Anugerah Juara Lagu

History and background

• 1986 – "First Juara Lagu organized"
• 1988 – "Juara Lagu aired in several Asian countries through television collaborations "
• 1992 – "Genre category segregation system introduced without Best Performance award. Open category abolished"
• 1993 – "Rebranding of categories from Pop kreatif to Ballad, Rock to Pop Rock; while re -composing classic song entries are abolished"
• 1994 – "First time Juara lagu held without musicians; invited jury"
• 1995 – "Public jury involvement from 4 locations across the country"
• 1996 – "Modern version of the Song Champion Trophy introduced; used to this day. Accompanying musicians featured again"
• 1997 – "A modern version of the Juara Lagu logo is introduced, used to this day"
• 1998 – "Song Champions are held without musicians, without major sponsors and broadcast from studios due to the economic downturn"
• 1999 – "Music montage Muzik Muzik/Juara Lagu introduced all; AJL's first collaboration with music director Ramli MS"
• 2000 – "AJL begins broadcasting via digital and radio platforms"
• 2001 – "Short message system voting system is introduced for public judging of 70%. Song Champions are held without musicians"
• 2002 – "Juara Lagu branded as Anugerah Juara Lagu"
• 2004 – "Song Champion Award begins airing from Putra Stadium "
• 2007 – "Entry quota by category modified to include more songs from popular genres"
• 2008 – "The first entry of the song by Wildcard -" Dingin ""
• 2009 – "Open category reintroduced after genre segregation was abolished"
• 2011 – "Anugerah Juara Lagu creates the highest live viewing record in the history of television entertainment broadcasts at 6.5 million viewers"
• 2016 – "Online voting introduced for public judging, replacing short messaging system "
• 2019 – "Two participant performances are banned from digital screenings after live appearances featured unauthorized elements"
• 2020 – "Anugerah Juara Lagu took place during the Movement and Emergency Control Order 2021; held for the first time without audiences in the event hall. A certificate of commitment of participants to follow standardized performance conditions was introduced"

Judging

List of overall winners of the Song Champion Award

* For a full list of entries, please see Songs That Have Competed in the Song Champion Awards

Runner-up & Third Place

• List of Runners-up of the Song Champion Award
• List of Third Place Winners of the Song Champion Award

Category Champions

• Ballad Category Song Champion
• Pop Rock Category Song Champion
• Creative Ethnic Category Song Winner

