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31st Golden Melody Awards
The 31st Golden Melody Awards () take place in Taipei, Taiwan in 2020. The ceremony was scheduled for 27 June 2020, but rescheduled to 3 October, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and moved to the Taipei Music Center The Taipei Music Center (TMC; ) is a performing arts and cultural venue in Nangang District, Taipei, Taiwan. Overview City officials announced plans on July 24, 2008 to conduct an international design competition for the facility in tandem with .... Winners and nominees Below is the list of winners and nominees for the popular music categories. References 2020 in Taiwan 2020 music awards Golden Melody Awards Music events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic October 2020 events in Asia {{Taiwan-music-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taipei Music Center
The Taipei Music Center (TMC; ) is a performing arts and cultural venue in Nangang District, Taipei, Taiwan. Overview City officials announced plans on July 24, 2008 to conduct an international design competition for the facility in tandem with plans for the Taipei Performing Arts Center. In 2012, government officials announced that winner of the design competition was Reiser + Umemoto, RUR Architecture P.C., the New York City based American architectural firm represented by a joint collaboration between American architect Jesse A. Reiser and Japanese architect Nanako Umemoto, both well known in the architectural world for their innovative post-modernist aesthetic. The firm is particularly well known for its recently completed office tower, 0-14, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Construction began on 19 June 2013. The center opened on September 5, 2020, before hosting the 31st Golden Melody Awards on October 3. See also * Music of Taiwan The music of Taiwan reflects the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misa (singer)
Misa or MISA may refer to: Characters * Pixy Misa (ピクシィミサ), a character in the anime ''Magical Girl Pretty Sammy'' * Misa Amane (弥 海砂), a character in the manga, anime and film ''Death Note'' * Misa Arashiyama (嵐山 美佐), a character in the toksatsu ''Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan'' * Misa Hayase (早瀬 未沙), one of the central characters of the ''Macross'' series * Misa Kakizaki (柿崎 美砂), a character in the ''Negima!'' anime and manga series * Misa Kurobane (くろばね みさ), a character in the anime television series ''Charlotte'' People * G3 Misa, a Filipino singer/songwriter * Misa Bharti, Indian politician * Misa Eguchi (江口実沙), Japanese tennis player * Misa Etō (衛藤 美彩), Japanese gravure idol * Misa Matsushima (松島美紗), Japanese fighter pilot * Misa Amano (天野 美沙), Japanese swimmer * Misa Tamagawa (玉川 美沙), Japanese radio show host * Misa Yamamura (山村 美紗), Japanese novelist * Misa Shimizu (清 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayal Komod
Chang Chen-yue (; born 2 May 1974), also known as A-Yue and by his Amis name Ayal Komod, is an aboriginal Taiwanese rock and Hip-Hop musician, songwriter, singer and guitarist, and the frontman of his band, Free Night, also known as Free9. He is most widely known for his 1998 hit song "''Ai Wo Bie Zou''" (Love me, don't go). His 2013 album ''I am Ayal Komod '' was awarded the Best Album Award during the 25th Golden Melody Awards. Chang is a Taiwanese aborigine of the Amis people. Life and career Chang was in the church choir as a child, which made him interested in music at a young age. He learnt to play the guitar in his middle school years and was gradually exposed to rock music. Chang released his first album ''I Just Like You'' () with labels Pony Canyon and Magic Stone in 1993 before following up with the album ''Have the Flowers Opened Yet?'', with Taiwanese label Rock Records. Chang released his third and fourth albums ''This Afternoon is Very Boring'' (1997) and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wakin Chau
Wakin Chau (born 22 December 1960), better known by his stage name Emil Chau during the 1980s and 1990s, is a Hong Kong-born Taiwanese singer and actor, popular throughout Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mainland China, and parts of Southeast Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam). As of 2007, he has released more than 40 albums. Early life Wakin Chau was born in a rice store owned by his family at Sai Ying Pun in Hong Kong, the fourth son of seven children. He began learning the guitar when he was about 13 years old. In 1979, he left for Taipei to major in mathematics at National Taiwan University. While at college he sang and played folk songs in local coffee shops, learning to sing in Mandarin. Music career Hoping to establish a career as a recording artist, Chau sought contacts in the music industry, but after a lack of success, eventually signed on as an assistant producer at Rock Records, where he wrote pop songs for other artists. He was later encouraged by Chyi Yu to per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faith Yang
Faith Yang Naiwen (; born 2 March 1974) is a Taiwanese musician. She grew up in Sydney, Australia and studied biology and genetics at the University of Sydney. In 2000, Yang won the Golden Melody Award for Best Female Mandarin Singer for the album ''Silence''. Life and career After graduating from Sydney University, Yang returned to Taiwan to start a music career. She soon gained recognition at the university and pub circuit in Taiwan while touring with her backing band - Monster. In 1996 she signed with Magicstone records. Her first two albums are heavily influenced by the Australian pub rock style, with a gothic undertone noticeable in tracks such as "Silence", "Fear" and "Monster", while her third album has a lighter pop style, with only hints of the anger evident in the first two recordings. All three albums were major hits in Taiwan and in 2000 Faith won the Taiwan Golden Music awards for Best Female Performer got nominated for Best Album (''Silence''). Yang did not renew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fish Leong
Fish Leong (born Leong Chui Peng on 16 June 1978) is a Malaysian singer and songwriter. Having sold more than 20 million records to date, she has achieved popularity and success in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, and Malaysia. Early life and breakthrough Leong was born in Bahau, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. R&B singer Z-Chen is her older cousin. She debuted her singing career in Taiwan and signed to Rock Records in October 1997. She then adopted the English name "Fish", because the last character of her Chinese name "茹" sounds the same as "魚" (fish) in Cantonese. She was discovered by Jonathan Lee, who later also became her godfather. She received Mandarin training upon arriving in Taiwan as her mother tongue is Cantonese. Her debut album, ''Grown Up Overnight'', was released in September 1999, but had many promotions cancelled due to the 1999 Taiwan earthquake. Her singing career managed to take off after the release of her second album, ''Courage'' (2000). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Melody Award For Best Male Vocalist Mandarin
