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 Asian artists in 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: 7th 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; 6 years ago (2016-11-16)
Website	Official website

The 6th edition of the awards ceremony took place on December 2, 2021 at KBS Arena, Seoul. It was hosted by Leeteuk and Jang Won-young.^[2]

Ceremonies

Edition	Date	Venue	City	Host	Ref.
1st	November 16, 2016	Kyung Hee University's Hall of Peace	Seoul, South Korea	Leeteuk and Lee Si-young	^[1]
2nd	November 15, 2017	Jamsil Students' Gymnasium	Seoul, South Korea	Leeteuk and Lee Tae-im	^[3]
3rd	November 28, 2018	Namdong Gymnasium	Incheon, South Korea	Leeteuk and Lee Sung-kyung	^[4]^[5]
4th	November 26, 2019	Mỹ Đình National Stadium	Hanoi, Vietnam	Leeteuk and Lim Ji-yeon	^[6]
5th	November 28, 2020			Leeteuk and Park Ju-hyun	^[7]
6th	December 2, 2021	KBS Arena	Seoul, South Korea	Leeteuk and Jang Won-young	^[2]
7th	December 13, 2022	Nippon Gaishi Hall	Nagoya, Japan	Leeteuk and Jang Won-young	^[8]

Winners

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
2016	Music	Exo
2017	Television / Film	Kim Hee-sun
2017	Music	Exo
2018	Television / Film	Lee Byung-hun
2018	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)
	Television / Film	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)

Rookie of the Year

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

Popularity Award

(Determined through fan votes)

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

Asia Celebrity

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

Best Artist Award

Year	Category	Winner
2016	Television / Film	Park Hae-jin, Park Shin-hye
2016	Music	BTS, Twice
2017	Television / Film	Namkoong Min, Park Hae-jin, Yoona
2017	Music	Seventeen
2018	Television / Film	Ha Jung-woo
2018	Music	Seventeen, Twice, Wanna One
2019	Television / Film	Park Min-young, Yoona, Zico
2020	Television / Film	Lee Joon-gi, Seo Yea-ji
2020	Music	Mamamoo, NCT 127
2021	Television / Film	Jeon Yeo-been, Han So-hee
2021	Music	BamBam, Brave Girls, Enhypen
2022	Television / Film	Han So-hee, Seo In-guk, Park Min-young
2022	Music	Itzy, The Boyz, The Rampage

Best Icon Award

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

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
2017	Music	Exo, Super Junior
2018	Television / Film	Lee Byung-hun, Ha Jung-woo
2018	Music	BTS, Twice
2021	Television / Film	Lee Jung-jae
2021	Music	Seventeen
2022	Music	Seventeen, Lim Young-woong

Focus Award

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

New Wave Award

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

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

Best Creator Award

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

Best Emotive Award

Year	Category	Winner
2018	Television / Film	Jung Hae-in, Lee Sung-kyung, Lee Jun-ho
2019	Television / Film	Im Jiyeon
2019	Music	Kang Daniel
2020	Television / Film	Kim Seon-ho, Ahn Bo-hyun
2020	Music	NCT Dream, (G)I-dle
2021	Television / Film	Moon Ga-young, Cha Eun-woo
2021	Music	Kwon Eunbi, WJSN Chocome
2022	Television / Film	Na In-woo
2022	Music	Nmixx, Cravity

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
2018	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

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)

Best Choice Award

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

Potential Award

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

AAA Scene Stealer

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

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
2020	Music	Lim Young-woong, Itzy

Best Acting Award

Year	Category	Winner
2020	Television / Film	Lee Joon-hyuk
2020	Television / Film	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

