‘King’ Im Young-woong Dominates Solo Male Singer Category in ‘AAA 2026’ Popularity Award Preliminary Voting with Overwhelming ‘1st Place’

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Singer Im Young-woong secured first place in the preliminary voting for the male solo singer category of the ‘AAA 2026’ Popularity Award.

Im Young-woong reached first place with 69,841 votes in the male solo singer category of the preliminary voting for the Popularity Award at the ‘Asia Artist Awards 2026 (hereinafter ‘AAA 2026’)’, which was conducted through Idol Champ from September 16 to October 6.

This year’s ‘AAA 2026’ popularity vote is divided into a total of six categories: △Male Actor, △Female Actor, △Male Group Singer, △Female Group Singer, △Male Solo Singer, and △Female Solo Singer. Top stars who shone on the screen, television, and in the music industry this year are all participating in a fierce voting competition.

The ‘preliminary voting’ was conducted from 10:00 a.m. on September 16 to 11:59 p.m. on October 6 via the Idol Champ (IDOLCHAMP) app. Only the top 20 teams in the preliminary round will advance to the highly anticipated finals. The ‘final voting’ will be conducted from 10:00 a.m. on October 8 to 11:59 p.m. on November 4, and the final first place in each category will be determined by combining 30% of the preliminary results with 70% of the final votes. The ‘AAA 2026’ Popularity Award trophy will be presented to the final first-place winner.

Meanwhile, ‘AAA 2026’ will be held over two days, December 5 and 6, at the Kaohsiung National Stadium. The MC lineup includes IVE’s Jang Won-young, who is hosting ‘AAA’ for the sixth consecutive year, actor Ji Chang-wook, Sung Han-bin, who returns as an ‘AAA’ host after two years, and TWICE’s Tzuyu.

In the actor category, attendance has been confirmed by Go You-jung, Kim Sun-ho, Kim Soo-hyun, Kim Yoo-jung, Kim Jae-won, Kim Hye-yoon, Da-hyun (TWICE), Moon Sang-min, Mieda Shunsuke, Park Ji-hwan, Park Ji-hun, Bae Jong-ok, Byeon Woo-seok, Ahn Hyo-seop, Yoon Kyung-ho, Lee Da-hee, Lee Sang-i, Lee Jong-won, Lee Hong-nae, Jang Da-a, Choo Young-woo, Heo Nam-jun, Heo Sung-tae, and Hye-ri.

In the singer category, Naniwa Danshi (なにわ), NEXZ, DAYOUNG, RIIZE, LNGSHOT, RESCENE, MONSTA X, MEOVV, Park Ji-hun, SUNG HANBIN, Super Junior-D&E, IDID, OURBIRTHDAY, ALPHA DRIVE ONE, &TEAM, Accusefive (), WONPIL, ATEEZ, Xdinary Heroes, NMIXX, Federal Reserve (Tomorrow X Together), ALLDAY PROJECT, WOODZ, Yuna (ITZY), ITZY (있지), ZEROBASEONE, Ju-hun (MONSTA X), CHAERYEONG, YENA, CORTIS, CLOSE YOUR EYES, KISS OF LIFE, KiiiKiii, KickFlip, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, TWS (투어스), TUIDE, tripleS, Hearts2Hearts, and QWER (큐더블유이알) will perform on stage.

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