Special Category

Best Lyrics

Best Vocals

Other Awards

Trivia

Double wins and entries

• If according to the open competition format, only Francissca Peter and Manan Ngah have ever won two main places in one ceremony, namely the Champion and Runner -up in the first AJL. Ezra Kong managed to repeat the success of Manan Ngah when he won two main places in one ceremony, namely Champion with Loca B & Noki and Third Place with Hael Husaini in AJL 35 as composer and lyricist. Meanwhile, according to the category competition format, M. Nasir has twice won two of the three genre categories respectively in 1994 and 1997 as well as singer Siti Nurhaliza also twice in 1999 and 2000.
• The only similar result for the Anugerah Juara Lagu and Music Industry Award for the overall Best Song category was through the song " Jerat Percintaan" sung by Siti Nurhaliza in 1996. While the song " Awan Nano " sung by Hafiz was the only one winner of Song Champion and also Best Song of the Anugerah Planet Muzik in 2013.
• The "Gila" victory made Kaka Azraff, Noki and Loca B the first trio singers to win the AJL.
• M. Nasir became the first composer to win the AJL four times with three songs sung by himself, namely through the song "Tanya Sama Itu Hud Hud", "Ghazal Untuk Rabiah", "Andalusia" and other singer's songs namely "Awan Nano" sung by Hafiz.
• Four artists have won the Juara Lagu as composer, lyricist and singer, namely M. Nasir for the song "Tanya Sama Itu Hud Hud" in 1994, Yasin for the song "Mimpi Laila" in 2001, Ana Raffali for the song "Tolong Ingatkan Aku" in 2010 and Yuna with the song "Terukir di Bintang" in 2012. However, Yuna only sang the song herself in the semi-finals of Juara Lagu while during the final of AJL 27, Aizat Amdan replaced her because Yuna was tied to the album recording commitment in the United States.
• Ana Raffali was the first female composer to win a major award in 2010, while Habsah Hassan was the first female lyricist to win the award in 1987.
• Misha Omar was the first singer to win a major award for her debut song. The song Bunga-bunga Cinta which was recorded in 2002 was Misha's first recorded song and won the AJL in 2003. While the song Jerat Percintaan sung by Siti Nurhaliza was not the first song that he recorded even though it was taken from the singer's debut album.
• Hael Husaini is the first singer to win major awards for two consecutive editions through Jampi and Haram . The win also made him and Ezra Kong the first composer and lyricist to top the AJL major award for two consecutive years.
• Until 2008 when the following year, the category participation was dissolved, only Siti Nurhaliza and Dayang Nurfaizah had participated in AJL in all categories. Siti participated in all alternate categories since 1998 while Dayang participated in the Pop Rock category in 2001 besides winning the Ballad category that year. In 2004, Dayang won the Creative Ethnic category.
• If we take into account the participation for the open category, only Dayang Nurfaizah is the singer who participated in all categories, namely 3 categories according to genre in the category format and participated in the AJL during the open format.
• Noh Salleh is the only singer who joined AJL in 4 out of 5 solo performance formats, in a voice/duo, with the band, in a group voice. Noh just hasn't tried singing collaboratively with appearances.
• Shila Amzah is the only singer who joined AJL in 5 out of 5 solo performance formats, in a voice/duo, with the band, in a group voice and singing collaboratively with appearances.
• Dato 'Sri Siti Nurhaliza is the only singer to have won all three categories in different years, getting the best performance in all categories for the song "Jerat Percintaan", "Aku Cinta Padamu", "Ya Maulai "," Nirmala ","Ku Milikmu" and won the overall Juara Lagu for the ballad and Malaysian rhythm category but not for pop rock. She is also the most frequently qualified artist to AJL from 1996 to 2003 and even Siti Nurhaliza topped the record by qualifying for AJL for 8 consecutive years. The number of songs sung by Siti Nurhaliza is also the most eligible for AJL with 18 songs for 9 years.
• * 23 of her songs made it to the semi-finals
• * 18 of her songs made it to the finals
• * 17 trophies she has won
• ** 5 Best Performance Trophies
• ** 9 Category Champion Trophies
• ** 3 Song Champion Trophy
• * 8 years in a row participated in the finals
• ** 7 consecutive years of ballad song participation to the finals.
• ** 5 consecutive years of participation in creative Malaysian/ethnic rhythm songs to the finals.
• ** 4 consecutive years of participation of 3 songs to the finals.
• ** 5 years not in a row pop rock song participation to the finals.
• The only category that Siti Nurhaliza has never won is Best Vocal since the competition in 2002.
• For the open format, Hafiz Suip is the only singer who has won all the places in different years. He has won Song Champion, Runner-up with Misha Omar, Third Place, Best Vocal and Best Performance.
