Awit Award

The Awit Awards are music awards in the

Philippines given annually by the
Philippine Association of the Record
Industry (PARI) to recognize the
outstanding achievements in the music
industry. The word "Awit" means "song"
literally in Tagalog.
 Awit Awards
32nd Awit Awards

Awarded for Outstanding

achievements in the
music industry

Country Philippines

Presented by Philippine Association

of the Record Industry

First awarded 1969

Website http://www.awitawards.com.ph

The first awards were given in 1969 at a

ceremony in Makati. After three awards
ceremonies were held, the Awit Awards
were discontinued in 1972. In 1988, PARI
brought back the awards and today, the
organization still handles these awards.
History
The idea for Awit Awards was conceived
by Oskar "Oskee" Salazar, the Billboard
correspondent for the Philippines at that
time, in late 1968.[1] The first awards
ceremony was held in March 23, 1969
that took place in Makati. It was
organized by the Awit Awards Executive
Committee, which composed of
representatives from different record
companies, with Salazar as their
chairman. Winners were voted by a jury
composed of 15 people which were
selected by the Awit Awards Executive
Committee. The jurors were chosen by
their jobs in the music industry such as a
record retailer, jukebox operator,
entertainment/music writer or a radio
station program director.[2]

Days before the second awards, they

decided to create a formal academy
called the Philippine Academy of
Recording Arts and Sciences (PARAS),
replacing the Awit Awards Executive
Committee. The academy was headed by
Danny Villanueva, the outgoing president
of the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts
and Sciences (FAMAS), as the chairman
alongside Salazar as the co-chairman. It
was composed of 75 members.[3] The
second awards was held in July 1970
while the third happened in June 1971.[4]
These two ceremonies were
administered by the academy. From 1972
until 1987, no Awit Awards ceremonies
were held.

In 1988, the Philippine Association of the

Record Industry resurrected the Awit
Awards. Instead of following the previous
numbering pattern, they decided to call
the 1988 awards as the 1st Awit Awards.
This pattern continued until now.

Nomination process
Any recording company which is a
member of the PARI can submit entries
for Awit Awards. A non-member
recording company can qualify if it has a
business arrangement with a PARI
member such as licensing, distributing
and marketing. The entries that could be
submitted are based on the eligibility
period when the music was released. The
eligibility period is always from January 1
to December 31 of the previous year.
Nominations may only be awarded to any
person with Filipino heritage, resident or
non-resident of the Philippines.
Foreigners must show documents
certifying their Filipino heritage.[5]

All entries would be then screened by

judges. The jury comprises radio
personnel, entertainment journalists,
television personalities, composers,
brand/marketing professionals and
musicians. For the technical
achievement categories, judges could
either be a sound/vocal/musical
engineer, television commercial producer,
film director or someone from the media.
The judges would vote on all entries and
the five highest scoring entries would
become the nominees for each
category.[6] A category could have more
than 5 nominees if there's a tie.[5]

Nominees in each category would go

through another voting round with the
highest scoring finalists would be then
declare as the winners in the awards
night.[6]
Currently, the ballots are audited by the
Isla Lipana & Co., a Philippine member
firm of the PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Ceremonies
Position Date Venue Town/City Host(s)

Presented by: the Awit Awards Executive Committee and the Philippine Academy of
Recording Arts and Sciences

March 23,
1st — Makati —
1969

July 16,
2nd — — —
1970

3rd June 1971 Manila Hotel Manila —

Presented by: the Philippine Association of the Record Industry

December
1st — — —
5, 1988

2nd — — — —

3rd June 29,

Metropolitan Theater Manila Jose Mari Chan & Sharon Cuneta
4th 1991

5th — — — —

June 26,
6th —
1993 Philippine International
Pasay
June 25, Convention Center
7th —
1994

June 17, University of the Quezon

8th —
1995 Philippines Theater City

June 14,
9th Meralco Theater Pasig —
1996

September Quezon
10th AFP Theater Francis Magalona
19, 1997 City

June 26, University of the Dingdong Avanzado & Geneva

11th
1998 Philippines Theater Cruz

November AFP Theater

12th —
23, 1999

November Ryan Cayabyab, Kuh Ledesma &

13th
8, 2000 Martin Nievera

October
14th —
11, 2001
15th September Rachel Alejandro, Franco Laurel,
19, 2002 Roselle Nava & Randy Santiago

