Stray Kids, TXT, SEVENTEEN, Jennie, HUNTR/X, TWS, ILLIT, And More Win At 2026 Japan Gold Disc Awards

The Japan Gold Disc Awards has revealed this year’s winners!

This week, the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) officially announced the winners of the 40th Japan Gold Disc Awards.

Stray Kids Stray Kids K-POP GROUP Stray Kids is an eight-member self-producing boy group known for intense performances, experimental sound, and powerful rap lines. snagged a total of four awards this year, including Best Asian Artist. The group also won Album of the Year (Asia) and one of the Best 3 Albums (Asia) for their Japanese mini album “Hollow,” along with Music Video of the Year (Asia) for “Stray Kids Stray Kids K-POP GROUP Stray Kids is an eight-member self-producing boy group known for intense performances, experimental sound, and powerful rap lines. Fan Connecting 2024 ‘SKZ TOY WORLD.’”

The other recipients of this year’s Best 3 Albums (Asia) were TXT, who won for their Japanese album “Starkissed,” and SEVENTEEN SEVENTEEN K-POP GROUP SEVENTEEN is a self-producing boy group with 13 members, divided into hip-hop, vocal, and performance units, known for intricate choreography and songwriting. , who took home the prize for their Korean album “HAPPY BURSTDAY.”

BLACKPINK BLACKPINK K-POP GROUP BLACKPINK is a four-member global girl group known for their high-energy performances, luxury fashion influence, and record-breaking music videos. ’s Jennie won Song of the Year by Download (Western) for her solo hit “like JENNIE,” while HUNTR/X HUNTR/X K-POP GROUP HUNTR/X is a fictional K-pop girl group featured in Netflix’s animated film “KPop Demon Hunters”. ’s “Golden” (from the animated film “KPop Demon Hunters”) won both Song of the Year by Download (Asia) and Song of the Year by Streaming (Asia).

&TEAM won two awards in the Japanese categories: “Back to Life” was named one of this year’s Best 5 Albums, while “Go in Blind” was chosen as one of this year’s Best 5 Singles.

Over in the new artists category, TWS won New Artist of the Year (Asia) for 2026. This year’s Best 3 New Artists (Asia) awards went to TWS, ILLIT, and PLAVE, while New Artist of the Year (Western) went to KATSEYE KATSEYE K-POP GROUP KATSEYE is a global girl group formed through HYBE x Geffen's "The Debut: Dream Academy" project. The group debuted in 2024 and is known for a modern pop sound, sharp performance style, and multilingual global-member lin .

Congratulations to all of this year’s winners!

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