• Misha Omar, Jaclyn Victor, Hafiz Suip and Dayang Nurfaizah were the participants who won the Best Vocal award more than once. Misha Omar through his participation in 2003, 2004 and 2018, Jaclyn Victor in 2007 and 2013. Hafiz won it in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2019, making him the most winning singer in the category. Dayang Nurfaizah won it in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
• Among the artists who won big for a song including the overall winner in the Anugerah Juara Lagu are:
• * 1988 – Ramlah Ram : "Kau Kunci Cintamu Dalam Hatiku"
• * 1989 – Search Band : "Isabella"
• * 1993 – Fauziah Latiff : "Teratai Layu di Tasik Madu"
• * 1994 – M. Nasir : "Tanya Sama Itu Hud -Hud" & Creative Ethnic Category Champion "Bonda"
• * 1995 – Aishah : "Cinta Beralih Arah"
• * 1996 – Siti Nurhaliza : "Jerat Percintaan"
• * 2000 – Siti Nurhaliza : "Balqis" & Ballad Category Champion "Kau Kekasihku"
• * 2003 – Misha Omar : "Bunga-Bunga Cinta"
• * 2006 – Adibah Noor : "Terlalu Istimewa"
• * 2009 – Aizat Amdan &
• * 2011 – Hafiz Suip : "Awan Nano"
• * 2013 – Hafiz Suip : "Bahagiamu Deritaku"
• * 2015 – Akim & The Majistret : "Potret"
• * 2016 – Dayang Nurfaizah : "Lelaki Teragung"
• Artists who did NOT win Juara Lagu BUT won 2 or more awards at one Anugerah Juara Lagu:
• * 1997 – Siti Nurhaliza : "Aku Cinta Padamu"
• * 1999 – Noraniza Idris - Best Performance & Winner of the Creative Ethnic Category "Hati Kama"
• * 1999 – Siti Nurhaliza - "Purnama Merindu" Ballad Category Winner & "Hati Kama" Creative Ethnic Category Winner
• * 2001 – Siti Nurhaliza : "Engkau Bagaikan Permata" & Best Performance: "Ya Maulai"
• * 2002 – Siti Nurhaliza : "Nirmala"
• * 2004 – Misha Omar - Best Vocal & "Pulangkan" Ballad Category Winner
• * 2005 – Hazami - Best Vocal & "Kata" Pop Rock Category Winner
• * 2005 – Mawi - Best Performance & Winner of Creative Ethnic Category "Aduh Saliha"
• * 2008 – Faizal Tahir - Best Vocal, Best Performance & "Sampai Syurga" Ballad Category Winner
• * 2010 – Hafiz Suip - Third Place for the song "Noktah Cinta" & Best Vocal through the same song "Noktah Cinta"
• * 2012 – Hafiz Suip - Third Place for the song "Ku Akui" & Best Vocal through the same song "Ku Akui"
• * 2014 – Dayang Nurfaizah - Third Place & Best Vocal through the same song "Di Pintu Syurga"
• * 2018 – Misha Omar - Third Place & Best Vocal through the same song "Sampai Bila"
• * 2019 – Hafiz Suip - Best Vocal & Best Performance "Kisah Cinta Kita"
• Among the artists who have qualified for the finals of the Song Champion Award with 2 songs in one category solo are:
• * 2000 Anugerah Juara Lagu :
• ** Siti Nurhaliza - Ballad Category - "Kau Kekasihku" & "Nian di Hati"
• ** Noraniza Idris - Malaysian Rhythm/Creative Ethnic Category - "Tinting" & "Ngajat Tampi"
• ** Amy Mastura - Pop Rock Category - "Bintang Hati" & "Sha Na Na"
• 2005 Anugerah Juara Lagu:
• * Jaclyn Victor - Ballad Category - "Gemilang" & "Wajah"
• 2007 Anugerah Juara Lagu:
• * Faizal Tahir - Ballad Category - "Kasih Tercipta" & "Mahakarya Cinta"
• 2008 Anugerah Juara Lagu:
• * Faizal Tahir - Ballad Category - "Sampai Syurga" & "Cuba"
• 2009 Anugerah Juara Lagu:
• * Aizat - "Pergi" & "Kau Aku"
• 2010 Anugerah Juara Lagu:
• * Faizal Tahir - "Hanyut" & "Selamat Malam"
• 2011 Anugerah Juara Lagu:
• * Yuna - "Gadis Semasa" & "Penakut"
• Exist and Bunkface are the most frequent music bands to the finals of the Juara Lagu with 4 entries:
• * Exist Band:
• ** 1992 Anugerah Juara Lagu - "Untukmu Ibu" with vocalist Mamat
• ** 1994 Anugerah Juara Lagu - "Anugerah" with vocalist Mamat.
• ** 2002 Anugerah Juara Lagu - "Julia" with vocalist Ezad.
• ** 2003 Anugerah Juara Lagu - "Percayakan Siti" with vocalist Ezad.
• Bunkface Band:
• * 2009 Anugerah Juara Lagu - "Situasi"
• * 2010 Anugerah Juara Lagu - "Extravaganza"
• * 2014 Anugerah Juara Lagu - "Rentak Laguku"
• * 2015 Anugerah Juara Lagu - "Malam Ini Kita Punya"
• Kool is also a music band that advanced to the final round of Song Champion 4 times in a row with their participation for the first time at the Anugerah Juara Lagu 1995 through the song "Kau dan Aku" and also became the champion in the Pop Rock category. At the 1996 Anugerah Juara Lagu, Kool Band once again reached the finals of Juara Lagu with an Independent song and this song also won the Pop Rock category making Kool Band one of the first music groups to win the category 2 times in a row.
• Among the songs sung by the Kool Group in Juara Lagu are:
• * 1995 Anugerah Juara Lagu - Kau Dan Aku
• * 1996 Anugerah Juara Lagu - Bebas
• * 1997 Anugerah Juara Lagu - Cemburu
• * 1998 Anugerah Juara Lagu - Satu Arah
• All of these songs were nominated in the Pop Rock category, where the song "Kau Dan Aku" and "Bebas" was the category champion.
• Renowned lyricist, Habsah Hassan is the most nominated lyricist in the history of AJL. She won the best lyrics category twice with the songs "Menaruh Harapan" and "Cukuplah Sekali".

