Golden Melody Awards

The Golden Melody Awards (simplified Chinese: 金曲奖; traditional Chinese: 金曲獎; pinyin: Jīn Qǔ Jiǎng) or sometimes shortened to just Golden Melody are music awards annually presented in Taiwan. The Awards began in 1990.

Categories for Awards

The following awards are currently presented yearly since the 2017 (28th Edition) revision.

Vocal category (record label)

• Album Of The Year*
• Song Of The Year
• Best Mandarin Album
• Best Taiwanese Album
• Best Hakka Album
• Best Indigenous Language Album
• Best Music Video

Vocal category (individual accolade)

• Best Composition
• Best Lyrics
• Best Music Arrangement
• Best Album Producer
• Best Song Producer
• Best Male Mandarin Singer
• Best Female Mandarin Singer
• Best Male Taiwanese Singer
• Best Female Taiwanese Singer
• Best Hakka Singer
• Best Indigenous Language Singer
• Best Band
• Best Vocal Group
• Best New Talent

Instrumental

• Best Instrumental Album
• Best Instrumental Album Producer
• Best Instrumental Composer

Technical

• Best Instrumental Album Recording
• Best Vocal Album Recording

Special

• Special Contribution Award (1 or 2)
• Jury Award (presented when at least 2/3 of the jurors cast their vote for an album)

* All the Best Album (Mandarin, Taiwanese, Hakka and Indigenous Language) in the Vocal Category (record label) are nominated for Album of the Year.

* Only Abao (Aljenljien Tjaluvie) and Tanya Chua won Best Album and Album of the Year on the year they were nominated (2020 and 2022 respectively)

Other websites

• Official website at the Government Information Office Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine