Asia Artist Awards

Asia Artist Awards (Korean: 아시아 아티스트 어워즈; abbreviated AAA) is an awards ceremony organized by South Korea-based business newspaper Money Today and its global media brands StarNews and MTN. This honors the outstanding achievements and international contributions of South Korean artists in Asian television, film and music. The inaugural ceremony was held on November 16, 2016, at Kyung Hee University's Hall of Peace in Seoul, and was broadcast live via satellite across Asia.^[1]

Asia Artist Awards
Current: 8th Asia Artist Awards
AAA Logo
Awarded for	Outstanding achievements in the music, television and film industry
Country	South Korea
Presented by	Star News Star Continent
First awarded	November 16, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-11-16)
Last awarded	2023
Website	Official website

Ceremonies

Edition	Date	Venue	City	Host	Ref.
1st	November 16, 2016	Hall of Peace, Kyung Hee University	Seoul, South Korea	Leeteuk and Lee Si-young	[1]
2nd	November 15, 2017	Jamsil Students' Gymnasium		Leeteuk and Lee Tae-im	[2]
3rd	November 28, 2018	Namdong Gymnasium	Incheon, South Korea	Leeteuk and Lee Sung-kyung	[3][4]
4th	November 26, 2019	Mỹ Đình National Stadium	Hanoi, Vietnam	Leeteuk and Lim Ji-yeon	[5]
5th	November 28, 2020	Online Ceremony	Seoul, South Korea	Leeteuk and Park Ju-hyun	[6]
6th	December 2, 2021	KBS Arena		Leeteuk and Jang Won-young	[7]
7th	December 13, 2022	Nippon Gaishi Hall	Nagoya, Japan		[8]
8th	December 14, 2023	Philippine Arena	Bocaue, Philippines	Kang Daniel, Jang Won-young and Sung Han-bin	[9][10]
9th	December 27, 2024	Impact Challenger Hall 1–2	Bangkok, Thailand	Jang Won-young, Sung Han-bin and Ryu Jun-yeol	[11]

Winners

NewJeans, winner of Performance of the Year Grand Prize 2022 (Daesang)

Hallyu personalities Park Bo-gum and Im Yoon-ah were the first recipients of Asia Star Award, together with boy band Exo

Boy band Exo was also one of the first recipients of the Asia Star Award in 2016

Grand Prize (Daesang)

Year	Category	Winner
2016	Television / Film	Cho Jin-woong
	Music	Exo
2017	Television / Film	Kim Hee-sun
	Music	Exo
2018	Television / Film	Lee Byung-hun
	Music	BTS
2019	Television / Film	Jang Dong-gun (Actor/Actress of the Year)
	Music	Seventeen – An Ode (Album of the Year)
		Twice (Artist of the Year)
		Got7 (Performance of the Year)
		Red Velvet – "Umpah Umpah" (Song of the Year)
2020	Television / Film	Kim Soo-hyun (Actor/Actress of the Year: Drama)
		Lee Jung-jae (Actor/Actress of the Year: Film)
	Music	NCT – NCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 1 (Album of the Year)
		Twice (Artist of the Year)
		Got7 (Performance of the Year)
		BTS – "Dynamite" (Song of the Year)
		Monsta X (Stage of the Year)
		Lim Young-woong (Trot of the Year)
2021	Television / Film	Lee Jung-jae (Actor of the Year)
		Lee Seung-gi (Actor/Actress of the Year: Drama)
		Yoo Ah-in (Actor/Actress of the Year: Film)
	Music	Seventeen (Singer of the Year)
		NCT 127 – Sticker (Album of the Year)
		Stray Kids (Performance of the Year)
		BTS – "Butter" (Song of the Year)
		aespa (Stage of the Year)
		Lim Young-woong (Trot of the Year)
2022	Television / Film	Lee Jun-ho (Actor of the Year)
	Music	NewJeans (Performance of the Year)
		Lim Young-woong (Stage of the Year)
		Ive (Song of the Year)
		Stray Kids (Album of the Year)
		Seventeen (Singer of the Year)
2023	Television / Film	Lee Jun-ho (Actor of the Year)
	Music	NewJeans (Singer of the Year)
		Seventeen – FML (Album of the Year)
		NewJeans – "Ditto" (Song of the Year)
		Stray Kids (Stage of the Year)
		BSS (Performance of the Year)
		Lim Young-woong (Fandom of the Year)

