D Awards
D Awards is an annual award ceremony established in 2025 by Sports Dong-a for excellence in K-Pop music in South Korea.
History
D Awards was first announced in December 2024 as the award which was established to further promote and inspire K-Pop, believing that it was faithful to provide 'Dream' and 'Delights' as the reason why it was loved by people all over the world. It was reported that D Awards will have special two categories: 'D Awards Delights' which was given to the outstanding K-Pop artist throughout the year and 'D Awards Dreamers' which was given to the aspiring new K-Pop artist who will lead the industry in the future. 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.The 1st D Awards was held on February 22, 2025 with Go Min-si and Lee Jong-won as the presenters.
Awards categories
- Black Label
- * 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
- * Delights Blue Label
- * D Awards Impact
- * Best Band
- * Best Choreography
- * Best Group
- * Best OST
- * Best Stage
- * Best Tour
- * Best Video
- * Best Solo Popularity Award
- * Best Group Popularity Award
- * UPICK Global Choice
- Silver Label
- * Dreams Silver Label
- * D Awards Discovery of the Year
- * D Awards Remark
Most awarded artists
The following artists has received four or more awards.| Awards | Artist |
| 5 | Enhypen |
| 4 | Riize |
| 4 | TWS |
| 4 | Zerobaseone |