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
Date	23 June 2018 (Popular music)
Location	Taipei Arena, Taiwan (Popular music)
Hosted by	Jam Hsiao (Popular music)
Website	http://gma.tavis.tw/
Television/radio coverage
Network	TTV

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
The Inner Me – Lala Hsu When I Leave Taipei – Leon Zheng C'mon In~ – Eason Chan 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
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
"He-R" (from He-R) – Crowd Lu (Performer: Crowd Lu) "No No" (from Martial God Cardea) – Sandee Chan and Waa Wei (Performer: Sandee Chan and Waa Wei) "The Prayer" (from The Inner Me) – Eve Ai (Performer: Lala Hsu) "Hometown" (from Still an Outlander) – Li Jianqing (Performer: Li Jianqing) "Little Big Us" (from Message in a Bottle) – JJ Lin (Performer: JJ Lin)	"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) "With You" (from With You) – Huang Shao-yong (Performer: Xiao Yu) "A Dancing Van Gogh" (from No. 13 – A Dancing Van Gogh) – Kenn C (Performer: Stefanie Sun) "Wake" (from C'mon In~) – Jerald Chan (Performer: Eason Chan) "Piao Bai" (from Tomorrow Never Ends) – Chang Shilei (Performer: Isabelle Huang)	Still an Outlander – Jonathan Lee (Performer: Li Jianqing) Hors du commun – Penny Tai (Performer: Koala Liu) C'mon In~ – Jerald Chan (Performer: Eason Chan) Message in a Bottle – JJ Lin (Performer: JJ Lin)
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) "Southbound Night Bus" (from Begin the Second Half) – Fire EX. (Performer: Fire EX.) "He-R" (from He-R) – Crowd Lu (Performer: Crowd Lu) "A Dancing Van Gogh" (from No. 13 – A Dancing Van Gogh) – Kenn C, Stefanie Sun (Performer: Stefanie Sun) "Mybong" (from Longhumen) – Poetek (Performer: Poetek, Julia Wu)	C'mon In~ – Eason Chan With You – Xiao Yu Will You Remember – Nicky Lee Message in a Bottle – JJ Lin How – Haor
Best Female Mandarin Singer	Best Male Taiwanese Singer
The Inner Me – Lala Hsu O_Love – Amuyi Little Outerspace – Faye Story Thief – A-Mei When I Look Back – Julia Peng	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.

External links

• Official website