(Photo courtesy of TTV)
The 29th Golden Melody Awards (aka Taiwanese Grammys) were held in Taipei Arena on June 23 honoring the top performers in music over the previous year. Taiwanese singer-songwriter LaLa Hsu (徐佳瑩) and Hong Kong singer Eason Chan (陳奕迅) were named Best Mandarin Female Singer and Best Mandarin Male Singer, and they also won Best Mandarin Album and Album of the Year respectively. The biggest winner was jazz pianist Yuying Hsu, who won three awards with her album “happened, happening". Here are the full winner list:
Album of the Year
Eason Chan – C’mon In~
Song of the Year
“He-R" – Crowd Lu
Best Mandarin Album
The Inner Me – LaLa Hsu
Best Hokkien Album
Cartoon Character – EggPlantEgg
Best Hakka Album
The Dirt Road – Ayugo Huang
Best Indigenous Album
Naomi – CMO Group
Music Video of the Year
“Left Behind" – aMEI (Director: Lo Ging-Zim)
Composer of the Year
Crowd Lu – “He-R" (Performed by Crowd Lu)
Lyricist of the Year
Song Dongye – “Guo YuanChao" (Performed by Song Dongye)
Arranger of the Year
Phil Wen – “Grim Reaper" (Performed by Janice Yan)
Best Album Producer
Jonathan Lee – Still an Outlander (Performed by Li Jian Qing)
Best Single Producer
Lin Sheng Xiang – “To Have, or Not to Have" (Performed by Lin Sheng Xiang)
Best Mandarin Male Singer
Eason Chan – C’mon In~
Best Mandarin Female Singer
LaLa Hsu – The Inner Me
Best Hokkien Male Singer
Ricky Hsiao – Cheers
Best Hokkien Female Singer
Elly Chang – Elly Love You
Best Hakka Singer
Qiulin – Da Ling Jiao Xia 2
Best Indigenous Singer
Seredau – Infection
Band of the Year
The Chairman – The Offering
Best Duo or Group
MJ116 – Big Thing
Best New Artist
EggPlantEgg – Cartoon Character
Best Instrumental Album
happened, happening – Yuying Hsu, Alex Sipiagin, Donny McCaslin, Boris Kozlov, Donald Edwards
Best Instrumental Album Producer
Yuying Hsu – happened, happening (Performed by Yuying Hsu, Alex Sipiagin, Donny McCaslin, Boris Kozlov, Donald Edwards)
Best Instrumental Composer
BabyC – “Mangrove" (Performed by BabyC, Zeng Cheng, Filmorchester Babelsberg)
Best Album Package Designer
Godkidlla – Brothers Shouldn’t Live Without Dreams
Best Vocal Recording Album
Home (III) (Andrew Chu, Lin Si Tong, Craig Burbidge, Plamen Penchev, A-Mon, Luantan Ascent, Recording Engineers; Craig Burbidge, Mixing Engineer; Andrew Chu, Mastering Engineer)
Best Instrumental Recording Album
happened, happening (Mike Marciano, Recording Engineer; Dave Darlington, Mixing & Mastering Engineer)
Outstanding Contribution Award
Julie Su
Joy Kuo
