The 2nd installment of the D Awards was an award ceremony held on February 11, 2026, at the Korea University Hwajeong Gymnasium. Lee Jong-won, Shin Ye-eun, and Myung Jae-hyun served as hosts. It was organized by Sports Dong-a, a sister brand of the Dong-a Ilbo.
Background and overview In December 2025, The 2nd D Awards was announced to be held at Korea University Hwajeong Gymnasium in South Korea in 2026 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, 'blue' for the main prizes and best sub-award categories, and 'silver' for the emerging K-Pop artists.
On January 20, 2025, Lee Jong-won, Shin Ye-eun, and Myung Jae-hyun was announced to be the host of the event. The award ceremony was broadcast via Channel A on February 22, 2025, at 18:00 KST.
Performers The first performer lineup was announced on December 4. The second lineup was announced on December 18. The third lineup was announced on December 31. + Artist(s) Song(s) performed Fifty Fifty "Perfect Crime""Pookie" Qwer "Blue Whale""Dear" KickFlip "Special Point""My First Love Song" Hi-Fi Unicorn "Teenage Blue"Beat It Beat It" Nexz "Beat-Boxer""Next To Me" Izna "Mamma Mia""Sign" AHOF "The Little Star" (intro)"Pinocchio""The Sleeping Diary" (outro) Chuei Liyu x AxMxP "See You Later" AxMxP "Pass" Chuei Liyu "UxYOUxU" 82Major "D Freestyle""Trophy" Xikers "Superpower (Peak)" P1Harmony "Look At Me Now""Pretty Boy""Duh!" NCT Wish "Color""Poppop""Melt Inside My Pocket" BoyNextDoor "Dangerous""Hollywood Action""I Feel Good" Enhypen "Big Girl Don't Cry" "No Way Back""Knife"
Presenters The presenter lineup was announced on January 27. Kangnam Kim Da-som Kim On-a Kim Hae-joon Na Bo-ram Moon You-kang Mimiminu Park Seo-ham Park Ji-yeon Song Ah Ahn Eun-jin Ahn Hyo-seop Oh Yeon-seo Yoo Jae-pil Lee Su-ji Lee Joo-ahn Im Soo-hyang Jeon Yeo-been Choi Jin-hyuk Hong Jong-hyun
Winners and nominees Winners are listed in alphabetical order and emphasized in bold. Some award categories were announced through a pre-award system where the acceptance speech of the winner uploaded on the award's official social media account.
Black Label Artist of the Year Song of the Year Enhypen BoyNextDoor - "If I Say, I Love You" Album of the Year Record of the Year Stray Kids - Karma Riize - Odyssey Performance of the Year Trend of the Year NCT Wish TWS D Awards Global D Awards Iconic P1Harmony Zerobaseone
Blue Label Delights Blue Label 82Major AHOF BoyNextDoor Enhypen Fifty Fifty Izna KickFlip
NCT Wish Nexz P1Harmony Qwer Xikers Zerobaseone Best Band Best Breakthrough QWER 82Major Best Choreography Best Group Fifty Fifty BoyNextDoor Enhypen Izna Nmixx Best OST Best Recording Matthew & Gunwook of Zerobaseone BoyNextDoor P1Harmony Best Stage Best Social Contents Nexz Xikers NCT Wish Best Song Best Tour NCT Wish Izna Enhypen Best Video D Awards Impact Zerobaseone Jeon Yeo-been Ahn Hyo-seop Lee Su-ji
Popularity Awards The popularity awards were determined through online voting on Upick. Voting for the six popularity categories took place from December 26, 2025 to January 6, 2026 and was conducted in multiple rounds.
Best Popularity Award Boy Solo Girl Solo Chuei Liyu Jennie Boy Group Girl Group Enhypen Babymonster Best Rising Star Boy Girl AHOF Izna UPICK Global Choice Boy Girl Heeseung Karina
Silver Label Dreams Silver Label AHOF Allday Project Close Your Eyes
Cortis KickFlip Hearts2Hearts D Awards Discovery of the Year AHOF AxMxP Chuei Liyu Hi-Fi Unicorn
Multiple awards The following artists has received two or more awards:
Count Artist(s) 5 Enhypen 4 AHOF BoyNextDoor Izna NCT Wish Zerobaseone 2 82Major Chuei Liyu Fifty Fifty KickFlip Nexz P1Harmony Qwer Xikers
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