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23rd Golden Melody Awards
The 23rd Golden Melody Awards () were held on 13 June 2012 at Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan. The awards ceremony gave musical awards to musicians and songs in languages such as Mandarin, Taiwanese, and Hakka. Winners Below is a full list of winners and nominees Note:Bold indicates winner of that category. Song of the Year *Perfect landing "put me into your (ten years behind the creation of the essence of film and television theme songs on the album)" ╱ barefoot is not hot enough *Noah's Ark "Second Life (no where-End Edition)" ╱ believe music *So grow up, "So grow up" ╱ Asian god of music *Speaking of love "when it comes to love" ╱ Asian god of music *In those years, "those years, we were chasing girls" ╱ Sony Music Taiwan Best Mandarin Album *Second Life (no where-End Edition) ╱ believe music *Wonderful Life (paperback edition) ╱ RHINOTECH music *MY LOVE ╱ RHINOTECH music *Where God is not allowed to cry ╱ Asian music *When it comes to love God ╱ Asian music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei Arena
The Taipei Arena () is a multi-purpose stadium located in Songshan, Taipei, Taiwan, and it is operated by the Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation (TRTC). Built in 2005, the large multi-purpose stadium can accommodate major international sport events such as ice skating, ice hockey, gymnastics, handball, basketball, tennis, badminton, table tennis, indoor soccer, boxing, judo, karate, taekwondo and wrestling. Building It was designed by Archasia, an architectural firm based in Taipei, and Populous, a Kansas City, Missouri, design and architectural firm specializing in sports venues. It is located at the site of the former Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium (built in 1958, opened 1959, demolished 2000). The arena was opened on 1 December 2005. The main arena has an adjustable floor space: its minimum floor space is 60m × 30m, and can be extended to 80m × 40m. The Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey League (CTIHL) plays out of the auxiliary arena, which is a 60m × 30m ice skating rink. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Shih
Michael Shih (; born 10 December 1964) is a Taiwanese Hokkien pop singer who won the 2007 Golden Melody Award for best Taiwanese male singer. He is a fan of the ''Warcraft ''Warcraft'' is a franchise of video games, novels, and other media created by Blizzard Entertainment. The series is made up of five core games: '' Warcraft: Orcs & Humans'', '' Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness'', '' Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos ...'' video games. References External links * * 1964 births Living people 21st-century Taiwanese male singers 20th-century Taiwanese male singers Taiwanese Buddhists Taiwanese Hokkien pop singers Taiwanese male singer-songwriters Taiwanese singer-songwriters {{Taiwan-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 In Taiwan
Events from the year 2012 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 101 according to the official Republic of China calendar. Incumbents * President – Ma Ying-jeou * Vice President – Vincent Siew, Wu Den-yih * Premier – Wu Den-yih, Sean Chen * Vice Premier – Sean Chen, Jiang Yi-huah Events January * 1 January ** Taipei 101 New Year's Day Fireworks Countdown at Taipei 101 was television broadcast on TVBS News. ** The renaming of Council for Hakka Affairs to Hakka Affairs Council. * 5 January – The opening of Fu Jen University Station, Touqianzhuang Station and Xinzhuang Station of Taipei Metro in Xinzhuang District, New Taipei. * 14 January ** 2012 Republic of China presidential election. ** 2012 Republic of China legislative election. * 15 January – The officiating ceremony of Xiaolin Village Memorial Park in Jiasian District, Kaohsiung. * 23–25 January – Chinese New Year's Day (dragon year) at Taipei 101 was television broadcast on TVBS N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wen Hsia
Wen Hsia (; 20 May 1928 – 6 April 2022) was a Taiwanese singer and actor. Personal life Wen Hsia was born Wang Jui-ho in 1928, in present-day Madou District, Tainan, and studied music in Japan. He was married to Wen Hsiang, who was also a singer. Wen Hsia died in his sleep on 6 April 2022, aged 93. Republished as: Career From the 1950s to the 1960s, Wen Hsia was known for his covers of Japanese melodies featuring Taiwanese Hokkien lyrics, a practice that began in the 1930s. These works were known as . He also sang in Japanese. Over the course of his career, Wen Hsia wrote more than 2,000 songs. During martial law in Taiwan, Hokkien pop was heavily censored and Wen Hsia became known as the "king of banned songs." Wen Hsia recorded over 1,200 songs, of which 99 were banned by Kuomintang authorities. His 1961 work, "Mama, I’m Brave" was banned for thirty years, setting a record for the longest period a Hokkien pop song was prohibited. Wen Hsia's songs became regarded as classi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilid Kaolo
Ilid Kaolo () (formerly ) is an indigenous Taiwanese singer-songwriter of Amis descent. She won the Best New Artist, Best Aboriginal Singer, and Best Indigenous Album at the 23rd Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan with her debut album, ''My Carefree Life'' (輕快的生活), in which Kaolo wrote every song on the album. She is also an organic rice farmer in eastern Taiwan with her record producer husband. She states that farming has inspired her musically. She was born in Hualien County and moved to Taipei at the age of seven. She joined the Formosa Aboriginal Song and Dance Troupe in her twenties. Kaolo relocated to Taitung in 2006 to join in an agricultural collective run by the Hohak Band, and returned to Hualien in 2010. After signing with the Taiwanese indigenous music label Wild Fire Music, she adopted the stage name Hsiao-mei. See also *Amis people *Music of Taiwan The music of Taiwan reflects the diverse culture of Taiwanese people. Taiwan has undergone several economic, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanya Chua
