SB19 takes home 7 Awit Awards

SB19 scored a sweep — winning seven categories in the 2022 Awit Awards held 23 November at the Newport Performing Arts Theater.

T he P-pop group's song "What?" bagged Best Global Recording, Best Vocal Arrangement, and Most Streamed Song; "Mama" clinched Best Performance by a Group Recording Artist; and "Bazinga" was Best Dance Recording and Best Pop Recording. SB19 was likewise voted Most Streamed Artist.

Ben&Ben followed closely with five awards including Best Musical Arrangement for "Upuan"; Best World Music Recording and Best Collaboration Award for "Sabel" with KZ Tandingan; Best Music Video for "Lunod" with Zild Benitez and Karlos Labajo; and Album of the Year for Pebble House, Vol. 1: Kwaderno.

The Dangal ng Musikang Pilpino award went to Nonoy Zuñiga for his remarkable achievements as a singer.

Other winners:

Best Performance by a
New Female Recording Artist
Jessica Villarubin,
"Ako Naman"

Best Performance by a
New Male Recording Artist
Angelo Garcia, "Mamahalin"

Best Performance by a
New Group Recording Artist
Shocker, "Operation 10-90"

Best New Artist in a Collaboration
LouisVint and Juliana Celine, "Get Me Down"

Best Traditional/Contemporary Folk Recording
"Wag Kang Aalis" composed by Kathleen Go, sung by Ice Seguerra

Best Regional Recording
"Asa Naman," Maris Racal

Best Rap/Hiphop Recording
"Lagi Na Lang," JRLDM

Best R&B recording
"Anticipation," Leanne and Naara

Best Novelty Recording
"Chub@by" by Grin Department

Best Jazz Recording
"Cutting Candy," Noel Mendez

Best Inspirational Song
"Ako Naman Muna,"
Angela Ken

Favorite Female Artist
Mayday Entrata

Favorite Male Artist
Darren Espanto

Favorite Song
"Sigurado," Belle Mariano

Breakthrough Artist
Belle Mariano

Best Rock/Alternative Recording
"Mahirap Mahalin,"
Valley of Chrome

Best Ballad Recording
"Manatili" Ebe Dancel
and Rico Blanco

Best Song Written for Movie/TV/Stage Play
"'Di Ka Nag-iisa," Anne Jamie, Lordvino Ignacio, Regine Velasquez, and Jonathan Manalo

Best Christmas Recording
"Halo-Halo" Itchyworms

Favorite Group Artist
BGYO

Best Engineered Recording
"Blink," Clara Benin

Best Cover Art
"Kalawakan," Paul Pablo

Best Performance by a Female Recording Artist
KZ Tandingan, "11:59"

Best Performance
by a Male Recording Artist
Zild Benitez, "Kyusi"

Best Instrumental Performance
Noel Mendez,
"Cutting Candy"

Song of the Year
"Binibini" Zack Tabudlo

Record of the Year
Anticipation, Leanne
and Naara

The Awit Awards 2022 was presented by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry and curated by MYX Global.