The Golden Melody Award for Best Male Mandarin Singer () is an award given by the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan. It was first presented in 1990 as Best Male Singer. The award has been won by Eason Chan and Johnny Yin the most times, with three wins. Wang Leehom Wang Leehom (; born May 17, 1976), sometimes credited as Leehom Wang, is an American singer-songwriter, actor, producer, and film director. Formally trained at Eastman School of Music, Williams College and Berklee College of Music, his music i ... is the artist with the most nominations with nine. Winners and nominees Best Male Singer (1990–1991) Best Mandarin Male Singer (1991–1996) Popular Music: Best Mandarin Male Singer (1997–2006) Popular Music: Vocal Category - Best Mandarin Male Singer (2007–2016) Popular Music: Vocal - Individual Awards - Best Male Vocalist Mandarin (2017–present) Statistics Most wins Most nominations References {{Golden Melody Awards Golden Melody Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Melody Award For Best Female Vocalist Mandarin
The Golden Melody Award for Best Female Mandarin Singer () is a Golden Melody Award recognizing outstanding vocal performance by a female in the Mandopop category, the first of which was presented in 1991. In 1990 an award called Best Female Singer was designed to honor all female solo performances in the pop category; In 1991 the award was separated into Best Mandarin Female Singer, Best Taiwanese Female Singer, Best Hakka Female Singer, and Best Aboriginal Female Singer. The award has been won by Tanya Chua the most times, with four wins. A-Mei is the artist with the most nominations with fourteen. Recipients Category facts Most Wins in Category Most nominations Other facts * A-Mei is the only artist to receive the six consecutive nominations in this category and she won for ''Truth'' among them. See also * List of music awards honoring women This list of media awards honoring women is an index to articles about notable awards honoring women. The list i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ugly Beauty
''Ugly Beauty'' is the fourteenth studio album by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai. It was released on December 26, 2018, by Sony and Eternal. It was produced by Tsai with Razor Chiang, Starr Chen, Howe Chen, and ØZI, Øzi. Musically, it is a pop record which merged a series of genres such as Trap music, trap, House music, house, reggae, and gothic rock. Thematically, it tends to break through the traditional aesthetic criterion and explore the bipolarity of human feeling, and Tsai wants to "uncover the ugliness hidden behind the perfect surface, and peek into the emotions that try the best to be buried" through the album. The album received generally positive reviews from Music journalism, music critics, who commented the concept is unified and complete, singing condition is comfortable and freehand, and it was considered the leading production in the C-pop music industry. The album became the highest-selling album of 2019 in Taiwan. It became the highest-selling digital album by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yin Chen-hao
Yin Chen-hao (; born 10 March 1985) is a Taiwanese director of music videos. His debut feature film is '' Man in Love'' (2021). During his graduate studies in chemistry at National Tsing Hua University, Yin cofounded Spacebar Studio in February 2012 with five other NTHU students. Spacebar Studio's early videos were low budget projects directed by Yin that were posted online, then subsequently went viral. He directed the music video for "LOVE", a song from the 2019 album ''Somewhere in Time, I Love You'' by Accusefive, which won the at the 31st Golden Melody Awards The 31st Golden Melody Awards () take place in Taipei, Taiwan in 2020. The ceremony was scheduled for 27 June 2020, but rescheduled to 3 October, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and moved to the Taipei Music Center The Taipei Music Center (TMC; ) ... ceremony in 2020. He directed the 2021 romantic drama '' Man in Love'', his first feature-length film, and an adaption of the 2014 South Korean film of the same name. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Melody Award For Best Album Mandarin
The Golden Melody Award for Best Mandarin Album () is an honor presented at the Golden Melody Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1990, to recording artists for quality Mandopop music albums. The honor was first presented in 2005 as Best Mandarin Pop Vocal Album at the 16th Golden Melody Awards to Sandee Chan for ''Then We All Wept in Silence''. In 2007, the category became known as Best Mandarin Album. Tanya Chua and Jay Chou currently hold the record for the most nominations, with six; followed by A-Mei Kulilay Amit (, born 9 August 1972), better known by her stage name A-Mei, is a Taiwanese Puyuma singer and record producer. In 1996, she made her singing debut and released her album, ''Sisters''. Her albums ''Truth'' (2001), ''Amit'' (2009), ... with five. Recipients Category facts Most wins Most nominations References {{Golden Melody Awards Golden Melody Awards Album awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dwagie
Tseng Kuan-jung (, ), professionally known as Dwagie (), is a Taiwanese rapper, best known for using Taiwanese in his performances. His first solo album, ''Lotus from the Tongue'' (舌粲蓮花, 2002), was billed as the first full rap album in the Chinese-speaking world. Republished as He has also collaborated with fellow rapper MC HotDog. Outside of the hip hop scene he is best known for his best-selling single, "Taiwan Song", which projects an unapologetic Taiwanese assertiveness. The title is a playful pun on the Mandarin word for "ode" (頌, pinyin: sòng), which also sounds like a Taiwanese word for "feeling good" (爽, POJ: sóng), as well as the English word "song". The 8 March 2004 Asian issue of ''Time'' describes him as a writer of "pro-Taiwan rap" and the "poster boy of the DPP's southern youth vote campaign" during the 2004 presidential election. He was also featured in a segment of the 2007 Discovery Channel special ''The Mystical Tainan'' (謎樣台南). He became a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
