Anugerah Juara Lagu (literally: "Song Championship Award"), commonly known by the acronym AJL, is a popular annual music competition in Malaysia, organised by TV3 since 1986. It features the best musical and lyrical compositions of each year it is held. Nominees are derived from a list of mostly Malay-language songs which have garnered the most public votes in Muzik Muzik throughout the year, and then progress into the semifinals, from which twelve songs will be nominated by a panel of judges to become the winner of Juara Lagu.
AJL honours the composers and lyricists of the songs rather than the performing artistes.
History and background
Originally, Juara Lagu was introduced as a show that had a simple publication format that was easy to understand and follow for the audience. Anugerah Juara Lagu began in 1986 and has captivated many audiences over the years. Datuk Ahmad Merican who was then the Program Manager of TV3 was the pioneer of the Muzik Muzik show which started airing on Sunday, 2 March 1986 at 8.30 pm. From the songs nominated in the Musics that will be taken and screened to the next level.
In the early years of the Juara Lagu, final contestants were screened from the monthly champions. In the early stages of the organization, the public also made nominations and elections through local daily newspapers. Until 1991, each monthly champion was eligible to be screened for the finals. Beginning in 1992, the Juara Lagu format was changed by introducing categories with the aim of encouraging participation from genres such as traditional rhythms and ballads as rock genres were much dominant at that time.
Regular changes have been made to the format of the plan to the weekly chart system. Chart 20 is introduced as used by Music Music now. This chart format gives the opportunity for new songs to enter the chart on a weekly basis. The songs that are successfully screened will be taken to the semi-finals to select 12 songs that will be competed to the finals to be crowned as the "Juara Lagu".
In 2009, competitions by category were abolished due to a critical lack of entries from traditional rhythmic songs and creative ethnicities.
Anugerah Juara Lagu are held either at the end of the year or at the beginning of the following year. The location of AJL, which is a venue for artists and composers to compete for talent, was once held at the San Choo Hall at Wisma MCA, Angkasapuri RTM Auditorium, Sri Pentas Dua, Shah Alam City Hall, Merdeka Hall, PWTC, Malawati Stadium Shah Alam, Axiata Arena and Putra Stadium Bukit Jalil .
Juara Lagu has also invited local and international professional judges, especially from the Malay region such as Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines and Japan to judge the finals. The evaluation focuses on the melodies, lyrics and performances of the artist.
1986 – "First Juara Lagu organized"
1988 – "Juara Lagu aired in several Asian countries through television collaborations (Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines)"
1992 – "Genre category segregation system introduced without Best Performance award. Open category abolished"
1993 – "Rebranding of categories from Pop kreatif to Ballad, Rock to Pop Rock; while re -composing classic song entries are abolished"
1994 – "First time Juara lagu held without musicians; invited jury"
1995 – "Public jury involvement from 4 locations across the country"
1996 – "Modern version of the Song Champion Trophy introduced; used to this day. Accompanying musicians featured again"
1997 – "A modern version of the Juara Lagu logo is introduced, used to this day"
1998 – "Song Champions are held without musicians, without major sponsors and broadcast from studios due to the economic downturn"
1999 – "Music montage Muzik Muzik/Juara Lagu introduced all; AJL's first collaboration with music director Ramli MS"
2000 – "AJL begins broadcasting via digital (streaming) and radio platforms"
2001 – "Short message system (SMS) voting system is introduced for public judging of 70%. Song Champions are held without musicians"
2002 – "Juara Lagu branded as Anugerah Juara Lagu"
2004 – "Song Champion Award begins airing from Putra Stadium (Axiata Arena)"
2007 – "Entry quota by category modified to include more songs from popular genres"
2008 – "The first entry of the song by Wildcard -" Dingin "(Azlan Abu Hassan)"
2009 – "Open category reintroduced after genre segregation was abolished"
2011 – "Anugerah Juara Lagu creates the highest live viewing record in the history of television entertainment broadcasts at 6.5 million viewers"
2016 – "Online voting introduced for public judging, replacing short messaging system (SMS)"
2019 – "Two participant performances are banned from digital screenings after live appearances featured unauthorized elements"
2020 – "Anugerah Juara Lagu took place during the Movement and Emergency Control Order 2021; held for the first time without audiences in the event hall. A certificate of commitment of participants to follow standardized performance conditions was introduced"
Organizing List
Year/Edition
Date
Place
Executive Publisher / Publisher
Emcee and event assistants
Music Director
Chief Jury
Main sponsor
Views (Rating)
AJL1
1986
30 December 1986
(Tuesday)
Dewan Merdeka, Putra World Trade Center, Kuala Lumpur
• Frank Tian
• Zainal Abas
• Habibah Yusof
Ooi Eow Jin
Johari Salleh
Dynamo (Colgate-Palmolive) / Mesiniaga
AJL2
1987
20 December 1987
(Sunday)
Angkasapuri Premier Auditorium, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur
• Karim Muhammad
• Noorkumalasari
Johari Salleh
Player's Gold Leaf
AJL3
1988
23 December 1988
(Friday)
Dewan Merdeka, Putra World Trade Center, Kuala Lumpur
• Jihan Muse
Fiza Frizzy and Muaz Mohamed (Lounge Segment)
Alha Alfa Cosmetics
Judging
The competition started from the weekly popular voting stage in the Muzik Muzik program where voting was made by the audience through newspaper forms (1986–2002) and online voting (2003–present). The accumulated scores will determine the 30 songs that will compete in the Semi Final commemorations. At this stage the songs that will advance to the finals will be judged by a professional jury appointed from the composer and music director.