October
16th —
16, 2003

September Karel Marquez, Sarah Meier, KC

17th NBC Tent Taguig
9, 2004 Montero & Iya Villania

May 26, Quezon

18th AFP Theater KC Montero
2005 City

June 15,
19th PAGCOR Grand Theater Parañaque —
2006

August 8, Christian Bautista, Toni Gonzaga

20th NBC Tent Taguig
2007 & Mo Twister

November Quezon
21st Eastwood Central Plaza Christian Bautista & Nikki Gil
26, 2008 City

December Eugene Domingo & Piolo

22nd Filoil Flying V Arena San Juan
7, 2009 Pascual

September Tutti Caringal, Yeng Constantino

23rd SM Mall of Asia Pasay
30, 2010 & Karylle

December
24th Music Museum San Juan Minsuari Madca & Nikki Gil
12, 2011

Denise Laurel, Krista Kleiner,

November
25th Glorietta Makati Anthony Semerad & David
27, 2012
Semerad

December Quezon
26th Sequoia Hotel —
11, 2013 City

December Newport Performing

27th Pasay Marion Aunor & Josh Padilla
12, 2014 Arts Theater

December Christian Bautista, Yeng

28th
9, 2015 Constantino & Karylle
Music Museum San Juan
December Tippy Dos Santos & Matteo
29th
7, 2016 Guidicelli

November Quezon Minsuari Tomondog Madca &

30th Kia Theatre
26, 2017 City Donny Pangilinan

31st October Kia Theatre Quezon Jay-R and DJ Lexy Angeles

14, 2018 City
 October Quezon The Wishfuls, Rhea Basco, Bradz
32nd Kia Theatre
10, 2019 City and Plethora

Categories
Performance Awards
Best Performance by a Female
Recording Artist
Best Performance by a Male Recording
Artist
Best Performance by a Group
Recording Artists
Best Performance by a New Female
Recording Artist
Best Performance by a New Male
Recording Artist
Best Performance by a New Group
Recording Artists
Best Performance by a Child/Children
Recording Artist/s
Best Collaboration
Creativity Awards
Album of the Year
Song of the Year
Best Selling Album of the Year
Best Ballad Recording
Best Rock/Alternative Recording
Best World Music Recording
Best Novelty Recording
Best Dance Recording
Best Inspirational/Religious Recording
Best Christmas Recording
Best Rap Recording
Best Jazz Recording
Best R&B Recording
Best Regional Recording
 Best Song Written for Movie/TV/Stage
Play

Technical Achievement Awards

Best Musical Arrangement
Best Vocal Arrangement
Best Engineered Recording
Best Album Package
Music Video of the Year
Digital Awards
Most Downloaded Song
Most Downloaded Artist
People's Choice Awards
People's Choice Favorite Female
Recording Artist
 People's Choice Favorite Male
Recording Artist
People's Choice Favorite Group
Recording Artists
Special Awards
Dangal ng Musikang Pilipino Award
International Achievement Award

See also
Philippine Association of the Record
Industry
Awit Awards List of Winners [7]

References
1. Philippine Gala to Bow Awit
Awards . Billboard. November 23,
 1968. p. 70. Retrieved October 20,
2012.
2. Awit Adds to Award List to Push
Music . Billboard. March 15, 1969.
p. 63. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
3. PARAS Acad. Is Founded . Billboard.
July 11, 1970. p. 71. Retrieved
October 20, 2012.
4. Academy Revamp Delays Philippine
AWIT Awards . Billboard. June 5,
1971. p. 48. Retrieved October 21,
2012.
5. "General Rules and Regulations for
the Awit Awards" . Philippine
Association of the Record Industry.
Retrieved October 21, 2012.
 6. "Frequently Asked Questions" .
Philippine Association of the Record
Industry. Retrieved October 21,
2012.
7. "Awit Awards List of Winners" .
Archived from the original on
March 5, 2017.

External links
Official Website of the Awit Awards

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