
On Nov 28, the 2020 Asia Artist Awards (AAA) was held.
This year’s Grand Prizes (Daesang) went to BTS, Lim Young Woong, NCT, TWICE, GOT7, Kim Soo Hyun and Lee Jung Jae.
BTS, who took home a total of 3 awards – Grand Prize Song of the Year, Popularity Award, Best of Best Award – said their acceptance speech through video. “It’s an honor to receive such a great award with ‘Dynamite,’” they said. “We’re just glad and feel rewarded that this song helped those who are having a hard time with the recent pandemic. We sang happily, all thanks to ARMY.”
Lim Young Woong won the Grand Prize Trost of the Year. Along with this, he also was honored with two other awards, Hot Issue Award (singer) and Popularity Award. The singer expressed his gratefulness, saying, “It is such a big honor. I was honored to have comforted people who are having a difficult time this year with my voice.”
Grand Prizes in the TV and Film category went to It’s Okay to Not Be Okay actor Kim Soo Hyun and Deliver Us From Evil actor Lee Jung Jae, respectively.
Kim Soo Hyun thanks his fellow actors and added, “I was curious about how the characters with painful wounds and stories changed while filming, and I was happy to see results. I will show you a good change in myself so that everyone who watches my performances can also be happy.”
“Personally, I met a very unique character,” Lee Jung Jae said. “I also had a great time working with the help of fellow actors and staff. And I would like to thank all the fans around the world who love and cheer for K-pop, K-dramas and K-movies.”
You can check out the rest of the lists below.
Grand Prize (Daesang)
Television / Film
Kim Soo-hyun (Actor/Actress of the Year: Drama)
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)
Rookie of the Year
Television / Film
Han So-hee
Lee Jae-wook
Music
Treasure
Secret Number
Popularity Award (Determined through fan votes)
Television / Film
Park Jin-young
Song Ji-hyo
Singer
BTS
Twice
Trot
Lim Young-woong
Asia Celebrity
Television / Film
Lee Joon-gi
Music
WayV
Kang Daniel
Best Artist Award
Television / Film
Lee Joon-gi
Seo Ye-ji
Music
NCT 127
Mamamoo
Best Icon Award
Television / Film
Lee Joo-young
Music
Pentagon
AB6IX
Focus Award
Music
ONEUS
AleXa
Television / Film
Ahn Eun-jin
Best Actor/ Actress Award
Ahn Hyo-seop, Lee Sung-kyung
Best Emotive Award
Television / Film
Ahn Bo-hyun, Kim Seon-ho
Music
(G)I-DLE, NCT Dream
Best History of Songs Award
Super Junior
Best Musician Award
Song Ga-in, Kang Daniel, IZ*ONE
Choice Award
The Boyz, ITZY, Ahn Bo-hyun, Park Ju-hyun
Potential Award
Television / Film
Park Jin-young
Kim Hye-yoon
Music
Cravity
IZ*ONE
AAA Scene Stealer
Kim Min-jae
AAA Best of Best Popularity Award
BTS
AAA Hot Issue Award
Television / Film
Kim Soo-hyun, Seo Ye-ji
Music
Lim Young-woong, ITZY
Best Acting Award
Lee Joon-hyuk, Jeon Mi-do
Best Music Video Award
Stray Kids
Best Pop Artist Award
MAX, Anne-Marie
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