On Sunday, Jan. 24, The 2020 APAN Music Awards were held after being postponed from Nov. 2020 due to new COVID-19 guidelines. A day prior, the 2020 APAN Star Awards commenced. Here is the list of winners for the events.
The 2020 APAN Awards, which has both the Star Awards and the Music Awards, was hosted by Kim Jong Kook and Jeon So Min. The event spanned two days, Saturday and Sunday (Jan. 23 - Jan. 24) for the Star Awards and the Music Awards respectively.
Some of the award winners were announced in advance, including the winners for the popular vote categories, the APAN Choice Awards, and the Top 10 Artists. The latter category selected winners through popularity votes, the artists' achievements concerning the physical albums and digital releases in 2020, and judges' scores. Other categories that were selected through popularity vote are Best All-Rounder, Best Icon, Best Music Video, Best Performance, the Idol Champ Awards, and the KT Seezn Star Award.
The winners for the 2020 APAN Music Awards, in alphabetical order, are:
APAN Choice Best Trend: Ha Sung Woon
APAN Choice Best Vocalist: Kim Jae Hwan
APAN Choice Global Hallyu Star: A.C.E
APAN Choice New Focus: LEENALCHI
APAN Choice New K-Pop Icon: WEi
Album of the Year: TWICE
Artist of the Year: NCT 127
Best All-Rounder: GOT7’s JB
Best Icon: NCT U
Best K-Trot: Jang Min Ho
Best Music Video: BLACKPINK
Best Performance: Kang Daniel
Daesang (Grand Prize): BTS
Idol Champ Entertainer: Park Jihoon and LOONA’s Chuu
Idol Champ Fan’s Pick (Group): BTS and IZ*ONE
Idol Champ Fan’s Pick (Solo): Kang Daniel and IU
Idol Champ Global Pick (Group): SEVENTEEN and BLACKPINK
Idol Champ Global Pick (Solo): Kang Daniel and MAMAMOO’s Hwasa
KT Seezn Star Award (Singer): Kang Daniel
New Wave Award: TREASURE and HYNN
Song of the Year: MONSTA X
Top 10 Artists: Kang Daniel, The Boyz, MONSTA X, BTS, SEVENTEEN, IZ*ONE, Im Young Woong, GOT7, NCT 127, and TWICE (in Korean alphabetical order)
The winners for the 2020 APAN Star Awards, in alphabetical order, are:
Best Director: Cha Young Hoon - “When the Camellia Blooms”
Best Manager: Kang Geon Taek - VAST Entertainment
Best New Actor: Lee Do Hyun - “18 Again”, Jang Dong Yoon - “Tale of Nokdu”
Best New Actress: Jeon Mi Do - “Hospital Playlist”
Best Supporting Actor: Oh Jung Se - “It’s Okay to Not Be Okay,” and “Stove League”, Kim Young Min - "The World of the Married,” and “Crash Landing on You”
Best Supporting Actress: Kim Sun Young - “Crash Landing on You,” and “Backstreet Rookie”
Best Writer: Lee Shin Hwa - "Stove League”
Daesang (Grand Prize): Hyun Bin - "Crash Landing on You”
Drama of the Year: “Itaewon Class”
Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries: Park Hae Joon - “The World of the Married”
Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama: Lee Sang Yi - “Once Again”
Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries: Seo Ye Ji - “It’s Okay to Not Be Okay”
Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama: Shim Yi Young - “My Wonderful Life”
Short-Form Drama Award: “Live Like That” - KBS 2TV
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries: Kang Ha Neul - “When the Camellia Blooms”
Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Serial Drama: Lee Sang Yeob - “Once Again”
Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries: Kim Hee Sun - “Alice”
Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Serial Drama: Lee Min Jung - “Once Again”
Web Drama Award: “Best Mistake”
Congratulations to the winners! Did your favorite artists bag an award this year?
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Written by Alexa Lewis
