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(From left) NewJeans, SB19. Image: Instagram/@newjeans_official, Sony Music Philippines
Within a year of their debut, NewJeans cemented their status as a K-pop powerhouse after bagging a total of five awards including Song of the Year and Singer of the Year, at the Asia Artist Awards (AAA) 2023, which took place at the Philippine Arena on Thursday, Dec. 14.
The quintet, consisting of Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin and Hyein, also won the Hot Trend Award, Best Choice Award and Fabulous Award at the awards ceremony.
On the other hand, SB19 made an explosive return to the music scene by bringing home several awards such as Hot Trend Award and Best Artist Award (Music) at the event. Fellow Filipino stars HORI7ON, Ben&Ben, Melai Cantiveros, Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla were also lauded for their achievements in the entertainment industry.
The star-studded event hosted by IVE’s Jang Wonyoung, Kang Daniel and ZEROBASEONE’s Sung Hanbin—which was attended by over 50 celebrities from South Korea, Philippines, Japan and China—made history as the first Korean-based awards ceremony to be held in the Philippines.
Here’s the full list of winners:
Fandom of the Year: Lim Youngwoong
Performance of the Year: Seventeen BSS
Stage of the Year: Stray Kids
Song of the Year: “Ditto” by NewJeans
Album of the Year: “FML” by Seventeen
Singer of the Year: NewJeans
Actor of the Year: 2PM’s Lee Junho
Asia Focus: HORI7ON, LUN8, Young Hoon, Ahn Dong-gu
Potential Award: LAPILLUS, ATBO, Paul Blanco and Yoo Seon-ho
New Wave: Yao Chen, Kingdom, Ash Island, Park Jae-chan
Best Creator: 3RACHA of Stray Kids
Best Producer: Seo Hyunjoo
Icon Award: Tempest, NMIXX, Kep1er, Cha Joo-young
Popularity Award: Lim Young-woong, Sakurazaka46, 2PM’s Lee Jun-ho, Kim Se-jeong
Hot Trend Award: SB19, NewJeans, Lim Young-woong, Ahn Hyo-seop, 2PM’s Lee Jun-ho
Emotive Award: ONEUS, BoyNextDoor, &Team, EXO’s Suho
Asia Celebrity Award: NewJeans, LE SSERAFIM, Jang Wonyoung, Kentaro Sakaguchi, Kim Seon-ho
Rookie of the Year: ZEROBASEONE, Moon Sang-min, Lee Eun-saem
Best Choice Award: Lee Youngji, BoyNextDoor, Kang Daniel, &Team, NewJeans, NMIXX, Ben&Ben, Dreamcatcher, Lim Young-woong, DinDin
Best Acting Performance: Kim Young-dae, Lee Jun-young, Suho, Moon Ga-young
Fabulous Award: Kathryn Bernardo, Daniel Padilla, NewJeans, Stray Kids, Lim Young-woong
Best Musician Award: KARD, STAYC, ZEROBASEONE, Kwon Eunbi, Sakurazaka46
Scene Stealer: Jung Sung-il
Best Actor: Kim Se-jeong, Ahn Hyoseop, Lee Dong-hwi, Melai Cantiveros, Lee Jun-hyuk
Top of K-pop: Kim Jae-joong
Best Performance Award: LE SSERAFIM
Best Artist Award (Music): SB19, AKMU, ITZY, The Boyz, LE SSERAFIM, IVE
Best Artist Award (Television/Film): Kentaro Sakaguchi, Kim Seon-ho, Kim Ji-hun
