34th Golden Melody Awards
Taiwan Awards Ceremony
34th Golden Melody Awards |
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| Date | July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) (Popular music) |
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Venue | Taipei Arena (Popular music) |
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Hosted by | WeiBird |
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Most awards | Hung Pei-yu, Enno Cheng, Kasiwa, Deserts Chang (2) |
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Most nominations | Hung Pei-yu / Silver Lining (8) |
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Website | gma.tavis.tw/gm34/index.htm |
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Network | TTV |
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The 34th Golden Melody Awards (Chinese: 第34屆金曲獎) took place in Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan in 2023. The award ceremony for the popular music categories was hosted by WeiBird and broadcast on TTV on 1 July 2023.
Hung Pei-yu received the most nominations with 8 for her debut album Silver Lining (明室) with Lala Hsu closed behind her on her sixth album Gei, which also got 8 awards.[1][2]
A-Lin won her first Female Mandarin Singer award after being nominated on the same category for the past 6 awards, while the biggest surprise on Male Mandarin Singer award goes to the first-timer HUSH, where he edges out Qing Feng Wu.[3]
Winners and Nominees
Below are the list of winners and nominees:[4][5]
Vocal category – Record label awards
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Album of the Year
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Song of the Year
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- Mallarme's Tuesdays – Qing Feng Wu
- Gei – Lala Hsu
- Silver Lining – Pei-Yu Hung
- Snow White – JADE
- PRO – Kumachan (Xinkuan Xiong)
- Pleasing Myself – HUSH
- Mercury Retrograde – Enno Cheng
- Holy Gazai – A_Root
- KEH – DJ MR.GIN
- Marigold – HAOTING
- Pity Zhu An – Cai Qiufeng
- Folk Tale – Olivia Tsao
- Waiting a present for – Chiu Shu
- Yam Fung leu – Rita Lin
- Living Room Dreaming – Julia Peng
- Snail – Misa
- Humble – Boiii P
- Together, us – Biung
- Watershed – Kivi
- The Roots – Matzka
- Ita – Kasiwa
- ABUS – Abus・Tanapima
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- "A Flash and How It Lasts" (from 9522) – anpu
- "Like A Star" (from Gei) – Lala Hsu
- "Silver Lining" (from Silver Lining) – Hung Pei-yu
- "Greatest Works of Art" (from Greatest Works of Art) – Jay Chou
- "Daughters feat.Chunho (from Mecury Retrograde)" – Enno Cheng
- "Semane sepi" (from ITA) – Kasiwa
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Best Mandarin Album
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Best Taiwanese Album
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- PRO – Kumachan (Xinkuan Xiong)
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- Mercury Retrograde – Enno Cheng
- Holy Gazai – A_Root
- KEH – DJ MR.GIN
- Marigold – HAOTING
- Pity Zhu An – Cai Qiufeng
- Folk Tale – Olivia Tsao
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Best Hakka Album
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Best Indigenous Language Album
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- Yam Fung leu – Rita Lin
- Waiting a present for – Chiu Shu
- Living Room Dreaming – Julia Peng
- Snail – Misa
- Humble – Boiii P
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- The Roots – Matzka
- Together, us – Biung
- Watershed – Kivi
- Ita – Kasiwa
- ABUS – Abus・Tanapima
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Best Music Video
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- Little Balcony (from Little Balcony) – Director: Pennacky
- Beanstalk (from BEANSTALK) – Director: JYUN CHANG
- I Will Find You (from Memorable Moments) – Director: Peifu Chen
- Gei (from Gei) – Director: BILL+
- in peace (from healism) – Director:
- Almost (from Snow White) – Director: Birdy Nio
- ...... Siren Salon (from Mellarme's Tuesdays) – Director: Show Yanagisawa
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Vocal category – Individual awards
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Best Composition
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Best Lyrics
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- "Anything But" (from Silver Lining) – Lala Hsu (Performer: Pei-Yu Hung)
- "Nomadland" (from Nomadland) – Zooey Wonder (Performer: Zooey Wonder)
- "Blame" (from LINK) – Eve Ai (Performer: A-LIN)
- "Daughters (feat.Chunho) – Enno Cheng and Chunho (Performer: Enno Cheng)
