Star Awards for Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes explained

Star Awards for 十大最受欢迎女艺人
Caption:	The 2024 recipients
Awarded For:	Most Popular Female Artistes
Presenter:	Mediacorp
Country:	Singapore
Year:	1994
Holder Label:	Most recent winners
Holder:	Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes: 1) Chantalle Ng 2) Ya Hui 3) Carrie Wong 4) He Ying Ying 5) Chen Biyu 6) Tasha Low 7) Chen Ning 8) Yvonne Lim 9) Priscilla Lim 10) Hong Ling (2024) Most Popular Rising Stars: 1) Jernelle Oh (2024)
Most Awards:	Carrie Wong (9, non All-Time Favourite Artiste award recipient)
Most Nominations:	Pan Lingling (26)

The Star Awards for Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes is an award presented annually at the Star Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1994.

In 2023, the Most Popular Rising Stars award was introduced for artistes who have been in the entertainment industry for five years or less, regardless of gender.

History

Initially, the awards were 10 Most Popular Artistes with five male and five female artistes receiving it.

The category was introduced in 1994, at the first Star Awards ceremony ; Chen Liping, Chen Xiuhuan, Pan Lingling, Aileen Tan, and Zoe Tay received the award as five of the female artistes of the 10 Most Popular Artistes award.^[1] The winners are determined by a majority vote from the public via telephone and SMS text voting.

During 1994 and 1995, the Most Popular Actress award and Most Popular Actress were also awarded. It was a separate award from the 10 Most Popular Artistes award and was given out to the female artiste who topped the votes of the latter award. Tay won the award in both 1994 and 1995.^[1] In 1996, the Most Popular Actress award was retired, making Tay the only recipient of this award.^[2]

Since 1997, the number of recipients for each category were expanded to ten and the award was renamed as Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes.^[2]

In 2021, the award nominees was increased from 20 to 30 which means the competition was even more intense for the artistes, who missed out on their glamour night out when the 2020 event was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

From 2021, the winners are determined by a majority vote by online voting and have stopped public via telephone and SMS text voting.

In 2023, the Most Popular Rising Stars award was introduce with similar eligibility requirements for the Top 10 Most Popular Artistes, aimed for artistes with no more than five years of career experience. The criteria for the "All-Time Favourite Artiste" was also modified such that wins for the "Most Popular Rising Star Award" will count towards the cumulative total of 10 needed to be conferred the "All-Time Favourite Artiste" award. Gao Mei Gui was the first female recipient of this award in the ceremony.

Since the ceremony held in 2024, Carrie Wong remains as the only female artiste to have the most wins without achieving the All-Time Favourite Artiste award, with nine. Wong, Chen Bi Yu and Tasha Low are currently the only female artistes who holds a winning streak that are uninterrupted since their first nomination.

In addition, Pan has been nominated on 26 occasions, more than any other female artiste. Lin Meijiao, Patricia Mok and Priscelia Chan hold the record for the most nominations without a win, with 12.

Eligibility

Before 1997, only Mediacorp actresses were eligible to be nominated for the award. This rule was removed in 1997 onwards to allow the Mediacorp female artistes from the variety sector to contest for the award.

In 2018, the rules were changed to allow contracted and project-based artistes to be nominated and/or receive the award.^[3]

15 female artistes have received the award for ten times and were given the All-Time Favourite Artiste award, and are no longer eligible for the running of the award. Yvonne Lim was not added in the list as she will be receiving the All-Time Favourite Artiste award in Star Awards 2025.

Recipients

Since its inception, the award has been given to 54 female artistes. Chantalle Ng, Ya Hui, Carrie Wong, He Ying Ying, Chen Biyu, Tasha Low, Chen Ning, Yvonne Lim, Priscilla Lim and Hong Ling are the most recent winners in the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes category while Jernelle Oh is the most recent winner in the Most Rising Star category. ^[4]

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	Artiste received the All-Time Favourite Artiste award
	Artiste won the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award
	Artiste won the Most Popular Rising Stars award
	Artiste was nominated for the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award
	Artiste was nominated for the Most Popular Rising Stars award
	Artiste was not nominated for the award
P	Artiste is currently nominated for the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award
RS	Artiste is currently nominated for the Most Popular Rising Stars award

Artiste				Wins
Artiste				Wins

				10	10
				10	10
				10	12
				10	10
				10	14
				10	10
				10	11
				10	10
				10	12
				10	10
				10	15
				10	12
				10	10
				10	11
				10	10
				10	19

				9	9
				8	12
				8	10
				7	12
				7	8
				7	10
				6	26
				6	8
				6	9
				5	10
				3	14
				3	6
				3	4
				2	16
				2	2
				2	9
Evelyn Tan				2	3
				2	8
				2	2
				2	7
				2	4
				2	6
				2	5
				2	11
Chen Ning				2	3
Chen Bi Yu				2	2
				2	2
Wong Li-Lin				1	5
				1	4
				1	1
				1	5
				1	17
				1	7
				1	3
Gao Mei Gui		1		1	2
				1	3
Priscilla Lim				1	2
		N	1	1	2

				0	12
				0	12
				0	12
Lim Peifen				0	10
Wendy Zeng				0	7
				0	4
Bukoh Mary				0	4
				0	4
				0	4
				0	3
				0	3
		N	N	0	3
Angela Ang				0	2
Wang Yanqing				0	2
				0	2
Tracer Wong				0	2
				0	2
				0	2
				0	2
				0	2
				0	2
		N		0	2
				0	2
				0	2
Chen Li Na				0	2
Chen Sen Lian				0	2
Chua Lee Lian				0	2
				0	2
Goh Wei Ying				0	2
Ko Ee Sim				0	2
Liang Peng				0	2
Lim Leng Kee				0	2
				0	2
Ng Seok Khoong				0	2
Siau Jiahui				0	2
Violet Fenying				0	2
Hazelle Teo		N		0	2
Evelyn Tan		N	N	0	2
		N	N	0	2
Daryl-Ann		N	N	0	2
		N	N	0	2
JJ Neo		N	N	0	2
		N	N	0	2
		N	N	0	2
Oh Ling En		N	N	0	2
Regene Lim		N	N	0	2
		N	N	0	2
Shanice Koh		N	N	0	2
		N	N	0	2
Wang Wenhui		N	N	0	2
Zeng Huifen				0	1
Ding Lan				0	1
				0	1
Cassandra See				0	1
Irin Gan				0	1
Amanda Ho				0	1
Ericia Lee	D			0	1
Lynn Poh				0	1
				0	1
				0	1
Wayne Chua				0	1
				0	1
				0	1
				0	1
				0	1
				0	1
				0	1
				0	1
Charlyn Lin				0	1
Jin Meng Yang Zi				0	1
Jojo Goh				0	1
Kimberly Wang				0	1
		N		0	1
Cheryl Cheng		N		0	1
Joey Pink		N		0	1
Khaw Xin Lin		N		0	1
Ye Jia Yun		N		0	1
				0	1
				0	1
				0	1
Joy Yak				0	1
Lin Ru Ping				0	1
				0	1
Regina Lim				0	1
Abigail Chue			N	0	1
Isabelle Quek			N	0	1
Karyn Wong			N	0	1
Kharissa Pundarika			N	0	1
Samantha Tan			N	0	1
			N	0	1
Yunis To			N	0	1
Joey Tay			N	0	1

Award records

Most consecutive wins without All-Time Favourite Artiste award	Carrie Wong	9 wins	2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
width=250 scope="col"	Record	Artiste	Count	Remarks
Won ten consecutive times since first nomination	Zoe Tay	4 artistes	1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
	Fann Wong		1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
			2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
	Rebecca Lim		2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
Most wins without All-Time Favourite Artiste award	Carrie Wong	9 wins	2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Longest gap between wins	Chen Xiuhuan	25 years	1994—2019
Most nominations with All-Time Favourite Artiste award	Yvonne Lim	19 nominations	1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2021, 2022, 2024
Most nominations without All-Time Favourite Artiste award	Pan Lingling	26 nominations	1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Most consecutive nominations with All-Time Favourite Artiste award	Yvonne Lim	16 nominations	1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Most consecutive nominations without All-Time Favourite Artiste award	Hong Huifang	16 nominations	2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Most nominations before first award		12 nominations
Most nominations before first award			Won first award (13th nomination) in 2019
Most nominations without a win	Lin Meijiao		1999, 2000, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022
	Patricia Mok		1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2024
	Priscelia Chan		2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2022, 2023
Longest gap between nominations	Chen Xiuhuan	25 years	1994—2019
Longest gap between nominations	Evelyn Tan	25 years	1999—2024
Won Best Newcomer and Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes or Most Popular Rising Stars in the same year	Fann Wong	4 artistes	1995
	Evelyn Tan		1998
	Fiona Xie		2001
	Joanne Peh		2004

Notes and References

Web site: Guan . Libing . 28 February 1994 . Favourites win Star Awards . 26 July 2022 . eresources.nlb.gov.sg . 11 . en-SG.
Web site: Chin . Soo Fang . 23 June 1996 . Popularity sections to play minor role at Star Awards . 26 July 2022 . eresources.nlb.gov.sg . 14 . en-SG.
Web site: Here Are The Top 40 Most Popular Artistes For Star Awards 2018 . 27 April 2022 . 8 Days . en. Apart from Mediacorp artistes, this year’s award nominations also include artistes who have worked with Mediacorp on a project basis in the last year. The move is part of Mediacorp’s push to recognise the contributions to local television more broadly, and also to evaluate local artistes based on their merit, notwithstanding of their contractual backgrounds.
Web site: Star Awards Top 40 Most Popular Artistes revealed; Brandon Wong gets first nomination . 25 April 2022 . sg.style.yahoo.com . en-SG.
Web site: Ang . Benson . 24 April 2022 . Star Awards 2022 host Chen Hanwei clinches Best Actor award The Straits Times . 25 April 2022 . www.straitstimes.com . en.