34th Golden Melody Awards
DateJuly 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) (Popular music)
VenueTaipei Arena (Popular music)
Hosted byWeiBird
Most nominationsHung Pei-yu / Silver Lining (8)
Websitegma.tavis.tw/gm34/index.htm
Television/radio coverage
NetworkTTV
TaiwanPlus (English broadcast, outside Taiwan)[note 1]

The 34th Golden Melody Awards (Chinese: 第34屆金曲獎) took place in Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan in 2023. The award ceremony for the popular music categories was hosted by WeiBird and broadcast on TTV on 1 July 2023.

Hung Pei-yu received the most nominations with 8 for her debut album Silver Lining (明室) and is competing for major accolades like Album of the Year, Best Mandarin Album, and Best New Artist. Following closely behind, Lala Hsu is nominated for 8 awards. She received 7 nominations for her 6th studio album Gei, and a nomination for Best Composition for Hung's Anything But.[1][2][3]

Winners and Nominees

Below are the list of winners and nominees:[4][5]

Vocal category – Record label awards
Album of the Year Song of the Year
  • Mallarme's Tuesdays – Qing Feng Wu
    • Gei – Lala Hsu
    • Silver Lining – Pei-Yu Hung
    • Snow White – JADE
    • PRO – Kumachan (Xinkuan Xiong)
    • Pleasing Myself – HUSH
    • Mercury Retrograde – Enno Cheng
    • Holy Gazai – A_Root
    • KEH – DJ MR.GIN
    • Marigold – HAOTING
    • Pity Zhu An – Cai Qiufeng
    • Folk Tale – Olivia Tsao
    • Waiting a present for – Chiu Shu
    • Yam Fung leu – Rita Lin
    • Living Room Dreaming – Julia Peng
    • Snail – Misa
    • Humble – Boiii P
    • Together, us – Biung
    • Watershed – Kivi
    • The Roots – Matzka
    • Ita – Kasiwa
    • ABUS – Abus・Tanapima
  • "A Flash and How It Lasts" (from 9522) – anpu
    • "Like A Star" (from Gei) – Lala Hsu
    • "Silver Lining" (from Silver Lining) – Hung Pei-yu
    • "Greatest Works of Art" (from Greatest Works of Art) – Jay Chou
    • "Daughters feat.Chunho (from Mecury Retrograde)" – Enno Cheng
    • "Semane sepi" (from ITA) – Kasiwa
Best Mandarin Album Best Taiwanese Album
  • Mercury Retrograde – Enno Cheng
    • Holy Gazai – A_Root
    • KEH – DJ MR.GIN
    • Marigold – HAOTING
    • Pity Zhu An – Cai Qiufeng
    • Folk Tale – Olivia Tsao
Best Hakka Album Best Indigenous Language Album
  • Yam Fung leu – Rita Lin
    • Waiting a present for – Chiu Shu
    • Living Room Dreaming – Julia Peng
    • Snail – Misa
    • Humble – Boiii P
  • The Roots – Matzka
    • Together, us – Biung
    • Watershed – Kivi
    • Ita – Kasiwa
    • ABUS – Abus・Tanapima
Best Music Video
  • Little Balcony (from Little Balcony) – Director: Pennacky
    • Beanstalk (from BEANSTALK) – Director: JYUN CHANG
    • I Will Find You (from Memorable Moments) – Director: Peifu Chen
    • Gei (from Gei) – Director: BILL+
    • in peace (from healism) – Director:
    • Almost (from Snow White) – Director: Birdy Nio
    • ...... Siren Salon (from Mellarme's Tuesdays) – Director: Show Yanagisawa
Vocal category – Individual awards
Best Composition Best Lyrics
  • "Anything But" (from Silver Lining) – Lala Hsu (Performer: Pei-Yu Hung)
    • "Nomadland" (from Nomadland) – Zooey Wonder (Performer: Zooey Wonder)
    • "Blame" (from LINK) – Eve Ai (Performer: A-LIN)
    • "Daughters (feat.Chunho) – Enno Cheng and Chunho (Performer: Enno Cheng)
    • "Farce" (from The Passive Audience) – Penny Tai (Performer: Penny Tai)
    • "......Fragments d'un Discours Amoureux (Feat.Karena Lam)" (from Mellarme's Tuesdays) – Qing Feng Wu (Performer: Qing Feng Wu and Karena Lam)