Anugerah Juara Lagu uses a professional judging method where a group of music artists from various backgrounds are gathered to evaluate the quality of the song that advanced to the finals to be crowned the champion song, runner-up, third place and category champion (1992–2008). On awards night, the scoring of the vocal performance and the stage performance will be combined to determine the championship. Vocal scoring is 100% in the hands of the jury, while the stage performance is determined either through fan votes (press, telephone, SMS, online) or combined/determined by a professional jury.
List of Overall Winners of the Song Champion Award
* For a full list of entries, please see Songs That Have Competed in the Song Champion Awards
Composer : Ezra Kong, Ahmad Ikhwan Lee (Noki) & Nabilah Hani Azali (Loca B)
Lyrics : Ezra Kong, Ahmad Ikhwan Lee (Noki) & Nabilah Hani Azali (Loca B)
Published in a single format
Hint :
Title = Song title
Composition = Creator/Composer
Lyrics = Lyricist
Artist = Singer
Album = Album that published the song
Beginning in 1993, the Music Industry Awards (MIA) adding category in the best song award, and the following are the results comparison markers;
† = Song that won AIM Best Song
† S = Song that wins any AIM Best Category Song
‡ = Song nominated as Best Song / any AIM best category song
‡ S = Song nominated in any AIM best category song
If measured through competition through albums, the following are the markers;
† C = Album that wins any AIM Best Category Album
† K = Album that won AIM's Overall Best Album
‡ C = Album nominated in any AIM best category album
‡ K = Album nominated for AIM Overall Best Album
Runner-up & Third Place
List of Runners-up of the Song Champion Award
List of Third Place Winners of the Song Champion Award
Category Champions
When first organized in 1986, AJL competed in open categories for all song genres. However, from the 7th AJL (1992) to the 23rd AJL (2008), the organizers opened three categories arranged according to song genre. The categories are ballads, pop rock and creative ethnic Malaysian rhythms. The opening of this category, among others, to ensure that the traditional music genre also competes with today's pop songs. Competitions by category were abolished in 2009 due to a lack of entries from traditional rhythmic songs.
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Trivia
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Double wins and entries
If according to the open competition format, only Francissca Peter and Manan Ngah have ever won two main places in one ceremony, namely the Champion and Runner -up in the first AJL (1986). Ezra Kong managed to repeat the success of Manan Ngah when he won two main places in one ceremony, namely Champion with Loca B & Noki and Third Place with Hael Husaini in AJL 35 (2020) as composer and lyricist. Meanwhile, according to the category competition format, M. Nasir has twice won two of the three genre categories respectively in 1994 (Pop Rock & Malaysian Rhythm) and 1997 (Malaysian Rhythm & as lyricist for the Pop Rock category) as well as singer Siti Nurhaliza also twice in 1999 and 2000 (Malaysian Rhythm & Ballad).
The only similar result for the Anugerah Juara Lagu and Music Industry Award for the overall Best Song category was through the song " Jerat Percintaan" sung by Siti Nurhaliza (Dato ') in 1996. While the song " Awan Nano " sung by Hafiz was the only one winner of Song Champion and also Best Song of the Anugerah Planet Muzik (APM) in 2013.
The "Gila" victory made Kaka Azraff, Noki and Loca B the first trio singers to win the AJL.
M. Nasir became the first composer to win the AJL four times with three songs sung by himself, namely through the song "Tanya Sama Itu Hud Hud" (1994), "Ghazal Untuk Rabiah" (1997), "Andalusia" (1999) and other singer's songs namely "Awan Nano" (2011) sung by Hafiz.
Four artists have won the Juara Lagu as composer, lyricist and singer, namely M. Nasir for the song "Tanya Sama Itu Hud Hud" in 1994, Yasin for the song "Mimpi Laila" in 2001, Ana Raffali for the song "Tolong Ingatkan Aku" in 2010 and Yuna with the song "Terukir di Bintang" in 2012 . However, Yuna only sang the song herself in the semi-finals of Juara Lagu while during the final of AJL 27, Aizat Amdan replaced her because Yuna was tied to the album recording commitment in the United States.
Ana Raffali was the first female composer to win a major award in 2010 (Tolong Ingatkan Aku), while Habsah Hassan was the first female lyricist to win the award in 1987 (Menaruh Harapan).
Misha Omar was the first singer to win a major award for her debut song. The song Bunga-bunga Cinta which was recorded in 2002 was Misha's first recorded song and won the AJL in 2003. While the song Jerat Percintaan sung by Siti Nurhaliza was not the first song that he recorded even though it was taken from the singer's debut album.
