19th Golden Melody Awards

19th Golden Melody Awards
Location Taipei Arena, Taiwan
Host Tao Ching-Ying
Patty Hou
Barbie Hsu
Dee Hsu
Television/Radio coverage
Network Azio TV

Ceremonies of the 19th Golden Melody Awards (Chinese: 第19屆金曲獎; pinyin: Dì shíjiǔ jīn qū jiǎng) were held in Taipei, Taiwan in 2008. Nominees were announced on May 22, 2008, and the award winners in 12 traditional music categories (of 47 nominees) and 23 popular music categories (of 124 nominees) were selected by a panel of 33 judges after four rounds of jury meetings. Initially, there were 10,632 submissions from 185 companies in the music industry, making it the largest submission pool in the Awards' history.[1]

Winners for artistic and traditional music categories were announced on June 21, 2008 at Taipei County Hall in a ceremony separate from that for popular music categories. It was the second consecutive year that the ceremony for this category group was held separately, and it did not attract as much media attention as the ceremony for the popular music categories.[2] By contrast, artists from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, and Canada attended the awards ceremony for popular music categories, which was held at the Taipei Arena on July 5, 2008.[3] Actress sisters Barbie and Dee Hsu, former news anchor Patty Hou, and actress Matilda Tao hosted this event, whose list of award presenters included Canadian recording artist Daniel Powter and Japanese drama stars Akito Kiriyama, Junta Nakama, and Yuya Takaki.[4][5][6] Both events were broadcast on the satellite cable Azio Television channel on June 28 and July 5, respectively.

Malaysian singer Gary Chaw and Singaporean singer-songwriter Tanya Chua were named Best Mandarin Male and Female Singers in the popular music category, respectively. Chua won the Best Mandarin Female Singer award for the second time; she last won the award in the 17th Golden Melody Awards.[7] Chua's record seven nominations for her album Goodbye & Hello are the most received by a female artist. Taiwanese musician and singer Jay Chou, who received a record-breaking eight nominations for his album On the Run and film Secret, was not able to attend the event due to his tour in China.[8] Chou's primary lyricist Vincent Fang was present to receive the award of Best Lyricist for the song "Blue and White Porcelain" (Chinese: 青花瓷; pinyin: qīng huā cí). Pop rock band Sodagreen received its second consecutive award as Best Band for its album Incomparable Beauty.[3]

Nominees and winners

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[2][9]

Popular Music categories

Best Song

Best Mandarin Album

Best Taiwanese Album

Best Hakka Album

Best Aboriginal Album

Ipay Buyci is a self-titled album in the Atayal language.[3]

A man holding a microphone
Jay Chou received a record-breaking eight nominations for songs from his album On the Run and film Secret.

Best Composer

Best Lyricist

Best Arrangement

Best Album Producer

Best Single Producer

Best Mandarin Male Singer

Best Taiwanese Male Singer

Best Mandarin Female Singer

A curly-haired girl holding a trophy
Tanya Chua, seen here at the 17th Golden Melody Awards with the Best Taiwanese Female Singer award, repeated the win two years later.

Best Taiwanese Female Singer

Best Hakka Singer

Best Aboriginal Singer

Ipay Buyci, the winner of this category, is a member of the ethnic Atayal people.[3]

Best Band

Three men and a female sitting at a table
Taiwan hip hop group Da Mouth, which made its debut in 2007, received the Best Singing Group award.

Best Singing Group

Best Newcomer

Best Instrumental Album

Best Instrumental Album Producer

Best Instrumental Composer

Best Music Video Director

Lifetime Contribution Award

Artistic and Traditional Music categories

Best Traditional Music Album

Best Classical Music Album

Best Children's Music Album

Best Religious Music Album

Best Crossover Music Album

Best Songwriter

Best Lyricist

Best Composer

Best Producer

Best Traditional Music Interpretation

Best Vocalist

Best Music Performer

Jury Special Mention

Lifetime Contribution Award

Presenters and performers

Presenters

Presenters for the popular music categories at the ceremony:[5]

Performers

There were six performance segments during the ceremony:[10]

References

  1. ↑ "金曲獎入圍揭曉 蔡健雅周杰倫表現亮麗 Golden Melody Awards finalists announced; Tanya Chua, Jay Chou enthusiastic" (in Chinese). Yam.com. May 22, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  2. 1 2 "Many a golden melody played on an old fiddle". Taipei Times. June 22, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Ho, Yi (July 6, 2008). "Sodagreen does it again". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  4. ↑ "金曲獎定裝超級閃 大小S侯佩岑陶子4美爭艷" (in Chinese). Sina.com. June 27, 2008. Archived from the original on February 24, 2009. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
  5. 1 2 "金曲獎表演嘉賓與頒獎人公告 Golden Melody Awards Guest Performers and Award Presenters" (in Chinese). 19th Golden Melody Awards. Archived from the original on February 25, 2009. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
  6. ↑ "「ごくせんトリオ」台湾グラミー賞プレゼンター "Gokusen" boys to present Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). June 5, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-06-08. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  7. ↑ "Singaporean Tanya Chua scoops top honours at Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards". Channel NewsAsia. July 6, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
  8. ↑ "金曲獎周杰倫8項提名破紀錄 阿妹入圍尖叫 Golden Melody Awards: Jay Chou's 8 record-breaking nominations, A-mei qualifies" (in Chinese). Sina.com. May 22, 2008. Archived from the original on February 24, 2009. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
  9. ↑ "The 19th Golden Melody Awards nominees and winners" (PDF). Taipei Times. July 6, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
  10. ↑ "08金曲／龐克阿妹掀高潮　林宥嘉失常走音 2008 Golden Melodies: A-mei, Yoga Lin" (in Chinese). NOWnews. July 6, 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2009-07-01.

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