Asia Artist Awards

Asia Artist Awards
Asia Artist Awards
Current: 6th 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
Website	Official website

Asia Artist Awards (abbreviated AAA) is an awards ceremony organized by South Korea-based business newspaper Money Today and its global media brands StarNews and MTN. It honors 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]

The 6th edition of the awards took place on December 2 at KBS arena, Seoul. It was hosted by Leeteuk and Jang Won-young.

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	[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			Leeteuk and Park Ju-hyun	[6]
6th	December 2, 2021	KBS Arena	Seoul, South Korea	Leeteuk and Jang Won-young	[7]

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)

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
1st	2016	Television / Film	Cho Jin-woong
1st	2016	Music	Exo
2nd	2017	Television / Film	Kim Hee-sun
2nd	2017	Music	Exo
3rd	2018	Television / Film	Lee Byung-hun
3rd	2018	Music	BTS
4th	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)
5th	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)
6th	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 (Artist 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)

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

Rookie of the Year

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
1st	2016	Television / Film	Ryu Jun-yeol
			Kwak Si yang
			Sung Hoon
			Lee Jung-shin
			Nana
		Music	NCT 127
		Music	Blackpink
2nd	2017	Television / Film	Ahn Hyo-seop
		Television / Film	Jung Chae-yeon
		Music	Wanna One
			Pristin
			Kard
3rd	2018	Television / Film	Kim Da-mi
		Television / Film	Jang Ki-yong
		Music	The Boyz
			Stray Kids
			(G)I-dle
			Iz*One
4th	2019	Television / Film	Ong Seong-wu
		Music	TXT
			AB6IX
			Itzy
5th	2020	Television / Film	Han So-hee
		Television / Film	Lee Jae-wook
		Music	Treasure
		Music	Secret Number
6th	2021	Television / Film	Lee Do-hyun
		Music	Enhypen
		Music	Aespa

Popularity Award

(Determined through fan votes)

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
1st	2016	Television / Film	Baekhyun
		Television / Film	Yoona
		Music	Exo
2nd	2017	Television / Film	D.O.
		Television / Film	Yoona
		Music	Exo
3rd	2018	Television / Film	Sehun
		Television / Film	IU
		Music	BTS
4th	2019	Music	Stray Kids
			Loona
			Kang Daniel
5th	2020	Television / Film	Jinyoung
		Television / Film	Song Ji-hyo
		Singer	BTS
		Singer	Twice
		Trot	Lim Young-woong
6th	2021	Television / Film	Kim Seon-ho
		Television / Film	Song Ji-hyo
		Music	Exo
			Twice
			CL
			Lim Young-woong

Asia Star Award

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

Asia Hot Artist

Ed.	Year	Winner
3rd	2018	Wanna One, IU

Asia Celebrity

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
4th	2019	Television / Film	Ji Chang-wook
		Television / Film	Park Min-young
		Music	Red Velvet
		Music	NU'EST
5th	2020	Television / Film	Lee Joon-gi
		Music	Kang Daniel
		Music	WayV
6th	2021	Television / Film	Yoo Ah-in
			Bright Vachirawit
			Win Metawin
		Music	BamBam
		Music	The Boyz

Best Artist Award

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
1st	2016	Television / Film	Park Hae-jin
		Television / Film	Park Shin-hye
		Music	BTS
		Music	Twice
2nd	2017	Television / Film	Namkoong Min
			Park Hae-jin
			Yoona
		Music	SEVENTEEN
3rd	2018	Television / Film	Ha Jung-woo
		Music	SEVENTEEN
			Twice
			Wanna One
4th	2019	Television / Film	Park Min-Young
		Television / Film	Yoona
		Music	Zico
5th	2020	Television / Film	Lee Joon-gi
		Television / Film	Seo Yea-ji
		Music	Mamamoo
		Music	NCT 127
6th	2021	Television / Film	Jeon Yeo-been
		Television / Film	Han So-hee
		Music	BamBam
			Brave Girls
			ENHYPEN

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 Icon Award

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
1st	2016	Television / Film	Kim Yoo-jung
1st	2016	Music	BTS
2nd	2017	Television / Film	Seo Kang-joon
		Music	Hwang Chi-yeul
			Crush
			Mamamoo
3rd	2018	Television / Film	Choi Tae-joon
		Television / Film	Kim Myung-soo
		Music	Monsta X
		Music	Momoland
4th	2019	Television / Film	Jung Hae-in
		Television / Film	Choi Siwon
		Music	SEVENTEEN
		Music	Chungha
5th	2020	Television / Film	Lee Joo-young
		Music	Pentagon
		Music	AB6IX
6th	2021	Television / Film	Ryu Kyung-soo
6th	2021	Music	WOODZ

