The 40th Golden Disc Awards took place on January 10, 2026, at the Taipei Dome in Taiwan. The ceremony honored top K-pop artists for achievements from November 2024 to November 2025.
This year introduced a new Artist Daesang (Artist of the Year), alongside the traditional Digital Song Daesang and Album Daesang.
The event featured 18 performing acts, including:
- Stray Kids
- Monsta X
- Jennie
- ATEEZ
- ENHYPEN
- IVE
- LE SSERAFIM
- ZEROBASEONE
- BOYNEXTDOOR
- TWS
- NCT WISH
- izna
- KiiiKiii
- ARrC
- ALLDAY PROJECT
- CLOSE YOUR EYES
- ZO ZAZZ
- CORTIS
Hosts: Sung Si Kyung and Mun Ka Young
Presenters included: Song Joong Ki, Byeon Woo Seok, and Ahn Hyo Seop
2026 Golden Disc Awards: Full Winners List
🏆 Daesang (Grand Prizes)
Digital Daesang (Song of the Year)
- WINNER: G-Dragon – “HOME SWEET HOME (feat. Taeyang, 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”
Album Daesang (Album of the Year)
- WINNER: Stray Kids – KARMA
- ATEEZ – GOLDEN HOUR : Part.2
- ENHYPEN – DESIRE : UNLEASH
- G-Dragon – Ubermensch
- IVE – IVE EMPATHY
- NCT WISH – COLOR
- RIIZE – ODYSSEY
- TOMORROW X TOGETHER – The Star Chapter: TOGETHER
- ZEROBASEONE – NEVER SAY NEVER
Artist Daesang (Artist of the Year)
- WINNER: Jennie
🎶 Digital Song Division – Bonsang (Main Awards)
- aespa – “Dirty Work”
- ALLDAY PROJECT – “FAMOUS”
- BLACKPINK – “JUMP”
- BOYNEXTDOOR – “IF I SAY, I LOVE YOU”
- G-Dragon – “HOME SWEET HOME”
- Hearts2Hearts – “The Chase”
- Hwang Karam – “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 Division – Bonsang (Main Awards)
- &TEAM – Back to Life
- aespa – Rich Man
- ATEEZ – GOLDEN HOUR : Part.2
- Baekhyun – Essence of Reverie
- SEVENTEEN CxM – HYPE VIBES
- ENHYPEN – DESIRE : UNLEASH
- G-Dragon – Ubermensch
- 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
- AHOF
- WINNER: ALLDAY PROJECT
- CLOSE YOUR EYES
- WINNER: CORTIS
- Hearts2Hearts
- IDID
- idntt
- izna
- KickFlip
- KiiiKiii
- NouerA
- ZO ZAZZ
⭐ Popularity Awards (Fan-Voted)
Most Popular Artist – Female
- WINNER: Hearts2Hearts
Most Popular Artist – Male
- WINNER: Jin
🎖️ Special Awards
- Best Group: Monsta X
- Best Performance: izna, TWS
- Cosmopolitan Artist: IVE
- Global Impact: Jennie
- Golden Choice: ARrC, CLOSE YOUR EYES
- Naver AI Choice: BOYNEXTDOOR
- Next Generation: KiiiKiii