Entry more than three times but failed

• With a total of 7 entries, Stacy is the most frequent singer to the final stage without any wins.
• Artists who have participated in the Juara Lagu three times without winning any awards:
• * Stacy - 7 times
• * Hazama Azmi - 7 times, 2014 and 2015 as a solo singer
• * Noh Salleh - 5 times and 2015 as a solo singer
• * Exist Band - 4 times
• * Bunkface - 4 times
• * Erra Fazira - 3 times
• * Anuar Zain - 3 times
• * Shura - 3 times
• * Zamani Ibrahim - 3 times
• * Man Bai - 3 times
• * Mus - 3 times
• * Hattan - 3 times

Non-Malay and foreign participation

• Non-bumiputera singers who have made it to the AJL finals are Alleycats, Ben Nathan and Jaclyn Victor as well as Vince, Casey and Elizabeth Tan.
• Singers of bumiptera descent other than the Malay tribe who have participated in this competition are Rich, Stacy, Jimmy Palikat and Lina Kamsan . Only Francissca Peter of Serani descent was the AJL champion in 1986.
• Aubrey Suwito became the first non-Bumiputera composer to win the AJL main award in 2005 for his song "Gemilang", he is Indonesian Peranakan Chinese descent. Meanwhile, Pete Teo through the song "Pergi" in 2009 became the first composer of Chinese descent to win the AJL.
• Endang Es Taurina and Rio Febrian, are two Indonesian singers who have competed in the finals of the Juara Lagu. Endang through the song "Sangkar Emas" created by A. Ali and Lukhman S. in 1990 while Rio did not perform when selected through the song "Ceritera Cinta" in 2007. While Glenn Fredly had advanced to the semi-finals the end of the Ballad in 2000 through the song "Dengarkanlah" created by Helen Yap, but lost.
• Adi Priyo, vocalist and composer for the group 6ixth Sense, had competed in the semi-finals with 4 songs, but failed to advance to all of them. The songs are "Tanpa", "Khatimah Cinta", "Menyesal" and "Cinta Matiku". However, through his participation as a composer, Adi's song titled "Kisah Hati" sung by Alyah made it to the 26th AJL.
• M. Nasir started competing in the Anugerah Juara Lagu in 1990 with the song "Mustika". Prior to that, many of M. Nasir's songs sung in groups or solo could not compete due to his Singapore citizenship status. Some of his works with Malaysian artists such as Rahim Maarof, Kumpulan Search and Nasir Jani could not be competed even though they were quite popular at the time.
• The song "Puteri Ledang" sung by Lina Kamsan in 1993 was sung entirely in Javanese. While the song "Andalusia" by M. Nasir in 1999, "Mimpi Laila" Yasin Sulaiman in 2001, "Wassini" sung by Waheeda in 2003, and the song "Taat" sung by Rohana Jalil in 2005 are a mixture of Malay and Arabic songs. "Andalusia" and "Mimpi Laila" won the AJL Overall Champion while "Wassini" won the Malaysian Rhythm/Creative Ethnic Category Champion.

