The Golden Melody Awards (simplified Chinese : 金曲奖 ; traditional Chinese : 金曲獎 ; pinyin : Jīn Qǔ Jiǎng ) is an annual Taiwanese music award, founded in 1990, presented by the Ministry of Culture (Republic of China) . It is usually presented in May, June or July each year and presented for music in Mandarin , Taiwanese , Hakka , and Formosan languages . It is the Taiwanese equivalent to the Grammy Awards . It is also one of the three major annual awards presented in Taiwan along with Golden Bell Awards for television production and Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards for films.
There are two main streams of categories: Popular Music Category (流行音樂作品類) and Traditional Music Category (傳統暨藝術音樂作品類) and are presented at separate ceremonies.
It was first broadcast on Azio TV (東風衛視) from 2002 to 2009. Since 2010, it was broadcast on Taiwan Television (TTV) (台視), with the exception of 2013, in which the event was broadcast on SET Metro (三立都會台).
Popular Music Category [ edit ]
Vocal category – Music publishing awards [ edit ]
Best Song of the Year (最佳年度歌曲獎)
Best Mandarin Album (最佳國語專輯獎)
Best Hokkien Album (最佳台語專輯獎)
Best Hakka Album (最佳客語專輯獎)
Best Indigenous Album (最佳原住民語專輯獎)
Best Music Video (最佳音樂錄影帶獎)
Vocal category – Individual awards [ edit ]
Best Composer (最佳作曲人獎)
Best Lyricist (最佳作詞人獎)
Best Musical Arranger (最佳編曲人獎)
Best Album Producer (最佳專輯製作人獎)
Best Single Producer (最佳單曲製作人獎)
Best Mandarin Male Singer (最佳國語男歌手獎)
Best Hokkien Male Singer (最佳台語男歌手獎)
Best Mandarin Female Singer (最佳國語女歌手獎)
Best Hokkien Female Singer (最佳台語女歌手獎)
Best Hakka Singer (最佳客語歌手獎)
Best Indigenous Singer (最佳原住民語歌手獎)
Best Band (最佳樂團獎)
Best Group (最佳演唱組合獎)
Best New Artist (最佳新人獎)
Instrumental category – Music publishing awards [ edit ]
Best Instrumental Album (最佳演奏專輯獎)
Instrumental category – Individual awards [ edit ]
Best Instrumental Album Producer (最佳演奏專輯製作人獎)
Best Instrumental Composer (最佳演奏作曲人獎)
Music technical category – Individual awards [ edit ]
Best Album Packaging (最佳專輯包裝獎)
Best Vocal Recording Album Award (最佳演唱錄音專輯獎)
Best Instrumental Recording Album Award (最佳演奏錄音專輯獎)
Special awards [ edit ]
Jury Award (評審團獎)
Lifetime Contribution Award (特別貢獻獎)
Traditional Music Category [ edit ]
Best Traditional Album (最佳傳統歌樂專輯獎)
Best Classical Album (最佳古典音樂專輯獎)
Best Children's Music Album (最佳兒童音樂專輯獎)
Best Religious Music Album (最佳宗教音樂專輯獎)
Best World Fusion Album (最佳跨界音樂專輯獎)
Best Composer (最佳作曲人獎)
Best Lyricist (最佳作詞人獎)
Best Musical Arranger (最佳編曲人獎)
Best Album Producer (最佳專輯製作人獎)
Best Traditional Interpretation Music (最佳傳統音樂詮釋獎)
Best Singing Performance (最佳演唱獎)
Best Instrumental Performance (最佳演奏獎)
Jury Award (評審團獎)
Lifetime Contribution Award (特別貢獻獎)
Discontinued awards [ edit ]
Best Recording (最佳錄音獎) - 2nd to 7th
Best Music Video Director (最佳單曲歌唱錄影帶導演獎) - 1st
Best Composer (China) (大陸地區作品獎大陸作曲人獎) - 8th
Best Singing Performance (China) (大陸地區作品獎大陸演唱人獎) - 8th
Best Instrumental Performance (China) (大陸地區作品獎大陸演奏人獎) - 8th
Best Male Performer (Overseas Chinese) (世界華人作品獎最佳男演唱人獎) - 8th
Best Female Performer (Overseas Chinese) (世界華人作品獎最佳女演唱人獎) - 8th
Best Instrumental Performer (Overseas Chinese) (世界華人作品獎最佳演奏人獎) - 8th
Most Popular Male Artist/Group (popular vote) (觀眾票選最受歡迎男(團體)歌手獎) - 18th
Most Popular Female Artist/Group (popular vote) (觀眾票選最受歡迎女(團體)歌手獎) - 18th
Ceremony [ edit ]
Popular music [ edit ]
Ceremony
Date[Note 1]
Venue
1st Golden Melody Awards
6 January 1990
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall , Taipei , Taiwan
2nd Golden Melody Awards
27 October 1990
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
3rd Golden Melody Awards
9 November 1991
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
4th Golden Melody Awards
21 November 1992
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
5th Golden Melody Awards
20 November 1993
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
6th Golden Melody Awards
26 November 1994
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
7th Golden Melody Awards
8 June 1996
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
8th Golden Melody Awards
3 May 1997
Taipei International Convention Center , Taipei, Taiwan
9th Golden Melody Awards
29 May 1998
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall , Taipei, Taiwan
10th Golden Melody Awards
30 April 1999
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
11th Golden Melody Awards
28 April 2000
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
12th Golden Melody Awards
5 May 2001
Chiang Kai-shek Cultural Center , Kaohsiung , Taiwan
13th Golden Melody Awards
4 May 2002
Chiang Kai-shek Cultural Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
14th Golden Melody Awards
3 August 2003
National Taiwan University , Taipei, Taiwan
15th Golden Melody Awards
8 May 2004
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall , Taipei, Taiwan
16th Golden Melody Awards
28 May 2005
Chiang Kai-shek Cultural Center , Kaohsiung, Taiwan
17th Golden Melody Awards
10 June 2006
Taipei Arena , Taipei, Taiwan
18th Golden Melody Awards
16 June 2007
Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan
19th Golden Melody Awards
5 July 2008
Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan
20th Golden Melody Awards
27 June 2009
Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan
21st Golden Melody Awards
26 June 2010
Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan
22nd Golden Melody Awards
18 June 2011
Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan[1]
23rd Golden Melody Awards
23 June 2012
Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan
24th Golden Melody Awards
6 July 2013
Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan
25th Golden Melody Awards
28 June 2014
Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan
26th Golden Melody Awards
27 June 2015
Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan
27th Golden Melody Awards
25 June 2016
Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan
Best Mandarin Male Singer [ edit ]
Best Mandarin Female Singer [ edit ]
Best Mandarin Album [ edit ]
^ The dates correspondes to the Popular Music Category awards ceremony.
References [ edit ]
External links [ edit ]
Golden Melody Awards by year
Chinese music award shows
Mainland China
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Singapore
Malaysia
Chinese Speaker Area
Discontinued
Golden Melody Awards for Best Mandarin Female Singer
1990s
2000s
2010s