33rd Hanteo Music Awards

33rd Hanteo Music Awards
Official poster
Date	February 15, 2026
Venue	KSPO Dome, Seoul
Country	South Korea
Hosted by	Lee Chan-won Tiffany Young
Most awards	Stray Kids (6)
Website	awards.hanteo.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	MBN TikTok
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The 33rd Hanteo Music Awards , presented by Hanteo Global, is an award show held at KSPO Dome in Seoul on February 15, 2026. ^[1] It recognized the best artists and recordings, primarily based on Hanteo Chart data gathered from January to December 2025. ^[2] The event was hosted by Lee Chan-won and Tiffany Young. ^[3]

Criteria

All songs and albums eligible for nomination must be released between January 1 and December 31, 2025. ^[4]

Category	Hanteo Global score [A]	Global voting score	Judging score
Grand Prize [a]	50%	20%	30%
Categories by Artist [b]	40%	30%	30%
Special Genre Award [c]	30%	40%	30%
Global Artist Award	50%	50%	—N/a
WhosFandom Award	—N/a	100%	—N/a

Performers

The first line-up of performers were announced on January 27. ^[5] The second line-up of performers were announced on February 3. ^[6] Additional performers were announced on February 10. ^[7]

Performances for Day 1

Artist(s)	Song(s) Performed
Wing	"Dopamine"
Idntt	"We Are the Future" "Heartbreaker" "Clap"
TripleS	Intro (dance performance by Heejin and Yoon Seo-yeon) "Fake Love" "Bubble Gum Girl" "Cameo Love" "Q&A" "Fly Up" "Rising"
Artms	Intro + "Icarus" "The Boys"
Nowz	Intro + "Homerun"
Hearts2Hearts	Intro + "Style"
8Turn	"Bruise"
Billlie	"Cloud Palace"
Idntt	"Pretty Boy Swag"
WEi	Intro + "Home" "Domino"
Pentagon	"With Universe" "Shine"
Lucy	Intro + "EIO"
Hwang Ka-ram	"I'm Firefly"
Son Tae-jin	Intro + "Melody of Love" "For You, I Sing"
Forestella	"Piano Man"
Park Ji-hyeon	Intro + "We Can Make It" "I Like It When You Smile"
Xikers	Intro + "Superpower (Peak)"
Kim Hee-jae	Intro + "Follow Me" "Love, Please"
Lee Young-ji	"Winner Cypher" "Fraktsiya" "DNA" (remix) "Blue Check" "We" "I Am Lee Young-ji"
Lee Chan-won	Intro + "My Trip" "Maybe Today"
Lee Chang-sub	"Trickle Down"
Kyuhyun	"Like Our First Snow" "At Gwanghwamun"

Presenters

The line-up of presenters was announced on February 15. ^[8]

• Kim Chang-wan
• Brian
• Peppertones
• Lia Kim
• Hanhae
• Seolhyun
• Lee Mi-joo
• Kwak Be-om
• Jung Yi-rang
• Nam Chang-hee
• Kany
• Jung Ji-so
• Kim Dong-joon
• Yu Baek-hap

Winners and nominees

Grand Prize

Best Artist (Daesang)	Best Album (Daesang)
Ateez	Stray Kids – Karma
Best Song (Daesang)	Best Performance (Daesang)
G-Dragon – "Too Bad" (feat. Anderson .Paak)	Enhypen

Main & Special Awards

The list of main categories and genre nominees was announced in January 2026, through Hanteo Music Awards social media posts. Voting opened on the WhosFan, Fancast, and Mubeat apps from January 16, and will run until February 4. ^[9]

