36 winners and 26 teams, yesterday’s “2021 AAA” was like a festival with 36 different award categories
The 2021 Asian Artist Awards has ended sucessfully with keen interest from fans all around the world.
The 2021 Asian Artist Awards (hereinafter referred to as the 2021 AAA) was held at the KBS Arena Hall in Gangseo-gu, Seoul on Dec 2nd. The 2021 AAA, the world’s first award ceremony to unify the singer and actor category, was also held online this year as part of preventing the spread of the pandemic. Lee Teuk, who has led the awards ceremony in a stable manner for 6 consecutive years, and Jang Won-young, the wannabe icon of gen Z, took the mic for the MC role and sparked fire with their harmonious harmony.
On this day, stars from various fields such as K-Pop, drama, and movie have attended the awards ceremony. EXO, TWICE, Lim Young-woong, CL, Kim Seon-ho and Song Ji-hyo won the “Popularity Award” which was decided 100% by votes from fans.
In particular, many recipients of honor are names that have been enthusiastic for the past year, drawing keen attention. Lim Young-woong was named for “Trot of the Year”, aespa for “Stage of the Year”, Stray Kids for “Performance of the Year”, BTS for “Song of the Year”, NCT 127 for “Album of the Year”, and SEVENTEEN for “Singer of the Year”. For the actor category, Lee Seung-gi won the “Actor of the Year” TV category, while Yoo Ah-in won in the movie category. Lee Jung-jae got the “Actor of the Year” award.
In addition, many other celebrities were delighted to receive awards in various categories, including the “Scene Stealer Award”, “Best Choice Award”, “Icon Award”, “New Wave Award”, “Potential Award”, and “Focus Award”. As many stars were able to have their trophies, the reactions are mixed. Many netizens positively commented, “I’m happy because it was everyone’s festival,” “I’m good as long as they all went home happy,” “It’s nice to have an award ceremony where all can have fun.”
On the other, there are still some criticism, saying, “9 Grand Prize winners are too much,” “This is nothing but an attendance award.” Meanwhile, the AAA promised another spectacular line-up and a larger scale next year.
Below is the list of winners of the 2021 AAA:
Daesang (Grand Prize):
Lee Jung-jae (Actor of the Year)
Lee Seung-gi (Actor/Actress of the Year: Drama)
Yoo Ah-in (Actor/Actress of the Year: Film)
SEVENTEEN (Artist of the Year)
NCT 127 – Sticker (Album of the Year)
Stray Kids (Performance of the Year)
BTS – “Butter” (Song of the Year)
aespa (Stage of the Year)
Lim Young-woong (Trot of the Year)
History of Songs:
Sandaime J Soul Brothers (JSB3) from Exile Tribe
Best Artist:
BamBam, Brave Girls, Enhypen, Jeon Yeo-bin, Han So-hee
Best Achievement:
Fabulous Award:
SEVENTEEN, Lee Jung-jae
Best Musician:
Best Rookie Artist:
aespa
ENHYPEN
Focus Singer Award:
DKB
KINGDOM
BLITZERS
Potential Award:
AleXa
T1419
New Wave Award:
Na In-woo
Icon Award:
WOODZ, Ryu Kyung-soo
Hot Trend Award:
Lee Jung-jae, Brave Girls , aespa
Best Emotive Award:
Kwon Eunbi, WJSN Chocome, Cha Eun-woo, Moon Ga-young
Asia Celebrity Award:
Yoo Ah-in, Bright Vachirawit, Win Metawin, BamBam, The Boyz
Best Choice Award:
Pentagon, Golden Child, MOMOLAND, Lee Jun-young, Joo Suk-tae
Best OST:
Love Always Runs Away – Lim Young Woong KBS “Young Lady and Gentleman”
Best Producer:
Woozi (SEVENTEEN)
Best Creator:
Brave Brothers
Best Music Videos:
Popularity Awards:
Television / Film:
Kim Seon-ho, Song Ji-hyo
Music:
Exo, Twice, CL, Lim Young-woong
Best Actor Award:
Park Joo-mi, Heo Sung-tae, Kim Joo-ryoung
AAA Groove Award:
ITZY, aespa
AAA Scene Stealer:
Cha Ji-yeon
AAA Hot Issue Award:
TBD
aespa, TXT
Best Acting Award:
Kwon Yu-ri, Sung Hoon