'AAA 2026' Popularity Awards Finalized: Stray Kids, NMIXX, Im Young-woong, Tzuyu, Byeon Woo-seok, and Kim Hye-yoon Honored [Comprehensive Report]

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Group Stray Kids (Stray Kids), NMIXX (NMIXX), singer Im Young-woong, TWICE member Tzuyu, and actors Byeon Woo-seok and Kim Hye-yoon have been honored with the AAA 2026 Popularity Awards through fan voting.

The final voting for the Popularity Awards at the 'Asia Artist Awards 2026' (Asia Artist Awards 2026, hereinafter 'AAA 2026') ceremony concluded on the 4th of last month.

This year's '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 screens, television, and in the music industry this year all participated in a fierce voting competition.

The AAA 2026 Popularity Award winner was determined by combining preliminary and final round votes to identify the number one vote-getter.

The 'preliminary vote' was conducted from 10:00 AM on September 16 to 11:59 PM on October 6 via the IDOLCHAMP app. Only the top 20 teams in the preliminary round advanced to the highly anticipated final, where they participated in the final voting. Subsequently, the final vote was conducted from 10:00 AM on October 8 of last month to 11:59 PM on November 4 via IDOLCHAMP. The final winner in each category, who received the Popularity Award, was determined by combining 30% of the preliminary results and 70% of the final vote.

Stray Kids topped the male group singer category in the Popularity Award final voting with 130,513 votes in the preliminary round and 460,3679 votes in the final round, achieving a final converted score of 360,3729.2 points. NMIXX secured first place in the female group singer category with 30,1641 votes in the preliminary round and 380,7061 votes in the final round, resulting in a final score of 280,435 points.

In the solo singer categories, Im Young-woong ranked first in the male solo singer category with 60,9855 votes in the preliminary round and 140,9378 votes in the final round, achieving a final score of 120,5521.1 points. In the female solo singer category, TWICE's Tzuyu secured first place with 30,8940 votes in the preliminary round and 1,680,7945 votes in the final round, resulting in a final score of 1,190,243.5 points.

In the actor categories, Byeon Woo-seok secured first place as male actor with 130,9874 votes in the preliminary round and 450,124 votes in the final round, achieving a final converted score of 350,7049 points. Kim Hye-yoon ranked first in the female actor category with 70,594 votes in the preliminary round and 200,7043 votes in the final round, securing her Popularity Award win with a score of 160,6108.3 points.

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

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