Artists of the Year (Bonsang) [10]	Rookie of the Year [11]
Aespa Ateez BoyNextDoor Enhypen G-Dragon Lee Chan-won NCT Wish Plave Seventeen Stray Kids List of nominees &Team Babymonster Baekhyun Cortis Day6 Fromis 9 Hearts2Hearts I-dle Illit Itzy IU Ive J-Hope Jennie Jin KickFlip Le Sserafim Mark Monsta X Nmixx NCT Dream Riize Rosé Super Junior The Boyz Tomorrow X Together Treasure Tws Twice Zerobaseone	Cortis Hearts2Hearts AHOF AllDay Project AxMxP Close Your Eyes Cosmosy Hebi. Hitgs Idid Ifeye In a Minute KickFlip KiiiKiii Newbeat Nouera UAU Uspeer Xlov XngHan&Xoul
Post Generation Award [12]	Emerging Artist [13]
Isegye Idol WEi Epex Fifty Fifty H1-Key Kep1er Park Ji-hyeon P1Harmony STAYC Tempest Viviz Xdinary Heroes Xikers Yena Younite	Artms Evnne Ampers&One Izna Kiss of Life Meovv Nexz Nowz N.SSign QWER Rescene Say My Name TripleS Unis
Special Award – Ballad [14]	Special Award – Band [15]
Lee Mu-jin Brown Eyed Soul Car, the Garden Davichi Hwang Ka-ram Jung Seung-hwan Paul Kim Roy Kim Woody Yerin Baek	Lucy CNBLUE Day6 Lee Seung-yoon N.Flying Onewe QWER Xdinary Heroes
Special Award – Independent [16]	Special Award – R&B or Hip-hop [17]
Lee Seung-yoon Choi Yu-ree George Hanroro Heo Hoy-kyung Nerd Connection O3ohn Touched Woo Ye-rin YdBB	Lee Young-ji Ash Island Changmo Crush Dynamic Duo Heize J-Hope Woodz Zion.T Zico
Special Award – Trot [18]	Special Award – Virtual [19]
Lee Chan-won Ahn Sung-hoon Daesung Jang Minho Kim Hee-jae Kim Yong-bin Lim Young-woong Park Ji-hyun Park Seo-jin Song Ga-in Young Tak	Plave Hebi. Iiterniti Isegye Idol Naevis Re:Revolution Skinz
	Special Award – Remake
	Hwang Ka-ram
Special Award – OST [20]
Lim Young-woong – "Heavenly Ever After" (from Heavenly Ever After ) D.O. – "Forever" (from Resident Playbook ) Doyoung – "I Find You" (from Bon Appétit, Your Majesty ) Huntrix, Saja Boys, and KPop Demon Hunters Cast – KPop Demon Hunters (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film) Kenshi Yonezu – "Iris Out" (from Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc ) Kenshi Yonezu and Hikaru Utada – "Jane Doe" (from Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc ) Paul Kim – "Always Be With You" (from Love Scout ) Rosé – "Messy" (from F1 ) Tomorrow X Together – "When the Day Comes" (from Resident Playbook ) Yang Ji-eun – "You're Enough for Me" (from Marie and Her Three Daddies ) Young Tak – "Unknown Life" (from For Eagle Brothers )

Global Artist & Popularity Awards

The list of nominees for the Global Artist Award was announced in January 2026. ^[21] The voting began on January 5 and continued until February 7, 2026. ^[22] The list of nominees for WhosFandom Award was announced through Whosfan official Twitter account in December 2025, and voting for Top 40 started through the platform from December 29, 2025, to January 1, 2026. while the final voting for Top 2 commenced on the Whosfan app from January 24 to January 25, 2026. ^[23]

