7-year consecutive Popularity Award win sets a new record... Lim Young-woong confirmed to receive the Male Solo Popularity Award at 'AAA 2026'

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Singer Lim Young-woong secured first place in the Male Solo Singer category of the Popularity Awards at 'AAA 2026'.

Lim Young-woong received 149,378 votes in the final voting for the Male Solo Singer category of the 'Asia Artist Awards 2026 (hereinafter 'AAA 2026')' Popularity Award, conducted via Idol Champ from October 8 to November 4. With a final score of 125,521.1 points, he ranked first.

Backed by the passionate love and support of his fans, Hero Era, Lim Young-woong achieved the remarkable feat of winning the AAA Popularity Award for seven consecutive years, from 'AAA 2020' to 'AAA 2026'.

The 'AAA 2026' popularity vote was conducted across 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 all participated in a fierce voting competition.

First, the preliminary vote was conducted on the Idol Champ (IDOLCHAMP) app from 10:00 a.m. on September 16 to 11:59 p.m. on October 6. The top 20 teams advanced to the final round in the preliminaries. The final vote was 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 was 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 winner.

Meanwhile, 'AAA 2026' will be held on 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 Youn-jung, Kim Sun-ho, Kim Soo-hyun, Kim Yoo-jung, Kim Jae-won, Kim Hye-yoon, Da-hyun (TWICE), Moon Sang-min, Michieda Shunsuke, Park Ji-hwan, Park Ji-hoon, 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-hoon, 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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