D Awards
Annual award ceremony in South Korea
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D Awards (Korean: 디 어워즈) is an annual award ceremony established in 2025 by Sports Dong-a (a sister brand of the Dong-a Ilbo) for excellence in K-Pop music in South Korea.
| D Awards | |
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| Current: 2nd D Awards | |
| Awarded for | Outstanding achievements in the K-Pop industry |
| Location | Seoul |
| Country | South Korea |
| Presented by | |
| First award | February 22, 2025 |
History
D Awards was first announced in December 2024 as the award which was established to further promote and inspire K-Pop, believing that it was faithful to provide 'Dream' and 'Delights' as the reason why it was loved by people all over the world.[1] It was reported that D Awards will have special two categories: 'D Awards Delights' which was given to the outstanding K-Pop artist throughout the year and 'D Awards Dreamers' which was given to the aspiring new K-Pop artist who will lead the industry in the future.[2] D Awards offers three varieties of trophies featuring hexahedron design, each in a distinct color derived from the awards' symbolic color: 'black' for the grand prizes, 'blue' for the main prizes and best sub-award categories, and 'silver' for the emerging K-Pop artists.[3]
The 1st D Awards was held on February 22, 2025 with Go Min-si and Lee Jong-won as the presenters.[4]
Ceremonies
Awards categories
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Grand prizes (Daesang)
| Edition | Year | Winner | Ref. | ||||||||
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| Artist of the Year | Song of the Year | Album of the Year | Record of the Year | Performance of the Year | Trend of the Year | Rookie of the Year | D Awards Iconic | D Awards Global | |||
| 1st | 2025 | Seventeen | Aespa – "Supernova" | Enhypen – Romance: Untold | Zerobaseone – Cinema Paradise | Riize | QWER | NCT Wish, TWS | SM Entertainment | — | [7] |
| 2nd | 2026 | Enhypen | BoyNextDoor – "If I Say, I Love You" | Stray Kids – Karma | Riize – Odyssey | NCT Wish | TWS | — | Zerobaseone | P1Harmony | [8] |
Most awarded artists
The following artists (arranged in alphanumeric order) has received four or more awards.
| Awards | Artist |
|---|---|
| 11 | Enhypen |
| 8 | Zerobaseone |
| 6 | NCT Wish |
| 5 | P1Harmony |
| QWER | |
| Riize | |
| TWS | |
| 4 | 82Major |
| Aespa | |
| AHOF | |
| BoyNextDoor | |
| Fifty Fifty | |
| Izna | |
| KickFlip | |