Hael Husaini is the first singer to win major awards for two consecutive editions through Jampi (AJL32) and Haram (with Dayang Nurfaizah) (AJL33). The win also made him and Ezra Kong the first composer and lyricist to top the AJL major award for two consecutive years.
Until 2008 when the following year, the category participation was dissolved, only Siti Nurhaliza and Dayang Nurfaizah had participated in AJL in all categories. Siti participated in all alternate categories since 1998 while Dayang participated in the Pop Rock category in 2001 besides winning the Ballad category that year. In 2004, Dayang won the Creative Ethnic category.
If we take into account the participation for the open category, only Dayang Nurfaizah is the singer who participated in all categories, namely 3 categories according to genre in the category format and participated in the AJL during the open format.
Noh Salleh is the only singer who joined AJL in 4 out of 5 solo performance formats ("Angin Kencang"), in a voice/duo ("In Love With You" - Aizat Amdan), with the band ("Aku Skandal" & "Mencari Konklusi" - Hujan Band), in a group voice ("Pelita" - Monoloque & Azlan Rosle (API)). Noh just hasn't tried singing collaboratively with appearances ( featuring ).
Dato 'Sri Siti Nurhaliza is the only singer to have won all three categories in different years, getting the best performance in all categories for the song "Jerat Percintaan" (1996), "Aku Cinta Padamu" (1997), "Ya Maulai " (2001)," Nirmala "(2002),"Ku Milikmu" (2003) and won the overall Juara Lagu for the ballad and Malaysian rhythm category but not for pop rock. She is also the most frequently qualified artist to AJL (after Rohana Jalil) from 1996 to 2003 and even Siti Nurhaliza topped the record by qualifying for AJL for 8 consecutive years. The number of songs sung by Siti Nurhaliza is also the most eligible for AJL with 18 songs for 9 years (1996 to 2003, and 2007).
7 consecutive years of ballad song participation to the finals. (1996–2002)
5 consecutive years of participation in creative Malaysian/ethnic rhythm songs to the finals. (1998–2002)
4 consecutive years of participation of 3 songs to the finals. (1998–2001)
5 years not in a row pop rock song participation to the finals. (1998–1999, 2001, 2003, 2007)
The only category that Siti Nurhaliza has never won is Best Vocal since the competition in 2002.
For the open format, Hafiz Suip is the only singer who has won all the places in different years. He has won Song Champion (Awan Nano - AJL26 & Bahagiamu Deritaku - AJL28), Runner-up (Terimaku Seadanya - AJL31) with Misha Omar, Third Place (Noktah Cinta - AJL25 & Ku Akui - AJL27), Best Vocal (AJL25, AJL26, AJL27 & AJL34) and Best Performance (AJL28 & AJL34).
Misha Omar, Jaclyn Victor, Hafiz Suip and Dayang Nurfaizah were the participants who won the Best Vocal award more than once. Misha Omar through his participation in 2003, 2004 and 2018, Jaclyn Victor in 2007 (duet with Lah Ahmad) and 2013. Hafiz won it in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2019, making him the most winning singer in the category. Dayang Nurfaizah won it in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
Among the artists who won big for a song including the overall winner in the Anugerah Juara Lagu are:
1988 – Ramlah Ram (Best Song & Performance Winner): "Kau Kunci Cintamu Dalam Hatiku"
1989 – Search Band (Winner of Best Song & Performance): "Isabella"
1993 – Fauziah Latiff (Song Champion including Category & Best Performance Champion): "Teratai Layu di Tasik Madu"
1994 – M. Nasir (Song Champion including Category Champion & Best Performance): "Tanya Sama Itu Hud -Hud" & Creative Ethnic Category Champion "Bonda"
1995 – Aishah (Song Champion including Category & Best Performance Champion): "Cinta Beralih Arah"
Kool is also a music band that advanced to the final round of Song Champion 4 times in a row with their participation for the first time at the Anugerah Juara Lagu 1995 through the song "Kau dan Aku" (replacing Ning Baizura) and also became the champion in the Pop Rock category. At the 1996 Anugerah Juara Lagu, Kool Band once again reached the finals of Juara Lagu with an Independent song and this song also won the Pop Rock category making Kool Band one of the first music groups to win the category 2 times in a row.
Among the songs sung by the Kool Group in Juara Lagu are:
1995 Anugerah Juara Lagu - Kau Dan Aku (replacing Ning Baizura)
1996 Anugerah Juara Lagu - Bebas
1997 Anugerah Juara Lagu - Cemburu
1998 Anugerah Juara Lagu - Satu Arah
All of these songs were nominated in the Pop Rock category, where the song "Kau Dan Aku" and "Bebas" was the category champion.
Renowned lyricist, Habsah Hassan is the most nominated lyricist in the history of AJL. She won the best lyrics category twice with the songs "Menaruh Harapan" (1987) and "Cukuplah Sekali" (1988).
Entry more than three times but failed
With a total of 7 entries, Stacy is the most frequent singer to the final stage without any wins.
