33rd Golden Melody Awards

33rd Golden Melody Awards
DateJuly 2, 2022 (2022-07-02) (Popular music)
VenueKaohsiung Arena (Popular music)
Hosted byDaniel Lo
Most awardsTanya Chua, Ayugo Huang[note 1]
Websitegma.tavis.tw/gm33/index.htm
Television/radio coverage
NetworkTTV
TaiwanPlus (English broadcast, outside Taiwan)[note 2]
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The 33rd Golden Melody Awards (Chinese: 第33屆金曲獎) took place in Kaohsiung Arena, Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 2022, which marked its return at Kaohsiung City since the 16th edition. The award ceremony for the popular music categories was hosted by Daniel Lo and broadcast on TTV on 2 July 2022.[1][2][3]

Tanya Chua received the most nominations with eight and won three major awards for Best Female Mandarin Singer, Best Mandarin Album and Album of the Year. She is the first singer to ever win Best Mandarin Album and Album of the Year at the same time, after the award was reintroduced in the 28th Golden Melody Awards. Chua is now the holder of "Most Wins for a Performer" in the Best Female Mandarin Singer category.[4][5][6]

Winners and nominees

Vocal category – Record label awards
Album of the Year Song of the Year
  • DEPART – Tanya Chua
    • Faye, Wen Ting Zhan Zai Yun Cai Shang Tiao Wu Ji Ji Zha Zha – Faye
    • AI-CHING – Jerry LI
    • HAVE A NICE DAY – Waa Wei
    • Night Shift – Non-Physical Troupe (NPT)
    • A Flying Dog – Cui Jian
    • Jian Jian Hua – New Formosa Band
    • Road to... – Lilium
    • GOLDEN TAIZI BRO – Flesh Juicer
    • Don't Know – Wang Jun-Jie
    • Kuu – Joey Chiang
    • Second Half – Hanya
    • Return To Reality – Huang Yu Han
    • Mountain Of Doom – Ayugo Huang
    • Today is a Wild Horse – Lo Sirong
    • Hakka Found In Strange Land – iColor
    • Qiam – Bobiii P
    • UNDO – Wild Thing
    • To Wait In Silence – Osay Hongay
    • pongso no Tao – Paudull
    • 《N1》Nanguaq No.1 – Natsuko, Arase, Dremedreman, Stingie, Drangadrang, Makav, Kivi
    • Our Island – Sauljaljui, Putad Pihay, Emlyn, Vaiteani, Selina Leem, Sammy, Yoyo Tuki
    • I Thought I Didn't Know – Kerekilj
  • "Oh Love, You Are Greater Than I Imagined" (from Oh Love, You Are Greater Than I Imagined) – EggPlantEgg
Best Mandarin Album Best Taiwanese Album
  • DEPART – Tanya Chua
    • Faye,Wen Ting Zhan Zai Yun Cai Shang Tiao Wu Ji Ji Zha Zha – Faye
    • AI-CHING – Jerry LI
    • HAVE A NICE DAY – Waa Wei
    • Night Shift – Non-Physical Troupe (NPT)
    • A Flying Dog – Cui Jian
  • Road to... – Lilium
    • Jian Jian Hua – New Formosa Band
    • GOLDEN TAIZI BRO – Flesh Juicer
    • Don't Know – Wang Jun-Jie
    • Kuu – Joey Chiang
    • Second Half – Hanya
Best Hakka Album Best Aboriginal Album (Indigenous Languages)
  • Mountain Of Doom – Ayugo Huang
    • Return To Reality – Huang Yu Han
    • Today is a Wild Horse – Lo Sirong
    • Hakka Found In Strange Land – iColor
    • Qiam – Bobiii P
  • pongso no Tao – Paudull
    • UNDO – Wild Thing