  • "Homo Sapiens" (from Homo Sapiens) – Chow Yiu Fai (Performer: Eason Chan)
    • "Heading North" (from Take It Slow, I Will Be There) – Skippy (Performer: Crispy)
    • "Anything But" (from Silver Lining) – David Ke (Performer: Pei-Yu Hung)
    • "NFT" (from Mr. Yao's 8th Grade Syndrome) – MC Hot Dog (Performer: MC Hot Dog)
    • "How the brain got language? feat.Chunho" (from Mecury Retrograde) – Enno Cheng (Performer: Enno Cheng)
    • "Regression" (from MEMENTO) – Lin Xi (Performer: Terence Lam)
Best Music Arrangement Producer of the Year, Album
  • "Kungkung Workbook" (from 9522) – Chico Tsai (Performer: anpu)
    • "Bearish" (from Snow White) – Kyle Lu (Performer: JADE)
    • "Witches" (from Dreams) – Elephant Gym (KT Chang, Chia-Chin Tu, Tell Chang) (Performer: Elephant Gym)
    • "Good Afternoon, Good Evening and Goodnight" (from Good Afternoon, Good Evening and Goodnight) – Owen Wang (Performer: WeiBird)
    • "Bondage" (from Discipline) – Jason Choi (Performer: Sandee Chen)
    • "......The Great Hypnotist" (from Mellarme's Tuesdays) – Qing Feng Wu, Howe Chen (Performer: Qing Feng Wu)
  • Holy Gazai – Blaire Ko (Performer: A_Root)
    • Gei – LaLa Hsu, Howe Chen (Performer: LaLa Hsu)
    • Silver Lining – George Chen (Performer: Pei-Yu Hung)
    • REVELATION – G.E.M, GONG (Performer: G.E.M)
    • Déjà Fu – LÜCY (Performer: LÜCY)
    • Mellarme's Tuesdays – Qing Feng Wu, Howe Chen (Performer: Qing Feng Wu)
Producer of the Year, Single Best New Artist
  • "Telephone" (from Snow White) – Kyle Lu, Itun Chou (Performer: JADE)
    • "Nomadland" (from Nomadland) – Howe Chen (Performer: Zooey Wonder)
    • "Henshin" (from Tshut Tsit Ki Tshui) – Chen Chien-Wei (Performer: Shao Da-Lun)
    • "Shadow" (from Dreams) – HLK／ (Performer: Elephant Gym and 9m88)
    • "Bi Li Ka Li Hai" (from Bi Li Ka Li Hai) – NICKTHEREAL, Jae Chong (Performer: Billie Wang)
    • "Fashion !" (from Fashion !) – LimGiong, ChihSiou, Yu (Performer: ChihSiou)
    • "Tina's Hausu" (from Tina's Hausu) – Joanna Wang, Adam Lee (Performer: Joanna Wang)
  • Silver Lining – Pei-Yu Hung
    • Shin Formosa Youth? – Mango Jump
    • LÜCY – LÜCY
    • Marigold – HAOTING
    • Talent – The Crane
    • CZ Dogg – CZ Dogg
    • Abus – Abus・Tanapima
Best Male Mandarin Singer Best Female Mandarin Singer
  • Pleasing Myself – HUSH
    • Mr. Yao's 8th Grade Syndrome – MC Hot Dog
    • PRO – Kumachan
    • Melarme's Tuesdays – Qing Feng Wu
    • Talent – The Crane
    • Teen on Shuqian Street – Zhao Lei
Best Male Singer (Taiwanese) Best Female Singer (Taiwanese)
  • Thank You My Love – A Ge La
    • Tshut Tsi̍t Ki Tshuì – Shao Da-Lun
    • INTO – Sam Liao
    • Extends – Bamboo Chen
    • Since Chou – Since Chou
  • Mecury Retrograde – Enno Cheng
    • No Hindrance – Kelly Tsai
    • Think of Someone – Fei Huang
    • Pity Zhu An – Cai Qiufeng
    • Folk Tale – Olivia Tsao
Best Singer (Indigenous Language) Best Singer (Hakka)
  • Ita – Kasiwa
    • Together, Us – Biung
    • The Vine – Yaway·Mawring
    • Watershed – Kivi
    • The Roots – Matza
    • ABUS – Abus・Tanapima
  • Living Room Dreaming – Julia Peng
    • Yam Fung Ieu – Rita Lin
    • Hakka Kafka – Huang Zixuan
    • Snail – Misa
    • Go Mode – VUIZE
Best Band Best Vocal Group
  • The Moment – Cosmos People
    • Kafka on the Rivers-and-Lakes– Sheng Xiang & Band
    • Understory – Bugs of Phonon
    • Snow White – JADE
    • Dreams – Elephant Gym
    • Holy Gazai – A_Root
    • SYSTEM BOOTING – Robot Swing
  • Take It Slow, I Will Be There – Crispy
    • Our Adventure Begins – Running Youth
    • Backfire – Deepwhite2