Rookie of the Year

Year	Category	Winner
2016	Television / Film	Ryu Jun-yeol, Kwak Si-yang, Sung Hoon, Lee Jung-shin, Nana
	Music	NCT 127, Blackpink
2017	Television / Film	Ahn Hyo-seop, Jung Chae-yeon
	Music	Wanna One, Pristin, Kard
2018	Television / Film	Kim Da-mi, Jang Ki-yong
	Music	The Boyz, Stray Kids, (G)I-dle, IZ*ONE
2019	Television / Film	Ong Seong-wu
	Music	TXT, AB6IX, ITZY
2020	Television / Film	Han So-hee, Lee Jae-wook
	Music	Treasure, Secret Number
2021	Television / Film	Lee Do-hyun
	Music	Enhypen, Aespa
2022	Television / Film	Kang Daniel, Seo Bum-june
	Music	IVE, NewJeans, LE SSERAFIM
2023	Television / Film	Lee Eun-saem, Moon Sang-min
	Music	Zerobaseone

Popularity Award

(Determined through fan votes)

Year	Category	Winner
2016	Television / Film	Baekhyun, Yoona
	Music	Exo
2017	Television / Film	D.O., Yoona
	Music	Exo
2018	Television / Film	Sehun, IU
	Music	BTS
2019	Music	Stray Kids, Loona, Kang Daniel
2020	Television / Film	Park Jin-young, Song Ji-hyo
	Singer	BTS, Twice
	Trot	Lim Young-woong
2021	Television / Film	Kim Seon-ho, Song Ji-hyo
	Music	Exo, Twice, CL, Lim Young-woong
2022	Television / Film	Kim Seon-ho, Kim Se-jeong
	Music	BTS
2023	Television / Film	Lee Jun-ho, Kim Se-jeong
	Music	Sakurazaka46, Lim Young-woong

Asia Celebrity

Year	Category	Winner
2019	Television / Film	Ji Chang-wook, Park Min-young
	Music	Red Velvet, NU'EST
2020	Television / Film	Lee Joon-gi
	Music	Kang Daniel, WayV
2021	Television / Film	Yoo Ah-in, Bright Vachirawit, Win Metawin
	Music	BamBam, The Boyz
2022	Television / Film	Kim Seon-ho, Kwon Yu-ri, PP, Billkin
	Music	Itzy, Lyodra
2023	Television / Film	Kentaro Sakaguchi, Kim Seon-ho
	Music	Jang Won-young, Le Sserafim, NewJeans

Best Artist Award

Year	Category	Winner
2016	Television / Film	Park Hae-jin, Park Shin-hye
	Music	BTS, Twice
2017	Television / Film	Namkoong Min, Park Hae-jin, Yoona
	Music	Seventeen
2018	Television / Film	Ha Jung-woo
	Music	Seventeen, Twice, Wanna One
2019	Television / Film	Park Min-young, Yoona, Zico
2020	Television / Film	Lee Joon-gi, Seo Yea-ji
	Music	Mamamoo, NCT 127
2021	Television / Film	Jeon Yeo-been, Han So-hee
	Music	BamBam, Brave Girls, Enhypen
2022	Television / Film	Han So-hee, Seo In-guk, Park Min-young
	Music	Itzy, The Boyz, The Rampage from Exile Tribe
2023	Television / Film	Kim Ji-hoon, Kim Seon-ho, Kentaro Sakaguchi
	Music	AKMU, IVE, The Boyz, ITZY, Le Sserafim, SB19

Best Icon Award

Year	Category	Winner
2016	Television / Film	Kim Yoo-jung
	Music	BTS
2017	Television / Film	Seo Kang-joon
	Music	Hwang Chi-yeul, Crush, Mamamoo
2018	Television / Film	Choi Tae-joon, Kim Myung-soo
	Music	Monsta X, Momoland
2019	Television / Film	Jung Hae-in, Choi Si-won
	Music	Seventeen, Chungha
2020	Television / Film	Lee Joo-young
	Music	Pentagon, AB6IX
2021	Television / Film	Ryu Kyung-soo
	Music	Woodz
2022	Television / Film	Im Jae-hyuk
	Music	AleXa, Verivery
2023	Television / Film	Cha Joo-young
	Music	Kep1er, Nmixx, Tempest