Artists who have participated in the Juara Lagu three times without winning any awards:
Zamani Ibrahim - 3 times (once with Slam Band (1996), 2002 and 2004 as a solo singer)
Man Bai - 3 times (2 times with Gersang Band: 1988, 1989 and 1996 as a solo singer)
Mus (MAY) - 3 times (2 times with the MAY Band: 1989, 2003 and 1997 as a singer of the Wings Band)
Hattan - 3 times (1991, 1992, 2014)
Non-Malay and foreign participation
Non-bumiputera singers who have made it to the AJL finals are Alleycats (1986, 1987), Ben Nathan (1988) and Jaclyn Victor (2005, 2007, 2011) (Indian) as well as Vince (2004) (Chinese English), Casey (1995) (Chinese & Indian) and Elizabeth Tan (2015).
Singers of bumiptera descent other than the Malay tribe who have participated in this competition are Rich (2007, 2008), Stacy (2008–2010, 2012 - 2013 and 2014), Jimmy Palikat (2012) (Kadazan-Dusun) and Lina Kamsan (1993) (Javanese). Only Francissca Peter (1986–1988) of Serani descent was the AJL champion in 1986.
Aubrey Suwito became the first non-Bumiputera composer to win the AJL main award in 2005 for his song "Gemilang", he is Indonesian Peranakan Chinese descent. Meanwhile, Pete Teo through the song "Pergi" in 2009 became the first composer of Chinese descent to win the AJL.
Endang Es Taurina and Rio Febrian, are two Indonesian singers who have competed in the finals of the Juara Lagu. Endang through the song "Sangkar Emas" created by A. Ali and Lukhman S. in 1990 while Rio did not perform (represented by Lah Ahmad) when selected through the song "Ceritera Cinta" in 2007. While Glenn Fredly had advanced to the semi-finals the end of the Ballad in 2000 through the song "Dengarkanlah" (duet with Amy Mastura) created by Helen Yap, but lost.
Adi Priyo, vocalist and composer for the group 6ixth Sense, had competed in the semi-finals with 4 songs, but failed to advance to all of them. The songs are "Tanpa" (AJL 23), "Khatimah Cinta" (AJL 25), "Menyesal" and "Cinta Matiku" (AJL 26). However, through his participation as a composer, Adi's song titled "Kisah Hati" sung by Alyah made it to the 26th AJL (also won the Best Performance award).
M. Nasir started competing in the Anugerah Juara Lagu in 1990 with the song "Mustika". Prior to that, many of M. Nasir's songs sung in groups or solo could not compete due to his Singapore citizenship status . Some of his works with Malaysian artists such as Rahim Maarof, Kumpulan Search and Nasir Jani could not be competed even though they were quite popular at the time.
The song "Puteri Ledang" sung by Lina Kamsan in 1993 was sung entirely in Javanese. While the song "Andalusia" by M. Nasir in 1999, "Mimpi Laila" Yasin Sulaiman in 2001, "Wassini" sung by Waheeda in 2003, and the song "Taat" sung by Rohana Jalil in 2005 are a mixture of Malay and Arabic songs. "Andalusia" and "Mimpi Laila" won the AJL Overall Champion while "Wassini" won the Malaysian Rhythm/Creative Ethnic Category Champion.
Performance by a substitute singer
The performance of the song is not necessarily sung by the original singer in the finals of the Juara Lagu. If the original singer can't sing it, the songwriter has to find a replacement if he doesn't want to withdraw. Interestingly, there were substitutes who managed to win any category and in 2012, Aizat Amdan who replaced Yuna Zarai through the song "Terukir Di Bintang" became the first substitute singer to win the AJL main award.
Some of the songs that qualified for the AJL finals but were not sung by the original singer are:
1986 – "Perjalananku" - Original singer Jamal Abdillah - Sung by Azman Abu Hassan
1986 – "Cinta yang Terbiar" - Original singer Jamal Abdillah - Sung by Rohana Jalil (won)
1987 – "Angan-angan" - Original singer Raja Ema - Sung by Skyfire Band
1994 – "Bukan Aku Tak Cinta" - Original singer of Iklim Band - Sung by Adilla
1995 – "Kau dan Aku" - Original singer Ning Baizura - Sung by Kool Band (won category)
1995 – "Cinta Dangdut" - Original singer Ayati Tasrip - Sung by Masleena
2006 – "Candak" - Original singer of Syura - Sung by Siti Nordiana
2007 – "Izinku Pergi" - Singer from Kaer - Sung by Sahri (won)
2007 – "Mahakarya Cinta" - Original singer Faizal Tahir - Sung by Fiq
2007 – "Kasih Tercipta" - Original singer Faizal Tahir - Sung by Bob
2012 – "Terukir Di Bintang" - Original singer Yuna Zarai - Sung by Aizat Amdan (win)
2014 – "Lelaki" - Original singer Yuna Zarai - Sung by Najwa Mahiaddin & The Palauans
2017 – "Sejati" - Original singer Faizal Tahir - Sung by Azmi Caliph Buskers (won)
2018 – "Bunga" - Original singer Altimet - Sung by De Fam
2019 – "Anta Permana" - Original singer Siti Nurhaliza - Sung by Bob Yusof (won)
2019 – "Ragaman" - Original singer Faizal Tahir - Sung by Fairuz Misran
2020 – "Aku Bidadari Syurgamu" - Original singer Siti Nurhaliza - Sung by Aishah
The duet song may be sung by the same singer for one of the duet couples, but when the Juara Lagu, one of the couples who sings it is an alternate singer:
2006 – "Hantaran Hati" - Original singers Bob & Rosiah Chik - however due to the death of Rosiah Chik, her duet partner was replaced by Aspalela Abdullah.
