Anugerah Juara Lagu

Anugerah Juara Lagu
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Awarded for	the best musical and lyrical compositions of Malay-language songs
Country	Malaysia
Presented by	TV3
First awarded	1986
Television/radio coverage
Runtime	3 Hours
Related	Muzik Muzik

Anugerah Juara Lagu (literally: "Champion of Song Award"), commonly known by the acronym AJL, 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-language 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

Anugerah Juara Lagu (AJL), or also known as 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 the event was watched by an average of five million viewers almost every year. Anugerah Juara Lagu is the ultimate show that is led up to from the Muzik Muzik programme, which was first aired on 2 March 1986. The first Juara Lagu ceremony was held in December the same year. The original format involved a selection of monthly winners through newspaper votes, before selection of songs was divided into three separate categories (genres) in 1992. The distinction of songs into separate categories was 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, the performer(s), composer and lyricist of the song:

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