30th Golden Melody Awards

30th Golden Melody Awards
DateJune 29, 2019 (2019-06-29) (Popular music)
VenueTaipei Arena (Popular music)
CountryTaiwan
Hosted byLulu
Websitegma.tavis.tw
Television/radio coverage
NetworkTTV
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The 30th Golden Melody Awards (Chinese: 第30屆金曲獎) took place in Taipei, Taiwan in 2019. The award ceremony for the popular music categories was hosted by Lulu and broadcast on TTV on 29 June.[1]

Winners and nominees

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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
  • Ugly Beauty – Jolin Tsai
    • L.O.V.E. – Eason Chan
    • Where Are We Going? – Eli Hsieh
    • Wu Bing Singing, Yo Chin Soothing – Leo Wang
    • Fade to Exist – Eve Ai
    • Shi's Journey – Shi Shi
    • ØZI: The Album – ØZI
    • 0 – Sandy Lam
    • Battlefields of Asura – Chthonic
    • Snails – Joey Chiang
    • Tsa-bóo gín-á – Nana Lee
    • Jazz’s Good! – Emily Kuan
    • Warming a Pot of Youth to Drink – Ardor Huang
    • Darknet – Dwagie
    • Forgotten West – Sam Liao
    • Drifting – Voter Hsu, Huang Wei-chieh, Liu Jung-chang, and Yeh Yu-ting
    • Return & Restore – iColor
    • Stay – Lo Ssu-jung
    • Love for Granted – Gina Yang
    • Swasieq – Yawai Mawlin
    • Senglit – Muniyu
    • Vangav – Cemelesai
    • Yuan Yin Cheng Xian A Mei Zu Fu Yin Chuan Chang – Wu Chia-lu, Tseng Kuang-fu, Wang Fu-lai, Yang Shih-mei, Lin Jung-mei, and Kuo Mei-yu
    • Ti Cemelesai Ata Salasaladj – Kerekelj and Eleng
  • "Womxnly" (from Ugly Beauty) – Jolin Tsai
    • "Millennia's Faith Undone (The Aeon's Wraith Version)" (from Millennia's Faith Undone (The Aeon's Wraith Version)) – Chthonic and Denise Ho
    • "To Be Together" (from L.O.V.E) – Eason Chan
    • "Core" (from 0) – Sandy Lam
    • "Seventeen" (from Seventeen) – S.H.E
    • "Newly Written Old Song" (from Newly Written Old Song) – Jonathan Lee
    • "Waves Wandering" (from Waves Wandering) – EggPlantEgg
Best Mandarin Album Best Taiwanese Album
  • Forgotten West – Sam Liao
    • Battlefields of Asura – Chthonic
    • Snails – Joey Chiang
    • Tsa-bóo gín-á – Nana Lee
    • Jazz’s Good! – Emily Kuan
    • Warming a Pot of Youth to Drink – Ardor Huang
    • Darknet – Dwagie
Best Hakka Album Best Aboriginal Album
  • Stay – Lo Ssu-jung
    • Drifting – Voter Hsu, Huang Wei-chieh, Liu Jung-chang, and Yeh Yu-ting
    • Return & Restore – iColor
    • Love for Granted – Gina Yang
  • Swasieq – Yawai Mawlin
    • Senglit – Muniyu
    • Vangav – Cemelesai
    • Yuan Yin Cheng Xian A Mei Zu Fu Yin Chuan Chang – Wu Chia-lu, Tseng Kuang-fu, Wang Fu-lai, Yang Shih-mei, Lin Jung-mei, and Kuo Mei-yu
    • Ti Cemelesai Ata Salasaladj – Kerekelj and Eleng
Best Music Video
  • "Slow & Oriental" (from Cassa Nova) – Director: Namso and Youkim
    • "Go Slow" (from Go Slow) – Director: Yuta Sekiyama
    • "Millennia's Faith Undone" (from Battlefields of Asura) – Director: Birdy Hong and Mo Pan
    • "Seventeen" (from Seventeen) – Director: Muh Chen
