20th Golden Melody Awards
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Ceremonies of the 20th Golden Melody Awards were held at the Taipei Arena
Taipei Arena
Taipei Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Taipei, Taiwan. Built in 2005, the large multi-purpose stadium can accommodate major international sport events such as ice skating, ice hockey, gymnastics, handball, basketball, tennis, badminton, table tennis, indoor soccer, boxing, judo,...

 in Taipei
Taipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...

, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

 on June 27, 2009.

Registration process

Registration for entry into the 20th Golden Melody Awards was opened December 1–31, 2008. In order to enchance the fairness of decisions, the Government Information Office
Government Information Office
The Government Information Office is a cabinet-level agency of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China in charge of promoting government policies and regulating domestic media.-History:...

 promised to increase the number of judges
Judge (disambiguation)
Judge or Judges can refer to:* Judge, an official who presides over a court*Judge, an alternative name for a sports referee, umpire or linesman....

, based on recommendations from industry experts. Several changes were also announced to the list of categories that will receive awards:
  • The award for Best Music Video
    Music video
    A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

     Director will become the award for Best Music Video to recognize advancements made by the recording industry.
  • In the artistic and traditional music
    Traditional music
    Traditional music is the term increasingly used for folk music that is not contemporary folk music. More on this is at the terminology section of the World music article...

     categories, there will be separate awards for Best Folk Drama
    Folk play
    Folk plays such as Hoodening, Guising, Mumming and Soul Caking are generally verse sketches performed in countryside pubs in European countries, private houses or the open air, at set times of the year such as the Winter or Summer solstices or Christmas and New Year...

     Album, Best Ethnic Music Album, and Best Traditional Music Album in order to clarify the different target segments.
  • The definition of "album
    Album
    An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

    " in the popular music
    Popular music
    Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...

     categories, which initially read "six or more songs with a total length of 30 minutes (without the accompaniment
    Accompaniment
    In music, accompaniment is the art of playing along with an instrumental or vocal soloist or ensemble, often known as the lead, in a supporting manner...

     versions)", will be changed to "a new arrangement of performance works".


Registration is open to works released between January 1 and December 31, 2008 (Minguo calendar
Minguo calendar
The Republic of China calendar is the method of numbering years currently used in the Republic of China . It was used in mainland China from 1912 until the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949....

 year 97). Winners in an individual category will receive NT$100,000, while winners for published works will receive NT$150,000. If the award is shared by two or more persons, winners will decide how to allocate the reward money.

Song Of The Year

  • Fragrant Rice (稻香) – Capricorn
    Capricorn (album)
    Capricorn is Taiwanese Mandopop artist Jay Chou's ninth Mandarin studio album. It was released on 14 October 2008. by JVR Music and distributed by Sony Music Taiwan. The album is based on his zodiac sign, Capricorn and his interest in illusion...

     (魔杰座) – Jay Chou
    Jay Chou
    Jay Chou is a Taiwanese musician, singer-songwriter, music and film producer, actor and director who has won the World Music Award four times. In 1998 he was discovered in a talent contest where he displayed his piano and song-writing skills. Over the next two years, he was hired to compose for...

    • 100 Ways of Living (100種生活) – 100 Ways of Living (100種生活) – Crowd Lu
      Crowd Lu
      Crowd Lu, was born on 15 July 1985. He is a Taiwanese indie singer-songwriter. He is also referred to as Vitas Lu after making a parody of the song Opera No. 2 by the Russian singer Vitas. Due to a serious car accident in his first year at Tamkang University, Lu learnd to play guitar during his...

       (盧廣仲)
    • Hold You Tightly (甲你攬牢牢) – Hold You Tightly (甲你攬牢牢) – Jody Chiang
      Jody Chiang
      Jody Chiang or Jiang Hui , born as Jiang Shuhui , is a Taiwanese popular singer. She is often called the Queen of Taiwanese music. She began recording in the 1980s and maintains an active career today. Her trademark ballads and folk songs are typically sung in Taiwanese...

