The 1st D Awards () was an award ceremony held on February 22, 2025, at the Korea University Hwajeong Gymnasium. Go Min-si and Lee Jong-won served as hosts. It was organized by Sports Dong-a, a sister brand of the Dong-a Ilbo.
Background and overview In December 2024, The 1st D Awards was announced to be held at Korea University Hwajeong Gymnasium in South Korea in 2025 by Sports Dong-a. The judging criteria for D Awards are a comprehensive combination of online voting through Upick application, music and album sales, and judging by the judging panel. 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 (daesang), 'blue' for the main prizes and best sub-award categories (bonsang), and 'silver' for the emerging K-Pop artists.
On January 20, 2025, Go Min-si and Lee Jong-won was announced to host the event. The award ceremony was broadcast via Channel A on February 22, 2025, at 10:30 p.m. KST.
Performers The first performer lineup was announced on January 6. The second lineup was announced on January 13. The third lineup was announced on January 31. + Artist(s) Song(s) performed KickFlip "Umm Great""Mama Said" Unis "Superwoman""Curious" 82Major "Stuck""Thorns" Young Posse "XXL""Scars" QWER "Soda""T.B.H" TripleS "Girls Never Die""Hit the Floor" Fifty Fifty "Cupid""S.O.S""Gravity" P1Harmony "It's Alright""Sad Song" N.Flying "Flower Fantasy""Star""Blue Moon" NCT Wish "Wish""Steady" TWS "Bang!""Plot Twist""Last Festival" Zerobaseone "Doctor! Doctor!""Good So Bad" Riize "Hug""Impossible""Boom Boom Bass" Enhypen "Daydream""No Doubt""Scream"
Presenters The first presenter lineup was announced on January 31. The second lineup was announced on February 11. Hwang Chan-sung – presented D Awards Remark Mimiminu – presented Dreams Silver Label Seo Bum-june – presented Dreams Silver Label Kangnam – presented Delights Blue Label Park Sun-joo – presented Delights Blue Label Bang Min-ah – presented D Awards Impact Jung Gun-joo – presented Delights Blue Label Lim Chan – presented Popularity Awards Lee Hak-joo – presented Delights Blue Label Cho Yi-hyun – presented Delights Blue Label Ko Kyung-pyo – presented Rookie of the Year Bae In-hyuk and Kim Ji-eun – presented Trend of the Year and Performance of the Year Park Jin-young and Roh Jeong-eui – presented Record of the Year and Song of the Year Ahn Eun-jin and Park Hyun-jin – presented D Awards Iconic Cha Seung-won – presented Album of the Year and Artist of the Year
Winners and nominees Winners are listed in alphabetical order and emphasized in bold.
Main Prize Artist of the Year Song of the Year Seventeen Aespa – "Supernova" Album of the Year Record of the Year Enhypen – Romance: Untold Zerobaseone – Cinema Paradise Performance of the Year Trend of the Year Riize QWER Rookie of the Year D Awards Iconic NCT Wish TWS SM Entertainment
D Awards Specialty 'D Awards Delights' was given to the outstanding K-Pop artist throughout the year, while 'D Awards Dreamers' was given to the aspiring new K-Pop artist who will lead the industry in the future. Delights Blue Label Dreams Silver Label Aespa Day6 Enhypen Fifty Fifty Illit N.Flying NCT Wish Nmixx P1Harmony QWER Riize Seventeen Treasure TripleS TWS Zerobaseone 82Major Babymonster Illit NCT Wish TWS Unis Young Posse D Awards Discovery of the Year 82Major Fifty Fifty KickFlip TripleS Unis Young Posse D Awards Impact D Awards Remark Jo Yu-ri Mimiminu Seo Bum-june KickFlip
Artists Awards The award categories were announced daily on D Awards' social media accounts, starting a week before the event. Best Band Best Choreography Day6 QWER Illit TWS Best Group Best OST Enhypen Riize N.Flying Best Stage Best Tour P1Harmony Zerobaseone Enhypen Treasure Best Video Aespa Riize
Popularity Awards The popularity awards were determined through online voting on Upick. Voting for the six popularity categories took place from January 13 to February 13 and was conducted in multiple rounds.
Best Popularity Award Boy Solo Girl Solo Lee Seung-yoon Wendy Boy Group Girl Group Enhypen TripleS UPICK Global Choice Boy Girl Zhang Hao (Zerobaseone) Chaeyoung (Twice)
Multiple awards The following artists has received two or more awards:
Count Artist(s) 5 Enhypen 4 Riize TWS Zerobaseone 3 Aespa NCT Wish Illit QWER TripleS 2 82Major Day6 Fifty Fifty KickFlip N.Flying P1Harmony Seventeen Treasure Unis Young Posse
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