2007 – "Ceritera Cinta" - Original singer Jaclyn Victor & Rio Febrian - This song was originally sung by Jaclyn Victor with Indonesian singer Rio Febrian. However, Rio was not present to perform and was replaced by Lah Ahmad. The combination of Jaclyn and Lah won Best Vocal, making Lah the first replacement singer to win Best Vocal.
2008 – "Doa Dalam Lagu" - Original singers Mawi & Heliza - Mawi was unable to join AJL for some reason.
2012 – "Teman Pengganti" - Original singer Black Hanifah & Malique - This song saw the singer Black Hanafiah not perform with original rapper Malique Ibrahim who is also the composer, instead being replaced by new rapper, RJ. The combination of Black Hanafiah and RJ won Best Performance, making RJ the first replacement singer to win the category.
2014 – "RomanCinta" - This song, the song of the Mojo Band was originally sung by its vocalist Aweera. However, Aweera has left the Mojo group and sheltered under another recording company causing Edry Abdul Halim to have to find a new vocalist to replace him. However, after a dispute arose with the original singer, Mojo chose to perform instead being represented by a group of street musicians with disability status (OKU), Caliph Buskers whom he met at Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman a few weeks before the competition. Caliph Buskers won Best Performance for the song.
2016 – "Setia" - Original singers Elizabeth Tan & Faizal Tahir - Elizabeth Tan still competed in the Juara Lagu, but her duet partner was replaced by Awi Rafael.
2020 – "7 Nasihat" - Original singers Kmy Kmo, Luca Sickta & Siti Nurhaliza - Kmy Kmo and Luca Sickta still compete in the Song Champion while Siti is replaced by Shiha Zikir .
The song "Rayuanku" sung by Rohana Jalil was actually created especially for Zaiton Sameon . In fact, all the songs in the album Rayuanku were indeed created by A. Ali for Zaiton Sameon . Earlier, in the first edition of Juara Lagu, Rohana performed through the song "Cinta Yang Terbiar" representing singer Jamal Abdillah and won the third consolation place for Best Performance as well as becoming the first substitute singer to win any side prize at AJL.
The song "Terukir Di Bintang" was the only song sung by the replacement singer to win the first place in AJL. The song was supposed to be sung by Yuna but due to the discrepancy of Yuna's recording schedule in the United States, Yuna has suggested that the song be handed over to Uji Rashid . However, at the last minute, TV3 decided to give the responsibility to Aizat .
Songs sung by singers who are different from the original singers in a group have also competed in Song Champions, for example Ekamatra who participated in 1990, through the song "Sentuhan Kecundang" and "Pusara Di Lebuhraya".
Intermission Performance
Aznil Nawawi with a group called "The Gambit" once brought back the memory of AJL in the 10th AJL intermission show by showing how he ruined the performance of the best AJL songs. Among them is from the show "Janji Manismu". Aznil snatched the bag from "Aishah" and took things out of the bag and the things were kitchen items like pans, stone mortars and grinders!
There are six intermission performances that advance to next year's Juara Lagu:
"Dir" - Rahim Maarof (1993): interlude 1992 (in commemoration of the passing of the late Sudirman)
"Gaia" - Zainal Abidin (2005): interlude 2004 (in conjunction with the theme of the Symphony of a Million Worlds)
"Drama King" - Meet Uncle Hussein & Black (2010): 2009 interlude (in conjunction with representing the independent music revolution)
"Bangun" - Aman RA (2019): 2018 interlude (in conjunction with representing the hip hop music revolution)
"Eh" - Zizi Kirana (2020): opening 2019 (performed by another artist in conjunction with representing the creation of D. Navindran (composer))
Aishah's performance always showed a difference every time she participated. The first time was the song "Janji Manismu" with the prop of a bag featuring Aishah wanting to go far. Secondly, for the song "Cinta Beralih Arah", Aishah danced with a " phantom " after her love was cheated on while "Kasihnya Balqis", Aishah brought her two sons while talking about Balqis before bedtime.
Prior to 1990, all solo female artists who sang ballads sang the song solo without " props ". Aishah has led the show with props through the song "Janji Manismu" which she has used tables, lamps, pictures and large bags. Shima, on the other hand, became the first artist to be raised when performing through the song "Setelah Aku Kau Miliki" in 1991. After that, many singers have diversified their performances until now.
