From Stray Kids to Kim Seon-ho: A complete list of winners, highlight moments, & more at Asia Artist Awards 2023

On December 14, 2023, the Asia Artist Awards 2023 was held at the Philippines Arena in Bulacan. It was broadcast live through the South Korean social media platform Weverse.

The Asia Artist Awards is held annually and presented by the Star News. The award ceremony honors the artists who have contributed significantly to Asian Entertainment for the year.

Many well-known and talented artists bagged awards at the Asia Artist Awards 2023, including Stray Kids, Kim Seon-ho, Lee Jun-ho, NewJeans, and many other celebrities.

List of winners for Asia Artist Awards 2023

The 8th edition of the Asia Artist Awards 2023 was hosted by many prominent personalities, including Kang Daniel, Jang Won-young, and Sung Han-bin. The event was broadcast live through Weverse in South Korea, Hulu in Japan, and Lazada in the Philippines.

Check out the list of winners for the Asia Artist Awards 2023:

Grand Prize (Daesang)

Actor of the Year: Lee Jun-ho
Singer of the Year: NewJeans
Album of the Year: Seventeen – FML
Song of the Year: NewJeans – "Ditto"
Stage of the Year: Stray Kids
Performance of the Year: BSS
Fandom of the Year: Lim Young-woong (Hero Generation)

Best Artist Award

Television

Kentaro Sakaguchi
Kim Ji-hoon
Kim Seon-ho

Music

AKMU
Itzy
IVE
Le Sserafim
SB19
The Boyz

Asia Celebrity

Television

Kentaro Sakaguchi
Kim Seon-ho

Music

Jang Won-young
Le Sserafim
NewJeans

Fabulous Award

Television

Daniel Padilla
Kathryn Bernardo

Music

Lim Young-woong
NewJeans
Stray Kids

Popularity Award

Television /Film

Lee Jun-ho
Kim Se-jeong

Music

Lim Young-woong
Sakurazaka46

Rookie of the Year

Television / Film

Lee Eun-saem
Moon Sang-min

Music

ZEROBASEONE

Best Icon Award

Television / Film

Cha Joo-young

Music

Kep1er
Nmixx
Tempest

Focus Award

Television / Film

Younghoon
Ahn Dong-goo

Music

Hori7on
Lun8

New Wave Award

Television / Film

Park Jae-chan

Music

Ash Island
Kingdom
Yao Chen

Best Emotive Award

Television / Film

Suho

Music

&Team
BoyNextDoor
Oneus

Best Choice Award

Television / Film

Kang Daniel

Music

&Team
Ben&Ben
BoyNextDoor
DinDin
Dreamcatcher
Kim Jae-joong
Lee Young-ji
Lim Young-woong
Nmixx
NewJeans

Hot Trend Award

Television / Film

Ahn Hyo-seop
Lee Jun-ho

Music

Lim Young-woong
NewJeans
SB19

Potential Award

Television / Film

Yoo Seon-ho

Music

ATBO
Lapillus
Paul Blanco

Best Acting Performance Award

Kim Young-dae
Lee Jun-young
Moon Ga-young
Suho

Best Actor Award

Ahn Hyo-seop
Kim Se-jeong
Lee Dong-hwi
Lee Joon-hyuk
Melai Cantiveros

Best Musician Award

Kard
Kwon Eun-bi
Sakurazaka46
STAYC
Zerobaseone

Best Producer Award

Seo Hyun-joo

Best Creator Award

3RACHA

Best Performance Awards

LE SEERAFIM

Scene Stealer Award

Jung Sung-il

Top of K-pop Record Award

Kim Jae-joong

Highlight moments

The star-studded Asia Artist Awards 2022 had major highlights. Melai won viewers' and artists' hearts with her memorable speech. There were electrifying performances by K-pop groups, including HORI7ON, Stray Kids, KARD, and many others.

Ryan Bang's commentary, 3RACHA's reference to 3HO's K-actor, and other events lit up the award at the Asia Artist Awards 2023.

Asia Artist Awards 2023 will remain one of the memorable award shows for K-drama and K-pop fans. It was also the first time it was held in the Philippines.

About the author

Kirti holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism & Mass Communication and has been a Kpop writer at SK POP since 2022. She has been following Kpop and Kdramas since the last 6 years and but has worked in the genre only in the last 3-4 years donning several several caps - social media intern, copywriter, article writer and academic writer.

Kirti likes to pen down insightful features based on Korean dramas, especially the 'Ending Explained' categories. It gives her the satisfaction of creating the most authentic content rather than simply replicating what media outlets generally do.

Her process of creating content is time-consuming, yet methodical; she prefers to use original sources of information, which in her case are Korean outlets. She watches entire episodes, writes them down, cross-checks/fact-checks the details/event timelines off the web and eventually creates her copy.

Kirti likes Lee Je-hoon, IU, and Kim Seon-ho since she feels that their dramas are inspiring and have good plotlines. When she is not writing about K-dramas, she can be found watching them.

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Edited by Ivanna Lalsangzuali