Best Continent Artist – Africa	Best Continent Artist – Asia
Stray Kids List of nominees &Team Aespa AHOF AllDay Project Ateez Babymonster Baekhyun BoyNextDoor BSS BTS Close Your Eyes Cortis Cravity CxM Day6 Enhypen Fromis 9 G-Dragon Haechan Hebi. Hearts2Hearts HxW Hwasa I-dle Idid Illit Isegye Idol Itzy IU Ive Izna J-Hope Jennie Jin Jisoo KPop Demon Hunters Cast KickFlip KiiiKiii Kiss of Life Lee Chan-won Lee Chang-sub Le Sserafim Lim Young-woong Lisa Mark Minnie Monsta X N.Flying NCT Dream NCT Wish Nexz Nmixx Nouera P1Harmony Park Ji-hyeon Plave QWER Rescene Riize Rosé Secret Number Seventeen Shinee STAYC Super Junior Tempest The Boyz Tomorrow X Together Treasure TripleS Twice TWS Unis Viviz Woodz Yeonjun Young Tak Yuqi Zerobaseone	Tomorrow X Together List of nominees &Team Aespa AHOF AllDay Project Ateez Babymonster Baekhyun BoyNextDoor BSS BTS Close Your Eyes Cortis Cravity CxM Day6 Enhypen Fromis 9 G-Dragon Haechan Hebi. Hearts2Hearts HxW Hwasa I-dle Idid Illit Isegye Idol Itzy IU Ive Izna J-Hope Jennie Jin Jisoo KPop Demon Hunters Cast KickFlip KiiiKiii Kiss of Life Lee Chan-won Lee Chang-sub Le Sserafim Lim Young-woong Lisa Mark Minnie Monsta X N.Flying NCT Dream NCT Wish Nexz Nmixx Nouera P1Harmony Park Ji-hyeon Plave QWER Rescene Riize Rosé Secret Number Seventeen Shinee STAYC Stray Kids Super Junior Tempest The Boyz Treasure TripleS Twice TWS Unis Viviz Woodz Yeonjun Young Tak Yuqi Zerobaseone
Best Continent Artist – Europe	Best Continent Artist – North America
Stray Kids List of nominees &Team Aespa AHOF AllDay Project Ateez Babymonster Baekhyun BoyNextDoor BSS BTS Close Your Eyes Cortis Cravity CxM Day6 Enhypen Fromis 9 G-Dragon Haechan Hebi. Hearts2Hearts HxW Hwasa I-dle Idid Illit Isegye Idol Itzy IU Ive Izna J-Hope Jennie Jin Jisoo KPop Demon Hunters Cast KickFlip KiiiKiii Kiss of Life Lee Chan-won Lee Chang-sub Le Sserafim Lim Young-woong Lisa Mark Minnie Monsta X N.Flying NCT Dream NCT Wish Nexz Nmixx Nouera P1Harmony Park Ji-hyeon Plave QWER Rescene Riize Rosé Secret Number Seventeen Shinee STAYC Super Junior Tempest The Boyz Tomorrow X Together Treasure TripleS Twice TWS Unis Viviz Woodz Yeonjun Young Tak Yuqi Zerobaseone	Stray Kids List of nominees &Team Aespa AHOF AllDay Project Ateez Babymonster Baekhyun BoyNextDoor BSS BTS Close Your Eyes Cortis Cravity CxM Day6 Enhypen Fromis 9 G-Dragon Haechan Hebi. Hearts2Hearts HxW Hwasa I-dle Idid Illit Isegye Idol Itzy IU Ive Izna J-Hope Jennie Jin Jisoo KPop Demon Hunters Cast KickFlip KiiiKiii Kiss of Life Lee Chan-won Lee Chang-sub Le Sserafim Lim Young-woong Lisa Mark Minnie Monsta X N.Flying NCT Dream NCT Wish Nexz Nmixx Nouera P1Harmony Park Ji-hyeon Plave QWER Rescene Riize Rosé Secret Number Seventeen Shinee STAYC Super Junior Tempest The Boyz Tomorrow X Together Treasure TripleS Twice TWS Unis Viviz Woodz Yeonjun Young Tak Yuqi Zerobaseone
Best Continent Artist – Oceania	Best Continent Artist – South America
Tomorrow X Together List of nominees &Team Aespa AHOF AllDay Project Ateez Babymonster Baekhyun BoyNextDoor BSS BTS Close Your Eyes Cortis Cravity CxM Day6 Enhypen Fromis 9 G-Dragon Haechan Hebi. Hearts2Hearts HxW Hwasa I-dle Idid Illit Isegye Idol Itzy IU Ive Izna J-Hope Jennie Jin Jisoo KPop Demon Hunters Cast KickFlip KiiiKiii Kiss of Life Lee Chan-won Lee Chang-sub Le Sserafim Lim Young-woong Lisa Mark Minnie Monsta X N.Flying NCT Dream NCT Wish Nexz Nmixx Nouera P1Harmony Park Ji-hyeon Plave QWER Rescene Riize Rosé Secret Number Seventeen Shinee STAYC Stray Kids Super Junior Tempest The Boyz Treasure TripleS Twice TWS Unis Viviz Woodz Yeonjun Young Tak Yuqi Zerobaseone	Stray Kids List of nominees &Team Aespa AHOF AllDay Project Ateez Babymonster Baekhyun BoyNextDoor BSS BTS Close Your Eyes Cortis Cravity CxM Day6 Enhypen Fromis 9 G-Dragon Haechan Hebi. Hearts2Hearts HxW Hwasa I-dle Idid Illit Isegye Idol Itzy IU Ive Izna J-Hope Jennie Jin Jisoo KPop Demon Hunters Cast KickFlip KiiiKiii Kiss of Life Lee Chan-won Lee Chang-sub Le Sserafim Lim Young-woong Lisa Mark Minnie Monsta X N.Flying NCT Dream NCT Wish Nexz Nmixx Nouera P1Harmony Park Ji-hyeon Plave QWER Rescene Riize Rosé Secret Number Seventeen Shinee STAYC Super Junior Tempest The Boyz Tomorrow X Together Treasure TripleS Twice TWS Unis Viviz Woodz Yeonjun Young Tak Yuqi Zerobaseone
