25th Awit Awards | |
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Date | November 27, 2012 |
Location | Glorietta, Ayala Center, Makati |
Hosted by | Denise Laurel Krista Kleiner Anthony Semerad David Semerad |
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Most awards | Jonathan Ong (3) |
Most nominations | Jonathan Ong (7) |
Album of the Year | Panaginip by Noel Cabangon |
Song of the Year | "Ako na Lang" by Jungee Marcelo |
Television/radio coverage | |
Produced by | ALV Events International |
The 25th Awit Awards were held on November 27, 2012, at the Glorietta located in Ayala Center, Makati. They gave excellence to the best of Filipino music for the year 2011. [1] [2] [3]
Jonathan Ong led the nominations with seven. He was followed by Noel Cabangon, Ebe Dancel and Jonathan Manalo, each receiving five nominations.
The awards ceremony was hosted by Denise Laurel, Krista Kleiner and the twins Anthony and David Semerad. [4] Jonathan Ong took home most of the awards with three. [5] Special citation was given to Jose Mari Chan for being the first Filipino artist to receive a tribute album created by foreign artists. [6] The album was known as The Manhattan Connection, The Songs of Jose Mari Chan by the American vocal group, The Manhattan Transfer. Special citations were also given to Ronnie Ricketts, the Optical Media Board chairman and James Dy for their campaign against piracy. [7]
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.
Best Performance by a Female Recording Artist | Best Performance by a Male Recording Artist |
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Best Performance by a Group Recording Artists | Best Performance by a New Female Recording Artist |
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Best Performance by a New Male Recording Artist | Best Performance by a New Group Recording Artists |
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Best Performance by a Child/Children Recording Artist/s | Best Collaboration |
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Album of the Year | Song of the Year |
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Best Selling Album of the Year | Best Ballad Recording |
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Best Rock/Alternative Recording | Best World Music Recording |
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Best Novelty Recording | Best Dance Recording |
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Best Inspirational/Religious Recording | Best Christmas Recording |
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Best Rap Recording | Best Jazz Recording |
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Best R&B Recording | Best Song Written for Movie/TV/Stage Play |
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Best Musical Arrangement | Best Vocal Arrangement |
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Best Engineered Recording | Best Album Package |
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Music Video of the Year | |
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ABS-CBN Interactive's Most Downloaded Song for 2011 | ABS-CBN Interactive's Most Downloaded Artist for 2011 |
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I-Gateway Mobile Philippines Inc.'s Most Downloaded Song for 2011 | I-Gateway Mobile Philippines Inc.'s Most Downloaded Artist for 2011 |
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EGG's AllHits.ph Most Downloaded Song for 2011 | EGG's AllHits.ph Most Downloaded Artist for 2011 |
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Note:
^[A] The awards were given specifically to the composers, instead of the recording artists/groups.
Special Citation | Dangal ng Musikang Pilipino Award |
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This is in alphabetical order.
Artist(s) | Song(s) |
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Callalily | "Pasasalamat" [8] |
The Company | "Kanlungan" (Noel Cabangon cover) [9] |
Ebe Dancel | "Maligalig" [10] |
Isabella de Leon | "Feelingero" [11] |
Gloc-9 Ebe Dancel | "Sirena" [12] |
Bamboo Mañalac | "In This Life" [13] |
Luke Mejares | "Babaero" (Randy Santiago cover) [14] |
Moonstar88 | |
Richard Poon | "I'll Take Care of You" [15] |
Zia Quizon | "Ako na Lang" [16] |
Erik Santos | "Pangarap Ko ang Ibigin Ka" (Regine Velasquez-Alcasid cover) [17] |
Zendee Rose Tenerefe | |
Bryan Termulo | |
Gary Valenciano | |
Young JV | "She Ain't You" intro (Chris Brown cover) "Your Name" [18] |
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