25th Golden Melody Awards
The 25th Golden Melody Awards were held in Taipei, Taiwan in 2014. The award ceremony for the popular music categories was broadcast on TTV on 28 June and was hosted by Harlem Yu.
Winners and nominees
Below is the list of nominees and winners. Winners are highlighted in bold.Popular music categories
Song of the Year
Hill – Hill – Jonathan Lee- * Battle Array Song – The Best of 1999-2013 – Mayday
- * Gypsy In Memory – Songs of Transience – Cheer Chen
- * This Is Because We Feel Pain – This Is Because We Feel Pain – Tizzy Bac
- * Sister – Sister – Jeannie Hsieh
Best Mandarin Album
I am Ayal Komod – Chang Chen-yue- * Model – Li Ronghao
- * Classic – Li Jian
- * Recreate – Soft Lipa
- * Jianghu – Wakin Chau
Best Taiwanese Album
'Sam Tsap Thong'' – Chen Jian Wei '''Best Hakka Album
'Heart Land'' – Yachun Asta Tzeng '''Best Aboriginal Album
'To & From the Heart'' – '''Best Female Mandarin Singer
Penny Tai – Unexpected- * Faith Yang – Zero
- * Denise Ho – Coexistence
- * Tanya Chua – Angel & Devil
- * JiaJia – ''Alone The Way''
Best Male Mandarin Singer
JJ Lin – Stories Untold- * Li Ronghao – Model
- * Chang Chen-yue – I am Ayal Komod
- * Soft Lipa – Recreate
- * Wakin Chau – ''Jianghu''
Best Male Taiwanese Singer
'Chen Jian Wei – Sam tsap thong'' '''Best Female Taiwanese Singer
'Huang Yee-ling – By Your Side'' '''Best Hakka Singer
'Yachun Asta Tzeng – Heart Land'' '''Best Aboriginal Singer
'Anu Kaliting Sadiponga – cepo’混濁了'' '''Best Band
Mixer – Circus Movement- * ChthoniC - Bu Tik
- * The Chairman - One Life
- * Fire EX. - Goodbye You!th
- * Tizzy Bac - Fragile Objects
- * Sodagreen - Autumn: Stories
- * Funky Brothers - Funky Brothers
Best New Artist
Li Ronghao – Model- * Jacky Chen - Sam Ts'ap Tho'ng
- * Simhanada - 1/84000
- * Funky Brothers - Funky Brothers
- * Xiao Ren - Kiddo Kingdom
- * Koala Liu - Embrace
Best Group
'Light Engine – Scenes Along the Way'' '''Producer of the Year (Album)
'Penny Tai – Embrace You'', released by Koala Liu '''Producer of the Year (Single)
'Jeffrey Kung, Derek Nakamoto – Old School'', released by Jeffrey Kung '''Best Lyrics
'Jonathan Lee – Hill'', sung by Jonathan Lee'''Best Composition
Debbie Hsiao – Musicians, sung by Shuo & Cool Humor- * Chang Chen-yue – Missed Call, sung by Faith Yang
- * Tizzy Bac – This Is Because We Feel Pain, sung by Tizzy Bac
- * Jonathan Lee – Hill, sung by Jonathan Lee
- * Suming – In a Rush, sung by Suming
- * Penny Tai – Fortunate One, sung by Koala Liu
Best Arrangement
'Zhao Zhao – Wind in the Rye'', for Li Jian '''Best Instrumental Album
'Tseng Tseng Yi – Symbiosis'' '''Producer of the Year (Instrumental)
'Lu Sheng Wen and Dong Shun Wen – 4'', released by Timeless Fusion Party '''Best Instrumental Composition
Tseng Tseng Yi – Symbiosis- * Tommy Fish – Sunset On an Old City
- * Gu Zhongshan – The Insigator
- * Ricky Ho – Abundance of Life
- * Baobu Badulu – ''Signal Fire''
Best Music Video
' Nan-hong Ho - Gypsy in Memory'', sung by Cheer Chen '''Best Album Design
' Yung-Chen Nieh - Hill'', released by Jonathan Lee '''Lifetime Contribution Award
- '''Peng Kuo-hua '''
Performers
Performers for the popular music category ceremony:| Artist | Segment |
| Harlem Yu | This is Music |
| Jason Mraz JJ Lin | Cross Over |
| Crowd Lu William Wei Van Fan Victor Wong Li Ronghao | Tribute to past winners of the Best Male Mandarin Singer award |
| Su Rui | The Same Moonlight |
| Sangpuy Hsieh Yu-Wei Xiao Huang-Chi Chung Xin Ming | The Land |
| A-Lin | Queen of Golden Melody |
| Jam Hsiao | Everlasting Love |
| Li Ronghao | Best New Artist performance |
| Hebe Tien | Déjà vu |
| Jolin Tsai | MUSE: Queen of Stage |
Presenters
Presenters for the popular music categories:| Presenter | Presented |
| Fish Leong |
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| Huang Yee-ling | |
| Kay Huang | |
| Luantan Ascent | |
| Lung Ying-tai | |
| MatzkaAra Kimbo |
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| Power Station | |
| Denise Ho | |
| Jody Chiang | |
| Hsieh Yu-Wei | |
| Tanya Chua | |
| Miss Ko (葛仲珊) | |
| Jeannie Hsieh | |
| Jam Hsiao | |
| Sandy Lam | |
| MaydayJolin Tsai |
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