A chronological compilation of Kang Daniel’s awards and other notable achievements.
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| 2017 | 11th SBS Entertainment Awards | Best Male Rookie (Variety) for Master Key | ๐ |
| 2018 | 10th MTN Broadcast Advertising Festival | Grand Prize (Audience): Kang Daniel โIce Drum โ Hite Extra Coldโ TVC | ๐ |
| 2018 | Brand of the Year Awards | Male Advertising Model | ๐ |
| 2018 | 18th MBC Entertainment Awards | Best Male Rookie (Variety) for Itโs Dangerous Beyond the Blankets | ๐ |
| 2018 | The Fact Music Awards | Fan N Star Choice Fan N Star Most Votes Fan N Star Hall of Fame |
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| 2019 | TENASIA K-Pop Global TOP TEN Awards | Global Popularity Award (Grand Prize) Popularity Award (Korea) |
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| 2019 | Asia Artist Awards in Vietnam | Potential Award (Music) Star15 Popularity Award Best Emotive Award (Singer) |
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| 2019 | Melon Music Awards | Best Music Video: “What are you up to” | ๐ |
| 2020 | TENASIA K-Pop Global TOP TEN Awards | Global Popularity Award (Grand Prize) Popularity Award (Korea) Popularity Award (Singapore) Popularity Award (Vietnam) Best Artist in Second Half of 2020 (Korea & US) |
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| 2019 | The Fact Music Awards | Fan N Star Choice Fan N Star Most Votes |
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| 2020 | 5th Brand Customer Loyalty Award | Male Solo Singer | ๐ |
| 2020 | 12th MTN Broadcast Advertising Festival | Grand Prize (Audience): Kang Daniel โKT – Galaxy Note 10 Aura Redโ TVC | ๐ |
| 2020 | Soribada Best K-Music Awards | Real Fan Award Bonsang Stage of the Year (Daesang) |
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| 2020 | Brand of the Year Awards | Male Solo Singer | ๐ |
| 2020 | APAN Music Awards | Top 10 Best Performance Male Solo (Korea) Male Solo (Global) KT Seezn Star |
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| 2020 | Asia Artist Awards | Asia Celebrity Best Musician |
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| 2020 | The Fact Music Awards | This Yearโs Artist | ๐ |
| 2021 | Korea First Brand Awards | Grand Prize: Male Solo Singer | ๐ |
| 2021 | Seoul Music Awards | Bonsang Fan PD Artist |
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| 2021 | 6th Brand Customer Loyalty Awards | Male Solo Singer | ๐ |
| 2021 | TENASIA Global TOP TEN Awards | Best Artist in First Half of 2021 (Korea) | ๐ |
| 2021 | Brand of the Year Awards | Male Solo Singer | ๐ |
| 2021 | The Fact Music Awards | Artist of the Year (Bonsang) | ๐ |
| 2021 | Asia Artist Awards | Best Musician | ๐ |
| 2021 | Asia Pop Music Awards | Top 20 Songs of the Year (Overseas): “Antidote” | ๐ |
| 2022 | Korea First Brand Awards | Male Solo Singer | ๐ |
| 2022 | Seoul Music Awards | Bonsang | ๐ |
| 2022 | Gaon Chart Music Awards | Artist of the Year (Digital Music โ April): “Antidote” | ๐ |
| 2022 | Brand Customer Loyalty Award | Male Solo Singer | ๐ |
| 2022 | TENASIA K-Pop Global TOP TEN Awards | Best Artists of K-Drama OST โ Korea Popularity Award (Korea) |
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| 2022 | 1st Blue Dragon Series Awards | Popularity Award for Rookie Cops | ๐ |
| 2022 | K Global Heart Dream Awards | Bonsang Favorite Male Solo Popularity Award Favorite Fandom Donation Award |
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| 2022 | Newsis K-Expo | Seoul Mayor’s Award for Culture | ๐ |
| 2022 | 17th Seoul International Drama Awards | Outstanding K-Pop Idol | ๐ |
| 2022 | The Fact Music Awards | Artist of the Year (Bonsang) | ๐ |
| 2022 | 8th APAN Star Awards | APAN K-Pop Label Award โ KONNECT Entertainment | ๐ |
| 2022 | Asia Artist Awards | Best New Actor for Rookie Cops AAA Potential (Actor) for Rookie Cops |
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| 2023 | Korea First Brand Awards | Male Solo Artist Male Idol Actor for Rookie Cops |
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| 2023 | Seoul Music Awards | Bonsang | ๐ |
| 2023 | Korea Best Brand Awards | KONNECT Entertainment โ Original Content: Kang Daniel | ๐ |
| 2023 | Hanteo Music Awards | Bonsang | ๐ |
| 2023 | TENASIA K-Pop Global TOP TEN Awards | Popularity Award (Korea) | ๐ |
| 2023 | Asia Artist Awards | Best Choice | ๐ |
| 2023 | KBS Entertainment Awards | Best Entertainer Award for Mr. House Husband Season 2 | ๐ |
| 2024 | Seoul Music Awards | Bonsang | ๐ |
| 2024 | Korea First Brand Awards | Male Solo Singer (Vietnam) | ๐ |
| 2017 | Celebโs Pick Magazine โFashionista Awardsโ | Best Fashionista (Rising Star) | ๐ |
| 2017 | Gallup | Gallup Best Idol (2nd Place) | ๐ |
| 2017 | CJ E&M โAmerica Awardsโ | Male Idol of the Year | ๐ |
| 2017 | Entertainment Reportersโ Choice | 1st place Best Rising Star | ๐ |