WhosFandom Award [24]	Best Popular Artist
Lim Young-woong – Hero Generation List of nominees &Team – Luné Aespa – My Ateez – Atiny Babymonster – Monstiez Bigbang – Vip Blackpink – Blink BoyNextDoor – Onedoor BTS – Army Close Your Eyes – Closer Cortis – Coer Day6 – My Day Enhypen – Engene Exo – Exo-L Fromis 9 – Flover Hearts2Hearts – S2u I-dle – Neverland Illit – Gllit Isegye Idol – Ifari Itzy – Midzy IU – Uaena Ive – Dive Izna – Naya KickFlip – Weflip Le Sserafim – Fearnot Lee Chan-won – Chan's NCT – Nctzen Nmixx – Nswer Plave – Plli Riize – Briize Seventeen – Carat Stray Kids – Stay The Boyz – The B Tomorrow X Together – Moa Treasure – Treasure Maker TripleS – Wav TWS – 42 Twice – Once Verivery – Verrer Zerobaseone – Zerose	Lim Young-woong List of nominees &Team Aespa AHOF AllDay Project Ateez Babymonster Baekhyun BoyNextDoor BSS BTS Close Your Eyes Cortis Cravity CxM Day6 Enhypen Fromis 9 G-Dragon Haechan Hebi. Hearts2Hearts HxW Hwasa I-dle Idid Illit Isegye Idol Itzy IU Ive Izna J-Hope Jennie Jin Jisoo KPop Demon Hunters Cast KickFlip KiiiKiii Kiss of Life Lee Chan-won Lee Chang-sub Le Sserafim Lisa Mark Minnie Monsta X N.Flying NCT Dream NCT Wish Nexz Nmixx Nouera P1Harmony Park Ji-hyeon Plave QWER Rescene Riize Rosé Secret Number Seventeen Shinee STAYC Stray Kids Super Junior Tempest The Boyz Treasure TripleS Twice TWS Unis Viviz Woodz Yeonjun Young Tak Yuqi Zerobaseone
Best Global Popular Artist	Best Artist Pick
BTS List of nominees &Team Aespa AHOF AllDay Project Ateez Babymonster Baekhyun BoyNextDoor BSS Close Your Eyes Cortis Cravity CxM Day6 Enhypen Fromis 9 G-Dragon Haechan Hebi. Hearts2Hearts HxW Hwasa I-dle Idid Illit Isegye Idol Itzy IU Ive Izna J-Hope Jennie Jin Jisoo KPop Demon Hunters Cast KickFlip KiiiKiii Kiss of Life Lee Chan-won Lee Chang-sub Le Sserafim Lim Young-woong Lisa Mark Minnie Monsta X N.Flying NCT Dream NCT Wish Nexz Nmixx Nouera P1Harmony Park Ji-hyeon Plave QWER Rescene Riize Rosé Secret Number Seventeen Shinee STAYC Stray Kids Super Junior Tempest The Boyz Tomorrow X Together Treasure TripleS Twice TWS Unis Viviz Woodz Yeonjun Young Tak Yuqi Zerobaseone	Hearts2Hearts Lee Chan-won List of nominees 8Turn Artms Ateez Billlie Forestella Hwang Ka-ram Idntt Kim Hee-jae Kyuhyun Lee Chan-won Lee Young-ji Lee Chang-sub Lucy Nowz Park Ji-hyeon Pentagon Son Tae-jin TripleS WEi Wing Xikers Yoon Jong-shin

Other awards

Best Adult Contemporary	Special Crossover
Kim Hee-jae Park Ji-hyeon Son Tae-jin	Forestella
Blooming Star Award	Next Wave
8Turn Idntt Nowz	Billlie TripleS Xikers
Special Collaboration	World Stage
Wing	Ateez
Best of Ballad	10th Anniversary Influential Artist
Lee Chang-sub	Pentagon
20th Anniversary Wannabe Icon Artist	30th Anniversary Legend of the Age
Kyuhyun	Yoon Jong-shin

Notes

1. Hanteo Global score reflects a comprehensive analysis based on the vast amount of big data of albums/records, digital music, social media, portals, broadcasting & media, and end users collected through Hanteo Chart and Whosfan Big Data Lab. ^[4]

1. Consists of Best Artist, Best Album, Best Song, and Best Performance
2. Consists of Artist of the Year, Post Generation, Emerging Artist, and Rookie of the Year
3. Consists of Special Award – Ballad, Special Award – Band, Special Award – Hip-hop, and Special Award – Trot

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External links

• Official website