The National Award of Recognition for Performing Arts is one of the categories in the National Award of Recognition presented annually by the President of the Maldives to acknowledge, encourage and honor the outstanding contribution of individuals in film production, direction, acting, singing and music composition. The National Award is the most prestigious award given in Maldives. Established in 1979, National Award was given in major two categories; National Award of Honor and National Award of Recognition, which is further categorized based on the honored fields.
The first recipient of the award was music composer Ibrahim Ahmed, who has been noted as the local "backbone" for modernizing the old-fashioned music into the latest trend. Among the awardees, singer Fareedha Mohamed is the only posthumous recipient. Actor Chilhiya Moosa Manik, actor Kopee Mohamed Rasheed, Kashima Ahmed Shakir and director Fathimath Nahula have been honored with National Award of Recognition in other fields too.
Recipients
+ List of award recipients by year Year Image Recipient Island Field 1980 Ibrahim Ahmed Male' Music composition 1981 Abdul Fattah Yoosuf Male' Music composition Abdulla Hassan Male' Singing 1982 Mohamed Habeeb Male' Music composition Mariyam Ahmed Didi GDh. Thinadhoo Singing Fareedha Mohamed HA. Hoarafushi Singing 1983 Ibrahim Hamdhy Male' Singing Fathimath Rauf Male' Singing Chilhiya Moosa Manik Male' Theatre performance 1984 Naifaru Dhohokko Male' Singing Abdul Hannan Moosa Didi Male' Singing Kopee Mohamed Rasheed Male' Theatre performance 1985 Kashima Ahmed Shakir Male' Theatre Performance 1986 Mohamed Rashad Male' Singing 1987 Fibo Ahmed Manik Male' Theatre performance Mohamed Khaleel Male' Singing 1988 Mahmoodha Shakeeb Male' Singing Mariyam Rasheedha S. Maradhoo Theatre performance 1989 Yoosuf Rafeeu Male' Acting 1990 Ahmed Nashid Male' Music composition 1991 Ahmed Nimal Male' Theatre performance 1992 Hassan Yoosuf Male' Music composition Mohamed Zahid Male' Music composition Ibrahim Naseer Male' Music composition Ibrahim Shakeeb Male' Singing Shafeeqa Abdul Latheef Male' Singing Fathimath Rameeza Male' Theatre performance 1993 Mohamed Rasheed Male' Music composition Shammoon Hameed Male' Music composition Hassan Mohamed Holhudhoo Singing 1994 No Award 1995 Aishath Inaya Male' Singing Umar Zahir Male' Singing 1996 Sofa Thaufeeq Male' Singing 1997 Reeko Moosa Manik Male' Acting 1998 Dhon Annaaru Rasheed Male' Film production Fazeela Amir Male' Singing 1999 No Award 2000 Ahmed Amir Male' Music composition Shifa Thaufeeq Male' Singing Hussain Rasheed Male' Film production 2001 Aishath Shiranee Male' Acting Fathimath Zoona Male' Singing 2002 Mukhthar Adam GA. Dhaandhoo Singing 2003 Ali Abdul Kareem Male' Music composition Yoosuf Shafeeu Male' Acting 2004 Masodi Hassan Khaleel Male' Singing Jamsheedha Ahmed Gn. Fuvahmulah Acting Abdul Faththaah Kelaa Film direction 2005 Abdul Baaree B. Fulhadhoo Singing Mohamed Rasheed Male' Acting Ahmed Amir Dh. Maaenboodhoo Film production and direction Mohamed Ikram Male' Music composition 2006 Ahmed Faseeh Male' Music composition Mohamed Shuheil Male' Singing Mohamed Munthasir Male' Dramatics and choreography Amjad Ibrahim Male' Film direction 2007 Abdul Sameeu Abdul Gafoor Male' Singing Shaaz Saeed Lh. Naifaru Music composition Sheela Najeeb Male' Acting 2008 No Ceremony 2009 Fathimath Nahula Male' Film production and direction 2010 Mohamed Majid Male' Singing and music composition Mohamed Niyaz Male' Film and song direction and production 2011 Rafiyath Rameeza Male' Singing Niuma Mohamed GDh. Vaadhoo Acting 2012 Roanu Hassan Manik K. Villingili Acting and theatre performance Hussain Ali F. Nilandhoo Singing 2013 Hussain Sobah Male' Music composition 2014 Ahmed Athif Male' Singing 2015 No Award 2016 Mariyam Unoosha Male' Singing 2017 Mohamed Abdul Ghanee Lh. Naifaru Singing Ibrahim Rasheed Male' Acting and script writing 2018 Ali Shifau Male' Film direction Ibrahim Zaid Ali GDh. Thinadhoo Singing and music composition 2019 Abdul Rasheed Ali Male' Singing 2020 No Award 2021 No Award 2022 Detune Band Singing 2023 No Award 2024 No Award 2025 No Award
Explanatory notes
References
External links Official Page for National Awards, Maldives