PMPC Star Awards for Music

PMPC Star Awards for Music is an annual award ceremony recognizing outstanding music industries in the Philippines. It is organized by the Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC), an organization of tabloid reporters founded in 2009.

PMPC Star Awards for Music
Current: 16th PMPC Star Awards for Music
Awarded for	Excellence in Philippine music
Country	Philippines
Presented by	Philippine Movie Press Club
First award	October 29, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-10-29)
Final award	October 27, 2024; 9 months ago (2024-10-27)

History

After the major success of award ceremonies of film and television counterparts, the Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC) led by overall chairman Roldan F. Castro, and the Alyansa ng mga Filipinong Mamamahayag (AFIMA) (lit. 'Filipino Journalist Alliance') originally formed the award-giving ceremony to recognize the music industries in the Philippines. The inaugural award ceremony was held at Skydome, SM City North EDSA, in Quezon City on October 29, 2009.^[1]

Ceremonies

Edition	Date	Venue	City	Ref.
1st	October 29, 2009	Skydome, SM City North EDSA	Quezon City	[1][2]
2nd	October 10, 2010	Henry Lee Irvin Theater, Ateneo de Manila University		[3][4]
3rd	October 16, 2011			[5][6]
4th	September 9, 2012	Meralco Theater	Pasig	[7]
5th	October 13, 2013	Solaire Resort & Casino	Parañaque	[8][9]
6th	September 14, 2014			[10][11]
7th	November 10, 2015	Kia Theater	Quezon City	[12][13]
8th	October 23, 2016	Novotel Manila Araneta Center		[14][15]
9th	September 9, 2018	Newport Performing Arts Theater	Pasay	[16][17]
10th				[16][17]
11th	January 23, 2020	Skydome, SM City North EDSA	Quezon City	[18][19]
12th	October 10, 2021	Virtually held due to COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines		[20][21]
13th	October 12, 2022	Newport Performing Arts Theater	Pasay	[22][23]
14th	April 25, 2024	Announced through Facebook		[24]
15th				[25][24]
16th	October 27, 2024	Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza	Makati	[26][27]

Award categories

Competetitive awards

Active awards

• Song of the Year (since 2009)
• Male Recording Artist of the Year (since 2009)
• Female Recording Artist of the Year (since 2009)
• Male Pop Artist of the Year (since 2009)
• Female Pop Artist of the Year (since 2009)
• New Male Recording Artist of the Year (since 2009)
• New Female Recording Artist of the Year (since 2009)
• Duo/Group Artist of the Year (since 2009)
• Music Video of the Year (since 2009)
• Pop Album of the Year (since 2009)
• Revival Album of the Year (since 2009)
• Dance Album/Recording of the Year (since 2009)
• Rock Album of the Year (since 2009)
• Rock Artist of the Year (since 2009)
• Male Acoustic Artist of the Year (since 2010)
• Female Acoustic Artist of the Year (since 2010)
• Rap Artist of the Year (since 2010)
• Novelty Artist of the Year (since 2010)
• Novelty Song of the Year (since 2010)
• R&B Male Artist of the Year (since 2018)
• R&B Female Artist of the Year (since 2018)
• Collaboration of the Year (since 2020)
• New Group Artist of the Year (since 2020)

Retired awards

• Acoustic Album of the Year (2009–2014; 2016–2024)
• Acoustic Artist of the Year (2016; 2020)
• Album Cover Design of the Year (2009–2018)
• Alternative Album of the Year (2009; 2011; 2013)
• Duo/Group Concert Performer of the Year (2012; 2021; 2024)
• Folk/Country Recording of the Year (2020–2024)
• Jazz Artist of the Year (2010)
• Male Rock Artist of the Year (2012; 2015)
• Female Rock Artist of the Year (2012; 2015)

Special awards

Pilita Corrales Lifetime Achievement Award (since 2009)

• 2009: APO Hiking Society
• 2010: Pilita Corrales
• 2011: Nora Aunor
• 2012: Jose Mari Chan
• 2013: Freddie Aguilar
• 2014: Lea Salonga
• 2015: Rey Valera
• 2017: Imelda Papin
• 2018: Basil Valdez
• 2020: Regine Velasquez
• 2021: Kuh Ledesma
• 2022: Martin Nievera
• 2023: Hajji Alejandro
• 2024 (15th): Vernie Varga
• 2024 (16th): Gary Valenciano

Parangal Levi Celerio Achievement Award (since 2014)

• 2014: Ryan Cayabyab
• 2015: Ogie Alcasid
• 2018: Gary Valenciano
• 2020: Jose Mari Chan
• 2021: Louie Ocampo
• 2022: Vehnee Saturno
• 2023: Rey Valera
• 2024 (15th): Odette Quesada
• 2024 (16th): Homer Flores