{"id":402087,"date":"2026-01-09T13:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/402087\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T13:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:47:09","slug":"golden-disc-awards-celebrates-40th-anniversary-with-jennie-stray-kids-in-taipei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/402087\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Disc Awards celebrates 40th anniversary with Jennie, Stray Kids in Taipei"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                                                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jennie of girl group Blackpink performs during the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on April 13, 2025, in California. [AP\/YONHAP]\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/f254e7aa-057c-45db-a16b-628f72592bec.jpg\"\/>                                              <\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Jennie of girl group Blackpink performs during the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on April 13, 2025, in California. [AP\/YONHAP]<\/p>\n<p>                      \u00a0  <br \/>   The Golden Disc Awards, Korea\u2019s longest-running annual K-pop awards show, will celebrate its 40th anniversary on Saturday with a star-studded lineup featuring Jennie, Stray Kids, IVE, Enhypen and Le Sserafim.  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   Hosted by HLL JoongAng, the awards show is set to take place at the Taipei Dome in Taiwan, the city\u2019s largest indoor arena, with a capacity of 40,000, making this year\u2019s edition one of the biggest in the event\u2019s history.  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   The red carpet begins at 5 p.m., Saturday, and the main ceremony starts at 6:30 p.m. The Korea JoongAng Daily will be covering the event live beginning at 4 p.m.  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>                                                           <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The new trophy design for the annual Golden Disc Awards [HLL JOONGANG]\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ba623651-a8fa-44c3-9a87-dc2c75788bbd.jpg\"\/>                                              <\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">The new trophy design for the annual Golden Disc Awards [HLL JOONGANG]<\/p>\n<p>                      \u00a0  <br \/>   This year\u2019s lineup includes a total of 18 K-pop acts. The first slate of performers, announced on Nov. 26, 2025, included Le Sserafim, IVE, NCT Wish, Enhypen, Allday Project, izna, ZeroBaseOne, Zo Zazz and Cortis. The second lineup, unveiled on Nov. 27, 2025, added Monsta X, BoyNextDoor, Stray Kids, ARrC, Ateez, Jennie, Close Your Eyes, KiiiKiii and TWS.  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   The upcoming ceremony will mark Jennie\u2019s first performance in Taipei as a solo artist, as well as Stray Kids\u2019 first show in the city.  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   Starting with the 40th edition, the Golden Disc Awards will present three major honors: the newly added Artist of the Year, alongside the existing Song of the Year and Album of the Year. The eligibility window for this year\u2019s nominees ran from November 2024 to the end of October last year.  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   Presenters for the ceremony include Ahn Hyo-seop, who voiced the main antagonist Jinu in Netflix\u2019s smash hit animated film \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d (2025), Byeon Woo-seok, who starred in the tvN drama \u201cLovely Runner\u201d (2024) and Song Joong-ki, known for his roles in \u201cDescendants of the Sun\u201d (2016) and, more recently, \u201cMy Youth\u201d (2025).  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   This year\u2019s sponsors include Upbit, Korea\u2019s largest cryptocurrency trading platform, and portal operator Naver.  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   To mark its 40th anniversary, the Golden Disc Awards has undergone a rebranding. A new emblem keeps the signature disc motif but adds a soundwave design to represent the show&#8217;s evolution and the influence of music.  <\/p>\n<p>BY SHIN HA-NEE   [<a href=\"https:\/\/koreajoongangdaily.joins.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"6a1902030444020b040f0f2a000505040d0b040d440905440118\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jennie of girl group Blackpink performs during the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-402087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}