101.9 For Life, the FM radio station of ABS-CBN, unveiled the winners for the 1st WAKI OPM Music Awards Saturday at the SM Mall of Asia Music Hall.

Here are the winners:

ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
Journey by Yeng Constantino – 67%

MALE VOCALIST OF 2008:
Bugoy Drilon – 41.97%
(Bugoy bested Martin Nievera, Piolo Pascual and Rico Blanco)

FEMALE VOCALIST OF 2008:

Sarah Geronimo – 47.33%
(Sarah bested Yeng Constantino, Aiza Seguerra, Laarni Lozada and KC Concepcion)

BAND OF THE YEAR:
Itchyworms – 50.04%

BREAKOUT STAR OF 2008:
Bea Alonzo – 53.36%

SENTI HIT AWARD:
Paano na Kaya? (Bugoy Drilon) – 30.79%

DANCE CRAZE OF THE YEAR:
Sumayaw Ka (Gloc 9) – 50.91%

BEST COLLABORATION OF 2008:
Project 1’s “Ang Sarap Dito” – 52.4%

NOVELTY SONG OF THE YEAR:
Giling-Giling (Willie Revillame) – 62.74%

LISTENERS’ CHOICE FOR FAVORITE MALE ARTIST:
Erik Santos – 44.89%

LISTENERS’ CHOICE FOR FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST:
Bea Alonzo – 25.37%

SONG OF THE YEAR:
Betamax (Sandwich) – 40.39%

KANTAMERCIAL OF 2008:
Sarap Dito (Project1 for Coca Cola) – 60%

The difference with WAKI OPM Music Awards from Myx Music Awards and other music award-giving bodies is that only 100% Pinoy creations were eligible to compete meaning revivals and tagalized versions and the likes were disqualified.

It’s also interesting to note that no GMA (kapuso) artist was even nominated in the WAKI OPM Awards.