Best OST Award

Ed.	Year	Winner	Work
1st	2016	Gummy	"You Are My Everything" (Descendants of the Sun) "Moonlight Drawn By Clouds" (Love in the Moonlight)
2nd	2017	Ailee	"I Will Go to You Like the First Snow" (Guardian: The Lonely and Great God)
6th	2021	Lim Young-woong	"Love Always Run Away" (Young Lady and Gentleman)

Best Popular Award

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

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)

Best Social Award

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

Fabulous Award

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
2nd	2017	Television / Film	Park Seo-joon
		Television / Film	Lee Joon-gi
		Music	Exo
		Music	Super Junior
3rd	2018	Television / Film	Lee Byung-hun
		Television / Film	Ha Jung-woo
		Music	BTS
		Music	Twice
6th	2021	Television / Film	Lee Jung-jae
6th	2021	Music	SEVENTEEN

Favorite Award

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

Focus Award

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
3rd	2018	Television / Film	Jin Ju-hyung
			Kim Yong-Ji
			Shin Hyun-soo
		Music	D-Crunch
		Music	W24
4th	2019	Television / Film	Lee Jung-eun
		Music	Loona
		Music	Dongkiz
5th	2020	Television / Film	Ahn Eun-jin
		Music	Oneus
		Music	AleXa
6th	2021	Television / Film	Doyoung
		Television / Film	Park Geon-il
		Music	DKB
			Kingdom
			Blitzers

Korean Tourism Appreciation Award

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

New Wave Award

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
2nd	2017	Television / Film	Choi Tae-joon
			Gong Seung-yeon
			Shin Hyun-soo
		Music	Snuper
			Astro
			The Rampage from Exile Tribe
3rd	2018	Television / Film	Kim Seol-hyun
		Music	Kard
			Cosmic Girls
			Gugudan
6th	2021	Television / Film	Na In-woo
		Music	STAYC
		Music	Weeekly

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

Asia Icon

Ed.	Year	Winner
2nd	2017	Park Shin-hye

Baidu Star Award

Ed.	Year	Winner
1st	2016	Exo

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
5th	2020	Lee Sung-kyung
6th	2021	Park Joo-mi
		Heo Sung-tae
		Kim Joo-ryoung

Best Creator Award

Ed.	Year	Winner
2nd	2017	Shin Won-ho for Reply series
3rd	2018	Won Dong-yeon
6th	2021	Brave Brothers

Best Emotive Award

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
3rd	2018	Television / Film	Jung Hae-in
			Lee Sung-kyung
			Lee Jun-ho
4th	2019	Television / Film	Im Jiyeon
4th	2019	Music	Kang Daniel
5th	2020	Television / Film	Kim Seon-ho
		Television / Film	Ahn Bo-hyun
		Music	NCT Dream
		Music	(G)I-dle
6th	2021	Television / Film	Moon Ga-young
		Television / Film	Cha Eun-woo
		Music	Kwon Eunbi
		Music	WJSN Chocome

Best History of Songs Award

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

Best Music Award

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

Best Musician Award

Ed.	Year	Winner
3rd	2018	Zico
3rd	2018	iKon
4th	2019	NU'EST
5th	2020	Song Ga-in
		Kang Daniel
		Iz*One
6th	2021	Kang Daniel
		ITZY
		ASTRO
		Wonho
		The Boyz

Best Performance Director

Ed.	Year	Winner
3rd	2018	Son Sung Deuk

Best Producer Award

Ed.	Year	Winner
1st	2016	Bang Si-hyuk (Big Hit Entertainment)
3rd	2018	Pdogg (Big Hit Entertainment)
4th	2019	Zico (KOZ Entertainment)
6th	2021	Woozi (Pledis Entertainment)

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

Choice Award

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
1st	2016	Television / Film	Sung Hoon
		Television / Film	Lee Si-young
		Music	Dynamic Duo
2nd	2017	Television / Film	Min Hyo-rin
			Lee Tae-im
			Kent Tsai
		Music	Just Jerk
3rd	2018	Television / Film	Jasper Liu
			Kwak Si-yang
			Jinyoung
		Music	Snuper
4th	2019	Television / Film	Lee Jung-Eun
		Television / Film	Ahn Hyo-Seop
		Music	Momoland
5th	2020	Television / Film	Ahn Bo-hyun
		Television / Film	Park Ju-hyun
		Music	The Boyz
		Music	Itzy
6th	2021	Television / Film	Lee Jun-young
		Television / Film	Joo Suk-tae
		Music	Pentagon
			Golden Child
			Momoland