Best OST Award

Year	Winner	Work
2016	Gummy	"You Are My Everything" (Descendants of the Sun) "Moonlight Drawn By Clouds" (Love in the Moonlight)
2017	Ailee	"I Will Go to You Like the First Snow" (Guardian: The Lonely and Great God)
2021	Lim Young-woong	"Love Always Run Away" (Young Lady and Gentleman)

Fabulous Award

Year	Category	Winner
2017	Television / Film	Park Seo-joon, Lee Joon-gi
	Music	Exo, Super Junior
2018	Television / Film	Lee Byung-hun, Ha Jung-woo
	Music	BTS, Twice
2021	Television / Film	Lee Jung-jae
	Music	Seventeen
2022	Music	Seventeen, Lim Young-woong
2023	Television / Film	Kathryn Bernardo, Daniel Padilla
	Music	Stray Kids, New Jeans

Focus Award

Year	Category	Winner
2018	Television / Film	Jin Ju-hyung, Kim Yong-ji, Shin Hyun-soo
	Music	D-Crunch, W24
2019	Television / Film	Lee Jung-eun
	Music	Loona, Dongkiz
2020	Television / Film	Ahn Eun-jin
	Music	Oneus, AleXa
2021	Television / Film	Doyoung, Park Geon-il
	Music	DKB, Kingdom, Blitzers
2022	Television / Film	Haknyeon
	Music	Lapillus, ATBO, Trendz
2023	Television / Film	Younghoon, Ahn Dong-goo
	Music	Hori7on, Lun8

New Wave Award

Year	Category	Winner
2017	Television / Film	Choi Tae-joon, Gong Seung-yeon, Shin Hyun-soo
	Music	Snuper, Astro, The Rampage from Exile Tribe
2018	Television / Film	Kim Seol-hyun
	Music	Kard, Cosmic Girls, Gugudan
2021	Television / Film	Na In-woo
	Music	STAYC, Weeekly
2022	Television / Film	Hwang Min-hyun, Choi Si-won
	Music	Tempest, Nmixx, Kep1er
2023	Television / Film	Park Jae-chan
	Music	Ash Island, Kingdom, Yao Chen

Best Actor Award

Ed.	Year	Winner
3rd	2018	Ju Ji-hoon, Yoo Yeon-seok, IU
4th	2019	Ji Chang-wook
5th	2020	Ahn Hyo-seop, Lee Sung-kyung
6th	2021	Park Joo-mi, Heo Sung-tae, Kim Joo-ryoung
7th	2022	Lee Jae-wook, Kim Se-jeong, Lee Jun-young, Kwon Yu-ri
8th	2023	Ahn Hyo-seop, Kim Se-jeong

Best Creator Award

Year	Winner
2017	Shin Won-ho for Reply series
2018	Won Dong-yeon
2021	Brave Brothers
2023	3RACHA

Best Emotive Award

Year	Category	Winner
2018	Television / Film	Jung Hae-in, Lee Sung-kyung, Lee Jun-ho
2019	Television / Film	Lim Ji-yeon
	Music	Kang Daniel
2020	Television / Film	Kim Seon-ho, Ahn Bo-hyun
	Music	NCT Dream, (G)I-dle
2021	Television / Film	Moon Ga-young, Cha Eun-woo
	Music	Kwon Eun-bi, WJSN Chocome
2022	Television / Film	Na In-woo
	Music	Nmixx, Cravity
2023	Television / Film	Suho
	Music	&Team, BoyNextDoor, Oneus

Best History of Songs Award

Ed.	Year	Winner
3rd	2018	Se7en
5th	2020	Super Junior
6th	2021	3JSB

Best Musician Award

Year	Winner
2018	Zico
	iKon
2019	NU'EST
2020	Song Ga-in, Kang Daniel, Iz*One
2021	Kang Daniel, Itzy, Astro, Wonho, The Boyz
2022	Le Sserafim, Peck, Choi Ye-na, Treasure, NiziU
2023	Zerobaseone, Sakurazaka46, Kwon Eun-bi, Kard, STAYC

Best Producer Award

Year	Winner
2016	Bang Si-hyuk (Big Hit Entertainment)
2018	Pdogg (Big Hit Entertainment)
2019	Zico (KOZ Entertainment)
2021	Woozi (Pledis Entertainment)
2022	Seo Hyun-joo (Starship Entertainment)
2023	Seo Hyun-joo (Starship Entertainment)