    • To Wait In Silence – Osay Hongay
    • 《N1》Nanguaq No.1 – Natsuko, Arase, Dremedreman, Stingie, Drangadrang, Makav, Kivi
    • Our Island – Sauljaljui, Putad Pihay, Emlyn, Vaiteani, Selina Leem, Sammy, Yoyo Tuki
    • I Thought I Didn't Know – Kerekilj
Best Music Video
  • ganbatene (from ganbatene) – Director: TSAI, YI-YU
    • Mark Twain (from Paramount) – Director: Lin Mao Z
    • None of the Above (from None of the Above) – Director: BILL+
    • in peace (from healism) – Director: Chen-Hao Yin
    • I'm a Fucking Mad Dog,Dope! Ft. BAT (from GOLDEN TAIZI BRO) – Director: Tomas Lin
    • DEATH TRIP (from DEATH TRIP) – Directors: ØZI, BÄMBOO LEE
Vocal category – Individual awards
Best Composition Best Lyrics
  • "Shadow Song" (from Shadow Song) – HUSH (Performer: HUSH)
    • "If you forget me" (from Be Nothing) – XiaoYu Sung (Performer: Xiao Yu)
    • "Bluebirds" (from DEPART) – Tanya Chua (Performer: Tanya Chua)
    • "uWEATHER" (from healism) – Crowd Lu (Performer: Crowd Lu)
    • "Aroma" (from HAVE A NICE DAY) – suwoojunga (Performer: waa wei, sunwoojunga)
    • "Greediness" (from How Come I Still Remember All) – Eve Ai (Performer: Eve Ai)
  • "88BARS" (from 88BARS) – Xinkuan Xiong (Performer: Kumachan)
    • "Measure (from Today is a Wild Horse) – Lo Sirong (Performer: Lo Sirong)
    • "Into The Wild (from DEPART) – Chow-Yiu-Fai (Performer: Tanya Chua)
    • "Qu Er Lian Hao Te De Ye Che" (from Li Chun) – Bobby Chen (Performer: Bobby Chen)
    • "Jiao Rao" (from Stage) – Wu Hsiung (Performer: Ricky Hsiao)
    • "Someone" (from Someone) – David Ke (Performer: waa wei)
Best Music Arrangement Producer of the Year, Album
  • Star (from《N1》Nanguaq No.1) – Huang, Shao-Yong (Performer: Natsuko)
    • "Mountain Of Doom" (from Mountain of Doom) – Ayugo Huang (Performer: Ayugo Huang and Sangpuy)
    • "Saturday" (from Road to...) – Sonic Deadhorse, I-Shuo Lin and Dee Chen (Performer: Lilium)
    • "Crazy Disco" (from healism) – Crowd Lu, Shao-Yong Huang, Achino Chang, Dawson Chien and MCKY (Performer: Crowd Lu)
    • "My Heart Is Plastic" (from My Heart Is Plastic) – Robot Swing (Performer: Robot Swing, Chen, Yi-Heng and Pei-Yu Hung)
    • "PARADIGM" (from BEANSTALK) – YELLOW (Performer: YELLOW)
  • AI-CHING – Jerry Li (Performer: Jerry Li)
    • FAC:E – Everydaze (Performer: Hui Chu Wang)
    • Mountain Of Doom – Ayugo Huang (Performer: Ayugo Huang)
    • Road to... – Sonic Deadhorse (Performer: Lilium)
    • DEPART – Tanya Chua (Performer: Tanya Chua)
    • HAVE A NICE DAY – George Chen, HLK, Huang, Shao-Yong
Producer of the Year, Single Best New Artist
  • "None of the Above" (from None of the Above) – LaLa Hsu, Howe (Performer: LaLa Hsu)
    • "rong xue" (from Faye,Wen Ting Zhan zai yun cai shang tiao wu ji ji zha zha) – Faye and Luming Lu (Performer: Faye)
    • "Sally" (from Longing) – Chia-Lun Yue (Performer: Ilid Kaolo)
    • "My Heart Is Plastic" (from My Heart Is Plastic) – Howe Chen, HLK, Ziya Huang (Performed: Robot Swing, Chen, Yi-Heng, Pei-Yu Hung)
