30th Golden Melody Awards

30th Golden Melody Awards
Date	June 29, 2019 (2019-06-29) (Popular music)
Venue	Taipei Arena (Popular music)
Country	Taiwan
Hosted by	Lulu
Website	gma.tavis.tw
Television/radio coverage
Network	TTV

The 30th Golden Melody Awards (Chinese: 第30屆金曲獎) took place in Taipei, Taiwan in 2019. The award ceremony for the popular music categories was hosted by Lulu and broadcast on TTV on 29 June.

Winners and nominees

Below is the list of winners and nominees for the popular music categories.

Vocal category – Record label awards
Album of the Year	Song of the Year
Ugly Beauty – Jolin Tsai L.O.V.E. – Eason Chan Where Are We Going? – Eli Hsieh Wu Bing Singing, Yo Chin Soothing – Leo Wang Fade to Exist – Eve Ai Shi's Journey – Shi Shi ØZI: The Album – ØZI 0 – Sandy Lam Battlefields of Asura – Chthonic Snails – Joey Chiang Tsa-bóo gín-á – Nana Lee Jazz’s Good! – Emily Kuan Warming a Pot of Youth to Drink – Ardor Huang Darknet – Dwagie Forgotten West – Sam Liao Drifting – Voter Hsu, Huang Wei-chieh, Liu Jung-chang, and Yeh Yu-ting Return & Restore – iColor Stay – Lo Ssu-jung Love for Granted – Gina Yang Swasieq – Yawai Mawlin Senglit – Muniyu Vangav – Cemelesai Yuan Yin Cheng Xian A Mei Zu Fu Yin Chuan Chang – Wu Chia-lu, Tseng Kuang-fu, Wang Fu-lai, Yang Shih-mei, Lin Jung-mei, and Kuo Mei-yu Ti Cemelesai Ata Salasaladj – Kerekelj and Eleng	"Womxnly" (from Ugly Beauty) – Jolin Tsai "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
Best Mandarin Album	Best Taiwanese Album
Shi's Journey – Shi Shi Where Are We Going? – Eli Hsieh Wu Bing Singing, Yo Chin Soothing – Leo Wang Fade to Exist – Eve Ai Ugly Beauty – Jolin Tsai ØZI: The Album – ØZI 0 – Sandy Lam	Forgotten West – Sam Liao Battlefields of Asura – Chthonic Snails – Joey Chiang Tsa-bóo gín-á – Nana Lee Jazz’s Good! – Emily Kuan Warming a Pot of Youth to Drink – Ardor Huang Darknet – Dwagie
Best Hakka Album	Best Aboriginal Album
Stay – Lo Ssu-jung Drifting – Voter Hsu, Huang Wei-chieh, Liu Jung-chang, and Yeh Yu-ting Return & Restore – iColor Love for Granted – Gina Yang	Swasieq – Yawai Mawlin Senglit – Muniyu Vangav – Cemelesai Yuan Yin Cheng Xian A Mei Zu Fu Yin Chuan Chang – Wu Chia-lu, Tseng Kuang-fu, Wang Fu-lai, Yang Shih-mei, Lin Jung-mei, and Kuo Mei-yu Ti Cemelesai Ata Salasaladj – Kerekelj and Eleng
Best Music Video
"Slow & Oriental" (from Cassa Nova) – Director: Namso and Youkim "Go Slow" (from Go Slow) – Director: Yuta Sekiyama "Millennia's Faith Undone" (from Battlefields of Asura) – Director: Birdy Hong and Mo Pan "Seventeen" (from Seventeen) – Director: Muh Chen "10 Ways to End" (from Gain) – Director: Namewee "Good Taiwan" (from South Airport Folks) – Director: Bobby Chen "Sabrina Don't Get Married Again!" (from Modern Tragedy) – Director: Robert Youngblood "Ugly Beauty" (from Ugly Beauty) – Director: Muh Chen
Vocal category – Individual awards
Best Female Mandarin Singer	Best Male Taiwanese Singer
0 – Sandy Lam Fade to Exist – Eve Ai Shi's Journey – Shi Shi Nothing Is Under Control – Yoyo Sham Ugly Beauty – Jolin Tsai	Warming a Pot of Youth to Drink – Ardor Huang Jia Jia Jia Jia – Kang Kang Darknet – Dwagie Forgotten West – Sam Liao I Am Not As Happy As You Tonight – Henry Hsu
Best Female Taiwanese Singer	Best Hakka Singer
Snails – Joey Chiang Fish Out of Water – Kerris Tsai Tsa-bóo gín-á – Nana Lee Jazz’s Good! – Emily Kuan Just You and Me – Hanya Chang	Love for Granted – Gina Yang Return & Restore – iColor Stay – Lo Ssu-jung Ang-gu Ang-gu – Hsieh Yu-wei
Best Aboriginal Singer	Best Band
Swasieq – Yawai Mawlin Cradle in Memory – Sang Mei-chuan Vangav – Cemelesai Maya Maluqem – Kasiwa	Battlefields of Asura – Chthonic Alter Ego – Pumpkinney Fan Club Cassa Nova – Sunset Rollercoaster Fairy Tales of the Ocean Deep – Flesh Juicer WonFu Love Songs – WonFu King of Light – Bisiugroup Him – Tizzy Bac
Best Vocal Group	Best New Artist
