The group Ahop (AHOF) was recognized for its achievements in its debut year.
Ahop (AHOF·Steven, Seo Jeong-woo, Cha Woong-gi, Zhang Shuai-bo, Park Han, J.L., Park Joo-won, Zuen, Daisuke) attended the 10th Anniversary Asia Artist Awards 2025 (10th Anniversary Asia Artist Awards 2025, hereinafter "AAA 2025") held on the 6th at Kaohsiung National Stadium and won the AAA Best New Artist award.
Best new artist was a newly created category at this year's "AAA 2025." This award is given to rookie artists who debuted recently and showed outstanding musical ability and creativity. Ahop revealed their presence as Best New Artist by attending "AAA" for the first time and holding the trophy just five months after their debut.
After the award, Ahop expressed gratitude through their agency F&F Entertainment, saying, "We were able to achieve the meaningful result of Best New Artist this year because we have the company family who work hard right beside us and FOHA (FOHA, the official fan club name) who always send us great love."
They added a teamlike goal looking toward the "K-pop Hall of Fame," saying, "We will use this award as motivation to rise even higher next year."
On the day, Ahop also performed their debut song "Let's meet again there (Rendezvous)" on the stage following the award. The members used a clock that flows and stops with time as a stage prop to create a novel performance. In particular, Ahop's distinctive youthful energy greatly elevated the ceremony's atmosphere.
Ahop has been evaluated as achieving all-time legendary-level results since immediately after their debut. Their mini album 1 "WHO WE ARE (Who We Are)" ranked fifth in first-week sales among boy group debut albums at the time of its release, and they achieved a triple crown on music shows 10 days after their debut.
Their mini album 2 "The Passage," released on Nov. 4, also sold nearly 390,000 copies in its first week, becoming an album that broke their own record. In addition, they added another triple crown on music shows with the title track "Pinocchio hates lies," making them the rookie group to win the most music show trophies this year.
Meanwhile, Ahop will perform again today (the 7th) at the festa "ACON 2025" of the 10th Anniversary AAA 2025 held at the same venue.
[Photo] F&F Entertainment, "AAA 2025" broadcast capture
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