    • South of the Border (國境之南) – Cape No. 7
      Cape No. 7
      Cape No. 7 ) is a 2008 Taiwanese romance comedic music-drama film written and directed by Wei Te-Sheng, his first full-length motion picture. The film is in Taiwanese and Mandarin Chinese with significant lines in Japanese. Before its commercial release, the film was world premiered on June 20,...

       soundtrack
      Soundtrack
      A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...

       – Van Fan (范逸臣)
    • The Next Dawn (下一個天亮) – The Next Dawn
      The Next Dawn (Claire Guo album)
      -Track listing:#The Next Dawn / 下一個天亮#100% / 百分百#A Big Joke / 大玩笑#Love Message / 愛情訊息#Slowly Commemorates / 慢慢紀念#No Cure / 不藥而癒#Echo / 回音#Know / 知道#Boundary Line / 界線#Sick / 感冒-DVD:#The Next Dawn / 下一個天亮 MV#100% 百分百 / MV#No Cure / 不藥而癒 MV...

       (下一個天亮) – Claire Kuo
      Claire Guo
      Claire Kuo Ching is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer. The daughter of a restaurant owner, Kuo graduated from Shih Hsin University and was a competitive cheerleader...

    • You're Not Truly Happy (你不是真正的快樂) – Poetry of the Day After (後青春期的詩) – Mayday

Pop Album Of The Year

  • Don't Want to Let Go (不想放手) – Eason Chan
    Eason Chan
    Eason Chan Yik-shun is a prominent male singer in Hong Kong's music industry. Undoubtedly one of the most dominant male singers in the post-1997 era of Hong Kong music industry. Eason Chan has been praised by Time magazine as a front runner in the next generation of Cantopop...

    • 100 Ways of Living (100種生活) – Crowd Lu
      Crowd Lu
      Crowd Lu, was born on 15 July 1985. He is a Taiwanese indie singer-songwriter. He is also referred to as Vitas Lu after making a parody of the song Opera No. 2 by the Russian singer Vitas. Due to a serious car accident in his first year at Tamkang University, Lu learnd to play guitar during his...

       (盧廣仲)
    • Capricorn
      Capricorn (album)
      Capricorn is Taiwanese Mandopop artist Jay Chou's ninth Mandarin studio album. It was released on 14 October 2008. by JVR Music and distributed by Sony Music Taiwan. The album is based on his zodiac sign, Capricorn and his interest in illusion...

       (魔杰座) – Jay Chou
      Jay Chou
      Jay Chou is a Taiwanese musician, singer-songwriter, music and film producer, actor and director who has won the World Music Award four times. In 1998 he was discovered in a talent contest where he displayed his piano and song-writing skills. Over the next two years, he was hired to compose for...

    • If One Thing Is Important (如果有一件事是重要的) – Sandee Chan (陳珊妮)
    • We All Lay Down in the End
      We All Lay Down in the End
      We All Lay Down In The End is Taiwanese Mandopop artist Stanley Huang's 7th Mandarin studio album. It was released on 6 December 2008 by Warner Music Taiwan .-Track listing:#吃我 - Eat Me#黑夜盡頭 We All Lay Down In The End is Taiwanese Mandopop artist Stanley Huang's 7th Mandarin studio album. It was...

       (最后只好躺下来) – Stanley Huang
      Stanley Huang
      Stanley Huang is a Taiwanese American singer. Huang grew up in California and first started out in the boyband L.A. Boyz with older brother, Jeff Huang and cousin Steven Lin.-Musical Career :...


Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

  • Jay Chou
    Jay Chou
    Jay Chou is a Taiwanese musician, singer-songwriter, music and film producer, actor and director who has won the World Music Award four times. In 1998 he was discovered in a talent contest where he displayed his piano and song-writing skills. Over the next two years, he was hired to compose for...

