Anugerah Juara Lagu

Anugerah Juara Lagu
Anugerah Juara Lagu Logo
Genre	music
Created by	Datuk Ahmad Merican
Country of origin	Malaysia
Original language(s)	Bahasa Malaysia
No. of seasons	30
Production
Running time	2½ Hours
Release
Original network	TV3
Picture format	576i 4:3 or 16:9 letterbox
Chronology
Related shows	Muzik Muzik
External links
Website

Anugerah Juara Lagu (AJL, Malay for "Champion of Songs Awards") is a popular annual music competition in Malaysia, organised by TV3 since 1986. It features the best musical and lyrical compositions of each year it is held. Nominees are derived from a list of mostly Malay songs which have garnered the most public votes in Muzik Muzik throughout the year, and then progress into the semifinals, from which twelve songs will be nominated by a panel of judges to become the winner of Juara Lagu.

AJL honours the composers and lyricists of the songs rather than the performing artistes.

In the 27th edition, a song which was not sung by an original singer won Juara Lagu for the first time.

History and background

Juara Lagu was introduced as a television program with simple broadcasting format to make it easier for viewers to follow and understand. Anugerah Juara Lagu began in 1986 and almost every year, the event was watched by average five million viewers. The song which had made to Anugerah Juara Lagu are based on the Muzik Muzik programme, that began on 2 March 1986 and the first Juara Lagu event was held in December the same year. The format is originally a monthly winner based on the selections on the newspapers, before changed into three separate categories in 1992. The distinction between the separate categories were discontinued in 2009.

Anugerah Juara Lagu is usually held at the end of the year or the beginning of the next year. The first AJL was held at Dewan Merdeka, Putra World Trade Centre.

List of overall winners

The following are for each year of the competition, the winning song (with English translation), the performer(s), composer and lyricist of the song:

References

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