34th Golden Melody Awards explained

34th Golden Melody Awards
Date: (Popular music)
Venue:Taipei Arena (Popular music)
Location:Taiwan
Host:WeiBird
Most Nominations:Hung Pei-yu / Silver Lining (8)
Most Awards:Hung Pei-yu, Enno Cheng, Kasiwa, Deserts Chang (2)
Network:TTV
Previous:33rd
Main:Golden Melody Awards
Next:35th

The 34th Golden Melody Awards (Chinese: 第34屆金曲獎) took place in Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan in 2023. The award ceremony for the popular music categories was hosted by WeiBird and broadcast on TTV on 1 July 2023.

Hung Pei-yu received the most nominations with 8 for her debut album Silver Lining (明室) with Lala Hsu closed behind her on her sixth album Gei, which also got 8 awards.[1] [2]

A-Lin won her first Female Mandarin Singer award after being nominated on the same category for the past 6 awards, while the biggest surprise on Male Mandarin Singer award goes to the first-timer HUSH, where he edges out Qing Feng Wu.[3]

Winners and Nominees

Below are the list of winners and nominees:[4] [5]

Vocal category – Record label awards
Album of the YearSong of the Year
  • Mallarme's TuesdaysQing Feng Wu
    • Gei Lala Hsu
    • Silver Lining – Pei-Yu Hung
    • Snow White – JADE
    • PRO – Kumachan (Xinkuan Xiong)
        • Pleasing Myself – HUSH
    • Mercury Retrograde – Enno Cheng
    • Holy Gazai – A_Root
    • KEH – DJ MR.GIN
    • Marigold – HAOTING
    • Pity Zhu An – Cai Qiufeng
    • Folk Tale – Olivia Tsao
    • Waiting a present for – Chiu Shu
    • Yam Fung leu – Rita Lin
    • Living Room Dreaming – Julia Peng
    • Snail – Misa
    • Humble – Boiii P
    • Together, us – Biung
    • Watershed – Kivi
    • The Roots – Matzka
    • Ita – Kasiwa
    • ABUS – Abus・Tanapima
  • "A Flash and How It Lasts" (from 9522) – anpu
    • "Like A Star" (from Gei) – Lala Hsu
        • "Silver Lining" (from Silver Lining) – Hung Pei-yu "Greatest Works of Art" (from Greatest Works of Art) – Jay Chou
    • "Daughters feat.Chunho (from Mecury Retrograde)" – Enno Cheng
        • "Semane sepi" (from ITA) – Kasiwa
Best Mandarin AlbumBest Taiwanese Album
  • Mercury Retrograde – Enno Cheng
        • Holy Gazai – A_Root
    • KEH – DJ MR.GIN
    • Marigold – HAOTING
    • Pity Zhu An – Cai Qiufeng
    • Folk Tale – Olivia Tsao
Best Hakka AlbumBest Indigenous Language Album
  • Yam Fung leu – Rita Lin
    • Waiting a present for – Chiu Shu
        • Living Room Dreaming – Julia Peng
    • Snail – Misa
    • Humble – Boiii P
  • The Roots – Matzka
    • Together, us – Biung
    • Watershed – Kivi
        • Ita – Kasiwa
    • ABUS – Abus・Tanapima
Best Music Video
  • Little Balcony (from Little Balcony) – Director: Pennacky
    • Beanstalk (from BEANSTALK) – Director: JYUN CHANG
    • I Will Find You (from Memorable Moments) – Director: Peifu Chen
    • Gei (from Gei) – Director: BILL+
    • in peace (from healism) – Director:
    • Almost (from Snow White) – Director: Birdy Nio
    • ...... Siren Salon (from Mellarme's Tuesdays) – Director: Show Yanagisawa
Vocal category – Individual awards
Best CompositionBest Lyrics
  • "Anything But" (from Silver Lining) – Lala Hsu (Performer: Pei-Yu Hung)
    • "Nomadland" (from Nomadland) – Zooey Wonder (Performer: Zooey Wonder)
        • "Blame" (from LINK) – Eve Ai (Performer: A-LIN)
    • "Daughters (feat.Chunho) – Enno Cheng and Chunho (Performer: Enno Cheng)
    • "Farce" (from The Passive Audience) – Penny Tai (Performer: Penny Tai)
    • "......Fragments d'un Discours Amoureux (Feat.Karena Lam)" (from Mellarme's Tuesdays) – Qing Feng Wu (Performer: Qing Feng Wu and Karena Lam)
  • "Homo Sapiens" (from Homo Sapiens) – Chow Yiu Fai (Performer: Eason Chan)