     – Capricorn
    Capricorn (album)
    Capricorn is Taiwanese Mandopop artist Jay Chou's ninth Mandarin studio album. It was released on 14 October 2008. by JVR Music and distributed by Sony Music Taiwan. The album is based on his zodiac sign, Capricorn and his interest in illusion...

     (魔杰座)
    • Eason Chan
      Eason Chan
      Eason Chan Yik-shun is a prominent male singer in Hong Kong's music industry. Undoubtedly one of the most dominant male singers in the post-1997 era of Hong Kong music industry. Eason Chan has been praised by Time magazine as a front runner in the next generation of Cantopop...

       – Don't Want to Let Go (不想放手)
    • Khalil Fong
      Khalil Fong
      Khalil Fong was born on 14 July 1983. He is an American born, Hong Kong-based soul Mandopop singer-songwriter signed to the Warner Music Hong Kong.-Biography:...

       – Orange Moon (橙月)
    • Leehom Wang – Heart Beat (心·跳)
    • Ricky Hsiao
      Xiao Huang-Chi
      Xiao Huang-Chi , born 22nd September 1976 in Banciao, is a blind Taiwanese Tai-pop and Mandopop artist. Xiao Huang-Chi emerged in the Tai-pop scene after winning the Best Tai-pop male artist 2008 award in the Golden Melody Awards....

       – I am Ricky Hsiao (我是蕭煌奇)

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

  • Sandee Chan (陳珊妮) – If One Thing Is Important (如果有一件事是重要的)
    • A-lin (黃麗玲) – Diva (天生歌姬)
    • Fish Leong
      Fish Leong
      Fish Leong is the stage name of Jasmine Leong, a Malaysian Chinese singer in the Mandarin pop scene who has had much success in Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Japan...

       – Today is Our Valentine's Day
      Today is Our Valentine's Day
      Today is Our Valentine's Day is the 11th album of Fish Leong , released on August 28, 2008.-Track listing:# 今天情人节# 如果能在一起# 我们就到这# 我决定# 昨日情书# 崇拜# 会呼吸的痛# 知足# 爱很简单# 诱惑的街# 梦醒时分# C'est La Vie# Let's Fall In Love# 满满的都是爱...

       (今天情人節)
    • Tanya Chua
      Tanya Chua
      Tanya Chua is a Golden Melody Award-winning Singaporean singer and songwriter.-Music career:A former business administration student at Singapore Polytechnic, Chua started out singing in English, releasing her first English album, Bored, in 1997...

       – My Space
    • Tsai Chin
      Tsai Chin (singer)
      Tsai Chin is a pop and folk singer from Taiwan . She sings in both Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese Hokkien and is known for her naturally magnetic rich vocals and witty persona.-Music career:...

       – No Regrets (不悔)

Best New Artist

  • Crowd Lu
    Crowd Lu
    Crowd Lu, was born on 15 July 1985. He is a Taiwanese indie singer-songwriter. He is also referred to as Vitas Lu after making a parody of the song Opera No. 2 by the Russian singer Vitas. Due to a serious car accident in his first year at Tamkang University, Lu learnd to play guitar during his...

     (盧廣仲) – 100 Ways of Living (100種生活), sung by Crowd Lu
    Crowd Lu
    Crowd Lu, was born on 15 July 1985. He is a Taiwanese indie singer-songwriter. He is also referred to as Vitas Lu after making a parody of the song Opera No. 2 by the Russian singer Vitas. Due to a serious car accident in his first year at Tamkang University, Lu learnd to play guitar during his...

     (盧廣仲)
    • Hsiao Hung Jen
      Hsiao Hung Jen
      Hsiao Hung Jen is a Taiwanese musician who notably mixes Taiwanese, Mandarin, and occasionally English in his lyrics. He first gained fame at 11 years old when he won a singing competition on Taiwan's popular "Five Light Awards" program.Hsiao has collaborated with other stars on the Asian pop...

