Anugerah Industri Muzik

Anugerah Industri Muzik
Music Industry Award
Awarded for	Outstanding achievements in the Malaysian music industry
Country	Malaysia
Presented by	Recording Industry Association of Malaysia (RIM)
First awarded	15 December 1993
Television/radio coverage
Network	RTM Media Prima Astro

Anugerah Industri Muzik (Malay: Music Industry Award), commonly known by the acronym AIM, is the award ceremony to honour the Malaysian music industry and it' also organised by Recording Industry Association of Malaysia (RIM). It first held in 1993 and was held on 15 December of that year. It is Malaysia's equivalent of the Grammy awards.^[1][2] The award is not only focused on Malay-language music produced in Malaysia, but also English, Chinese and Indian language music as well, in which separate awards were introduced for the latter two language music subcategories in 1999 and 2013 respectively. (The former ceremony, known as the AIM Chinese Music Awards, had been held in 1999 and 2001 before encountering a twelve-year hiatus due to insufficient funds.^[3])

The broadcaster of the award has been changed several times, varying between RTM, Media Prima and Astro. The earlier two awards are broadcast on television after the event, and the following event would be broadcast live through television.

Since its introduction, the award has been held every year, with the exception of 1994 and 2015, due to the changes in the month that the event would be held.

Categories

Afdlin Shauki hosting Anugerah Industri Muzik in 2009

Some categories may have been replaced and/or removed. In the first award in 1993, there are only ten categories. After the first award, Best New Artist (Solo) was split into male and female categories, until 1999. There is also a Best New Artist (Group) category until 1999. Genre-specific best albums are introduced in 1995 and was abolished in 2010 due to declining number of albums released. The focus on Best Vocal Performance was changed from album to single in 2009. Best Indonesian Album category was introduced in 1997, and was replaced by Best Malay Song Performed by a Foreign Artist in 2008 until 2013/2014. RIM has added five new categories that recognizes the achievement of songs and music videos based on digital sales on all digital platforms. This new awards recognise significant contributions by record labels in the local music industry ecosystem and provide opportunities to the public to be the jury through the new category, Best Malaysian Singer.^[4]

The current awards presented in Anugerah Industri Muzik are:^[5]

Main awards:

• Best Album (Album of the Year)
• Best Song (Song of the Year)

Performance awards:

• Best New Artiste
• Best Vocal Performance in a Song (Male)
• Best Vocal Performance in a Song (Female)
• Best Vocal Performance in a Song (Group)
• Best Duo/Collaboration Vocal Performance in a Song

Technical achievements awards:

• Best Album Cover
• Best Engineered Album (Best Album Recording)
• Best Music Video
• Best Musical Arrangement in a Song

Best songs according to genres

• Best Pop Song
• Best Rock Song
• Best Hip Hop Song
• Best Ethnic Pop Song
• Best Nasyid Song
• Best Local English Song

Popularity awards

• Most Downloaded Song
• Most Streamed Song
• Most Viewed Official Music Video on YouTube
• Best Selling Ring Back Tones Song
• Best Malaysian Singer (The nominees are among the Best Vocal Performance in a Song (Male & Female) finalists)

Special awards

• Sri Wirama Award (for outstanding contributions to the Malaysian music industry)
• Kembara Award (for a Malaysian artiste responsible for promoting Malaysian compositions outside the country, not awarded every year)

Past winners

As of 2016, unlike similar music awards in other countries, none has won Best Album and Best Song in the same year.

Best Album

Siti Nurhaliza has the most win in this category with seven including one for her duet album, Seri Balas with Noraniza Idris, out of nine nominations. While Faizal Tahir comes second with two winnings.

Best Song

Since its inauguration, the award was only given to the songwriters (composers and lyricists) of the song, until the 2010/2011's edition, where the singer was decided to be among the recipients hence will also received the trophy. Starting from the 2009's edition, the nominees of this category comprises the winners of Best Ethnic Pop Song, Best Hip-Hop Song, Best Nasyid Song, Best Pop Song and Best Rock Song. Beginning 2012/2013 onward, winner of Best Local English Song is included in the Best Song nominee list.

Composer Azlan Abu Hassan is the current record holder for most win, with four. In 2013/2014, the song "No More", a self-written song by singer SonaOne became the first English language song to be awarded with this title.

Kembara Award

See also

• Anugerah Industri Muzik Malaysian-Indian

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