Golden Melody Award for Song of the Year

Golden Melody Award for Song of the Year
Awarded forOutstanding vocal recording tracks in the pop music genre
CountryTaiwan
Presented byMinistry of Culture
First awarded1990
Currently held byDeserts Chang for "A Flash and How It Lasts" (2023)
Websitegma.tavis.tw

The Golden Melody Award for Song of the Year (Chinese: 金曲獎年度歌曲獎) is presented by the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan to honor outstanding vocal recording tracks in the pop music genre. The Song of the Year award is one of the most prestigious categories at the awards presented annually since the 1st Golden Melody Awards in 1990. The award was presented for additional years until being discontinued in 1997, and was then revived in 2006. It is awarded to a single or for a track from an album, and goes to the performing artist for that song.

Recipients

Four-time nominee, including three-time award winner Jolin Tsai
Five-time nominee, including two-time award winner Jay Chou
Six-time nominee received the most nominations in this category, including two-time award winner Jonathan Lee
Three-time nominee, including two-time award winner Jacky Cheung
Three-time nominee, including two-time award winner Crowd Lu
Four-time nominee, including one-time award winner A-Mei
Five-time nominee, including one-time award winner Mayday
Two-time nominee, including one-time award winner Sally Yeh
Year Performing artist(s) Work Nominees Ref.
1990

(Jan.)

Eagle Pan "I Want a Home"
  • Wang Wei-fang – "This Life and the Afterlife"
  • Chao Chuan – "I May Be Ugly but I Am Tender"
  • Jenny Tseng – "Still Your Hands"
  • Fei Yu-ching – "I Want to Loose Your Hands"
  • Li Tai-hsiang – "Needle and Thread"
  • Augustine Yeh – "Remember We Agreed to Meet"
  • Cyndi Chou – "Never Willing to Tell You"
  • Wang Wei-fang – "Talk About the Past"
  • Fei Yu-ching – "Who Says Juveniles Don't Know What Are Woes and Grief"
[1][2]
1990

(Oct.)