       (蕭閎仁) – Hsiao Hung Jen (蕭閎仁)
    • Jam Hsiao
      Jam Hsiao
      Jam Hsiao was born on 30 March 1987 at Taipei, Taiwan). He is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer. In summer 2007, Hsiao rose to fame after only three brief appearances in the first season of China Television 's star search show, One Million Star , which is a singing competition reality show similar to...

       – Jam Hsiao (蕭敬騰)
    • Joanna Wang
      Joanna Wang
      Joanna Wang is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, daughter of famous music producer Wang Chi-ping . Born in Taipei but raised in Los Angeles suburb of San Gabriel, California, Wang dropped out from Gabrielino High School when she was 16. Her debut album, Start From Here, was released in January 2008...

       – Start From Here
      Start From Here
      -Disc 1 :# Let's Start From Here# Lost In Paradise# As Love Begins to Mend# Bada Bada# Lost Taipei# The Best Mistake I've Ever Made# I Love You# For No Reason# Stages of Flying# Now# True # New York State of Mind...

    • Rachel Liang (梁文音) – Love Poem (愛的詩篇)
    • Yoga Lin
      Yoga Lin
      Yoga Lin was born on 1 July 1987. He is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer and the winner of One Million Star, Season 1 , a reality TV singing competition in Taiwan. During the competition, he once contemplated quitting due to the elimination of his good friend, Eddie Tsai...

       – Mystery Guest (神秘嘉賓)

Best Band

  • Mayday – Poetry of the Day After (後青春期的詩)
    • 13 Band (拾參樂團) – Horse-Faced Sailor's Summer (馬臉水手的夏天)
    • Natural Q (自然捲) – Breakthrough (破捲而出)
    • The Chairmen (董事長樂團) – Spent All His Money (花光他的錢)
    • The Hohak Band (好客愛吃飯) – Rice and Love (愛吃飯)

Best Composer

  • Crowd Lu
    Crowd Lu
    Crowd Lu, was born on 15 July 1985. He is a Taiwanese indie singer-songwriter. He is also referred to as Vitas Lu after making a parody of the song Opera No. 2 by the Russian singer Vitas. Due to a serious car accident in his first year at Tamkang University, Lu learnd to play guitar during his...

     (盧廣仲) – 100 Ways of Living (100種生活), sung by Crowd Lu
    Crowd Lu
    Crowd Lu, was born on 15 July 1985. He is a Taiwanese indie singer-songwriter. He is also referred to as Vitas Lu after making a parody of the song Opera No. 2 by the Russian singer Vitas. Due to a serious car accident in his first year at Tamkang University, Lu learnd to play guitar during his...

     (盧廣仲)
    • Jay Chou
      Jay Chou
      Jay Chou is a Taiwanese musician, singer-songwriter, music and film producer, actor and director who has won the World Music Award four times. In 1998 he was discovered in a talent contest where he displayed his piano and song-writing skills. Over the next two years, he was hired to compose for...

       – Fragrant Rice (稻香), sung by Jay Chou
      Jay Chou
      Jay Chou is a Taiwanese musician, singer-songwriter, music and film producer, actor and director who has won the World Music Award four times. In 1998 he was discovered in a talent contest where he displayed his piano and song-writing skills. Over the next two years, he was hired to compose for...

    • Khalil Fong
      Khalil Fong
      Khalil Fong was born on 14 July 1983. He is an American born, Hong Kong-based soul Mandopop singer-songwriter signed to the Warner Music Hong Kong.-Biography:...

       – Singalongsong, sung by Khalil Fong
      Khalil Fong
      Khalil Fong was born on 14 July 1983. He is an American born, Hong Kong-based soul Mandopop singer-songwriter signed to the Warner Music Hong Kong.-Biography:...

    • Li Ch'üan (李泉) – Gaze (眼色), sung by Yoga Lin
      Yoga Lin
      Yoga Lin was born on 1 July 1987. He is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer and the winner of One Million Star, Season 1 , a reality TV singing competition in Taiwan. During the competition, he once contemplated quitting due to the elimination of his good friend, Eddie Tsai...