Best Choice Award

Year	Category	Winner
2016	Television / Film	Sung Hoon, Lee Si-young
	Music	Dynamic Duo
2017	Television / Film	Min Hyo-rin, Lee Tae-im, Kent Tsai
	Music	Just Jerk
2018	Television / Film	Jasper Liu, Kwak Si-yang, Jinyoung
	Music	Snuper
2019	Television / Film	Lee Jung-eun, Ahn Hyo-seop
	Music	Momoland
2020	Television / Film	Ahn Bo-hyun, Park Ju-hyun
	Music	The Boyz, Itzy
2021	Television / Film	Lee Jun-young, Joo Suk-tae
	Music	Pentagon, Golden Child, Momoland
2022	Television / Film	Kim Seon-ho
	Music	WJSN Chocome, Kard, Stray Kids, Kep1er, Pentagon

Hot Trend Award

Year	Category	Winner
2018	Television / Film	Yoona, Jung Hae-in
2021	Television / Film	Lee Jung-jae
	Music	Brave Girls, aespa
2022	Television / Film	Lee Jun-ho, Park Min-young
	Music	Ive, NiziU, Lim Young-woong, Seventeen
2023	Television /Film	Ahn Hyo-seop, Lee Jun-ho
	Music	New Jeans, SB19

Potential Award

Year	Category	Winner
2019	Television / Film	Jung Hae-in
	Music	Kang Daniel, Snuper
2020	Television / Film	Park Jin-young, Kim Hye-yoon
	Music	Cravity, Iz*One
2021	Television / Film	Hwang Min-hyun
	Music	T1419, AleXa
2022	Television / Film	Kang Daniel
	Music	Lightsum, TFN, Kingdom, Billlie
2023	Television / Film	Yoo Seon-ho
	Music	ATBO, Lapillus, Paul Blanco

AAA Scene Stealer

Year	Winner
2019	Lee Jung-eun, Lee Kwang-soo
2020	Kim Min-jae
2021	Cha Ji-yeon
2022	Ryu Kyung-soo
2023	Jung Sung-il

AAA Top of Kpop Record

Year	Winner
2019	Super Junior

AAA Best Achievement Award

Year	Winner
2021	NU'EST
2022	Kwon Yu-ri

AAA Best of Best Starnews Choeaedol Popularity Award

Year	Winner
2020	BTS

AAA Hot Issue Award

Year	Category	Winner
2020	Television / Film	Kim Soo-hyun, Seo Yea-ji
	Music	Lim Young-woong, Itzy

Best Acting Performance Award

Year	Category	Winner
2020	Television / Film	Lee Joon-hyuk
		Jeon Mi-do
2021	Television / Film	Takumi Kitamura, Kwon Yu-ri, Sung Hoon
2022	Television / Film	Bona, Kim Young-dae, Hwang Min-hyun, Choi Si-won
2023	Television / Film	Moon Ga-young, Kim Young-dae, Lee Jun-young, Suho

Best Music Video Award

Year	Winner
2020	Stray Kids
2021	Everglow

Best Pop Artist Award

Year	Winner
2020	MAX
	Anne-Marie

Discontinued awards

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
4th	2019	Television/Film	Oh Se-hun
			Song Ji-hyo
		Music	Super Junior

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
4th	2019	Television / Film	Quốc Trường [vi]
			Bảo Thanh [vi]
		Music	Bích Phương

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
3rd	2018	Television / Film	Lee Seung-gi
			Ryu Jun-yeol
		Music	Got7

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
4th	2019	Television / Film	Yoona
		Music	SEVENTEEN
			Twice

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
4th	2019	Television / Film	Lee Kwang-soo
		Music	Got7

Ed.	Year	Winner
1st	2016	Yoona, Park Bo-gum, Exo
2nd	2017	Suzy

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
1st	2016	Television / Film	Namkoong Min
			Kim Ji-won
			Jin Goo
		Music	VIXX
			AOA
2nd	2017	Television / Film	Lee Jun-ho
			Park Min-young
		Music	VIXX
			Apink
3rd	2018	Television / Film	Suzy
4th	2019	Music	Up10tion

