20th Golden Melody Awards


Ceremonies of the 20th Golden Melody Awards were held at the Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan on June 27, 2009.

Registration process

Registration for entry into the 20th Golden Melody Awards was opened December 1–31, 2008. In order to enhance the fairness of decisions, the Government Information Office promised to increase the number of judges, based on recommendations from industry experts. Several changes were also announced to the list of categories that will receive awards:
  • The award for Best Music Video Director will become the award for Best Music Video to recognize advancements made by the recording industry.
  • In the artistic and traditional music categories, there will be separate awards for Best Folk Drama Album, Best Ethnic Music Album, and Best Traditional Music Album in order to clarify the different target segments.
  • The definition of "album" in the popular music categories, which initially read "six or more songs with a total length of 30 minutes ", will be changed to "a new arrangement of performance works".
Registration is open to works released between January 1 and December 31, 2008. Winners in an individual category will receive NT$100,000, while winners of published works will receive NT$150,000. If the award is shared by two or more persons, winners will decide how to allocate the reward money.

Nominees

Nominees for awards were announced on May 15, 2009.

Popular Music categories

Song Of The Year

Fragrant Rice - Capricorn - Jay Chou

Pop Album Of The Year

Don't Want to Let Go - Eason Chan

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

Jay Chou - Capricorn

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Sandee Chan - If One Thing Is Important

Best New Artist

Crowd Lu – 100 Ways of Living, sung by Crowd Lu

Best Band

Mayday - Poetry of the Day After
  • * 13 Band - Horse-Faced Sailor's Summer
  • * Natural Q - Breakthrough
  • * The Chairmen - Spent All His Money
  • * The Hohak Band - ''Rice and Love''

Best Composer

Crowd Lu - 100 Ways of Living, sung by Crowd Lu

Best Lyricist

Wu Yü-hsüan - In the Trollycar, sung by Jody Chiang

Best Arrangement

Martin Tan - As Love Begins to Mend, for Joanna Wang

Best Album Producer

Purdur - The Nanwan Sisters, released by the Nanwan Sisters

Best Single Producer

  • Lü Sheng-fei - South of the Border, released for the Cape No. 7 soundtrack
  • Lim Giong - Bosom, released for the CC Asia Band
  • Kay Huang - Hope for Love, released by Aska Yang
  • Wang Chih-p'ing and Kuo Wen-tsung - Gaze, released by Yoga Lin
  • Lin Sheng-yang - Drying the Fields, released by Wu Sheng

Best Singing Group

  • 'The Nanwan Sisters - The Nanwan Sisters
  • * Da Mouth - Wanka
  • * NyLas -
  • * Y2J - Live for You''

Best Music Video

Mr. Magic, directed and sung by Jay Chou
  • * Black and White, directed by Penny Tai and sung by Khalil Fong
  • * Love's Miracle Cure, directed by Kao Hui and sung by Josie Ho
  • * Morbid, directed by Bounce and sung by Yoga Lin
  • * Spacebomb, directed by Wang Jen-li and sung by Wu Bai & China Blue
  • * The Happiest Thing, directed by Chou Ke-tai and sung by Rachel Liang
  • * Wind, directed by Penny Tai and sung by Abin

Best Religion Music Album

  • *Stabat Mater 聖母哀悼曲 ／ 凌軒企業社
  • *聖母之歌 ／ 財團法人聖保祿孝女會附設上智文化事業
  • *慈悲三昧水懺 ／ 如是我聞文化股份有限公司
  • *天。詩-心靈牧者 ／ 生活力人文工作室
  • *貝斯特的聖誕 ／ 社團法人台灣彩虹愛家生命教育協會
  • *來自發源地的呼喚 ／ 財團法人台灣基督長老教會泰雅爾中會

Best Singer

Peter Lee 李文智／Stabat Mater 聖母哀悼曲／凌軒企業社
  • * 李靜芳／李靜芳個人唱唸專輯／李靜芳戲曲工作室
  • * Chukie Tethong ／修行的女性／源動力文化發展事業有限公司
  • * 王鳳珠／王鳳珠的山歌戲／吉聲影視音有限公司
  • * 福爾摩沙合唱團／完美結合Perfection／福爾摩沙合唱團
  • * 阿拉坦其其格、扎格達蘇榮／蒙古長調民歌／風潮音樂國際股份有限公司

Best Aboriginal Singer

賴宜絜/變－臺灣當代箏樂演奏 ／ 喜瑪拉雅音樂事業股份有限公司
  • * 古苑尋聲－王世榮的琵琶新視界 ／ 普音文化事業股份有限公司
  • * 昭君出塞 ／ 風潮音樂國際股份有限公司
  • * 箜篌引－任潔的古箏暢響 ／ 風潮音樂國際股份有限公司
  • * 古琴 ／ 風潮音樂國際股份有限公司

Lifetime Contribution Award