Year
Opening
Interlude
Artist
Song
Artist
Song
1986
Matahari Dancers hosted by Jaafar Onn
Music by Ooi Eow Jin
Dance montage "Muzik Muzik"
Bangkit Dance Company / Fauzi Marzuki
Federal Ballet Academy / Kenny Band, Remy & Martin
Antara Band / Abbas Bakar
Rampaitari:
Instrumental pop "Jejaka Idaman"
Instrumental balada "Demi Seorang Kawan"
Instrumental etnik "Telah Kau Lukai"
Azian Artist Mazwan Safuan
Zulkifli Mohamed
Musa Abu
Salimah Mahmood
Suliza Salam
Rohayu Majid
Rampailagu Lagu-lagu bekas pemenang
"Kerna Terpaksa" / "Aku Kehilanganmu" / "Sekadar Di Pinggiran"
"Sampaikan Salam" / "Sayang Semuanya Telah Terlambat"
"Tika Dan Saat Ini"
"Menaruh Harapan"
"I'm Shackled"
"You're the Key to My Love"
1990
1991
Aishah
Accompanied by Dewi Kasturi Dance Troop dancers
"Seloka Rindu"
SM Salim
Ruhil Amani
Abdullah Chik
Liza Aziz
Ramli Sarip
"What Happened?"
"Anak Raja Turun Beradu"
"Godam Godam Pol"
"Siti Payung"
"Temasya Desa Gemalai"
1992
Rahim Maarof
"Dir"
1993
Kit Kat Club Dancers run
by Tiara Jacquelina
Dance "Music Music"
Aishah
Rampailagu;-
"Sensation"
"Never Gave Up On You"
"Janji Manismu"
"Seloka Rindu"
"Doa"
"Tari Silat Melayu"
1994
Kit Kat Club Dancers run
by Tiara Jacquelina
Indian Modern Dance
Sofia Jane
Kit Kat Club run by Tiara Jacquelina
Dance "Tari Tualang Tiga" ( Sanisah Huri )
Rampaitari Evolusi Muzik Malaysia;-
"Siapa Itu?" (Zainab Majid)
"Baju Kebaya" ( Blues Gang )
"Isabella" ( Search
"Awas!" ( KRU )
1995
Kit Kat Dancers Club hosted
by Tiara Jacquelina
Petronas Dancers Team
Malay Traditional
Dance "Lambang Sari" Dance
Aznil Nawawi & The Gambit
Parody "After Me You Have", "Tomb On The Highway", "Merisik Khabar", "Say My Love Greetings", "Your Sweet Promise" & "Tiara"
Singing the song "You're a Star"
1996
Vogue Dancers
managed by Ahmad Kassan
"Planet" Dance (Techno-funk)
Zalee and the Redang Group
"I Came From Far Away"
"Redang (Drums and Drums)"
1997
Combo leader Aznul Haidi
Music Orchestra of the Future
Ruhil Amani
"Poet's Dance"
1998
Shamsul Ghau Ghau
Anne Hamid
Parody of the song "Hits Buatmu" ("13 Tahun Juara Lagu Buatmu")
Puteri- Puteri Sinaran;
Harmira Yusof
Fadilah Sarif
Dayang Noraini
Rampailagu 3 Nuances;
"Tanda Harga Cinta"
"Mutiara Rindu"
"Cinta Kita"
1999
EZ Dancers
Rampaitari
Mystical Dance
Wah Idris Song Champion Orchestra
Malaysian Music to the World Stage
2000
Mohar and the Malaysian National Choir
Instrumental flute "Soul Vibration"
Hani Mohsin (as Sazali) and Jalaluddin Hassan (Hassan)
Jamal Abdillah
Jalaluddin Hassan (Ramli), Umie Aida (Salmah), Ucop Cecupak (Sudin) and Lah Cecupak (Aziz)
Jamal Abdillah and Fauziah Latiff
Rosyam Nor ( Sharif Dol) and Sharifah Haslinda (Salmah)
Fauziah Latiff
Kumpulan Kristal
Hani Mohsin and Umie Aida
Anuar Zain
Fauziah Latiff, Jamal Abdillah, Anuar Zain, Razlan (Kristal) and the National Choir
SM Salim
Tribute P. RamleeFragment "Anakku Sazali"
"Anakku Sazali"
Fragment "Seniman Bujang Lapok"
"Gelora"
Tribute SalomaFragmen "Seniman Bujang Lapok"
"Senandung Kasih"
Tribute M. ShariffKeindahan Pantai (Zai Zai Zai)
Tribute Sudirman
Interlud "Basikal Tua"
"Salam Terakhir"
"Di Mana Kan Ku Cari Ganti"
"Living Legend" Award SM Salim
2001
The Drum Group consists of;
Kompang
Rebana Ubi
Kalimpungan/Gamelan Sarawak
Tabla India
Chinese Drum
Paluan "Gendang Gending Malaysia"
Swatari Dance
Group Voice Group
Rampaitari and choir of Malay Rhythm songs (from the last AJL);-
Rampailagu a capella 12 finalist songs in turn (introduction of participants);-
Ruffedge (Pop Rock)
VE (Ballad)
Swara (Creative Ethnic)
A capella "Ayu" (introduction hos)
Orchestra composed and led by Ramli MS
Choreography by Onn Jaafar
"Inspiration" Orchestra Performance
2003
Adibah Noor
Dayang Nurfaizah
Rampailagu 12 Finalist Songs AJL18
Adibah Noor & Dayang Nurfaizah
Hazami & Sarah Raisuddin
Bandi Amuk, Muix Metalasia & Neves Pretty Ugly
Ella
"Zapin Pak Ngah Balik"
"Joget Kenangan Manis"
"Tiada Lagi Cinta"
"Rindu/Selamat Jalan Romeo"
2004
Kumpulan Mohram
Kumpulan Swatari
Orkes Swakarya
Instrumental and Dance "Symphony of a Million Nature"
Ning Baizura
Amy Mastura
Ezad Lazim
Rem Kassim
Kumpulan FO'3 ft. Karam Singh Walia
Zainal Abidin
"Kedamaian"
"Suria Khatulistiwa"
"Indahnya Alam"
"Nusantara"
"Simfoni Sejuta Alam Beat"
"Gaia"
2005
Halim Yazid
Shazze Ishak
Rampailagu Finalist AJL20 by dikir barat, acapella and hip hop teams
Interlude Mixture of Continuous Music Evolution
Ito Blues Gang & Neves Pretty Ugly
Jamal Abdillah & Misha Omar
Amy Search & Andy Flop Poppy
KRU
Group Innuendo
M. Nasir Group
Dina Nadzir
Ruffedge
Group Ahli Fiqir Group
Rampailagu Pelbagai Genre:
"Apo Nak Dikato?"
