# 39th Golden Disc Awards

The 39th Golden Disc Awards (Korean: 제39회 골든디스크어워즈; RR: 39th Goldeun diseuk eueowojeu) is an award ceremony held on January 4–5, 2025, at the Mizuho PayPay Dome in Fukuoka, Japan. It honored the best in South Korean music released between early-November 2023 and early-November 2024. The event was hosted by Sung Si-kyung, Cha Eun-woo, and Moon Ga-young.
In the aftermath of the crash of Jeju Air Flight 2216, the live broadcast of the ceremony was postponed. The in-person ceremony proceeded as scheduled and will be recorded for broadcast on January 6–7, 2025, while the red carpet photo event has been canceled entirely.

## Criteria

| Category | Online voting | Panelist | Sales |
| Digital Daesang (Song of the Year) | N/A | 40% | 60% |
| Disc Daesang (Album of the Year) | N/A | 40% | 60% |
| Digital Song Bonsang | N/A | 40% | 60% |
| Album Bonsang | N/A | 40% | 60% |
| Rookie Artist of the Year | N/A | 40% | 60% |
| Most Popular Artist | 100% | N/A | N/A |
| Data Sources: Circle Chart (Digital chart, Album chart); FandomChart, Mubeat, and My1P1ck (Voting Data) ||||

## Performers

The first line-up of performers were announced on December 3. The second line-up were announced on December 9.

### Day 1 (January 4)

Performances for Day 1 :
| Artist(s) | Song(s) Performed |
| Kiss of Life | "Intro" "Sticky" (Corpse Bride version) |
| Close Your Eyes | "Time After Time" |
| Illit | "Intro" "Cherish (My Love)" (Moonlight remix) "Magnetic" |
| TWS | "Last Festival" "If I'm S, Can You Be My N?" "Plot Twist" |
| NewJeans | "Intro" "Supernatural" (Attention mix) "How Sweet" |
| Bibi | "Bam Yang Gang" "Sugar Rush" |
| Crush | "Love You with All My Heart" "Rush Hour" |
| Le Sserafim | "Intro" "Pierrot" "Crazy" (EBM remix) |
| Aespa | "Intro" "Set the Tone" "Supernova" |
| (G)I-dle | "Intro" "Super Lady" "Fate |
| Day6 | "Monster" "Happy" "Welcome to the Show" |

### Day 2 (January 5)

Performances for Day 2 :
| Artist(s) | Song(s) Performed |
| NCT Wish | "Wish" "Steady" |
| Izna | "Intro" "Izna" |
| Nowadays | "OoWee" |
| Zerobaseone | "Intro" "Good So Bad" "Feel the Pop" |
| Yuqi | "Intro" "Freak" "Radio (Dum Dum)" |
| Ive | "Intro" "Heya" "All Night" (Rock version) |
| Enhypen | "Intro" "XO (Only If You Say Yes)" "No Doubt" "Moonstruck" |
| GFriend | "Intro" "Rough" "Time for the Moon Night" "Season of Memories" |
| Tomorrow X Together | "Intro" "Over the Moon" "I’ll See You There Tomorrow" |
| Seventeen | "Water" (Hip-hop unit only) "Rain" (Performance unit only) "Cheers to Youth" (Vocal unit only) "Love, Money, Fame" "Very Nice" |

## Presenters

The line-up of presenters were announced on December 6.

### Day 1 (January 4)

* Park Eun-bin – presented Digital Song of the Year (Daesang)

### Day 2 (January 5)

* Dae-ho Lee – presented Global K-pop Artist
* Dae-ho Lee and Park Bo-gum – presented Album of the Year (Daesang)

## Winners and nominees

Winners and nominees are listed in alphabetical order. Winners are listed first and emphasized in bold.