    • Purdur (陳建年) – Memories of the Ancients (烙印祖靈), sung by the Nanwan Sisters (南王姐妹花)

Best Lyricist

  • Wu Yü-hsüan (巫宇軒) – In the Trollycar (電車內面), sung by Jody Chiang
    Jody Chiang
    Jody Chiang or Jiang Hui , born as Jiang Shuhui , is a Taiwanese popular singer. She is often called the Queen of Taiwanese music. She began recording in the 1980s and maintains an active career today. Her trademark ballads and folk songs are typically sung in Taiwanese...

    • Ashin – Like Smoke (如煙), sung by Mayday
    • Ashin – The Yet Unbroken Part of My Heart (我心中尚未崩壞的地方), sung by Mayday
    • Jay Chou
      Jay Chou
      Jay Chou is a Taiwanese musician, singer-songwriter, music and film producer, actor and director who has won the World Music Award four times. In 1998 he was discovered in a talent contest where he displayed his piano and song-writing skills. Over the next two years, he was hired to compose for...

       – Fragrant Rice (稻香), sung by Jay Chou
      Jay Chou
      Jay Chou is a Taiwanese musician, singer-songwriter, music and film producer, actor and director who has won the World Music Award four times. In 1998 he was discovered in a talent contest where he displayed his piano and song-writing skills. Over the next two years, he was hired to compose for...

    • Yen Yün-nung (嚴云農) – South of the Border (國境之南), sung by Van Fan (范逸臣)

Best Arrangement

  • Martin Tan – As Love Begins to Mend, for Joanna Wang
    Joanna Wang
    Joanna Wang is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, daughter of famous music producer Wang Chi-ping . Born in Taipei but raised in Los Angeles suburb of San Gabriel, California, Wang dropped out from Gabrielino High School when she was 16. Her debut album, Start From Here, was released in January 2008...

    • Chung Ch'eng-hu (鍾成虎), Ch'en Pai-chou (陳柏州), and Crowd Lu
      Crowd Lu
      Crowd Lu, was born on 15 July 1985. He is a Taiwanese indie singer-songwriter. He is also referred to as Vitas Lu after making a parody of the song Opera No. 2 by the Russian singer Vitas. Due to a serious car accident in his first year at Tamkang University, Lu learnd to play guitar during his...

       (盧廣仲) – Good Morning, Beautiful Dawn! (早安,晨之美!), for Crowd Lu
      Crowd Lu
      Crowd Lu, was born on 15 July 1985. He is a Taiwanese indie singer-songwriter. He is also referred to as Vitas Lu after making a parody of the song Opera No. 2 by the Russian singer Vitas. Due to a serious car accident in his first year at Tamkang University, Lu learnd to play guitar during his...

       (盧廣仲)
    • Leehom Wang – No Reason to Pay Attention to You (我完全沒有任何理由理你), for Leehom Wang
    • Khalil Fong
      Khalil Fong
      Khalil Fong was born on 14 July 1983. He is an American born, Hong Kong-based soul Mandopop singer-songwriter signed to the Warner Music Hong Kong.-Biography:...

       – Singalongsong, for Khalil Fong
      Khalil Fong
      Khalil Fong was born on 14 July 1983. He is an American born, Hong Kong-based soul Mandopop singer-songwriter signed to the Warner Music Hong Kong.-Biography:...

    • Chung Hsing-min (鍾興民) – Mr. Magic (魔術先生), for Jay Chou
      Jay Chou
      Jay Chou is a Taiwanese musician, singer-songwriter, music and film producer, actor and director who has won the World Music Award four times. In 1998 he was discovered in a talent contest where he displayed his piano and song-writing skills. Over the next two years, he was hired to compose for...


Best Album Producer

  • Purdur (陳建年) – The Nanwan Sisters (南王姐妹花), released by the Nanwan Sisters (南王姐妹花)
    • Ch'en Tzu-hung (陳子鴻) and Jody Chiang
      Jody Chiang
      Jody Chiang or Jiang Hui , born as Jiang Shuhui , is a Taiwanese popular singer. She is often called the Queen of Taiwanese music. She began recording in the 1980s and maintains an active career today. Her trademark ballads and folk songs are typically sung in Taiwanese...

