40th Golden Disc Awards Nominations: BLACKPINK, Stray Kids, aespa, TXT, SEVENTEEN To Compete; Jin, IU, G-Dragon Among Soloists

The nominations for 40th Golden Disc Awards were announced on November 25, leaving fans excited. Among those who made it to the final list were K-pop groups like BLACKPINK, TWICE, aespa, SEVENTEEN, TXT,

Stray Kids, ENHYPEN, LE SSERAFIM and more. Soloists including Jin, G-Dragon, IU, Baekhyun, and Jennie are also vying for top honours. CORTIS, Hearts2Hearts and KiiiKiii are among those listed for Rookie Artist of the Year.The organising committee for the prestiguous awards announced the nominees for the Digital Song Division, Album Division, and Rookie Artist of the Year. Songs and albums that released between early November 2024 and early November 2025 became eligible to get nominated this year.

40th Golden Disc Awards Nominees List

Digital Song Division Bonsang (Main Award)

• 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 Award)

• &TEAM – Back to Life
• aespa – Rich Man
• ATEEZ – GOLDEN HOUR : Part.2
• Baekhyun – Essence of Reverie
• CxM – HYPE VIBES
• ENHYPEN – DESIRE : UNLEASH
• G-Dragon – Übermensch
• 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
• TXT – 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

The 40th Golden Disc Awards will be held at the Taipei Dome on January 10, 2026. It is set to be hosted by Sung Si-Kyung and Mun Ka-Young.