Best Music Video Award

Year	Winner
2020	Stray Kids
2021	Everglow

Best Pop Artist Award

Year	Winner
2020	MAX
2020	Anne-Marie

Discontinued awards

See Awards

AAA X Dongnam Media & FPT Polytechnic Popularity

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

Best Vietnamese Artist

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

Best Popular Award

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

Best Social Award

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

AAA Best K-Culture

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

Asia Star Award

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

Best Celebrity Award

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

Best Entertainer Award

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

Best Welcome Award

Ed.	Year	Winner
2nd	2017	Lee Seung-gi

Brilliant Award

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

Best Star Award

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

Rising Award

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

Eco Creator Award

Ed.	Year	Winner
3rd	2018	Park Hae-jin

Legend Award

Ed.	Year	Winner
2nd	2017	Super Junior

Favorite Award

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

Samsung Pay Award

Ed.	Year	Winner
2nd	2017	Wanna One

Rising Star Award

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

Asia Icon

Ed.	Year	Winner
2nd	2017	Park Shin-hye

Baidu Star Award

Ed.	Year	Winner
1st	2016	Exo

Korean Tourism Appreciation Award

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

Asia Hot Artist

Ed.	Year	Winner
3rd	2018	Wanna One, IU

Best Music Award

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

AAA Groove

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

Best Performance Director

Ed.	Year	Winner
3rd	2018	Son Sung Deuk

Artist of the Year

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

Most wins

Rank	Recipients	Wins
1st	BTS, Seventeen	13
2nd	Exo, Twice, Lim Young-woong	9
3rd	Kang Daniel	8
4th	Yoona, Stray Kids, Kim Seon-ho	7
5th	Itzy	6
6th	The Boyz, Got7, Mamamoo, Super Junior, IU, Zico, Wanna One, Jung Hae-in, Park Min-young, Lee Jun-ho	5
7th	Monsta X, Ryu Jun-yeol, Lee Byung-hun, Momoland, Lee Jung-Jae, Kwon Yuri	4

References

^ ^a ^b "Biggest names in Korean entertainment to attend 2016 Asia Artist Awards". Korea Herald. November 15, 2016. from the original on June 28, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Moon, Wan-sik. "이특-장원영, '2021 AAA' MC 확정..12월 2일 韓개최[공식]". Naver (in Korean). from the original on October 12, 2021. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
^ "2017 Asia Artist Awards to open with stellar lineup of artists". Kpop Herald. November 13, 2017. from the original on September 3, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
^ "2018 Asia Artist Awards Announced Date and Venue". Star News. August 23, 2018. from the original on August 26, 2018. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
^ "Leeteuk, Lee Sung-kyung to MC award show". Korea JoongAng Daily. August 29, 2018. from the original on June 14, 2020. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
^ "'2019 AAA', 11월 26일 베트남 하노이 개최 확정 [공식입장]". Naver. June 10, 2019. from the original on June 13, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
^ "임영웅·NCT 23명→이정재·김수현까지..2020 AAA 레드카펫 프리뷰 직캠 공개". from the original on November 28, 2020. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
^ "이특·장원영, '2022 AAA IN JAPAN' MC 발탁…12월 13일 개최" (in Korean). Retrieved July 15, 2022.

External links

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

[two-1] "Biggest names in Korean entertainment to attend 2016 Asia Artist Awards". Korea Herald. November 15, 2016. from the original on June 28, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2016.

[6th-2] Moon, Wan-sik. "이특-장원영, '2021 AAA' MC 확정..12월 2일 韓개최[공식]". Naver (in Korean). from the original on October 12, 2021. Retrieved October 12, 2021.

[3] "2017 Asia Artist Awards to open with stellar lineup of artists". Kpop Herald. November 13, 2017. from the original on September 3, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2018.

[4] "2018 Asia Artist Awards Announced Date and Venue". Star News. August 23, 2018. from the original on August 26, 2018. Retrieved August 26, 2018.

[5] "Leeteuk, Lee Sung-kyung to MC award show". Korea JoongAng Daily. August 29, 2018. from the original on June 14, 2020. Retrieved August 29, 2018.

[6] "'2019 AAA', 11월 26일 베트남 하노이 개최 확정 [공식입장]". Naver. June 10, 2019. from the original on June 13, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2019.

[7] "임영웅·NCT 23명→이정재·김수현까지..2020 AAA 레드카펫 프리뷰 직캠 공개". from the original on November 28, 2020. Retrieved November 28, 2020.

[8] "이특·장원영, '2022 AAA IN JAPAN' MC 발탁…12월 13일 개최" (in Korean). Retrieved July 15, 2022.

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