Asia Artist Awards

Asia Artist Awards
	File:Asia Artist Awards Logo.png
Country	South Korea
Presented by	Money Today; StarNews; MTN
First awarded	2016
Official website	asiaartistawards.com

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]

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]

Winners

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

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
3rd	2018	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
		Television / Film	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

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

Asia Star Award

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
1st	2016	Television / Film	Park Bo-gum
		Television / Film	Yoona
		Music	Exo
2nd	2017	Television / Film	Suzy

Asia Hot Artist

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
3rd	2018	Television / Film	IU
3rd	2018	Music	Wanna One

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	WayV
		Music	Kang Daniel

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	Twice
			Wanna One
			Seventeen
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	NCT 127
		Music	Mamamoo

Best Celebrity Award

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
1st	2016	Television / Film	Jin Goo
			Namkoong Min
			Kim Ji-won
		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

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	Crush
			Mamamoo
			Hwang Chi-yeul
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

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)

Best Popular Award

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

Best Star Award

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
1st	2016	Television / Film	Park Bo-gum
		Television / Film	Bae Suzy
		Music	Seventeen
		Music	Block B
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	Twice
		Music	Seventeen

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

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	Kim Yong-Ji
			Jin Ju-hyung
			Shin Hyun-soo
		Music	D-Crunch
		Music	W24
4th	2019	Television / Film	Lee Jung-eun
		Music	Loona
		Music	Dongkiz
5th	2020
		Music	Oneus
		Music	AleXa
		Television / Film	Ahn Eun-jin

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

Rising Award

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

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, Lee Sung-kyung

Best Creator Award

Ed.	Year	Winner
2nd	2017	Shin Won-ho for Reply series
3rd	2018	Won Dong-yeon

Best Emotive Award

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
3rd	2018	Television / Film	Jung Hae-in, Lee Sung-kyung
3rd	2018	Music	Lee Jun-ho
4th	2019	Television / Film	Im Jiyeon
4th	2019	Music	Kang Daniel
5th	2020	Television / Film	Ahn Bo-hyun, Kim Seon-ho
5th	2020	Music	(G)I-dle, NCT Dream

Best History of Songs Award

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

Best Music Award

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

Best Musician Award

Ed.	Year	Winner
3rd	2018	Zico, iKon
4th	2019	NU'EST
5th	2020	Song Ga-in, Kang Daniel, Iz*One

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)

Best Welcome Award

Ed.	Year	Winner
2nd	2017	Lee Seung-gi

Brilliant Award

Ed.	Year	Winner
3rd	2018	Choi Min-ho, Lee Da-hee, AOA

Choice Award

Ed.	Year	Winner
1st	2016	Sung Hoon, Lee Si-young, Dynamic Duo
2nd	2017	Min Hyo-rin, Lee Tae-im, Kent Tsai, Just Jerk
3rd	2018	Snuper, Jasper Liu, Kwak Si-yang, Jinyoung
4th	2019	Momoland, Lee Jung-Eun, Ahn Hyo-Seop
5th	2020	The Boyz, Itzy, Ahn Bo-hyun, Park Ju-hyun

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

Samsung Pay Award

Ed.	Year	Winner
2nd	2017	Wanna One

Trend Award

Ed.	Year	Winner
3rd	2018	Jung Hae-in, Yoona

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

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

AAA Top of Kpop Record

Ed.	Year	Winner
4th	2019	Super Junior

AAA X Dongnam Media & FPT Polytechnic Popularity

Ed.	Year	Category	Winner
4th	2019	Television/Film	Oh Se-hun, Song Ji-hyo
4th	2019	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 (vi)

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	Category	Winner
5th	2020	Music	BTS

AAA Hot Issue Award

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

Best Acting Award

Ed.	Year	Winner
5th	2020	Lee Joon-hyuk, Jeon Mi-do

Best Music Video Award

Ed.	Year	Winner
5th	2020	Stray Kids

Best Pop Artist Award

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

Most wins

Rank	Recipient	Wins
1st	BTS	10
2nd	Twice Exo	8
3rd	Yoona Seventeen	7
4th	Got7 Mamamoo Super Junior Kang Daniel Zico Wanna One Jung Hae-in	5
5th	Monsta X Stray Kids Ryu Jun-yeol IU Lee Byung-hun	4

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External links

Official website
2016 Asia Artist Awards Winner Archived October 8, 2020, at the Wayback Machine Script error: No such module "In lang".
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Major	APAN Music Awards Asia Artist Awards Circle Chart Music Awards Genie Music Awards Golden Disc Awards Hanteo Music Awards Korean Music Awards Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards MAMA Awards Melon 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