The 26th Awit Awards were held in Sequoia Hotel, Quezon City. They honored the best of Filipino music for the year 2012. The Philippine Association of the Record Industry decided to hold a small event, where only the winners were invited, due to the tragic Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) that affected the country last month. The money to be used for the planned extravagant awards ceremony was instead donated to the calamity fund.[1][2] Being a simple ceremony, no performances occurred.

26th Awit Awards
DateDecember 11, 2013
LocationSequoia Hotel,
South Triangle, Quezon City
Highlights
Most awardsGloc-9
Angeline Quinto (3)
Most nominationsAlwyn Cruz (8)
Album of the YearMKNM: Mga Kwento Ng Makata by Gloc-9
Song of the Year"Sirena" by Gloc-9
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Nominees were announced on June 3, 2013.[3] Alwyn Cruz led the pack with eight nominations. He was followed by Jonathan Manalo with seven. Gloc-9 and Vic Valenciano came next receiving six nods.[4][5]

Gloc-9 and Angeline Quinto won most of the awards with three.[2][6][7][8] For the third consecutive time, Ronnie Ricketts was given a certificate of appreciation again for his campaign against piracy.

Winners and nominees

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Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold. Nominated producers, composers and lyricists are not included in this list, unless noted. For the full list, please go to their official website.

Performance Awards

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Gary Valenciano, Best Male winner
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
  • "Bigtime" – Baihana
    • "Got to Be Real" – AKA Jam
    • "Alive" – Never the Strangers
    • "Dying to Meet You!" – She's Only Sixteen
    • "KPL" – The Oktaves
Best Collaboration

Creativity Awards

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Album of the Year Song of the Year
  • "Sirena"
    Aristotle Pollisco (composer & lyricist)
    • "12:51"
    Krissy Villongco (composer & lyricist)
    • "Ayaw na Kung Ayaw"
    Mike Villegas (composer & lyricist)
    • "Magkikita pa Rin Naman Tayo"
    Moy Ortiz (composer & lyricist)
    • "Paboritong Tag-ulan"
    Jonathan Manalo (composer)
    Jericho Rosales (lyricist)
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
  • "Christmas Moments" – Jose Mari Chan feat. Michael Philip Chan,
    Jose Antonio Chan, Liza Chan-Parpan & Franco Chan
Best Rap Recording Best Jazz Recording
  • "Bigtime" – Baihana
Best R&B Recording Best Regional Recording
Best Song Written for Movie/TV/Stage Play

Technical Achievement Awards

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Best Musical Arrangement Best Vocal Arrangement
Best Engineered Recording Best Album Package
  • First Class: Outbound Expanded Edition
    Idee Kreativ (graphic design)
    Kathleen Dy-Go (album concept)
    Pat Dy & Jay Javier (photography)
  • This Year
    JP Cuison & Robert Perez (graphic design & album concept)
    Carina Altomonte (photography)
    • 3D Tatlong Dekada
    Willie Monzon (graphic design & album concept)
    Raymund Isaac (photography)
    • Decades III
    Andrew Castillo (graphic design & album concept)
    Raymund Isaac (photography)
    Andrew Castillo (graphic design & album concept)
    Xander Angeles (photography)
Music Video of the Year
  • "Sirena" – Gloc-9 feat. Ebe Dancel
    J. Pacena II (director)
    • "La Belle Vie" – Tria Bascon
    Chuck Gutierrez & Voyage Studios (directors)
    Maria Ancheta (director)
    Avid Liongoren (director)
    Mark Lenard Mendoza (director)

Digital Awards

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EGG's AllHits.ph Most Downloaded Song for 2012 EGG's AllHits.ph Most Downloaded Artist for 2012
  • Where's The Sheep?
I-Gateway Mobile Philippines Inc.'s Most Downloaded Song for 2012 I-Gateway Mobile Philippines Inc.'s Most Downloaded Artist for 2012
MyMusicStore's Most Downloaded Song for 2012 MyMusicStore's Most Downloaded Artist for 2012

Note:

^[A] The awards were given specifically to the composers, instead of the recording artists/groups.

Special Award

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Certificate of Appreciation

References

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  1. ^ "26th Awit Awards Presentation of Winners". Philippine Association of the Record Industry. Archived from the original on December 14, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Gloc-9 and Daniel Padilla win big in 26th Awit Awards". Philippine Entertainment Portal. December 11, 2013. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
  3. ^ "Finalists in 26th Awit Awards revealed". ABS-CBN Interactive. June 3, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2013.
  4. ^ "Gloc-9 commands 26th Awit noms". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on June 24, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2013.
  5. ^ "26th Awit Awards Finalists". Philippine Association of the Record Industry. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  6. ^ "Angeline Quinto, Gloc 9 win big at 26th Awit Awards". The Philippine Star. December 11, 2013. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
  7. ^ "Gloc-9 cops top Awit Awards plums". Manila Bulletin. December 12, 2013. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
  8. ^ "Rapper Gloc-9 big winner at 26th Awit Awards". Malaya. December 12, 2013. Archived from the original on January 13, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
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