
The 3rd Asia Artist Awards (AAA) returned on Wednesday night! AAA is an awards ceremony organized by Korean business newspaper Money Today, StarNews and MTN. AAA celebrates the outstanding achievements and international contributions of Asian artists in television, film and music.
This years awards was held in Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon hosted by Super Junior’s Leeteuk and actress Lee Sung-kyung. Each award is separated into two categories Television/Film and Music with multiple winners.
Congrats to all the winners this year! And they are…
Asia Hot Artist
Television/Film – IU
Music – Wanna One
Artist of the Year
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, Monsta X, Mamamoo, Got7, NU’EST W, Sunmi, BTS
Best Artist Award
Television/Film – Ha Jung-woo
Music – Twice, Wanna One, Seventeen
Best Celebrity Award
Television/Film – Suzy
Rookie of the Year
Television/Film – Kim Da-mi, Jang Ki-yong
Music – THE BOYZ, Stray Kids, (G)I-Dle, IZ*ONE
Best Icon Award
Television/Film – Choi Tae-joon, Kim Myung-soo
Music – Monsta X, Momoland
Best Popular Award
Television/Film – Ryu Jun-yeol, Lee Seung-gi
Music – Got7
Fabulous Award
Television/Film – Lee Byung-hun, Ha Jung-woo
Music – BTS, TWICE
Favorite Award
Television/Film – Sung Hoon
Music – Chungha
Focus Award
Television/Film – Kim Yong-Ji, Jin Ju-hyung, Shin Hyun-soo
Music – D-Crunch, W24
Korean Tourism Appreciation Award
Television/Film – Lee Byung-hun
Music – BTS
New Wave Award
Television/Film – Kim Seol-hyun
Music – KARD, WJSN, Gugudan
Rising Award
Television/Film – Cha Eun-woo, Jung In-sun
Music – Fromis 9, SF9
Best Actor Award
Ju Ji-hoon
Yoo Yeon-seok
IU
Best Creator Award
Won Dong-yeon
Best Emotive Award
Jung Hae-in
Lee Jun-ho
Lee Sung-kyung
Best History of Song Award
Se7en
Best Music Award
NU’EST W
Mamamoo
Sunmi
Best Musician Award
Zico
iKon
Best Performance Director
Son Sung Deuk
Best Producer Award
Pdogg
Brilliant Award
Snuper
Jasper Liu
Kwak Si-yang
Jinyoung
Eco Creator Award
Park Hae-jin
Popularity Award – (Determined through fan votes)
Television/Film – Sehun, IU
Music – BTS
Trend Award
Jung Hae-in
Yoona
Catch all the winners and highlights indepth here.