2026 Golden Melody Awards

Taipei, June 27 (CNA) The Golden Melody Awards (GMA) kicked off at 7 p.m. on Saturday at Taipei Arena, celebrating achievements by artists in the local pop music industry.

Now in their 37th year, the Golden Melody Awards -- organized by Taiwan's Ministry of Culture (MOC) -- remain the most prestigious music awards in the Chinese-speaking world. In 2014, Billboard described the awards as the "Grammys of the Mandarin pop world." 

Highlights of the 2026 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.

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 America will be able to watch reruns through various channels, including iTalkBB, Dish Network and Sling TV. 

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Full list of the 37th Golden Melody Awards winners:

🏆Album of the Year: Pleasure／Performed by：Jolin

🏆Best Mandarin Album: Go With The Flow／ Performed by：Ayal Komod

🏆Best Female Singer (Mandarin): Jolin／Pleasure

🏆Best Male Singer (Mandarin): Ayal Komod／Go With The Flow

🏆Best Album Producer: Shilei Chang／Lil sis／Hesheng Culture & Entertainment Co. (Performed by：ShanYichun)

🏆Best Vocal Group: GENBLUE: XXIN(Leader)、YUAN(Main vocal)、AYEON(Main vocal)、LILI(Main dancer)、AYAKO(Sub-vocal)、NICO(Sub-vocal)

🏆Song of the Year: Happiness Is Singing Movie《Happiness Is Singing (Movie “Sunshine Women's Choir” Theme Song)》／Performed by：A-Lin

🏆Best Band: Sunset Rollercoaster:Tseng Kuo Hung(Vocal&Guitar) 、Lo Tsun Lung(Drum)、Chen Hung Li(Bass)、Wang Shao Hsuan(Keyboard)、Huang Hao Ting(Saxophone)／QUIT QUIETLY

🏆Best Album Design: FKWU、ALX112、777much／SAX TAPE／Sunset Music Productions Co.

🏆Jury Award: Salsa Chen《Worn wings》Album

🏆Best Taiwanese Album: Soft Hearted／Warner Music Taiwan Ltd.﹙Performed by：Ricky Hsiao﹚

🏆Best Female Singer (Taiwanese): PiA Wu／Divorce Debut

🏆Best Male Singer (Taiwanese): Ricky Hsiao／Soft Hearted

🏆Best Instrumental Album: Over The Moons／possibilities. ltd﹙Performed by：Yuhan Su﹚

🏆Best Instrumental Album Producer: Rich Huang、Alex Wu／Dual Legendary Rhythms: A New Worldview／Maidin Cultural Enterprise Co.

🏆Best Instrumental Composer: Yuhan Su／Pieces Peace《Over The Moons》／possibilities.ltd﹙Performed by：Yuhan Su、Alex LoRe、Anna Webber、Matt Mitchell、Yingda Chen、Marty Kenney、James Paul Nadien、Shinya Lin﹚

🏆Special Contribution Award: Lin Huang-Kun and Max Tu

🏆Best Hakka Album: Ngai／You Run Production Co., Ltd.﹙Performed by：Huang Yu Han﹚

🏆Best Singer (Hakka): Sarah Chan／Blue Hour Bloom

🏆Best Music Video: Dumplings《Sorry》／Pourquoi Pas Music Limited﹙Director：Reago﹚

🏆Best Lyricist: XiaoHan／Roommate《Incompletely Fully Grown》

🏆Best Song Producer: ØZI、The Crane／FINAL FINAL FINAL (feat. The Crane, Gummy B)《SWIRL》

🏆Best New Artist: Hsien Ching／If we can be happy happy every day, who wants to be sad:＊／KAO!INC.

🏆Best Composer: Ayal Komod／Surfer's Love Story《Go With The Flow》／Rock Records Co.

🏆Best Vocal Album Recording: Pleasure／ Warner Music Taiwan Ltd. （Recording Engineers：Chief Wang, AJ Chen, Xavier Daniel／Main Mixing Engineers：Josh Gudwin, Jon Castelli, Phil Tan／Main Mastering Post-Production：Dale Becker）

🏆Best Instrumental Album Recording: I Am Here／ Warner Music Taiwan Ltd. （Recording Engineers：Vincent De Bast／Main Mixing Engineers：André Fernandes／Main Mastering Post-Production：André Fernandes）

🏆Best Singer (Indigenous language): Suming Rupi／Lead／Mita Idea Co.

🏆Best Indigenous Language Album: Masonolay i Cepo'／Wind Music International Corporation﹙Performed by：Outlet Drift﹚

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Some dazzling photos of the red carpet