The 38th Golden Disc Awards have revealed the nominees in each category.

The Golden Disc Awards Office opened its official website at 2 PM on the 4th and introduced the nominees for major categories such as the Digital Song and Album main awards and Rookie of the Year for the '38th Golden Disc Awards with Mandiri.'

The candidates were selected through a review and quantitative evaluation of digital songs and albums released from mid-November last year to early November 2023. 

Songs and albums that were excluded from the nominations in the previous year's closing period are included in this year's review.

The final nominees for the Digital Song main award category include (G)I-DLE, aespa, AKMU, DK FIFTY FIFTY, H1-KEY, IVE, LE SSERAFIM, NCT Dream, NewJeans, STAYC, Parc Jae Jung, BSS, SEVENTEEN, WOODY, Lim Young Woong, Jungkook, Jimin, Jisoo, and Taeyang.

For the Album main award category, the nominees are (G)I-DLE, aespa, Agust D, ATEEZ, ENHYPEN, EXO, ITZY, IVE, LE SSERAFIM, NCT, NCT 127, NCT DREAM, NMIXX, Stray Kids, TREASURE, TWICE, ZEROBASEONE, SEVENTEEN, Jungkook, and TXT, totaling 20 teams/individuals.

The nominees for the once-in-a-lifetime Rookie of the Year were selected by combining digital music usage and album sales. The nominees are BOYNEXTDOOR, EVNNE, FIFTY FIFTY, PLAVE, RIIZE, ZEROBASEONE, LUN8, n.SSign, and Hwang Young Woong.

The '38th Golden Disc Awards with Mandiri' will be held on January 6, 2024, at the Jakarta International Stadium in Indonesia. This is the fifth time the event is held overseas, following Japan for the 26th, Malaysia for the 27th, China for the 29th, and Thailand for the 37th ceremonies. 

The awards show will be broadcast live on JTBC2 and JTBC4 and delayed on JTBC.