       – Hold You Tightly (甲你攬牢牢), released by Jody Chiang
      Jody Chiang
      Jody Chiang or Jiang Hui , born as Jiang Shuhui , is a Taiwanese popular singer. She is often called the Queen of Taiwanese music. She began recording in the 1980s and maintains an active career today. Her trademark ballads and folk songs are typically sung in Taiwanese...

    • Jay Chou
      Jay Chou
      Jay Chou is a Taiwanese musician, singer-songwriter, music and film producer, actor and director who has won the World Music Award four times. In 1998 he was discovered in a talent contest where he displayed his piano and song-writing skills. Over the next two years, he was hired to compose for...

       – Capricorn
      Capricorn (album)
      Capricorn is Taiwanese Mandopop artist Jay Chou's ninth Mandarin studio album. It was released on 14 October 2008. by JVR Music and distributed by Sony Music Taiwan. The album is based on his zodiac sign, Capricorn and his interest in illusion...

       (魔杰座), released by Jay Chou
      Jay Chou
      Jay Chou is a Taiwanese musician, singer-songwriter, music and film producer, actor and director who has won the World Music Award four times. In 1998 he was discovered in a talent contest where he displayed his piano and song-writing skills. Over the next two years, he was hired to compose for...

    • Sandee Chan (陳珊妮) – If One Thing Is Important (如果有一件事是重要的), released by Sandee Chan (陳珊妮)
    • Stanley Huang
      Stanley Huang
      Stanley Huang is a Taiwanese American singer. Huang grew up in California and first started out in the boyband L.A. Boyz with older brother, Jeff Huang and cousin Steven Lin.-Musical Career :...

       and Jae Chong
      Jae Chong
      Jae Chong is a musician and producer known for his works in the Asian music scene. He has written and produced for many artists such as LA BOYZ, Stanley Huang, and more recently Aziatix.- Career :...

       – We All Lay Down in the End
      We All Lay Down in the End
      We All Lay Down In The End is Taiwanese Mandopop artist Stanley Huang's 7th Mandarin studio album. It was released on 6 December 2008 by Warner Music Taiwan .-Track listing:#吃我 - Eat Me#黑夜盡頭 We All Lay Down In The End is Taiwanese Mandopop artist Stanley Huang's 7th Mandarin studio album. It was...

       (最后只好躺下来), released by Stanley Huang
      Stanley Huang
      Stanley Huang is a Taiwanese American singer. Huang grew up in California and first started out in the boyband L.A. Boyz with older brother, Jeff Huang and cousin Steven Lin.-Musical Career :...


Best Single Producer

  • Lü Sheng-fei (呂聖斐) – South of the Border (國境之南), released for the Cape No. 7
    Cape No. 7
    Cape No. 7 ) is a 2008 Taiwanese romance comedic music-drama film written and directed by Wei Te-Sheng, his first full-length motion picture. The film is in Taiwanese and Mandarin Chinese with significant lines in Japanese. Before its commercial release, the film was world premiered on June 20,...

     soundtrack
    Soundtrack
    A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...

  • Lim Giong
    Lim Giong
    Lim Giong is a musician, artist, DJ, composer, songwriter, music producer, music director and also an actor.Now, he is a leading figure on the Taiwanese experimental electronic music scene....

     (林強) – Bosom (交心), released for the CC
    Creative Commons
    Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...

     Asia Band
  • Kay Huang (黃韻玲) – Hope for Love (對愛渴望), released by Aska Yang
    Aska Yang
    Aska Yang was born on 4 April 1978 in Taoyuan, Taiwan. He is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer. He is commended for his touching and intense vocal performance. He graduated from the National Changhua University of Education , with a major in Guidance & Counseling. During his study at NCUE, he attended...

