Attention is focusing on who will be the winner of the grand prize in the singer category of "AAA 2024".
The lineup of performers for the 9th Asian Artist Awards (hereinafter referred to as 'AAA 2024)', which will be held for about four hours at IMPACT Challenger Hall 1-2 in Bangkok, Thailand, was unveiled on the 27th.
"AAA 2024" was hosted by Ryu Jun-yeol, Jang Won-young, and Sung Han-bin, and in the singer category, New Jeans, LESERAFIM, BI, SUHO, ZEROBASEONE, TONY YU, KISS OF LIFE, WHIB, BUS cause of you i shine, DAY6, NCT 127 (NCT Wish), QWER (QW).
In the actor category, you can see the main characters of K-POP, K-DRAMA, and K-MOVIE, which shone through the year, including Kim Min, Kim Soo-hyun, Kim Hye-yoon, Park Min-young, Byun Woo-seok, Ahn Bo-hyun, Jang Da-ah, Jo Yu-ri, Jo Woo-won, Choi Bo-min, and SAKAGUCHI KENTARO (Kentaro Sakaguchi).
Among them, the lineup for singers is more intense than ever. First of all, Newzins won the Grand Prize (Performance of the Year) and the Rookie of the Year Award at the 2022 AAA in the same year after their debut, and in the 2023 AAA, they won the most awards in history by winning six awards including two awards (singer of the year, song of the year). As a result, expectations are growing on how they will achieve this year.
Le Seraphim recently ranked 46th, the highest ranking among K-pop girl groups, in the "Global 200 Artist" of the 2024 Year-End Chart (YEAR-END CHARTS) released by the U.S. music media Billboard. In addition, he was listed on various year-end charts, realizing his amazing music power and influence.
The title song "EASY" with the same title as the third mini album entered the Billboard main song chart "Hot 100" at 99th place, and six months later, it ranked 76th on the "Hot 100" with "CRAZY" and charted for two consecutive weeks, achieving the highest K-pop girl group performance this year.
DAY6 (DAY6) enjoyed its best heyday since its debut, continuously enjoying the love of new songs as well as past songs. The title song "Welcome to the Show" of the 8th mini album topped major domestic music charts upon release, and the track "HAPPY" backtracked the chart and topped the monthly chart in September on Melon, a domestic music site. At the same time, a number of hit songs such as "To Be One Page," "Melting Down," and "You Were Beautiful" were at the top of the music charts, proving their popularity.
NCT 127 will then meet local fans on stage for the first time in about a year through 'AAA 2024'. He was named as the "Best K-pop Album of 2024" by Billboard in the U.S. for his sixth full-length album "WALK" and proved the music color of NCT 127 with favorable reviews from major foreign media such as Rolling Stone, Grammy Dotcom, Consequences of Sound, and UPI.
Global fans' expectations reached their peak as NCT 127 announced an arrangement of "Hero," "Running," "Fact Check" and the latest songs, which are talked about as the stage of the talk at "AAA 2024." It is expected to be another all-time award ceremony as you can meet NCT 127 to NCT WIST and WayV in one place at 'AAA 2024.
Finally, TWS proved its immense popularity by listing itself on various annual charts with "First Meeting Doesn't Go As Planned." "First Meeting Doesn't Go As Planned" ranked 6th in the global culture and trend report recently released by YouTube, the global video community, and was the only K-pop boy group to be ranked.
In addition, "First Meeting Doesn't Go As Planned" is the only K-pop boy group to be listed at the top of both charts, ranking sixth in the Korean region for "Top Songs" and sixth in the Korean region for "Top Songs of 2024" for music streaming platform Apple Music, released by global short-form video platform TikTok.
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