The 26th Golden Melody Awards (Chinese : 第26屆金曲獎 ) ceremony for popular music category was held on June 27, 2015. The TTV 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, 2014 to December 31, 2014.
Winners and nominees
Jolin Tsai was nominated for nine Golden Melody Awards and won three for Best Mandarin Album, Best Vocal Recording Album and Best Single Producer.
Winners are highlighted in boldface .[ 1]
Vocal category – Record label awards
Song of the Year
"Island's Sunrise (Original Version Re-mixed)" (from Island's Sunrise ) – Fire EX.
Best Mandarin Album
Best Hokkien Album
Best Hakka Album
The Songs of Mountain Are All on the One Road – Ayugo Huang
Daylight – Huang Wei-jie
Curving Roads – Huang Pei-shu
On the Road – Misa
Moments of Love – Sinco Chiu
Best Aboriginal Album
Polynesia – Chalaw Pasiwali
Hosa – Hosa
Wild Boxing – Boxing
Ocean, Forest – Suming
Ima Lalu Su – Inka Mbing & Her Young Atayal Friends
Best Music Video
Shockley Huang – "Nebulous" (from You Lovely Bastard )
Li Bo-en – "Selfie Addict" (from XXXIII )
Muh Chen – "Play" (from Play )
Hou Chi-jan – "We're All Different, Yet the Same" (from Play )
Teng Yung-shing, Xi Ran – "In a Flash" (from In a Flash )
Vocal category – Individual awards
Best Composition
Best Lyrics
Francis Lee – "Departures" (from Departures )
Hush – "Missing" (from Missing )
Wyman Wong – "King of Comedy" (from Li Ronghao )
Lin Xi – "Listen Up" (from Rice & Shine )
Lin Xi – "It's All Good" (from Departures )
Best Music Arrangement
Buddha Jump – "Let You See" (from Let You See )
Chen Chien-chi – "Missing" (from Missing )
Lawrence Ku – "Touching Hearts" (from To the Top )
Pessi Levanto – "Forgotten Times" (from Midnight Cinema )
Starr Chen, Nese Ni – "Play" (from Play )
Producer of the Year, Album
Arai Soichiro – Departures
Ayugo Huang – The Songs of Mountain Are All on the One Road
Joanna Wang , Pessi Levanto – Midnight Cinema
Chen Chien-chi – You Lovely Bastard
Jay Chou – Aiyo, Not Bad
Producer of the Year, Single
Xiao An – "Lip Reading" (from Play )
JJ Lin – "Listen Up" (from Rice & Shine )
Stefanie Sun – "Kepler" (from Kepler )
Xiao An – "Sophisticated Game" (from Grown Love )
Starr Chen – "Play" (from Play )
Best Mandarin Male Singer
Best Mandarin Female Singer
aMEI – Faces of Paranoia''
Best Taiwanese Male Singer
Best Taiwanese Female Singer
Best Hakka Singer
Ayugo Huang – The Songs of Mountain Are All on the One Road
Huang Wei-jie – Daylight
Huang Pei-shu – Curving Roads
Misa – On the Road
Sinco Chiu – Moments of Love
Best Aboriginal Singer
Chalaw Garu – Polynesian''
Boxing – Wild Boxing
Suming – Sea, Forest
Best Band
Buddha Jump – Let You See''
Chthonic – Timeless Sentence
Trash – Start from Zero
The Chairman – One World
Boxing – Boxing
Magic Power – Fighting for Love
Best Group
Murmurshow – Murmurshow
New Formosa Band – The Tenth Album
MJ116 – Fresh Game
PiA – Ain't Life a Surprise
Gentleman – Imperfect Gentleman
Best New Artist
Boxing – Boxing
Shi Shi – Girls
Adrian Fu – Good Morning, Hard City
Chen Hui-ting – 21 Grams
Wang Hui-chu – A Voyage of Vera
Instrumental category – Record label awards
Best Instrumental Album
The Flow – Eiji Kadota
Interestring Quartet – Interestring Quartet
Homeland – Vincent Hsu
The Rest of Life - Seediq Bale – Purdur
Instrumental category – Individual awards
Producer of the Year, Instrumental
Daniel Ho – Our World in Song - An Odyssey of Musical Treasures
Yu Chia-lun, Huang Wei-Jun – Interestring Quartet
Eiji Kadota, Michael Ning – The Flow
Vincent Hsu – Homeland
Peng Fei – 3rd Month
Best Instrumental Composition
Peng Fei – "Night Cats" (from 3rd Month)
Huang Wei-Jun – "Let's Play" (from Interestring Quartet )
Eiji Kadota – "Dolphin Island" (from The Flow )
Vincent Hsu – "A New One" (from Homeland )
Purdur – "The Rest of Life" (from The Rest of Life - Seediq Bale )
Technical category – Individual awards
Best Album Design
Aaron Nieh – Enchantment
Joe Fang – Faces of Paranoia
Lo Wen-tsen, Tsai An-teng, Wu Chih-yin – Faces of Paranoia
Howza Hsu – Sweet Home Ka-Aluwan
Aaron Nieh – Play
Lee Chung-chiang – Aiyo, Not Bad (USB version)
Technical category – Record label awards
Best Vocal Recording Album
Best Instrumental Recording Album
Led by the Sea Breeze – Rich Huang
Interestring Quartet – Interestring Quartet
Stranger – Chen Jo-yu
Music Non-Stop – Lee Shih-yang, Sabu Toyozumi
Lifetime Contribution Award
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