| 2018 | 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics | Cultural exhibit honorary ambassador | ๐ |
| 2018 | Click! StarWars ‘Year-End Awards’ | Popularity Award Hall of Fame |
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| 2018 | Forbes | Forbes 2030 Power Leaders (Entertainment) | ๐ ๐ |
| 2018 | Elle Style Awards | Best Magazine Cover | ๐ |
| 2018 | Gallup | Gallup Best Idol (5th Place) | ๐ |
| 2019 | dongA.com’s PICK | Idol Pick “Long-term Winner” Award | ๐ |
| 2019 | Forbes | Forbes Top 40 Power Celebrities (4th Place) | ๐ |
| 2019 | Busan | Honorary Ambassador | ๐ |
| 2020 | Forbes | Forbes Top 40 Power Celebrities (10th Place) | ๐ |
| 2020 | The Snail of Love | Soul-The Fan No.1 | ๐ |
| 2020 | 4352nd National Foundation Day | Poem reciter | ๐ |
| 2020 | dongA.com’s PICK | Idol Pick Soulmate Award | ๐ |
| 2020 | MBN FUN Awards | This Year’s Why Are You Coming from There:ย Live and Learn | ๐ |
| 2020 | STUDIO CHOOM Choom & Chill | 2020 Best Male Solo Artist | ๐ |
| 2021 | 1st Forbes Korea K-pop Awards (FKA) | Best Male K-pop Idol Who Shone in 2021 | ๐ |
| 2021 | K-CHAMP Awards | Best Idol Champ Song | ๐ |
| 2022 | Forbes Korea K-pop Awards (FKA) | Best Male K-pop Idol Who Shone in 2022 | ๐ |
| 2022 | K-CHAMP Awards | Best Idol Champ Song | ๐ |
As of June 2022, Kang Daniel has sold 1.7 millions album as a solo artist, and an additional 4.2 million as part of Wanna One.
| 2019 | color on me (EP) | Gaon Double Platinum Certification Best 1st day Hanteo sales for a soloist with 342,218 copies[s] Best 1st initial sales for a soloist in just 3 days with 400,000 copies[s] Best 1st week Hanteo sales for a soloist with 460,000 copies[s] Sony Musicโs Q2 5th most sold album globally between[s] 1 music show win – “๋ญํด (What are you up to)” Kang Daniel’s most liked MV on YouTube (1 million) |
| 2020 | CYAN (EP) | Gaon Platinum Certification Best 1st week Q1 sales for a soloist with 260k copies Top 3 Gaon Q1 male artist physicals sales[s] 4th highest 1st week Hanteo Q1 sales[s] Gaon triple crown in album, download, and BGM weekly charts[s] 5 music show wins – “Antidote” (title track) 1 music show win – “TOUCHIN'” (single promoted in 2019) |
| 2020 | MAGENTA (EP) | Gaon Platinum Certification Top 10 1st week Hanteo sales Gaon triple crown in album, download, and BGM weekly charts Gaon August 2020 #1 album 3 music show wins |
| 2021 | “PARANOIA” (single) | Gaon #2 in digital weekly chart with 32,505,273 digital points Gaon double crown in download and BGM weekly charts Gaon #3 in half-year digital chart Kang Daniel’s 1st song to chart on Billboardโs World Digital Song Sales (peak #5) 4 music show wins Kang Daniel’s 2nd most liked MV on YouTube (+500k) Included in year-end listicles: Dazed, 88rising Radio[s] [s] Included in topic listicle: Cosmopolitan Philippines[s] Included in year-end MV listicle: Rolling Stone India[s] |
| 2021 | YELLOW (EP) | Gaon Platinum Certification Gaon quadruple crown in digital, download, BGM and album sales weekly charts Included in half-year listicles:ย South China Morning Post, Genius Korea[s]ย [s] Included in year-end listicles: Rolling Stone India, South China Morning Post, Omelete[s] [s] [s] |
| “Antidote” (title track) | Kang Danielโs highest charting song to date Gaon #1 in digital weekly chart with 54,378,817 digital points Gaon #2 in half-year digital chart 5 music show wins |
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| 2022 | The Story (LP) | Included in year-end listicle: Omelete[s] |
| “Upside Down” (title track) | Gaon #2 in digital weekly chart with 29,243,774 digital points[s] Gaon crown in download weekly charts 1 music show win Included in half-end listicle: Tidal[s] Included in year-end MV listicle: Tidal[s] |
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| “1000x” (side track) | Included in year-end listicle: Bollywood Hungama[s] | |
| 2023 | Melon bronze club for 1 billion streams[s] | |
| “SOS” (title track) | Included in year-end listicle: Dazed[s] |
| 2017-2018 | Brand Reputation Ranking | 1st Place Individual Boy Group Member (13 consecutive months, 15 total) |
| 2018 | Mwave Male Idol Tournament | 1st Place (9 consecutive months) |
| 2019 | Guinness World Record | Fastest 1M followers on Instagram (11 hours 36 minutes, January 3)[s] |
| 2019 | Daum Fancafe | Fastest Idol to reach 100,000 members (39 hours 34 minutes, January 23) |
| 2018-2020 | Best Idol | 1st Place (100+ consecutive weeks) |
| 2020 | Idol Pick | 1st Place (66 consecutive weeks)[s] |
| 2020 | Fanplus | First idol to surpass 1 and 2 billion votes[s] |
| 2018-2021 | Idol Chart | 1st Place (150+ consecutive weeks) |
| 2017-2022 | CHOEAEDOL (K-pop Star App) | Charity Angel (17 consecutive months, 45 total) Charity Fairy (18 consecutive months, 37 total) Idol with the most donations under his name[s] Idol with the highest votes (704,723,251, as of Dec 10, 2021) Idol with the most 1st place wins (1000 as of Feb 27, 2022) 2022 Vote Award & Donation Award[s] [s] |