{"id":22255,"date":"2025-06-28T16:36:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T16:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/22255\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T16:36:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T16:36:16","slug":"2025-golden-melody-awards-focus-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/22255\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Golden Melody Awards &#8211; Focus Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taipei, June 28 (CNA) The Golden Melody Awards (GMA) kicked off at 7 p.m. on Saturday at Taipei Arena, celebrating achievements by artists in the local pop music industry.<\/p>\n<p>Now in their 36th year, the Golden Melody Awards &#8212; organized by Taiwan&#8217;s Ministry of Culture (MOC) &#8212; remain the most prestigious music awards in the Mandarin-speaking world. In 2014, Billboard described the awards as the &#8220;Grammys of the Mandarin pop world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Highlights of the 2025 GMA ceremony included the red carpet event, a prelude to the main show, as well as interviews with dozens of arriving celebrities and performing artists.<\/p>\n<p>According to the MOC, 169 works have been selected to compete across 27 award categories this year.<\/p>\n<p>Among this year&#8217;s nominees, Sony Music Entertainment Taiwan Ltd. stood out with 11 nominations, the highest of any company.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the album &#8220;AAA&#8221; by Taiwanese indie band Sunset Rollercoaster and South Korean band Hyukoh led the pack with seven nominations, making it the most recognized work of the year.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s special contribution award was presented to composer-producer Weng Xiao-liang (\u7fc1\u5b5d\u826f) and the late Taiwanese singer Ma Chao-chun (\u99ac\u5146\u99ff), while the jury award went to late Hong Kong-American singer Khalil Fong (\u65b9\u5927\u540c) for his album &#8220;The Dreamer&#8221; (\u5922\u60f3\u5bb6).<\/p>\n<p>In Taiwan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kIfpjmBXjSc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taiwan Television Enterprise (TTV)<\/a>\u00a0broadcasted the red carpet event and the awards ceremony, which was also streamed live online by <a href=\"https:\/\/today.line.me\/tw\/v2\/article\/GgLlDoY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Line Today<\/a> and Line Music.<\/p>\n<p>\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n<p><strong>Full list of the 36th Golden Melody Awards winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6\u00a0<strong>Best New Artist:<\/strong>\u00a0someshiit (\u5c71\u59c6)\uff0fA FOOL\uff0fRock Mobile Corporation<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83c\udfc6 Best Music<\/strong> Video: Antenna\u300aAAA\u300b\uff0fSunset Music Productions Co., Ltd. (Director: rafhoo)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83c\udfc6 Best Instrumental Album Recording:<\/strong> OR (\u624b\u8853\u5287\u9662)\uff0fFeeling Good Music Co., Ltd<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83c\udfc6 Best Vocal Album Recording:<\/strong> AAA\uff0fSunset Music Productions Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83c\udfc6 Best Singer (Hakka):<\/strong> Huang Zi-xuan (\u9ec3\u5b50\u8ed2)\uff0fNew Soul\uff0fIn Utero Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <strong>Best Hakka Album:<\/strong> New Soul (\u725b\u9a37)\uff0fIn Utero Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <strong>Best Best Singer (Indigenous Language):<\/strong> Kumu Basaw (\u59d1\u6155\u00b7\u5df4\u7d39)\uff0fQrasun<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <strong>Best Indigenous Language Album:<\/strong> VAIVAIK (\u5c0b\u8d70)\uff0fWind Music International Corporation<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <strong>Best Instrumental Composer:<\/strong>\u00a0Wang Yu-chia, FlyingPP, Shan Lin\uff0fTriple Helix\u300aHow Many Hippos\u300b<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6<strong> Best Instrumental Album Producer:<\/strong> Szx.\u3001HadiT\uff0fEong\uff0fPro Promoting International Co.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <strong>Best Instrumental Album:<\/strong> The \u00c9tudes\uff0fKKlive Limited<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <strong>Best Male Singer (Taiwanese):<\/strong> Chen Yi-heng (\u9673\u4ee5\u6046)\uff0fcan cancan cancancan<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <strong>Best Female Singer (Taiwanese):<\/strong> Siri Lee (\u674e\u7afa\u82af)\uff0fSu\u00ed<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <strong>Best Taiwanese Album:<\/strong> Su\u00ed (\u6c34)\uff0fGoAhead Music Rose Farm and Forest Co. (Performed by: Siri Lee)<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <strong>Best Album Design:<\/strong> Chanhee Hong, Na Kim\uff0fAAA\uff0fSunset Music Productions Co.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6<strong> Best Vocal Group:<\/strong> Power Station (\u52d5\u529b\u706b\u8eca): Yu Chiu-sing, Yen Chih-lin\uff0fAlways with you<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6<strong> Special Contribution Awards:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/focustaiwan.tw\/culture\/202506280012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Weng Xiao-liang (\u7fc1\u5b5d\u826f) and Ma Chao-chun (\u99ac\u5146\u99ff)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <strong>Best Composer:<\/strong> Khalil Fong (\u65b9\u5927\u540c)\uff0fTwenty Three\u300aThe Dreamer\u300b<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <strong>Best Lyricist:<\/strong> Giyu Tjuljaviya (\u5f35\u6de6\u52db)\uff0fChild of the South Link (Home to Home)<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 <strong>Jury Award:<\/strong> Khalil Fong (\u65b9\u5927\u540c) The Dreamer Album (\u5922\u60f3\u5bb6\u5c08\u8f2f)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\ud83c\udfc6 <strong>Best Arranger:<\/strong> Sauljaljui (\u6234\u66c9\u541b), Vikung Ruljadeng (\u5433\u8499\u60e0)\uff0fDipin Kari Tang (feat. Taiwu Ballads Troupe)\u300aVAIVAIK\u300b\uff0fWind Music International Corporation(Performed by: Sauljaljui, Taiwu Ballads Troupe)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\ud83c\udfc6 <strong>Best Song Producer:<\/strong> D\u00e9j\u00e0 Fu (\u6d77\u5927\u5bcc)\uff0fBunun\u300aQueendom\u300b\uff0fWarner Music Taiwan Ltd. (Performed by: Abus Tanapima)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\ud83c\udfc6 <strong>Song of the Year:<\/strong> Friday Night\u300aHere I Am\u300b\uff0fB&#8217;in Music (Performed by: Energy)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\ud83c\udfc6 <strong>Best Band:<\/strong> Trash: Euan, TTeng, Kuei gun, Marz (\u9824\u539f, \u535a\u6587, \u9b41\u525b, \u963f\u591c\uff09\uff0fThe Last Train of Happiness<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\ud83c\udfc6 <strong>Best Album Producer:<\/strong> CJ Hightide\uff0fThe Wind that Found Me\uff0fStreevoice (Taiwan) Co. (Performed by: Giyu Tjuljaviya)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/focustaiwan.tw\/culture\/202506280013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best Male Singer (Mandarin):<\/strong><\/a> Trout Fresh (\u5442\u58eb\u8ed2)\uff0fGood Sound with Attitudes<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\ud83c\udfc6 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/focustaiwan.tw\/culture\/202506280014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Best Female Singer (Mandarin)<\/a>:<\/strong> waa wei (\u9b4f\u5982\u8431)\uff0fOrdeal by Pearls<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\ud83c\udfc6 <strong>Best Mandarin Album:<\/strong> Good Sound with Attitudes\uff0fRYM Entertainment Co. 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