    • BROMAN – Nine One One
    • Bedside Fudge – Mr.Miss
Instrumental category – Record label awards
Best Instrumental Album
  • Connected – Chien Chien Lu and Richie Goods
    • I Prefer – S'yo Fang, Priscilla Nokoe, Yoojin Ko, Alessio Bruno, Richie Struck and Emilio Parrilla
    • CHÁO – Rich Huang
    • Sunset In The Alps – Baby-C and Yannick Barman
    • Sunrise – Teriver Cheung and So To Chit
Instrumental category – Individual awards
Best Instrumental Album Producer Best Instrumental Composer
  • Sunset in the Alps – Baby-C, Yannick Barman
    • I Prefer – S'yo Fang
    • CHÁO – Rich Huang, Baby-C
    • Connected – Richie Goods
    • tsiánn – Ohtake Ken
  • "Auntie in the Market" (from CHÁO) – Baby-C, Rich Huang
    • "Waves" (from CHÁO) – Baby-C
    • "Breaking the Circle" (from I'll See You in the Fog) – Tony Li
    • "Sunset In The Alps" (from Sunset In The Alps) – Baby-C, Yannick Barman
    • "Herniated Intervertebral Disc" (from Szu Chien Lu) – Szu-Chien Lu
Technical category – Individual awards
Best Album Design
  • Discipline – Hitsu Pi
    • Kafka on the Rivers-and-Lakes – Wu Chia Lin
    • EARTHBOUND – FK WU, Hitsu Pi, HUNG JUI CHIA
    • Echoes Of All The Flowers – Joe Fang、Pei-Cen, Guo
    • Together, us – Andrew Wong、Karen Tsai
Technical category – Record label awards
Best Album Recording Best Instrumental Album Recording
  • Time's up – (Recording Engineers：Chou Han Tsay／Main Mixing Engineers：Chou Han Tsay／Main Mastering Post-Production：John Greenham)
    • Nomadland – (Recording Engineers：Yu Hsuan Yeh, HLK, Link Shan, Zen Chien, AJ Chen, ioui, Chief Wang, Lin Shang-Po, Chou Han Tsay, SHENB／Main Mixing Engineers：cts, ioui, Ziya Huang, Howe Chen, Link Shan, Jerry Lin／Main Mastering Post-Production：Mike Bozzi, Cass Irvine)
    • Gei – (Recording Engineers：Micky Yang, Zen Chien, Min-Hsiang Chang, YuHsuan Yeh, SHENB, Hendrik Pan, Lin Shang-Po, LaLa Hsu, Chou Han Tsay／Main Mixing Engineers：Ziya Huang, Howe Chen／Main Mastering Post-Production：Randy Merrill)
    • Get My Way Up – (Recording Engineers：Attis, Thomas Chuang, Leo Chou, Levii, Joshua Lee／Main Mixing Engineers：Leo Chou, LuuX, Chou Han Tsay, Thomas Chuang, Itun Chou, Link Shan／Main Mastering Post-Production：Sabrina Lo, Marcus Tsao, Jeff Lipton, Maria Rice)
    • The Roots – (Recording Engineers：Fengtse, BonBon Chen／Main Mixing Engineers：Matthew Sim／Main Mastering Post-Production：Peter Hewitt-Dutton)
  • SEDAR Trio - Vol. 1–(Recording Engineers：Li You, Li Yang／Main Mixing Engineers：Kevin Killen／Main Mastering Post-Production：Bob Ludwig)
    • CHÁO – (Recording Engineers：David Wang, Shao-Ting Sun／Main Mixing Engineers：Baby-C, Shao-Ting Sun／Main Mastering Post-Production：Shao-Ting Sun)
    • Hakudou – (Recording Engineers：Yang Li, Andy Baker／Main Mixing Engineers：David Darlington／Main Mastering Post-Production：David Darlington)
    • Szu Chien Lu – (Zen Chien, Chou-Han Tsay, Joshua Lee, Link Shan, BonBon Chen, Szu-Chien Lu／Main Mixing Engineers：Joshua Lee, Zen Chien, Jay Cheng, Itun Chou, Sam Wu , J-Jyun Ciou, Troy Lin, Rose Liang／Main Mastering Post-Production：John Davis)
    • For Papa Shawna Yang Quartet Live at Yilan – (Recording Engineers：Kao Min Fu／Main Mixing Engineers：Dave Darlington／Main Mastering Post-Production：Dave Darlington)
Special Contribution Award
Eric Lin
Jury Award
Ita – Kasiwa

Notes

  1. ↑ The YouTube broadcast was aired in Southeast Asia ex. Singapore & Malaysia, India and Japan. The watch party without the footage from GMA was also streamed on Facebook.

References

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