Anugerah Industri Muzik

One of these, known as the AIM Chinese Music Awards, was held in 1999 and 2001 before encountering a twelve-year hiatus due to insufficient funds.

A Best Indonesian Album category was introduced in 1997, and was replaced by Best Malay Song Performed by a Foreign Artist in 2008 until 2013/2014.

These new awards recognize significant contributions by record labels in the local music industry and provide opportunities to the public to be the jury through a new category, Best Malaysian Singer.

Siti Nurhaliza has the most wins in this category with seven including one for her duet album, Seri Balas with Noraniza Idris, out of nine nominations.

Since its inauguration, the award was only given to the writers (composers and lyricists) of the song, until the 2010–2011 edition, where the singer was decided to be among the recipients, hence they also received the trophy.