MACP’s 27th annual dinner and awards show was held at the Royale Chulan, Damansara Hotel. The guest of honour this year was YB Dato’ Seri Hamzah bin Zainudin, Minister of Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism who was represented by his Deputy Secretary General (Domestic Trade), YBhd Basaruddin Bin Sadali.

Pn. Habsah Hassan, MACP Chairman gave a welcome speech which highlighted MACP’s activities namely Cipta Ekspres, Larian MACP and joint event with Arkib Negara, whilst highlighting the challenges faced by MACP this year and aspirations moving forward.

The night was filled with memorable performances by 6ixth Sense, Von Lee, Aiman Tino, Tasha Manshahar, Syed Shamim and Fredo.

Some of the unique features of the night were the award presenters, comprising local radio deejays from various radio stations, paired with each other.

Finally, there was a special tribute to A. Ali, this year’s Nadi Cipta recipient, by all the performers that night rendering some of his evergreen and classic hits.

The full list of winners and awards are as follows:-

Most Promising Young Composer: Najwa Latif

Most Performed Chinese Song: Wo Ai Ta (我爱他) Chen Wei Quan (陈威全) & Huang Ting (黄婷)

Song with Highest Foreign Income: Tian Hou (天后) (Peng Xue Bin (彭学斌))

Most Performed English Song: Together (Wong Yu Ri)

Most Performed Malay Song: Gadis Jolobu (DJ Fuzz, Waris & Hattan)

Most Performed Foreign Song: Putih Putih Melati (Ilham Febri)

Top Local Publisher: Luncai Emas Sdn Bhd

Top Publisher (Overall): Universal Music Publishing Malaysia Sdn Bhd

Top Lyricist: Habsah Hassan

Top Composer: Edry Abdul Halim @ Edry KRU

Nadi Cipta: A. Ali