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
1st	2016	Television / Film	Seo Kang-joon
			Nam Ji-hyun
		Music	B.A.P
			Mamamoo
2nd	2017	Television / Film	Sung Hoon
			Kim Tae-ri
		Music	NU'EST W
			Monsta X
			Bolbbalgan4

Ed.	Year	Winner
2nd	2017	Lee Seung-gi

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
3rd	2018	Television / Film	Lee Da-hee
			Choi Min-ho
		Music	AOA

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
1st	2016	Television / Film	Park Bo-gum
			Bae Suzy
		Music	Block B
			SEVENTEEN
2nd	2017	Television / Film	Park Seo-joon
			Ryu Jun-yeol
		Music	Zico
			7SENSES (SNH48)

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
3rd	2018	Television / Film	Cha Eun-woo
			Jung In-sun
		Music	Fromis 9
			SF9
4th	2019	Music	Lovelyz

Ed.	Year	Winner
3rd	2018	Park Hae-jin

Ed.	Year	Winner
2nd	2017	Super Junior

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
3rd	2018	Television / Film	Sung Hoon
		Music	Chungha

Ed.	Year	Winner
2nd	2017	Wanna One

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
1st	2016	Television / Film	Park Hye-su
			Shin Hyun-soo
			Chi Pu
		Music	WJSN
			Han Dong-geun
			Boys and Men
2nd	2017	Television / Film	Kang Tae-oh
			Ji Soo
			Seo Eun-soo
		Music	JBJ
			DIA
			Jeong Se-woon
			Gugudan
			Momoland

Ed.	Year	Winner
2nd	2017	Park Shin-hye

Ed.	Year	Winner
1st	2016	Exo

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
3rd	2018	Television / Film	Lee Byung-hun
		Music	BTS

Ed.	Year	Winner
3rd	2018	Wanna One, IU

Ed.	Year	Winner
3rd	2018	NU'EST W
		Mamamoo
		Sunmi

Ed.	Year	Winner
4th	2019	(G)I-dle
		Stray Kids
5th	2020	Bigman

Ed.	Year	Winner
3rd	2018	Son Sung Deuk

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
3rd	2018	Television / Film	Lee Sung-kyung
			Lee Jun-ho
			Ryu Jun-yeol
			IU
			Jung Hae-in
			Lee Seung-gi
			Ju Ji-hoon
			Yoo Yeon-seok
			Ha Jung-woo
			Lee Byung-hun
		Music	Zico
			Wanna One
			iKon
			Twice
			SEVENTEEN
			Sunmi
			Monsta X
			Mamamoo
			Got7
			NU'EST W
			BTS

See Awards

AAA X Dongnam Media & FPT Polytechnic Popularity

Best Vietnamese Artist

Best Popular Award

Best Social Award

AAA Best K-Culture

Asia Star Award

Best Celebrity Award

Best Entertainer Award

Best Welcome Award

Brilliant Award

Best Star Award

Rising Award

Eco Creator Award

Legend Award

Favorite Award

Samsung Pay Award

Rising Star Award

Asia Icon

Baidu Star Award

Korean Tourism Appreciation Award

Asia Hot Artist

Best Music Award

AAA Groove

Best Performance Director

Artist of the Year

Most wins

Rank	Recipients	Wins
1st	Lim Young-woong, Seventeen	14
2nd	BTS	13
3th	EXO, TWICE, Kang Daniel, Stray Kids, Kim Seon-ho	9
4th	Lee Jun-ho, NewJeans	8
5th	Yoona, ITZY	7
6th	The Boyz	6
7th	Got7, Mamamoo, Super Junior, IU, Zico, Wanna One, Jung Hae-in, Park Min-young, LE SSERAFIM, Ahn Hyo-seop	5
8th	Monsta X, Ryu Jun-yeol, Lee Byung-hun, Momoland, Lee Jung-Jae, Kwon Yuri, Kim Se-jeong, IVE	4

See also

• List of Asian television awards

References

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External links

• Official website
• 2016 Asia Artist Awards Winner Archived October 8, 2020, at the Wayback Machine (in Korean)
• 2017 Asia Artist Awards Winner Archived October 31, 2020, at the Wayback Machine (in Korean)
• 2018 Asia Artist Awards Winner Archived November 3, 2020, at the Wayback Machine (in Korean)
• 2019 Asia Artist Awards Winner Archived November 4, 2020, at the Wayback Machine (in Korean)