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 entertainment writers and reporters founded in 2009.
History After the major success of award ceremonies of film and television counterparts, the Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC) formed the award-giving ceremony to recognize the music industries in the Philippines.The event was conceived and established under the leadership of then-President Roldan Castro, who also served as the Overall Chairman. He was joined by Chairman Romel Galapon and Co-Chairman Rodel Fernando in bringing the project to life, with the invaluable support of the National Press Club (NPC) and the Alyansa ng Filipinong Mamamahayag (AFIMA) as the event’s producers. The inaugural award ceremony was held at Skydome, SM City North EDSA, in Quezon City on October 29, 2009.
Ceremonies Edition Date Venue City 1stOctober 29, 2009Skydome, SM City North EDSA Quezon City 2ndOctober 10, 2010 Henry Lee Irvin Theater,Ateneo de Manila University 3rdOctober 16, 2011 4thSeptember 9, 2012Meralco TheaterPasig 5thOctober 13, 2013 Solaire Resort & CasinoParañaque 6thSeptember 14, 2014 7thNovember 10, 2015Kia Theater Quezon City 8thOctober 23, 2016Novotel Manila Araneta Center 9th September 9, 2018 Newport Performing Arts Theater Pasay 10th 11thJanuary 23, 2020Skydome, SM City North EDSAQuezon City 12thOctober 10, 2021colspan="2" 13thOctober 12, 2022Newport Performing Arts TheaterPasay 14th April 25, 2024colspan="2" rowspan="2" 15th 16thOctober 27, 2024Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC PlazaMakati17thJune 25, 2026Teatrino PromenadeSan Juan
Award categories Major awards Album of the Year Song of the Year Male Recording Artist of the Year Female Recording Artist of the Year New Male Recording Artist of the Year New Female Recording Artist of the Year Duo/Group Artist of the Year Music Video of the Year
Genre awards Active awards
Retired awards
Special awards Pilita Corrales Lifetime Achievement Award 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 2026: Andrew E. and Celeste Legaspi
Parangal Levi Celerio Achievement Award 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 2026: Mon Del Rosario
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