### Main awards

Nominations for Digital Song Bonsang, Album Bonsang, and Rookie of the Year were announced on December 2, 2024.
| Digital Daesang (Song of the Year) | Album Daesang (Album of the Year) |
| Aespa – "Supernova" (G)I-dle – "Fate" Bibi – "Bam Yang Gang" Day6 – "Welcome to the Show" Illit – "Magnetic" IU – "Love Wins All" Ive – "Heya" NewJeans – "How Sweet" Taeyeon – "To. X" TWS – "Plot Twist" | Seventeen – Spill the Feels (G)I-dle – 2 Aespa – Armageddon Ateez – The World EP.Fin: Will Enhypen – Romance: Untold Ive – Ive Switch NCT Dream – Dreamscape Stray Kids – Ate Tomorrow X Together – The Star Chapter: Sanctuary Zerobaseone – You Had Me at Hello |
| Digital Song Bonsang | Album Bonsang |
| (G)I-dle – "Fate" Aespa – "Supernova" Bibi – "Bam Yang Gang" Day6 – "Welcome to the Show" Illit – "Magnetic" IU – "Love Wins All" Ive – "Heya" NewJeans – "How Sweet" Taeyeon – "To. X" TWS – "Plot Twist" Babymonster – "Sheesh" Kiss of Life – "Sticky" Le Sserafim – "Easy" Lee Mu-jin – "Episode" Lee Young-ji – "Small Girl" (feat. D.O.) Lim Jae-hyun – "Rhapsody of Sadness" QWER – "T.B.H" Riize – "Love 119" Viviz – "Maniac" Zico – "Spot!" (feat. Jennie) | (G)I-dle – 2 Aespa – Armageddon Ateez – The World EP.Fin: Will Enhypen – Romance: Untold Ive – Ive Switch NCT Dream – Dreamscape Seventeen – Spill the Feels Stray Kids – Ate Tomorrow X Together – The Star Chapter: Sanctuary Zerobaseone – You Had Me at Hello Babymonster – Drip Baekhyun – Hello, World BoyNextDoor – 19.99 NCT 127 – Walk NCT Wish – Steady Nmixx – Fe3O4: Break Plave – Asterum: 134-1 Riize – Riizing Twice – With You-th Yuqi – Yuq1 |
| Rookie Artist of the Year ||
| BabyMonster Illit NCT Wish TWS All(H)Ours Ampers&One Nexz Nowadays One Pact Unis ||

### Popularity awards

The categories for the popularity awards were announced on December 5, and voting began on the same day, running until December 30. Voting is being conducted through three apps: FandomChart, Mubeat, and My1P1ck.
| Most Popular Artist – Female | Most Popular Artist – Male |
| Le Sserafim (G)I-dle Aespa Babymonster Bibi Illit IU Ive Kiss of Life NewJeans Nmixx Lee Young-ji QWER Taeyeon Twice Unis Yuqi Viviz | Plave All(H)Ours Ampers&One Ateez Baekhyun BoyNextDoor Day6 Enhypen Lee Mu-jin Lim Jae-hyun NCT 127 NCT Dream NCT Wish Nexz Nowadays One Pact Riize Seventeen Stray Kids Tomorrow X Together TWS Zerobaseone Zico |

### Special awards

List of winners for the special awards :
| Best Band | Best Group |
| Day6 | Le Sserafim |
| Best OST | Best Producer |
| Crush – "Love You with All My Heart" (from Queen of Tears) | Han Sung-soo (Pledis Entertainment) |
| Best Solo | Cosmopolitan Artist of the Year |
| Yuqi | NewJeans |
| Fans' Choice with Nongshim Shin Ramyun | Global K-pop Artist |
| Enhypen | Enhypen Ive |
| Golden Honorable Choice | Next Generation |
| Shin Hae-chul (posthumous award) | Kiss of Life |

## Multiple awards

The following artist(s) received two or more awards:
| Count | Artist(s) |
| 3 | Aespa |
| 3 | Enhypen |
| 3 | Ive |
| 2 | (G)I-dle |
| 2 | Day6 |
| 2 | Illit |
| 2 | Le Sserafim |
| 2 | NewJeans |
| 2 | Seventeen |
| 2 | TWS |