32nd Golden Melody Award Nominees
an English list (and links!) of the nominees of the 2021 Golden Melody Awards
Taiwan’s Golden Melody Awards will be held on June 26, 2021. Check out the nominees in the vocal categories below, and find links to streaming (Spotify for albums or Youtube where Spotify is unavailable, Youtube for singles) below:
Album of the Year1
Best Mandarin Album
Wanfang - Dear All
Shi Shi - Where Is SHI?
Hebe Tien - Time Will Tell
Soft Lipa - Home Cooking2
WeiBird - Sounds of My Life
James Li - 十日彈
Best Taiwanese Album
Henry Hsu - 拾歌
Olivia Tsao - 自本
aoi - 有你的故事
Hao Zi - Kā Lí Sioh Sioh
嬉班子樂團 - 赤跤紳士
Zhang Han Ya - Cherish Our Pain
Best Hakka Album
Siau-lu Khah-lah - Khak-lah Thien-thoì
Yu-Wei Hsieh - Those Three Years
ChuNoodle - 到底
Wing Lo - When the Sun Rises
九連真人 - 阿民
Best Aboriginal Album
Dakanow - Rambling Naluwen
Sangpuy - Gain Strength
Syaman macinanao - akokey 親愛的你好嗎 謝永泉lraraley之歌
瑋琪 - žž
Outlet Drift - Lady of the Ocean
Song of the Year
Wanfang - “A Vacant Seat”
E.SO - “Bo Fu”
Olivia Tsao - “若是明仔載 (feat. ?te)”
Accusefive - “Where I Lost Us”
Sangpuy - “Embrace”
Mayday - “Because of You”
Crowd Lu - “Your Name Engraved Herein”
Best Music Video
YELLOW - “Hunger Game”
Hsieh Ming-Yu - “莫問”
Yoyo Sham - “舞女”
Soft Lipa - “Home Cookin”
九連真人 - “夜遊神”
Sunset Rollercoaster - “Candlelight (feat. OHHYUK)”
Yo Lee - “Until I Met You”
Hebe Tien - “One, after Another”
Best Male Mandarin Singer
E.SO - Outta Body
JJ Lin - Drifter // Like You Do
Qing Feng Wu - 冊葉一 : 一與一
Soft Lipa - Home Cooking
WeiBird - Sounds of My Life
James Li - 十日彈
Best Female Mandarin Singer
Wanfang - Dear All
Panai - Love, And Yet
Shi Shi - Where Is SHI?
Tarcy Su - Every Side of Me
Hebe Tien - Time Will Tell
Tan Weiwei - 3811
Best Male Taiwanese Singer
Henry Hsu - 拾歌
Yang Su Hao - Kavalan Kites
Wu Bai - 伍佰 & China Blue透南風演唱會影音全紀錄
Hao Zi - Kā Lí Sioh Sioh
Ric Jan - Waiting for Daybreak
Best Female Taiwanese Singer
Angel Chu - 夢見蘇西
Olivia Tsao - 自本
Kelly Tsai - If You Wanna Know Me
Huang Fei - 色違
Zhang Han Ya - Cherish Our Pain
Best Hakka Singer
Robin Tseng - O Nga O Nga
Yu-Wei Hsieh - Those Three Years
Huang Peishu - Out There
ChuNoodle - 到底
Wing Lo - When the Sun Rises
Best Aboriginal Singer
Dakanow - Rambling Naluwen
Sangpuy - Gain Strength
Lowking - Meander to the Horizon
Ciwas Ma - 早安 mziboq su
瑋琪 - žž
Best Band
OVDS - Black & Toughness
Sheng Xiang & Band - Water Snowflake Goes to Market
Constant & Change - 更迭
Accusefive - Easy Come, Easy Go
Sunset Rollercoaster - Soft Storm
Outlet Drift - Lady of the Ocean
deca joins - Bird and Reflections
Best Vocal Group
Night Keepers - Messenger
FALI - 929
Chang and Lee - Seen It All
Astro Bunny - Leyou Height
The Wanted - Dear Adult
Best New Artist
YELLOW - Yellow Fiction
Heat Sketch - 豆皮少年
Howard Lee - Diamond in the Rough
aoi - 有你的故事
Bestards - The Fool
Yo Lee - If Only You Could Love Me
?te - A Bedroom of One’s Own
Best Composition
Olivia Tsao, Baby Chung - “鹹汫” (Olivia Tsao)
HUSH - “AnHe” (Tarcy Su)
Yunan Pan - “Where I Lost Us” (Accusefive)
Sangpuy - “Embrace” (Sangpuy)
Weibird - “I Wrote a Song for You” (WeiBird)
Eve Ai - “我這個人” (Eve Ai)
Best Lyrics
Ting Huang - “A Vacant Seat” (Wanfang)
E.SO - “Bo Fu” (E.SO)
Xiong Wu - “罔市只能回味” (Olivia Tsao)
Xiaohan - “Drifter” (JJ Lin)
David Ke - “Untold” (Hebe Tien)
Soft Lipa - “The Spider” (Soft Lipa)
Best Arrangement
Shaoyong Huang - “Dazzled” (Wanfang)
Baby Chung - “鹹汫” (Olivia Tsao)
Youliang Cai - “Danshari” (Xing Zheng)
YELLOW - “Miss understanding” (Amuyi, YELLOW)
Dudu - “Last Animals” (JADE, YELLOW)
Elephant Gym - “Dear Humans” (Elephant Gym)
Producer of the Year, Single
CinCin Lee - “Bad Weather” (Michael Wong)
Jay Chou - “Mojito” (Jay Chou)
YELLOW, Jialun Yu - “Strange Weather” (YELLOW, 9m88)
Khalil Fong - “Noodles” (Khalil Fong)
Yanis Huang - “Your Name Engraved Herein” (Crowd Lu)
Arai Soichiro - “Self Harmony” (Karen Mok, Evan Guo)
Producer of the Year, Album
Kay Huang - Dear All (Wanfang)
Zion, Olivia Tsao - 自本 (Olivia Tsao)
Mickey Lin, RAZOR Chiang, Shi Shi - Where Is SHI? (Shi Shi)
Chien Chi Chen - Time Will Tell (Hebe Tien)
Renyi Zeng, Zilong Hong, Sangpuy - Gain Strength (Sangpuy)
James Li, Jun Yan - 十日彈 (James Li)
Also, in case you missed it, check out this month’s issue here!
note that the Album of the Year category is comprised of all albums from the Best Mandarin, Best Taiwanese, Best Hakka, and Best Aboriginal Album categories
Soft Lipa’s album is unfortunately not on any major streaming platforms, but you can find a handful of music videos on his Youtube channel or purchase the album (or find samples) on his website