18th Golden Melody Awards

Golden Melody Awards
Date	16 June 2007
Location	Taipei Arena, Taiwan
Host	Tao Ching-Ying and Patty Hou
Television/Radio coverage
Network	Azio TV

The 18th Golden Melody Awards for the Popular Music Category was held on 16 June 2007 at Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan. It was themed "Mii", which stood for "Music is international".

Summary

The 18th Golden Melody Awards nominated a number of independent and alternative artists in major categories. Alternative rock band Sodagreen received the most number of nominations, including Best Band.^[1] The 2007 awards also added a new category, Most Popular Artist, nominated from among Taiwan's five largest record labels and 2006 top-selling albums. The winners of the category are voted upon by fans.^[2] The ceremony also featured South Korean pop group Super Junior and Japanese pop singer Mai Kuraki as guests.^[3]

Nominees and winners

Winners are highlighted in boldface.^[4][5]

Best Song

• "種樹" (Planting Trees) - Planting Trees (種樹) - Lin Sheng-xiang
• "千里之外" (Faraway) - Still Fantasy (依然范特西) - Jay Chou
• "天下大同" (Same World) - Without You (如果沒有你) - Karen Mok
• "寶貝(in the night)" (Baby in the night) - My Life Will… - Deserts Chang
• "小情歌" - Little Universe (小宇宙) - Sodagreen
• "今天妳要嫁給我" (Marry Me Today) - Beautiful (太美麗) - David Tao feat Jolin Tsai

Best Mandarin Album

• Blue in Love - Hào En Jiā Jiā (昊恩家家)
• My Life Will… - Deserts Chang
• Little Universe (小宇宙) - Sodagreen
• All I Want (浪費時間是快樂的) - Péng jìng huì (彭靖惠)
• Wake Up - MC HotDog
• Dancing Diva (舞孃) - Jolin Tsai

Best Music Video Director

• Jay Chou - "紅模仿" (Popular Imitation) - Still Fantasy (依然范特西)
• Wang Teng Yu (王登鈺) - "造字的人" (Creation People) - Darkness Light (黑暗之光)
• Chen Pei Fu (陳霈芙) - "幸福感" (Happiness Feeling) - Happiness Feeling (幸福感)
• Stephen Fung - "天下大同" (Same World) - Without You (如果沒有你)
• Cáo Ruì Yuán (曹瑞原) - "純純的愛" (Pure Love) - Lau Ka Cheong Affection (劉家昌 深情)
• Zhōu Gé Tài (周格泰) - "約定" (Promise) - Michael Wong Series debut record creation (光良約定首張創作紀錄輯(創作演唱盤)

Best Mandarin Male Singer

• JJ Lin (林俊傑) - Cao Cao (曹操)
• Gary Chaw (曹格) - Superman
• Nicky Lee (李玖哲) - Baby Is Me (Baby是我)
• David Tao (陶喆) - Beautiful (太美麗)
• Kenji Wu (吳克群) - A General Order (將軍令)

Best Mandarin Female Singer

• Angela Chang (張韶涵) - Pandora (潘朵拉)
• Péng jìng huì (彭靖惠) - All I Want (浪費時間是快樂的)
• A-mei (張惠妹) - I Want Happiness? (我要快樂？)
• Penny Tai (戴佩妮) - iPenny
• Sandy Lam (林憶蓮) - Breathe Me (呼吸)
• Jolin Tsai (蔡依林) - Dancing Diva (舞孃)

Most Popular Male Artist/Group (popular vote)

• Show Luo (羅志祥)^[6]

Most Popular Female Artist/Group (popular vote)

• Jolin Tsai (蔡依林)

References

1. Hu, Brian (2007-06-08). "Alternate melodies in Taiwan". UCLA Asia Institute. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
2. "金曲獎人氣王 網路票選起跑 Golden Melody Awards Has a New Award: Most Popular Voted Artist" (in Chinese). Apple Daily. 2007-05-10. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
3. "Photo Gallery: 18th Golden Melody Awards". The Star. 2007-06-16. Retrieved 2007-12-17.
4. (Chinese) GIO, Taiwan 18th Golden Melody Awards nomination list 4 June 2007. Retrieved 2011-04-07
5. (Chinese) GIO, Taiwan 18th Golden Melody Awards winners list 16 June 2007. Retrieved 2011-04-07
6. (Chinese) Sina.com 罗志祥击败五月天获金曲奖最受欢迎男歌手 16 June 2007. Retrieved 2011-04-07

External links

• (Chinese) 18th Golden Melody Awards nominees
• (Chinese) 18th Golden Melody Awards winners
• 18th Golden Melody Awards photographs by Agence France-Presse