The 40th Golden Disc Awards () is an award ceremony held on January 10, 2026, at the Taipei Dome in Taipei, Taiwan. It honored the best in South Korean music released between early-November 2024 and early-November 2025. The event was hosted by Sung Si-kyung and Moon Ga-young.
Criteria For the 40th ceremony, a new grand prize category, Artist of the Year, was introduced. Category Online voting Expert Evaluation Sales Artist Daesang (Artist of the Year) rowspan="6" 40% 60% Digital Daesang (Song of the Year) 60% Digital Song (Bonsang) Album Daesang (Album of the Year) 60% Album (Bonsang) Rookie Artist of the Year 60% Most Popular Artist 100% colspan="2" Special Awards 100%
Performers The first line-up of performers was announced on November 26. The second line-up was announced on November 27. Artist(s) Song(s) Performed Zhang Hao & Sung Han-bin "Better" Cortis "What You Want" AllDay Project "Famous" "Look at Me" "One More Time" KiiiKiii "Groundwork" "I Do Me" TWS "Spring Day" Izna "Be My Baby" Zo Zazz "Don't You Know" NCT Wish "Videohood" "Color" ARrC "Dummy" "Awesome" Close Your Eyes "Close Your Eyes" "X" "SOB" Kim Tae-rae "Reflection of You in Your Smile" Huh Yunjin "Like Rain, Like Music" Izna "Mamma mia" "Fake It" TWS "Countdown" "Nice to See You Again" "Overdrive" BoyNextDoor "If I Say, I Love You" "Hollywood Action" Zerobaseone "In Bloom" "Crush" "Feel the Pop" "Good So Bad" "Blue" "Iconik" KiiiKiii "Flying, Deep in the Night" Jongho "Those Days" Le Sserafim "Spaghetti" "Hot" Ive "♥ Beats" "Rebel Heart" Close Your Eyes "Lies" ARrC "Hot" Joohoney "Sting" Monsta X "N the Front" "Do What I Want" Enhypen "Bad Desire (With or Without You)" "Daydream" "Outside" Ateez "Ice on My Teeth" "In Your Fantasy" Stray Kids "Divine" "Do It" "Ceremony" Jennie "Filter" "Damn Right" "Like Jennie"
Winners and nominees Winners and nominees are listed in alphabetical order. Winners are listed first and emphasized in bold.
Main awards Nominations for Digital Song Bonsang, Album Bonsang, and Rookie of the Year were announced on November 25, 2025. Digital Daesang (Song of the Year) Album Daesang (Album of the Year) G-Dragon – "Home Sweet Home" 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" Stray Kids – Karma Ateez – Golden Hour: Part.2 Enhypen – Desire: Unleash G-Dragon – Übermensch Ive – Ive Empathy NCT Wish – Color Riize – Odyssey Seventeen – Happy Burstday Tomorrow X Together – The Star Chapter: Together Zerobaseone – Never Say Never Artist Daesang (Artist of the Year) Rookie Artist of the Year Jennie AllDay Project Cortis AHOF Close Your Eyes Hearts2Hearts Idid Idntt Izna KickFlip KiiiKiii Nouera Zo Zazz Digital Song Bonsang Album Bonsang Aespa – "Dirty Work" AllDay Project – "Famous" Blackpink – "Jump" BoyNextDoor – "If I Say, I Love You" G-Dragon – "Home Sweet Home" Ive – "Rebel Heart" Jennie – "Like Jennie" Le Sserafim – "Hot" Rosé – "Toxic Till the End" Zo Zazz – "Don't You Know" Hearts2Hearts – "The Chase" Hwang Ka-ram – "I Miss You So Much" IU – "Never Ending Story" KiiiKiii – "I Do Me" Maktub – "Starting with You" Meovv – "Hands Up" Ovan – "Flower" Plave – "Dash" Seventeen – "Thunder" Woody – "Sadder Than Yesterday" Ateez – Golden Hour: Part.2 Enhypen – Desire: Unleash G-Dragon – Übermensch Ive – Ive Empathy NCT Wish – Color Riize – Odyssey Seventeen – Happy Burstday Stray Kids – Karma Tomorrow X Together – The Star Chapter: Together Zerobaseone – Never Say Never &Team – Back to Life Aespa – Rich Man Baekhyun – Essence of Reverie CxM – Hype Vibes I-dle – We Are Jennie – Ruby Jin – Happy NCT Dream – Dreamscape The Boyz – Unexpected Twice – Strategy
Popularity awards The categories for the popularity awards were announced on December 22, and voting began on the same day, running until January 5. Voting is being conducted through Prizm. Most Popular Artist – Female Most Popular Artist – MaleHearts2Hearts Aespa AllDay Project Blackpink I-dle IU Ive Izna Jennie KiiiKiii Le Sserafim Meovv Rosé TwiceJin &Team AHOF Ateez Baekhyun BoyNextDoor Close Your Eyes Cortis CxM Enhypen G-Dragon Hwang Ka-ram Idid Idntt KickFlip Maktub NCT Dream NCT Wish Nouera Ovan Plave Riize Seventeen Stray Kids The Boyz Tomorrow X Together Woody Zerobaseone Zo Zazz
Special awards + Golden Choice Next Generation ARrC Close Your Eyes KiiiKiii Cosmopolitan Artist Award Global Impact Award Ive Jennie Best Performance Naver AI Choice Izna TWS BoyNextDoor Best Group Monsta X
Multiple awards The following artist(s) received two or more awards:
Count Artist(s) 3 G-Dragon Ive Jennie 2 AllDay Project BoyNextDoor Stray Kids
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