    • "Heading North" (from Take It Slow, I Will Be There) – Skippy (Performer: Crispy)
    • "Anything But" (from Silver Lining) – David Ke (Performer: Pei-Yu Hung)
    • "NFT" (from Mr. Yao's 8th Grade Syndrome) – MC Hot Dog (Performer: MC Hot Dog)
    • "How the brain got language? feat.Chunho" (from Mecury Retrograde) – Enno Cheng (Performer: Enno Cheng)
    • "Regression" (from MEMENTO) – Lin Xi (Performer: Terence Lam)
Best Music ArrangementProducer of the Year, Album
  • "Kungkung Workbook" (from 9522) – Chico Tsai (Performer: anpu)
    • "Bearish" (from Snow White) – Kyle Lu (Performer: JADE)
    • "Witches" (from Dreams) – Elephant Gym (KT Chang, Chia-Chin Tu, Tell Chang) (Performer: Elephant Gym)
    • "Good Afternoon, Good Evening and Goodnight" (from Good Afternoon, Good Evening and Goodnight) – Owen Wang (Performer: WeiBird)
        • "Bondage" (from Discipline) – Jason Choi (Performer: Sandee Chen)
    • "......The Great Hypnotist" (from Mellarme's Tuesdays) – Qing Feng Wu, Howe Chen (Performer: Qing Feng Wu)
  • Holy Gazai – Blaire Ko (Performer: A_Root)
    • Gei – LaLa Hsu, Howe Chen (Performer: LaLa Hsu)
    • Silver Lining – George Chen (Performer: Pei-Yu Hung)
    • REVELATION – G.E.M, GONG (Performer: G.E.M)
        • Déjà Fu – LÜCY (Performer: LÜCY)
    • Mellarme's Tuesdays Qing Feng Wu, Howe Chen (Performer: Qing Feng Wu)
Producer of the Year, SingleBest New Artist
  • "Telephone" (from Snow White) – Kyle Lu, Itun Chou (Performer: JADE)
    • "Nomadland" (from Nomadland) Howe Chen (Performer: Zooey Wonder)
    • "Henshin" (from Tshut Tsit Ki Tshui) Chen Chien-Wei (Performer: Shao Da-Lun)
        • "Shadow" (from Dreams) HLK/ (Performer: Elephant Gym and 9m88)
    • "Bi Li Ka Li Hai" (from Bi Li Ka Li Hai) NICKTHEREAL, Jae Chong (Performer: Billie Wang)
    • "Fashion !" (from Fashion
) LimGiong, ChihSiou, Yu (Performer: ChihSiou)
    • "Tina's Hausu" (from Tina's Hausu) Joanna Wang, Adam Lee (Performer: Joanna Wang)
  • Silver Lining – Pei-Yu Hung
        • Shin Formosa Youth? – Mango Jump
    • LÜCY – LÜCY
    • Marigold – HAOTING
    • Talent – The Crane
    • CZ Dogg – CZ Dogg
    • Abus – Abus・Tanapima
Best Male Mandarin SingerBest Female Mandarin Singer
  • Pleasing Myself – HUSH
    • Mr. Yao's 8th Grade Syndrome – MC Hot Dog
    • PRO – Kumachan
    • Melarme's Tuesdays – Qing Feng Wu
        • Talent – The Crane
    • Teen on Shuqian Street – Zhao Lei
Best Male Singer (Taiwanese)Best Female Singer (Taiwanese)
  • Thank You My Love – A Ge La
    • Tshut Tsi̍t Ki Tshuì – Shao Da-Lun
    • INTO – Sam Liao
    • Extends – Bamboo Chen
    • Since Chou – Since Chou
  • Mecury Retrograde – Enno Cheng
    • No Hindrance – Kelly Tsai
    • Think of Someone – Fei Huang
        • Pity Zhu An – Cai Qiufeng
    • Folk Tale – Olivia Tsao
Best Singer (Indigenous Language)Best Singer (Hakka)
  • Ita – Kasiwa
    • Together, Us – Biung
    • The Vine – Yaway·Mawring
    • Watershed – Kivi
    • The Roots – Matza
        • ABUS – Abus・Tanapima
  • Living Room Dreaming – Julia Peng
    • Yam Fung Ieu – Rita Lin
        • Hakka Kafka – Huang Zixuan
    • Snail – Misa
    • Go Mode – VUIZE
Best BandBest Vocal Group
  • The Moment – Cosmos People
    • Kafka on the Rivers-and-Lakes– Sheng Xiang & Band
    • Understory – Bugs of Phonon
    • Snow White – JADE
    • Dreams – Elephant Gym
        • Holy Gazai – A_Root
    • SYSTEM BOOTING – Robot Swing
  • Take It Slow, I Will Be There – Crispy
    • Our Adventure Begins – Running Youth
    • Backfire – Deepwhite2
    • BROMAN – Nine One One
    • Bedside Fudge – Mr.Miss
Instrumental category – Record label awards
Best Instrumental Album
  • Connected – Chien Chien Lu and Richie Goods
    • I Prefer – S'yo Fang, Priscilla Nokoe, Yoojin Ko, Alessio Bruno, Richie Struck and Emilio Parrilla
