# 8th Asia Artist Awards

The 2023 Asia Artist Awards (Korean: 2023 아시아 아티스트 어워즈), the 8th edition, presented by Star News, took place on December 14, 2023, at the Philippine Arena, Bulacan, Philippines. The ceremony was hosted by Kang Daniel, Jang Won-young, and Sung Han-bin. It was broadcast live on Weverse worldwide (except Philippines, Japan and Vietnam), Hulu Japan, and Lazada in the Philippines.

## Overview

The Asia Artist Awards select winners by recognizing notable contributions and achievements by South Korean artists in Asian television, film, and music made throughout the past year.

### Screening method

Winners are selected based on data gathered from global fans in South Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines in Asia; Argentina in South America; Mexico in North America; and Europe.

### Artists

The following artists attended the award show:
| Singers | Actors and Actresses |
| NewJeans Le Sserafim BoyNextDoor Nmixx Zerobaseone Stray Kids Itzy The Boyz Kwon Eun-bi &Team STAYC Kep1er Jang Won-young Ben&Ben Sakurazaka46 Dreamcatcher Lee Young-ji Lapillus Kard Tempest Kim Jae-joong DinDin Ash Island Yao Chen BSS SB19 Hori7on Oneus Kingdom ATBO Lun8 AKMU Lim Young-woong Paul Blanco WHIB | Kim Seon-ho Ahn Hyo-seop Kim Se-jeong Moon Ka-young Lee Dong-hwi Lee Joon-hyuk Cha Joo-young Lee Eun-saem Lee Jun-ho Jung Sung-il Kim Young-dae Lee Jun-young Moon Sang-min Yoo Seon-ho Ahn Dong-goo Park Jae-chan Suho Kim Ji-hoon Kang Daniel Kentaro Sakaguchi Melai Cantiveros Kathryn Bernardo Daniel Padilla |
Hori7on, SB19 and Ben&Ben were the first Filipino acts to participate in the awards show. TV host and comedian Ryan Bang also served as host of the red carpet event.

## Winners

Winners are listed and emphasized in bold.
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 / Film | Music |
| Kentaro Sakaguchi Kim Ji-hoon Kim Seon-ho | AKMU Itzy Ive Le Sserafim SB19 The Boyz |
| Fabulous Award ||
| Television / Film | Music |
| Daniel Padilla Kathryn Bernardo | Lim Young-woong NewJeans Stray Kids |
| Rookie of the Year ||
| Television / Film | Music |
| Lee Eun-saem Moon Sang-min | Zerobaseone |
| Asia Celebrity ||
| Television | Music |
| Kentaro Sakaguchi Kim Seon-ho | Jang Won-young Le Sserafim NewJeans |
| Best Emotive Award ||
| Television / Film | Music |
| Suho | &Team BoyNextDoor Oneus |
| Hot Trend Award ||
| Television / Film | Music |
| Ahn Hyo-seop Lee Jun-ho | Lim Young-woong NewJeans SB19 |
| Popularity Award ||
| Television / Film | Music |
| Lee Jun-ho Kim Se-jeong | Lim Young-woong Sakurazaka46 |
| Best Icon Award ||
| Television / Film | Music |
| Cha Joo-young | Kep1er Nmixx Tempest |
| New Wave Award ||
| Television / Film | Music |
| Park Jae-chan | Ash Island Kingdom Yao Chen |
| Potential Award ||
| Television / Film | Music |
| Yoo Seon-ho | ATBO Lapillus Paul Blanco |
| Focus Award ||
| Television / Film | Music |
| Younghoon Ahn Dong-goo | Hori7on Lun8 |
| Best Performance Award | Top of K-pop Record Award |
| Le Sserafim | Kim Jae-joong |
| Best Actor Award | Scene Stealer Award |
| Ahn Hyo-seop Kim Se-jeong Lee Dong-hwi Lee Joon-hyuk Melai Cantiveros | Jung Sung-il |
| Best Musician Award | Best Acting Performance Award |
| Kard Kwon Eun-bi Sakurazaka46 STAYC Zerobaseone | Kim Young-dae Lee Jun-young Moon Ka-young Suho |
| Best Choice Award | Best Producer Award |
| &Team Ben&Ben BoyNextDoor DinDin Dreamcatcher Kang Daniel Kim Jae-joong Lee Young-ji Lim Young-woong Nmixx NewJeans | Seo Hyun-joo (Starship Entertainment) |
| Best Creator Award ||
| 3Racha ||

## Performers

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, performed musical numbers.
| Artist(s) | Song(s) Performed |
| WHIB | "Dizzy (Intro)" and "Bang!" |
| SB19 (with &Team) | "Gento", "Mana", "Bazinga" and "Crimzone" |
| Lapillus | "Who's Next" |
| Hori7on | "Six7een" (Rock ver.) |
| Lun8 | "Wild Heart" |
| ATBO | "Mayday" and "Next to Me" |
| Yao Chen | "Adventure Player" |
| Paul Blanco | "Summer" |
| Kingdom | "Coup D'Etat" |
| Ash Island | "Melody" (Band ver.) |
| Tempest | "Vroom Vroom" and "Dive" |
| Nmixx | "Love Me Like This" and "Soñar (Breaker)" |
| Kep1er | "Giddy" |
| Oneus | "Baila Conmigo" |
| Lee Young-ji | "I Am Lee Young Ji" and "Not Sorry" |
| BoyNextDoor | "But Sometimes" and "One and Only" |
| Zerobaseone | "In Bloom" and "Crush" |
| Kim Jae-joong | "One Kiss" and "Mine" |
| DinDin | "I'm Not Myself When I'm Around You" and "Foolin' Myself" |
| Dreamcatcher | "Shatter" and "OOTD" |
| &Team | "Dropkick" (Korean ver.) and "War Cry" |
| Kang Daniel | "Selfish" and "Nirvana" |
| Kard | "Icky" and "Cake" |
| STAYC | "Teddy Bear" and "Bubble" |
| Kwon Eun-bi | "Underwater" |
| Sakurazaka46 | "Shoninyokkyu" |
| NewJeans | "OMG", "ETA" and "Super Shy" |
| Le Sserafim | "Perfect Night" and "Eve, Psyche & the Bluebeard's Wife" |
| AKMU | "Love Lee" and "Give Love" |
| Itzy | "Kill Shot" and "Cake" |
| The Boyz | "Watch It" |
| Lim Young-woong | "Grain of Sand" and "Do or Die" |
| Stray Kids | "Maniac", "Get Lit", "Topline" and "Lalalala" |
| BSS (with Lee Young-ji) | "7PM", "Fighting" and "Just Do It" |