Filipino singer Kyla has received numerous awards and nominations for her contributions to music. She rose to prominence after appearing as a finalist on the television talent show Metropop Star Search in 1997. [1] She signed a record deal with EMI Philippines and worked with producer Chito Ilacad and songwriter Arnie Mendaros on her debut studio album Way to Your Heart , which was released in 2000. [2] [3] Kyla has received Best New Artist accolades at the Awit Awards, Aliw Awards, and MTV Pilipinas Music Awards. The music video for the single "Hanggang Ngayon" won the MTV Video Music Award International Viewer's Choice for Southeast Asia and the MTV Pilipinas for Video of the Year. In 2002, she released her self-titled second album, supported by the single "I Feel For You", [4] which earned her nominations for Favorite Female Video and Favorite Song at the MTV Pilipinas Music Awards.
I Will Be There (2003), Kyla's third studio album, yielded the single "I Will Find You", [5] for which she won the Awit Award for Best R&B Recording. She also recorded "Sana Maulit Muli" with Gary Valenciano, earning the Awit Award for Best Performance by a Duet. Her fourth studio album, Not Your Ordinary Girl , was released in 2004. [6] The title track and two other singles were nominated for Best R&B Recording at the 2005 Awit Awards. The same year, she headlined the Not Just Your Ordinary Girl concert at the Araneta Coliseum to support the album. [7] For the production, she garnered nominations for Best Female Performance in a Concert and Most Promising Female Entertainer at the Aliw Awards. In 2005, Kyla and Jerome John Hughes released a song for the soundtrack of the romantic drama film Let the Love Begin , and she teamed with Jay R on the main theme of the comedy drama Say That You Love Me. [8] [9] Both songs received nominations for Best Performance by a Duet at the 2006 Awit Awards.
Kyla released a cover of the 1989 ballad "Love Will Lead You Back" from her tribute album Heartfelt (2007). [10] The song won Favorite Remake at the 2008 Myx Music Awards, and its music video was nominated for Favorite Mellow Video. The single, "Mahal Kita (Di Mo Pansin)", from her eighth studio album Private Affair received two nominations at the 2010 Awit Awards, winning Best Performance by a Female Recording Artist. Kyla also collaborated with rock band Kamikazee on "Huling Sayaw", [11] which won Best Rock Video at the 2013 Myx Music Awards. At the 2014 Philippine Popular Music Festival, she performed "Salbabida" and won the competition's top honor. [12] The song received three nominations at the 2015 Awit Awards, where it was awarded Best Rock/Alternative Recording. Kyla's extended play, Journey (2014), won R&B Album of the Year, and her ninth studio album, The Queen of R&B (2018), earned five nominations at the Star Awards for Music 2015 and 2018 ceremonies, respectively.
Award | Year [lower-alpha 1] | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Category | Result | Ref(s) |
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Aliw Awards | 2002 | Kyla | Best New Artist | Won | [13] |
2005 | Not Just Your Ordinary Girl | Best Performance in a Concert (Female) | Nominated | [14] | |
Most Promising Entertainer (Female) | Nominated | ||||
Awit Awards | 2001 | "Hanggang Ngayon" | Best Performance by a New Female Recording Artist | Won | [15] |
Music Video Performance of the Year | Won | ||||
Music Video of the Year | Won | ||||
"Bring It On" | Best R&B Recording | Won | |||
2003 | "I Feel For You" | Best Performance by a Female Recording Artist | Nominated | [16] | |
"This Day" | Best R&B Recording | Nominated | |||
2004 | Kyla | People's Choice Favorite Artist | Won | [15] | |
"Sana Maulit Muli"(with Gary Valenciano) | Best Performance by a Duet | Won | |||
"I Will Find You" | Best R&B Recording | Won | |||
"Bounce" | Nominated | [17] | |||
2005 | Not Your Ordinary Girl | Album of the Year | Nominated | [18] | |
"If The Feeling Is Gone" | Best Ballad Recording | Nominated | |||
"Not Your Ordinary Girl"(feat. Jimmy Muna) | Best R&B Recording | Nominated | |||
"Something About You"(feat. Thor) | Nominated | ||||
"Hindi Mo Ba Alam"(feat. PKSO) | Nominated | ||||
2006 | "Let The Love Begin"(with Jerome Hughes) | Best Performance by a Duet | Nominated | [19] | |
"Say That You Love Me"with (Jay R) | Nominated | ||||
2007 | "Beautiful Days" | Best Ballad Recording | Nominated | [20] | |
2008 | "Love Will Lead You Back" | Best Performance by a Female Recording Artist | Nominated | [21] | |
"It's Over Now" | Best Ballad Recording | Won | [15] | ||