"Kehebatan Cinta"
"Fantasia Bulan Madu"
"Fanatik"
"Belaian Jiwa"
"Ada"
"Cinta Datang Lagi"
"Lemas"
"Inilah Barisan Kita"
2006
Francissca Peter with Quest Group and Left Man
"Just On The Edge"
Faizal Tahir
Joe Flizzow feat. Ima
Dayang Nurfaizah
Noraniza Idris & Kumpulan Ruffedge
Ella
Joe Flizzow, Yasin Sulaiman, Filsuf Daly & Akbar
"Raikan Cinta"
"How Me Seksi"
"Penawar Rindu"
"Onjak Sekaki"
"Ulek Mayang"
"Alhamdulillah"
2007
Dayang Nurfaizah
Rampailagu "Senang Tari" / "Asmaradana"
Hazami
Hattan & Dayang Nurfaizah
Nikki Pallikat
Ziana Zain
The Lima
"Kata"
"Fantasia Bulan Madu"
"Caramu"
"Keabadian Cinta"
"Seindah Biasa"
2008
One Nation Emcees Group
Rampailagu AJL23 finalist songs with hip hop beats
Wada Syuhada & Jaclyn Victor
Haqiem Rusli & Jamal Abdillah
Hafiz & M. Nasir
Semua Idola Kecil & Juara Lagu
"Gemilang",
"Gadis Melayu"
, "Andalusia",
"Isabella"
2009
Siti Nurhaliza & Azlan & The Typewriter
Rampainuansa "Lagu Untukmu" in the composition of Balada, Dangdut & Rock
Jefrydin & The Siglap Five
Jay Jay & Kumpulan Carefree
Amy & Kumpulan Search
Hazama Azmi, Black Hanifah & Kumpulan Meet Uncle Hussain
"Termenung" / "Tahukah Sayang"
"Dendangan Laguku" / "Rindu Bayangan"
"Pawana" / "Fantasia Bulan Madu"
"Drama King" / "Pari-pari Di Bawah Angin"
2010
Francissca Peter
Nash Elias
M. Nasir
"Just On The Edge"
"In Heaven In Your Face"
"Ask The Same Hud-hud" / "Ghazal For Rabiah"
Sharifah Aini
Ziana Zain
Siti Nurhaliza
Rampailagu "Kau Tinggi Di Awan Biru" / "Oh Di Mana"
Hafiz Suip
Jaclyn Victor
Selingan 2;-
Kumpulan Nico
Izara Aishah dan Ensembel Showdown The Movie
Selingan 3;-
Rahmad Tohak (Mega)
Azlan Rosle (The Typewriter)
Rampailagu;-
"Kau Kunci Cintaku Dalam Hatimu"
"Awan Nano"
"Gemilang"
Mash-up dance;-
"Inilah Nasibku (Remix)"
Rampailagu;-
"Relaku Pujuk"
"Takdir dan Waktu"
" Song For You "
Throwback InterludeIsmail Izzani, Sarah Suhairi, Nabila Razali & National Choir Group
Interlude
BBoys & BGirls / Nico G / Juzzthin / Balan / Lil 'J / Zizi Kirana / Aman Ra / Joe Flizzow / SonaOne / Alif
Throwback Interlude"Seribu Impian"
InterludeKegemilangan Hip-hop & Rap
"Fanatik" / "Inilah Nasibku" / "Anak Ayam" / "Nak Ke Tak Nak" / "Bangun" / "Apa Khabar" / "Sampai Jadi" / "Sang Saka Biru"
2019
AJL Best Vocal Winners:
Adibah Noor
Hazami
Lah Ahmad
Liza Hanim
Jaclyn Victor
Black
Misha Omar
assisted by:
Marsha Milan
Asmidar
Salma Asis
Apex Tajudin
Pasha
Amir Masdi
Megat
Sarah Suhairi
Usop
Malaysian National Choir
"Teenager and Virgin"
"Vroom Vroom"
"You're the Same"
"At the Gates of Heaven"
"Let It Go"
"Are You Waiting For Me"
"Portrait"
"Shadow"
"Falling Up"
"Eh"
"Tik Tok"
"Dirgahayu"
Interlud Kembara Seni M. Nasir
Ameng Spring
David Arumugam
Hattan
Fredo Flybaits
M. Nasir
Yonnyboii
Naim Daniel
Ella Aminuddin
Faizal Tahir
Towards
Jaclyn Victor
Siti Nordiana
"Gemilang"
"Baik Semula" (Theme for Covid 19)
Interlude 1: Sponsored by SabellaFaizal Tahir
Interlud Diva vs Band
Misha Omar & Akim & The Magistrate
Ziana Zain & Hazama Azmi & The Penglipurlara
Dayang Nurfaizah & Kugiran Hujan
"Sabella"
" Until When x Portrait "
" Relakan Jiwa x Madah Berhelah "
" Dayang Sayang Kamu x Aku Skandal "
Others
Songs that were competed in AJL before 1992 were not categorized and even before 1992, the songs that were brought to AJL were the monthly champion songs. Songs that competed in the AJL after 2009 came back not categorized in a different way, namely including the semi -finals.
