Filipino singer and performer Lani Misalucha has won numerous accolades from local and international award-giving bodies for her work in music and on-stage. She has won 7 Awit Awards including "Album of the Year" for her studio album All Heart (2000), 7 Aliw Awards including the coveted "Entertainer of the Year", 4 PMPC Star Awards for Music and 2 Box Office Entertainment Awards. In 1998, she won "Best Interpreter" at the 3rd Asia Song Festival. In 2008, she won "Best Singer" at the 27th Best of Las Vegas Awards, sharing the title with Canadian singer Céline Dion.[a] In 2012, she received a star on the Eastwood City Walk of Fame for her significant contributions to Philippine music industry.[1]
Dubbed as the "New Siren of the Strip"[2] for headlining successful runs of her residency shows in Las Vegas,[3] Misalucha has earned several citations including a certificate of recognition from Nevada's former Governor Kenny Guinn and a special certificate from former Mayor of Los Angeles James Hahn, recognizing her as the first artist of Asian descent to headline in a main showroom on the Las Vegas strip.[4] In 2009, the former mayor of Las Vegas Oscar Goodman proclaimed December 4 as "Lani Misalucha Day" in the city, while the former mayor of Los Angeles Willie Brown also declared August 17 as the "Lani Misalucha Day".[5][6] In January 2019, she was honored by People Asia magazine's as one of the People of the Year honorees.[7] The Outstanding Filipinos in America (TOFA) Awards listed her among the 100 Most Influential Filipinos in America, honoring her with a special award.[8]
Award | Year[b] | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref(s) |
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Aliw Awards | 2000 | Herself | Best Female Musical Performer in music lounges, clubs, bars and restaurant | Won | [9] |
2001 | Herself | Best Female Musical Performer in music lounges, clubs, bars and restaurant | Won | [9][10] | |
2002 | Herself | Entertainer of the Year | Won | [9] | |
Herself | Best Female Musical Performer in music lounges, clubs, bars and restaurant | Won | |||
2003 | Crossover Presents Lani Misalucha | Best Major Concert for a Female Artist | Won | [11] | |
2018 | A Lani-Morissette Musical Journey (with Morissette) | Best Collaboration in a Concert | Won | [12] | |
2019 | Timeless Classics (with Martin Nievera) | Best Collaboration in a Concert | Won | [13] | |
Awit Awards | 1998 | Ang Iibigin Ay Ikaw | Best Female Ballad Recording Artist | Won | [14] |
1999 | Rama at Sita | Best Stage Actress | Nominated | [15][16] | |
Tunay Na Mahal | Best Performance by a Female Recording Artist | Won | [17] | ||
2000 | Can't Stop Loving You | Best Performance by a Female Recording Artist | Won | [18][19][20] | |
2001 | All Heart | Album of the Year | Won | [14] | |
2004 | Malaya Ka Na | Best Performance by a Female Recording Artist | Won | [21][22] | |
2007 | I Live For Your Love | Best Performance by a Female Recording Artist | Won | [23][24] | |
2015 | May Bukas Pa (with Angeline Quinto & KZ Tandingan) | Best Collaboration | Won | [25] | |
ASAP Pinoy Awards | 2017 | Plaque of recognition | Herself | Won | [26] |
Asia Song Festival | 1998 | Herself | Best Performer | Won | [27] |
Best of Las Vegas | 2008 | Herself | Best Singer (Staff's choice) | Won | [17] |
Box Office Entertainment Awards | 2015 | La Nightingale (tied with Regine Velasquez) | Female Concert Performers of the Year | Won | [28] |
2016 | Ultimate Concert (tied with Regine Velasquez) | Female Concert Performers of the Year | Won | [29] | |
EdukCircle Awards | 2019 | The Aces (with Jona & Darren Espanto) | Most Influential Concert Performers of the Year | Won | [30][31] |
Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo Outstanding Achievement Awards | 2007 | Herself | Outstanding Achievement Award (Amadeo/Music & Entertainment) | Won | [32] |
Katha Music Awards | 1999 | Tunay Na Mahal | Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | Won | [17] |
2001 | One (with Regine Velasquez, Ogie Alcasid & Jaya) | Best Pop Vocal Collaboration | Nominated | [33] | |
Kasal sa Kaluluwa | Best Traditional Song | Nominated | |||
Best Traditional Song (with Vocals) | Nominated | ||||
Ina | Best Folk Song (with Vocals) | Nominated | |||
2002 | Bukas Na Lang Kita Mamahalin | Best Female Pop Vocal Performance | Won | [34] | |
Metropop Song Festival | 1999 | Can't Stop Loving You | Grand Prize | Won | [35] |
MTV Pilipinas Music Awards | 2001 | One More Time | Female Artist of the Year | Nominated | [36] |
2004 | Tila | Favorite Female Artist | Nominated | [37] | |
Musika Manila International Songwriting Competition | 1997 | One More Time | Best Interpreter | Won | [35] |
People Asia Awards | 2019 | Herself | People of the Year | Won | [7] |
PMPC Star Awards for Music | 2009 | Reminisce | Female Recording Artist of the Year | Nominated | [38][39] |
Female Pop Artist of the Year | Nominated | ||||
Revival Album of the Year | Nominated | ||||
2013 | The Love | Pop Album of the Year | Nominated | [40] | |
Female Recording Artist of the Year | Nominated | ||||
2014 | The Nightingale Returns | Revival Album of the Year | Won | [41] | |
Female Recording Artist of the Year | Nominated | [42] | |||
Pop Album of the Year | Nominated | ||||
Female Pop Artist of the Year | Nominated | ||||
Missing You | Female Concert of the Year | Nominated | |||
Concert of the Year | Nominated | ||||
2015 | Ultimate Concert (with Regine Velasquez, Martin Nievera and Gary Valenciano) | Concert of the Year | Nominated | [43] | |
La Nightingale | Nominated | ||||
Female Concert Performer of the Year (tied with Regine Velasquez) | Won | ||||
2016 | Love Catcher | Female Concert Performer of the Year | Nominated | [44] | |
Concert of the Year | Won | ||||
2017 | Masquerade Concert | Female Concert Performer of the Year | Won | [45][46] | |
2019 | Lani-Morisette: A Musical Journey | Female Concert Performer of the Year | Nominated | [47] | |
Concert of the Year | Nominated | ||||
2022 | And The Story Begins | Female Concert Performer of the Year | Nominated | [48] | |
The Outstanding Filipinos in America (TOFA) Awards | 2020 | Herself | Special Award | Won | [49] |
Visionary Awards | 2008 | Missing You (tied with Martin Nievera) | Entertainer of the Year | Won | [50] |