24th Golden Melody Awards


The 24th Golden Melody Awards ceremony for popular music category was held on July 6, 2013. The SET network broadcast the show live from the Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan. The ceremony recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, which runs from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012.

Nominees and winners

Winners are highlighted in boldface.

Vocal category – Record label awards

Song of the Year

"The Great Artist" – Jolin Tsai
  • * "Retrospection" – Kay Huang
  • * "Wordless Song" – Sandy Lam
  • * "Coastline" – Yonlon Chen
  • * "Rose-colored" – Deserts Chang

Best Mandarin Album

GaiaSandy Lam

Best Taiwanese Album

TainanHsieh Ming-yu

Best Hakka Album

The Way Home – Dark White Collar
  • * Walking – Huang Zhen-xin
  • * Antipodes – Tito Tang
  • * Jazz, Tang Dynasty – Hsieh Yu-wei
  • * Hold Your Hands – Grace Huang

Best Aboriginal Album

A Cappella – O-kai
  • * A Beautiful Prediction – Resres
  • * Dalan – Sangpuy
  • * AmisSuming
  • * Sun and Moon
  • * Calisi – Dakanow

Best Music Video

Muh Chen – "Cheers"
  • * Bill Chia – "Increase Power"
  • * Bill Chia – "Wordless Song"
  • * Muh Chen – "Super Girl"
  • * Ken Huang, Eric Chen – "O La La Hu Hu"
  • * Muh Chen – "The Great Artist"

Vocal category – Individual awards

Best Composition

Kay Huang – "Retrospection"
  • * JerryC – "Captain S.V"
  • * Ellen Loo – "You're Nothing to Me"
  • * Lee Tsz-hang – "Coastline"

Best Lyrics

Deserts Chang – "Rose-colored"
  • * Ayugo Huang, Bobby Chen – "Is Diesel Oil"
  • * Michael Li – "Alzheimer"
  • * MC HotDog – "Ghetto Superstar"
  • * Lee Tsz-hang – "Coastline"
  • * Deserts Chang – "Rose-colored"

Best Music Arrangement

Chang Shilei – "Gaia"
  • * Baby Chung – "Milihuwan"
  • * Skot Suyama – "Runaway Mama"
  • * Jason Huang – "A Larger Cello"
  • * Michele Weir – "Sakalima"

Producer of the Year, Album

Sandy Lam, Chang ShileiGaia
  • * Chen Zhu-hui – Dalan
  • * Jay ChouOpus 12
  • * Baby Chung – Eternity, Promise
  • * Lai Jia-ching, Tim Wang – ''A Cappella''

Producer of the Year, Single

Luantan Ascent – "Different Friends"
  • * Gideon Su – "I Can Believe"
  • * Peng Hsueh-bin – "Love in Heart"
  • * Chris Hou, Winnie Hsin – "Soundless Love Song"

Best Mandarin Male Singer

Jam Hsiao

Best Taiwanese Male Singer

Hsieh Ming-yu

Best Mandarin Female Singer

Sandy Lam

Best Taiwanese Female Singer

Sasha Lee

Best Hakka Singer

Tito Tang
  • * Huang Zhen-xin
  • * Hsieh Yu-wei
  • * Liu Jung-chang
  • * Grace Huang

Best Aboriginal Singer

Sangpuy
  • * Resres
  • * Suming
  • * Ado Kaliting Pacidal
  • * Dakanow

Best Band

Monkey Pilot
  • * Lie Gramophone
  • * Io
  • * Matzka
  • * My Skin Against Your Skin

Best Group

O-kai
  • * Kat n Candi x 2
  • * JS
  • * Tom & Huck

Best New Artist

Miss Ko

Instrumental category – Record label awards

Best Instrumental Album

Joyful Reunion Original Soundtrack – Baby Chung
  • * Flying Alone – Su Yuhan
  • * 3 – Timeless Fusion Party
  • * Love Without Boundaries – Children's Garden
  • * On a Gentle Island BreezeDaniel Ho

Instrumental category – Individual awards

Producer of the Year, Album

Daniel HoOn a Gentle Island Breeze
  • * Lu Sheng-fei, Tung, Shuen-wen – 3
  • * Sino Chen, Tao WangLove Without Boundaries
  • * Tung Yun-chang – With You There's Always Sunshine
  • * Baby Chung – ''Joyful Reunion: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack''

Best Instrumental Composition

Sino Chen – "Waltz in Summer Palace"
  • * Su Yuhan – "Flying Alone"
  • * Lu Sheng-fei – "Love Lemonade"
  • * Baby Chung – "The Secret of the Master"
  • * Daniel Ho – "On a Gentle Island Breeze"

Technical category – Individual awards

Best Album Design

Xiao Qing-yang – Die Glocke der Kartenkirche
  • * Aaron Nieh – Hollywood Zoo
  • * Tsai Jia-lun, Liao Jun-yu – Sea Food
  • * Joe Fang – The Way Home
  • * Xiao Qing-yang, Wang Wei-cheng, Huang Yao-ting, Lee Tsong-han – ''What's Happening?''

Jury Award

  • '''O-kai'''

Lifetime Contribution Award