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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), and ''Faces of Paranoia'' (2014) each won her a Golden Melody Award for Best Mandarin Female Singer and made the Taiwanese diva one of the singers who won the category the most times. Having sold over 50 million records, she has achieved success in the Mandarin-speaking world and is often referred to as the " Queen of Mandopop". Life and career 1972–1996: Early years and career beginnings A-Mei was born on 9 August 1972 in a Puyuma family in Beinan, Taitung, Taiwan. Her Puyuma-language name is Kulilay Amit, alternatively transliterated Gulilai Amit. In 1992, A-Mei moved to Taipei and took part in the Five Lights Star Singing Contest presented by the Taiwanese TV program Five Lights Awards; she made it all the way through to the fina ...
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Golden Melody Award For Best Female Mandarin Singer
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 ...
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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 ...
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Golden Melody Award For Best Mandarin Album
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 ...
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Golden Melody Award For Song Of The Year
The Golden Melody Award for Song of the Year () is presented by the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan to honor outstanding vocal recording tracks in the pop music genre. The Song of the Year award is one of the most prestigious categories at the awards presented annually since the 1st Golden Melody Awards The 1st Golden Melody Awards ceremony () was held at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei on 6 January 1990. Winners References External links *1st Golden Melody Awards nominees *1st Golden Melody Awards winners Golden Melody Awards G ... in 1990. The award was presented for additional years until being discontinued in 1997, and was then revived in 2006. It is awarded to a single or for a track from an album, and goes to the performing artist for that song. Recipients Category facts Most wins Most nominations References {{Golden Melody Awards Golden Melody Awards ...
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Golden Melody Award For Album Of The Year
The Golden Melody Award for Album of the Year () is presented by the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan to honor quality vocal or instrumental recording albums in the pop music genre. The honor was first presented in the 2nd Golden Melody Awards The 2nd Golden Melody Awards ceremony () was held at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, on 27 October 1990. References External links *2nd Golden Melody Awards nominees*2nd Golden Melody Awards winners Golden Melody Awards Golden Mel .... The award was discontinued in 2005 and was separated into Best Mandarin Album, Best Taiwanese Album, Best Hakka Album, and Best Aboriginal Album. In 2017, the award was revived and albums in different languages are eligible for this award. Particular awards for Best Mandarin Album, Best Taiwanese Album, Best Hakka Album, and Best Aboriginal Album remained. Recipients Category facts Most wins Most nominations References {{Golden Melody Awards Golden Melody Awards Album awa ...
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Honorific Nicknames In Popular Music
When describing popular music artists, honorific nicknames are used, most often in the media or by fans, to indicate the significance of an artist, and are often Pantheon (gods), religious, Kinship terminology, familial, or (most frequently) Imperial, royal and noble ranks, royal and aristocratic titles, used metaphorically. Honorific nicknames were used in classical music in Europe even in the early nineteenth century, with figures such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart being called "The father of modern music" and Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach "The father of modern piano music". They were also particularly prominent in African-American culture in the post-American Civil War, Civil War era, perhaps as a means of conferring status that had been negated by Slavery in the United States, slavery, and as a result entered early jazz and blues music, including figures such as Duke Ellington and Count Basie. In Culture of the United States, U.S. culture, despite its Republicanism, republ ...
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Puyuma People
The Puyuma (), also known as the Pinuyumayan, Peinan or Beinan, are one of the indigenous groups of the Taiwanese aborigines. The people are generally divided into the Chihpen and Nanwang groups, both resident in Taitung County on the east coast of Taiwan. In the year 2000, the Puyuma numbered 9,606. This was approximately 2.4% of Taiwan's total indigenous population, making them the sixth-largest indigenous group. The Puyuma speak the Puyuma language, as well as Mandarin and Taiwanese Hokkien. The name "Puyuma" means "unity" or "concord" and was originally the autonym of the speakers of the Nanwang dialect. Zeitoun and Cauquelin (2006) also note that the word Puyuma can be analyzed as ''pu'-uma'', which means "to send to the field". Villages Puyuma villages include (located in Beinan Township and Taitung City): *Ulibulibuk *Bankio *Alipai *Pinaski *Tamalakaw *Rikabung *Puyuma (Nanwang) *Peinan *Balangaw *Apapalo *Kasabakan *Katipul *Nirbuaqan Notable Puyuma people * A-mei ...