Performance by a substitute singer

• The performance of the song is not necessarily sung by the original singer in the finals of the Juara Lagu. If the original singer can't sing it, the songwriter has to find a replacement if he doesn't want to withdraw. Interestingly, there were substitutes who managed to win any category and in 2012, Aizat Amdan who replaced Yuna Zarai through the song "Terukir Di Bintang" became the first substitute singer to win the AJL main award.
• Some of the songs that qualified for the AJL finals but were not sung by the original singer are:
• * 1986 – "Perjalananku" - Original singer Jamal Abdillah - Sung by Azman Abu Hassan
• * 1986 – "Cinta yang Terbiar" - Original singer Jamal Abdillah - Sung by Rohana Jalil
• * 1987 – "Angan-angan" - Original singer Raja Ema - Sung by Skyfire Band
• * 1994 – "Bukan Aku Tak Cinta" - Original singer of Iklim Band - Sung by Adilla
• * 1995 – "Kau dan Aku" - Original singer Ning Baizura - Sung by Kool Band
• * 1995 – "Cinta Dangdut" - Original singer Ayati Tasrip - Sung by Masleena
• * 2006 – "Candak" - Original singer of Syura - Sung by Siti Nordiana
• * 2007 – "Izinku Pergi" - Singer from Kaer - Sung by Sahri
• * 2007 – "Mahakarya Cinta" - Original singer Faizal Tahir - Sung by Fiq
• * 2007 – "Kasih Tercipta" - Original singer Faizal Tahir - Sung by Bob
• * 2011 – "Sedetik Lebih" - Original singer Anuar Zain - Sung by Jaclyn Victor
• * 2012 – "Terukir Di Bintang" - Original singer Yuna Zarai - Sung by Aizat Amdan
• * 2014 – "Lelaki" - Original singer Yuna Zarai - Sung by Najwa Mahiaddin & The Palauans
• * 2017 – "Sejati" - Original singer Faizal Tahir - Sung by Azmi Caliph Buskers
• * 2018 – "Bunga" - Original singer Altimet - Sung by De Fam
• * 2019 – "Anta Permana" - Original singer Siti Nurhaliza - Sung by Bob Yusof
• * 2019 – "Ragaman" - Original singer Faizal Tahir - Sung by Fairuz Misran
• * 2020 – "Aku Bidadari Syurgamu" - Original singer Siti Nurhaliza - Sung by Aishah
• The duet song may be sung by the same singer for one of the duet couples, but when the Juara Lagu, one of the couples who sings it is an alternate singer:
• * 2006 – "Hantaran Hati" - Original singers Bob & Rosiah Chik - however due to the death of Rosiah Chik, her duet partner was replaced by Aspalela Abdullah.
• * 2007 – "Ceritera Cinta" - Original singer Jaclyn Victor & Rio Febrian - This song was originally sung by Jaclyn Victor with Indonesian singer Rio Febrian. However, Rio was not present to perform and was replaced by Lah Ahmad. The combination of Jaclyn and Lah won Best Vocal, making Lah the first replacement singer to win Best Vocal.
• * 2008 – "Doa Dalam Lagu" - Original singers Mawi & Heliza - Mawi was unable to join AJL for some reason.
• * 2012 – "Teman Pengganti" - Original singer Black Hanifah & Malique - This song saw the singer Black Hanafiah not perform with original rapper Malique Ibrahim who is also the composer, instead being replaced by new rapper, RJ. The combination of Black Hanafiah and RJ won Best Performance, making RJ the first replacement singer to win the category.
• * 2014 – "RomanCinta" - This song, the song of the Mojo Band was originally sung by its vocalist Aweera. However, Aweera has left the Mojo group and sheltered under another recording company causing Edry Abdul Halim to have to find a new vocalist to replace him. However, after a dispute arose with the original singer, Mojo chose to perform instead being represented by a group of street musicians with disability status, Caliph Buskers whom he met at Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman a few weeks before the competition. Caliph Buskers won Best Performance for the song.
• * 2016 – "Setia" - Original singers Elizabeth Tan & Faizal Tahir - Elizabeth Tan still competed in the Juara Lagu, but her duet partner was replaced by Awi Rafael.
• * 2020 – "7 Nasihat" - Original singers Kmy Kmo, Luca Sickta & Siti Nurhaliza - Kmy Kmo and Luca Sickta still compete in the Song Champion while Siti is replaced by Shiha Zikir.
• The song "Rayuanku" sung by Rohana Jalil was actually created especially for Zaiton Sameon. In fact, all the songs in the album Rayuanku were indeed created by A. Ali for Zaiton Sameon. Earlier, in the first edition of Juara Lagu, Rohana performed through the song "Cinta Yang Terbiar" representing singer Jamal Abdillah and won the third consolation place for Best Performance as well as becoming the first substitute singer to win any side prize at AJL.
• The song "Terukir Di Bintang" was the only song sung by the replacement singer to win the first place in AJL. The song was supposed to be sung by Yuna but due to the discrepancy of Yuna's recording schedule in the United States, Yuna has suggested that the song be handed over to Uji Rashid. However, at the last minute, TV3 decided to give the responsibility to Aizat.
• Songs sung by singers who are different from the original singers in a group have also competed in Song Champions, for example Ekamatra who participated in 1990, through the song "Sentuhan Kecundang" and "Pusara Di Lebuhraya".

