Influence Asia 2017, a biennial awards show that brings together the region’s top social media influencers to honour their achievements, will be held on April 8, 2017, 3pm at the Plenary Hall, KLCC in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The show will gather the region’s top 252 social media influencers for the largest live social media awards show.
Korean pop star Jessica Jung, ex SNSD (Girls’ Generation) member has been announced as the finale performance of Influence Asia 2017. The singer-songwriter will be the headline act for Influence Asia 2017 where she will be performing hit singles from her two solo albums – the first album, “With love, J”, which ranked first on the Hanteo Weekly Chart and Gaon Weekly Album Chart; as well as the second album “Wonderland”, which peaked at 7th position in the US World Albums chart in 2016.
Other regional performing acts include Malaysia’s homegrown talent, pop trio De Fam; Project E.A.R, a collaborative band of different acts from five different countries in South East Asia; Singaporean rapper, Kevin Lester, dubbed The Lion City Boy; Top Indonesian singer-songwriter Tulus and Vietnamese pop singer and a current judge on The Voice Vietnam, Noo Phuoc Thinh.
Influence Asia 2017 will also feature award presenters who are top influencers in their various fields namely, Carli Bybel (US) and Shannon Harris (NZ) for the beauty category, Lilymaymac (AUS) for the lifestyle category, Anis Nabilah (MY) for the food category and Sririta Jensen (TH) for the fashion category.
Judy Travis (@Itsjudytime) who is currently the world’s top parenting YouTube content creator with more than 3.5 million subscribers spanned across her 3 YouTube channels – itsjudytime, ItsJudysLife, and itsMommysLife, amassing more than 1 billion total views across the last 6 years. She and Benji, her husband will join the line-up and will be giving out the prestigious parenting award to the top parenting influencer across 7 countries.
Collectively, these award presenters represent more than 11 million subscribers on YouTube with a total social media reach of over 1.7 billion views. Together with the performing acts and the top 36 influencers each from 7 different countries, the show will reach out to more than 60 million fans in Asia Pacific.
For a chance to attend Influence Asia 2017, participate in Gushcloud’s Instagram Giveaway. Head over to Gushcloud Malaysia’s Instagram page (@gushcloud_my) for instructions to win tickets to the awards shows and to receive more updates on Influence Asia.
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