| 1st Awit Awards | |
| Date: | March 23, 1969 |
| Location: | Makati |
| Award1 Type: | Albums of the Year |
| Award1 Winner: | Her Kind of Music by Norma Ledesma (Local-English) Mabuhay Singers sing Pandangguhan, Dahil sa Iyo and other Philippine Songs by Mabuhay Singers (Local-Vernacular) The Graduate by Simon and Garfunkel (Foreign) |
| Award2 Type: | Singles of the Year |
| Award2 Winner: | "Ting-A-Ling" by Pauline Sevilla (Local-English) "De Colores" by Pauline Sevilla (Local-Vernacular) "The Sound of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkel (Foreign) |
| Most Awards: | Pauline Sevilla (3) |
| Main: | Awit Awards |
| Next: | 2nd |
The 1st Awit Awards were held on March 23, 1969, in Makati.[1] [2] These awards recognized musical achievements for the year 1968. This was the only award ceremony organized by the Awit Awards Executive Committee after the Philippine Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (PARAS) took charge the next year.[3]
A total of 28 awards were presented that night. Another category, the Visiting Recording Artist of the Year, would be given in the foreign division supposedly but due to lack of nominees, it was not awarded.[4] Pauline Sevilla won the most awards with three.
| Female Recording Artist of the Year | Male Recording Artist of the Year | |
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| Vocal Group of the Year | Single of the Year | |
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| Album of the Year | Composer of the Year | |
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| Lyricist of the Year | Musical Arranger of the Year | |
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| Best New Recording Artist | Record Producer of the Year | |
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| Recording Studio of the Year | Record Company of the Year | |
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| Female Recording Artist of the Year | Male Recording Artist of the Year | |
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| Vocal Group of the Year | Single of the Year | |
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| Album of the Year | Composer of the Year | |
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| Lyricist of the Year | Best Instrumental Album | |
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| Female Recording Artist of the Year | Male Recording Artist of the Year |
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| Vocal Group of the Year | Single of the Year |
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| Album of the Year | |
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Notes:It is currently unknown which album of Leopoldo Silos won the "Best Instrumental Album".
Although this single was originally released in 1965, it was included in the album, The Graduate, which, on the other hand, was released in 1968.