- "Farce" (from The Passive Audience) – Penny Tai (Performer: Penny Tai)
- "......Fragments d'un Discours Amoureux (Feat.Karena Lam)" (from Mellarme's Tuesdays) – Qing Feng Wu (Performer: Qing Feng Wu and Karena Lam)
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- "Homo Sapiens" (from Homo Sapiens) – Chow Yiu Fai (Performer: Eason Chan)
- "Heading North" (from Take It Slow, I Will Be There) – Skippy (Performer: Crispy)
- "Anything But" (from Silver Lining) – David Ke (Performer: Pei-Yu Hung)
- "NFT" (from Mr. Yao's 8th Grade Syndrome) – MC Hot Dog (Performer: MC Hot Dog)
- "How the brain got language? feat.Chunho" (from Mecury Retrograde) – Enno Cheng (Performer: Enno Cheng)
- "Regression" (from MEMENTO) – Lin Xi (Performer: Terence Lam)
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Best Music Arrangement
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Producer of the Year, Album
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- "Kungkung Workbook" (from 9522) – Chico Tsai (Performer: anpu)
- "Bearish" (from Snow White) – Kyle Lu (Performer: JADE)
- "Witches" (from Dreams) – Elephant Gym (KT Chang, Chia-Chin Tu, Tell Chang) (Performer: Elephant Gym)
- "Good Afternoon, Good Evening and Goodnight" (from Good Afternoon, Good Evening and Goodnight) – Owen Wang (Performer: WeiBird)
- "Bondage" (from Discipline) – Jason Choi (Performer: Sandee Chen)
- "......The Great Hypnotist" (from Mellarme's Tuesdays) – Qing Feng Wu, Howe Chen (Performer: Qing Feng Wu)
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- Holy Gazai – Blaire Ko (Performer: A_Root)
- Gei – LaLa Hsu, Howe Chen (Performer: LaLa Hsu)
- Silver Lining – George Chen (Performer: Pei-Yu Hung)
- REVELATION – G.E.M, GONG (Performer: G.E.M)
- Déjà Fu – LÜCY (Performer: LÜCY)
- Mellarme's Tuesdays – Qing Feng Wu, Howe Chen (Performer: Qing Feng Wu)
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Producer of the Year, Single
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Best New Artist
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- "Telephone" (from Snow White) – Kyle Lu, Itun Chou (Performer: JADE)
- "Nomadland" (from Nomadland) – Howe Chen (Performer: Zooey Wonder)
- "Henshin" (from Tshut Tsit Ki Tshui) – Chen Chien-Wei (Performer: Shao Da-Lun)
- "Shadow" (from Dreams) – HLK/ (Performer: Elephant Gym and 9m88)
- "Bi Li Ka Li Hai" (from Bi Li Ka Li Hai) – NICKTHEREAL, Jae Chong (Performer: Billie Wang)
- "Fashion !" (from Fashion !) – LimGiong, ChihSiou, Yu (Performer: ChihSiou)
- "Tina's Hausu" (from Tina's Hausu) – Joanna Wang, Adam Lee (Performer: Joanna Wang)
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- Silver Lining – Pei-Yu Hung
- Shin Formosa Youth? – Mango Jump
- LÜCY – LÜCY
- Marigold – HAOTING
- Talent – The Crane
- CZ Dogg – CZ Dogg
- Abus – Abus・Tanapima
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Best Male Mandarin Singer
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Best Female Mandarin Singer
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- Pleasing Myself – HUSH
- Mr. Yao's 8th Grade Syndrome – MC Hot Dog
- PRO – Kumachan
- Melarme's Tuesdays – Qing Feng Wu
- Talent – The Crane
- Teen on Shuqian Street – Zhao Lei
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Best Male Singer (Taiwanese)
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Best Female Singer (Taiwanese)
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- Thank You My Love – A Ge La
- Tshut Tsi̍t Ki Tshuì – Shao Da-Lun
- INTO – Sam Liao
- Extends – Bamboo Chen
- Since Chou – Since Chou
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- Mecury Retrograde – Enno Cheng
- No Hindrance – Kelly Tsai
- Think of Someone – Fei Huang
- Pity Zhu An – Cai Qiufeng
- Folk Tale – Olivia Tsao
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Best Singer (Indigenous Language)
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Best Singer (Hakka)
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- Ita – Kasiwa
- Together, Us – Biung
- The Vine – Yaway·Mawring
- Watershed – Kivi
- The Roots – Matza
- ABUS – Abus・Tanapima
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- Living Room Dreaming – Julia Peng
- Yam Fung Ieu – Rita Lin
- Hakka Kafka – Huang Zixuan
- Snail – Misa
- Go Mode – VUIZE
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Best Band
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Best Vocal Group
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- The Moment – Cosmos People
- Kafka on the Rivers-and-Lakes– Sheng Xiang & Band
- Understory – Bugs of Phonon
- Snow White – JADE