    • CHÁO – Rich Huang
        • Sunset In The Alps – Baby-C and Yannick Barman
    • Sunrise – Teriver Cheung and So To Chit
Instrumental category – Individual awards
Best Instrumental Album ProducerBest Instrumental Composer
  • Sunset in the Alps – Baby-C, Yannick Barman
    • I Prefer – S'yo Fang
    • CHÁO – Rich Huang, Baby-C
    • Connected – Richie Goods
    • tsiánn – Ohtake Ken
  • "Auntie in the Market" (from CHÁO) Baby-C, Rich Huang
        • "Waves" (from CHÁO) – Baby-C
    • "Breaking the Circle" (from I'll See You in the Fog) – Tony Li
    • "Sunset In The Alps" (from Sunset In The Alps) – Baby-C, Yannick Barman
    • "Herniated Intervertebral Disc" (from Szu Chien Lu) – Szu-Chien Lu
Technical category – Individual awards
Best Album Design
  • Discipline – Hitsu Pi
    • Kafka on the Rivers-and-Lakes Wu Chia Lin
    • EARTHBOUND FK WU, Hitsu Pi, HUNG JUI CHIA
    • Echoes Of All The Flowers Joe Fang、Pei-Cen, Guo
    • Together, us Andrew Wong、Karen Tsai
Technical category – Record label awards
Best Album RecordingBest Instrumental Album Recording
  • Time's up – (Recording Engineers:Chou Han Tsay/Main Mixing Engineers:Chou Han Tsay/Main Mastering Post-Production:John Greenham)
    • Nomadland – (Recording Engineers:Yu Hsuan Yeh, HLK, Link Shan, Zen Chien, AJ Chen, ioui, Chief Wang, Lin Shang-Po, Chou Han Tsay, SHENB/Main Mixing Engineers:cts, ioui, Ziya Huang, Howe Chen, Link Shan, Jerry Lin/Main Mastering Post-Production:Mike Bozzi, Cass Irvine)
    • Gei – (Recording Engineers:Micky Yang, Zen Chien, Min-Hsiang Chang, YuHsuan Yeh, SHENB, Hendrik Pan, Lin Shang-Po, LaLa Hsu, Chou Han Tsay/Main Mixing Engineers:Ziya Huang, Howe Chen/Main Mastering Post-Production:Randy Merrill)
    • Get My Way Up – (Recording Engineers:Attis, Thomas Chuang, Leo Chou, Levii, Joshua Lee/Main Mixing Engineers:Leo Chou, LuuX, Chou Han Tsay, Thomas Chuang, Itun Chou, Link Shan/Main Mastering Post-Production:Sabrina Lo, Marcus Tsao, Jeff Lipton, Maria Rice)
        • The Roots (Recording Engineers:Fengtse, BonBon Chen/Main Mixing Engineers:Matthew Sim/Main Mastering Post-Production:Peter Hewitt-Dutton)
  • SEDAR Trio - Vol. 1–(Recording Engineers:Li You, Li Yang/Main Mixing Engineers:Kevin Killen/Main Mastering Post-Production:Bob Ludwig)
    • CHÁO – (Recording Engineers:David Wang, Shao-Ting Sun/Main Mixing Engineers:Baby-C, Shao-Ting Sun/Main Mastering Post-Production:Shao-Ting Sun)
    • Hakudou – (Recording Engineers:Yang Li, Andy Baker/Main Mixing Engineers:David Darlington/Main Mastering Post-Production:David Darlington)
    • Szu Chien Lu – (Zen Chien, Chou-Han Tsay, Joshua Lee, Link Shan, BonBon Chen, Szu-Chien Lu/Main Mixing Engineers:Joshua Lee, Zen Chien, Jay Cheng, Itun Chou, Sam Wu, J-Jyun Ciou, Troy Lin, Rose Liang/Main Mastering Post-Production:John Davis)
    • For Papa Shawna Yang Quartet Live at Yilan – (Recording Engineers:Kao Min Fu/Main Mixing Engineers:Dave Darlington/Main Mastering Post-Production:Dave Darlington)
Special Contribution Award

Eric Lin

Jury Award

Ita – Kasiwa

Notes

  1. Web site: 34th Golden Melody Awards jury announces nominations . 2023-06-11 . Focus Taiwan (CNA English News) . en-US.
  2. Web site: Basbas . Franchesca . 2023-05-19 . 34th Golden Melody Awards reveals nominees — Jay Chou, Elephant Gym, A-Lin, The Crane, and more . 2023-06-11 . Bandwagon . en.
  3. Web site: Juanda . Iliyas . A-Lin and HUSH bag historic wins at the 34th Golden Melody Awards . Bandwagon . 6 July 2023 . 17 June 2024.
  4. Web site: TTV . THE 34th Golden Melody Awards - Nomination . 2023-06-11 . gma.tavis.tw . en.
  5. Web site: July 2, 2023 . 金曲獎2023》A-Lin五度入圍奪歌后、歌王HUSH!得獎名單一次看 . October 17, 2023 . CW.