Hip-hop group Examplez took out the award for the most popular group of 2005.

HEARTTHROB singer R Zarni took out the award for the best selling modern music album of 2005, at the City FM music awards on January 1. R Zarni was also awarded most popular male singer at the ceremony held at the Myanmar Convention Centre.

Pop icon Tun Eindra Bo took out the most popular female singer award, while hip-hop boy-band Examplez were named most popular group of 2005.

The awards are given out based on the volume of album sales at retail music stores in 31 townships in the Yangon City area.The award for best selling Myanmar traditional music album went to country singer Khin Maung Toe for the album Akyaik Sone Mandalay Thachin Myar (My Favourite Mandalay Songs).
Producer U Soe Hlaing, was disappointed the albums of late singer Htoo Ein Thin and Iron Cross lead vocalist Y Wine did not win any awards.

“I thought their albums would win an award. But my speculation was wrong,” he lamented.

Very few awards went to female vocalists this year, due to the fact that very few female singers released solo albums in 2005.

This is the fourth time the annual awards have been held and the event was also a celebration of City FM’s fourth anniversary.