2009 | "Back in Time"(with Jay R) | Best Collaboration | Nominated | [22] | |
"You Make Me Feel" | Best R&B Recording | Nominated | |||
2011 | "Mahal Kita (Di Mo Pansin)" | Best Performance by a Female Recording Artist | Won | [23] | |
Best R&B Recording | Nominated | [24] | |||
"Don't Tie Me Down" | Best Dance Recording | Nominated | |||
2015 | "Salbabida" | Best Performance by a Female Recording Artist | Nominated | [25] | |
Song of the Year | Nominated | ||||
Best Inspirational/Religious Recording | Nominated | ||||
Best Rock/Alternative Recording | Won | [26] | |||
"Kunwa-Kunwari Lang" | Best R&B Recording | Nominated | [25] | ||
2017 | "Monumento"(with Kris Lawrence) | Best Collaboration | Won | [27] | |
Best R&B Recording | Nominated | [28] | |||
2018 | "Tayo Na Lang Kasi"(with Jason Dy) | Best R&B Recording | Nominated | [29] | |
2019 | "Only Gonna Love You"(feat. REQ) | Best R&B Recording | Nominated | [30] | |
"Kababata"(with Kritiko) | Best Rap/Hip Hop Recording | Nominated | |||
Box Office Entertainment Awards | 2001 | Kyla | Most Promising Female Recording Artist | Won | [31] |
Himig Handog | 2001 | "Tara Tena" | Best Song | Won | [32] |
2016 | "Monumento"(with Kris Lawrence) | Runner-up | [33] | ||
2017 | "Tayo Na Lang Kasi"(with Jason Dy) | Favorite Interpreter | Won | [34] | |
Best Music Video | Won | ||||
2018 | "Kababata"(with Kritiko) | Best Song | Runner-up | [35] | |
Metropop Song Festival | 2003 | "Buti Na Lang" | Runner-up | [36] | |
MTV Pilipinas Music Award | 2001 | "Hanggang Ngayon" | Favorite New Artist in a Video | Won | [37] |
Video of the Year | Won | ||||
Favorite Female Video | Nominated | [38] | |||
Favorite Song | Nominated | ||||
2002 | "I Feel For You" | Favorite Female Video | Nominated | [39] | |
Favorite Song | Nominated | ||||
Favorite Love Ballad | Won | [40] | |||
2005 | "If The Feeling Is Gone" | Favorite Female Video | Nominated | [41] | |
MTV Video Music Awards | 2001 | "Hanggang Ngayon" | International Viewer's Choice for Southeast Asia | Won | [42] |
Myx Music Awards | 2006 | "Say That You Love Me"(with Jay R) | Favorite Collaboration | Nominated | [43] |
2008 | Kyla | Favorite Female Artist | Nominated | [44] | |
"Love Will Lead You Back" | Favorite Mellow Video | Nominated | |||
Favorite Remake | Won | [45] | |||
2009 | Kyla | Favorite Female Artist | Nominated | [46] | |
2010 | Nominated | [47] [48] | |||
"Back in Time"(with Jay R) | Favorite Song | Won | |||
Favorite Collaboration | Nominated | ||||
"Old Friend" | Favorite Mellow Video | Won | |||
"Heart to Heart" | Favorite Remake | Nominated | |||
2011 | Kyla | Favorite Female Artist | Nominated | [49] | |
2012 | Nominated | [50] | |||
Favorite Myx Live Performance | Nominated | ||||
2013 | "Huling Sayaw"(with Kamikazee) | Favorite Collaboration | Nominated | [51] | |
Favorite Rock Video | Won | [52] | |||
2015 | Kyla | Favorite Female Artist | Nominated | [53] | |
"Dito Na Lang" | Favorite Music Video | Nominated | |||
Favorite Mellow Video | Nominated | ||||
Favorite Song | Nominated | ||||
2016 | "On the Wings of Love" | Favorite Remake | Won | [54] | |
Favorite Media Soundtrack | Won | ||||
2017 | "Till I Met You" | Nominated | [55] | ||
2018 | "Tayo Na Lang Kasi"(with Jason Dy) | Collaboration of the Year | Nominated | [56] | |
2019 | "Fix You and Me" | Mellow Video of the Year | Nominated | [57] | |
Philippine Popular Music Festival | 2014 | "Salbabida" | Best Song | Won | [58] |
Star Awards for Music | 2009 | Kyla | R&B Artist of the Year | Nominated | [59] |
Heart 2 Heart | R&B Album of the Year | Nominated | |||
2011 | Kyla | Female Recording Artist of the Year | Nominated | [60] | |
Private Affair | Album of the Year | Nominated | |||
2015 | Kyla | R&B Artist of the Year | Nominated | [61] | |
Journey | R&B Album of the Year | Won | |||
Album Cover Concept and Design of the Year | Nominated | ||||
2018 | Kyla | Female Recording Artist of the Year | Nominated | [62] | |
R&B Artist of the Year | Nominated | ||||
Female Concert Performer of the Year | Nominated | ||||
Divas: Live in Manila | Concert of the Year | Nominated | |||
The Queen of R&B | R&B Album of the Year | Nominated | |||
Album Cover of the Year | Nominated | ||||
Wish 107.5 Music Awards | 2019 | Kyla | Artist of the Year | Nominated | [63] |
"Fix You and Me" | R&B Song of the Year | Won | |||
"Only Gonna Love You"(feat. REQ) | R&B Performance of the Year | Nominated | |||
"Mahal Kita Pero Konti Na Lang" | Ballad Performance of the Year | Nominated |
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