Hari ini tanggal 28 November, ajang Asia Artist Awards 2018 telah diselenggarakan di Namdong Gymnasium, Incheon. Leeteuk Super Junior dan Lee Sung Kyung didapuk sebagai MC untuk acara yang baru berlangsung 3 tahun ini.
Sebelumnya, para pemenang kategori yang didasarkan pada popularitas seperti artis musikal terpopuler, aktor terpopuler, dan aktris terpopuler, sudah diumumkan terlebih dahulu di sini.
Penghargaan Daesang (penghargaan paling tinggi) jatuh ke tangan BTS dan Lee Byung Hun. BTS total mendapatkan 5 buah penghargaan sedangkan Lee Byung Hun dan IU masing-masing mendapatkan 4 penghargaan.
Berikut daftar lengkap pemenang Asia Artist Awards 2018:
Kategori Musik
- StarPay Popularity Award: BTS
- Focus Award: D-CRUNCH, W24
- Rising Star: fromis_9, SF9
- New Wave Award: KARD, WJSN (Cosmic Girls), gugudan
- Favorite Award: Chungha
- History of Songs Award: Se7en
- Korean Tourism Appreciation Award: BTS
- Best Performance Director: Son Sung Deuk
- Best Producer: Pdogg
- Choice Award: SNUPER
- Asia Hot-tist Award: Wanna One
- Fabulous Award: BTS, TWICE
- Artist of the Year: Zico, Wanna One, iKON, TWICE, SEVENTEEN, MONSTA X, MAMAMOO, GOT7, NU’EST W, Sunmi, BTS
- Rookie Award: IZ*ONE, Stray Kids, (G)I-DLE, The Boyz
- Best Icon: MONSTA X, MOMOLAND
- Asia Brilliant Award: AOA
- Best Music: NU’EST W, MAMAMOO, Sunmi
- Best Popular: GOT7
- Best Musician: Zico, iKON
- Best Artist: TWICE, Wanna One, SEVENTEEN
- Daesang: BTS
Kategori Akting
- StarPay Popularity Award: IU, Sehun EXO
- Focus Award: Kim Yong Ji, Jin Joo Hyung, Shin Hyun Soo
- Rising Star Award: Cha Eun Woo ASTRO, Jung In Sun
- New Wave Award: Seolhyun AOA
- Favorite Award: Sung Hoon
- Best Creator: Won Dong Yeon
- Choice Award: Jasper Liu, Kwak Si Yang, Jinyoung B1A4
- Asia Hot-tist Award: IU
- Korean Tourism Appreciation Award: Lee Byung Hun
- Asia Eco Creator: Park Hae Jin
- Fabulous Award: Lee Byung Hun, Ha Jung Woo
- Artist of the Year: Lee Sung Kyung, Junho 2PM, Ryu Jun Yeol, Jung Hae In, IU, Lee Seung Gi, Joo Ji Hoon, Yoo Yeon Seok, Ha Jung Woo, Lee Byung Hun
- Rookie Award: Kim Da Mi, Jang Ki Yong
- Best Icon: Choi Tae Joon, L INFINITE
- Asia Brilliant Award: Minho SHINee, Lee Da Hee
- Asia Talent: Jung Hae In, YoonA Girls’ Generation
- Asia Celebrity: Suzy
- Best Emotive: Jung Hae In, Junho, Lee Sung Kyung
- Best Popular: Ryu Jun Yeol, Lee Seung Gi
- Best Actor: Joo Ji Hoon, Yoo Yeon Seok, IU
- Best Artist: Ha Jung Woo
- Daesang: Lee Byung Hun