    • "Empty World" (from Empty World) – Arai Soichiro, Fei Peng／Empty World (Performed: Karen Mok)
    • "Oh Love, You Are Much Greater Than I Imagined" (from Oh Love, You Are Much Greater Than I Imagined) – Wei-Yu Chung (Performer: EggPlantEgg)
    • "DEATH TRIP" (from DEATH TRIP) – ØZI, Soft Lipa, Ian Jeffrey Thomas (Performer: ØZI feat. Soft Lipa)
  • MEmento⋅MORI – Collage
    • Iā-Kuan Sûn-Tiûnn – Tsng-Kha-Lâng
    • Dive & Give – L8ching
    • Where Are We Now – Modern Cinema Master
    • Greg Han – Greg Han
    • Fresh Soul – Matt Lv
    • LOVE MAZE – Haezee
Best Female Mandarin Singer Best Male Mandarin Singer
  • A Flying Dog – Cui Jian
    • healism – Crowd Lu
    • Dreams Company – Xu Jun
    • BEANSTALK – YELLOW
    • Mama Jeans And Daddy Shoes – Ma Nien-hsien
    • The Last Aquarium – Jude Chiu
Best Female Singer (Taiwanese) Best Male Singer (Taiwanese)
  • Kuu – Joey Chiang
    • A Correct Answer – Angel Chu
    • Love Is Not A Sin – Huiru Lai
    • Wu Shuan – Huang Fei
    • Second Half – Hanya Chang
  • Don't Know – Wang Jun Jie
    • Stage – Ricky Hsiao
    • Dare Or Not – Justin Su
    • Captain Taiwan – Dwagie
    • Sunset – Chang Wu
Best Singer (Indigenous Language) Best Singer (Hakka)
  • To Wait In Silence – Osay Hongay
    • pongso no Tao – Paudull
    • The Girl On The Grapevine – Usay Kawlu
    • Chanter – Suming ⋅ Rupi
    • I Thought I Didn't Know – Karekelj
  • Mountain Of Doom – Ayugo Huang
    • Gien Dan Mo Gien Dan – A May
    • Return To Reality – Huang Yu Han
    • Hsieh-Yu-Wei Band [Rain Is Falling Again] – Hsieh, Yu-Wei
    • 00 – Kung Ta
Best Band Best Vocal Group
  • GOLDEN TAIZI BRO – Flesh Juicer (GIGO, Matt, ZERO, Evan, sionC)
    • Into Innerverse – I Mean Us
    • UNDO – Wild Thing
    • Paramount – Amazing Show
    • No Mercy – No-Nonsense Collective
    • Holy Trip! – TRASH
    • One that reminds me of you – Undecimber Fin.
  • Jian Jian Hua – New Formosa Band
    • Pat-Sian – Sam-seng-hiàn-gē
    • Because of Love – Power Station
    • The Great Beyond – VH (Vast & Hazy)
    • TAKE A BREATH – Shadow Project
    • Millions of Years Apart – The Dinosaur's Skin (Triceratops, Trex)
Instrumental category – Record label awards
Best Instrumental Album
  • Increasing Echo (Original Soundtrack) – Chris Hou
    • The Poem For All Being – Chill Qin
    • Forty-Three – Stacey Wei
    • Between Now and Never – Invisible Architecture
    • ON – Musa
Instrumental category – Individual awards
Best Instrumental Album Producer Best Instrumental Producer
  • Between Now And Never – Alan Kwan, Jordan Gheen, Matt Young
    • City Silhouette – Jazzy Su, Richard Li
    • Fusion World – Siou-Shen Lin
    • City's Whispering – Wu Judy Chin-tai
    • ON – Jay Chang and Martin Musaubach
  • "On Starboard" (from Hydro Canvas) – YongHeng Wu
    • "Hit the Gym!" (from City Silhouette) – Jazzy Su
    • "Boulevard Anspach" (from Paralles) – Liu-Ting Chiu
    • "Raga Shuddha Sarang" (from Yü) – Ken Ohtake