Intermission Performance

• Aznil Nawawi with a group called "The Gambit" once brought back the memory of AJL in the 10th AJL intermission show by showing how he ruined the performance of the best AJL songs. Among them is from the show "Janji Manismu". Aznil snatched the bag from "Aishah" and took things out of the bag and the things were kitchen items like pans, stone mortars and grinders!
• There are six intermission performances that advance to next year's Juara Lagu:
• * "Siti Payung" - Liza Aziz : 1991 interlude
• * "Dir" - Rahim Maarof : interlude 1992
• * "Gaia" - Zainal Abidin : interlude 2004
• * "Drama King" - Meet Uncle Hussein & Black : 2009 interlude
• * "Bangun" - Aman RA : 2018 interlude
• * "Eh" - Zizi Kirana : opening 2019
• Aishah's performance always showed a difference every time she participated. The first time was the song "Janji Manismu" with the prop of a bag featuring Aishah wanting to go far. Secondly, for the song "Cinta Beralih Arah", Aishah danced with a " phantom " after her love was cheated on while "Kasihnya Balqis", Aishah brought her two sons while talking about Balqis before bedtime.
• Prior to 1990, all solo female artists who sang ballads sang the song solo without " props ". Aishah has led the show with props through the song "Janji Manismu" which she has used tables, lamps, pictures and large bags. Shima, on the other hand, became the first artist to be raised when performing through the song "Setelah Aku Kau Miliki" in 1991. After that, many singers have diversified their performances until now.

Others

• Songs that were competed in AJL before 1992 were not categorized and even before 1992, the songs that were brought to AJL were the monthly champion songs. Songs that competed in the AJL after 2009 came back not categorized in a different way, namely including the semi -finals.
• Misha Omar is one of the new singers who was given the opportunity to perform on the red carpet during the 17th edition of AJL. Interestingly, during the 18th edition, Misha joined the next AJL to win that year.
• Not all artists who make two performances get the jury's attention to be crowned Song Champions or category champions. Among the artists who risked two or more performances, but failed to win any Song Champion awards or category champions that year:
• * 1987 Song Champion - Alleycats Group - "Sekeping Hati Yang Luka" & "Hadirmu"
• * 1988 Song Champion - Kumpulan Gersang - "Suratan Takdir" & "Masih Aku Terasa"
• * 1989 Song Champion - Wings Group - "Taman Rashidah Utama" & "Misteri Mimpi Syakilla"
• * 1990 Song Champion - Ekamatra Group - "Pusara Di Lebuhraya" & "Sentuhan Kecundang"
• * 1994 Song Champion - Rohana Jalil - "Naluri Cinta" & "Jangan Main Mata"
• * 1997 Song Champion - Ziana Zain - "Kalau Mencari Teman" & "Senja Nan Merah"
• * 2000 Song Winner - Noraniza Idris - "Tinting" & "Ngajat Tampi"
• * 2001 Song Winner - Nora - "Menyemai Cinta Bersamamu" & "Desa Tercinta"
• * 2007 Song Champion - Faizal Tahir - "Kasih Tercipta" & "Mahakarya Cinta"
• * 2010 Song Champion - Faizal Tahir - "Hanyut" & "Selamat Malam"
• * 2011 Song Champion - Yuna - "Current Girl" & "Coward"
• * 2017 Song Champion - Syamel - "Lebih Sempurna" & "Aku Cinta"
• ** Wings songs, Noraniza Idris and Faizal Tahir, still received awards in the Best Performance category. Wings won Best Performance through two songs that competed, while Noraniza Idris won it through the song Ngajat Tampi and Faizal Tahir won it through the song Hanyut.

Age of participation

• ↑ Note 1 The Exists Group through their participation in 1992 consisted of 3 members under the age of 16 besides Mamat, namely G-Nola and Ajai as well as being the youngest group artist to join AJL.

• ↑ Note 1 Rosiah Chik died a year before the finals of AJL21, and her participation as a finalist was posthumous. The age if he was still alive on the night of the show was 75 years 21 days. Rosiah was replaced by another veteran singer, Aspalela Abdullah

• G-Nola, Badiq Sheikh Hamzah & Najwa Latif are the youngest composers to join AJL at the age of 16 in the 1994 and 2011 editions respectively.
• Ika Latif, who is also Najwa Latif's sister, became the youngest lyricist at the age of 19, through a song with Najwa Latif entitled "Cinta Muka Buku" in 2011.

List of overall winners