D Awards () 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.
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. 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. 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.
The 1st D Awards was held on February 22, 2025 with Go Min-si and Lee Jong-won as the presenters.
Ceremonies + List of D Awards award ceremonies Edition Year Date Venue Location 1st 2025 February 22, 2025 Korea University Hwajeong Gymnasium Seoul, South Korea 2nd 2026 February 11, 2026
Awards categories
Black Label (Grand prizes) 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 (2025) D Awards Iconic D Awards Global
Blue Label (Main prizes) Delights Blue Label D Awards Impact Best Band Best Choreography Best Group Best OST Best Stage Best Tour Best Video Best Solo Popularity Award (Boy / Girl) Best Group Popularity Award (Boy / Girl) Best Rising Star (Boy / Girl) UPICK Global Choice (Boy / Girl)
Silver Label (Emerging artists) Dreams Silver Label D Awards Discovery of the Year D Awards Remark (2025)
Grand prizes (Daesang) + List of winners of the grand prizes Edition Year Winner 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 — 2nd 2026 Enhypen BoyNextDoor – "If I Say, I Love You" Stray Kids – Karma Riize – Odyssey NCT Wish TWS — Zerobaseone P1Harmony
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
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