Asian Pop Music Awards 2023, Winners and Nominees

Asian Pop Music Awards 2023

The 2023 Asian Pop Music Awards celebrated musical achievements at a virtual event hosted by Miss Hong Kong 2013 Kai-Lin Chan. The awards ceremony, hosted by VVV Entertainment Group, focused on winners from the Chinese and international music industry.

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Launched in 2020, the awards have quickly become an important end-of-year celebration in the music industry. This event has set up multiple awards to recognize artists, such as Best Album, Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Collaboration, Best Music Video, Best OST, Best Dance Performance, Best Male and Female Artist, Best Group, Best Newcomer, Best Lyricist, Best Composer, Best Arranger, Best Producer. The awards celebrate established names and emerging talent, providing a memorable occasion for music lovers across Asia.

Asian Pop Music Awards 2023 Dates

The 2023 Asian Pop Music Awards will be held on December 27, 2023. This vibrant event celebrates outstanding achievements in Asian popular music, honoring talented artists and their contributions to the music industry. Held annually, the awards highlight different genres and recognize the cultural impact of Asian pop music on a global scale.

Fans and industry professionals eagerly await the awards show, which showcases performances, honors top artists and brings music lovers together. The chosen date, December 27, is an important day for music lovers as they witness a display of the best talent and creativity in Asian pop music.

Asian Pop Music Awards 2023 Winners

Here are the winners of the 2023 Asian Pop Music Awards:

  • Best Male Artist of the Year: BTS Jungkook

  • Song of the Year: “Flower” by BLACKPINK Jisoo

  • Best Female Artist: BLACKPINK Jisoo

  • Best Music Video (Overseas): EXO’s “Let Me In”

  • Best Newcomer Award (Overseas): ZEROBASEONE “Youth in the Shade”

  • Best Group (Overseas): NewJeans

  • Best Collaboration (Overseas): “Fighting” by BSS ft. Lee Youngji

  • Best Dance Performance (Overseas): SEVENTEEN’s “Super”

  • Best Group (Overseas): Stray Kids

  • Album of the Year: (G)I-DLE’s “I Feel”

  • Top 20 Songs of the Year (Overseas):

    • Jungkook’s “Seven”
    • “Flower” by BLACKPINK Jisoo
    • “Super Shy” by NewJeans
    • “Why Why Why” by Jackson Wang
    • “Better Things” by aespa
    • ITZY’s “cake”
    • “Fact Check” on NCT 127
    • “Fighting” by BSS ft. Lee Youngji
    • “Here With Me” by Doyoung
    • “I Love My Body” by Hwa Sa
    • “I AM” by IVE
    • “KNOCK” by Lee Chae-yeon
    • “Ordinary Days” by Suzy
    • (G)I-DLE’s “Queencard”
    • “Class S” by Stray Kids
    • “Set Me Free” by TWICE
    • “Super” by SEVENTEEN
    • “THE GIRLS” by BLACKPINK (BLACKPINK Game Soundtrack)
    • “UNFORGIVEN” by LE SSERAFIM x Nile Rodgers
    • “The Spinning Earth” by Kenshi Yonezu [Japanese]
  • People’s Choice Award:

    • BLACKPINK Jisoo/ME
    • EXO Kai/Rover
    • WayV/Phantom
    • (G)I-DLE / I feel
    • Seventeen/FML
    • BSS/Second Wind
    • Baekhyun/Hello
    • EXO / existence
    • Vernon/Dark Circles
    • aespa / minecraft
    • Kenshi Yonezu/Rotating Globe [Japanese]
  • Album of the Year (Overseas): NCT Dream’s “Broken Melodies”

  • Top 20 Albums of the Year (Overseas):

    • Milt/”5 AM” (Japan)
    • ENHYPEN/”Dark Blood”
    • EXO/”Existence”
    • Jimin/”FACE”
    • NCT 127/”Fact Check”
    • Seventeen/”FML”
    • Kim/Jungkook
    • New Jeans/”Get Up”
    • (G)I-DLE/”I Feel”
    • IVE/”I’ve IVE”
    • NCT DREAM/”IST”
    • Joint Venture/”Stopover”
    • aespa/”my world”
    • XG/”New DNA”
    • Aimer / “Open a Door” (Japan)
    • Ayumi Hamasaki/”Remember You”(JP)
    • Kay/”Wanderer”
    • Tomorrow X will be together/”Name Chapter”
    • Jihyo/”ZONE”
    • Stray Kids/”5 Stars”
    • “My Youth”/WayV (winner on the Chinese list)

Asian Pop Music Awards 2023 Nominees

Here are the details of the nominees in each category of the 2023 Asian Pop Music Awards:

Album of the Year:

  • Dark Blood – ENHYPEN
  • Existence – EXO
  • Fact Check – NCT 127
  • FML-Seventeen
  • Golden – Jungkook
  • I think- (G)I-DLE
  • I’ve IVE – IVE
  • ISTJ
  • minecraft
  • New DNA-XG
  • Open a door – Aimer
  • Remember you – Admiration
  • Title Chapter: Free Fall – TXT
  • Five Stars – Street Children

Best record of the year:

  • Broken Melody-NCT DREAM
  • Chasing that feeling – TXT
  • Fact Check – NCT 127
  • KNOCK-Lee Chae-yeon
  • Queencard – (G)I-DLE
  • Class S-Street Child
  • super seventeen
  • UNFORGIVEN (feat. Nile Rodgers) – LE SSERAFIM x Nile Rodgers

Song of the Year:

  • Better things – aespa
  • Cake-ITZY
  • Cream Soda – EXO
  • Flower-JISOO
  • I am-IVE
  • set me free – twice
  • Super Shy – NewJeans
  • Girls (BLACKPINK Game OST)-BLACKPINK

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Best cooperation:

  • Back for More (with Anitta) – TXT x Anitta
  • Looking forward to-Anne-Marie x Minnie from (G)I-DLE
  • Fighting-BSS x Lee Young-chi
  • People’s Platinum. 2 (feat. IU) – Agust D x IU
  • Seven (feat. Latto) (Explicit Ver.) – Jungkook x Latto
  • Social Road- Stray Kids x LiSA
  • VIBE (feat. Jimin of BTS) – TAEYANG x Jimin
  • WYA – Park Jaebum x Ning Ning

Best Music Video:

  • Flower-JISOO
  • Chewing Gum – Jesse
  • I am-IVE
  • Let me in – EXO
  • Queencard – (G)I-DLE
  • Class S-Street Child
  • Seven (feat. Latto) – Jungkook
  • Meteor-XG

Best OST:

  • Daily Checklist (Doona!) – BIG Naughty
  • Hello (Doctor Romance) – Baekhyun
  • Stay with me (see you when you’re nineteen) – Doyoung
  • Sorry (Soul Alchemy 2) – Ellie
  • Live my life (job change expert) – milet
  • Ordinary Days (Duna!) -Suzy
  • Yuusha (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End) – YOASOBI
  • Do You Remember (Glory) – Paul King

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Best Dance Performance:

  • bite me – ENHYPEN
  • Flower- Jisoo
  • I am-IVE
  • I love my body – Hwasa
  • Queencard – (G)I-DLE
  • Wanderer-KAI
  • super seventeen
  • You and me – Jenny

Best Male Artist:

  • August D – D Day
  • DO–expected
  • Jimin – face
  • Jungkook-gold
  • Kai-Rover
  • Taemin – Guilty
  • TAEYANG – down to earth
  • V-LayoVer

Best Female Artist:

  • Sight – opens a door
  • Choi Ye Na – Love War
  • Jeon Somi – Game Plan
  • Jihyo-Sone
  • Jisoo-I
  • Li Canyan – Above the Moon
  • Millette – 5 a.m.
  • Reol – black box

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Best Category:

  • aespa – minecraft
  • ENHYPEN – Black Blood
  • EXO – Existence
  • ITZY – clear my doubts
  • IVE–I have IVE
  • NCT DREAM-ISTJ
  • NewJeans – Get up
  • Seventeen-FML
  • Street Children – Five Stars
  • TXT – Title Chapter: Free Fall
  • XG-New DNA
  • (G)I-DLE – I feel

Best Newcomer:

  • Boy Next Door – Why
  • EL7ZUP-7+UP
  • EVNNE – target: me
  • kiss of life – kiss of life
  • RIIZE – Get a Guitar
  • Triple – Assembly
  • xikers – Trick House: How to Play
  • ZEROBASEONE – Youth in the shadows

Best Lyricist:

  • Aimyon – Aimyon’s Flower of Love
  • Ayumi Hamasaki – “Remember You” by Ayumi Hamasaki
  • Jeon So Yeon – (G)I-DLE’s Queencard
  • Loey (CHANYEOL) – CHANYEOL good enough
  • milet – milet anytime, anywhere
  • Suda Masaki, Shimizu Kohei – Sugata Masaki’s You
  • Hikaru Utada – Hikaru Utada’s Gold
  • Kenshi Yonezu – Kenshi Yonezu’s rotating globe

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Best Composer:

  • Andrew Watt, Henry Walter, Ali Tamposi, Jon Bellion – Jungkook Stands By Your Side
  • Kei Hayashi (LIVE LAB.) – HUMAN by ReoNa
  • KUSH, Nohc, Vince – TAEYANG’s seeds
  • Sunmi, FRANTS – Sunmi’s Strangers
  • Meet Tetsuya for a Long Time – “Remember You” by Ayumi Hamasaki
  • Hikaru Utada – Hikaru Utada’s Gold
  • WOOZI, BUMZU, Hoshi, S.COUPS, Park Ki-tae – BSS x Lee Young-ji fight
  • Ryu Kin-hyung, An Shin-myo – “I Love My Body” by Hwasa

Best Arrangement:

  • 24 – Ji Soo’s Flower
  • Brian U, HONEY NOISE, Brown Panda (THE HUB) – Young, Dumb, Stupid by NMIXX
  • BUMZU, Kitae Park, Beomhun Lee – SEVENTEEN’s music gods
  • Choi Kang Hai, RESTART, BangChan (3RACHA) – Stray Kids’ S Class
  • Frankie Scoca – Super Shy by NewJeans
  • Pop Time, Daily, Likey, Jeon Soyeon – (G)I-DLE’s Queencard
  • Ryan Jhun, Audun Agnar, Stally, PATEKO – Kitsch from IVE
  • Ryan Tedder, Lindgren – BLACKPINK’s The Girls (BLACKPINK THE GAME OST)

Best Producer:

  • 24 – Ji Soo’s Flower
  • 3RACHA – Street Children Five Stars
  • Andrew Watt and Cirkut – The Seven by Jungkook (feat. Latto) (Explicit Ver.)
  • Frankie Scoca – Super Shy by NewJeans
  • Jeon So Yeon – (G)I-DLE’s Queencard
  • Lindgren – “Set Me Free” by TWICE
  • Ryan Tedder, Slow Rabbit, Tyler Spry – TXT’s Back for More (feat. Anitta)
  • WOOZI, BUMZU – FML by SEVENTEEN

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