NEXZ, Park Ji Hoon, Super Junior-D&E, ALLDAY PROJECT & Choi Ye-na join AAA 2026 lineup

NEXZ, Park Ji Hoon, Super Junior-D&E, ALLDAY PROJECT, and Choi Ye-na are confirmed for the fifth wave of Asia Artist Awards 2026. They join RIIZE, MONSTA X, ATEEZ, Tomorrow X Together, ZEROBASEONE, TOURS, ITZY, Yeonjun, N.Team, Hats2Hats, KIKI, Miyao, and LISENNE at the ceremony running December 5–6 at Kaohsiung National Stadium.

NEXZ (Tomoya, Yuu, Haru, So Gun, Seita, Hui, Yuki) had a strong spring. Their second single Mmchk dropped in April with a new personal-best first-week sales record and their first music broadcast No. 1. A comeback arrives on the 24th with mini album 4, SAUCIN'. They won Best New Artist at AAA 2025.

Park Ji Hoon released his first single album RE:FLECT in April. His May Seoul fan concert — '2026 PARK JI HOON ASIA FAN CONCERT [RE:FLECT] IN SEOUL' — sold out. An encore show at Jamsil Indoor Gymnasium in Songpa-gu, Seoul is scheduled for September.

Super Junior-D&E (Donghae, Eunhyuk) kept busy with back-to-back releases: mini album 5 606 and mini album 6 INEVITABLE. ALLDAY PROJECT (Ani, Tarzan, Bailey, Woo Chan, Young Seo) hit consecutive wins with 'Famous,' 'Wicked,' and 'One More Time.' Choi Ye-na released mini album 5 LOVE CATCHER in March. The title track 'Catch Catch' charted on domestic and international music charts.

Jang Won-young returns as MC for her sixth consecutive year—the event calls the role 'AAA Queen.' Actor Ji Chang-wook and Sung Han-bin host alongside her. Sung Han-bin is back after two years away. Ko Yoon-jung, Kim Seon-ho, Kim Jae-won, Byeon Woo-seok, Ahn Hyo-seop, and Choo Young-woo confirmed attendance in the actor category.

AAA 2026 is hosted by Star News and organized by the AAA Organizing Committee (chair Park Jun-chul), MOTIVE, and D-SOW.