27th Golden Melody Awards

The 27th Golden Melody Awards was held in Taipei, Taiwan in 2016. The award ceremony for the popular music categories was hosted by Mickey Huang and broadcast on TTV on 25 June. The award ceremony for the traditional music categories was held at the National Center for Traditional Arts on 13 August.

Winners and nominees
Below is the list of key nominees and winners for the popular music categories. Winners are highlighted in bold.

Song of the Year

 * "Aka Pisawad" – Suming
 * "Matriarchy" – AMIT
 * "Twilight" – JJ Lin
 * "Rainy Night" – Sodagreen
 * "A Little Happiness" – Hebe Tien

Best Mandarin Album

 * Winter Endless – Sodagreen
 * Swing Inc. – Peggy Hsu
 * Progress Reports – Eli Hsieh
 * AMIT2 – AMIT
 * Aphasia – Tanya Chua
 * Infinity – PoeTek

Best Music Video

 * "When Sorrow Being Downloaded Twice"(Sandee Chan) – Tan Tsung-fan
 * "Eternal Summer" (Mayday) – Su Chien-i
 * "I'm Not Yours" (Jolin Tsai) – Muh Chen
 * "I Am Alive" (JJ Lin feat. Jason Mraz) – Liu Keng-ming
 * "King of Doubt" (Hush) – Chen Hung-i

Best Mandarin Male Singer

 * JJ Lin – From M.E. to Myself
 * Namewee – Asian Killer 2015
 * Li Jian – Li Jian
 * Kowen Ko – If You Still Wander
 * Matzka – Southeast Beauty

Best Mandarin Female Singer

 * Julia Peng – Darling
 * Peggy Hsu – Swing Inc.
 * Huang Qishan – Xiao Xia
 * Su Yunying – Ming Ming
 * AMIT – AMIT2
 * Tanya Chua – Aphasia

Best Band

 * Sodagreen – Winter Endless

Best Group

 * Chang and Lee – Chang and Lee

Best New Artist

 * Eli Hsieh – Progress Reports

Lifetime Contribution Award

 * Tracy Huang