Misha Omar is one of the new singers who was given the opportunity to perform on the red carpet during the 17th edition of AJL. Interestingly, during the 18th edition, Misha joined the next AJL (AJL 18 - 2003) to win that year.
Not all artists who make two performances get the jury's attention to be crowned Song Champions or category champions. Among the artists who risked two or more performances, but failed to win any Song Champion awards or category champions that year:
1987 Song Champion - Alleycats Group - "Sekeping Hati Yang Luka" & "Hadirmu"
1988 Song Champion - Kumpulan Gersang - "Suratan Takdir" & "Masih Aku Terasa"
1989 Song Champion - Wings Group - "Taman Rashidah Utama" & "Misteri Mimpi Syakilla"
1990 Song Champion - Ekamatra Group - "Pusara Di Lebuhraya" & "Sentuhan Kecundang"
1994 Song Champion - Rohana Jalil - "Naluri Cinta" & "Jangan Main Mata"
1997 Song Champion - Ziana Zain - "Kalau Mencari Teman" & "Senja Nan Merah"
Wings songs, Noraniza Idris and Faizal Tahir, still received awards in the Best Performance category. Wings won Best Performance through two songs that competed, while Noraniza Idris won it through the song Ngajat Tampi and Faizal Tahir won it through the song Hanyut.
↑ Note 1 The Exists Group through their participation in 1992 consisted of 3 members under the age of 16 besides Mamat, namely G-Nola (14 years old) and Ajai (15 years old) as well as being the youngest group artist to join AJL.
The Oldest Singer
Original Singer
Age At Presentation
Song
Edition
Rosiah Chik *
74 years 20 days
"Heart Delivery"
AJL 21
M. David Kilau
64 years 6 months 2 days
"Tenung Tenung Renung Renung"
AJL 17
Rosiah Chik |
63 years 11 months 30 days
"Joget Senandung Dua"
AJL 10
Jamal Abdillah |
61 years 9 months
"Shackles of Missing"
AJL 35
Amy Search
56 years 5 months 21 days
"Rentak Laguku"
AJL 29
Sohaimi Mior Hassan
55 years 21 days
"If Dating"
AJL 26
Amy Search
54 years 5 months 9 days
"Symmetry"
AJL 27
Rohana Jalil
50 years 11 months 18 days
"Taat"
AJL 20
Hattan
50 years 28 days
"Jolobu Girl"
AJL 29
M. Nasir
49 years 6 months 17 days
"Juwita Citra Terindah"
"Lagu Jiwa Lagu Cinta"
AJL 21
Zainal Abidin
46 years 2 months 29 days
"Gaia"
AJL 20
Substitute Singer
Age At Presentation
Song
Edition
Note
Aspalela Abdullah
61 years 20 days
"Heart Delivery"
AJL 21
Replacing Rosiah Chik
Aishah
56 years 1 month 4 days
"I am the Angel of Your Heaven"
AJL 35
Replacing Siti Nurhaliza
↑ Note 1 Rosiah Chik passed away a year before the finals of AJL21, and her participation as a finalist was posthumous. The age if he was still alive on the night of the show was 75 years 21 days. Rosiah was replaced by another veteran singer, Aspalela Abdullah
Composer
G-Nola, Badiq Sheikh Hamzah & Najwa Latif are the youngest composers to join AJL at the age of 16 in the 1994 and 2011 editions respectively.
Ika Latif, who is also Najwa Latif's sister, became the youngest lyricist at the age of 19, through a song with Najwa Latif entitled "Cinta Muka Buku" in 2011.
List of overall winners
The following are for each year of the competition, the winning song, the performer(s), composer and lyricist of the song:
^Mahmud, Oleh Farihad Shalla (12 February 2018). "Jampi ungguli AJL 32". BH Online (in Malay). Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
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