3rd Awit Awards

The 3rd Awit Awards were held in Manila Hotel located in the nation's capital, Manila. They gave awards to the outstanding musical achievements for the year 1970.^[1]

3rd Awit Awards
Date	June 1971
Location	Manila Hotel, Ermita, Manila
Highlights
Most awards	Nora Aunor Bert Dominic Philippine Rondalla Vilma Santos Danny Subido (2)
Best Album	The Phenomenal Nora Aunor by Nora Aunor
Best Mini-Album	Something Stupid by Edgar Mortiz & Vilma Santos
Song of the Year	"Forever Loving You" by Bert Dominic
Best Single	"Sixteen" by Vilma Santos
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The award ceremony was originally to be held at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in March 1971.^[2] After some meetings, the Philippine Academy of the Recording Arts and Sciences decided to move it to May and would be held at the Araneta Coliseum.^[3] Yet again, it was delayed to June due to the elections of the board and the jurors and took place at the Manila Hotel.^[4]

A total of 36 awards were given that night. Nora Aunor, Bert Dominic, the Philippine Rondalla, Vilma Santos and Danny Subido both took home the most number of awards with 2.

Winners

General

Nora Aunor, Best Album and Best Female Singer (English) winner

Vilma Santos, Best Single and Best Mini-Album winner

Song of the Year	Best Single
"Forever Loving You" – Bert Dominic	"Sixteen" – Vilma Santos
Best Album	Best Mini-Album
The Phenomenal Nora Aunor – Nora Aunor	Something Stupid – Edgar Mortiz & Vilma Santos

People

Best Female Singer (English)	Best Male Singer (English)
Nora Aunor	Eddie Mesa
Best Female Singer (Vernacular)	Best Male Singer (Vernacular)
Amapola	Armando Ramos
Most Promising Female Singer	Most Promising Male Singer
Eva Vivar	Boy Mondragon Jonathan Potenciano
Best Vocal Group (English)	Best Vocal Group (Vernacular)
Reycard Duet	D'Big 3 Sullivans

Instrumental

Best Instrumentalist	Best Instrumental Group	Best Instrumental Recording
Eric Dimson	Pandacan Original Brass Band	"Philippine Rondalla" – Philippine Rondalla

Music for movies

Best Original Movie Music Theme
Wanted: Perfect Mother – Danny Subido

Composing, lyric writing and arranging Best Composer (English) Best Composer (Vernacular) Bert Dominic Bert Reyes Best Lyricist (English) Best Lyricist (Vernacular) Danny Subido Philip Maninang Best Musical Arranger Doming Amarillo

Production Best Recording Engineer Best Recording Studio Ric Santos Cinema-Audio Best Pressing Plant Record Company of the Year Home Industries Development Corporation Wilear's Records

Packaging and notes Best Album Cover (LP) Best Album Cover (Mini-Album) Best Album Liner Notes I'm Sorry My Love Baby Vi I'm Sorry My Love – Oskar Salazar

Special awards Best Special Recording Posthumous Award Special Citation "Philippine Rondalla" – Philippine Rondalla Frankie Martin Santiago Suarez DZTM DZTR Gloria Sevilla Tower Productions