Myx Music Awards 2018


Myx Music Awards 2018 was the 13th installment of the Myx Music Awards, acknowledging the biggest hit makers of 2017 in the Philippine music industry. For the seventh consecutive year, fans could vote online through the Myx website.
Nominees were announced on February 28, 2018 starting at 12nn via Facebook Live streaming. Leading the nominees were Jona, James Reid and Sarah Geronimo with five nominations, each.
It may have been noticed that the category names were changed this year replacing the word Favorite into of the year. This year also marks the return of Favorite MYX Bandarito Performance category which was last included in 2010.
For the first time in history of the awards, Twitter Philippines given MYX Music Awards 2018 an exclusive emoji for using hashtags #MYXMusicAwards2018 and #MMAs2018. On May 6, 2018, the popular streaming service, Spotify made an exclusive playlist of songs nominated on the awards.
The awards night was held on May 15, 2018 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. The very first MYX Squadfest was also held on the venue as a pre-programming for the main award show.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Myx Magna Award Music Video of the Year

  • Martin Nievera
  • “The Life” – James Reid
  • * “C@LL” – Bamboo
  • * “Cebuana” – Karencitta
  • * “Misteryo” – Sarah Geronimo
  • * “Sa ‘Yo Pa Rin” – Glaiza de Castro
  • Song of the YearArtist of the Year
  • “Cool Down” – James Reid
  • * “Ano Nga Ba Tayo?” – Jona
  • * “Kaibigan Mo” – Sarah Geronimo feat. Yeng Constantino
  • * “Sa ‘Yo Pa Rin” – Glaiza de Castro
  • * “Titibo-Tibo” – Moira Dela Torre
  • James Reid
  • * Darren Espanto
  • * Iñigo Pascual
  • * KZ
  • * Sarah Geronimo
  • Male Artist of the YearFemale Artist of the Year
  • James Reid
  • * Darren Espanto
  • * Iñigo Pascual
  • * Quest
  • * TJ Monterde
  • Sarah Geronimo
  • * Glaiza de Castro
  • * Jona
  • * KZ
  • * Morissette
  • Group of the YearNew Artist of the Year
  • Boyband PH
  • * Gimme 5
  • * IV of Spades
  • * Silent Sanctuary
  • * The Juans
  • IV of Spades
  • * Karencitta
  • * Leanne and Naara
  • * Sassa
  • * Volts Vallejo
  • Mellow Video of the YearRock Video of the Year
  • “Malaya” – Moira Dela Torre
  • * “Ano Nga Ba Tayo?” – Jona
  • * “Fly Tonight” – Ylona Garcia
  • * “Naririnig Mo Ba?” – Morissette
  • * “Walang Hanggan” – Quest
  • “Balewala” – Brisom
  • * “Against The Ropes” – Typecast feat. Reg Rubio
  • * “Disease” – Philia
  • * “Laro” – Autotelic
  • * “Take Me Down” – Mr. Bones and the Boneyard Circus
  • Urban Video of the YearCollaboration of the Year
  • “Labo” – KZ
  • * “Bituin” – Shehyee feat. Keiko Necesario
  • * “Does She Know?” – Kiana Valenciano feat. Curtismith
  • * “Ice Tubig” – Gloc-9 feat. Mike Luis
  • * “Tagay” – Quest
  • “Kaibigan Mo” – Sarah Geronimo feat. Yeng Constantino
  • * “I’ll Be There” – Darren Espanto and Jed Madela
  • * “Tayo Nalang Kasi” – Jason Dy and Kyla
  • * “’Til The End of Time” – Jona and Boyband PH
  • * “Tumalon” – Julian Trono and Ella Cruz
  • Remake of the YearMedia Soundtrack of the Year
  • “I'll Be There” – Darren Espanto and Jed Madela
  • * “Can't Help Falling in Love” – Daniel Padilla
  • * “If We Fall in Love” – McCoy de Leon and Elisse Joson
  • * “Somebody” – Boyband PH
  • * “Why Can’t It Be?” – Kaye Cal
  • “Two Less Lonely People in the World” – KZ
  • * “Alon” – Hale
  • * “Balisong” – The Juans
  • * “Pusong Ligaw” – Jona
  • * “Torete” – Moira Dela Torre
  • Music Video Guest Appearance of the YearInternational Video of the Year
  • Nadine Lustre
  • * Angelica Panganiban and Sam Milby
  • * Arci Muñoz
  • * Kisses Delavin and Marco Gallo
  • * Maja Salvador and John Lloyd Cruz
  • “Black Suit" - Super Junior
  • * "Look What You Made Me Do" - Taylor Swift
  • * "Perfect" - Ed Sheeran
  • * "Sign of the Times" - Harry Styles
  • * "Touch" - Little Mix
  • MYX Celebrity VJ of the YearMYX Bandarito Performance of the Year
  • Edward Barber
  • * Boyband PH
  • * Empoy
  • * Juan Karlos Labajo
  • * Kim Chiu
  • * Kira Balinger
  • * Kisses Delavin and Marco Gallo
  • * Kyle Echarri
  • * Leila Alcasid
  • * Maris Racal
  • * Maymay Entrata
  • * McCoy de Leon and Elisse Joson
  • IV of Spades
  • * Brisom
  • * Keiko Necesario
  • * Snakefight
  • * Zsaris
  • Multiple awards

    Artists with multiple wins

    The following artists received two or more awards:
    WinsArtists
    4James Reid
    2IV of Spades
    2Sarah Geronimo

    Artists with multiple nominations

    The following artists received more than two nominations:
    NominationsArtists
    5James Reid
    5Jona
    5Sarah Geronimo
    4BoybandPH
    4Darren Espanto
    4KZ Tandingan
    4Moira Dela Torre
    3Glaiza de Castro
    3IV of Spades