33rd Hanteo Music Awards

33rd Hanteo Music Awards
Official poster
DateFebruary 15, 2026
VenueKSPO Dome, Seoul
CountrySouth Korea
Hosted by
Most awardsStray Kids (6)
Websiteawards.hanteo.com
Television/radio coverage
NetworkMBN
TikTok

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]

Winners and nominees

Winners and nominees are listed in alphanumerical order, with winners listed first and emphasised in bold.[9]

Grand Prize

Best Artist
(Daesang) 		Best Album
(Daesang)
Best Song
(Daesang) 		Best Performance
(Daesang)

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.[10]

Artists of the Year
(Bonsang)[11] 		Rookie of the Year[12]
List of nominees
Post Generation Award[13] Emerging Artist[14]
Special Award – Ballad[15] Special Award – Band[16]
Special Award – Independent[17] Special Award – R&B or Hip-hop[18]
Special Award – Trot[19] Special Award – Virtual[20]
Special Award – Remake
  • Hwang Ka-ram
Special Award – OST[21]

Global Artist & Popularity Awards

The list of nominees for the Global Artist Award was announced in January 2026.[22] The voting began on January 5 and continued until February 7, 2026.[23] 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.[24]

Best Continent Artist – Africa Best Continent Artist – Asia
List of nominees
List of nominees
Best Continent Artist – Europe Best Continent Artist – North America
List of nominees
List of nominees
Best Continent Artist – Oceania Best Continent Artist – South America
List of nominees
List of nominees
WhosFandom Award[25] Best Popular Artist
List of nominees
List of nominees
Best Global Popular Artist Best Artist Pick
List of nominees
List of nominees

Other awards

Best Adult Contemporary Special Crossover
  • Kim Hee-jae
  • Park Ji-hyeon
  • Son Tae-jin
Blooming Star Award Next Wave
Special Collaboration World Stage
  • Wing
Best of Ballad 10th Anniversary Influential Artist
20th Anniversary Wannabe Icon Artist 30th Anniversary Legend of the Age

Multiple awards

The following artist(s) received two or more awards:

Count Artist(s)
6 Stray Kids
3 Ateez
Lee Chan-won
Lim Young-woong
2 Enhypen
Hearts2Hearts
G-Dragon
Plave
Tomorrow X Together

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

References

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