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
Daesang Winners (Grand Prizes)
- Digital Daesang (Song of the Year): G-Dragon – HOME SWEET HOME (feat. Taeyang, Daesung)
- Album Daesang (Album of the Year): Stray Kids – KARMA
- Artist Daesang (Artist of the Year): 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 (feat. Taeyang, Daesung)
- 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
- ALLDAY PROJECT
- CLOSE YOUR EYES
- CORTIS
- Hearts2Hearts
- IDID
- idntt
- izna
- KickFlip
- KiiiKiii
- NouerA
- ZO ZAZZ
Popularity Awards (Fan-Voted)
Most Popular Artist – Female
- aespa
- AllDay Project
- BLACKPINK
- Hearts2Hearts
- i-dle
- IU
- IVE
- izna
- Jennie
- KiiiKiii
- LE SSERAFIM
- MEOVV
- Rosé
- TWICE
Most Popular Artist – Male
- &TEAM
- AHOF
- ATEEZ
- Baekhyun
- BOYNEXTDOOR
- CLOSE YOUR EYES
- CORTIS
- SEVENTEEN CxM
- ENHYPEN
- G-Dragon
- Hwang Ka-ram
- IDID
- idntt
- Jin
- KickFlip
- Maktub
- NCT DREAM
- NCT WISH
- NouerA
- Ovan
- PLAVE
- RIIZE
- SEVENTEEN
- Stray Kids
- THE BOYZ
- TOMORROW X TOGETHER
- Woody
- ZEROBASEONE
- ZO ZAZZ
Special Awards
- Cosmopolitan Artist: IVE
- Global Impact: Jennie
- Golden Choice: ARrC, CLOSE YOUR EYES
- Next Generation Award: KiiiKiii
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