  • Wang Chih-p'ing (王治平) and Kuo Wen-tsung (郭文宗) – Gaze
    Mystery (Yoga Lin album)
    Mystery Guest is Taiwanese Mandopop artist Yoga Lin's debut Mandarin studio album. It was released 3 June 2008 by HIM International Music with a bonus DVD containing making-of footage and "神秘嘉賓" music video....

     (眼色), released by Yoga Lin
    Yoga Lin
    Yoga Lin was born on 1 July 1987. He is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer and the winner of One Million Star, Season 1 , a reality TV singing competition in Taiwan. During the competition, he once contemplated quitting due to the elimination of his good friend, Eddie Tsai...

  • Lin Sheng-yang (林生祥) – Drying the Fields (曬穀場), released by Wu Sheng (吳晟)

Best Singing Group

  • The Nanwan Sisters (南王姐妹花) – The Nanwan Sisters (南王姐妹花)
    • Da Mouth
      Da Mouth
      Da Mouth is a Taiwanese hip hop band made up of MC 40, DJ Chung Hua, male vocalist Harry, and female vocalist Aisa. They are considered the Asian The Black Eyed Peas due to the group's diversity. The band's Chinese band name directly translates into "big mouth"...

       – Wanka (王元口力口)
    • NyLas – ˈnaɪləs
    • Y2J
      Y2J (band)
      Y2J is a Taiwanese rock band composed of two participants from the 2007 season of One Million Star, a singing competition. The band released its debut album "Live For You" on August 25, 2008....

       – Live for You (為你而活)

Best Music Video

  • Mr. Magic (魔術先生), directed and sung by Jay Chou
    Jay Chou
    Jay Chou is a Taiwanese musician, singer-songwriter, music and film producer, actor and director who has won the World Music Award four times. In 1998 he was discovered in a talent contest where he displayed his piano and song-writing skills. Over the next two years, he was hired to compose for...

    • Black and White (黑白), directed by Penny Tai
      Penny Tai
      Penny Tai is a Malaysian Chinese singer and songwriter in the Mandopop scene. Since her debut in 2000 she has released ten albums.-Biography:...

       and sung by Khalil Fong
      Khalil Fong
      Khalil Fong was born on 14 July 1983. He is an American born, Hong Kong-based soul Mandopop singer-songwriter signed to the Warner Music Hong Kong.-Biography:...

    • Love's Miracle Cure (愛情靈藥), directed by Kao Hui (高輝) and sung by Josie Ho
      Josie Ho
      Josephine "Josie" Ho Chiu-Yi is a daughter of Macao casino magnate Stanley Ho, and a singer and actress from Hong Kong.-Movie career:She was involved in numerous movies, TV commercials, TV dramas, and singing performances....

    • Morbid (病態), directed by Bounce (比爾賈) and sung by Yoga Lin
      Yoga Lin
      Yoga Lin was born on 1 July 1987. He is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer and the winner of One Million Star, Season 1 , a reality TV singing competition in Taiwan. During the competition, he once contemplated quitting due to the elimination of his good friend, Eddie Tsai...

    • Spacebomb (太空彈), directed by Wang Jen-li (王仁裡) and sung by Wu Bai
      Wu Bai
      Wu Bai on 14 January 1968) is a Taiwanese rock singer and songwriter. He formed the band Wu Bai & China Blue with Dean "Dino" Zavolta on drums, Yu Ta-hao on keyboards, Chu Chien-hui on bass guitar and Wu Bai himself on lead guitar and lead vocals...

       & China Blue
    • The Happiest Thing (最幸褔的事), directed by Chou Ke-tai (周格泰) and sung by Rachel Liang (梁文音)
    • Wind (風), directed by Penny Tai
      Penny Tai
      Penny Tai is a Malaysian Chinese singer and songwriter in the Mandopop scene. Since her debut in 2000 she has released ten albums.-Biography:...

      and sung by Abin (方炯鑌)


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