40th Golden Disc Awards

The 40th Golden Disc Awards (Korean: 제40회 골든디스크어워즈) is an award ceremony held on January 10, 2026, at the Taipei Dome in Taipei, Taiwan. It honored the best in South Korean music released between early-November 2024 and early-November 2025.^[1] The event was hosted by Sung Si-kyung and Moon Ga-young.^[2]

DateJanuary 10, 2026

LocationTaipei Dome, Taipei, Taiwan

CountrySouth Korea

Hosted by

Quick facts Date, Location ...

40th Golden Disc Awards
Official poster
Date	January 10, 2026
Location	Taipei Dome, Taipei, Taiwan
Country	South Korea
Hosted by	Sung Si-kyung Moon Ga-young
Highlights
Most awards	G-Dragon (3) Ive (3) Jennie (3)
Digital Daesang	"Home Sweet Home"
Album Daesang	Karma
Artist Daesang	Jennie
Website	goldendisc.co.kr
Television/radio coverage
Network	JTBC
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Criteria

For the 40th ceremony, a new grand prize category, Artist of the Year, was introduced.^[3]

More information Category, Online voting ...

Category	Online voting	Expert Evaluation	Sales
Artist Daesang (Artist of the Year)	N/A	40%	60% (15% streaming usage + 15% album sales + 30% global chart)
Digital Daesang (Song of the Year)			60% (streaming usage)
Digital Song (Bonsang)			60% (streaming usage)
Album Daesang (Album of the Year)			60% (album sales)
Album (Bonsang)			60% (album sales)
Rookie Artist of the Year^[A]			60% (30% streaming usage + 30% album sales)
Most Popular Artist	100%	N/A
Special Awards	N/A	100%	N/A
Data Sources: Circle Chart (Digital chart, Album chart); Prizm (Voting data)^[4]

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Performers

The first line-up of performers was announced on November 26.^[5] The second line-up was announced on November 27.^[6]

More information Artist(s), Song(s) Performed ...

Artist(s)	Song(s) Performed
Zhang Hao & Sung Han-bin	"Better" (BoA cover)
Cortis	"What You Want"
AllDay Project	"Famous" "Look at Me" "One More Time"
KiiiKiii	"Groundwork" "I Do Me" (Golden Disc version)
TWS	"Spring Day" (BTS Cover)
Izna	"Be My Baby" (Wonder Girls Cover)
Zo Zazz	"Don't You Know"
NCT Wish	"Videohood" "Color"
ARrC	"Dummy" "Awesome"
Close Your Eyes	"Close Your Eyes" "X" "SOB"
Kim Tae-rae	"Reflection of You in Your Smile" (Shin Seung-hun Cover)
Huh Yunjin	"Like Rain, Like Music" (Kim Hyun-sik Cover)
Izna	"Mamma mia" "Fake It"
TWS	"Countdown" "Nice to See You Again" (Korean version) "Overdrive"
BoyNextDoor	"If I Say, I Love You" "Hollywood Action"
Zerobaseone	"In Bloom" "Crush" "Feel the Pop" "Good So Bad" "Blue" "Iconik"
KiiiKiii	"Flying, Deep in the Night" (Lee Moon-sae Cover)
Jongho	"Those Days" (Kim Kwang-seok Cover)
Le Sserafim	"Spaghetti" "Hot"
Ive	"♥ Beats" "Rebel Heart"
Close Your Eyes	"Lies" (BigBang Cover)
ARrC	"Hot" (1TYM Cover)
Joohoney	"Sting"
Monsta X	"N the Front" "Do What I Want"
Enhypen	"Bad Desire (With or Without You)" "Daydream" "Outside"
Ateez	"Ice on My Teeth" "In Your Fantasy"
Stray Kids	"Divine" "Do It" (Turbo version) "Ceremony" (Karma version)
Jennie	"Filter" "Damn Right" "Like Jennie" (Remix version)

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Winners and nominees

Winners and nominees are listed in alphabetical order. Winners are listed first and emphasized in bold.^[7]

Main awards

Nominations for Digital Song Bonsang, Album Bonsang, and Rookie of the Year were announced on November 25, 2025.^[8]

More information Digital Daesang (Song of the Year), Album Daesang (Album of the Year) ...

