K-pop boy bands Stray Kids and Tomorrow X Together led the winners at the inaugural Asia Star Entertainer Awards (ASEA) 2024 held in Yokohama, Japan on April 10.
ASEA 2024 was hosted by Newsen, Korea’s entertainment and sports media outlet, and AtStyle, a Korean online entertainment media.
2PM's Taecyeon and Girls' Generation's Yuri were the emcees.
Stray Kids (X)
Tomorrow X Together (Screenshot from Oricon video on YouTube)
Treasure (X)
The Boyz (X)
Stray Kids bagged the grand prize. They also won ASEA Album of the Year and ASEA The Best Group.
Tomorrow X Together won four awards: ASEA The Platinum, ASEA Global K-pop Leader, ASEA Artist of the Year and ASEA The Best Performance.
K-pop idol group Treasure took home three awards: Platinum of World Wide, The Best Hip Hop and The Best Touring Artist.
The Boyz also bagged three awards: The Best Star, The Best Conceptual Artist and The Best Star.
BTS’ Jungkook’s “Seven (feat. Latto) won Song of the Year.
Here are the winners at the 1st Asia Star Entertainer Awards (ASEA):
ASEA THE GRAND PRIZE: Stray Kids
ASEA THE PLATINUM: Tomorrow X Together
ASEA ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Stray Kids
ASEA ARTIST OF THE YEAR: Tomorrow X Together
ASEA SONG OF THE YEAR: BTS’ Jungkook, “Seven”
ASEA PLATINUM OF WORLD WIDE: Treasure
ASEA GLOBAL K-POP LEADER: Tomorrow X Together
ASEA THE BEST STAGE: The Boyz, JO1 (Japan)
ASEA THE BEST PERFORMANCE: Tomorrow X Together (group), SHINee’s Taemin (solo), INI (Japan)
ASEA THE BEST HIP HOP: Treasure
SEA THE BEST ROCK BALLAD: DAY6’s Young K
ASEA THE BEST BAND: DAY6
ASEA THE BEST TOURING ARTIST: Treasure
ASEA THE BEST STAR: The Boyz, STAYC
ASEA THE BEST STAR JAPAN: The Rampage from Exile Tribe, NiziU
ASEA THE BEST GROUP: Stray Kids, NiziU
ASEA THE BEST SOLO: Lim Young-woong, TWICE’s Jihyo
ASEA THE BEST TROT: Young Tak
ASEA THE BEST VIRTUAL ARTIST: Plave
ASEA THE BEST CONCEPTUAL ARTIST: The Boyz (group), SHINee’s Taemin (solo)
ASEA THE BEST NEWS ARTIST: ZeroBaseOne, TWS, NCT Wish
ASEA HOT TREND: Creepy Nuts, ATBO
ASEA HOT ICON: Fantasy Boys, Billlie
ASEA FAN CHOICE ARTIST: Lim Young-woong
ASEA FAN CHOICE ROOKIE: Jeong Dong-won ( JD1)