Emil Chau "There Is Love in This City"
  • Chang Ho-chirl – "North Wind"
  • Chiang Yu-heng – "I Still Have a Dream"
  • Lesley Lee – "Desert, Camel, Man, Woman"
  • Tseng Shu-ching – "Autumn Melancholy on the Trip"
  • Oriental Express – "Connect Your Soul to My Lines"
  • Chen Hsiao-yun – "Have the Opportunity to be President"
  • Zheng Zhihua – "Repentance"
  • Lesley Lee – "Skirt Flying"
  • Sarah Chen – "Dream to Awakening"
[3][4]
1991 Lim Giong "Marching Forward" [5][6]
1992 Sally Yeh "Merry Go Round"
  • Lo Ta-yu – "Train"
  • Christine Hsu – "Where Are You From"
  • Top Partner – "Ode to Joy"
  • Yang Chung-hsien – "Dad Was Closed Like a Mountain"
  • Christine Hsu – "Vagrancy Life"
  • Chen Mei-lien – "Lost Child"
  • Ardor Huang – "Chiang Chiang Guen"
  • Tracy Huang – "Buried Heart"
  • Little Tigers – "Fly Butterfly Fly"
[7][8]
1993 Jacky Cheung "The Goodbye Kiss" [9][10]
1994 Jacky Cheung "Best Wishes for You"
  • Phil Chang – "Well-intentioned"
  • Jonathan Lee – "Hope"
  • Yu Tai-yan – "I'd Rather"
  • Cyndi Chou – "Marriage Proposal"
  • Sally Yeh – "Friends"
  • Winnie Hsin – "Try to Forget"
  • Cheng Gin-yi – "Rouge Horse"
  • Sky Wu – "Favorite Is You"
  • Pan Li-li – "Eyebrow Make-up"
[11][12]
1996 Yeh Chi-tien "Butterfly Dreams Fly" [13][14]
2006 Ara Kimbo "Pacific Wind" [15][16]
2007 David Tao & Jolin Tsai "Marry Me Today" [17][18]
2008 Jay Chou "Blue and White Porcelain" [19][20]
2009 Jay Chou "Rice Field" [21][22]
2010 A-Mei "Bold for My Love" [23][24]
2011 Jonathan Lee "Jonathan's Song" [25][26]
2012 Mayday "Noah's Ark"
  • Luantan Ascent – "Perfect Landing"
  • R-chord – "Growing Up"
  • Tanya Chua – "Sing It Out of Love"
  • Hu Xia – "Those Years"
[27][28]
2013 Jolin Tsai "The Great Artist"
  • Kay Huang – "Retrospection"
  • Sandy Lam – "Wordless Song"
  • Yonlon Chen – "Coastline"
  • Deserts Chang – "Rose-colored"
[29][30]
2014 Jonathan Lee "Hills" [31][32]
2015 Fire EX. "Island's Sunrise" [33][34]
2016 Suming "Aka Pisawad" [35][36]
2017 No Party for Cao Dong "Simon Says" [37]
2018 Crowd Lu "He-R"
2019 Jolin Tsai "Womxnly"
  • "Millennia's Faith Undone (The Aeon's Wraith Version)" (from Millennia's Faith Undone (The Aeon's Wraith Version)) – Chthonic and Denise Ho
  • "To Be Together" (from L.O.V.E) – Eason Chan
  • "Core" (from 0) – Sandy Lam
  • "Seventeen" (from Seventeen) – S.H.E
  • "Newly Written Old Song" (from Newly Written Old Song) – Jonathan Lee
  • "Waves Wandering" (from Waves Wandering) – EggPlantEgg
[38]
2020 Abao "Thank You"
  • "Airplane Mode" (from Beyond Mediocrity) – 9m88 and Leo Wang
  • "Distant Journey" (from a Sun original Soundtrack) – Lin Sheng Xiang
  • "Without You" (from #osnrap) – OSN
  • "City Zoo" (from City Zoo) – G.E.M.
  • "Ghost Island" (from Newly Written Old Song) – Jonathan Lee
  • "Waves Wandering" (from Calling Asia) – Namewee and Dwagie
  • "City of Sadness" (from Stand Up Like A Taiwanese) – Fire EX.
[39]
2021 Crowd Lu "Your Name Engraved Herein"
  • "A Vacant Seat" (from Dear All) – Wanfang
  • "Bo Fu" (from Outta Body) – E.SO
  • "When Tomorrow Comes feat. ?te" (from tsu-pun) – Olivia Tsao and ?te
  • "Where I Lost Us" (from Easy Come, Easy Go) – Accusefive
  • "Embrace" (from Gain Strength) – Sangpuy
  • "Because Of You" (from Because Of You) – Mayday
[40]
2022 EggPlantEgg "Oh Love, You Are Much Greater Than I Imagined"
  • "Mountain of Doom" (from Mountain of Doom) – Ayugo Huang, Sangpuy
  • "Bluebirds" (from Depart) – Tanya Chua
  • "Dear Grandma" (from Have a Nice Day) – Waa Wei
  • "Fragile " (from Ghoscian) – Namewee, Kimberley Chen
  • "Red Scarf" (from Red Scarf) – WeiBird
  • "DEATH TRIP" (from DEATH TRIP) – ØZI feat. Soft Lipa
  • "Prototype" (from Gei) – Lala Hsu
[41]
2023 Deserts Chang "A Flash and How It Lasts"
  • "Like A Star" (from Gei) – Lala Hsu
  • "Silver Lining" (from Silver Lining) – Pei-Yu Hung
  • "Greatest Works of Art" (from Greatest Works of Art) – Jay Chou
  • "Daughters feat. Chunho" (from Mercury Retrograde) – Enno Cheng
  • "Semane sepi" (from Ita) – Kasiwa
[42]

Category facts

Most wins

Rank 1st 2nd
Artist Jolin Tsai Jacky Cheung
Jay Chou
Jonathan Lee
Total wins 3 wins 2 wins

Most nominations

Rank 1st 2nd 3rd
Artist Jonathan Lee Jay ChouMayday Jody Chiang
A-Mei
Jolin Tsai
Total nominations 6 nominations 5 nominations 4 nominations

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