    • "10 Ways to End" (from Gain) – Director: Namewee
    • "Good Taiwan" (from South Airport Folks) – Director: Bobby Chen
    • "Sabrina Don't Get Married Again!" (from Modern Tragedy) – Director: Robert Youngblood
    • "Ugly Beauty" (from Ugly Beauty) – Director: Muh Chen
Vocal category – Individual awards
Best Female Mandarin Singer Best Male Taiwanese Singer
  • Warming a Pot of Youth to Drink – Ardor Huang
    • Jia Jia Jia Jia – Kang Kang
    • Darknet – Dwagie
    • Forgotten West – Sam Liao
    • I Am Not As Happy As You Tonight – Henry Hsu
Best Female Taiwanese Singer Best Hakka Singer
  • Snails – Joey Chiang
    • Fish Out of Water – Kerris Tsai
    • Tsa-bóo gín-á – Nana Lee
    • Jazz’s Good! – Emily Kuan
    • Just You and Me – Hanya Chang
  • Love for Granted – Gina Yang
    • Return & Restore – iColor
    • Stay – Lo Ssu-jung
    • Ang-gu Ang-gu – Hsieh Yu-wei
Best Aboriginal Singer Best Band
  • Swasieq – Yawai Mawlin
    • Cradle in Memory – Sang Mei-chuan
    • Vangav – Cemelesai
    • Maya Maluqem – Kasiwa
  • Battlefields of Asura – Chthonic
    • Alter Ego – Pumpkinney Fan Club
    • Cassa Nova – Sunset Rollercoaster
    • Fairy Tales of the Ocean Deep – Flesh Juicer
    • WonFu Love Songs – WonFu
    • King of Light – Bisiugroup
    • Him – Tizzy Bac
Best Vocal Group Best New Artist
  • Lovely Sunday – The Chairs
    • I'm Not OK – Vast & Hazy
    • Some People Say – O-Kai Singers
    • HighCC – HighCC
    • Jump – MJ116
  • ØZI: The Album – ØZI
    • Town – The Fur.
    • Wilder – Evangeline Wong
    • Sha Yan – Karencici
    • King of Light – Bisiugroup
    • Campus Romance – Angry Youth
    • 2029 – Lexie Liu
Best Composition Best Lyrics
  • "Forever Young" (from Fade to Exist) – Eve Ai (Performer: Eva Ai)
    • "Hurt" (from Sofa Sea) – Cheer Chen (Performer: Cheer Chen)
    • "The Will" (from Kisses for the World) – Tanya Chua (Performer: Tanya Chua)
    • "Growing Fond of You" (from Half Time) – Li Ronghao (Performer: Karen Mok)
    • "Jade" (from Jade) – Enno Cheng (Performer: Enno Cheng)
  • "Newly Written Old Song" (from Newly Written Old Song) – Jonathan Lee (Performer: Jonathan Lee)
    • "Millennia's Faith Undone (The Aeon's Wraith Version)" (from Millennia's Faith Undone (The Aeon's Wraith Version)) – Freddy Lim (Performer: Chthonic and Denise Ho)
    • "Rain" (from A Song with No Name) – Bobby Chen (Performer: Bobby Chen)
    • "Angels" (from 0) – Xiao Han (Performer: Sandy Lam)
    • "Know" (from Know) – Song Dongye (Performer: Song Dongye)
Best Music Arrangement Producer of the Year, Album
  • "Styx" (from Forgotten West) – An Ton That (Performer: Sam Liao)
    • "Flyaway" (from Shi's Journey) – Chung Wei-yu (Performer: Shi Shi)
    • "Love Me Like a Liar" (from Shi's Journey) – Shi Shi, Howe Chen, Lin Hung-i, Hsu Yu-ying, Chung Wei-yu (Performer: Shi Shi)
    • "B.O." (from ØZI: The Album) – ØZI (Performer: ØZI)
    • "Ghosts & Demons" (from 0) – Chang Shilei (Performer: Sandy Lam)