- Dreams – Elephant Gym
- Holy Gazai – A_Root
- SYSTEM BOOTING – Robot Swing
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- Take It Slow, I Will Be There – Crispy
- Our Adventure Begins – Running Youth
- Backfire – Deepwhite2
- BROMAN – Nine One One
- Bedside Fudge – Mr.Miss
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Instrumental category – Record label awards
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Best Instrumental Album
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- Connected – Chien Chien Lu and Richie Goods
- I Prefer – S'yo Fang, Priscilla Nokoe, Yoojin Ko, Alessio Bruno, Richie Struck and Emilio Parrilla
- CHÁO – Rich Huang
- Sunset In The Alps – Baby-C and Yannick Barman
- Sunrise – Teriver Cheung and So To Chit
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Instrumental category – Individual awards
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Best Instrumental Album Producer
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Best Instrumental Composer
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- Sunset in the Alps – Baby-C, Yannick Barman
- I Prefer – S'yo Fang
- CHÁO – Rich Huang, Baby-C
- Connected – Richie Goods
- tsiánn – Ohtake Ken
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- "Auntie in the Market" (from CHÁO) – Baby-C, Rich Huang
- "Waves" (from CHÁO) – Baby-C
- "Breaking the Circle" (from I'll See You in the Fog) – Tony Li
- "Sunset In The Alps" (from Sunset In The Alps) – Baby-C, Yannick Barman
- "Herniated Intervertebral Disc" (from Szu Chien Lu) – Szu-Chien Lu
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Technical category – Individual awards
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Best Album Design
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- Discipline – Hitsu Pi
- Kafka on the Rivers-and-Lakes – Wu Chia Lin
- EARTHBOUND – FK WU, Hitsu Pi, HUNG JUI CHIA
- Echoes Of All The Flowers – Joe Fang、Pei-Cen, Guo
- Together, us – Andrew Wong、Karen Tsai
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Technical category – Record label awards
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Best Album Recording
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Best Instrumental Album Recording
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- Time's up – (Recording Engineers:Chou Han Tsay/Main Mixing Engineers:Chou Han Tsay/Main Mastering Post-Production:John Greenham)
- Nomadland – (Recording Engineers:Yu Hsuan Yeh, HLK, Link Shan, Zen Chien, AJ Chen, ioui, Chief Wang, Lin Shang-Po, Chou Han Tsay, SHENB/Main Mixing Engineers:cts, ioui, Ziya Huang, Howe Chen, Link Shan, Jerry Lin/Main Mastering Post-Production:Mike Bozzi, Cass Irvine)
- Gei – (Recording Engineers:Micky Yang, Zen Chien, Min-Hsiang Chang, YuHsuan Yeh, SHENB, Hendrik Pan, Lin Shang-Po, LaLa Hsu, Chou Han Tsay/Main Mixing Engineers:Ziya Huang, Howe Chen/Main Mastering Post-Production:Randy Merrill)
- Get My Way Up – (Recording Engineers:Attis, Thomas Chuang, Leo Chou, Levii, Joshua Lee/Main Mixing Engineers:Leo Chou, LuuX, Chou Han Tsay, Thomas Chuang, Itun Chou, Link Shan/Main Mastering Post-Production:Sabrina Lo, Marcus Tsao, Jeff Lipton, Maria Rice)
- The Roots – (Recording Engineers:Fengtse, BonBon Chen/Main Mixing Engineers:Matthew Sim/Main Mastering Post-Production:Peter Hewitt-Dutton)
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- SEDAR Trio - Vol. 1–(Recording Engineers:Li You, Li Yang/Main Mixing Engineers:Kevin Killen/Main Mastering Post-Production:Bob Ludwig)
- CHÁO – (Recording Engineers:David Wang, Shao-Ting Sun/Main Mixing Engineers:Baby-C, Shao-Ting Sun/Main Mastering Post-Production:Shao-Ting Sun)
- Hakudou – (Recording Engineers:Yang Li, Andy Baker/Main Mixing Engineers:David Darlington/Main Mastering Post-Production:David Darlington)
- Szu Chien Lu – (Zen Chien, Chou-Han Tsay, Joshua Lee, Link Shan, BonBon Chen, Szu-Chien Lu/Main Mixing Engineers:Joshua Lee, Zen Chien, Jay Cheng, Itun Chou, Sam Wu , J-Jyun Ciou, Troy Lin, Rose Liang/Main Mastering Post-Production:John Davis)
- For Papa Shawna Yang Quartet Live at Yilan – (Recording Engineers:Kao Min Fu/Main Mixing Engineers:Dave Darlington/Main Mastering Post-Production:Dave Darlington)
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Special Contribution Award
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Eric Lin
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Jury Award
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Ita – Kasiwa
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Notes
References
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