27th Golden Melody Awards

The 27th Golden Melody Awards was held in Taipei, Taiwan in 2016. The award ceremony for the popular music categories was hosted by Mickey Huang and broadcast on TTV on 25 June. The award ceremony for the traditional music categories was held at the National Center for Traditional Arts on 13 August.

Winners and nominees

Below is the list of key nominees and winners for the popular music categories. Winners are highlighted in bold.

Vocal category – Music publishing awards

Song of the Year

"Aka Pisawad" – Suming

* "Matriarchy" – AMIT
* "Twilight" – JJ Lin
* "Rainy Night" – Sodagreen
* "A Little Happiness" – Hebe Tien

Best Mandarin Album

Winter Endless – Sodagreen

* Swing Inc. – Peggy Hsu
* Progress Reports – Eli Hsieh
* AMIT2 – AMIT
* Aphasia – Tanya Chua
* Infinity – PoeTek

Best Music Video

"When Sorrow Being Downloaded Twice" – Tan Tsung-fan

* "Eternal Summer" – Su Chien-i
* "I'm Not Yours" – Muh Chen
* "I Am Alive" – Liu Keng-ming
* "King of Doubt" – Chen Hung-i

Vocal category – Individual awards

Best Mandarin Male Singer

JJ Lin – From M.E. to Myself

* Namewee – Asian Killer 2015
* Li Jian – Li Jian
* Kowen Ko – If You Still Wander
* Matzka – ''Southeast Beauty''

Best Mandarin Female Singer

Julia Peng – Darling

* Peggy Hsu – Swing Inc.
* Huang Qishan – Xiao Xia
* Su Yunying – Ming Ming
* AMIT – AMIT2
* Tanya Chua – ''Aphasia''

Best Band

'Sodagreen – Winter Endless'''''

Best Group

'Chang and Lee – Chang and Lee'''''

Best New Artist

'''Eli Hsieh – Progress Reports'''

Special awards

Lifetime Contribution Award

'''Tracy Huang'''