The recent 2026 D Awards have sparked major controversy with the list of top prize winners.
On February 11, the D Awards held their event.
Yet, netizens noticed that while the show had eight daesang (main prize) winners, that none of the winners were female idols.
2026 'D Awards' Daesang Winners:
Artist of the Year: ENHYPEN
Album of the Year: Stray Kids
Song of the Year: BOYNEXTDOOR
Performance of the Year: NCT WISH
Record of the Year: RIIZE
Trend of the Year: TWS
Iconic: ZEROBASEONE
Global: P1Harmony pic.twitter.com/vTNKWdYgxc— Kpop Charts (@kchartsmaster) February 11, 2026
Not a single kpop girl group won among the eight Daesangs given at the 2026 D Awards today. pic.twitter.com/J8f2XXjGkh
— About Music (@AboutMusicYT) February 11, 2026
Netizens couldn’t believe that despite them having eight daesangs, which is more than other shows, there wasn’t a single girl group that got a win. Many shared how it showed the “misogynistic” nature of the event and society in general, as girl groups have had a lot of success, especially in recent awards shows.
Girl groups have dominated the kpop industry for years; aside from two boy groups, nobody knows or listens to bg music. But here you have the misogynistic society of Korea inventing Daesangs so that all the boy groups receive one https://t.co/olc0Xi7Lpd
— 𖹭 cancan 𖹭 (@supershy_itgirl) February 11, 2026
Not a single female group?
— mRaee (@Mannyraee) February 11, 2026
Not a single female group, the misogyny in korea goes crazy
— vampprina_ (@abrooshie) February 11, 2026
Not a single female artist and just “stupid” awards? When normally the Daesangs are only for Artist-Album-Song-and one other category of the year. You can’t cram 8 Daesangs into a single show, in a single night, and pretend they’re the “most coveted awards” if anyone can win them https://t.co/bGw7rh3PEQ
— niyonnie* ❕⚫ (@niyonnie) February 11, 2026
this is why this misogystic award show made ZERO noise #deserved https://t.co/yzVIe76iCV
— cutieful kono (@cortiseouls) February 11, 2026
The D(ick) Awards cause they only gave this shit to male idols
pic.twitter.com/5Qhm6QTnPv https://t.co/8oicwx5m1K
— enri (@venulx) February 11, 2026
