Anugerah Juara Lagu
Anugerah Juara Lagu, 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, 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 in 1992. The distinction of songs into separate categories was discontinued in 2009.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, composer and lyricist of the song:| Year | Title | Performer | Composer | Lyricist | |
| 1986 | "Sekadar di Pinggiran" | Francissca Peter | Manan Ngah | Lukhman S. | |
| 1987 | "Menaruh Harapan" | Zaiton Sameon | A. Ali | Habsah Hassan | |
| 1988 | "Kau Kunci Cintaku di dalam Hatimu" | Ramlah Ram | Ahmad Nawab | Wielid | |
| 1989 | "Isabella" | Search | Search | Bob Lokman | |
| 1990 | "Janji Manismu" | Aishah | Adam Ahmad | Wan Aishah | |
| 1991 | "Takdir dan Waktu" | Mega | Rahim Othman | Juwie | |
| 1992 | "Pada Syurga di Wajahmu" | Nash | Fauzi Marzuki | Bob Lokman | |
| 1993 | "Teratai Layu di Tasik Madu" | Fauziah Latiff | Adam Ahmad | S. Amin Shahab | |
| 1994 | "Tanya Sama Itu Hud Hud" | M. Nasir | M. Nasir | M. Nasir | |
| 1995 | "Cinta Beralih Arah" | Aishah | Jari | Habsah Hassan | |
| 1996 | "Jerat Percintaan" | Siti Nurhaliza | Adnan Abu Hassan | Hani MJ | |
| 1997 | "Ghazal Untuk Rabiah" | M. Nasir and Jamal Abdillah | M. Nasir | S. Amin Shahab | |
| 1998 | "Cindai" | Siti Nurhaliza | Pak Ngah | Hairul Anuar Harun | |
| 1999 | "Andalusia" | M. Nasir | M. Nasir | Loloq | |
| 2000 | "Balqis" | Siti Nurhaliza | Pak Ngah | Hairul Anuar Harun | |
| 2001 | "Mimpi Laila" | Yasin | Yasin | Yasin | |
| 2002 | "Keliru" | Nurul and Ajai | Aidit Alfian | Aidit Alfian | |
| 2003 | "Bunga-bunga Cinta" | Misha Omar | Adnan Abu Hassan | Adnan Abu Hassan | |
| 2004 | "Rela Ku Pujuk" | Spider | Tam | Keon | |
| 2005 | "Gemilang" | Jaclyn Victor | Aubrey Suwito | Asmin Mudin | |
| 2006 | "Terlalu Istimewa" | Adibah Noor | Azlan Abu Hassan | Adibah Noor | |
| 2007 | "Itu Kamu" | Estranged | Estranged | Richael Lawrence | |
| 2008 | "Lagu Untukmu" | Meet Uncle Hussain | Taja, Tass & Lan | Taja & Tass | |
| 2009 | "Pergi" | Aizat | Pete Teo | Amran Omar | |
| 2010 | "Tolong Ingatkan Aku" | Ana Raffali | Ana Raffali | Ana Raffali | |
| 2011 | "Awan Nano" | Hafiz | M. Nasir | Buddhi Hekayat | |
| 2012 | "Terukir di Bintang" | Aizat | Yunalis Zarai | Yunalis Zarai | |
| 2013 | "Bahagiamu Deritaku" | Hafiz | LY | Baiduri | |
| 2014 | "Apa Khabar" | Joe Flizzow & SonaOne | SonaOne | Joe Flizzow | |
| 2015 | "Potret" | Akim & The Majistret | Hang Nadim | Karma Empayar | |
| 2016 | "Lelaki Teragung" | Dayang Nurfaizah | Natasyah | Iman Imran | |
| 2017 | "Jampi" | Hael Husaini | Ezra Kong & Hael Husaini | Ezra Kong & Hael Husaini | |
| 2018 | "Haram" | Hael Husaini & Dayang Nurfaizah | Ezra Kong & Hael Husaini | Ezra Kong & Hael Husaini | |
| 2019 | "Sumpah" | Naim Daniel | Naim Daniel & Omar K | Naim Daniel |