LIVE BLOG/2025 Golden Melody Awards

Taipei, June 28 (CNA) The Golden Melody Awards (GMA) will kick off at 7 p.m. on Saturday at Taipei Arena, celebrating achievements by artists in the local pop music industry.

Now in their 36th year, the Golden Melody Awards -- organized by Taiwan's Ministry of Culture (MOC) -- remain the most prestigious music awards in the Mandarin-speaking world. In 2014, Billboard described the awards as the "Grammys of the Mandarin pop world."

Highlights of the 2025 GMA ceremony include the red carpet event, a prelude to the main show, as well as interviews with dozens of arriving celebrities and performing artists.

According to the MOC, 169 works have been selected to compete across 27 award categories this year.

Among this year's nominees, Sony Music Entertainment Taiwan Ltd. stood out with 11 nominations, the highest of any company.

Meanwhile, the album "AAA" by Taiwanese indie band Sunset Rollercoaster and South Korean band Hyukoh led the pack with seven nominations, making it the most recognized work of the year.

This year's special contribution award will be presented to composer-producer Weng Xiao-liang (翁孝良) and the late Taiwanese singer Ma Chao-chun (馬兆駿), while the jury award will go to late Hong Kong-American singer Khalil Fong (方大同) for his album "The Dreamer" (夢想家).

In Taiwan, Taiwan Television Enterprise (TTV) is broadcasting the red carpet event and the awards ceremony, which will also be streamed live online by Line Today and Line Music.

In Singapore, the live stream will be available through StarHub, while viewers in Malaysia and Brunei can use their local Astro services, according to the organizer.

Outside the four countries, viewers in North American will be able to watch reruns through various channels, including iTalkBB, Dish Network and Sling TV.

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Full list of the 36th Golden Melody Awards winners:

🏆 Best New Artist: someshiit (山姆)／A FOOL／Rock Mobile Corporation

🏆 Best Music Video: Antenna《AAA》／Sunset Music Productions Co., Ltd. (Director: rafhoo)

🏆 Best Instrumental Album Recording: OR (手術劇院)／Feeling Good Music Co., Ltd

🏆 Best Vocal Album Recording: AAA／Sunset Music Productions Co., Ltd.

🏆 Best Singer (Hakka): Huang Zi-xuan (黃子軒)／New Soul／In Utero Ltd.

🏆 Best Hakka Album: New Soul (牛騷)／In Utero Ltd.

🏆 Best Best Singer (Indigenous Language): Kumu Basaw (姑慕·巴紹)／Qrasun

🏆 Best Indigenous Language Album: VAIVAIK (尋走)／Wind Music International Corporation

🏆 Best Instrumental Composer: Wang Yu-chia, FlyingPP, Shan Lin／Triple Helix《How Many Hippos》

🏆 Best Instrumental Album Producer: Szx.、HadiT／Eong／Pro Promoting International Co.

🏆 Best Instrumental Album: The Études／KKlive Limited

🏆 Best Male Singer (Taiwanese): Chen Yi-heng (陳以恆)／can cancan cancancan

🏆 Best Female Singer (Taiwanese): Siri Lee (李竺芯)／Suí

🏆 Best Taiwanese Album: Suí (水)／GoAhead Music Rose Farm and Forest Co. (Performed by: Siri Lee)

🏆 Best Album Design: Chanhee Hong, Na Kim／AAA／Sunset Music Productions Co.

🏆 Best Vocal Group: Power Station (動力火車): Yu Chiu-sing, Yen Chih-lin／Always with you

🏆 Special Contribution Awards: Weng Xiao-liang (翁孝良) and Ma Chao-chun (馬兆駿)

🏆 Best Composer: Khalil Fong (方大同)／Twenty Three《The Dreamer》

🏆 Best Lyricist: Giyu Tjuljaviya (張淦勛)／Child of the South Link (Home to Home)

🏆 Jury Award: Khalil Fong (方大同) The Dreamer Album (夢想家專輯)

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