1st Awit Awards
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| name = 1st Awit Awards
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| date = March 23, 1969
| location = Makati
| hosts =
| 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.{{cite book|title=Awit Adds to Award List to Push Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zygEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA63|accessdate=20 October 2012|date=15 March 1969|publisher=Billboard|page=63}}{{cite book|title=Mareco, Filipinas Records Take Lion's Share of Philippine Awards|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eSgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA72|accessdate=28 October 2012|date=19 April 1969|publisher=Billboard|page=72}} 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.{{cite book|title=PARAS Acad. Is Founded|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bykEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA71|accessdate=20 October 2012|date=11 July 1970|publisher=Billboard|page=71}}
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.{{cite book|title=Philippine Gala to Bow Awit Awards|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vQoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA70|accessdate=20 October 2012|date=23 November 1968|publisher=Billboard|page=70}} Pauline Sevilla won the most awards with three.
Winners
=Local Division=
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==English==
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| style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width:50%" |Female Recording Artist of the Year
! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width:50%" |Male Recording Artist of the Year |
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| style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width:50%" |Vocal Group of the Year
! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width:50%" |Single of the Year |
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| style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width:50%" |Album of the Year
! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width:50%" |Composer of the Year |
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| style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width:50%" |Lyricist of the Year
! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width:50%" |Musical Arranger of the Year |
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| style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width:50%" |Best New Recording Artist
! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width:50%" |Record Producer of the Year |
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| style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width:50%" |Recording Studio of the Year
! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width:50%" |Record Company of the Year |
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==Vernacular==
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| style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width:50%" |Female Recording Artist of the Year
! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width:50%" |Male Recording Artist of the Year |
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| style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width:50%" |Vocal Group of the Year
! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width:50%" |Single of the Year |
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| style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width:50%" |Album of the Year
! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width:50%" |Composer of the Year |
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| style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width:50%" |Lyricist of the Year
! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width:50%" |Best Instrumental Album |
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=Foreign Division=
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| image1 = Simon & Garfunkel 919-3035.jpg
| width1 = {{#expr: (200 * 1082 / 845) round 0}}
| alt1 =
| caption1 = Simon and Garfunkel, Single and Album of the Year (Foreign) winners
| image2 = Connie Francis 1961.JPG
| width2 = {{#expr: (200 * 666 / 873) round 0}}
| alt2 =
| caption2 = Connie Francis, Female Artist of the Year (Foreign) winner
| image3 = Beatles press conference 1965.jpg
| width3 = {{#expr: (200 * 585 / 418) round 0}}
| alt3 =
| caption3 = The Beatles, Group of the Year (Foreign) winners
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| style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width:50%" |Female Recording Artist of the Year
! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width:50%" |Male Recording Artist of the Year |
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| valign="top" |
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| style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width:50%" |Vocal Group of the Year
! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width:50%" |Single of the Year |
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| style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width:50%" |Album of the Year |
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=Special awards=
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| style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width:50%" |Best Special Recording
! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width:50%" |Record Man of the Year |
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Notes:
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{{note|1|[A]}}It is currently unknown which album of Leopoldo Silos won the "Best Instrumental Album".
{{note|2|[B]}}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.
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