    • "BKD Club" (from Urban Disease) – Yellow (Performer: Yellow)
  • L.O.V.E. – Carl Wong (Performer: Eason Chan)
    • Fade to Exist – Chen Chien-chi (Performer: Eve Ai)
    • Nothing Is Under Control – Michael Ning and Yoyo Sham (Performer: Yoyo Sham)
    • Modern Tragedy – Linus of Hollywood, Joanna Wang, and Andrew Page (Performer: Joanna Wang)
    • Fairyland – Arai Soichiro (Performer: Su Yunying)
Producer of the Year, Single Best Male Mandarin Singer
  • "BKD Club" (from Urban Disease) – A-Len and Huang Hsuan (Performer: Yellow)
    • "1933" (from Where Are We Going?) – Eli Hsieh and Howe Chen (Performer: Eli Hsieh)
    • "Ugly Beauty" (from Ugly Beauty) – Starr Chen and Jolin Tsai (Performer: Jolin Tsai)
    • "B.O." (from ØZI: The Album) – ØZI (Performer: ØZI)
    • "Stay" (from Stay) – Sandee Chan (Performer: Hebe Tien)
    • "Don't Cry Don't Cry" (from Don't Cry Don't Cry) – Chen Chien-chi and Han Li-kang (Performer: Waa Wei)
  • Wu Bing Singing, Yo Chin Soothing – Leo Wang
    • Where Are We Going? – Eli Hsieh
    • Song of the Bards – Kowen Ko
    • Ear – Li Ronghao
    • ØZI: The Album – ØZI
Instrumental category – Record label awards
Best Instrumental Album
  • Lines & Stains – Tokyo Chuo-Line feat. Hsieh Ming-yen
    • Sounds & Savors – Hope Yeh
    • City Animals – Su Yu-han
    • Songs of Mystery and Hope – Alex Pryrodny
    • Black Bear Forest OST Original Soundtrack – Pau-Dull
Instrumental category – Individual awards
Best Instrumental Album Producer Best Instrumental Composer
  • Black Bear Forest OST Original Soundtrack – Pau-Dull
    • Lines & Stains – Ken Ohtake, Toru Hayakawa, and Noriaki Fukushima
    • City Animals – Su Yu-han
    • Xiao Mei Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Luming Lu
    • Project 3 – Hsu Yu-ying and Yu Chia-lun
  • "Chapter III: India, Italy, and I" – Hsu Yu-ying
    • "Sneezer" (feat. Hsieh Ming-yen) – Toru Hayakawa
    • "Choice" – Owen Wang
    • "Journey" – Su Yu-han
    • "Outside My Window" – Luo Ning
Technical category – Individual awards
Best Recording Package
  • Hold That Tiger – Andrew Wong and Yang Fong-ming
    • Warming a Pot of Youth to Drink – Tsai Shu-yu
    • Reversing into Garage – Gelresai Chen
    • King of Light – Huang Po-han, Yang Shi-Ching, and Chen Hsin-hao
    • In Other Words – Joe Fang and Wu Chien-lung
Technical category – Record label awards
Best Vocal Recording Album Best Instrumental Recording Album
  • The Journey – Wang Chenhuai
    • Ruby Pan Original Fusion Jazz Album – Ruby Pan
    • City Explorations – Skyline
    • 9 – Timeless Fusion Party
    • Pendulum – Chung Yu-feng
Special Contribution Award
Blacklist Studio
Jury Award
Modern Tragedy – Joanna Wang

References

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  1. ^ "【第30屆金曲獎完整入圍名單】林憶蓮、蔡依林爭歌后 李榮浩、謝震廷搶歌王". tw.news.yahoo.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  2. ^ TTV. "第30屆金曲獎頒獎典禮 - 入圍名單". 金曲30 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2019-06-29.
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