29th Golden Melody Awards

The 29th Golden Melody Awards (Chinese: 第29屆金曲獎) took place in Taipei, Taiwan in 2018. The award ceremony for the popular music categories was hosted by Jam Hsiao and broadcast on TTV on 23 June.[1]

29th Golden Melody Awards
Date23 June 2018 (2018-06-23) (Popular music)
LocationTaipei Arena, Taiwan
(Popular music)
Hosted byJam Hsiao
(Popular music)
Websitehttp://gma.tavis.tw/ 
Television/radio coverage
NetworkTTV

Winners and nominees

Below is the list of winners and nominees for the popular music categories.[2]

Vocal category – Record label awards
Album of the Year Song of the Year
  • C'mon In~ – Eason Chan
    • When I Leave Taipei – Leon Zheng
    • The Inner Me – Lala Hsu
    • Story Thief – A-Mei
    • Message in a Bottle – JJ Lin
    • The Journal – Dean Ting
    • Cartoon Character – EggPlantEgg
    • Mend the Dreams – Henry Hsu
    • Shaking the Mountains and Rivers – Chen Ming-chang
    • Kin – Chiang Yu-ta
    • Cheers – Hsiao Huang-chi
    • Da Ling Jiao Xia 2 – Qiu Lin
    • Dim Night – Huang Wei-jie
    • The Dirt Road – Ayugo Huang
    • Hakka Girl 2017 – Caleb Hsiao
    • Sitting Together – Paliulius
    • Infection – Seredau
    • Naomi – CMO Group
    • With You – Siva9 Band
  • "He-R" (from He-R) – Crowd Lu
    • "To Have, or Not to Have" (from The Great Buddha + Soundtrack) – Lin Sheng-xiang
    • "Southbound Night Bus" (from Begin the Second Half) – Fire EX.
    • "Guan Yin Shan" (from Home III) – Lo Ta-yu
    • "Little Big Us" (from Message in a Bottle) – JJ Lin
Best Mandarin Album Best Taiwanese Album
  • Cartoon Character – EggPlantEgg
    • Mend the Dreams – Henry Hsu
    • Shaking the Mountains and Rivers – Chen Ming-chang
    • Kin – Chiang Yu-ta
    • Cheers – Hsiao Huang-chi
Best Hakka Album Best Aboriginal Album
  • The Dirt Road – Ayugo Huang
    • Da Ling Jiao Xia 2 – Qiu Lin
    • Dim Night – Huang Wei-jie
    • Hakka Girl 2017 – Caleb Hsiao
  • Naomi – CMO Group
    • Sitting Together – Paliulius
    • Infection – Seredau
    • With You – Siva9 Band
Best Music Video
  • "Left Behind" (from Story Thief) – Director: Lo Ging-zim
    • "He's a Space Deris from the Doomsday Prophecy" (from Martial God Cardea) – Director: Tan Tsung-fan
    • "Thai Cha Cha" (from All Eat Asia) – Director: Chayanop Boonprakob
    • "The Prayer" (from The Inner Me) – Director: Bill Chia
    • "Waves" (from Insignificant Secret) – Director: Birdy
    • "Pseudo-Single, Yet Single" (from A-Lin) – Director: Leo Liao and Yao Kuo-chen
    • "Yuki Onna" (from Run! Frantic Flowers!) – Director: Mo (Yamanyamo)
Vocal category – Individual awards
Best Composition Best Lyrics
  • "Guo Yuan Chao" (from Guo Yuan Chao) – Song Dongye (Performer: Song Dongye)
    • "To Have, or Not to Have" (from The Great Buddha + Soundtrack) – Wang Chao-hua (Performer: Lin Sheng-xiang)
    • "He-R" (from He-R) – Crowd Lu (Performer: Crowd Lu)
    • "Hometown" (from Still an Outlander) – Yan Bin and Jonathan Lee (Performer: Li Jianqing)
    • "Full Name" (from Story Thief) – David Ke (Performer: A-Mei)
Best Music Arrangement Producer of the Year Album
  • "Grim Reaper" (from I Have Myself) – Wen Yi-zhe (Performer: Janice Yan)
Producer of the Year Single Best Male Mandarin Singer
  • "To Have, or Not to Have" (from The Great Buddha + Soundtrack) – Lin Sheng-xiang (Performer: Lin Sheng-xiang)
Best Female Mandarin Singer Best Male Taiwanese Singer
  • Cheers – Hsiao Huang-chi
    • I Do Your Patrons – Weng Li-you
    • The Phonograph of Life, Drama Soundtracks Collection 2 – Ric Jan
    • Mend the Dreams – Henry Hsu
    • Still Loving You – Tsai Chia-lin
Best Female Taiwanese Singer Best Hakka Singer
  • Elly Love You – Elly Chang
    • Bo Li Xin – Lin Chiao-an
    • Deng Tian Guang – Angel Chu
    • Look Up – Hanya Chang
    • True Happiness Indeed – Gigi Wu
  • Da Ling Jiao Xia 2 – Qiu Lin
    • Dim Night – Huang Wei-jie
    • The Dirt Road – Ayugo Huang
    • Hakka Girl 2017 – Caleb Hsiao
Best Aboriginal Singer Best Band
  • Infection – Seredau
    • Sitting Together – Paliulius
    • La mathuaw maqitan apiakuzan – Magaitan Lhkatafat
  • The Offering – The Chairman
    • Begin the Second Half – Fire EX.
    • Dear – Sweet John
    • Cartoon Character – EggPlantEgg
    • Be Well World – LEO37+SOSS
    • I'm Not a Superman – Mr. Loud Who Chance
Best Vocal Group Best New Artist
  • Big Thing – MJ116
    • OwO – Yeemao
    • Loneliness, Sadness and a Thank You – Astro Bunny
    • In Search of Happiness – Crispy
    • Chang and Lee – Chang and Lee
  • Cartoon Character – EggPlantEgg
    • When I Leave Taipei – Leon Zheng
    • J.Sheon – J.Sheon
    • Stay Sober – Jerry Li
    • I Have Myself – Janice Yan
    • We Are All Lonely Souls – Paige Su
    • The Journal – Dean Ting
Special Contribution Award
Su Rui
Joy Kuo
Jury Award
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References
  1. "金曲獎大爆點！蕭敬騰掌主持棒hold全場 | 蘋果日報". 蘋果日報 (in Chinese). Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  2. "第29屆金曲獎頒獎典禮 - 金曲APP". 金曲29 (in Chinese). Retrieved June 17, 2018.
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