Eco Creator Award

Ed.	Year	Winner
3rd	2018	Park Hae-jin

Legend Award

Ed.	Year	Winner
2nd	2017	Super Junior

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

Samsung Pay Award

Ed.	Year	Winner
2nd	2017	Wanna One

Trend Award

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
3rd	2018	Television / Film	Yoona
3rd	2018	Television / Film	Jung Hae-in
6th	2021	Television / Film	Lee Jung-jae
		Music	Brave Girls
		Music	aespa

Potential Award

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
4th	2019	Television / Film	Jung Hae-in
		Music	Kang Daniel
		Music	Snuper
5th	2020	Television / Film	Park Jin-young
		Television / Film	Kim Hye-yoon
		Music	Cravity
		Music	Iz*One
6th	2021	Television / Film	Hwang Min-hyun
		Music	T1419
		Music	AleXa

AAA Groove

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

AAA Scene Stealer

Ed.	Year	Winner
4th	2019	Lee Jung-eun
4th	2019	Lee Kwang-soo
5th	2020	Kim Min-jae
6th	2021	Cha Ji-yeon

AAA Top of Kpop Record

Ed.	Year	Winner
4th	2019	Super Junior

AAA Best Achievement

Ed.	Year	Winner
6th	2021	NU'EST

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
		Television / Film	Bảo Thanh
		Music	Bích Phương

AAA Best K-Culture

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

AAA Best of Best Starnews Choeaedol Popularity Award

Ed.	Year	Winner
5th	2020	BTS

AAA Hot Issue Award

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
5th	2020	Television / Film	Kim Soo-hyun
		Television / Film	Seo Yea-ji
		Music	Lim Young-woong
		Music	Tomorrow X Together

Best Acting Award

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
5th	2020	Television / Film	Lee Joon-hyuk
5th	2020	Television / Film	Jeon Mi-do
6th	2021	Television / Film	Kwon Yu-ri
			Sung Hoon
			Takumi Kitamura

Best Music Video Award

Ed.	Year	Winner
5th	2020	Stray Kids
6th	2021	Everglow

Best Pop Artist Award

Ed.	Year	Winner
5th	2020	MAX
5th	2020	Anne-Marie

Most wins

Rank	Recipients	Wins
1st	BTS	12
2nd	Seventeen Exo Twice	9
3rd	Yoona	7
4th	Kang Daniel	6
5th	Got7 Mamamoo Super Junior IU Zico Wanna One Stray Kids Jung Hae-in	5
6th	Monsta X Ryu Jun-yeol Lee Byung-hun Momoland Lee Jung-Jae	4

References

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"2017 Asia Artist Awards to open with stellar lineup of artists". Kpop Herald. November 13, 2017. Archived from the original on September 3, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
"2018 Asia Artist Awards Announced Date and Venue". Star News. August 23, 2018. Archived 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. Archived from the original on June 14, 2020. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
"'2019 AAA', 11월 26일 베트남 하노이 개최 확정 [공식입장]". Naver. June 10, 2019. Archived from the original on June 13, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
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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)

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[2] "2017 Asia Artist Awards to open with stellar lineup of artists". Kpop Herald. November 13, 2017. Archived from the original on September 3, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2018.

[3] "2018 Asia Artist Awards Announced Date and Venue". Star News. August 23, 2018. Archived from the original on August 26, 2018. Retrieved August 26, 2018.

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

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

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South Korean music awards
Major	APAN Music Awards Asia Artist Awards Gaon Chart Music Awards Genie Music Awards Golden Disc Awards Korean Music Awards Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards Melon Music Awards Mnet Asian Music Awards Seoul Music Awards Soribada Best K-Music Awards The Fact Music Awards
Genre-specific	Korean Hip-hop Awards
Former	Asia Song Festival Cyworld Digital Music Awards KBS Song Festival MBC Gayo Daejejeon Mnet 20's Choice Awards SBS Gayo Daejeon

South Korean television award shows
Major	Asia Artist Awards APAN Star Awards Baeksang Arts Awards Grimae Awards Korea Drama Awards Mnet 20's Choice Awards Seoul International Drama Awards The Seoul Awards
Network	KBS Drama Awards KBS Entertainment Awards MBC Drama Awards MBC Entertainment Awards SBS Drama Awards SBS Entertainment Awards TvN10 Awards

Asia Artist Awards Grand Prize Winners
2010s	Cho Jin-woong (2016) Exo (2016-7) Kim Hee-sun (2017) Lee Byung-hun (2018) BTS (2018/20-21) Jang Dong-gun (2019) Twice (2019-20) Got7 (2019-20) Seventeen (2019/21) Red Velvet (2019)
2020s	Kim Soo-hyun (2020) Lee Jung-jae (2020-21) Monsta X (2020) Lim Young-woong (2020-21) NCT (2020) Lee Seung-gi (2021) Yoo Ah-in (2021) NCT 127 (2021) Stray Kids (2021) aespa (2021)