Digital Daesang (Song of the Year)	Album Daesang (Album of the Year)
G-Dragon – "Home Sweet Home" (featuring Taeyang and Daesung) Aespa – "Dirty Work" AllDay Project – "Famous" Blackpink – "Jump" BoyNextDoor – "If I Say, I Love You" Ive – "Rebel Heart" Jennie – "Like Jennie" Le Sserafim – "Hot" Rosé – "Toxic Till the End" Zo Zazz – "Don't You Know"	Stray Kids – Karma Ateez – Golden Hour: Part.2 Enhypen – Desire: Unleash G-Dragon – Übermensch Ive – Ive Empathy NCT Wish – Color Riize – Odyssey Seventeen – Happy Burstday Tomorrow X Together – The Star Chapter: Together Zerobaseone – Never Say Never
Artist Daesang (Artist of the Year)	Rookie Artist of the Year
Jennie	AllDay Project Cortis AHOF Close Your Eyes Hearts2Hearts Idid Idntt Izna KickFlip KiiiKiii Nouera Zo Zazz
Digital Song Bonsang	Album Bonsang
Aespa – "Dirty Work" AllDay Project – "Famous" Blackpink – "Jump" BoyNextDoor – "If I Say, I Love You" G-Dragon – "Home Sweet Home" (featuring Taeyang and Daesung) Ive – "Rebel Heart" Jennie – "Like Jennie" Le Sserafim – "Hot" Rosé – "Toxic Till the End" Zo Zazz – "Don't You Know" Hearts2Hearts – "The Chase" Hwang Ka-ram – "I Miss You So Much" IU – "Never Ending Story" KiiiKiii – "I Do Me" Maktub – "Starting with You" Meovv – "Hands Up" Ovan – "Flower" Plave – "Dash" Seventeen – "Thunder" Woody – "Sadder Than Yesterday"	Ateez – Golden Hour: Part.2 Enhypen – Desire: Unleash G-Dragon – Übermensch Ive – Ive Empathy NCT Wish – Color Riize – Odyssey Seventeen – Happy Burstday Stray Kids – Karma Tomorrow X Together – The Star Chapter: Together Zerobaseone – Never Say Never &Team – Back to Life Aespa – Rich Man Baekhyun – Essence of Reverie CxM – Hype Vibes I-dle – We Are Jennie – Ruby Jin – Happy NCT Dream – Dreamscape The Boyz – Unexpected Twice – Strategy

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Popularity awards

The categories for the popularity awards were announced on December 22, and voting began on the same day, running until January 5. Voting is being conducted through Prizm.^[9]

More information Most Popular Artist – Female, Most Popular Artist – Male ...

Most Popular Artist – Female^[10]	Most Popular Artist – Male^[10]
Hearts2Hearts Aespa AllDay Project Blackpink I-dle IU Ive Izna Jennie KiiiKiii Le Sserafim Meovv Rosé Twice	Jin &Team AHOF Ateez Baekhyun BoyNextDoor Close Your Eyes Cortis CxM Enhypen G-Dragon Hwang Ka-ram Idid Idntt KickFlip Maktub NCT Dream NCT Wish Nouera Ovan Plave Riize Seventeen Stray Kids The Boyz Tomorrow X Together Woody Zerobaseone Zo Zazz

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Special awards

More information Golden Choice, Next Generation ...

List of winners for the special awards
Golden Choice	Next Generation
ARrC Close Your Eyes	KiiiKiii
Cosmopolitan Artist Award	Global Impact Award
Ive	Jennie
Best Performance	Naver AI Choice
Izna TWS	BoyNextDoor
Best Group
Monsta X