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Chang Yu-sheng
Chang Yu-sheng (also: Tom Yusheng Chang or ; June 7, 1966 – November 12, 1997) was a Taiwanese pop vocalist, songwriter and record producer. Born in 1966, Chang was the eldest among his other four siblings whose mother is Atayal and father a veteran of the ROC military. Being influenced deeply by Western rock music, he had participated in two metal bands at university before he gained publicity with a beverage tie-in ballad "My Future isn't a Pipe Dream" in 1988. In that year, Chang also released his debut album "Always Missing You" to a success, selling 350 thousand records within the regions, before singing the soundtrack of a popular movie ''Seven Wolves'' starring him as one of the leading roles. After his graduation in 1989, he was nominated "The Best New Artist" in th for his second album "Miss Me" with most songs co-written by himself. He developed his career as a singer-songwriter since then, endeavoring different genres of contemporary music and attempting to introd ...
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MTV Asia Award For Favorite Artist Taiwan
The following is a list of MTV Asia Awards The MTV Asia Awards was the Asian equivalent of the European MTV EMA. Held from 2002 to 2008, the show gave recognition and awards to Asian and international artists in achievement, cinema, fashion, humanitarian, and music. Just like the EMAs, most ... winners for Favorite Artist Taiwan. {{MTV Asia Awards MTV Asia Awards Taiwanese award winners ...
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Taitung County
Taitung County (; Mandarin pinyin: ''Táidōng Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Tâi-tang-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Thòi-tûng-yen''; Paiwan: ''Valangaw'';lit:Eastern part of Taiwan) is the third largest county in Taiwan, located primarily on the island's southeastern coast and also including Green Island, Orchid Island and Lesser Orchid Island. Name While its name means "Eastern Taiwan", it is also known as "Houshan" () by many of the locals, meaning behind the mountains or the back mountains. History Qing Dynasty In 1887, the new Fujian-Taiwan Province included Taitung Prefecture as one of four prefectures. Empire of Japan During the Japanese rule of Taiwan, Taitung County was administered as Taitō Prefecture. Republic of China After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China on 25 October 1945, Taitung was established as a county of Taiwan Province on 25 December the same year. Geography Taitung runs along the south east coast of Taiwan. Taitung county, cont ...
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David Tao
David Tao (), born Tao Xuzhong () (born 11 July 1969), is a Taiwanese Golden Melody Award-winning singer-songwriter. He is well known for creating a crossover genre of R&B and hard rock tunes which has now become his signature style and for having popularized R&B in the Mandopop industry. Biography Tao was born on July 11, 1969 in Hong Kong to parents who were entertainers in Taiwan. His father, Tao Dawei (David Tao Sr.) (September 28, 1942 – September 12, 2012), was an actor/singer/composer/TV Host and his mother, Wang Furong (Catherine), a Chinese opera singer. Tao spent part of his childhood in Hong Kong (something which he shared with his audience during his ''Soul Power'' concerts in Hong Kong). His parents supposedly eloped when his father could not get approval to marry his mother. Tao had his education in Taiwan from kindergarten to the junior high school level at the Bethany Campus of Morrison Academy in Taipei. Later, his father decided to pursue his dream of working ...
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Star Awards 1998
Star Awards 1998 is the 5th edition of the annual Star Awards presented by the Television Corporation of Singapore to honour its artistes who work on Channel 8. The Best Comedy Performer and Best Variety Show Host Awards were introduced to recognise excellence in non-drama categories such as sitcoms, comedy shows and variety/ infotainment shows. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface. Other nominees are arranged based on chronological order of actors' showcase videos on the ceremony itself ;Best Actor (最佳男主角) *Xie Shaoguang 谢韶光 - Stand by Me 家人有约 ** Christopher Lee 李铭顺 - The Return of the Condor Heroes 神雕侠侣 **Li Nanxing 李南星 - The New Adventures of Wisely 卫斯理传奇 **Chew Chor Meng 周初明 - Immortal Love 不老传说 **Terence Cao 曹国辉 - Stand by Me 家人有约 ; ;Best Actress 最佳女主角 *Huang Biren 黄碧仁 - Stand by Me 家人有约 **Zheng Wanling 郑琬龄 - Driven by a Car ...
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