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Asia Artist Awards 2023 Winners

This year’s Asia Artist Awards (AAA) venue was the Philippine Arena in Bulacan on December 14.
Seven Daesangs (Grand Prizes) were presented this year: Lee Junho of 2 PM was named Actor of the Year for the second consecutive year, and “Ditto” by NewJeans was named both Singer of the Year and Song of the Year. SEVENTEEN and their unit BSS were awarded Album of the Year and Performance of the Year, respectively. Ultimately, the Daesang for Fandom of the Year was presented to Lim Young Woong, whereas Stray Kids was awarded the Daesang for Stage of the Year.
Here’s the complete list of awardees :
Daesang – Actor of the Year: 2PM’s Lee Junho
Daesang – Singer of the Year: NewJeans
Daesang – Album of the Year: SEVENTEEN
Daesang – Song of the Year: NewJeans (“Ditto”)
Daesang – Stage of the Year: Stray Kids
Daesang – Performance of the Year: SEVENTEEN’s BSS
Daesang – Fandom of the Year: Lim Young Woong
Top of K-pop Record Award – Kim Jaejoong
Best Artist (Singer): AKMU, ITZY, IVE, LE SSERAFIM, SB19, THE BOYZ
Best Artist (Actor): Kim Ji Hoon, Kim Seon Ho, Sakaguchi Kentaro
Best Actor: Ahn Hyo Seop, Kim Sejeong, Lee Dong Hwi, Lee Joon Hyuk, Melai Cantiveros
Best Acting Performance: Kim Young Dae, U-KISS’s Lee Jun Young, Moon Ga Young, EXO’s Suho
Best Performance: LE SSERAFIM
Best Musician: KARD, Kwon Eun Bi, Sakurazaka46, STAYC, ZEROBASEONE
Fabulous Award: Daniel Padilla, Kathryn Bernardo, Lim Young Woong, NewJeans, Stray Kids
Best Creator: 3RACHA (Stray Kids’ Bang Chan, Changbin, Han)
Scene-Stealer Award: Jung Sung Il
Best Choice: Ben&Ben, BOYNEXTDOOR, DinDin, Dreamcatcher, Kang Daniel, Kim Jaejoong, Lee Young Ji, Lim Young Woong, NewJeans, NMIXX, &TEAM
Best New Artist: ZEROBASEONE
Best New Actor: Lee Eun Saem, Moon Sang Min
Asia Celebrity: IVE’s Jang Won Young, Kim Seon Ho, LE SSERAFIM, NewJeans, Sakaguchi Kentaro
Emotive Award: BOYNEXTDOOR, ONEUS, EXO’s Suho, &TEAM
Hot Trend: Ahn Hyo Seop, 2PM’s Lee Junho, Lim Young Woong, NewJeans, SB19
AAA Icon: Cha Joo Young, Kep1er, NMIXX, TEMPEST
AAA Popularity Award: Kim Sejeong, 2PM’s Lee Junho, Lim Young Woong, Sakurazaka46
New Wave Award: Ash Island, DKZ’s Jaechan, KINGDOM, Yao Chen
AAA Potential: ATBO, Lapillus, Paul Blanco, Yoo Seon Ho
AAA Focus: Ahn Dong Gu, HORI7ON, LUN8, THE BOYZ’s Younghoon
Best Producer: Seo Hyun Joo
Congratulations to all of this year’s winners!
Special thanks to SMART Communications for the invite.