1st Awit Awards (1969)
# 1st Awit Awards (1969)

The 1st Awit Awards were held on March 23, 1969, in Makati. 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.

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. Pauline Sevilla won the most awards with three.

## Winners

### Foreign Division

| Female Recording Artist of the Year | Male Recording Artist of the Year |
| - | - |
| Connie Francis | Jack Jones |
| Vocal Group of the Year | Single of the Year |
| The Beatles | "The Sound of Silence" – Simon and Garfunkel |
| Album of the Year |
| The Graduate – Simon and Garfunkel |

### Special awards

| Best Special Recording | Record Man of the Year |
| - | - |
| "Cursillo Song" – Pauline Sevilla | Manuel P. Villar |

Notes:

^[A] It is currently unknown which album of Leopoldo Silos won the "Best Instrumental Album". ^[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.