Tanya Chua (; born 28 January 1975) is a Singaporean singer-songwriter. She launched her singing career by releasing her debut studio album ''Bored'' in 1997. Her albums, ''Amphibian'' (2005), '' Goodbye & Hello'' (2007), ''Sing It Out of Love'' (2011) and ''Depart'' (2021), each won her a Golden Melody Award for Best Mandarin Female Singer award. A veteran in the industry with a career spanning more than two decades, Chua is the first and only person to win the Best Mandarin Female Singer award four times at the Golden Melody Awards, and has achieved popularity in Greater China and among the Chinese-speaking world. Life and career 1975–1996: Early years and career beginnings Chua was born in Singapore on 28 January 1975. She attended CHIJ Saint Nicholas Girls' School, and achieved a diploma in business administration at Singapore Polytechnic in 1996. 1997–2002: Universal Music In 1997, Chua signed a recording deal with Singaporean management company Music & Movement, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hebe Tien
Hebe Tien (; born 30 March 1983) is a Taiwanese singer and actress. She rose to fame in the early 2000s as a member of Taiwanese girl group S.H.E. The release of her debut album, '' To Hebe'' (2010), established her as a solo artist. Tien's song "A Little Happiness", the theme song of the 2015 Taiwanese film ''Our Times'', was a major hit in most Mandarin-speaking parts of Asia. Early life Tian Fuzhen was born in Xinfeng, Hsinchu, Taiwan on 30 March 1983. Her father is a civil servant, her mother is a housewife, and her older brother used to own an American-Mexican restaurant in Zhubei. She graduated from Hukou High School in Hsinchu. Tien once said that if she had not been a singer, she would have been a civil servant like her father after university. In 1999, at age sixteen, Tien made her debut on television by participating in the 'Ridiculous Beauty' segment of the CTV variety show ''Guess'' where she played flute and another show ''TV Citizen'' where she showcased her si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yen Yung-neng
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third-most traded currency in the foreign exchange market, after the United States dollar (US$) and the euro. It is also widely used as a third reserve currency after the US dollar and the euro. The New Currency Act of 1871 introduced Japan's modern currency system, with the yen defined as of gold, or of silver, and divided decimally into 100 ''sen'' or 1,000 ''rin''. The yen replaced the previous Tokugawa coinage as well as the various '' hansatsu'' paper currencies issued by feudal ''han'' (fiefs). The Bank of Japan was founded in 1882 and given a monopoly on controlling the money supply. Following World War II, the yen lost much of its prewar value. To stabilize the Japanese economy, the exchange rate of the yen was fixed at ¥360 per US$ as part of the Bretton Woods system. When that system was abandoned in 1971, the yen became undervalued and was allowed to float. The yen had appreciated to a peak of ¥271 per U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Hung
Chris Hung (; born 19 March 1963) is a Taiwanese enka and Hokkien pop singer and television host. Widely known as the "king of Taiwanese pop," he has won five Golden Melody Awards and one Golden Bell Award. The eldest of three sons born to singer Ang It-hong, Hung's relationship with his father deteriorated to estrangement due to the strict musical training Hung received from Ang, as well as Ang's multiple marriages. At the age of ten, Hung was sent to Japan for further education in music. After Hung's conversion to Christianity, he stopped drinking and reconciled with his father. Over the course of his career, Hung has worked closely with songwriter , and gained the nickname "King of Taiwanese pop" alongside Jody Chiang, the "Queen of Taiwanese pop." He was invited to perform at the 2004 National Day celebration sponsored by the Chen Shui-bian Chen Shui-bian (; born 12 October 1950) is a retired Taiwanese politician and lawyer who served as the president of the Republ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hakka
The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka Han, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas are a Han Chinese subgroup whose ancestral homes are chiefly in the Hakka-speaking provincial areas of Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Zhejiang, Hainan, Guizhou in China, as well as in Taoyuan City, Hsinchu County, Miaoli County, Pingtung County, and Kaohsiung City in Taiwan. The Chinese characters for ''Hakka'' () literally mean "guest families". Unlike other Han Chinese subgroups, the Hakkas are not named after a geographical region, e.g. a province, county or city, in China. The word ''Hakka'' or "guest families" is Cantonese in origin and originally refers to the Northern Chinese refugees fleeing social unrest, upheaval and invasions in northern parts of China (such as Gansu and Henan) during the Qin dynasty who then seek refuge in the Cantonese provinces such as Guangdong and Guangxi, thus the original meaning of the word implies that they are guests living in the Cantone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