Lovely Sunday – The Chairs I'm Not OK – Vast & Hazy Some People Say – O-Kai Singers HighCC – HighCC Jump – MJ116	ØZI: The Album – ØZI Town – The Fur. Wilder – Evangeline Wong Sha Yan – Karencici King of Light – Bisiugroup Campus Romance – Angry Youth 2029 – Lexie Liu
Best Composition	Best Lyrics
"Forever Young" (from Fade to Exist) – Eve Ai (Performer: Eva Ai) "Hurt" (from Sofa Sea) – Cheer Chen (Performer: Cheer Chen) "The Will" (from Kisses for the World) – Tanya Chua (Performer: Tanya Chua) "Growing Fond of You" (from Half Time) – Li Ronghao (Performer: Karen Mok) "Jade" (from Jade) – Enno Cheng (Performer: Enno Cheng)	"Newly Written Old Song" (from Newly Written Old Song) – Jonathan Lee (Performer: Jonathan Lee) "Millennia's Faith Undone (The Aeon's Wraith Version)" (from Millennia's Faith Undone (The Aeon's Wraith Version)) – Freddy Lim (Performer: Chthonic and Denise Ho) "Rain" (from A Song with No Name) – Bobby Chen (Performer: Bobby Chen) "Angels" (from 0) – Xiao Han (Performer: Sandy Lam) "Know" (from Know) – Song Dongye (Performer: Song Dongye)
Best Music Arrangement	Producer of the Year, Album
"Styx" (from Forgotten West) – An Ton That (Performer: Sam Liao) "Flyaway" (from Shi's Journey) – Chung Wei-yu (Performer: Shi Shi) "Love Me Like a Liar" (from Shi's Journey) – Shi Shi, Howe Chen, Lin Hung-i, Hsu Yu-ying, Chung Wei-yu (Performer: Shi Shi) "B.O." (from ØZI: The Album) – ØZI (Performer: ØZI) "Ghosts & Demons" (from 0) – Chang Shilei (Performer: Sandy Lam) "BKD Club" (from Urban Disease) – Yellow (Performer: Yellow)	L.O.V.E. – Carl Wong (Performer: Eason Chan) Fade to Exist – Chen Chien-chi (Performer: Eve Ai) Nothing Is Under Control – Michael Ning and Yoyo Sham (Performer: Yoyo Sham) Modern Tragedy – Linus of Hollywood, Joanna Wang, and Andrew Page (Performer: Joanna Wang) Fairyland – Arai Soichiro (Performer: Su Yunying)
Producer of the Year, Single	Best Male Mandarin Singer
"BKD Club" (from Urban Disease) – A-Len and Huang Hsuan (Performer: Yellow) "1933" (from Where Are We Going?) – Eli Hsieh and Howe Chen (Performer: Eli Hsieh) "Ugly Beauty" (from Ugly Beauty) – Starr Chen and Jolin Tsai (Performer: Jolin Tsai) "B.O." (from ØZI: The Album) – ØZI (Performer: ØZI) "Stay" (from Stay) – Sandee Chan (Performer: Hebe Tien) "Don't Cry Don't Cry" (from Don't Cry Don't Cry) – Chen Chien-chi and Han Li-kang (Performer: Waa Wei)	Wu Bing Singing, Yo Chin Soothing – Leo Wang Where Are We Going? – Eli Hsieh Song of the Bards – Kowen Ko Ear – Li Ronghao ØZI: The Album – ØZI
Instrumental category – Record label awards
Best Instrumental Album
Lines & Stains – Tokyo Chuo-Line feat. Hsieh Ming-yen Sounds & Savors – Hope Yeh City Animals – Su Yu-han Songs of Mystery and Hope – Alex Pryrodny Black Bear Forest OST Original Soundtrack – Pau-Dull
Instrumental category – Individual awards
Best Instrumental Album Producer	Best Instrumental Composer
Black Bear Forest OST Original Soundtrack – Pau-Dull Lines & Stains – Ken Ohtake, Toru Hayakawa, and Noriaki Fukushima City Animals – Su Yu-han Xiao Mei Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Luming Lu Project 3 – Hsu Yu-ying and Yu Chia-lun	"Chapter III: India, Italy, and I" – Hsu Yu-ying "Sneezer" (feat. Hsieh Ming-yen) – Toru Hayakawa "Choice" – Owen Wang "Journey" – Su Yu-han "Outside My Window" – Luo Ning
Technical category – Individual awards
Best Recording Package
Hold That Tiger – Andrew Wong and Yang Fong-ming Warming a Pot of Youth to Drink – Tsai Shu-yu Reversing into Garage – Gelresai Chen King of Light – Huang Po-han, Yang Shi-Ching, and Chen Hsin-hao In Other Words – Joe Fang and Wu Chien-lung
Technical category – Record label awards
Best Vocal Recording Album	Best Instrumental Recording Album
0 – Sandy Lam Sha Yan – Karencici Ugly Beauty – Jolin Tsai Matzka Station – Matzka 2029 – Lexie Liu	The Journey – Wang Chenhuai Ruby Pan Original Fusion Jazz Album – Ruby Pan City Explorations – Skyline 9 – Timeless Fusion Party Pendulum – Chung Yu-feng
Special Contribution Award
Blacklist Studio
Jury Award
Modern Tragedy – Joanna Wang

External links

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