AAA 2025 Popularity Awards: Lim Young-woong, Stray Kids, Lee Junho Lead Final Voting
Two days remain until the 10th Anniversary Asia Artist Awards popularity vote closes on November 5
Final voting for the Asia Artist Awards 2025 popularity categories enters its last 48 hours, with six artists dominating their respective categories: Lim Young-woong, Yuqi, Stray Kids, NiziU, Lee Junho, and Kim Hye-yoon.
The mobile voting platform Idol Champ, operated by MBC PLUS and TNK Factory, will close polls at midnight KST on November 5. Winners are determined by combining preliminary voting results (30%) with final voting results (70%).
Current Vote Leaders (November 3, 2:40 PM KST)
Male Solo Singer
Lim Young-woong maintains a commanding lead with 883,414 votes. SEVENTEEN's DK trails in second with 87,725 votes, followed by NCT's Doyoung with 29,094 votes. The category includes BTS members Jimin, V, and Jin, along with G-Dragon and NCT's Mark.
Female Solo Singer
(G)I-DLE's Yuqi tops the category with 67,157 votes. IU follows with 54,064 votes, while BLACKPINK's Jisoo holds third place with 31,535 votes. BLACKPINK members Jennie, Lisa, and Rosé also compete in this category.
Male Group
Stray Kids dominates with 307,477 votes, significantly ahead of competitors including SB19, RIIZE, BTS, ATEEZ, and MONSTA X.
Female Group
Japanese group NiziU leads with 95,893 votes. Other nominees include LE SSERAFIM, IVE, BLACKPINK, and NewJeans.
Male Actor
Lee Junho commands first place with 362,177 votes, though Byeon Woo-seok pursues closely with 225,387 votes. The category also features Park Bo-gum, Kim Soo-hyun, and ASTRO's Cha Eun-woo.
Female Actress
Kim Hye-yoon leads with 183,518 votes, while Girl's Day's Hyeri holds second with 138,266 votes. IU, Girls' Generation's Yoona, and Kim Yoo-jung round out the nominees.
About AAA 2025
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Asia Artist Awards, which celebrates achievements in K-pop and K-drama. Unlike previous years' four categories, 2025 expanded to six voting categories separating group and solo artists.
The main ceremony takes place December 6 at Kaohsiung National Stadium in Taiwan, hosted by Lee Junho and IVE's Jang Won-young. A follow-up festival, ACON 2025, will be held December 7.
The ceremony features 23 artist performances and collaboration stages, running approximately 300 minutes.
Confirmed Performers: NEXZ, RIIZE, LE SSERAFIM, MONSTA X, MEOVV, Stray Kids, xikers, IVE, ATEEZ, KISS OF LIFE, CRAVITY, QWER, TWS, and others.
Confirmed Actors: Park Bo-gum, IU, Lee Junho, Kim Yoo-jung, Im Yoona, Hyeri, and more.
Fans who vote enter a lottery for AAA 2025 tickets and in-app voting points.
