The 33rd Hanteo Music Awards, presented by Hanteo Global, is an award show held at KSPO Dome in Seoul on February 15, 2026. It recognized the best artists and recordings, primarily based on Hanteo Chart data gathered from January to December 2025. The event was hosted by Lee Chan-won and Tiffany Young.
Criteria All songs and albums eligible for nomination must be released between January 1 and December 31, 2025.
Category Hanteo Global score Global voting score Judging score Grand Prize 50% 20% 30% Categories by Artist 40% 30% 30% Special Genre Award 30% 40% 30% Global Artist Award 50% 50% WhosFandom Award 100%
Performers The first line-up of performers were announced on January 27. The second line-up of performers were announced on February 3. Additional performers were announced on February 10.
+ Artist(s) Song(s) Performed Wing "Dopamine" Idntt "We Are the Future""Heartbreaker""Clap" TripleS Intro "Fake Love""Bubble Gum Girl""Cameo Love""Q&A""Fly Up""Rising" Artms Intro + "Icarus""The Boys" Nowz Intro + "Homerun" Hearts2Hearts Intro + "Style" 8Turn "Bruise" Billlie "Cloud Palace" Idntt "Pretty Boy Swag" WEi Intro + "Home""Domino" Pentagon "With Universe""Shine" Lucy Intro + "EIO" Hwang Ka-ram "I'm Firefly" Son Tae-jin Intro + "Melody of Love""For You, I Sing" Forestella "Piano Man" Park Ji-hyeon Intro + "We Can Make It""I Like It When You Smile" Xikers Intro + "Superpower (Peak)" Kim Hee-jae Intro + "Follow Me""Love, Please" Lee Young-ji "Winner Cypher""Fraktsiya""DNA" "Blue Check""We""I Am Lee Young-ji" Lee Chan-won Intro + "My Trip""Maybe Today" Lee Chang-sub "Trickle Down" Kyuhyun "Like Our First Snow""At Gwanghwamun"
Presenters The line-up of presenters was announced on February 15.
Kim Chang-wan Brian Peppertones Lia Kim Hanhae Seolhyun Lee Mi-joo Kwak Be-om Jung Yi-rang Nam Chang-hee Kany Jung Ji-so Kim Dong-joon Yu Baek-hap
Winners and nominees Winners and nominees are listed in alphanumerical order, with winners listed first and emphasised in bold. Grand Prize Best Artist(Daesang) Best Album(Daesang) Ateez Stray Kids – Karma Best Song(Daesang) Best Performance(Daesang) G-Dragon – "Too Bad" Enhypen
Main & Special Awards The list of main categories and genre nominees was announced in January 2026, through Hanteo Music Awards social media posts. Voting opened on the WhosFan, Fancast, and Mubeat apps from January 16, and will run until February 4. Artists of the Year (Bonsang) Rookie of the Year Aespa Ateez BoyNextDoor Enhypen G-Dragon Lee Chan-won NCT Wish Plave Seventeen Stray Kids Cortis Hearts2Hearts AHOF AllDay Project AxMxP Close Your Eyes Cosmosy Hebi. Hitgs Idid Ifeye In a Minute KickFlip KiiiKiii Newbeat Nouera UAU Uspeer Xlov XngHan&Xoul Post Generation Award Emerging Artist Isegye Idol WEi Epex Fifty Fifty H1-Key Kep1er Park Ji-hyeon P1Harmony STAYC Tempest Viviz Xdinary Heroes Xikers Yena Younite Artms Evnne Ampers&One Izna Kiss of Life Meovv Nexz Nowz N.SSign QWER Rescene Say My Name TripleS Unis Special Award – Ballad Special Award – Band Lee Mu-jin Brown Eyed Soul Car, the Garden Davichi Hwang Ka-ram Jung Seung-hwan Paul Kim Roy Kim Woody Yerin Baek Lucy CNBLUE Day6 Lee Seung-yoon N.Flying Onewe QWER Xdinary Heroes Special Award – Independent Special Award – R&B or Hip-hop Lee Seung-yoon Choi Yu-ree George Hanroro Heo Hoy-kyung Nerd Connection O3ohn Touched Woo Ye-rin YdBB Lee Young-ji Ash Island Changmo Crush Dynamic Duo Heize J-Hope Woodz Zion.T Zico Special Award – Trot Special Award – Virtual Lee Chan-won Ahn Sung-hoon Daesung Jang Minho Kim Hee-jae Kim Yong-bin Lim Young-woong Park Ji-hyeon Park Seo-jin Song Ga-in Young Tak Plave Hebi. Iiterniti Isegye Idol Naevis Re:Revolution Skinz Special Award – Remake Hwang Ka-ram Special Award – OST Lim Young-woong – "Heavenly Ever After" D.O. – "Forever" Doyoung – "I Find You" Huntrix, Saja Boys, and KPop Demon Hunters Cast – KPop Demon Hunters (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) Kenshi Yonezu – "Iris Out" Kenshi Yonezu and Hikaru Utada – "Jane Doe" Paul Kim – "Always Be With You" Rosé – "Messy" Tomorrow X Together – "When the Day Comes" Yang Ji-eun – "You're Enough for Me" Young Tak – "Unknown Life"
Global Artist & Popularity Awards The list of nominees for the Global Artist Award was announced in January 2026. The voting began on January 5 and continued until February 7, 2026. The list of nominees for WhosFandom Award was announced through Whosfan official Twitter account in December 2025, and voting for Top 40 started through the platform from December 29, 2025, to January 1, 2026. while the final voting for Top 2 commenced on the Whosfan app from January 24 to January 25, 2026. Best Continent Artist – Africa Best Continent Artist – Asia Stray Kids Tomorrow X Together Best Continent Artist – Europe Best Continent Artist – North America Stray Kids Stray Kids Best Continent Artist – Oceania Best Continent Artist – South America Tomorrow X Together Stray Kids WhosFandom Award Best Popular Artist Lim Young-woong – Hero Generation Lim Young-woong Best Global Popular Artist Best Artist Pick BTS Hearts2Hearts Lee Chan-won
Other awards Best Adult Contemporary Special Crossover Kim Hee-jae Park Ji-hyeon Son Tae-jin Forestella Blooming Star Award Next Wave 8Turn Idntt Nowz Billlie TripleS Xikers Special Collaboration World Stage Wing Ateez Best of Ballad 10th Anniversary Influential Artist Lee Chang-sub Pentagon 20th Anniversary Wannabe Icon Artist 30th Anniversary Legend of the Age Kyuhyun Yoon Jong-shin
Multiple awards The following artist(s) received two or more awards:
Count Artist(s) 6 Stray Kids 3 Ateez Lee Chan-won Lim Young-woong 2 Enhypen Hearts2Hearts G-Dragon Plave Tomorrow X Together
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