    • "Pulse" (from Between Now And Never) – Alan Kwan, Jordan Gheen, Matt Young
Technical category – Individual awards
Best Album Design
  • Road to... – Chen Nien-Ying
    • Mountain of Doom – Yueh Yueh Liu
    • HAVE A NICE DAY – Echo Yang
    • Ghosician – Saw Rui-Wen
    • THE WIND OF XINGANG – Aron Nieh
Technical category – Record label awards
Best Album Recording Best Instrumental Album Recording
  • DEPART –(Recording Engineers: Tanya Chua, Ni, Han-Wen, Wu, Yu-Chang, Khoi Huynh; Main Mixing Engineers: Leonard Fong, Ricky Ho, Joe Grasso, Richard Furch; Main Mastering Post-Production: John Greenham)
    • 99% Angel –(Recording Engineer: kvn; Main Mixing Engineer: Daniela Rivera; Main Mastering Post-Production: Johnny Horesco)
    • BEANSTALK –(Recording Engineers: Chou-Han Tsay, Wei Ming Shan Main; Mixing Engineers: Chou-Han Tsay, Wei Ming Shan; Main Mastering Post-Production: Jeff Lipton)
    • ONCE UPON A MOON –(Recording Engineers: Li-Wen Wu, TIA RAY, Hui-Lin Yang; Main Mixing Engineers: Tian-Che Zhou, Jon Rezin; Main Mastering Post-Production: Tian-Che Zhou, Jon Rezin)
    • A Flying Dog –(Recording Engineers: Wang Zheng, Yan, Zhong-Kun; Main Mixing Engineers: Cui Jian, Wang Zheng; Main Mastering Post-Production: Adam Ayan)
  • Hydro Canvas –(Recording Engineers: You Li, Yang Li; Main Mixing Engineers: You Li, YongHeng Wu; Main Mastering Post-Production: You Li, YongHeng Wu)
    • Crossing Paralles –(Recording Engineer: Szu-Pei su; Main Mixing Engineer: Tommy Cavalieri; Main Mastering Post-Production: Tommy Cavalieri)
    • Fusion World –(Recording Engineer: Hendrik Pan; Main Mixing Engineer: Evan Hsieh; Main Mastering Post-Production: Sangwook Nam)
    • Yü –(Recording Engineer: Liu Yihung; Main Mixing Engineer: Wolfgang Obrecht; Main Mastering Post-Production: Wolfgang Obrecht)
    • Between Now And Never –(Recording Engineers: Alan Kwan, Jordan Gheen, Matt Young; Main Mixing Engineers: Alan Kwan, Jordan Gheen, Matt Young; Main Mastering Post-Production: Alan Kwan, Jordan Gheen, Matt Young)
Special Contribution Award
Chiu Chen
Fu Ming Chen
Jury Award
Mountain of Doom – Ayugo Huang

Notes

  1. ^ Ayugo Huang was also the member of New Formosa Band, thus the win for Best Vocal Group was counted as his fourth win overall.
  2. ^ The YouTube broadcast was aired in Southeast Asia ex. Singapore & Malaysia, India and Japan. The watch party without the footage from GMA was also streamed on Facebook.

References

  1. ^ TTV. "THE 33rd Golden Melody Awards". THE 33rd Golden Melody Awards. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
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  4. ^ "Golden Melody: Tanya Chua wins Best Mandarin Female Singer". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
  5. ^ Salim, Sharon (3 July 2022). "Tanya Chua wins big at Golden Melody Awards; breaks record with 4th Best Mandarin Female Singer award". CNA Lifestyle.
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