWS
- Zerobaseone
- Zico
Special Awards
- Best Band – Day6
- Best Group – Le Sserafim
- Best OST – Crush – “Love You with All My Heart”
- Best Producer – Han Sung-soo
- Best Solo – Yuqi
- Cosmopolitan Artist of the Year – NewJeans
- Fans’ Choice – Enhypen
- Global K-pop Artist – Ive
- Golden Honorable Choice – Shin Hae-chul
- Next Generation – Kiss of Life
About Golden Disc Awards
The Golden Disc Awards, formerly called the Golden Disk Awards before 2015. It is an annual South Korean major music awards ceremony that honors achievements in the local music industry.
The awards ceremony was founded to promote popular culture creativity, discover new artists, and contribute to the growth of the music industry. The first ceremony was held in 1986.
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