2026 D Awards: ENHYPEN, AHOF, Izna, Chuei Li Yu Lead Early Winners

The 2026 D Awards take place on February 11, 2026, in Seoul with a slew of special awards and performances to honor the best of top and emerging K-pop acts.

Taking place at Korea University’s Hwajeong Gymnasium, the D Awards were established in 2025 by Korean newspaper Sports Dong-a to honor, inspire, and further promote the K-pop industry, with the themes of “Delight” and “Dream” as inspiration for the name. The show aims to honor established superstars as the “Delights,” as well as rising artists as the “Dreamers,” who look to continue K-pop’s history.

The D Awards offers three varieties of trophies in its own symbolic colors: Black for the top grand prizes, blue for the main general awards, and silver for the emerging artist categories.

This year’s D Awards will be hosted by Myung Jaehyun, the leader of BOYNEXTDOOR, who was named as pre-telecast winner in the Best Group category, alongside actor-models Lee Jongwon and Shin Yeeun.

More than two dozen artists are on board to perform at the 2026 D Awards, with several special performances already teased ahead of the ceremony.

According to local reports, P1Harmony, FIFTY FIFTY and NCT WISH will deliver songs they haven’t previously revealed live on television before, while ENHYPEN will bring a medley of three songs off their latest mega-selling EP, THE SIN : VANISH. Meanwhile, artists like NEXZ, xikers, 82MAJOR, izna, KickFlip and AHOF are said to be preparing refreshed versions of their major releases from this past year.

Additionally, there will be never-before-seen collaborations on the D Awards stage. Chuei Li Yu, the breakout star of the Boys II Planet reality competition who released his debut solo album in December, as well as rookie rock outfit AxMxP, who started in September, will join forces on stage as the newest artists under FNC Entertainment. Fans can also look forward to special performances and collaborations between artists across groups and labels.

Winners of several D Awards categories were announced ahead of the show with ENHYPEN, ZEROBASEONE, izna, BOYNEXTDOOR, NCT WISH, AHOF and Chuei Li Yu earning multiple awards before the ceremony’s start.

2026 D Awards Winners & Nominees

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:
• D Awards Iconic:

Blue Label (Main Prizes)

• Delights Blue Label:
  • NEXZ
  • AHOF
  • 82MAJOR
  • KickFlip
  • NCT WISH
  • xikers
  • ZEROBASEONE
  • P1Harmony
• D Awards Impact:
• Best Recording:
  • P1Harmony, DUH!
  • BOYNEXTDOOR, The Action
• Best Song:
  • izna, “SIGN”
  • NCT WISH, “poppop”
• Best Band: QWER
• Best Choreography: FIFTY FIFTY, “Pookie”
• Best Group:
  • ENHYPEN
  • BOYNEXTDOOR
  • NMIXX
  • izna
• Best OST: ZEROBASEONE’s Seok Matthew & Park Gunwook, “BACK PACKER” from STUDY GROUP (Music from the Tving Original Series), Pt. 1
• Best Stage:
  • xikers
  • NEXZ
• Best Tour: ENHYPEN, ‘Walk the Line’ World Tour
• Best Video: ZEROBASEONE, “ICONIK”
• Best Social Contents: NCT WISH
• Best Rising Star:
  • AHOF
  • izna
• Best Solo Popularity Award:
  • Boy: Chuei Li Yu
  • Girl: Jennie
• Best Group Popularity Award:
  • Boy: ENHYPEN
  • Girl: BABYMONSTER
• UPICK Global Choice:
  • Boy: Heeseung of ENHYPEN
  • Girl: Karina of aespa

Silver Label (Emerging Artists)

• Dreams Silver Label:
  • AHOF
  • KickFlip
  • CLOSE YOUR EYES
  • CORTIS
• D Awards Breakthrough: 82MAJOR
• D Awards Discovery of the Year:
  • Hi-Fi Un!corn
  • AHOF
  • Chuei Li Yu
  • AxMxP
• D Awards Remark:
  • Hi-Fi Un!corn
  • Chuei Li Yu
  • AxMxP